him even as the police arrived. the new details coming in, including how police knew to respond to the pelosi home. and the suspect s twisted stolen election thoughts pushed online. plus, the attack underscores the alarming number of threats to u.s. lawmakers and their families. how much is the current political climate to blame? and 11 days out from election day and the big names hitting the field late in the game that may signal concern about midterm victories. welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with the national lead. right now, house speaker nancy pelosi is rushing to a san francisco hospital to be with her husband who was viciously assaulted overnight. police say 82-year-old paul pelosi was attacked with a hammer after a man broke into their home. the speaker was not there at the time. her office says that her husband is expected to make a full recovery. cnn reports the intruder shouted where s nancy?! during the attack and tried to
country. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, independence and freedom will be ensured. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. of course these comments come against the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. the war on ukraine dominating those conversations. president biden is set to speak in a few hours from now. ukraine s president zelenskyy set to address world leaders remotely later today. all of this as russia occupied regions in ukraine announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissing that move as a sham driven by fear of defeat. we re covering all the elements. let s begin with barbara starr at the pentagon. frederick layton is in washington d.c. and matthew chance in london. matthew, what do we know this morning? reporter: this speech taking place at
tonight on all in, we are going to be leading a revolution in congress. joe biden and his family will be a top target. two weeks from election day, the very real concerns of economic disaster if the radical right gains control of government. then, every day, i m dedicating to settle my resources, just to give people confidence that they can cast a vote safely. that is absurd. a share of a maricopa county is pushing back on voter intimidation in arizona, and he joins me live. plus, john rolston on the anti-democratic forces taking over elections in nevada, and why a new nepotism scandal has a certain fox news host lashing out at reporters. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. midterms usually favor the out of power party. big reason is that whatever problems there are at the time in the country, in the country that you re in, people go to the polls and it s easy to blame the party with control of government for it. it s almost a l
a certain fox news host lashing out at reporters. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. midterms usually favor the out of power party. big reason is that whatever problems there are at the time in the country, in the country that you re in, people go to the polls and it s easy to blame the party with control of government for it. it s almost a law of nature, a form of political gravity. right now, republicans are running against unified democratic government at the national level, house, senate, and the presidency. and inflation is up 8%. the highest it s been in 40 years. so, two weeks out from midterm elections, republicans should have the wind at their backs. and knowing all that, in normal world, republicans would be just staying on message. posting pictures like this one, which is kind of funny, but it makes sense. tweeted out by republican senator, todd young this morning, appearing to pump gas in the middle of the night, while his car
chairwoman betty thompson said, quote, unless something else develops, at this point, this hearing is the final hearing. just last, night committee vice chair liz cheney told a crowd at the texas tribune festival that she doesn t think this week s hearing will in fact be the last. she shared new information about what the committee obtained from the secret service around the time of the insurrection. we have received very significant production of information, material from the secret service. not just texts. the text messages themselves, in many cases, are gone. interesting. but there are other forms of investigation, like teams messages and emails, other forms of communications. we have received probably about 800,000 pages, at least, of material. now, the hearing comes just after the committee secured one of its most high-profile interviews yet, ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas is expected to sit down with the panel in the coming week