elections, this just hours after the brutal attack on nancy pelosi s husband in their san francisco home. sources revealing the suspect was looking for the house speaker, shouting, where is nancy. and now we re learning that paul pelosi called 911 during the break-in and kept the line open. also tonight, big-named democrats are heading to the campaign trail right now. obama, biden, harris, stumping for candidates in critical races, as many democrats fear the momentum is with the republicans 11 days before election day. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. federal officials are now warning of political violence coming hours after the very disturbing attack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. he was hit with a hammer inside their san francisco home by an assailant who apparently was trying to track dow
virginia. a rising star in the gop hits the road to put his party over the top. virginia governor glenn youngkin joins me exclusively ahead. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is jittery, anxious about the economy and news overseas including north korea, iran and ukraine. the risk of, quote, armageddon, because of vladimir putin is the highest since the cuban missile crisis almost exactly 60 years ago. red russia suffered a major blow, a truck bomb slicing in half the only bridge that connects russia to crimea. this afternoon we ll ask a critical member of the senate foreign relations committee what happens now and a former amend about what he heard during his recent trip to moscow. with 30 days until the midterms, swing state polls reminding us that the economy remains the top issue for most voters. gas prices are going up. inflation is persistent. jobs numbers are strong as well. it s a complex midterm picture with plenty of races that wil
the verge of another revolution in iran? the images of mostly young people rising up against the regime have captivated all of us. i will talk to an iranian writer who explains what the protestors want. and at a time when economies are struggling around the globe and russia is already getting a billion dollars every few days in oil and gas revenues, why did opec slash production? everything has a price. energy security has a price. we will explain. but first, here s my take. one of the few issues on which there is a consensus in washington these days is that american policy toward china was built on an intellectual tariff. liberals and conservatives both believe that beijing s embrace of free markets and integration with the global market would fundamentally change china. but they didn t, so the consensus goes, we should recognize this was a naive belief in the power of markets and trade. in fact, viewing china on the eve of the 20th party congress, i m struck by how
civilians. nothing much has changed on that front. reporter: it s an utterly ghastly scene. hundreds of rescuers combing through the damage to the apartment blocks where we now know the death poll to be 13, 80 people injured. bare this in mind, totally innocent civilian block by what appears to have been six cruise missiles and possibly 16 anti-aircraft missiles, fired by a strategic bomber and stealth jet flying into ukraine. the cruise missiles frequently used across ukraine. antiaircraft missiles being deployed because the inventory of other missiles is depleted. this isn t the first time zaporizhzhia has been hit, jim. this week it s one of a number of attacks we ve seen. it forms part of a pattern that ukrainians say is indiscriminate bombing against civilian targets. some wonder if this is retaliation for the attack on the bridge, the vital part of the russian frvgt that feeds the occupation of crimea, the ukrainian peninsula they illegally annexed in 2014. zaporizhzh
come drone attacks cause blackouts across ukraine. russia targeting more power plants and escalating the bloodshed and suffering of civilians. also tonight, a cnn exclusive on the trump tapes. stand by to hear some of then president trump s revealing recorded interviews with journalists bob woodward including trump boasting about the letters that sparked the mar-a-lago documents investigation. as early voting in georgia sets records right now, the high stakes midterm election is now only three weeks away. we re following flash points in the battle for control of congress including a new promise by president biden on abortion rights for women. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. our top story this hour, wide spread blackouts across ukraine as russia strikes major power and water facilities. ukrainian officials warning that moscow s attacks have already destroyed nearly a third of their ener