ticking. thank you for watching. and the 11th hour starts now. tonight, the latest on the attack on paul pelosi. house speaker nancy pelosi confirmed to be the intended target. the attacker asking, where is nancy? the incident, amid a spike in threats to lawmakers, the political violence and intimidation escalating. and the reports of a stark warning today about the threats to the midterms. then, from protecting democracy to elon musk s twitter takeover, to kanye west facing the consequences of his actions. we cover it all with our friday night cab, as the 11th hour gets underway. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin with that violent hammer tack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. just a few hours ago, the speaker arrived in front san francisco to 82 year old paul. he said to be recovering from surgery from a skull fracture and injuries to his arms and hand. we are expecting told he is expected to make a full recovery. the attack happened at t
up next. tonight on the reidout nancy, nancy! where are you, nancy? we re looking for you. nancy. oh, nancy. nancy. where are you, nancy? the chilling sounds of january 6th. where is nancy? happening again. not in the people s house this time. but in speaker pelosi s own house. her husband paul brutally beaten with a hammer by a maniac with a reported history of posting extreme right-wing memes and conspiracy theories on social media. meanwhile, elon musk is getting ready to reinject those dark online forces back into the veins of twitter, which he now completely controls. and we begin tonight with a shocking development in the political extremism that has loomed over the midterms. early this morning an assailabout attacked paul pelosi, the husband of nancy pelosi, at the couple s home in california. mr. pelosi who was home alone was hit in the head with a hammer multiple times. the assail want was reported to have shouted where is nancy, where is nancy, during the
the football field last weekend. we ll be joined by a former basketball player who experienced the very same thing. we ll have his story and how he used that scary moment to help save lives. plus, the new study that says social media could be changing your kids dreams. that s all ahead on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, alex. good to be with you. great to be back with you. how late did you manage to stay up watching the drama unfold? about 8:00 p.m. that was the latest for me. how about you? 9:45. you got a little more in. it was quite dramatic as well as being historic and chaotic. kevin mccarthy finally won the race for speaker of the house after 15, 15 rounds of voting, which ended earlier this morningening. the next speaker of the united states for the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers ] [ applause ] mccarthy engaged in some intense negotiations and made some major
of the aisle come in to hope and pray that nancy pelosi and her husband get through this. yet who to make of this. at a time when escalating crime is touching regular folks. the latest from jonathan hunt on this incident right now. jonathan? neil, this was obviously a disturbing attack. at this hour, we believe 82-year-old paul pelosi is still in the san francisco general hospital. the hospital confirming to us that mr. pelosi was admitted this morning, pointedly not saying he had been discharged and referring all other questions to speaker pelosi s office. it was 2:27 a.m. when police were alerted to an incident at the pelosi home in san francisco. it s not clear from the police chief s comments whether the call came 911 or from an automatically triggered alarm on the property. officer as arrived so quickly that the assault on mr. pelosi was happening as they got there. listen here to the police chief. officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. t
tonight, the budget battle brewing in washington after house republicans use their first week to score political points and not govern. then, the trump orbit hit with a maximum 1.6 billion dollar fine for tax keen days after its cfo sentenced to jail at rikers island. so what now? and for a wild week in congress, including multiple calls for a congressman to resign, to the return of the golden globes, our friday night cap is here on all of it, as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good friday evening. i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight the republicans running the house may be setting the stage for the first major showdown in the new congress, one that could have a huge impact on our economy. today treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm telling congress the united states is set to reach its debt them and let next thursday. yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or s to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she