governor, josh shapiro joins us this sunday, just days before the most consequential midterm election in years, the vicious attack on a pelosi s husband are raising fears of political violence. in her first statement since her husband was attacked in their home a hammer, attempted to tie him up. and said that they would wait until, quote, nancy got home. to be clear they hope it s a final winning message for democrats. joining me now, in an exclusive interview, white house press secretary something that all of us need to say. it should be done in one voice. sadly, it has become political. we need to end this. this is about the president has said multiple times. he has talked about it in his speeches and other remarks. the thing that is probably most haunting about when we hear of the reports of this assailant, this attacker, that you were speaking of. he was yelling out the things we heard during january six. which is, where is nancy? again, we need to end this type
jobs in and live in day in and day out. paul pelosi, he is the husband of speaker pelosi, was violently assaulted during an early morning break-in by an assailant who was reportedly searching for nancy pelosi. a source telling nbc news that mr. pelosi was home alone when the attacker broke in. the attacker was armed with a hammer. paul pelosi reportedly suffered multiple blows to the head and is currently in surgery. the speaker was in washington, d.c. at the time of the attack. as for the assailant, he is in the custody of the san francisco police department. officials say he will face a number of charges including attempted homicide. the motivation for the attack is still under investigation at this hour, but a look at his digital footprint reveals he posted a whole host of conspiracy theories including anti-establishment ideas as well as anti-semitism and vaccine conspiracies. this attack is raising questions about the security of our lawmakers and their families in this i
taking effect. now, the news is a setback, there is no doubt about it. but the administration s not taking no for an answer. white house press secretary kareen jean pierre just hours after that ruling urged americans to continue submitting their applications to the government. students can still submit their applications, and yes, they can be provided does not prevent us from reviewing these outlook asians repairing them for application to loan servicers. so, take note, the relief program has been halted. but, and this is an important but, the administration is doing everything possible to be prepared to forgive loans if and when the temporary block is lifted. we are going to continue to follow that story. we ll bring you any updates on it as they develop. and coming up on the second hour of amen, the gop agenda, finally revealed. if republicans take control congress, their plans include hurting you and our allies. we are going to explain. plus, ron desantis losing in court
you, republicans, yes, they could win the house. a new poll shows voters in battleground states prefer republican house candidates to democrats by six percentage points. now, we are not saying this to gin up fear. we are saying this because it is important for us, and you, the viewer, to understand what a republican-led house would look like. you re going to have minority leader kevin mccarthy, who s at the top of the list, to become the speaker in a gop-controlled house, laying out his party s first order of business should they win. any guesses on what that might be? perhaps a plan to address inflation that they re complaining about all the time, or maybe a policy to combat rising crime rates? no, neither one of those. mccarthy plans to repeal funding that was approved by democrats to increase the number of irs employees. republicans want to use their newfound power to push tens of thousands of americans into unemployment lines. all right on the gop to do list, taking the d
trend. we will discuss. plus a lot can change in three days. elon musk sows chaos and spreads dangerous misinformation as he takes over twitter. and a master class on messaging. former president barack obama shows democrats what they need to do in these final days before the midterms. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. we begin tonight with the effort to kill a top california democrat. i m not talking about house speaker nancy pelosi and the brutal attack on her husband with a hammer by a home intruder. i ll come to that in a moment. actually, i m talking about congressman eric swalwell, a really dark case for the justice department that was concluded on friday. a pennsylvania man, that we are choosing not to name in an effort not to glorify his actions, pleaded guilty to making threats to kill the congressman and at least three different swalwell staffers he claimed he had ar-15 rifles and wanted to travel to d. c. to shoot the congressman from california, to kill him.