what more do we know about the attack? reporter: we re still learning more about the stunning attack. she was not there at time but her husband, paul pelosi, who was 82 years old was at the time. and what wae re learning is an assail aent broke into the couple s home and attacked paul pelosi with a hammer. the speaker s office put out a statement of what they believe has happened. they said early this morning an assailant broke into the pelosi resident in san francisco and violently assaulted mr. pelosi. the assailant is in custody and the motivation is under investigation. mr. pelosi was taken to the hospital where he is receiving excellent medical care and the speaker was not in san francisco at the time. we have learned that the speaker was in d.c. at the time. she s been traveling across the country raising money, appearing in campaign stops as we head into the critical midterm elections. sometimes paul pelosi travels with her and oftentimes he does not. he has his own
This as cnn has exclusively reported on the Special Counsels 2020 election probe. Also tonight, the u. S. Warns north korea it will pay a price if kim jongun arms, helps arm Vladimir Putins war in ukraine. Ill ask key white house official john kirby about that and the prospect of a kim putin being in russia. The manhunt for a Fugitive Killer expanding right now after a Security Camera catches a glimpse of the escaped convict in pennsylvania. Outside the original search area. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. We begin with Breaking News right now. The former chairman of the proud boys was just sentenced moments ago in connection with the january 6th attack. Cnn senior justice Cover Ant Evan Perez is outside the federal courthouse here in washington. Evan, enrico dario got 22 years, 22 years in prison. Tell us more about this very significant sentence. Reporter thats right, wolf.
i don t know what the republicans have in the house, but he d like to see what they have, but believes it s up to voters to decide to remove a president, not congress. manu raju up on capitol hill, thank you very much. let s discuss this and more. joining us, republican strategist alice steward and cnn s nia malik henderson and david axelrod is with us as well. nia, why do you think mccarthy is threatening this impeachment inquiry right now? and what s the appetite that other republicans have for it? listen, i think if you re a moderate republican who is up for reelection in 2024, there is not a lot of appetite for this. there is a fear among some republicans that this would begin up the democratic base, sort of rally around biden. the reason mccarthy is doing this now is because he sort of failed in terms of getting impeachment inquiries in terms of the ag or even the homeland security secretary. so now they want a bigger fish. the question is this sort of messaging and it s not g
front line and had to make some really, really tough decisions. it is not just one issue. it is a comprehensive agenda. i think dems are landing that plane for this cycle. if they continue, even with a split government, if they continue at least in the senate and in the white house to put forward policy agendas that will improve americans lives, i think it will fare well in 2024 and hold the coalition together. do you think, scott, the republicans are learning the right lessons right now? i don t know yet. that s what primaries are for. we are fixing to have one. donald trump is going to run. i think others are going to challenge him. if ron desantis does, i heard nia malik henderson saying maybe the voters haven t been consulted. with all due, the florida voters were consulted and he won hispanics, he flipped miami-dade. there are republicans who can show republican voters there s a better way. i will give you all of the fight you want but something you didn t get out of donald t
police business, they have the collar, is the san francisco police department. this is their arrest. it could be superceded federally but those state charges are what they could hold this individual on. and they are probably the first people other than the victim, mr. pelosi, to have spoken to this individual. and what he said in those statement is key. appreciate it. th thank you, all. also with us this morning. cnn commentator s.e. cupp and nia malik henderson. i know we planned to talk midterms and we ll dou that. and think it is important to just take a beat on what ware learning this morning. nia, you brought up earlier those disturbing comments from senator collins, not too long ago to the new york times over her concerns about violent rhetoric. i do want to stress we do not