are elected. even though polls show much less interest by the public now across the board. white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. things are changing here at the biden white house. the president once told us that inflation was his top domestic priority. now we are told inflation is his top economic priority as he decides to stake his side s midterm chances on abortion access. as they say in one of the times are good they ain t seen nothing yet. pete: a promise from the president protect abortion access with a new law as long as democrats pick up a few seats this november. the first bill that i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. pete: abortion trails the economy and inflation as voters most important issue in the new york times siena poll. abortion still is a top issue but voters are making their decision in november three weeks from today about econ
its members encouraging them to participate in a special halloween contest. it was known as the nancy pelosi and harry reid burn in hell competition. yes, really. operation rescue included a video showing step-by-step how you can make your very own nancy pelosi and harry reid effigy, they even showed you how to burn your effigy once you wrote it. it was from aspects of the affordable care act. the winner of the contest would receive an all-expense paid trip to d.c. just burn the effigy. is this was a fringe group in 2009 takinging dangerous political rhetoric about reid and pelosi to a dangerous new extreme. the worry is not that violent rhetoric and mainstream politics is going to cause level-headed mainstreamer to do something insane and awful. the worry is that violent rhetoric encourages the least stable amongst us to do. a democratic leader in the house, nancy pelosi, a month before the halloween contest in 2009. how concerned are you about the tone of the political de
history. it comes every five or six generations. so much has changed in america and around the world. but the decisions we make, the decisions you make, over the next two to three years are going to determine the fate of this country. not until for the next decade to two decades. president biden makes the first of what will be several speeches, now less than a week until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court. as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. and in ukraine, officials say russian forces are clearing out civilians in a significant southern city, where a major battle for the region appears to be on the horizon. good morning. and welcome to. way too early. on this wednesday, november 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re
welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. and tonight new horrific details are emerging about the attempted violent attack against house speaker nancy pelosi, the one that ended with the wounding and hospitalization of her husband, paul pelosi. the alleged violent intruder david depape is facing federal charges for breaking into the pelosi s home and beating paul pelosi with a hammer early friday morning. the suspect who trafficked online in far right conspiracy theories about covid and the 2020 election and holocaust denialism, quote, stated that he was going to hold nancy hostage and talk to her. if nancy were to tell depape the truth, he would let her go. and if she lied, he was going to break her kneecaps. depape also explained, she would then have to be wheeled into congress, which would show other members of congress there were consequences to actions, unquote. several prominent republicans have condemned the attack, including today donald trump. with p
once they will increase to 1.2 billion dollars. now if you doing tonight, take the cash, but it s only worth about half a billion dollars. still pretty good money. the news continues, time now for jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn, tonight i m jake tapper in washington. tonight, new horrific details are emerging about the attempted violent attack against house speaker nancy pelosi. the one that ended with the wounding and hospitalization of her husband paul pelosi. electric violent intruder is now facing federal charges for breaking into the pelosi s home and beating all posting. with a hammer. early friday morning. a federal criminal complaint released day reveals that the suspect to be trafficked online in far-right conspiracy theories about covid and the 20 coming election and holocaust denialism quote, stated that he was going to hold nancy hostage and talk to her. if nancy what to tell the truth he would let her go if she lied, he was going to break your knee