his firsthand account of what happened that dark day. plus, we ll take you through the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including what the wife of clarence thomas had to say about her texts with the former chief of staff. and we ll take a look at what is ahead for president biden in the new year and his looming decision on whether to run again in 2024. 2024. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, january 2nd. happy new year. thank you for starting your day and 2023 with us. the u.s. capitol police chief during the january 6 insurrection is sharing new details about the alleged government failures he says allowed the attack to happen. in a new book that is out tomorrow which has already been reviewed by the washington post, stephen son give his firsthand account. in the book, he writes that top leaders from the fbi, dhs and even the capitol police s own intelligence division were tipped off about the attack weeks before it happened.
international analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. happy new year to you. happy new year. we have so much to talk about. new year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new year s day service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and foreign policy and everything. the harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. and reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. it s a good one. he said start by digging two graves. one of them for yourselves. yeah. wow, that really does strike you when you look what s happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. one that has seen childhood poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70-year lows. it s in the u.s. wo
you, i m abby philip in new york. with the political heavyweights ready to go, we are following the key races across the country and the big names rallying behind candidates who could shift the balance of power in washington. let us start in the state of florida where the president is headed today. cnn s jeremy diamond is out there for us. so president biden is bringing a new message, the extreme maga republicans to florida, but privately his aides are telling you and our other colleagues that this is not necessarily about making these two races, the senate and the gubernatorial races competitive this fall. reporter: a spoke with democratic strategists who say they do not have high hopes that the president s visit will shift a race that appears to be heading in the governor s race and in the senate race in republicans direction but a week from election day we are very much in the closing argument phase of this election and the president s advisers have told me that they se
house speaker nancy pelosi has just been arraigned. stand by for details. this comes as we re learning the pelosi family members are expected to hear the 911 call and see the police body camera footage taken at the scene. also tonight, political heavy weights in both parties are hitting the campaign trail one week before the midterm elections that potentially could shake up the balance of power here in washington. cnn is on the ground in the make or break battle ground states. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the new developments in the paul pelosi attack. the suspect formerly said arraigned making an appearance in the california courtroom. josh campbell is outside the courthouse in san francisco. josh, tell us what happened inside the court today. reporter: yeah, wolf, that hearing just wrapping up here at the hall of justice in down tow san francisco for david d perks p
battleground states and former president trump s lawyers are now in discussions with the january 6th select committee and testifying under oath. this as the u.s. supreme court rejects senator lindsey graham s bid to avoid testifying in the investigation of the 2020 election interference what they claim this georgia. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the first court appearance by the man charged in the brutal attack on paul pelosi. he entered not guilty pleas just a little while ago. whitney is following the story for us. 42-year-old david depape accused of bludgeoning paul pelosi with a hammer making his first appearance tuesday. he pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. there s also been a lot of speculation regarding mr. depape s vulnerability to misinformation and that s certainly something we re going to look into. he s currently being held without bail. h