when the officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mr. pelosi s husband, paul. our officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled a hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid. the speaker s office said the 82-year-old is in recovery currently at the hospital. the police chief identified that 4 2-year-old suspect in custody. the speaker was in washington when this assault happened. sources say this is why her security detail was not at her home in san francisco. let s bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez and jamie gangel and manu raju. evan, we got about 45 seconds to a minute of new information from the chief there, but combining what we learned from the chief and from your sources, what do we know about this suspect? well, that s right, v
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
economists are telling a different tale, a much different tale. and remember when vice president harris told meet the press the border is secure? well, there are new warnings tonight of not just one but multiple migrant caravans heading to the so-called secure border trying to get into the u.s. before republicans potentially take back congress. and crime victims here in california are furious after one of the state s biggest counties just dismissed hundreds of criminal cases, many of them for violent offenses all because of a judge shortage. l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva is here on set with us to talk about rising crime and confronting the deadly fentanyl crisis. plus, breaking tonight, elon musk appears to have completed his takeover of twitter ousting two top executives in the process. but twitter s leading advertisers are warning mr. musk his plans to promote free speech might drive users away. but we begin with president biden trying to paint republicans as the ones
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inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this week s debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising today s economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. great economic report today. the g.d.p. report. things are looking good. at first glance today s g.d.p. report suggests the u.s. economy is turning around after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but a closer look shows the 2.6% growth was driven by flux yaptions in international trade, not reflecting the underlying health of the economy and increased government spending. economists think both will drop off in quarter four. moreover, consumer spending is slowing as inflation climbs faster than wages. moody s chief econom