to respond to local government debt and real estate troubles. another priority is to get financial regulators to work more closely together so they can co ordinate the event of an economic shock. janet yellen is slowly emerging as a key player in the biden administration s handling of this challenging relationship between the world s two superpowers and she said she plans to visit china again and she said she plans to visit china again next year, her second visit since july. china industrial output grew 6%, faster than the 4.6% gain in october. retail sales also grew but missed forecast chinese consumers have been reluctant to spend amid a deepening crisis in the country s property sector and economic slowdown. a majorfault line between washington and beijing is the race to develop semiconductors. chips power everything from smartphones to military highend equipment and are increasingly seen as crucial to the global economy. south korea and the netherlands two keynotes south
republican congressman jim jordan for seeking to interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation. from that times report, quote, the 50-page suit filed in federal court in the southern district of new york accuses jordan of a, quote, brazen and unconstitutional attack on the prosecution of mr. trump and a, quote, transparent campaign to intimidate and attack the district attorney lawyers for bragg are seekinr ms congressional allies from enforcing a subpoena they sent to mark pomerpomerantz. mark pomerantz was a leader into the investigation of mr. trump he later wrote a book about the experience viewers of this program may remember he appeared here as well mr. pomerantz resigned last year after mr. bragg, after his first term in office decided not to seek an indictment of trump at the time mr. bragg s lawyers also intend to frercprevent any such lawsuii says is this where we start with our friends, the new york times glenn thrush is here also joining us the former chie
house speaker nancy pelosi and violently attacked her husband with a hammer. sources say 82-year-old paul pelosi was taken into surgery for a skull fracture. he is expected to make a full recovery. this all started just before 2:30 pacific time at the pelosi home in san francisco where sources say the male suspect confronted paul pelosi screaming, where is nancy, and tried to tie him up, quote, until nancy got home. shortly thereafter, police arrived on the scene. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup, and rendered medical aid. san francisco police have identified the suspect as 42-year-old david depape. he s has a history of spreading far right conspiracy theories about covid vaccines, the 2020 election, and the january 6th insurrection. sources say he was not known to capitol police or in any federal threat datab
motivated, but you could expect to learn more information about perhaps what was on the digital feed of the individual who was there and struck paul pelosi at least once with a hammer. that much we know. we also know it was paul pelosi who called 911. and through that call, a dispatcher very well saved his life. much more information on all this coming in. the news continues, so let s hand it over to jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. tonight, outrage, horror, and a scramble for answers after an intruder broke into the home of house speaker nancy pelosi and violently attacked her husband with a hammer. sources say 82-year-old paul pelosi was taken into surgery for a skull fracture. he is expected to make a full recovery. this all started just before 2:30 a.m. pacific time at the pelosi home in san francisco where sources say the male suspect confronted paul pelosi screaming, where is nancy, and tried to tie him up, quote,
a swing district that went to trump in zweent and then joe biden in 2020. steve joins us in just a moment to break down how democrats messaging on abortion rights is now recasting the conversation about that once expected red wave this fall. also from new york, a victory for two key figures since the impeachment of donald trump, jerry nadler handily defeated caroline maloney after powerful allies were forced to run for the same seat. and in a crowded 10th district, federal prosecutor daniel goldman won unseeding mondaire jones. and in florida, democrats have placed their debts on charlie crist to challenge the state s current republican governor ron desantis in the general elocation. and it will be former orlando police chief congresswoman val demings trying to unseat marco rubio in the united states senate. both charlie crist and val demings will be our guests on the show a short time from now. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, august 24th, i m willi