jobs in and live in day in and day out. paul pelosi, he is the husband of speaker pelosi, was violently assaulted during an early morning break-in by an assailant who was reportedly searching for nancy pelosi. a source telling nbc news that mr. pelosi was home alone when the attacker broke in. the attacker was armed with a hammer. paul pelosi reportedly suffered multiple blows to the head and is currently in surgery. the speaker was in washington, d.c. at the time of the attack. as for the assailant, he is in the custody of the san francisco police department. officials say he will face a number of charges including attempted homicide. the motivation for the attack is still under investigation at this hour, but a look at his digital footprint reveals he posted a whole host of conspiracy theories including anti-establishment ideas as well as anti-semitism and vaccine conspiracies. this attack is raising questions about the security of our lawmakers and their families in this i
thank you so much for letting us into your homes all weeklong during these extraordinary times. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber. it s friday, have you heard? i hope you have a great week, nicolle. you, too. welcome to the beat. this republican chaos is continuing on this friday night in the house, which just rejected kevin mccarthy for speaker again, the 13th time. that s two more defeats for mccarthy today. kevin mccarthy is pretty much stuck at this point. he can t even stop these votes from taking place and losing over and over again. house republicans now are on the verge of becoming a total clown show if they re not careful. what s it going to take to get over the top? we ll get it done tonight. it looks like he will lose on the 13th ballot. i have a couple members flying back. that s what it s been looking like as the weekend now looms on this friday evening on the east coast. it s clear this is one of the worst weeks for any party leade
energy bosses warn that the government s plan to cap the price of electricity produced by older renewable facilities is risky. hello and welcome to bbc news. ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing, as some people are still thought to be missing. eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation, but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station, in the village of creeslough, yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was lef
what it is? mayhem and meltdowns in midair. why one passenger threw a water bottle during a fight with a flight attendant, and they were not thirsty while another passenger asked an airline for i can t even believe thi. but first, as fox news cameras capture dozens of people as they try to cross our border illegally into texas, one smuggler tells us the border is open for business. [speaking spanish] smugglers, migrants and many republican lawmakers say the border is open, but homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says the border is closed and secure. and in a new interview with the dallas morning news , secretary mayorkas says, quote, the political cry that the border is open is music to the smugglers ears because they take that political rhetoric and market it. but it seems voters trust republicans more than democrats to handle the border. a new fox news poll out this morning show it is the gop has a 21-point lead over dems on the issue, and many republic
in prison. it s time now for ac 360 . tonight president biden issued a warning about the fate of democracy itself. we ll get senator bernie sanders take on it. the president began by talking about the attack on paul pelosi, the alleged plot to kidnap and ma am house speaker nancy pelosi. he framed the issue as the shared and urgent need to fight for the american survival of the experiment. all americans, regardless of party, to meet this moment of national and generational importance, we must vote knowing what s at stake, not just the policy of the moment, but institutions that have held us together as we sought a more perfect union. the extreme maga element of the republican party, which is a minority of the party, but its driving force. it s trying to succeed where they failed in 2020, to suppress the right of voters and subvert the electoral system itself. that means denying your right to vote and deciding whether your vote even counts. instead of waiting until the