details from our west coast newsroom tonight. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. speaker pelosi s office just released that statement confirming what they called the successful surgery on 82-year-old paul pelosi and saying his doctors at san francisco general hospital expect a full recovery following the violent attack. it was 2:27 this morning when police were alerted to an incident at the pelosi home in san francisco officers apparently arriving so quickly that the assault on mr. pelosi was happening as they got if there. our officers observed ms. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from ms. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disharmd him. took him into custody. it s not clear from the police chief s comments who was initially holding the hammer. whether the suspect brought it into the house or whether mr. pelosi had, perhaps, grabbed it for self-defense. polic
majorities and avoid the shellacking he experienced in 2010. i will speak to michigan democratic congresswoman debbie dingell about the battle for the house and cheri beasley on whether democrats can pull off a surprise in a traditionally red state. jon meacham will join me. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we have breaking news from california where nancy pelosi s husband, 82-year-old paul pill pelosi was attacked with a hammer. he is recovering at the hospital. we are expecting a press conference late they are hour. we will bring that to you live. joining us from san francisco is nbc s jake ward and nbc news terrorist analyst jim kavanaugh. jim is a retired aft special agent in charge and hostage negotiator. first, jake, this is a violent assault with a hammer against the 82-year-old husband of the speaker in line for the succession, of course. what other details do we know? reporter: we know at this point that at 2:27 a.m., the house you see behind me h
flights to martha s vineyard. chad wolf will react to the growing national security threat and the dire consequences of the biden administration s open border policy. sandra: but first, the battle for the house and senate ramping up with midterm elections just 49 days away. latest fox news power rankings revealing democrats may have roads to victory as republicans try to hold on to their advantage. hello, and welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: good to spend tuesday with you. new data shows republicans are expected to take a 13 seat majority with the total of 231 seats. that is three seats fewer since august, giving democrats pathways to retain control. sandra: it s essentially a toss-up in the senate with races appearing very close in arizona, georgia, nevada and pennsylvania. power rankings show the senate is evenly split, republicans a slight edge, expecting to take 51 seats with democrats taking 49. john: on the heels of the latest fox
hello, everyone. i m bianna in new york. pressure mounts for garland to appoint a special counsel to oversee an investigation into president biden s handling of classified government records. we are following this from every angle, so let s begin with cnn s evan perez. what are you learning about what we can expect to hear from the attorney general in just a few moments? reporter: well, bianna, we obviously know that the justice department attorney general garland are in a difficult position given the fact that we are learning still new details about these documents that the president s team says that they found now at multiple locations. the justice department is facing the decision right now whether to appoint a special counsel, whether to open a fuller investigation. we know that, at least at this point, there was an initial review that was done by the u.s. attorney in chicago. that part of the investigation is completed, and so now the decision from garland that we expe
of personnel news dimension right off the top, it s good news. ownership say congratulations to alex wagner. who is going to take over the slot that is now msnbc prime. this is just announced today by msnbc. it is great news. in terms of me, nothing about what i m doing is changing. i am gonna be doing monday nights, from here on out, plus, i will be here for big news events, like i have been, things like a genuine 60 rings, and the big supreme court decision on friday on roe v. wade. nothing that i am doing is changing at all, but it is great news that starting late this summer, starting mid august, it s gonna be alex wagner in the chair here tuesday through friday, at 9:00 eastern. so, congratulations to alex. everybody here thinks this is great news, myself included. again, you re still stuck with me for all the same things that have been stuck with me on in recent weeks and months, that won t change. but alex is taking over that msnbc prime spot. great news. great to kn