about the paul pelosi attack, raising serious questions about the security for u.s. lawmakers. moments from now, i ll get reaction from the san francisco district attorney trying the case against the suspect. plus, joe biden preparing for a major speech on threats to american democracy. this as an exclusive new cnn poll shows voters are overwhelmingly focused in on the u.s. economy. is the president in touch with their concerns? and new u.s. intelligence leads to very disturbing discussions inside the russian military about scenarios for using nuclear weapons in ukraine. a key white house national security official, john kirby, joins me live this hour. we ll discuss. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story. new fallout from the paul pelosi attack. u.s. capitol police now facing intense scrutiny from a top u.s. house committee chairwoman. cnn law enforcemen
particulars, but does it indicate a desperation that russian officials are discussing this right now? it s deeply concerning that the relt rick we ve seen coming out of russia, wolf, including from mr. putin about the potential use of nuclear weapons. you re right, i m not going to be able to talk about the details in the reporting. i will tell you this is something we ve been watching and monitoring since almost the beginning of the conflict. almost since the beginning of the conflict mr. putin has raised the spector of the potential of using weapons of mass destruction. we re watching carefully. we ve seen no indication that the russian military is making plans for this type of use. we don t see that mr. putin, that he has crossed that threshold and made any kind of decision like that. multiple sources are telling cnn, john, this isn t necessarily what they call a high confidence intelligence analysis. does that speak to the challenge of trying to determine just how far russia co
the guy in nebraska who says the language has contributed to terrible things don, maybe you don t remember this. i wrote a book called to pass. why is it he criticized trump? why is it he didn t endorse him, why didn t he go to the convention? is he mad? it has to do with his relt rick, to pass, revision or unification. the guy said division has hurt the country now they say they want to throw him out of the party. maybe he ought to run for party chairman. get a medal. he said the republican party is enabling white supremacy. what do you think of that? i don t know if i would go that far. what i would say is that the rhetoric out of the president, just like what joe biden said, contributes to things that are very, very bad. that s what i felt all along. this is why i get so frustrated when i talk to republicans let s go do that hold on, let s slow down here. if the republican party continues to allow this
are you willing you ll find out. you ll find out. obviously, you know, we re not going to be talking too much about it. you re going to find out. they made a very big mistake. a few minutes later, thement said this. watch. i have a feeling that it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldn t have been doing what they did. i find it hard to believe it was intentional. i think it could have been somebody who was loose and stupid that did it. okay. so it seems to be mixed messaging. what do you think? does that seem like mixed messaging to you? it was. i mean, you know, i think president trump genuinely does not want a war. i m afraid he s being painted into a corner by his own relt rick, by his own actions, and at the end of the day var, i m afr that the white house is living in something of a fantasy world. i mean they thought that their policy of pulling out of the nuclear accord, of maximum pressure on iran, was going to lead iran to somehow surrender
guy is tied to the 1998 bombings of tanzania and kenya. the embassy bombings, he has been on the streets there for a long time. we don t note intel that led that he might have current plots with al qaeda. but there will be people who say, you know, if you can get him, why can t you get the benghazi suspects? there will be. but i think this raid, these raids could be useful in this regard. without being suspicious of the timing, which is given the deal making that we engaged in in syria and the fact that some players in the region question our commitment to be involved, what these raids show is that we re willing to get our hands dirty and we are willing to go in and be more than simply a remote player without an interest. and it s important, particularly for our foes in that part of the world to know that we are willing to do this. bret: forget the intel? absolutely important. look, it contradicts the president s relt rick which we are getting out.