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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, if he decides to run. as his surrogates, are allowing a hinting for president again. sarah murray has the news, where joining us right. now what are you learning? >> sources are telling our team that the justice department is considering whether a special counsel is considered necessary to oversee the investigation surrounding donald trump. if he decides to run for president in 2020.

for which as you mentioned is the thing that his allies are talking about. it could be potentially an imminent announcement. so they are looking at the mar-a-lago investigation, the investigation surrounding january 6th, running efforts to subvert the 2020 election and trying to decide whether special counsel might be necessary. no decisions have been made. but the idea of course, is that if you are in position with joe biden's justice department. is interviewing who could be the candidate that he is running against. that is the potential political firestorm that the justice department wants to avoid. >> is it clear how likely an indictment against the president did actually is that this? voice >> we don't know at that at this point. we obviously have seen these investigations that have been swirling around the former president, we've seen they've gotten very close to a number of his allies, and people who have worked with him in the white house. you know, they talked about how cash patel has been granted immunity to testify before a mar-a-lago grand jury. we just don't know how close it's gonna get to the former president or if they are going to move forward with indictments against his

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 -- >> sarah murray. pretty pretheater. that now some perspective from cnn analyst and director carrie mccabe. and the legal analyst, and several director in many capacities. -- and cnn contributor john dean, who served as white house counsel in the white house. andrew, you heard what sarah murray had to say. what was your reaction? >> yeah, anderson, this one brings back a lot of memories. you know, they investigation as

a political candidate. even if that person is a candidate for the presidency does not require the, there is nothing that protects you from an investigation surviving and candidate for office. and certainly the justice department in the fbi would be required to appoint a special counsel during the campaign period. so if you think about that as anytime after next tuesday until election day in 2024. however, after having lived through and had a role in the investigation of then candidate, hillary clinton, for the presidency in 2016. by the end of that experience, i, believe very strongly and still do that the department and the bureau would have been better served as a special counsel had been appointed to oversee the investigation in a period of the campaign. it's very hard to protect those institutions from the claims of politicization.

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 in this matter. is the department has to conduct inquiries until whether or not there would be a conflict of interest. or other extraordinary circumstances. with the regulations say. so this is entirely at his discretion. whether he thinks that the appearance of conflict of

interest. the actual conflict of interest. because he is appointed and a political appointee by the current president. and if there is going to be a future campaign between the current president, and the former president. again there is an argument that the potential conflict is there. and the decision is whether or not appointing as special counsel would be in the public interest. so there is a wide amount of discretion for the attorney general. he has to think about, as they describe. the institutions. he has to think about the integrity of the investigation and what is the best choice to maintain the integrity and the conduct of the investigation to its rightful and. whether that end means an indictment. or whether it means that the investigation stops. >> so if the department of justice does start to move towards the special counsel. do you think it matters what they do so before after the president decides's position around? is there ticking clock here?

>> there is no ticking clock because as carey and andy were just talking about, this is very much, there is no specific hard and fast rule book on any of it. and if you add in the fact that even if there was a rulebook. donald trump were completely blow through that. that is really the key here. i mean andy is talking about what happened during the clinton campaign when they were investigating her and what was going on there. and then you kind of fast forward to robert mueller. he was a special counsel and it's not like it stopped donald trump from completely demonizing him and the investigation. it did not make it so that the politics were not involved in or at least, mueller and his team, were not accused of politics. so when you're talking about donald trump in the way that he approaches these things? he will use it as much as he can. not just as a political weapon. but as a political shield

within and by his own party. >> and john, if, i mean if these politically sensitive investigations pick up after the election. what are you looking for in the months to come that would indicate that the doj is actively pursuing a indictment against the president. what was happy? >> well, i think the first case will focus down on is the mar-a-lago documents case. that is a pretty clean basic case where documents are going to dominate. with a few government witnesses and so it is not a difficult witness heavy case. and i think it's pretty black and white. that will probably be the first indictment and they will probably be a race between trump and the department of justice as to which happens first. trump may still be using his cavern to see as a potential shield. and jump in first. and think, that would make the department have second

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 the appearance of interference by the white house? >> what they can do. anderson. it is continue to do exactly what they've been doing. follow the facts and follow the law wherever they lead. i think john is absolutely right that right now the mar-a-lago case looks like one that would come to a critical decision more quickly and that is one that they could actually

make that decision of indict or don't indict. before the election gets into its final phases. the january 6th case is way more complicated. and a lot of additional considerations are there it's hard to see that happening quickly. but it is pretty much that they do it the way that they are doing now. according to the book. under normal procedures. or they bring a special counsel. it's kind of a binary choice. and i think that once you add the intensity and the >> of the campaign. it leads pretty hard into the direction of discretion and special counsel. >> don, do you see any investigations have an effect on the republican primary? >> it absolutely could. we have seen that whenever donald trump calls himself a victim. and calls himself the, kind of a martyr. and it helps to rally the base around him.

what thing though, i will say. trust in traveling. i've been to five states since labor day. some key battleground states this midterm election. and it's been striking to me that even though donald trump still has a big reservoir of support among republicans, i heard more republicans than maybe i anticipated saying, if there was another option for them inside of the gop, they would be okay with that because this kind of thing that we are talking about has become exhausting even for some of his most staunch supporters. >> yeah, -- still to come, tonight paul pelosi out of the hospital after surviving a brutal attack. we have doctor sanjay gupta and what he is facing after the fracture caused by a hammer blow. and -- police departments also monitoring ballot boxes, because according to the aclu, they might cross the line into intimidation.

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>> 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 recovering from that surgery last friday to repair a skull fracture that was caused by the assailant. hitting him over the head. i am told twice. as well as serious injuries to

his right arm. and his hands. when he got home, i'm told that she's been there from the beginning, his wife, speakers nancy pelosi is at home with him other members of the family his adult children. but considering the nature of the attack that he was hit in the head with a hammer knocked unconscious were told for about three minutes, the extent of the injuries, obviously sanjay can talk about this much more, i think that it is pretty remarkable that six days later he was able to be released it's excellent news that the doctor felt that he is ready to go home i'm also told by friends of the family that he was pushing to get out of there as quickly as possible. >> so, dr. gruber, what does it say about his injuries, as they said, he was a released after a week in the hospital after his attack. >> i think multiple things can be true at the same time. it was a very significant

injury. we have some details thanks to great jamie's great reporting on this two or three in the morning is when this happened, and friday of last week. he was difficult to rows, you know, maybe unconscious as jamie said. and then later that morning he was taken to the operating room, but we know a couple of things one thing is he was able to speak to his wife ahead of the time before the operation. that certainly was a good time. also anderson, the doctors were quite optimistic almost from the start, saying that they basically expected even at that point that he would make a full recovery so as significant as the injury was, the doctors are pretty optimistic i'll to show you something anderson, when we talk about a skull fracture. obviously, the bone is broken, it can mend inward and i think part of the reason that the doctors would be so optimistic is that because they were do scams trying to determine if there was bleeding underneath the bone on top of the brain or even within the brain itself and those scans did not seem to show those types of concern so again, as significant as the injury was, the fact that it

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 it's referred to and in that case he would have the outer layers of the brain potentially expose. that's why that operation has to be done. you want to repair that bone, protect the brain but the big question in these situations from a trauma perspective is went a way to determine did that blow also cause some sort of bleeding to occur either on top of the brain or just underneath the under service of the brain or even within the brain? and i'm sure that c.a.t. scans were performed when he got to the hospital. those few hours before he went to the operating room. to answer that question. given the doctors optimism

early on, i think that it is clear that those scans did not show that bleeding. which is again, obviously a good sign jamie a democratic congresswoman, joe lofgren was on cnn tonight. seeing the lack of the confirmation on the republic party is creating an environment of permission. i'm wondering what you are hearing about the ongoing discussion? >> i think that unfortunately, this is the political climate that we are in, anderson, the january six committee has been talking about quote the clear and present danger of disinformation of donald trump continuing the lie about election. about election deniers. about promoting violence and so this is the place where we find ourselves in. and paul pelosi was the very real victim here of a horrific attack life-threatening but we cannot forget that the speaker

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>> wisconsin republican senator, ron johnson, is facing a tight race to keep the job decline today in an acceptable outcome. he said, i'm sure i can, but i'm not sure what democrats might have planned. we have heard today that a top politician in milwaukee has been fired by obtaining balance through fraudulent needs and sending it to a state lawmaker. -- to make his own case, cnn's omar jimenez joins us with the latest. so what about this milwaukee elections official? >> yeah anderson, this was the

deputy defector of the milwaukee commission. she allegedly got a military balance for a fake voters through a public site called my vote, and sent them to a republican state lawmaker. that state representatives that these ballots were all addressed to a woman name hollywood. different last names. someone who did not and had never lived at this particular address and while the specific motive isn't known at this point. the executive director of the commission says that she believes that since fired deputy was trying to point out that you can go to a public site and make someone, up and steal request a ballot. this representative turned everything over to law enforcement who has now turned things over to the district attorney's office. who now say they expect to file charges in the coming days. i should also point out, a lawyer for this said they would litigate this in the courtroom. >> what was the reaction from the response in elections

official? >> as you can imagine they took this very seriously. they said this was a violation of election law and the administrator for the commission said that she is stunned. however she says the actions of a single individually were swiftly detected and would have no impact on the november 8th detection. they -- to public confidence, while this case understandably will receive a lot of attention, the fact is election fraud is extremely rare. when one it does occur, it is quickly discovered and there are consequences. they said there are multiple checks in place to say that when it request a ballot, they doesn't automatically get counted. including military balance. especially if it's requested to go to a address that is not a military facility. they also said that in total, on average, they make about four point or 7% of total ballots requested. so we're talking about a small sliver here. hours however, as you can imagine, there will be many

forces who will try to use this to paint a picture of this coming election being not to care. >> yes, omaha menace. appreciate it. cnn's drew griffin has filed several ports of the past few weeks about potential election interference tonight he looks at what happens when the armed individuals policing ballot drop boxes of the police themselves early voting in berks county pennsylvania is underway where voters face a short question by an armchair deputy before they drop their ballots in the secure box they just asked if they were our ballots and we said yes. >> you would think this was in response to some sort of voter fraud that took place in the county but it is not it is about giving voters confidence that this is the safe place to vote county officials said there were no security issues with dropbox, is yet by september. they had adopted a new policy of deputies questioning voters. spearheaded by christian linebacker. >> it's some thing that quoted was going to happen. some criminal activity that

perpetrated, the sheriff's deputy is trained to respond. election ebbs words are concerned about the potential impact. >> anytime you have uniformed armed law enforcement around places where people are trying to vote. that rate freezes a dangerous risk that would cross the line into intimidation what is happening in berks county is a part of a trend of law enforcement being involved across the country some say they plan to safeguard the midterm of elections even though that's usually the duty of midterm officials we are gonna make sure that arizona sheriff named mark lam now leads a riley group of roughly 70 colleagues across the country he's launched an initiative with true devote a controversial nonprofit that is pained poll watchers that pushes false claims of fraud there is nothing more better than defending your vote cnn's -- has been reaching out to others asking them to join his election integrity efforts

document shows his group recommends increased patrol are pivoting around dropbox locations and video surveillance with access points at sheriffs computers. warning, if they don't do that. the opportunity for illegal activity is incredibly high and he's far from the only sheriff spreading bogus election theories >> i saw a documentary, 2000 meals. it should open anybody's eyes. and if the federal government is not going to investigate that. i think the chair should. >> since yesterday that actually showed the algorithm of the machines. i think that had been programed in by some foreign entities. and they are manipulating the vote i find when you start questioning the election and the votes that it's been going on a long time isn't it. both the manipulation and from those trying to have the election voting again none of that is true the fear of what can happen in this midterm election is based on what

happened in america's past law enforcement meddling in elections throughout history in this country has been used for oppressing black voters, other minority populations and it's just signaling there. that we don't trust you. we think you're cheating. >> back to those deputies and berks county, pennsylvania's interim secretary of state warned the county to not stationed deputy sheriffs outside of drop boxes in berks county, and to refrain from stopping and questioning prospective voters that did not happen. the fact is this is a county that went for trump there is no voter fraud. the deputies are nice. voters don't seem to mind the deputies. because of everything that has gone on with the contentious things happening. that's perfectly fine. if it makes people feel better? great. >> but remember, people should have already felt great about the last election in berks county. >> it was a care, it was fair! >> unnecessarily having heart armed deputies guard this

election? sending a different message. >> it sends his broader message that our elections aren't secure that there is widespread fraud and that we the law need to be there to ensure that that is not the case drew griffin joins us. now, according to a ballot boxes. there is one thing that appears. these sheriffs might interject themselves in the election themself. >> that is the fear. anderson. remember the sheriff had been searching for this mythical fraud for two years now, so they are eager to find something and these election voter rights people are very concerned that in the small counties where the sheriffs exist, they might interject themselves, get involved in the electoral process and that could potentially impact the local voting there. >> all right, anderson griffin. appreciate that. just ahead. cnn's jeff zeleny following a former president the campaign trail he states kyiv has a run of the presidency.

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talking to republican voters. >> to say that donald trump is coming back to the campaign trail would suggest that he's ever gone away. >> make america great again but starting tonight he is back in a new way for rallies in five days and in a spread to a election day. >> hello iowa! >> i was probably the hottest spot on the map of the 2022 battleground. but the state has something even more enticing it holds during the opening bell of the next republican presidential race. as republicans ride a wave of optimism in the final days of the midterm elections the 2024 campaign is about to burst from the shadows and the former president is eager to solidify his role as the party's top leader hu inching ever closer to announcing another bid for the white house >> in order to make our country successful safe and glorious again i will probably have to do it again >> the question is whether potential rivals would join him

or step aside a parade of republicans with presidential ambitions have already visited iowa this year including former vice president by friends and former secretary of state mike pompeo senator tim scott of south carolina rick scott of florida tom cotton of arkansas ted cruz of texas and outgoing maryland governor maria holguin florida governor ron desantis is i doing an iowa trip of his own after his reelection campaign is complete cnn's. learn further of fueling an intensified duel with the former president while his lawyer base of supporters is ending up behind him a trump candidacy would test the parties appetite for a 2020 campaign. and highlighting his string of legal challenges. this is the republican voted for trump. >> there are republicans who never supported him in the first place, there are others who have mixed feelings about him but by and large i would say there's more die hards trump supporters than any of

the other categories. >> conversations with republicans and other states reveal a measure of hesitation >> i am perplexed because i was a trump supporter and i don't know where i stand now. >> i feel like we got betrayed and especially when he got the [inaudible] on the capitol if that's richer. >> so you wouldn't want to see him run? again >> definitely not. >> but many trump loyalists do and the former president has repeatedly signaled he is poised to launch a new campaign built about false promises of the last one. >> we may just have to do it again. stay tuned everybody. stay tuned. >> and jeff joins us. now, is it clear how much of the campaign was by the former president and it's about boosting republican candidates versus stoking his own ambitions to return to the white house? >> anderson, is definitely a mix. i think iowa is not the biggest battleground this year, on this wednesday night as the former president takes the stage of the rally behind me. senator chuck just a short time

ago, praise the former president and thanked him for coming here, the reason is this. his running for an eighth term, he was first election in 1980. so there is some fatigue her. and the former president smooth some of that. but make no mistake, the rally here tonight is about donald trump. it's about his presidential ambitions. but as we talk to so many republicans, one of the things that become clear, even fans of the former president said they are open to a bigger field of contenders. the question, of, course is whether those contenders will jump in, if trump does first >> appreciate. some perspective now from cnn commentator alyssa griffin, who is a former white house director for strategic communications for the former president and cnn political commentator and the democratic former legislator. how much realistic do you think the former president has on the campaign trail for these campaigns? >> there is no doubt that it will help get some turnout but honestly, a lot of these

candidates that are running, at least in competitive races, we're generally shying away from appearing with him in the general election. he is someone who is a boost that you won in the primary but not necessarily if you're in a competitive race. but to the question that you asked jeff, this is about trump campaigning for 2024 he handpicked the saves that he's going to because the a benefit him for a potential run in the future. if there's one thing that i know about the man. he acted poorly and self interest is not about boosting republicans in fact, i'm not sure that he cared that much about what republicans take back the senate majority or the house. it's about raising his profile ahead of 2024. >> donald trump is not only the former president on the trail and i want to ask you about a former president obama's closing the stage. here's what he said last night. >> i know that republicans may be thinking there is no way someone like that is actually gonna get elected? you may think that's too extreme for arizona. but we have seen do folks can

win if we don't do our part and if you have election deniers serving as your governor. as your saturn or, as your secretary of state. as you're a attorney of state. that is democracy as we know it may not survive. and that is not an exaggeration. >> corey, i heard you recently saying that president obama's the best messenger of the democratic party. do you think he can close the deal and actually get people to vote? >> i think so, and first of all he is by far the best messenger that we have, he is the sharpest messenger that we have and he is the most articulate measure that we have about the issues of the day. just listening to the message that he gave in arizona. was a sharp cut eke of kari lake and blake masters and he is someone who needs to be on the trail to close the deal. while we also have kamala harris who has been on the trail a lot it's very hard to put joe biden on the trail with

a 40% approval rating in some states even lower than others and you do have the most universally popular former elected official in the country. and that's what barack obama. so rolling him out of this point, is the perfect timing. do i wish that he had gotten out there sooner? maybe. but the fact is he's going to the states where this will matter and we talked about whether or not this donald trump will turn out voters and iowa. iowa is the cake as well and that is where obama money is going to see him in places like georgia, you see them in places like nevada, you've seen them in places like arizona and that is how sharp of a messenger he is and people still get excited to touch, quote unquote, the proverbial him of his garment. he was a superstar type president and he still is a superstar typos president. >> melissa, kelly conway once said that she thought that president trump might announce a presidential run soon and he is being urged from some people

still to have the surprise. do you think that's where? well >> i've been hearing for sometime that he was going to do it right after the midterms and by the way it took a lot of outside effort to convince him to wait until after the midterms cousin heard hurt republicans i think he wants to be the first out of the gate to announce but i do think that there will definitely be others who challenge the former president. and i think there will be, i have the santas reporting that he may be considering and putting, of that rings true to folks i've talked to but listen, mike pence is gearing up to run. mike pompeo to, i think is considering it. i think people see the former president as the leader of the party but he's incredibly vulnerable with all his legal issue. >> when they be weird for mike pompeo, nikki haley to be running against? >> it's gonna be completely where. it and it'll make no sense why folks are distancing themselves from him now they're gonna have to inevitably do. it i give -- [interpreter] credit that he's gonna be doing that. it's inevitable. you have to explain why he

hears superior to him as a choice. so as soon as folks distance themselves from him they'll boost himself as a contender. >> do you think that he wants to be a contender? >> i think half of the calculation, frankly, is a concern about his legal exposure. i think he probably misses the limelight over the governing and the role and the covid task force for example but if you think that he's gonna. run >> did he go to those a lot? thank you, next, signs of how badly russia's invasion is going. cottontail for the battlefield itself!

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