hello, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a brutal beating, conspiracy fodder, and public denial. paul pelosi is still in the hospital this day. his attack now the subject of ridiculous internet theories, and most republicans bob and weave when you ask if their election and january 6th lies are fueling our toxic political climate. plus, eight days until your midterm verdict. three embattled house democrats in virginia and a new batch of polls show that tight, that s at understatement when it comes to the fight to control the senate. and a big question is the supreme court about to wipe out affirmative action in higher education? a first for us, the vicious attack on paul pelosi. this hour the husband of nancy pelosi is hospitalized recovering from surgery on his arm and to his skull. today charges for david depape who brutalized him with a hammer after breaking into his home. police brand this as a target
ryan s campaign in ohio and these run an effective campaign, they think perhaps they hope he can pull it off. they see the governor s race, the republican incumbent, mike dewine, bulling well ahead of his democratic challenger, and that is one big hurdle for him to overcome. this will be a dynamic playing out across the country. in georgia, the question will be if walker and warnock don t get over 50% there s a december runoff. if kemp gets over 50% high will not be on the ticket in the december runoff. how does that affect things? a lot of big questions. another complete complication. i want to show you new york times we ll go through them. in four, a 50/50 senate, vice president harris breaks the tie. we say democrats control the senate. it s 50/50 so republicans need just one to take control of the senate. you siee warnock, walker, this has warnock up a little bit, but that s a statistical tie. in arizona, mark kelly, this one