lost its mojo, that they ve blown a historic midterm opportunity, that all because their primary winners were just terrible. you do have republican nominating, shall we say, flawed candidates. herschel walker in georgia, j.d. vance in in in ohio, dr. oz in in pennsylvania. what looked like a wipeout for democrats in the fall is maybe not going to be so bad because of the candidates. republicans are nominating. walker can lose ause, can lose, johnson can lose their bad candidates so smug and so wrong. liberal super pacs even helped boost the so-called election, denying republicans the primaries with the thought that they d be easier to defeat in the general elections. well, even our own senate minority leader joined the pig pile against his own party, trying to tamp down his party s expectations by blaming the populace. the maga folks. there s probably a greater likelihood the house flips than some senate races are just different or statewide. candidate quality has
details from our west coast newsroom tonight. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. speaker pelosi s office just released that statement confirming what they called the successful surgery on 82-year-old paul pelosi and saying his doctors at san francisco general hospital expect a full recovery following the violent attack. it was 2:27 this morning when police were alerted to an incident at the pelosi home in san francisco officers apparently arriving so quickly that the assault on mr. pelosi was happening as they got if there. our officers observed ms. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from ms. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disharmd him. took him into custody. it s not clear from the police chief s comments who was initially holding the hammer. whether the suspect brought it into the house or whether mr. pelosi had, perhaps, grabbed it for self-defense. polic
[screaming] help. jesse: that s what the office of every democratic candidate and strategist across the country looks like right now. d.c. insider mark hall who is one of the most plugged in people in politics says democrats he is speaking to are in a living nightmare. they finally see the massive wave surging toward them and they admit there is nothing they can do about it. democrats say their private polls are showing worse numbers than the public polls. and the public polls are juiced left. you know this is bad. voters are giving democrat door knockers the middle finger as soon as they step on the front porch. black pass pastors say there iso enthusiasm in their community. voters are chanting let s go brandon when canvassers knock on their doors and even never trump suburban moms cannot wait for vote for kari lake and tudor dixon in michigan and lee zeldin in new york. democrats frying to plug holes in blue states like oregon, colorado, new york, and california. that s n
john fetterman is holding a campaign event in perg. his first time on stage since last night s debate and he acknowledged the difficulties he had. we ll play what he said in a moment with just 13 days until the midterm elections. it is one of many developments that continue to shake up races in pivotal states. in pennsylvania, the debate certainly made a mark as fetterman admitted moments ago the aftereffects of his stroke made speaking difficult at times. my doctors, the real doctors that i believe, they all believe that i m ready to serve. i didn t hear you say you would release your full medical records. why not? you have 30 seconds. no. yeah, again, my doctor believes that i m fit to be serving and that s what i believe is where i m standing. republican mehmet oz making headlines as well with this on abortion. i want women, doctors, local political leaders leading the democracy that allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward for states decide
time now for jake tapper and cnn tonight. jake? thanks anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jack tapper in washington. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight we re bringing you a cnn exclusive, brand-new video you ll see here for the first time in just a few moments. it s an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell, taking place during a rare cease fire in putin s brutal war. getting two hours of cover for this dramatic scene. cnn s crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones, 24 years old, u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august while fighting putin s forces alongside the military. this handover happened in a dangerous area known as no man s land, in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones body will now head back