united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, vladamir putin says the world faces the most dangerous decade since world war ii. will he make it more dangerous by using nuclear weapons? can he compromise and make a deal? i will ask boris bondarev, one of the highest level defectors from putin s own government. then britain has its third prime minister in less than two months. we will tell you what you need to know about rishi sunak and his plans. trust is earned, and i will earn yours. can he gave the economy? and the reputation of that storied nation? and as a divided america heads to the polls, what can we learn from the most divided period in american history? the civil war years. i sit down with john meacham who just published a new biography of abraham lincoln. but first, here s my take. history and current polling both tell us that the house of representatives will likely flip over to republican control in the november midterms.
be controversial. it should be done in one voice. sadly, it has become political. we have to end this. what happened to paul pelosi s despicable, unacceptable. unfortunately, it has become a more dangerous place me have to do everything we can to lower the rhetoric, have a civil conversation but make sure people are safe. we are counting down to midterms, now just nine days away. we are looking at the biggest issues driving people to the polls. a new abc abscess poll shows the economy, inflation, and abortion as the top three concerns, respectively. today the chairs of both republican and democratic campaign committees gave their message to voters. exploding cost of living, a crime wave in our major cities that is the result of this defund the police nonsense. those are the issues that are top of mind for every voter in this country, that is why they are going to show up on november 8th. that is why democrats a republicans are going to win in the midterms. we will pla
thanks so much for joining us tonight. you can follow me on facebook, instagram, twitter and tiktok. our coverage continues with alysson camarada. good evening everyone. this is cnn tonight. laura is off this evening. so tonight we have new details about the violent attack on speaker nancy pelosi s 82-year- old husband paul in his home. an intruder attacked him with a hammer. sources say the attacker was shouting, where s nancy. and when they quote arrived he told them that he was quote waiting for nancy. every person of good conscious need to clearly and inambiguously stand up to violence. regardless of what your politics are. reporter: this part will not shock you the alleged attacker posted conspiracy theories on facebook. including links to multiple videos from mike lundell saying insane things about the 2020 election. sto not only are our elects officialed in danger days before the midterms but their families. let s bring in jonathan wakrove and jewel juliet. graha
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 midterms are just 11 days away, but the conspiracies and attacks are emerging. federal officials warning that domestic violence extremists are a growing threat to the midterm elections and beyond. here to talk about all of this. we have errol lewis with us, also kara swisher. and cnn chief law enforcement and analyst john muller. john, i know you have great reporting on what happened with this attack. how it went down. how did the attacker get into the pelosi s home? do we know that yet? so he entered through the rear yard where they have the large french doors. they re still reviewing the video tapes but there s an assumption that the hammer was also used as an entry tool. he came in they think with the hammer. yeah. they re going over the video tapes. i got asked several times, was the hammer in the house and was picked up. or is it something that he came with. they believe he came with the hammer. and the movie version is how police get summoned. agreed. becaus