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good morning. im erica hill. we begin this hour with breaking news out of california. paul pelosi, the husband of speaker nancy pelosi, is hospitalized, we have learned, after he was attacked inside their san francisco home. cnns whitney wilde is joining us with some of the details. this is just unfolding as we are learning, some of the details, whitney, but so far what doe woo know and how is he doing? >> reporter: well, erica, it happened just two hours ago, 2:00 a.m., according to t...

right now, the stage is set for what could be an historic election if democrats can defy trends. >> if you ignore the fear mongering, if you ignore the cynicism, if you vote, then we will keep this country moving forward. >> and you look at all the polling data. if yall show up and vote, democracys sustained. not a joke. >> as donald trump uses his campaign rallies to road test a likely run in 2024 and ron desantis. >> lets see. there it is. trump at 71. ron disanctimonious at 10%. >> ...

line, the stakes could not be higher. republicans need to pick up one senate seat and five house seats to take control on capitol hill. a new nbc news poll finds registered voters are tied at 47% when it comes to which party they want to control congress. the poll also finds democrats are closing the enthusiasm gap in this election. voters from both parties highly interested in the elections. we have already seen the enthusiasm play out as more than 41 million americans have already vo...

we are in it now, the final full day of campaigning in the last hours of this election, as we come on the air, with our nbc news team, all across the country, covering it all this hour, live, weve got reports from our campaign correspondents, with the candidates talking to voters, and breaking new reporting on the races that are going to decide the balance of power in washington. a balance of power that tens of millions of people are already weighing in on. youve got some 40 million ba...

this hour in our countrys history stands in contrast to a republican party devoid of an agenda, other than serving a disgraced twice impeached ex-president who tried to overturn and steal the results of the 2020 election. president biden described the 2022 election has a, quote, defining moment for the country, denouncing the gops embrace of rhetoric that all too often has resulted in or coincided with violence, most recently with the attack on speaker pelosis husband paul pelosi and h...

long-running saga of the ex-presidents legal woes, with donald trump taking the stand in a civil lawsuit today and facing the prospect in taking the stand in the congressional investigation into january 6th, as well. and his private club and residence, donald trump sat for a sworn deposition in the defamation lawsuit brought by e.g. carol, who has accused donald trump of rape. the associated press reports this, the deposition will give her lawyers a chance to interrogate trump about th...

quote, its not my quote just to be very clear. elon musk sending a message moments after taking over twitter. im brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. >> happy friday. >> happy friday to you as well. john berman is off this friday. and the tesla and spacex billionaire, elon musk completing his $44 billion acquisition last night, once in charge musk was quick to show the door to top twitter executives. he fired the companys ceo, the chief financial officer, the chief legal co...

paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, brutalized in their home. the police say this attack happened overnight after the man broke in. the speaker was in washington. her 82-year-old husband is in the hospital, the speakers office says to make a full recovery. a police briefing is scheduled for this hour. at this moment were trying to fill in the big question, what was the motive? the male suspect is in custody. sources telling cnn the as assailant used a hammer to beat...

attacked this morning by an intruder who broke into their san francisco home. first word of this came from pelosi spokesperson drew hamel, a spokesperson for the speaker said that paul pelosi is in the hospital receiving treatment but is expected to make a full recovery. speaker pelosi was not at the home at time of the attack. the suspect is in police custody according to san francisco police. cnns manu raju is following these breaking details coming in from capitol hill. what is the ...

him even as the police arrived. the new details coming in, including how police knew to respond to the pelosi home. and the suspects twisted stolen election thoughts pushed online. plus, the attack underscores the alarming number of threats to u.s. lawmakers and their families. how much is the current political climate to blame? and 11 days out from election day and the big names hitting the field late in the game that may signal concern about midterm victories. welcome to the le...