welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. and tonight new horrific details are emerging about the attempted violent attack against house speaker nancy pelosi, the one that ended with the wounding and hospitalization of her husband, paul pelosi. the alleged violent intruder david depape is facing federal charges for breaking into the pelosi s home and beating paul pelosi with a hammer early friday morning. the suspect who trafficked online in far right conspiracy theories about covid and the 2020 election and holocaust denialism, quote, stated that he was going to hold nancy hostage and talk to her. if nancy were to tell depape the truth, he would let her go. and if she lied, he was going to break her kneecaps. depape also explained, she would then have to be wheeled into congress, which would show other members of congress there were consequences to actions, unquote. several prominent republicans have condemned the attack, including today donald trump. with p
what the judge is now saying. our pierre thomas at the courthouse in florid>ideo of a over the orlando airport. a small plane suddenly flying in the path of a passenger jet. two planes just hundreds of feet apart. the quick move to avert a disaster. as millions of americans held out for labor day weekend, the pilot protests at airports around the country. what does it mean for your travel plans? the record heat wave in the west. eight states under heat and fire alerts. california tonight in a state of emergency. and firefighters treated for heat-related injuries. reco rob marciano standing by. the cdc recommending two new boogsers from pfizer and moderna. the vaccines revised to target the omicron strain and subvariants. how long before the new boosters are available? and how to make sure you get the new vaccine. overseas tonight, alarming news and u.n. inspectors reach the nuclear power plant caught in the crossfire between ukraine and russia. the new message just in
congresswoman nancy mace. we want someone who will represent faith, family and freedom, that is why donald trump endorsed me and this district on june 14th will endorse me in the ballot box. i have a great record, i never voted to raise taxes. my opponent voted for the gas tax. when you say joe biden did that, arrington helped them. todd: you will want to stick around. congresswoman mace will join us and so will reporter lawrence jones who is having breakfast with south carolinans. carley: sam brown for the gop senate nomination, the winner of the race will determine who runs against incumbent catherine cortes-maesto. we will beat the senator in november. we re not relying on surrogates from dc to rescue you in the primary. i put in sweat equity and that is what we need to flip the state. todd: in north dakota, john hogan expecteds to win his third term. democrat governor janet nelwell,s looks to lockup today, will face former governor paul, who came out of reti
another witness announced for tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the attack. plus, we ve got the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senators had hoped to reach a bipartisan deal on gun safety by the end of this week, but nbc news has learned that that timetable may slip. perhaps into next week. senators have hit a snag on how to expand background checks. two people close to the talks tell nbc news at issue is whether to add waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds and to enable the fbi to conduct background checks on their juvenile records. a spokesman for republican senator john cornyn of texas said he is not considering waiting periods but does support the provision on the juvenile records. democrats, howev
driver s seat in the peach state against his trump backed challenger former senator david perdue and a showdown to come this fall with stacey abrams. we re in a fight for the soul of our state. we win this primary and dana: following a runoff in texas. henry cuellar is fending off a challenge with the backing of the party s progressive wing including aoc and bernie sanders. gillian: another big race is in alabama. three candidates vying for the seat vacated by richard shelby. a late surge by mo brooks is making this a close race now with three strong candidates there again a runoff could be in the cards. dana: that race is interesting to watch. team fox coverage. we re in alabama. and also texas. let s begin in atlanta yeah, georgia with mark meredith is standing by. good morning. there are a lot of notable races to watch in georgia today. perhaps the one getting the most attention the race underway right now to be georgia s republican governor nominee. incumben