we did it! good tuesday morning. we re watching a number of developing stories at this hour. happening right now an emotional hearing set to begin in florida where survivors and families of the parkland school shooting will share their stories and their pain in court. this is in advance to the judge sentencing the gunman. it s the final count down now. we re one week from election day. early voting as you likely know is smashing records. more than 21 million ballots cast so far. the campaigning far from over. candidates making their final pitch and cnn is on the trail. the man accused of attacking paul pelosi is expected in court this morning. 42-year-old david depape will be arraigned on several charges including attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. we re learning disturbing new details about depape s intentions. the fbi said he planned to hold nancy pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps if she lied. we re live outside the courthouse in san francisco. t
on capitol hill the january 6th select committee about to share striking never before seen testimony and evidence all with the focus on former president trump and the central role the panel says he played in the attack on democracy. welcome to cnn s live coverage of the january 6th hearings. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. this is the final hearing. committee members are promising to hammer home their urgent argument that donald j. trump remains in their view a clear and present danger to american democracy as trump continues to push false claims about the 2020 election. committee aides tell us the hearing today will zero in on trump s state of mind on and around january 6th. we re told we ll see and hear from cabinet officials, and other new witnesses who have recently been interviewed by the committee that could potentially include former secretary of state mike pompeo, former treasury secretary steve mnuchin and elaine chao. some coming from the secret serv
supreme court just put a hold on donald trump s tax returns. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. one week until midterm campaigning stops an the votes starting getting tallied and it is one week until we will likely know who will control the house and the senate. this hour president biden travels to florida where advisers are hoping his warning against republican-controlled congress will resonate with voters. former president obama is also hitting the trail in a big way, heading to nevada and something that we don t see on the campaign trail, well basically ever, republican congresswoman liz cheney crossing the aisle to support elissa slotkin in his re-election effort in michigan. mike pence is campaigning today for georgia governor brian kemp. and in a new interview with cnn this morning, kemp made his case for re-election while clearly trying also to avoid talking about the other republican on the tike this cycle. the an
your votes color in the midterm map. follow the money and the big names and many of the critical races are jump balls. today president biden is in florida, even though democrats have little hope in the big races there, yet he will warn republicans wins would put social security and medicare at risk and he will attend two big fund-raisers, plus, a confession. court documents spell out in plain language an attacker s plan to hold the speaker of the house hostage and to break her kneecaps as a message to democrats. some republicans still find this somehow funny. about 50 million put into increasing school safety with school school resource officer, armed officers to make sure we re protecting our kids. it is not impossible to protect our kids at school. they act like it is. nancy pelosi, well, she s got protection when she s in d.c. apparently her house doesn t have a lot of protection. back to that sad story in a moment. up first, the final midterm sprint. you see big n
battleground states and former president trump s lawyers are now in discussions with the january 6th select committee and testifying under oath. this as the u.s. supreme court rejects senator lindsey graham s bid to avoid testifying in the investigation of the 2020 election interference what they claim this georgia. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the first court appearance by the man charged in the brutal attack on paul pelosi. he entered not guilty pleas just a little while ago. whitney is following the story for us. 42-year-old david depape accused of bludgeoning paul pelosi with a hammer making his first appearance tuesday. he pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. there s also been a lot of speculation regarding mr. depape s vulnerability to misinformation and that s certainly something we re going to look into. he s currently being held without bail. h