motivated, but you could expect to learn more information about perhaps what was on the digital feed of the individual who was there and struck paul pelosi at least once with a hammer. that much we know. we also know it was paul pelosi who called 911. and through that call, a dispatcher very well saved his life. much more information on all this coming in. the news continues, so let s hand it over to jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. tonight, outrage, horror, and a scramble for answers after an intruder broke into the home of house speaker nancy pelosi and violently attacked her husband with a hammer. sources say 82-year-old paul pelosi was taken into surgery for a skull fracture. he is expected to make a full recovery. this all started just before 2:30 a.m. pacific time at the pelosi home in san francisco where sources say the male suspect confronted paul pelosi screaming, where is nancy, and tried to tie him up, quote,
newsroom. this morning early voting location are open across the country and preliminary election data is already showing more than 17.5 million americans have cast their ballots so far. with ten days to go before election day, candidates are bringing out big-name surrogates in their final push for votes. president biden and former president obama are on the campaign trail for democrats in key states. over the next week, former president trump also holding rallies in support of republican candidates across four states. the infusion of political star power is underscoring just how many of these key races are neck-and-neck. in georgia, the senate race between democrat raphael warnock and herschel walker has some in the democratic leadership concerned. here is senate majority leader chuck schumer caught on a hot mic talking about that race. going downhill in georgia. that race in georgia crucial to the democrats chances of holding on to their 50/50 majority in congress. i
a horrific chain of events and fast rising death toll in the capital city. 120 people confirmed dead by officials in seoul. we have to warn you this video we re about to show you is very graphic. you can see complete chaos and terror on the scene there. you can see people performing cpr on some of the injured and maybe the dead who are on the ground where they fell. it s not clear what happened, what caused folks to collapse. will ripley is on the scene. will, incredible work being there as all of this is unfolding. what can you tell us? what more do we know? reporter: yeah, jim, as we were talking last hour, they were holding a briefing. we learned the death toll more than doubled. another is set to get under way any minute now. if we get any new numbers of casualties because we were told they are expected to go up considering a lot of people brought to area hospitals were in bad shape when you talk about cardiac arrest, their heart stopped. we ll keep you posted on that.
san francisco home. the attack was intentional. quote, not random. new details are emerging about the suspects blog posts. multiple senior law enforcement officers firmly with the case are telling nbc news that the posts take aspects of liberal anti establish ideas to more recent posts. they espouse positions typically associated with far-right extremism. both sides of the aisle are reacting to the attack. that includes vice president harris. i think that we are looking at a time in our country where there is so much discourse fueled by hate and division. anyone who professes to be a leader, they have to really understand the meaning and impact of there words, their posture. also developing, vice president biden voted earlier today in wilmington, delaware. he was alongside first-time voter and granddaughter. the midterms were ten days away. more than 20 million americans have now voted early. let s lk at the breakdown by party. you can see it right there. 35 republican, 4
the suspect is in custody. i want to get straight to jamie gangel on the phone with us after getting new information moments ago. jamie, what are you learning? ana, in addition to having been told that before these were occurred, the assailant confronted paul pelosi shouting, quote, where is nancy, where is nancy. we now are told that the assailant was trying to tie up the speaker s husband, quote, until nancy got home, is the exact quote. these are from multiple sources who have been briefed and that when the police came into the house, the assailant was saying, quote, we are waiting for nancy. once again, we don t know the entire motive for what happened today, but there certainly is a concern about violence, threats to political figures and from this reporting, he clearly was focused on the speaker of the house. jamie, i know you re going to gather more information, bring us the latest information. we will, of course, be bringing our viewers this press conference with