80s theme. i like that a lot. thank you, dashing jake. thank you very much. thanks, guys. see you. hello, everyone. this is cnn not to, i m alisyn camerota. i m laura coates. we re 20 days away from the all-important midterm elections. with key races around the nation tightening up, especially those that will decide who controls the senate. now, there s this question. look, while he s not on the ballot, how much of a factor is the former president donald trump in how americans will actually vote? listen, there are significant developments in donald trump s legal troubles today. a lot is percolating right now. here are just some of the headlines in the course of just a few hours. this is from cnn politics exclusive. trump considers allowing federal investigators to search mar-a-lago again, and then also a federal judge says that trump signed legal documents that he knew he included false voter fraud numbers. also, you got trump appearing for a deposition in the
the news continues, cnn with jake tapper starts now. welcome to cnn tonight i m jake tapper. tonight the economic alarms are blurring, and i don t mean one of those vaguely known but soft alarms on your smartphone. [noise] no, i mean one of those really have noxious alarms that you might hear if you are he s back on the turn that off. but you cannot turn this alarm off. and as much as you want to wish it away, it is clear that with less than three weeks after the midterm elections, the forecast is doom and gloom. that is why president biden today today gave not one but two speeches on the economy. families are hurting, you have heard me say it before, but i get it. it has been a rough for five years for the country. but a lot of folks here are still struggling, but there are bright spots. i get it, folks are still struggling, but one word that you did not hear from president biden today? the word recession. but he did admit a recession was a possibility during o
news. liz truss has resigned after 44 days in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. christiane amanpour and correspondent bianca noble joins us from london. she delivered a short resignation speech stating i cannot deliver on the mandate on which i was elected. yes. she s suffered the inignominy of serving as prime minister. it was an appropriately short speech because, of course, she double have a legacy to speak of. she pointed to two economic measuresing but basically her entire premiership has voichbled controversy, taking policies too far, and not taking control of her party. let s take a listen to the moment she talks about how she finds herself. we set out for a low tax, high grade communicate that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognize, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. reporter: bianna, this has been a bruising week for a prime min
world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president biden s ability to help democratic candidates is being tested tonight with just 19 days to go before the high stakes midterm election. cnn national politics reporter, eva, has our midterm countdown. democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, getting a boost tonight. john, thank you very much for running. president biden visiting battleground pennsylvania. appearing alongside the state s lieutenant governor to tout the administration s signature infrastructure law. this law is about more than rebuilding our infrastructure. it s about rebuilding the middle class. something john knows a lot about and talks a lot about. and to fund raise for the democrat who is running in one of the most competitive races in the country against mehmet oz. with the clock ticking toward election day, some campaigns taking a sharper approach like in georgia. for you, herschel walker wants to ban abortion. after weeks
good evening, everyone. this is cnn tonight. i m alisonyn camerota. we have details on violent attack on nancy pelosi s 82-year-old husband paul. an intruder attacked him with a hammer shouting where is nancy. when police arrived, he told them quote he was waiting for nancy. an angry president joe biden called the attack despicable. enough is enough is enough. every person of good conscious needs to clearly and unambiguously stand up against the violence in our policies regardless of what your politics are. this part will not shock you. the alleged attacker posted conspiracy theories on facebook includ including links to mike lindell. not only are our elected officials in danger days before the midterms, so are their families. federal officials are warning that domestic violent extremists pose a heightened threat to the midterms and beyond. let s bring in our cnn law enforcement analyst jonathan and cnn national security analyst juliette. great to have you guys in studi