good evening, the first time since might easily have been a deadly attack on her husband paul house speaker nancy pelosi is talking about the ordeal. she was not at their san francisco home the early-morning hours of october 28th when is when paul was awakened by an intruder asking to talk with his wife. according to federal prosecutors the suspect told he intended to hold nancy pelosi captive, interrogate her and possibly break her kneecap if her answers did not satisfy him. paul pelosi managed to call 911. police arrived just in time to see a suspect hit him with a hammer fracturing his skull. tonight mr. pelosi is out of the hospital. speaker pelosi is telling her story. ised. i m so sorry for all that has happened. how is your husband doing and what does his recovery look like? well, thank you. it s a long haul but he knows he has to pace himself. he s just as gentleman that he s not complaining about he s also knowing that it s a long haul. he s so concerned about th
cast their ballots in this critical midterm election at stake. control of the u.s. house of representatives, control of the u.s. senate, plus control of governors mansions in state houses all across united states. the polls and political history point to a likely good night for republicans. since 1990, the president s party has lost seats in the house, sometimes in the dozens, when the president s approval rating falls below 50%. and biden s sure is below 50%. trying to ride that momentum, sources tell cnn that donald trump has been discussing with aides whether he should announce his 2024 presidential campaign tonight. it s all unknown as of now, but what is clear, we probably will not know the results in a number of the elections tomorrow night. it will likely take days to count all the ballots. so, what to watch out for in the meantime? beware of bad actors who will try to take advantage of these delays to spread false conspiracies about election fraud. let s take a momen
the district attorney on the case is outfront tonight. new video of new russian recruits desperately pleading with their leaders saying they re being sent to the, quote, meat grinder. bring in the big names. all out on the trail tonight speaking in our hour. we ll take you there live. let s go outfront. outfront this evening, the breaking news. paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi is now out of surgery for a fractured skull. this after police say an intruder broke into their home overnight and attacked with a hammer. that intruder also attempted to tie mr. pelosi up until nancy got home. speaker pelosi was in washington at this time. but sources tell cnn the intruder repeatedly asked where is nancy? the rampage. the suspect is now identified as 42-year-old david depape of california. he is facing charges of attempted homicide as well as burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse i m going to talk to the district attorney in charge o
running for governor there. also new this weekend, for president obama is now set a campaign in three critical states later this month. control of the senate, the biggest prize as both parties try to break what is effectively a current 50/50 split. early voting begins tomorrow in multiple battleground states as well as numerous senate and gubernatorial debates in the coming days. both sides are sending messages to the voters earlier today. i think the good policy is good politics. we have been doing the right thing for the american people with proposals that are they are popular because they make sense. we are phenomenal candidates. we re going to win races in a lot of places that you haven t seen. they are furious with biden and pelosi s far-left socialist agenda which has led to increased spending, increased inflation. those two will not get the final word. our team of reporters and analysts we start with nbc s monica alba at the white house with a closer look at
plus, day three without water in jackson, mississippi. and the situation is so bad, the hospital does not have air conditioning. but one part of a temporary fix has arrived. welcome to the lead. i m cakasie hunt in for jake tapper. donald trump s legal team is on the clock. they have under four hours to submit their response to a scathing court filing from the department of justice which accused the former president of pushing a, quote, incomplete and inaccurate narrative about the fbi raid at mar-a-lago. the d orc j went on to make an even more damning assertion that it has proof that documents were moved from a storage room at the florida resort and possibly hidden in an effort to obstruct the fbi s investigation. the doj also filing included a signed letter from a trump lawyer swearing no classified documents were left at the former pred s home. that we now know was a lie. given that fbi teams seized more than 100 documents from mar-a-lago during the august search. c