president biden is expected to slam election deniers into a surprise speech tonight. the lead starts right now, six days from the midterms president biden has something to say, adding a prime time speech to his calendar taking on the heightened political climate. as the election rolls in candidates are rolling out their closing message. plus, the plan to rope supreme court clarence thomas into the 2020 election. why a trump lawyer called thomas the only chance to delay the process. and north korea is firing off its longest short-range missiles in one day as cnn also learned the rogue nation is secretly supplying russia with weapons. hello and welcome to the lead. i m brianna keilar in for jake tapper. the countdown is on in our politics lead. just six days left until the votes are counted in the congressional balance of power decided. a brand-new cnn poll suggests republican candidates have the momentum. 51% of likely voters say they ll vote for the republican can
about the paul pelosi attack, raising serious questions about the security for u.s. lawmakers. moments from now, i ll get reaction from the san francisco district attorney trying the case against the suspect. plus, joe biden preparing for a major speech on threats to american democracy. this as an exclusive new cnn poll shows voters are overwhelmingly focused in on the u.s. economy. is the president in touch with their concerns? and new u.s. intelligence leads to very disturbing discussions inside the russian military about scenarios for using nuclear weapons in ukraine. a key white house national security official, john kirby, joins me live this hour. we ll discuss. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story. new fallout from the paul pelosi attack. u.s. capitol police now facing intense scrutiny from a top u.s. house committee chairwoman. cnn law enforcemen
Street our house in the middle of th street welcome to power lunch. As melissa points out, another string of record highs for averages any gains by dow, as in dam and s p 500 means a record close check out some of the big movers right now. Sea world is taking a hit. Reports the company is a takeover target. So why is it higher . We will explain later. Constellation brands, company beating east mates and raising the outlook. Constellation ceo joining cramer on mad money. The xlk is at a new 17year high paypal, apple, microsoft, alphabet all leading the way there. We are looking at shares of regeneron. News that we reported earlier he that u. S. Court reversed a ban on sales of the cholesterollowering drug, can you see shares up 3. 5 tyler, back to you thank you very much welcome to power lunch. Lets look at the dow. Major move that republicans passed a 4 trillion federal budget resolution. It is the first concrete step to tax reform for procedural parliamentary reasons. But there is a l
Intentional violation of the code. We just havent communicated as well. They just made a mistake. An innocent mistake . Was there any consequence . No. There was no discipline administered. With all due respect, my time is expired. Until you actually live by your own codes and you hold people responsible and accountable, youre going to continue to have this problem. There has to be consequences when people purposely and knowingly mislead the press and the congress. With respect, sir, again, from what ive heard, been briefed and have seen, i would not say its intentional. Theres a difference between misconduct and operational errors. And i think theres a very clear distinction. Did you not know immediately he was apprehended at the the doors or deep in the white house . Time of the gentleman has expired. He will be permitted to answer the question. You can can answer that question. Yes, sir, again. Some people how that information was relaid, again, not being there i dont know how that
Sooner. President trump is going to kenosha, wisconsin, tomorrow. He believes a law and order approach is the key and he believes focusing on the violence can turn your attention away from the coronavirus crisis. The numbers are numbing. The United States hitting the sad milestone of 6 million confirmed cases. Nearly 185,000 americans have died. In new york, an outbreak of students. 400,000 students, 64 campuses is the largest comprehensive Public College network in the country and you can see how it spreads on the campuses. Democrat biden wants you to see a common denominator. In his view failed president ial leadership. Arlet arlette saenz, it is an acknowledgement to be more active in the campaign. Reporter yeah. Joe biden is making his way here to pittsburgh where hes expected to deliver this speech pushing back on President Trumps message of law and order. Over the course of the Republican Convention you heard both the president and his allies say that he will be the person to del