and around the world, i m anna coren in hong kong. this hour on cnn newsroom. millions across america have already cast their ballots in the midterms and election day is more than two weeks away. ahead, why so many are voting early this year. xi jinping will lead china for five more years after securing a historic third term. we will tell you what this means for china and the world ahead in a live report from beijing. and later the viral respiratory illness known as rsv the symptoms that parents need to be aware of and what to do if your child has it. in just over two weeks u.s. voters will head to the polls and determine which party will control the house and senate. in 39 states nearly 6 million people have already cast early ballots and to win over those who haven t, politicians have been heating the campaign trail with urgency, among them president joe biden who will visit south florida on tuesday to take part in a rally for the democratic national committee. in t
really demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we are going to be more respectful as an american society, that it s okay to disagree. san francisco s district attorney makes a plea for decency in the national discourse following the politically motivated attack on nancy pelosi s husband and now we re learning more about what the suspect had planned for the speaker of the house. meanwhile, that disturbing attack is becoming a punch line for more and more republicans. the latest coming from the far right nominee for governor of arizona. and also ahead, affirmative action goes before the supreme court with justices hearing arguments in two cases tied to college admissions. good morning, and welcome to way too early, tuesday, november 1st. we are exactly one week from election day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. the man accused of breaking into nancy pelosi s home and brutally attacking her husband has been set wit
all of you for getting up way too early with us on this tuesday morning. we re one week from the midterms. morning joe starts now. it s sad to see we are in a point in history where people belief it s okay to express their political sentiments through violence, and so i think it really demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we are going to be more respectful as an american society, that it s okay to disagree. san francisco s district attorney makes a plea for decency and discourse following the politically motivated attack on nancy pelosi s husband, and now we are learning more about what the suspect had planned for the speaker of the house. also this morning, president biden is hitting the campaign trail again as we are now one week away from election day. we ll tell you where he s headed today, and why. meanwhile a member of the group who tried to overturn the elections expresses remorse for his actions. and we ll have the latest from
way too early, tuesday, november 1st. we are exactly one week from election day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. the man accused of breaking into nancy pelosi s home and brutally attacking her husband has been set with a slew of charges. the department of justice charged david depape with attempted kidnapping and assault with intent to retaliate against a federal official by threatening or injuring a family member. hours later the san francisco district attorney charged the 42-year-old with attemptedburgly, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, false impressment and threats to a public official and their family. depape planned to kidnap the house speaker when he broke into her san francisco home last friday, not realizing that she was back in washington, d.c. federal prosecutors say the suspect told san francisco
through nonviolent action and anything else runs counter to our most deeply held american values. that was senator bernie sanders reacting to the 2017 shooting at a congressional baseball practice that critically wounded congressman steve scalise. welcome back to morning joe. it is tuesday, november 1st. jonathan lemire, mike barnicle are still with us. we get to our top story. we are connecting that to the reaction paul pelosi is getting now. boy, it s a world of difference. what senator sanders said shouldn t be extraordinary. it s pretty easy to condemn violence, and now we re seeing with paul pelosi, the man accused of breaking into house speaker nancy pelosi s home and brutally attacking her