[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy] yamiche: a dangerous assault and new political concerns. >> the suspect pulled the hammer and violently assaulted him. yamiche: nancy pelosi's husband is attacked. plus -- >> social security and medicare and willing to take down the economy. yamiche: and democrats are giving warning that a g.o.p. congress could bring economic instability. >> they want to avoid talking about the inflation. yamiche: republicans hope inflation concerns deliver ar red wave, next. >> this is "washington week."

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pelosi's husband was hospitalized after he was attacked and david depape saying where is nancy and expected to be charged with attempted homicide as election day is 11 days away. joining me is zolan kanno-youngs. and scott macfarlane and amara owe mow quee. we have and paul pelosi called 911. >> this is a grotesque this 42-year-old broke into the pelosi home and used a hammer to break into the house and hit the skull of the 82-year-old and

injurying his arm and right hand. skull fractures have been acted upon and expecting a full recovery. it's a grotesque set of accusations. the parallelses, what we saw 21 months ago in this case, investigators say this accused assailant is "where's nancy? ". any number of those rioters were saying, where is nancy and bringing one hammer on january 6. and raises the question is this a snapshot of where we are in america. is that where politics and this is both shocking and not.

yamiche: is this where we are. and i want to point out the threats against lawmakers have been rising. joshua hall who threatened to kill rick swalwell and i wonder what you are thinking about this what is the impact of this on the future of security of lawmakers and police trying to keep people safe. >> 10,000 threat investigations in one year for u.s. capitol police and increase. that is a dramatic increase. they are likely to expand the dignitaries and those who have the january 6 have had extra security and spouses and family in the wake of mr. pelosi.

there is a finite number of officers. d.m. anand: a budget. the members of congress live everywhere. only so much space that they can cover. yamiche: we are hearing from president biden calling this despicable. and this man had covid-19 and 2020 election and national security about how this comes together and ongoing threats and you have hot new reporting these and warnings we are hearing. >> just today, federal law enforcement was circulating a threat assessments that states what has been ar heightened risk for political violence.

since january 6, d.h.s. and f.b.i. issuing that the current political rhetoric that it could encourage people tom commit these attacks. this bulletin does not detail the attack on mr. pelosi, but what it does summarize is previous attacks on members of congress and ahead of the mid-term elections that election workers could be at risk. that continues to be motivated by the same false claims. this is the security environment. my colleagues have reported ta members of congress fearing attacks have spent $6 million dipping into their official budgets to pay for their own security. the neighbors of the pelosis

noted that there is a security detail but she is in washington today and what happens to the relatives to these members of congress when they have to come back. you are hearing from law enforcement and members of congress. and the dangers and riching that we saw on the wake of the capitol have not subsided. yamiche: whatful nancy pelosi was home and if that man had seen what he was looking for. war if there was no rush. that same language was being used. we remember when speaker pelosi's office was ransacked that day as well. this person went in there and was specifically looking for the speaker and he drm commit harm.

and she was in washington. yamiche: scary stuff. and we heard from republicans and republic caps are wishing him a speedy recovery and the virginia governor was out campaigning and said her husband has and no room for violence anywhere, but he said we are going to send him back. we covered all sorts of a tax and charged rhetoric. what is the governor saying in the political atmosphere that we are living through right now? >> it isn't the governor of virginia. because that was a through-line and a number of republican statements and violence is never acceptable, but, there was a local ohio representative who in a series of tweets.

but mocked the calls of liberal lawmakers. and i hope san francisco sends their finest social worker and representive green accused nancy pelosi of treason and should be executed for treason and put out a tweet, no excuse for violence, but let's remember all the times. when you see violence on either side it feels like the normal traditional thing is just say, this is unacceptable, full-stop. this is not acceptable, snackery comment about her husband orer politics. but that is one thing that

struck me. yamiche: someone who has been traveling across this country and the rhetoric has consequences and look at twitter and peoples' lives can be at risk and will see and the imtation for violence and thinking about what is going on arizona and there is some worry that people are staking out vote boxes and with his ice pack and his cooler and shot union gun and he doesn't believe the 2020 election was fair. what do you hear about election workers as we are heading snr. >> 2020, was the safest and most security election. all these claims, these claims

of fraud ka come in the wake of a successful election. and people monitoring drop boxes. monitoring the drop boxed and intimidating make it harder. it is a disentive and goes back. if we hear about election workers, the fear is not just they will be targeted but the warning but the disincentive. we have a ballot. and people monitoring monitoring drop boxes and want to notify them about that. d.m. anand: millions .

yamiche: past 12 years. >> it is scary stuff. >> and we talk about mccarthy getting the gavel and mid-term countdown. 12 million americans have cast ballots and democrats are shifting their closing arguments and the g.o.p. wins, the party would shutdown the government and send the economy in a tailip spin. president biden: tax credits, the low energy bill, gone. corporate minimum tax, gone. under the republican plan, some corporations will pay zero again. that's the plan. i would argue it is reckless and irresponsible and would make it worse.

yamiche: economic data showed slowing consumer spending. and g.o.p. candidates said they are better and florida's republican governo are desantis during a debate on monday. >> we know these are the effects of the crist policies and worst inflation and crist votes 1 100% of the time and he says biden is the best president. yamiche: an economics' reporter and i want to think what you think about economists about where we are headed and how that squares what the political messaging we are hearing. >> the g.o.p. shows growth and welcomed news and didn't have

contraction. but as you mentioned, consumer spending and economists because consumer spending is a key driver for the economy and there are other signs and residential investment was down very sharply as well and that is reflective of what the federal reserve is doing and that has had an impact. mortgage rates are spiking and slowdown in home sales and home prices are coming down and the question is that slowdown going to spread to other tr parts. higher unemployment and many economists do expect that what the fed is doing will cause a recession in the first half of 2023. yamiche: the reporting that you have done about black voters are key swinses for -- swinsy for --

convinces. and what are you learning what they are learning and how that is connected to what democrats want to do here in the mid-terms? >> that was interesting and looked at survey data and plaque americans were seeing public safety and abortion weren't as important as are economy and inflation. where as the broer electorate has emphasis on economy and the inflation. and when we are talking to voters ineorgia and gun violence and what we are seeing with the elevated prices. and i said, what is driving that dynamic? and he said we have to remember where black-americans and saw it

spike to 17% and black unemployment under 6% and income growth for plaque americans and participation improve and those kinds of gains could be shaping and how they weigh these other social issues that are in society right now. yamiche: obviously, the president and democrats -- they have talked about republicans and the fears they have over social security and medicare but now beefed it up. how much a difference that 12 million people have already voted? >> they are trying to lower the deficit and that they have often talked about job growth and this report pointing to soaring inflation but we are seeing a change in focus. particularly after the dobbs' decision and democrats will tell

you that the democrat party look at that decision as a moment to energize the base. recent poles like in nevada as well, you still have ohio, too. the economy tends to be the top concern and the economy is the top concern for voters. voters are complex as well and you can care about policies and issues. but there was a schedule for the president, one day he was in d.c. and said he would codify roe and right here in washington d.c. and there was criticism -- not criticism but questions from observers and should the white house contie to be focusing on

this issue. the very next day you saw biden talk about gas prices and going into the strategic petroleum reserves. so you are seeing the white house cannings of what the polls indicate. people are concerned about what the supreme court but you can be concerned about multiple issues. yamiche: you went in teep in virginia and a member of the january 6 committee and what she told you about the political stakes and how does that dovetail to what you are hearing from the democrats? >> and very competitive races and the issues are all the same. abortion rights, economy, gas prices and in virginia's second

beach, luria has a national profilend on the january 6 committee and two things were clear covering her close election race. she is more recognizable in her district a she is better known now. far from now that voters care. and asked about that during debate but she recognizes it is a crowsry price kind of world. every saturday morning in the checkout and she is balancing and calibrating her speesms according ln and transcends her experience because she has a my profile. >> i find it interesting what candidates are not talking about at this point but what they are

talking about. my colleague went to georgia and you had allies of president biden saying throughout the year and we reported this, too, hey, you passed the stimulus and you should be out talking about these plans for the economy, but there is an interesting catch-22 because some of the policies are being pointed as fueling inflation particularly the st. louis package. in georgia you have a date between warnock and walker. and no one asked them. and then there was a pivot to abortion. yamiche: i want to put up a map showing where all the former presidents, you have biden,

obama and trump. and biden in pennsylvania, and you have trump in iowa and pennsylvania, florida, ohio. and chuck schumer was on a hot mic talking about what is going on here and how much he makes and whether or not chuck schumer is right. >> what we are hearing is that democrats would love to have the election about six weeks to two months ago. because they had this phenomenal stretch partly based on work that the biden team has done for months and things out of their contl, like the dobbs' decision. it was politically galvanizing and the series of bills. they happened over the summer and the killing of biden's case

and withdraw troops from afghanistan and maintain a military presence. things have started to shift back. democrats are thrilled to see former president obama. but the real issue going and asd democrats privately is inflation. nothing else matters when you are driving down the steet and every gas station you pass is a sign post about how frustrated you are about rising prices. yamiche: we have a minute left and inflation is a global problem. how much do voters talk about that and whether or not the fed and the steps they are supposed to be taking and how it's going to impact in the u.s.?

>> you hear the biden administration mentioning it from time to time that these prices are not a u.s. problem. the fed is going to meet next week and there will be another large interest rate hike and where does the fed go there. will they slow it and affect more on what they have already done. but the fed has been clear that their priority is bringing down inflation even if it causes pain for the economy and you see democrats more and more vocal in asking the fed to think about what they are doing and whether he are too aggressive and might be doing too much. yamiche: what do you think of schumer's hot mic moment? >> we love hot mic moments and encourage them.

they have this august 23, democrats would be optimistic. yamiche: are they optimistic? republicans i talk to, all things can change and it will be interesting to see everyone hit the campaign trail. thanks to our panelists and sharing your reporting. tune in on saturday news weekend. i'm hoping for a full recovery for paul pelosi and it is very, very hard on his family. my heart and my mind is with them. thanks for joining us. good night from washington. >> additional funding is provided by yuen foundation,

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