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
Pete doocy in washington tomorrow, john. John looking forward to that. Before thanks, you guys from a good afternoon, everybody, im Mark Mcculloch and this is still the story. What is likely to be the crescendo of the prosecutions side of this case. Is now under crossexamination. Cohen is a convicted perjurer, guilty of lying to congress and to the irs. He was stripped of his law license. But cohen is there to convince the jury that trump knew all about the payment to daniels. The former president says even if that were true w. Crime. Mr. Trump there is no crime. Everybody is saying there is no crime. Has never been anything like this in the history of our country. Its a scam. Its Election Interference at a level that has never taken place before. Martha later this our will republican senator j. D. Vance 1 of several republican standing up for the former president in and outside of court but First Foxbusiness Correspondent Wendy who is covering the probably Lower Manhattan. The crossex
. this is cnn breaking news. good morning, everyone, and welcome, i m phil mattingly with erica hill in new york. poppy is off today. right now, secretary antony blinken back in the war zone in israel. we are expecting blinken to speak in just moments after meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet. blinken s trip comes as one of the most intense nights. we watched rockets and missiles rain down live on cnn as flares list up the night sky. blinken, president biden and his top advisers are warning israel that the human suffering in gaza is eroding public support for the war and the outcry for a cease-fire could reach a tipping point. the israeli military says its troops are completely surrounded gaza city. the latest video in this morning from those ground operations, casualties are rising on both sides, the idf now says 23 israeli soldiers have been killed since that ground assault was launched in gaza. this morning the red crescent says israe
right now. an extraordinary new israeli offensive in the skies of gaza you re probably going to see a significant reenforcement of israeli ground forces did occur. israeli officials saying that they have encircled gaza city. cut the north off from the south. fears of a second war along israel s northern border intensifying, the leader of hezbollah is expected to break his silence. hezbollah fighters saying their fingers are on the trigger. you have secretary of state antony blinken back in israel. can the united states tell its ally how to fight a war? how we can set the conditions for a durable, sustainable peace for israelis and palestinians alike. there are just weeks before the public calls for a cease-fire becomes untenable. we can get the hostages out, we can get humanitarian aid in. this hospital will turn into a mass grave. there s nothing for this place other than a place to come and die. good morning, welcome, i m phil mattingly with er
luria and wekton are three interesting case studies of if virginia is they re more educated voters, college-educated voters and other things, that will be interesting to watch if they can keep those seats blue. it s totally different electorate probably than the governor s race last year. right. you mentioned youngkin on parental rights, some people say he overdid it, but it worked for him especially in the northern virginia suburbs. all three of the republican candidates made a joint appearance on fox this morning. listen. first and foremost, it will be the economy. how can we get grocery prices down and gas prices down? i stands with parents and with their children, and unfortunately today s progressive liberal left party has lost touch with the voters when it comes to that issue. the parents rights is the biggest issue here in this district. besides the economy. obviously the economy is f forefront of everything. you see vega and cao closer to washington, d.c., the subu