good morning. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with breaking news out of california. paul pelosi, the husband of speaker nancy pelosi, is hospitalized, we have learned, after he was attacked inside their san francisco home. cnn s whitney wilde is joining us with some of the details. this is just unfolding as we are learning, some of the details, whitney, but so far what doe woo know and how is he doing? reporter: well, erica, it happened just two hours ago, 2:00 a.m., according to the speaker s press people. paul pelosi was attacked within their san francisco home early this morning. he is expected to make a full recovery. we have very few details at this point. notably though, the suspect is in custody. we re still collecting more information, erica, but certainly it is a very disturbing case, and we will keep on it. but right now, again, very few details. all we can tell you at this time is that paul pelosi was attacked early this morning in their san francisco home. th
viewed justice clarence thomas as key to stopping the certification of the election. the former director of national intelligence is my guest tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, biden s major speech this hour, with just six days until election day, president biden any moment now will deliver a major speech. the topic is the threat to democracy, and it comes on the heels of a violent attack on the house speaker nancy pelosi s husband paul. biden betting this will turn the tide of the midterms. but as he prepares to speak, only 9% of likely voters say voting rights and election integrity are the most important issues to them. 51% say the economy is their number one concern. 51%. and today that issue was front burner. the fed raising interest rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point. rates have been rising at an unprecedented pace with mortgage rates above 7% for the first time in 20 years. you can see the stage
was with the vice president, and i said i didn t know him very well. she couldn t recall if they discussed pence s role in certifying the electoral college vote. but after the capitol was attacked, trump told her that pence had the authority to not accept the electors. another former close aide to trump offering a glimpse into the despair staffers felt after the riot. hope hicks telling ivanka s chief of staff on january 6th, they will be perpetually unemployed. in one day he ended every future opportunity that doesn t include speaking engagements at the local proud boys meetings. now, also in this document is a letter from the committee to white house counsel basically saying we know you provided some witnesses who provided testimony, we agreed not to release their identity. we no longer have control over these materials, we can t ensure the confidentiality of these witnesses and we share concerns for their safety, security and reputations, jake. thank you so much. appreci
everybody. i m lindsey riser in for katy tur in new york city. the big news today, the potentially historic battle surrounding house republican leadership and the growing resistance to kevin mccarthy, as he scrambles to find and secure the 218 votes he needs to become the next speaker. despite that, we learned over the weekend that mccarthy has already moved into the speaker suite in the capitol, if he secures the votes, no problem, but if he doesn t, he ll have to move out and that is seeming like more of a possibility by the day. before sunday, the number of republicans openly opposing kevin mccarthy was five but that number has appeared to grow after nine more republicans released a letter saying that mccarthy s concessions up to this point have not been enough to win them over. one of the original five, congressman bob good says the plan is to deny kevin mccarthy the votes he needs and see what happens. what we ll do is we ll block kevin. i suspect there will be 10 or 1
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