house ways and means committee which is investigating. they were set to go there this week. paula reid joining us live. this is a stay. is this more procedural. what does it mean? >> it appears that chief justice robert is giving the justices more time to discuss this matter. effectively what this does is it puts on hold a lower court order that would have required the irs to hand over former president trump's tax returns to the house ways and means committee. this is all part of this long running litigation that began when the former president was still in office. at that point the democratic led house was conducting several different efforts to try to get they are hands on some of the former president's financial records. in this specific case, the house ways and means committee argued that it needed access to the form president's tax returns because it wanted to assess how the irs audited presidential tax returns. the former president's attorneys

argued that is pretext to get their hands on the former president's financial documents but lower courts have said that the committee could obtain these documents until the supreme court intervened here and put a temporary pause on this. now, erica, if the supreme court affirms this lower court ruling, if this is allowed to stand, it is significant because if the house ways and means committee is allowed to obtain these tax returns from the former president, that really would represent a significant chipping away at some of the protections that are afforded to sitting presidents and signal a real boost to congress's over site powers. so we'll see what the supreme court does here. this is just temporary. >> paula, appreciate it. also with us elie honig and when we look at this, i think it might be helpful to just remind us all the reason that they said as paula layed out, they want to look into how the irs is going through the tax returns. if and when they actually do get

the tax returns, they have to remain secret. that is part of the deal, correct? >> yes, erica, that is absolutely right. first of all, the law here is clearly in my view on the house ways and means committee side. the law said that if requested by the house ways and means committee, the irs shall furnish the tax returns over to the committee. shall furnish. all judges who have looked at this so far, we had a trial court judge and three appellate court judges it means shall furnish means it shall furnish. and the law said that the committee has to keep those tax returns confidential and as paula just said, committee has said in court papers, our purpose here is not to investigate donald trump or expose his finances, but because we're considering legislation about potential audits of presidents and presidential candidates. so even if they get those returns, if they're following the law at the committee, those

won't leak out into the public. >> one of big questions for a lot of people is will this just end up running out the clock. so chief justice roberts said it needs a response by november 10th. that is next thursday. timing wise, game this out for us. >> so the key date to watch here, erica, is january 3rd, 2023. when a new congress takes over. if that is a republican controlled house, this subpoena will be gone. even if it is a democratic controlled house they have to renew this subpoena you. what the supreme court has done for now is temporarily paused the lower court's rulings, that the ways and means committees get the tax returns. chief justice roberts have said hold on, we're putting this on temporary pause because we want to make a decision on it ourself. it looks like the chief justice by setting the fairly quick, short turn arounds understands that and if he lets this lag

out, it will be mooted. this is how i look at the decision today from chief justice roberts. saying hold on, don't turn the documents over just yet. we have to decide whether we want to wade into this and i think he seems to be aware of the realities of the calendar. >> they are hard to avoid. appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks, erica. who is ready to talk a little politics. final countdown, one week until the midterm elections. early voting is smashing records. more than 21 million americans have already cast their ballots. candidates, though, are still burning up the campaign trail. they have several days left to make the final pitches and they're going to do it. let's begin with correspondent jessica dean on the trail in philadelphia this morning. so, when we talk about pennsylvania, boy, everybody is pulling out all of the stops there with just seven days to go. what are you seeing? >> reporter: that is exactly right, erica. look, we're one week out and that is when you start to see these big name surrogates hitting the campaign trail. that is when you see the closing

ads, closing messages from the candidates. as is the case in midterm elections, the balance is of congress is what is at stake here. and republicans hoping to take the house back and that means we're seeing some big names out on the campaign trail. candidates in key races are making their final pitch to voters. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. >> reporter: and receiving a boost from some big names. >> are you ready to go and vote? >> reporter: former president barack obama is set to stump for democratize in nevada tonight and arizona tomorrow. two states critical to the party's path to retain control of the u.s. senate. those stops coming after he fired up crowds in georgia, wisconsin and michigan over the weekend. campaigns against republican candidates like herschel walker and senator ron johnson. >> he's a celebrity who wants to be a politician. and we've seen how that goes.

he's not the person who is thinking about you and knows you and sees you. >> reporter: meanwhile, president biden heads to florida today where he will rally with senate hopeful val demings and the state's democratic candidate for governor charlie crist. and former vice president mike pence will campaign in georgia with governor brian kemp. a candidate who has drawn the ire of former president donald trump. another republican at odds with trump, congresswoman liz cheney travels to michigan today to campaign for a democrat. congresswoman elissa slotkin. cheney endorsing slotkin who is facing a competitive re-election case. >> right now we're seeing record turnouts. >> reporter: re-election voting is surpassing all levels. more than 21 million ballots have been cast across 46 states including 2.8 million ballots in florida and 1.6 million in

georgia. and back here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, again this is an open seat. so democrats hoping to flip it. republicans hoping to hang onto it. it is critical. it could very well determine who has control of the u.s. senate. and to that end, erica, we do expect to see president biden and barack obama here in philadelphia over the weekend. obama will also be traveling to pittsburgh as they really try to get the base to turn out, to persuade nun% raided voters at. we're going to see former president donald trump coming into pennsylvania. so a lot of big flames coming into the state as we head into the final days of this campaign. >> yeah. and those big names tell you just how much each party knows is riding on that seat. thank you. joining me now from the white house, to talk about a number of issues including the president's time on the campaign trail, brian deese, from the national economic council. the president is sell to talk about things that are pretty

important to him. he's on the trail this week. and as we're look at what is coming, there is talk as we know about compare. potential changes to medicare. some of those changes from rick scott, he didn't foresee makek those cuts and he said over the weekend and many have pushed back and this is a talking point right now. is this just to scare voters. >> no, it is not. it is important to start by putting this in perspective. we are making some progress on the economy. we saw it grow 6.2% last quarter and the job market is strong. but at same time prices are the top issue on the minds of american families, it is the top issue for the president as well. and so what the president is trying to underscore is the choice that is clear is that his policies are focused on bringing down costs and bringing down the price for american families. medicare is case in point. he fought for and secured reforms to prescription drugs so medicare for the first time could actually negotiate better

prices for prescription drugs. republicans in congress have made clear that is a top priority to repeal that provision. that means medicare would no longer have that ability and that prices for drugs would be higher. and beyond that, but what senator scott and others have made clear, they would like to see a vote in congress every five years to continue to sustain and continue to affirm social security and medicare. every five years there would be debate about whether to change or alter to cut medicare and social security. as a policy that thatesques the question of cost for the american people. >> so why not more of a focus on that early on in the campaign. even in just the last few weeks. why is it today becoming much more of a push when we only have one week to go and so many have voted early. >> the president has been fighting for lower prescription drug costs and medicare for years. he ran on that. that was part of his -- his campaign for president.

and he fought for and secured something that for decades people have been trying to do in washington and haven't gotten done which is to change the way that medicare negotiates for prescription drugs. put a cap on costs for seniors in medicare so they pay no more than $2,000 for their drugs. he fought for the last two years to get it done and we got it done. we passed it in the congress. and now the president is making clear that that reflects a big choice for voters. now that he's succeeded in passing that in congress, the question is do we want to implement that, and make sure that the benefits of the costs are felt by the american people and seniors or go backward and eliminate those prostivisions. so the president is saying that lower costs and prescription drug costs for seniors is a top priority and we've gotten something done concretely here and the question is do we repeal those pre visions. >> the president is calling for

a wind fall tax for oil and gas company profits. i want to pay for you what the chevron ceo told us in september. >> if you tax our industry, it does not incentivize. if increase tax, this discouraged investment and it is a simple economic truth. we work around the world and our capital mobile so a wind fall tax is likely to move that investment somewhere else. >> this will incentivize them to do business elsewhere. and when people here this, it has them scratching heads. how exactly does this translate into lower costs for consumers. where is the benefit to the consumer? >> well that is a great question and we have to start with some context. this president has been focused on what he could do to bring down the cost of gats at the pump and we've made significant progress.

since the beginning of the summer where the average price was over $5 and we're down now $1.25 and people are seeing the benefit at the pump today. and in no small part is because of the strategic petroleum reserve. part of the reason prices haven't come down because there is a historically high profit margin for every gallon of gas being sold. wholesale prices have come down but the prices at the pump haven't come down to where they would be if the profit margins were at historical level. so the president is urging the industry to do what is right and bring those profit margins down and pass on more of the savings to consumers at the pump. if they do so, then they still will be making a significant profit. but they also will be providing more of that benefit to consumers particularly at a moment where we have a war there europe that is driving prices up, and that is what he wants to see. and if the industry is not willing or able to take those

steps, then he said he's going to work with congress to look at what options he can pursue. but the president has been focused on that core issue for the last nine months. which is what we could do to try to make sure that american consumers are getting relief. the good news is they are in a significant way. but we need to make more progress on that front. >> so the president is saying he with work with congress if need be. the reality is, as you know very well, we're staring down midterm elections. democrats expected to lose their hold on the house there. what is the president actually think he could get done? what is is he going to be able to pass with congress? >> well the president is looking forward to do what is necessary to bring prices down for american families. that includes at the gas pump. and that is what the president was communicated yesterday. >> brian deese, appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you. >> thanks. still to come here, he wanted to break speaker nancy pelosi's kneecaps and send her back to congress if a wheelchair

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san francisco home goes before a judge today. david de pape is to be arraigned this afternoon, among them attempted murder. and there is disturbing new details about what happened and what de pape planned to do to the speaker if hen encountered here in the home. according to the fbi. he waned to hold her hostage and question here and break her kneecaps if she lied. veronica miracle is live in san francisco outside of the courthouse. he wanted to send a message, veronica. this is chilling, some of the details. >> reporter: very chilling details. he's going to be ain raed here on numerous charges at the courthouse later today. david de pape facing attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon and burglarly and false imprisonment of an elder and making threats to a public

official and a felony and he does not include the federal charges of attemafter tempted kg and assault and he faced 50 years in federal prison. some of the chilling details revealed in court documents in an affidavit david de pape is described as telling police he wanted to kidnap and injure nancy pelosi including breaking her kneecaps so she would have to be wheeled in front of congress and others would see the consequences of their actions. he described her as a leader of a pack of lies. promoted by the democratic party. san francisco district attorney brook jenkins said this was a political motivated attack. here is what she had to say. >> it is something that we have to take very seriously and it is very sad to see that we are one again at a point in history where people believe that is it is okay to express political sentiments through violence. and so i think it 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 is okay to disagree. but it certainly is something that has unnerved us all. >> reporter: paul pelosi still recovering at a local hospital from very serious injuries including a skull fracture. he also had very serious injuries to his arm and hands. and speaker pelosi released a statement last night saying that while he is recovering, he has a very long road ahead of him. erica. >> veronica, appreciate it, thank you. even as paul pelosi recovers from the serious injuries, that long road ahead as with you just heard, some republican lawmakers are using that attack to score political points and even joking about it. >> it is not impossible to protect our kids at school. they act like it is. nancy pelosi, well she's got protection when she's in d.c. apparently her house doesn't have a lot of protection. [ laughter ] but -- >> joining me now to discuss is

cnn national political reporter maeve reston. on the one hand what i think this shows is just how sad the state of things are in this country. right. to joke about that attack in the face of the increased threats as we know, calls from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for increased protections. at least one maker -- one lawmaker even saying he's not seeking re-election over concerns of threats to his family. is there any sense that that matters to some of these candidates? >> well it is just really remarkable that we could see someone like kari lake, who is the gop gubernatorial nominee in arizona use that moment as a laugh line instead of trying to cool the temperature, which is what we would have seen from political candidates often even a few years ago. but this is the reality in the trump era. and there is a real astonishing statistic to your point, erica,

in "the washington post" around the anniversary of the insurrection where 34% of americans and 40% of republicans said that violence against the government is sometimes justified. and i think that really tells you where we are in our politics today. that you have candidates knowing that the reaction of the audience there, with kari lake, is going to be that this is somehow funny. and they get rewarded for that within the base. and you saw obviously donald trump also being asked about this attack and saying that it was terrible. but then immediately pivoting to the violence in san francisco as though this was just some random act of crime which of course we know have investigators that it was not. and so it is just, it is really astonishing that we're seeing all of these conspiracy theories around it. that are festering within the base. >> and in terms of the conspiracy theories, it is also another reminder of how many

people really don't care about the facts. because so many of those were finally put to rest even though we know of them to be untrue, by what we learned in the affidavit yesterday and it seems to go out of the window for some folks. shifting gears, it is interesting what we're seeing from liz cheney as she endorsed elissa slotkin. she's put out this attack ad in arizona and slotkin addressed that support from liz cheney on cnn this morning. >> look, the last time that she was doing media in my media market, she was disagreeing with me vehemently on a point of policy. january of 2020. but we agree on one really big thing and that is that there has to be a democratic system in order for our system to function. so, you know, it is pretty important to me. >> is liz cheney an effective surrogate at this point? >> well certainly not within the

republican base. >> no. >> at the moment. but i think that what liz cheney has said over and over again in all of the appearances that she's been doing is is that the fate of democracy is on the line here. and though she could not recall having voted for a democrat in the past, she feels that getting out and campaigning against people like kari lake or mark finchem in arizona who have embraced trump's lies about the election, that that is critical to ensuring that we have a free and fair elections in 2024. you know, in the case of slotkin, they worked very closely together in congress. and liz cheney is basically saying there is a middle in america out there, independents who do not like this rhetoric that we're hearing on the right. and she's trying to get out there and have more people sort of come to that consensus. and so, we will see her, you

know, probably doing a lot of this in the next year, potentially positioning herself for 2024. >> yeah. we'll certainly be watching for that. maeve, thank you. >> thanks. >> 17 families lost family members in 2018. right now the families of the survivors and the victims finally have a chance to really talk through their pain in court. speaking specific to the man who took their loved one's lives. tony montalto lost his daughter gina in that attack. my conversation with him is next. with gold bondnd... you can age on your own terms. new retinol overnight means the smoothing benefitsts of retinol are

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first on cnn, the treasury department said u.s. financial institutions paid a billion dollars in ransom ware payments last year. that is according to department data and double what was paid in 2020. joining me with more details sean lindgas. so this seems like a massive number. what is behind that big jump? >> right. erica. well i think it is more due to increased reporting. there have been a steady amount or increase in ransom ware attacks on financial institutions and other industries over the last year.

but the fact that there is a little more transparency and requirement to actually report the data is giving us more of a sense of the scope of the problem for many years this was mostly swept under the rug. companies were very quiet about whether they paid off cyber criminals. it is not a particularly good look. and they just kind of wanted to get it over with and restore their data. and now they're getting scrutiny from the government and being forced to disclose how often their doing this and the $1 billion figure comprised potential payments and extortion amounts. but it gives you a sense of the scope of the problem, erica. and it comes as the biden administration this week is convening three dozen countries in washington to talk about ransom ware and how to crack down on some of the illicit flows of money. >> how do you crack down on it? is it -- my gut is no. >> it is very difficult.

right. the price of cryptocurrency has plummeted in recent months and that makes it less lucrative some of the actors. but that doesn't mean it is slowing up. so its a combination of law enforcement and also diplomacy to try to make it happen. >> thank you. appreciate the reporting. throughout the morning heartbreaking testimony from parkland school shooting survivors and families of the victims as they share their stories in court. with the last several years have been like for them directly addressing shooter ahead of his sentencing. the mother of erin feis died just last week before she had the chance to address him and the court today. i do want to share with you some of what other family members have been saying so far this morning. take a listen. >> he was stolen from us. by an unimaginable act that you planned and executed. you stole him from us. and you did not receive the justice that you deserved.

there is no mitigating circumstance that will ever outweigh the heinous and cruel way you stole him from us. you were given a gift. a gift of grace and mercy. something you did not show to any of your victims. i wish nothing for you today. after today, i don't care what happened to you. you will be sent to jail and begin your punishment and you'll be a number and for me, you will cease to exist. >> my brother chris, on february 14th, died a hero. not just to our family, but to countless others of individuals. that he touched. you, however, you will die as nothing. because you you are nothing. >> another parent explains how doctors told her their son had injuries similar to what a soldier would see in kcombat.

the court is in a recess. later today, the father of gina montalto is expected to speak in court. i have a chance to talk to him earlier this morning. >> joining me now is tony montalto, the father of gina and the president of stand with parkland. it is good to have you back with us this morning. this has to be a highly emotional day for you. how are you feeling? >> well, every day without gina is -- is tough. today we hope to begin wrapping up the sentencing of the mass murderer who took her life. and getting him out of the public eye will be helpful to all of our families. >> i can only imagine how that would be helpful. you're also have the chance to speak this morning. i know you were limit the in what you could say during your victim pact statement.

how will this morning be difficult for you? >> this morning we'll be able to speak about the murder, to speak about his actions, to speak to the verdict we thought he deserved. and sadly didn't receive. we'll be able to talk about the process and quite frankly how the fairness of the trial was definitely fair to the murderer. but to the ridiculous things that were stated in some of this, whereas as the families have to sit there quiet as church mice despite the horrific things we saw about our children and spouses. despite the -- looking at pictures as they tried to humanize this murderer who went

in and killed our children. we were only allowed to show one pike of our loved ones and we had to look at every possible school picture of the mass murderer. with a smile on his face. that he didn't have as tough of a childhood that they made out if you go by the pictures, that is for sure. we also, you know, can't believe that our victim pact statements were instructed to be disregarded by the jury. it may be the law. i don't know how it got there. but how fair is that to the victims. the only people who can't speak for themselves, to have their loved ones who can speak on their behalf be instructed to not be taken into account during deliberations. >> and so we'll be hearing that from you. i know the attorneys said that

he is not expected to speak. is there anything that you would want to hear from him? >> no. never. the best we could hope for is that he disappears into the black hole of the corrections system. i pray that some of his writings never get out. the writings that are telling people how to do the next school shooting. and if that does, god help the conscious of the jurors that decided not to put him to death. >> before i let you go. you founded the president of stand with parkland. >> yes. >> has that worked helped you in some way. i'm in no way suggesting there is anything even close to closure. i don't think that is -- i think it is a terrible thing to say. but i ask if that is helped you in some way. also to keep gina's memory alive, to let people know about her and to talk about the importance of school safety?

>> without a doubt, the families that came together, the families that lost someone in this tragedy came together to form stand with parkland for national association of families for safe schools and through that process we've passed a multiple state laws and in various states. we've changed policies around this nation. and we've helped pass national laws such as the fix nix act. and the stop school violence act and we were streetal in getting the bipartisan safer communities passed. we also helped create the federal clearing house of school safety. and just today and tomorrow and on thursday there is the first k through 12 national summit on school safety being offered by that. that is the true legacy of my beautiful gina. and the others that were taken that day, is the changes that have been pead to protect others.

we will always honor gina's legacy by helping to protect others and keep her light shining as well through the gina rose montalto organization. they must be remembered, the victims are important because they were people before they were victims. >> absolutely. tony montalto, thank you again for taking the time to join us this morning. >> thanks for having me. up next, cnn has learned iran is preparing to send about a thousand new weapons to russia including attack drones. i'll speak to a military nall about what that could mean on the battlefield. financial p. a plan with tax-smart investing strategies designed to help you keep more of what youou earn. this is the planning effect. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for mune cells

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an alarming new very many in russia's war on ukraine. officials tell cnn they leave iran is planning to ship more weapons to russia, including a new supply of drones that have already made a deadly impact in this war. this as u.s. intelligence officials say they're looking into a series of explosions on russian vessels at the port of crimea. russia is blaming ukraine. air force colonel cedrick layton joining me now. i have so many things to talk to you about. let's start quickly with the targets of this russian ship. ukraine is not taking responsibility. that isn't hun expected but wouldn't it make sense it. >> would make sense, erica. because one of the key things here is those ships were legitimate targets for the ukrainians to hit. they are military targets and outside of the lines of grain

shipment activity that was been in the news as well. so, yes, it would absolutely make sense that the ukrainians would target them and they hit the flagship -- the russian black fleet and that is a big deal at beginning of conflict. >> you bring they pulled out of the u.n. grain agreement and president zelenskyy is blaming russia for further impacting the global food crisis that is expected to ramp up. this is seen as another one of putin's tactics to try to wear down the world essentially and support for ukraine. have you seen any evidence that that support is starting to wane as winter is coming for so many people? >> actually, surprisingly not yet. i think it could wane. but at this point in time, erica, both in the united states and as well as in europe, support for ukraine is still very high, including among

countries that have elected new governments, many of them more right wing than predecessors. those governments have pledged to support ukraine, especially in italy and sweden. and that is a big deal. and it really means that the west is still united in its efforts to support ukraine. >> i was struck this morning when we heard from the mayor of kyiv who said that water and power had been fully restored in the capital. this is not 24 hours after we heard that 80% of those -- of the water was out of commission at that point. so, that speed of repair is really something and very important. but with russia continuing to target infrastructure, can ukraine keep up that pace, the pace frankly of repairs along with the shelling and the targets? >> well it is going to be really hard for the kraukrainians to d this but they are certainly capable. and as the example that you sited with key power and water

being restored so quickly, the ukrainians are adept at over coming a lot of what the russians have thrown at them. it tells me while russians are accurate in some of their targets, they so far has not brought to bear all of the fire power that they would need to bring to bear in order to really turn off the lights permanently and in ukraine. and i don't think they'll ever be able to do this. >> but not even potentially with this boost in weapons from iran? >> not even with that. those weapons, you know, are good in a kind of a pinpoint way. but they are not -- those big weapons that you would need in order to destroy large areas of ukraine, they are just not build that way. >> colonel cedrick layton, and thanks. we got through a lot of topics there. thank you. >> you bet, erica. any time. the fda meeting now over concerns about pulse oximeters. where the devices that are used

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the pandemic may have made you all too familiar with pulse oximeters. it is a device that clamps on your finger tip and reads your blood ox jep levels. there is concern that the devices may give less accurate

readings for people of color. jacqueline howard joins me now with details. so it is just is head scratching to be honest. that it would work differently simply based on the color of your skin. what more do we know about this meeting. >> that is right. it is mind-boggling. and this meeting just started this morning and it will last all day. and this panel of fda advisers are going to go over this information. they're going to talk about how pulse oximeters work and how they use light technology to estimate blood oxygen levels and your pulse rate and we're talking about over-the-counter and by prescription. and that light technology to estimate blood oxygen levels may play a factor in how the devices could be less accurate in people with darker skin tones. and erica, i know that the pandemic kind of sheds light on this issue. but this is a device that was invented in 1974. we have research going back decades on this technology and

yet we are just now talking about this issue. so the meeting today will really help inform the fda on its regulation of these devices moving forward. >> so important. also speaking of the fda, pfizer said it is going to seek fda approval by the end of the year for an rsv vaccine. >> i'm smiling because we're going through an rsv surge right now. so if that happens, it would benefit us for the next rsv season. and what we know about this pf pfizer vaccine, it is used in pregnant women. and by vaccinating them during infancy it is 82% against severe illness in newborns if the first 90 days of life and 59% through the first sim months of life. to help provide that protection to our youngest, most vulnerable

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