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us. good morning, boris. >> good morning, amara. always great to be with you. we begin with new details emerging about the violent attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. >> yeah. sources say the assailant tried to tie up 82-year-old paul pelosi after breaking into the couple's san francisco home and attacking him with a hammer. he underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and other injuries. he is fortunately expected to make a full recovery. police say this was not random. police say this was a targeted attack. >> this was not a random act. this was intentional, and it's wrong. our elected officials are here to do the business of their cities, their counties, their states, and this nation. their families don't sign up for this, to be harmed. and it is wrong.

and everybody should be disgusted about what happened this morning. >> you know, authorities say it was the quick thinking and a call by paul pelosi that helped police get to the scene within minutes. >> it is really thanks to mr. pelosi having the ability to be able to make that call and truly the attention and instincts of that dispatcher to realize that something was wrong in that situation and to make the police call a priority so that they got there within two minutes to respond to this situation. >> authorities are still gathering evidence to determine a motive in the attack while the suspect is expected to wbe arraigned tuesday on multiple felony charges. >> we get more on the attack and how it unfolded from cnn security correspondent josh

campbell. >> reporter: 82-year-old paul pelosi undergoing surgery today after being violently attacked with a hammer early in the morning. >> special call. >> reporter: police say they found paul pelosi fending off an attacker after responding to a priority well being check at the pelosi home. >> they encountered an adult male, mr. pelosi, paul. the officer saw both the suspect and mr. pelosi holding a hammer. >> reporter: the assailant was searching for the speaker. he confronted mr. pelosi shouting, where is nancy, where is nancy. >> reporter: our officers immediately tackled the suspect, armed him. took him into custody, requested emergency backup, and rendered immediate aid. >> reporter: the suspect hit pleacy after attempting to tie

him up. a suspect, 42-year-old david depapp is now in custody. his facebook page now taken down had posts and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the attack at the capitol. the motive for friday's attack on her husband is not yet known. >> mr. depeppe will be booked at the san francisco county jail charged with attempted felonies and others. >> reporter: we're now learning how police were initially dispatched here to the pelosi residence in the first place. sources tell cnn mr. pelosi was able to call 9/11 at the start of the attack and kept the line open speaking in code. it was an adept dispatcher who

realized something was wrong, sent the police who were able to tackle the suspect. he's being charged with attempted homicide and assault. >> our many thanks to josh campbell and that report. of course, this attack on speaker nancy pelosi's husband is just the latest incident raising a lot of concerns among lawmakers, especially in this very polarizing environmental we're live in today. both democrats and republicans are contemning the attack. >> it does come just over a week before the midterm elections. let's take you to capitol hill to sunlen serfaty. what have you heard about the attack? >> reporter: we've heard from both democrats and republicans across the board expressing their outrage over this violence and certainly expressing sympathy for the pelosi family. i think it's notable in

democrats' response and in particular adam kinzinger calling out republicans saying every official, whether you're from the republican party or democratic party, if you're a candidate or running for office, they should be standing out, speaking out, condemning this attack, real pressure that the democrats are putting on republicans. we heard from the former vice president mike pence. he said this is an outrage and there can be no tolerance for violence like this in our country. we heard from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. he said he's horrified by the attack and disgusted by the news of this report and exactly the details of what's coming out. and senator ted cruz, of course, no friend of nancy pelosi, noting this in his statement, saying we have our political differences, but violence is always wrong and unacceptable. >> and, you know, we've also been seeing over the past couple

of years just increasing number of threats against lawmakers and other officials. what more can you tell us about that, and i would imagine they're asking for more protection, especially for their family members. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. this in many ways is essentially a culmination of lawmakers' worst fears that has just been growing and growing in recent years. you look at some of the events in recent year, not the least of which is january 6th, where you had not only members of congress targeted, but you had many of their family members targeted as well. and we know according to law enforcement sources that specifically the targets, the family members of lawmakers, has been an increasing number over the last two years. this is something we understand from sources on capitol hill that they're looking into. the u.s. capitol police is assessing potentially additional security for families of lawmakers that they don't

currently have certainly in the wake of all of this political rhetoric, the ratcheting up of political rhetoric, and certainly unfortunate incidents like this. >> sunlen serfaty, thank you very much. let's get expert analysis from juliette kayyem. she's aformer security assistant. so far officials have not explicitly said this was politically motivated, but given what we've seen from the suspect's social meadia and wha we've heard from some of his really lative relatives, it's certain that it possibly was. >> i think the police are not stating the obvious simply because they're trying to make a legal case. to say so would probably put it under federal jurisdiction, so they're going to be careful about how they describe it.

but we can describe it as it is, which is a mang goes into the house to a person who's second in line to the presidency, and what we're talking about, paul pelosi and what happened to him, this was essentially an attack against nancy pelosi. the assail lablt was looking for her, had said he was looking for her, and then attacked her husband when she was not available. we then look at his social media platforms and what he has left. it's clear he's part of the stop the steal, you know, ideology, i guess. he embraces this idea that violence is an acceptable extension of politics, and so he's clearly engaged in a world in which the political leadership is promoting violence

or the threat to violence as an acceptable discourse, and so we shouldn't be surprised by this at all. i mean, it's horrifying, but it's something we've been talkinger for years. >> in some ways it isn't surprising, right? >> no. >> there have been so many close calls, something like this was bound to happen. we're lucky paul was able to survive and get out the way he did. i'm curious about this, julia. the suspect has been charmed with multiple felonies including attempted homicide. some have taken exception to that charge. listen to this. >> i want this aleleged perpetrator to be treated the exact same way if he had attacked any way else. a lot of people get hit with hammers. i don't know why this guy is getting treated differently. attempted homicide? he's in jail right now?

we see people all the time. >> julia, you've seen a lot of cases over your career. does attempted homicide make sense here? >> oh, definitely. the random interest is not new to prosecutors. here's a couple of things to remember. not only had the police not arrived, he probably would be dead, and so that's why you get attempted homicide. also, he's not young. and even though they're talking about full recovery, anyone who has been around elders, who knows what it's like for them to suffer a trauma, it's very hard to get back to normal. so the idea that this isn't having a permanent impact on a lifespan is ridiculous, but this is the kind of thing that they do, right, that everything they've done is somehow less

violent, is excusable, and that -- you know, this is led by donald trump and the gop apparatus that either allows it or nurtures it or doesn't condemn it. i often think what if mcconnell had stayed true to his words after january 6th, had said essentially that donald trump is a pariah in this party? we do not talk about that. think how low the temperature would be in this country. we wouldn't be all friends. we would have our disagreements. but something has been unleashed. we saw it yesterday. we don't have to cater to everyone's apologies of him. i think this is clear the kind of attack it was. >> juliette kayyem, we have to leave the conversation there. thank you so much for the time. >> thank you. so as we were just mentioned, we're just ten days away from the midterm elections, and both parties are bringing

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raphael warnock. starting next week former president trump will hit the trail hard, holding rallies for gop candidates in iowa, pennsylvania, florida, and ohio. cnn's jeff zeleny has more now on obama's return to the political spotlight. >> reporter: former president barack obama returned to the campaign trail friday night outside atlanta, kicking off a weeklong series of stops across the country in key battleground states. he framed the midterm elections as a stark choice between democratic candidates and republican ones. he acknowledged inflation is a challenge for the president and the party, but he said it's a global challenge as well. then he said the republicans have no answer. >> they're not interested in actually solving problems. they're interested in making you angry and finding somebody to blame because that way you may not notice that they've got no answers of their own. >> reporter: the former

president also said democracy is on the ballot in november. he talked about the pressing politics and hershel walker. of course, he's the republican candidate here in georgia challenging raphael warnock. this is one of the key races across the country that could help determine the senate. the former president praised walker as a former star football player but he's not fit for the senate. >> in college he was amazing, one of the best running backs of all time. here's the question. does that make him the best person to represent you in the usa? does that make him equipped to weigh in on the critical decisions about our economy and

for p import foreign policy and our future. >> reporter: he said he was praying for mr. pelosi. the president is heading to michigan and wisconsin today and onto pennsylvania into the final week of the campaign. boris and amara? >> jeff zeleny, thank you so much. joining us now, political commentator errol louis. thank you for joining us. the biggest names are fanning out across the country today, hitting the campaign trail. recent polls have indicated that tuesday night could be rough for democrats. how much do you think these big names are going to be able to help candidates in these key states? >> good morning, boris this. is classic strategy. you make your closing argument, you try to create some crowd, some excitement, some momentum. keep in mind in the're era, eve

day is voting day. they're setting records in georgia. i'm sure having the former president come into town will only add to that. that's what you do in the final week. but make no mistake about it, the democrats from the very beginning were trying to buck history. the president's party typically in a midterm will lose 26 seat on average. that's more than enough. in fact, even half of that is more than enough to lose control of the house of representatives. democrats are trying to change that around. they thought the overturning of roe versus wade would give them a lift. history is asserting itself and the democrats are looking at a rough night a week from tuesday. >> yeah. you mentioned the important races happening in georgia and specifically that senate race. the polling there indicates it's much tighter than it was a few weeks ago. senator raphael warnock making some of his most direct attacks

on hershel walker. listen to this. >> herschel walker is not ready. not only is he not ready, he's not fit. >> up until that point, errol, the senator had been limited in his criticism on the former football star. what's your outlook on that race? >> raphael warnock had a 2 president 6% lead and it's starting to vanish. he's trying to disqualify his opponent. somewhat of a risky strategy. either people will believe him or they will not. there's a certain kind of equivalence that leads voters to

think, well, he's at least in the returning. for them to say he's not fit at all, he doesn't belong here at all, a very tough argument compared to what people say. there's inflation. that's front of line for voters. the fact of whether or not he belongs there is a bit of a proposition. >> i want to ask you about an important race where you are right now where a few weeks ago it wasn't much of a race at all, governor kathy hochul running for re-election against lee zeldin in new york, zeldin really making this a race. did it surprise you how close this got. >> i thought the polls would tighten a little bit. the momentum has shifted dramatically from where it had been, but this is a case, boris, where there are a lot of firsts going on. kathy hochul is the first governor of new york state. we haven't had a sitting

governor from upstate new york. she's not from up here or down in the city, the first incumbent running for office since 1920. it's been 100 years. there are a lot of factors going on here. it makes it hard to handicap the race. for sure because there have been headlines about the crime, lee zell din has made it his focus. if he can pull that off, yes, he definitely has a chance. >> and if republicans do wind up winning big on november 8th, w what's your outlook? >> perhaps we'll be sitting around talking about how the republicans ran on a program of undoing much of the president's early initiatives. the inflation redux act. the corporate tax. a lot of that is going to be squarely in the cross hairs and

the republicans have vowed and have run on the proposition that they're going to undo a lot of it. there's purely political noise about trying to impeach president biden and they'll figure out the reason later. the hoss stillty, hostility,ite break down. >> we'll look forward to november 8th. thank you. >> thank you. still ahead, a major drought is taking its toll on nearly 150 million americans, especially along the mississippi river where the dry spell is creating major problems when it comes to distributing all sorts of vital commodities and when it comes to our food. more on that next.

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>> alison, thank you for that, so a severe drought not seen since the 1980s is suffocating america's most important trade water way right at the peak harvest time. before-and-after photos really expose how dramatic the falling water level in the mississippi river has become. yes, that's not a desert. that's the mississippi river. according to "the washington post," it's reveals a century's old shipwreck and made it easy to reach the tower island in missouri. and scavengers are finding everything from discarded grills to sunglasses on the dry river bed. 580 million tons of freight move along the mississippi every year, and according to the army corps of engineers, that's more than $400 billion in value. transport along the mississippi accounts for 92% of our nation's

agricultural exports, but as the mississippi runs dry, barges can't move as fast or carry as many goods, which is making essential items more expensive for all of us, which is why we should care. to give you a sense of the real impact, the arkansas bureau says the cost to move soybeans has skyrocketed 300% since july. soybeans are used in a wide variety ofans and an mer. jennifer carpenter is the president of the american waterways. good morning to you. as i understand it, the water levels are so low you can't move a barge down the river if it's hitting the dry bed down there. can you start by telling us how vital it is to the u.s. economy and the cargo that's being transported a i long the mississippi every year? >> absolutely. good morning, amara. thanks so much for having me.

barge transportation is really the backbone of the american economy, and to mix metaphors, the mississippi river is our super highway, so everything from agricultural exports that feed the world, and that is at no time more critical than now with the russian war on ukraine to the petrochemicals, steel for cars, fertilizers that enable farmers to plant the next round of crops, all of these things depend on barge transportation, and what we're facing right now is the narrowing of that eight-lane super highway to a mountain road. >> so tell us more how the war on ukraine is complicating things because obviously the export of grain from ukraine has obviously slowed down heavily. so we need a lot of these crops that are supposed to come down the mississippi.

>> we need these crops to field the world. we need american energy cargos to help our allies in europe stay warm during what's going to be a cold tough winter. so barge transportation is always important now more than ever, and we are right in the middle of harvest season, which makes things really challenging from an agricultural export standpoint. >> does this mean goods are going to take longer to get to us? and if so, how long is this delay that we're talking about. >> so picture this. in normal times, one big towboat can push 40 barges or more on the lower mississippi river. now because the river is narrower, it can move 25 barges. those 15 barges not moved, that is the equivalent of more than a thousand trucks. the river is also shallower, so each one of those barges can

carry 25, 30% less, and we're moving much slower because periodically we have to close the river so the army corps of engineers can dredge to keep the channel open. so we're moving less stuff more slowly. but it is just vital that we keep the water ways open. and our industry is working very hard with the corps of engineers and coast guard to do that. >> soybeans, corn, all these things is ubiquitous in our food supply chain. tell us how it's going to impact us, how it's going to raise prices at the store? >> we're really fortunate that barge transportation is such an efficient and economically efficient way to move car fwoe, it is by far less expensive than rail or truck, so we still have an economic efficiency advantage

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there's a threat of severe storms across parts of the central u.s. today. >> let's go to cnn's meteorologist allison chinchar. i guess some areas that have badly needed rain will get some.

>> no one wants it on a holiday weekend, but if you're going to have an area that gets it, this is one area that will not com complain. we've got areas around shreveport to tulsa, oklahoma. the concern is this afternoon and evening as the storms start to ramp up. we also have potential for strong to severe thunderstorms. we're talking tornados and damaging winds in new orleans, even biloxi and jackson, mississippi. overall, much of the area needs the rain, so they're not going to complain, especially pretty much along the mississippi region, which is still dealing with low levels of water and high significant drought. when you look at most of these areas, you're probably going to pick up one to two inches widespread. where you see the orange and yellow, 3, 4, 5 inches of rain is not out of the question. the concern is if you get all of that rain in a short period of

time, it inl creases the potential for flooding. a lot of these areas, that's where we're going to be looking at the biggest concern. again, overall the big picture here, oklahoma, arkansas, louisiana, portions of texas and mississippi, they need the rain. overall if you can get just an inch or two, you don't get the thunderstorms with it, these folks are not going to complain whatsoever. outside of that area, though, much of the u.s. looks relatively nice. if you've got early trick or treat plans, a fall festival going on at some point, you've got sunny conditions, mild weather across the northern tier of the u.s. we have showers and thunderstorms across areas of florida too. keep one other thing in mind. we also have to look elsewhere. when we take a look at the tropics, we have not one but two different things we're keeping an eye on. the first system is over in

ber bermuda. the second one has a chance of development over the next four or five days. >> allison, can we talk quickly about the forecast for halloween? there's no rain in the forecast. i'm looking at our forecast -- i've been looking at it for the past seven days an it says there's rain in atlanta. this is what kills me. 50% chance, what does that mean? there's a 50/50 chance i'll have breakfast. what am i supposed to do with a 50% chance of rain? . i'll help you out. basically it's not going to be a washout, but you have to take an umbrella. >> i'm not taking an umbrella. it's not going to rain, allison, thank you. >> we'll be announcing who will be the next cnn hero of the year.

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i know something about you too. honestly, everything in my personal life, i think it's amazing to have gotten this far, because i came from, oh, my god, the bottom, and i was on cnn heroes? it definitely should give hope to other people. >> such an amazing woman. to see shirley in action on skid row and catch up with a community that has shared her honor, you can go to cnnheroes.com right now. there's still much more ahead on "new day," but first don't forget. a new morning show is coming. starting on tuesday join don, poppy, and kaitlan on cnn. it starts at 6:00 a.m. we'll be right back. at humana we believe your healthcare should evolve with you and part of that evolution means choosing the right medicare plan for you. humana

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