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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 cnn reporting on how the justice department could proceed with cases against former president trump...

That invariably come from those investigations. by people who are opposed to them or frustrated whether. so i think that the department would probably look very closely at that decision. in the event that donald trump decides to announce his candidacy. and they continue these investigations. >> what is the special counsel, why would it help the department of justice against appearances of partisanship? what is the special counsel do? >> the reason, anderson, that the justice department might appoint, and it's entirely in the discretion of attorney general garland to appoint a special counsel i...

>> six days after suffering life-threatening injuries at the hands of a hammer wielding intruder, paul pelosi left the hospital. in a statement today, nancy pelosi says he continues to progress on what she called, quote, a long recovery process and convalescence. joining us is cnn's special correspondent jamie, as well as our correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. who has treated many serious injuries such as the one paul pelosi suffered. first of all, what more can you tell us about the discharge from the hospital? >> so, anderson, as you mentioned. mr. pelosi was released earlier today, after reco...

Thoughts. i don't think that's true. so the much more complex case, anderson, is the overturning of the election. it involves the insurrection. it involves the phony electors. it is very much witness intense. the report of the january six committee is going to come out and shed even more light, we do not know, and the department of justice won't, know so that is the least likely to be the unofficial one. and i think the documents case could come. >> andrew, i mean other than the special counsel is there anything else that attorney john garland could do to try to keep the investigations from th...

Potential associates or against the former president. >> and what kind of timetable is the justice department looking at? >> well, this is an interesting question. we know that even in this quiet period, they've been moving aggressively behind the scenes to try to scare witnesses. and move these battles to try to get them to appear before the grand jury. so we may know before we get out of this quiet period near midterms. we should also remind folks these are not the only criminal investigation surrounding the former president. this is also this criminal probe playing out in georgia. and -- >>...