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world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." president bidens ability to help democratic candidates is being tested tonight with just 19 days to go before the high stakes midterm election. cnn national politics reporter, eva, has our midterm countdown. >> democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, getting a boost tonight. >> john, thank you very much for running. >> president biden visiting battleground pennsylvania. appearing alongside the states lieutenant governor to tou...

with a hammer. he was a 42-year-old man, nbc news is reporting, according to sources, depeppi was in fact looking for the speaker herself, shouting where is francy, where is nancy. it is the same chant that some rioters on january 6th said when they broke into the capitol. pelosis husband paul was in the hospital. her office says he should make a full recovery. but will our politics? joining me now from outside the pelosi home in san francisco is nbcs jacob ward, we also have nbcs ben ...

intensefying to a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mile-per-hours. the mayor called it catastrophic. some seeing three feet of rain. look at this. most of the island remains without power and a electrical grid with a checkered past and a bad history. it could be a while before it is restored. two deaths have been reported so far in puerto rico which is still struggling to rebuild after hurricane maria hit five years ago today. crews have rescued more than a thou...

of power. we begin in georgia where the only debate in the race has just wrapped up. it took place three days before voting begins. warnock won his seat in the 2020 election. warnock is a pastor. herschel walker running on a family values platform is currently involved in a scandal of pressuring the mother of one of his children to have an abortion. >> a week before the debate a former girlfriend made public accusations that you paid for an abortion and encouraged her to have another. ...

tonight, theres late word that the intelligence community has resumed its damage assessment of classified documents seized from mar-a-lago, after getting the green light from a new appeals court ruling. stand by for more on that. but right now, i want to get to cnns exclusive new reporting, our senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us right now. so what are you learning about this secret court battle thats being waged right now by the trump team? >> it is, indee...

hey, welcome back to "cnn tonight." don lemon is off tonight. im still laura coates. who could know that the greatest legal crisis donald trump may ultimately face started at his administration was on the way out the door? not january 6th insurrection, mind you. all the work of the select committee and the doj is not done there yet. but from the move that will never be forgotten, all the boxes sent to mar-a-lago and all those classified documents mixed into boxes like the ones movers h...

we begin our coverage this hour with a detailed new look at materials seized from mar-a-lago. the unsealed inventory reveals more than 48 empty folders with classification banners. it also finds personal items like clippings and clothing mixed in with sensitive documents. sara murray is joining us with more on this. sara, were learning a lot of new information in this filing. >> thats right. the justice department acknowledges normally we would not get a glimpse into these kind of mate...

pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. >> the secret service couldnt control the situation and do their job to keep him safe. >> at 2:26 p.m., the secret service rushed vice president pence down the stairs. >> approximately 40 feet. thats all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. make no mistake about the fact that the vice presidents life was in danger. the recent court filing by the department of justice explains that a confidential informant from the pro...

October 14th. Im alicia menendez. Just hours ago, israel announced that it would allow safe passage for evacuees along the two roads of gaza through 10 am to four pm local time. It is now just past five pm in gaza. And expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces could begin any moment. It is a response to a series of horrific terrorist attacks executed by Hamas On Israel last week. Those attacks represent the deadliest single day virtues since the holocaust. Hamas also took hostages in those atta...

With donald trump. That means Stormy Daniels testimony, the testimony that wrapped up today, will be the only testimony this jury hears that is directly from a woman accusing donald trump of trying to keep her quiet about affair before the 2016 election. Now, there are lots of reasons why Karen Mcdougal might not want to testify and there are lots of reasons why the prosecution might not want to call on her to testify. We are going to get some expert help unpacking all of that and what that mean...