honest with signs of the times in the political climate today running the gamut from the downright dangerous, merely troubling, to the absurd. it is fair to ask if there is a thread connecting all of them. some kind of political philosophy driving it or whether this is just a moment for whatever reason that is ripe for almost everything and nearly anything. one example in new mexico four homes shot at belonging police say to democratic elected officials. the man now in custody and charged in connection with the crimes a republican who lost his state house race in a landslide then refused to concede. he seemed agitated. he seemed a little aggressive to me. i didn t consider him a threat then. but he was upset that he had lost the election. that is debby o malley who joins us shortly and says police said her home was hit 12 times maybe more. she is talking about the man in custody solomon pena who tweeted just after the election, quote, trump just announced for 2024. i stan
wry directions. the major issues inflation, economy, crime and in some places the border. all four of those the end to work for the republicans. those things are coming into play has we get to the end. as a result not going to be a pleasant night for the democrats. bill: we re on the ground in the key states. we are throughout the united states. starting us off this hour senior national correspondent rich edson live in langhorn, pennsylvania. rich, good morning. good morning, bill. dr. oz has an event at a firehouse tonight here in bucks county. a swing county. look at the last two u.s. senate races, they go for the republican and then the democratic candidate here. both campaigns are vying. we spoke with voters here who say the issues that are playing nationwide really matter here, too. cost of living, you know, with the medical and the food and everything going up. cost of living. it s getting harder and harder to support yourself. people are really upset with the i
i know. thank you. nailed it. i defy anyone to ever surpass my childless old white lesbian costume. i know it s my greatest contribution to our culture. if you ever want to buy one, i recommend just xeroxing a photo of this screen. anyway, happy halloween. his name is jair bolsonaro. and he just did something nobody has ever done before. jair bolsonaro is the very trumpy, very, very far right president of brazil. and in brazil, if you are lucky enough to get elected president, and you run for re-election, you win re-election. no brazilian president running for re-election has ever lost. before jair bolsonaro. it was close, but he lost this weekend. first brazilian president to ever lose a bid for re-election. now, i mentioned that he s trumpy. one of the ways in which he is trumpy is that he s had a hard core base of supporters who thought everything he did was great, but everybody else thought he was a pretty terrible president. and in fact, the polls were indicating clearly
this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant. can you definitively say this was politically motivated? yes, it appears as those this was based on his statements and comments made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi that this was politically motivated. after years of targeting nancy pelosi with violent rhetoric and imagery, right wing republicans are resorting to vile conspiracy theories and what aboutism to try to downplay their role in the violent attack on her husband. plus, the right wing majority on the supreme court seems poised to dismantle yet another icon of 20th century progress. taking aim today at affirmative action, and surprise surprise, they don t seem too supportive of campus diversity. we ll break down the arguments in the high court today. and how republicans are playing the pundits with skewed polling data, and taking control of the narrative about the upcoming elections. we begin with the latest on
top of the hour on cnn newsroom. just moments ago, federal charges were filed against the man accused of beating paul pelosi with a hammer inside his home. the federal charges reflect that pelosi was targeted for being the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. federal prosecutors reveal more details on what happened to the 82-year-old. the justice department said that the attacker hit paul pelosi had in the head with a ham eastern plot the plotted out what he would do nancy pelosi if she lied to him. let s get the latest from whitney wild. the justice department is saying that this began around 2:30 in the morning friday when this man, the suspect, 42-year-old david depape with the pelosi home and entered through the back of the home. based on this affidavit, sounds like there was broke that he was able to breakthrough a door and somehow, you know, utilize that to get inside the home. then depape went to the bedroom on at floor where pelosi, paul pelosi, the husband of