him even as the police arrived. the new details coming in, including how police knew to respond to the pelosi home. and the suspect s twisted stolen election thoughts pushed online. plus, the attack underscores the alarming number of threats to u.s. lawmakers and their families. how much is the current political climate to blame? and 11 days out from election day and the big names hitting the field late in the game that may signal concern about midterm victories. welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin with the national lead. right now, house speaker nancy pelosi is rushing to a san francisco hospital to be with her husband who was viciously assaulted overnight. police say 82-year-old paul pelosi was attacked with a hammer after a man broke into their home. the speaker was not there at the time. her office says that her husband is expected to make a full recovery. cnn reports the intruder shouted where s nancy?! during the attack and tried to
tonight what s the bottom line you want the american people to know? there was a very sophisticated multi-part plan ovp ovoverseen ovp ovove by donald trump. you can t accept when they steal and rob. the attempt to stay in power. the longest investigation into donald trump s attempt to stay president barrels towards conclusion, we put it all together. i got three men walking down the street with ar-15s. the explosive testimonies. i over heard the president saying something that i don t effin care that they have weapons, let people in. new insights from witnesses. i said you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters and throw them out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? i don t know what he believed. the unanswered questions. i feel like we don t know the full story on the proud boys and oath keepers. and what may lie ahead. the former president and his allies represent a clear danger to american democracy. not because of wha
are in a fight for the finish, look at the map. you see the big names are hitting the trail in the final days. it tells you what you need to know about the race in states where frankly every single vote will count. and there is a remarkable ad we have to show you that claims to know what god wants. and on the 8th day god looked down on his planned paradise and said i need a protector so god made a fighter. oh my god. we are going to talk about that. i hope so. plus, the politics of pot, recreational marijuana is on the ballot in five states. most of them conservative red states. finally an issue that s bringing americans together getting high. [ laughter ] well, when you go low, they go high. i had to. i don t know why. it kalcame out as a whole thing fantastic. let s bring our experts on that. we have cnn political commentator scott jennings and keith and mark mckinnon. gent gentlemen, great to have you. i do live at 10,000 feet so i know something about
republican took over new york. and the warning it sends across the country. and one week ago, he told elon musk welcome to hell. tonight, that hail-scape is a whole lot worse. as the 11th hour gets underway on friday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are down to the wire. four days before the election day, and with control of the senate and the house on the line. there is no room for error. there s also no rest for the president on this final campaign weekend. president biden will be trying to get out the vote in illinois and pennsylvania. he ll have company in the keystone state for two former presidents, biden will headline a rally with president obama, while donald trump is also campaigning there this weekend. this afternoon, biden said he thinks things are looking good for democrats. we re gonna win this time around, i feel really good about our chances. we re gonna keep this and keep up a seat. we have a chance of winning the house. that s when i
november the 5th, i m alex velshi, there are only three days left of 2020 midterms, said to be one of the most important consequential elections in modern history. not only is control of both chambers of congress up for grabs, but the integrity of future elections will be decided by a number of key races this year. that is because the majority of republicans running for congress in statewide office, 291 of them according to the washington post, about the question or flat out lied about the legitimacy of the results of the 2020 elections. and many of them are likely to win. those candidates are largely sycophants of the twice impeached insurrectionist ex president donald trump. who have either been diluted by his big lie about a stolen election that never happened, or simply repeat the big lie for their own political benefit. it is a dangerous lie, that is already led to an insurrection at the seat of our government, and i have this year s midterm elections, election officials