very good to be with all of you. i m alex witt in for katy tur. charges against paul pelosi s attacker could be in any minute as the speaker s husband recovers from surgery in the icu. a source says paul pelosi is awake and has cognitive function and remembers everything. david depape faces a string of charges including attempted murder and a parallel investigation into the friday assault. there is a lot we still don t know, though, but law enforcement officials have confirmed the suspect was looking for nancy pelosi, zip ties were discovered at the scene, blog posts are being investigated in connection with the situation, and a range of contradictly political views including liberal anti-establishment and more recently far right extremism. it raises questions about the most powerful women in politics and one of the most threatened members of congress in the country according to a report today in the new york times, not to mention what happened on january 6th and these scen
the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
we were getting ready for a big celebration. we were winning everything, and all of a sudden, it was just called off. so we ll be going to the u.s. supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don t want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list. that, of course, was donald trump on election night, calling for the nullification of mail-in ballots. that was part of the plot to overturn the election. and now, text messages have surfaced from former georgia senator kelly loeffler revealing even more details of that plot. plus, the phony republican narrative that abortion rights is fading as an issue. they re gaslighting women about what s at stake in the midterms and tonight s democracy defender is taking on the powerful maga forces in arizona. who want to control how votes are cast and counted, as the threat of violence increases against election workers. we begin tonight with the midterm elections. now just 19 days away. but here s the thi
nevada, you have up and down the ballot some election deniers there, same goes for arizona. a lot at stake out west and across the country. nobody s going to sleep on the west coast tonight, back east, because, man, some of the most important races taking place. control of congress is up for grabs. republicans are favored to win the house, where they need a net gain of five seats. the smallest number of seats the out of power party has needed to flip the house since 1932. michael, let s put perspective on this again for our friends joining us on the west coast right now. in 2010, how many seats we picked up 63 house seats, which was the most the party picked up since 1928. and that was after barack obama had a massive landslide victory. right. bill clinton won in 92. 73 republicans get elected that year. and in 2018, you actually had, when donald trump was president, democrats didn t do quite as well, but they had 40 seats. so it s going to be really interest
election day. we will be back everything what, willie? all of this is wrong. tomorrow morning we will have it right. a special show before a live studio audience and we will break down the results and the races that will likely still hang in the balance. we will also have some very special guests. that s at 6:00 a.m. eastern time right here on msnbc. josé diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i am josé diaz-balart from new york. today election day. polls are open in most of the country with polling places just opening in california and nevada. voters are making decisions in races that will determine the balance of power not only in the nation s capital, but in states, towns and cities across the country. when it comes to congress all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election and 35 senate seats. and republicans need to pick up five house seats and one senate seat to take control on c