welcome to alex witt reports. developing this hour, new word on the condition of paul pelosi after the terrifying attack at his san francisco home. how speaker nancy pelosi speaking her silence, saying her husband is doing better and she s grateful for the quick police response. and comes as audio reveals how a 9-1-1 operator may have saved his life. all of these new details ahead, new reaction from both sides of the political violence. i think this was a deranged individual. you can say, people saying let s fire pelosi or the take back the house. saying go to violence. i don t to see attacks on any politician from any political background. it is important people realize it is not just this moment, this horrific attack. that we have seen violence perpetrated throughout our political system. we are counting down to the midterms now nine days away. both party these sharpening their messages in this final stretch, democrats bring in one of their biggest weapons on the camp
Thinks democrats will fare in the midterms? you know, alex, i am reminded of the old line is the economy stupid? it is one of the import american issues where the americans think of the economy and what happened to the americans, good, bad, different is important voters. americans trust republicans more than democrats on the house of the economy. we are seeing to what democrats are doing trying to fix that problem. they re trying to get out a full court press against this country. for you see president obama in michigan in wisconsin yesterday. the first ladies in new york, new hampshire. even bernie sanders is out doing a tour of western states, to try to drive up turnout and get people excited about the economy and tell people what the democrats have done over the past two years. weather was the chips, act slayton, reduction act. that may not be in place until january 1st, but things that could help democrats in the future. and help all americans in the future. present biden, for hi
Intruder attacked paul pelosi with that hammer. obviously, if he hadn t been able to make that call, who knows what could ve happened, right? the police chief saying that the actions by paul pelosi making that call in the 9-1-1 operator was life-saving, alex. absolutely. what a story. thank you so much for the very latest on that. let s head into the midterm elections. just scientists away with control of congress hanging in the ballots. early voting has kicked off in several states with more than 21 million americans already casting their ballots. here s a look down at the breakdown by party so far. democrats are holding a healthy lead on the early voting fund. there are a number of issues passing people to the polls. a new emphasis poll shows that the economy, inflation, and abortion as the top three concerns ahead of the midterms. those issues driving early voters in new york this weekend. i think inflation, crime, the economy are going to be important right now. i think the pla
President. he s saying like it is. on issues like social security he was extremely powerful, everyone, whether it s themselves, their parents, grandparents she could be negatively affected by what the republicans want to do by putting on the chopping block. he just delivered that core economic message so well and we all need to be doing that in these closing days. let s turn to that letter in releasing the closing week, you are 29 of your colleagues put out this letter that has been narrow retracted urging the president to engage in direct talks to war to end with the war with ukraine. do you still believe what that letter says? the content? it was a 24-hour story that shows how important timing is in politics, right? it was a letter signed by most of us in july, some in june, that was when we first heard some rumblings about putin talking about nukes, there were some folks who wanted us to have a more active role than we were, which wasn t assistance to ukraine, we were having the