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house speaker nancy pelosi. paul pelosi sought of the hospital. neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta joins us to talk about what mr. pelosis recovery from a skull fracture bhmight look like. also the president and two former presidents helping races for congress, not just within grabs, but within reach for either party. we begin with breaking news on cnn reporting on how the justice department could proceed with cases against former president trump if he decides to run. this as surrogates are...

tonight. just short of weeks of an attack by an intruder who was trying to get to nancy pelosi. paul pelosi is out in the hospital. chief medical correspondent gupta joins us what the recovery from a skull fracture might look like. also tonight, the president, and two former presidents all helping candidates and close races. making their closing arguments with control of congress not just up for grabs, but in reach for either party. we begin though tonight with breaking news. exclusive...

no jinx. >> i mean, whos watching? yesterday when we are out trick-or-treating, it was rained out practically. so, its good that it happened tonight. >> im just astonished. ive never compared to a sports figure, ever. >> thats big. oh yeah, thats pretty big. thats pretty cool. >> fantastic, awesome. >> make with the crackerjack and a pretzel, okay, alisyn? >> thats why go to the games. thats right. >> have a good show. >> thanks jake. >> good evening everyone, im laura coates in washin...

oh yeah, thats pretty big. thats pretty cool. >> fantastic, awesome. >> stick with the crackerjack and a pretzel, okay, alisyn? >> thats why go to the games. thats right. >> have a good show. >> thanks jake. >> good evening everyone, im laura coates in washington. >> and im alisyn camerota in new york. this is it cnn tonight. one week from tonight, they will be counting ballots from states across the country. which is why the heavyweights, from president biden and vice president harris...

Made him unconscious for a period of time, he was able to recover quickly even before the operation. and i think that it bodes well you know going forward >> doctor sanjay, is there danger directly to the brain itself from an attack like this? does the skull actually crack open? it may be a dumb question? >> no. not at all. this gun can crap open and it will be what is called, an open skull fracture, that would be what its referred to and in that case he would have the outer layers of the brain ...

>> yes, it surprised me as well. there is a couple of reasons. obviously, this was a significant blow to the head. now, when somebody strikes you with a hammer, you could kill somebody, or you might cause a skull fracture, something like that, which sounds like he had. what is sort of interesting is the doctors, as you read, even before he went to the operating room, they were already saying hes expected to make a full recovery. now they have more data at this point. theyve probably done scans o...

Its important for instance for planning what you want to do or for understanding where your body is in space. something like that. so to give you an idea, somebody may have weakness on the right and they want to drink a cup of tea and they look at that cup of tea and they have another extremity that works and wonder how in the heck do i get that tea into my mouth. the simple act of picking it up and going like that. these are some of the possible kinds of issues that shell be confronting as she ...