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thank you for starting your weekend with us! breaking, this, morning how speaker nancy pelosis husband is recovering from surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his arm and hands. after a man wrote into their san francisco home in the middle of the night. and attacks it with a hammer. according to the speaker spokesman. police say the attack was quote, not a random act. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and a good saturday morning to you, again! i am katie fang...

good afternoon, im yasmin vossoughian. we have a lot to cover for you this afternoon. out today, a big announcement about former president, barack obama, plans for midterm campaigning. and the places that will get a visit from the democrats most powerful asset. plus, the georgia senate debate. while an abortion scandal hangs over his candidacy, it was a strange attempt at theater that got herschel walker a scolding. >> mister walker, you are very well aware of the rules tonight. >> yes...

until the midterm. a new msnbc poll out with stunning numbers that show how crucial people feel that this election actually is amidst a warning from the president, an exclusive interview with msnbcs jonathan caper. >> theres nothing automatic about democracy, even when you are in undergraduate school they talk about how our generation has to protect democracy. it really does. i think we are at one of those inflection points in history. >> meanwhile the former president making his first...

resumed after an appeals court blocked trumps attempts to prevent the intelligence community from even looking at the documents. also new today, trumps lawyers and justice department are facing two new deadline set by the special master doj has until monday to certify, they provided a full and accurate list of voting items seized at mar-a-lago, and the trump team has until friday to dispute the fbis list trump claims his personal was among item the fbi seized he talked about the invest...

Continue campaigning ahead of the midterms now just ten days away, katie? >> all right, thanks to you ali rothe, live for us on capitol hill this morning. this attack comes just two months after the house -- created a residential security plan that gave members $10,000 to help secure their homes according to a house aide. and if you look at these numbers, you can clearly see why -- according to the capitol police, threats against lawmakers have nearly tripled in just the last four years. and we ...

Into a circus, this isnt going to be his first debate against joe biden and the circus in food fight that became. this is far too serious. we have made clear exactly what his obligations are and we are proceeding with that set out. but jasmine, what happens if trump doesnt comply with the subpoena is still up in the air, as far as the committees plans. congress woman liz cheney said this morning that the committee has many alternatives they could consider besides a criminal contempt of congress ...

With a letter but last night we heard it put first public remarks on the matter. he has not, unsurprisingly, changed his tune. >> they sent me a subpoena the other day! they sent me a subpoena. these crooked people, crooked people, and the only thing they dont investigate, the only thing they dont want to do, they dont want to investigate is the corruption that took place in that election which was massive. the facts are all there. >> all right, lets bring in capital horse hell score capitol hil...

The president had, it should not have had it, ordered it to be moved, and he needs to be held accountable for that. >> kurt bardella, thank you. ali refer, thank you as well. coming up in our 3 pm hour, everybody, we were going to dive into all the highlights and give you in-depth analysis from what may have been the final public january six hearing. a key word there though, may. but i have this hour, president biden said to make remarks about the economy shortly from oregon. we are going to tel...

Acknowledged there has been no evidence of the government acting in, quote, callous disregard, and that by itself, is a reason enough to conclude that district court abused its discretion, they wrote, in exercising equitable jurisdiction here. this is coming as the january 6th committee wants all communication between the secret service and the oath keepers leading up to and on the day of the capitol attack. joining me now is capitol hill correspondent, ali rothe. also with us, cnns -- former re...

And the members know how significant her testimony would be. listen what so lofgren said about learning from ginni thomas. >> im looking forward to all of the information that she can provide us, and once again, this is a legislative committee, not a civil investigation, we do have have a strong interest and what doctor eastman did. he took the fifth amendment before the committee all day. i think you took the fifth amendment because he must believe he has criminal culpability, and she had exten...