hello. thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi recovering in a hospital after a violent attack at the couple s san francisco home early friday morning. a spokesman for the speaker says 82-year-old paul pelosi underwent successful surgery for a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. police say a man broke into his home just after 2:00 a.m. friday and attacked him with a hammer. sources say paul pelosi was able to call 911 at the start of the attack and officers responded quickly, taking the suspect into custody. cnn s josh campbell has the details from san francisco. reporter: 82-year-old paul pelosi the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi undergoing surgery after being eviolently attacked with a hammer say the the pelosi s san francisco home. speaker pelosi was in washington at the time. special call, medic, location reporter: police found paul pelosi fending off
those attacks in kyiv. friday, explosions in kyiv and elsewhere this morning two days after putin s bridge to crimea was damaged. reporter: yeah, certainly was a rude awakening for us here in kyiv early in the morning. a little past 8 when the first explosion happened. i ll get out of your way so you can see what s going on here, rescue recovery crews have been working this whole time. right now they re taking away some of the cars that were absolutely mangled by the explosion. we believe the impact crater is where those people are standing around there. you can see that water coming out as well. seems as though the water lines underneath were damaged, the explosions were that strong. there s also one person at least was killed here. we have seen the recovery crews remove at least one body from the scene as we ve been working here throughout the entire morning. in total, the authorities have said that at least five people have been killed, but of course, christine, as you c
and welcome back to our special weekend edition of out outfront. i m erin burnet. we re two days from election day. already, this is shaping up to be a midterm unlike none other. as of today 40 million americans voted and both sides are trying to get their base to the polls on election day. all day we ve seen rallies in georgia, pennsylvania, florida, arizona all of them and the biggest names for each party on the trail tonight. trump and biden headlining events this morning this evening. they know what is at stake because control of congress is on the line, house and senate. in the senate nevada pennsylvania are tossups and republicans only need to pick up one net seat to win the majority. just one. we have a team of reporters out tonight. obviously in the final hours, the race where you are could be the most important between dr. oz and john fetterman. reporter: it certainly could be. you laid it out so perfectly there. the other key thing to remember is this i
good evening. just two days to go until the first nationwide electoral contest, and the 2022 midterms will decide who controls the senate and what the biden administration will look like. the former president teasing a 2024 run is not, and the democracy is at stake this tuesday. they and former president trump all on the trail the last several days. he was in florida late today, and that s a story in itself we ll talk about tonight. president biden tonight in new york. if y all show up and vote, democracy is sustained. this is not a joke. this is not hyperbole, for the second time. not a joke. it matters and it s in your hands. look, you are one of the reasons why, as i said, i have never been more optimistic about the future of this country. this, too, is a story. democratic presidents spending the final days in a blue state, and nationally take a look. out of the 435 seats in play, all republicans need this week is a net gain of five seats to take control of the house f
the district attorney on the case is outfront tonight. new video of new russian recruits desperately pleading with their leaders saying they re being sent to the, quote, meat grinder. bring in the big names. all out on the trail tonight speaking in our hour. we ll take you there live. let s go outfront. outfront this evening, the breaking news. paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi is now out of surgery for a fractured skull. this after police say an intruder broke into their home overnight and attacked with a hammer. that intruder also attempted to tie mr. pelosi up until nancy got home. speaker pelosi was in washington at this time. but sources tell cnn the intruder repeatedly asked where is nancy? the rampage. the suspect is now identified as 42-year-old david depape of california. he is facing charges of attempted homicide as well as burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse i m going to talk to the district attorney in charge o