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
Attorney general candidate, former director of national intelligence, mercedes slapper with her there. this is a moment here when you are talking about the final nine days. these candidates heavily focusing on the maricopa county area which makes up two thirds of the arizona electorate. we have shown, when it comes to the democrats here, they need to bring out some not only republican voters but a greater share of those independent voters to have any chance of pulling off a victory here. of course, it kari lake, the republican and another day or mallet rick about bookends are not naive to the fact that they have to convince, unlike donald trump was able to do in 2020 or mark weeks ali in 2018 or 2020, they ought to be able to hold on to those very voters here in the closing days. alex? paul, you ve explained it very well. i thank you, we appreciate that. here s programming out. later today, 4 pm eastern that arizona cannot for governor katie hobbs and we invite you to watch msnbc on