viewed justice clarence thomas as key to stopping the certification of the election. the former director of national intelligence is my guest tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, biden s major speech this hour, with just six days until election day, president biden any moment now will deliver a major speech. the topic is the threat to democracy, and it comes on the heels of a violent attack on the house speaker nancy pelosi s husband paul. biden betting this will turn the tide of the midterms. but as he prepares to speak, only 9% of likely voters say voting rights and election integrity are the most important issues to them. 51% say the economy is their number one concern. 51%. and today that issue was front burner. the fed raising interest rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point. rates have been rising at an unprecedented pace with mortgage rates above 7% for the first time in 20 years. you can see the stage
inflation. we break down this historic move and how it could affect you and your family. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. . capitol police say a review is underway after serious questions about the break in in the house speaker pelosi s home could have happened let alone the brutal attack on her husband. i spoke with the san francisco district attorney about the threat posed by the suspect and why she insisted he should be held without bail. this is a person who was willing to go to extreme lengths to plan out this attack. to figure out how to get in their house and then to enact violence even in the the presence of the police. we know he presents a level of danger that s really as high as it gets. let s go to our cnn security correspondent josh campbell joining us from san francisco. josh, the district attorney brook jenkins told me the pelosi family was set to meet with police to
plot is going to be successful before the supreme court before january 6th. so even as they re trying to cast this plot sort of put justice thomas at the center of it, they re also acknowledging in the email chain that their odds of success are very low. but it gives you an indication of the lengths they were trying to go to stop joe biden from cementing his victory that day. we also know some of trump s lawyers were actually concerned he was going to be prosecuted as well. absolutely they were concerned about that. thank you very much for that reporting. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, president biden about to give a major speech moments from now on what he calls the unprecedented path to chaos in america. we re going to bring it to you live. desperate emails between trump attorneys revealing they