intentional. it is not random. we know that. we know that. we re learning more about the man accused of attacking the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, details on both sides of the political divide. plus from gunfire to government buildings destroyed by fire, unrest in iran is intensified after yet another protester is laid to rest. we ll have a live report. and pediatric emergency rooms are being flooded with races of rsv. we ll take you live inside a st. louis hospital fighting the crisis. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the husband of u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi is recovering from serious injuries this hour after being violently attacked in his san francisco home. police say paul pelosi was struck with a hammer by a man who broke into the residence early friday. authorities still haven t determined a motive. but a source says the intruder was looking for the speaker. politicians from both sides from condemned the atta
this as one former wagner group commander flees to norway, and his lawyer is outfront tonight to tell his story for the first time. plus, just in to outfront, new details about the investigation into biden s classified documents. we now know more about who federal investigators have been speaking with about the case. and ron desantis launching a new charm offensive. he s trying to shed the notion that he s dry and reserved, those are the quotes. why now? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, convicts on the front line. new audio into outfront of the chief of the brutal private russian army fighting on the front lines in ukraine, the wagner group. the chief yevgeny prigozhin s influence with putin has been surging. this is what prigozhin is now telling convicted criminals who have finished their tours of duty with him about staying out of prison. listen for yourself. translator: don t drink a lot, don t use drugs, and don t
good afternoon, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. it s good to have you. more than 9 million votes across the country already been cast. election day just two weeks away now. not two days away. two weeks away. and the pressure s on for the candidates to win over every voter. it s especially high in pennsylvania. tonight democrat john fetterman will face off against republican mehmet oz in perhaps the most anticipated debate of the election season. it s also the only chance for pennsylvanians to see the candidates argue the issues side by side. in a 50-50 senate pennsylvania is one of the races democrats hope to gain to retain power over the chamber. many voters there have already made up their minds, though. nearly 640,000 people have already turned in ballots. cnn s jessica dean is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. jessica, give us a preview of tonight s debate. reporter: well, bianna, you really just outlined how critical this
lucas: good afternoon, griff, for years the estimated number of illegal immigrants inside the united states was 11 million, now texas lieutenant governor says that could soon be approaching a number 3 times higher. we are approaches 10 to 15% of the total population of the united states will be here illegal by the time joe biden s first term is over. you have to understand this has been an invasion for a long time. this is a plan from the left. they want to bring people in, one day make sure they have citizenship so they can vote. lucas: as you mentioned, griff, this morning a chartered bus from texas showing up at the vice president s home after she called the border secure despite millions arriving this year. the white house thinks republicans are playing dirty tricks. here is jacqui. ending remain in mexico or title 42 had nothing to do with the surge we are seeing? let me step out for a second and lay out what we have done under this administration. 23,000 agents and
repeatedly issued an invitation to your campaign to be his guest solo for the three hours of his radio show and one full hour of his national tv show. he said he s gotten no response from you, which i assume means you are. no. so my question is , served as a united states senator and i worked for one that would be the late john hines. you have to do this debating the opposition thing all the time. and i m just curious as to what your reasoning is for not doing that. well, we got an answer to play fundaments. full answer coming up tonight. also tonight, we have just obtained exclusively for this program two full hours of body cam footage from the 20 20 incident involving senator raphael warnock of georgia and his ex-wife, where she accused him of running her over with his tesler following a domestic dispute two hours now, those on the left who believe they believe all women, are they feigning outrage over herschel walker because he allegedly paid for an abortion many years a