business of the cities, their counties, states, and this nation. their families don t sign up for this to be harmed. and it is wrong. that s san francisco s police chief denouncing the attack on nancy pelosi s husband. we ll have the latest developments since friday morning s targeted assault straight ahead. meanwhile, south korea is grieving a horrific disaster during halloween celebrations. and police are now admitting they made a mistake managing a massive crowd. also ahead, democrats call in the closer with a week to go until the mid weeks. former president barack obama hits the trail in hopes of slowing the momentum for republicans. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 31st. happy halloween. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning new information about friday s violent attack on paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. according to san francisco police, 42-year-old david depepe entered the home by breaking a
plan to hire police to deal with crime against republican calls to de-fund the fbi. on labor day, the president will march in pittsburgh s labor day parade. afterwards, a stop in wisconsin. russia received a delivery of drones from issue ran to help fight ukraine. putin s forces launching a new round of shelling today in kharkiv. ukraine continues its counteroffensive in kherson. u.n. inspected will get access to the nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhia, the source of fears of a catastrophic potential radiation accident because of artillery fire in the area. serena triumphs in straight sets during a spectacular first round match at the u.s. open, sparking hopes of a magical run before her planned exit from the professional tour after this final grand slam. we begin this hour with president biden. joining me now are peter alexander, mark murray, former congressman david jolly, donna edwards. peter, take us through what we can expect from president biden in his remarks tod
peter doocy has more. the white house sees inflation as a problem but we re in a very good economy. today s economic news confirms the fact that my economic plan is moving in a better direction. the reason the president says that, he sees a low unemployment rate as top above all. right now wages are not rising as fast as the prices on everything else, which republicans say they see as a blinking red light. the problem is that every single day americans are hurting when they re either putting gas in their tanks, trying to put food on their table or trying to pay rent or energy bills. all of these things are out of the president s control. so white house officials say those are the only things that they believe is hindering their economic agenda. remember, this price increase is due to putin s tax highs, putin s war on ukraine. that s why we have seen the increase of gas prices and food. the press secretary says that we are stronger economically than we have been
this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. again, that count is going to continue to go up and we don t lose this many people in flooding. it is a real tough one. rescuers are working around the clock. the national guard from kentucky, tennessee, and west virginia are lifting hundreds from the floodwaters. more than 600 already. washed away roads and bridges adding to the already very complicated recovery efforts. cnn s evan is at a command center for the research and rescue efforts. how are they coordinating what, is going on? reporter: well, hi, fred, when they say command center, they mean a place people gather. this is a parking lot of a shopping center here in jackson, kentucky, that is in the middle of where the floodwaters happened and behind me agencies are coming from all over the country, all over the state to work to try to help find people who might be trapped or still need help in the floodwaters and they re also working with a
the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden has started trying to convince voters that a much-needed victory for his agenda is a win for them as well. the senate approving the democrats flagship economic package. let s go to our chief white house correspondent, kaitlin collins. final passage is expected in the house of representatives later this week. it will be a very big moment for the president. reporter: it absolutely will, wolf, because it s been a very tough few months for this white house. so this is a welcome change of pace for many of the officials, including president biden as they are now cruising into what appears to be the passage of this major piece of legislation. you re right, going to the house later this week and then the white house hopes on to president biden s desk for his signature. while the bill is very different from what democrats were negotiating over just last summer, wolf, it is still something that is we