infirm we begin this hour of msnbc and san francisco with new details on the violent attack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi charges against the suspect could drop tomorrow. the new york times reports the suspect, david depape, remains in custody, and will face charges including attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon. in a letter this morning to congress, speaker pelosi said her husband paul is improving. but says the attack has left her family quote, heartbroken and traumatized. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture that he s expected to make a full recovery. as for the investigation, we ve learned today from police, zip ties were found at the scene inside pelosi s home. authorities do not say how many zip ties were found nor the intent or their purpose. as for the political response to the attack, it s been divided so far. rhonda mcdaniel today. this was a vicious attack, meant for the speaker. ends up hammering the speaker s husban
america. the countdown to election day november 85 days from now. the president laser focused on that, not on the issues voters have been saying they care about. instead here is what and whom the president says is public enemy number one. president biden: you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. it is estimated that the more than 300 election deniers on the ballot all across america this year. we can t ignore the impact this is having on our country. it is damaging. harris: from the president of the united states and republicans with this. i thought it was pathetic and divisive. not one word how to secure a broken border or lower gas prices as president. how i m going to challenge rampant crime. how i will make us energy independent. it was about half the country being political terrorists. it is not going to work. harris: that takes deplorable to a whol
after he made allegations in a whistleblower complaint. he was strip of his gun and badge, and removed from the daytona beach fbi field office. that sounds like fun, getting stripped at the daytona beach feel office. i guess as far as the fbi is concerned he s been unfriended. see what i did there with his name? because his name s friend. i think that s a courtesy laugh on yor part, bat i ll let it go. now, you can keep doing it, aren t you? don t you remember the whistleblower protection act? that was such a big deal when all the anonymous sneakers were coming after trump. now it gets ignored like tinder dating profile. very lean guy. laughing through the tears. n. friend was declared absent without leave because he wouldn t take part in a swat raid that hey considered excessive force agents the january 6 folks accused of misdemeans. in a way it s like being punished for refusing to take part in a home invasion. but because friend missed off the wrong people he was gone fast
and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards and also so far we made almost 50 sandbags. we have some that we made last year, but we re making more to prepare for that rain. an
with a country that some think is what america needs to do, that is write a new constitution. and he will speak to one of the top scientists responsible for the webb telescope and those awesome images it has captured. these videos show explosions that have happened in the last two weeks at russian military facilities in crimea, which has been occupied by russian forces since 2014. one attack at an air base destroyed at least seven russian warplanes. ukraine has claimed responsibility for that attack and two others according to an internal document obtained by cnn. is this evidence that kyiv is launching a counteroffensive against russia and could it gain back territory illegally overtaken by moscow? joining me now is retired u.s. army general mark hurtling. and general grks tohave good to have you on. great to be with you. let s talk about the attacks inside crimea, this territory has been controlled by russia for some eight years now. does ukraine s ability to strike beh