i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> our top story this hour, nancy pelosi's historic run as leader of the house democrats is coming to an end after some 20 years. our chief congress alg correspondent manu raju is up on capitol hill. her announcement is setting off a shake-up inside her party. >> reporter: for months democrats have been preparing for this possibility, maneuvering behind the scenes and waiting for the possibility pleas pelosi could step aside. hakeem jeffries appears poised to take over the reins. he would be the first black leader in congress. ushering through massive legislation -- >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: winning the majority twice, becoming the first woman to lead the house and now losing the majority for the second time as speaker. >> the house will be in order. >> reporter: -- nancy pelosi announced she will step aside. >> i will not seek reelection. for me it calls for a new generation to lead the democratic caucus that i so deeply respect and i am gre

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." let's get right to you are o'top story. speaker nancy pelosi capping two decades as the leader of the house democrats. cnn's melanie zanona's joining us live from capitol hill. she's got more on the end of this groundbreaking tenure. melanie, what are you learning first of all about who may be next in line to lead the democratic party? >> reporter: well, wolf, the democratic party appears to be very quickly coalescing around hakeem jeffries. he is a current member of the leadership team. he's also a member of the powerful congressional black caucus. as one member told me today, he is ready for this moment. he is prepared for this moment. and two of his would-be challengers have already bowed out of the race. steny hoyer who is nancy pelosi's second in command, announced he will not seek another term in the democratic leadership. and as we preeflsly reported adam schiff has decided to instead explore a senate bid. now, we also have eyes on katherine clark and pete aguilar who are like

"the situation room" begins with wolf blitzer. i'll see you in a few hours. >>> happening now, major developments on capitol hill right now with republicans just one seat away from win the house. over in the senate mitch mcconnell on on a way to another term after minority leader. we're also tracking reaction from former president trump's white house bid. the deadly blast in poland is now believed to be the result of ukrainian air defense missiles, the pole ultimately blaming russia for its unprovoked invasion, and defending ukraine's right to defend themselves. >>> four university students in idaho are dead, and we're awaiting an update from the police. welcome. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with an update for the battle of the house of representatives, as well as the very bitter republican infighting for party leadership now spilling into the public eye. jeff zeleny has our report. >> control of the house, and changing the balance of pow ner washington. but far less change than they envisioned, w

anderson will be back along with wolf blitzer. so let's hand things over to them. ♪ ♪ >>> election officials in arizona are getting ready right now to release new vote totals that could give us more clarity about the marathon struggle for control of the united states senate. we're also standing by right now for new results from nevada, that's the other critical battleground in the spotlight. vote counting extending into a fourth night, and the balance of power in both the house and the senate still unresolved as election night in america continues. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in the cnn election center. the vote tallies we expect to get tonight could go a long way toward determining the outcome of the u.s. senate races in both arizona and nevada. democrats are feeling hopeful right now after incumbent mark kelly widened his lead over republican blake masters in arizona. and nevada senator catherine cortes masto narrowed the gap with republican challenger adam laxa

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ ♪ >>> first to the major legal battle brewing right now over the mar-a-lago documents case. it's the first big test for the new trump special counsel jack smith. our senior crime and justice reporter is on the story for us. kaitlan, so what happened in court today? >> reporter: wolf, this was not an easy day for donald trump in court. this was a court hearing before a federal appeals court. so three judges, two of them who were appointed by trump, and a third who has been closely aligned for his career with conservatives, the conservative legal movement. and these three judges, they gave really hard questions to trump's lawyers, and really cast a lot of doubt that they believed trump was making a good case to them. what trump had to do today, this is about the mar-a-lago documents investigation. he was there to try and convince these three judges that he was wronged when the fbi and justice department searched his home and took all kinds of documents

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we begin with the new developments in the paul pelosi attack. the suspect formerly said arraigned making an appearance in the california courtroom. josh campbell is outside the courthouse in san francisco. josh, tell us what happened inside the court today. >> reporter: yeah, wolf, that hearing just wrapping up here at the hall of justice in down tow san francisco for david d perks pape the attacker on paul pelosi on friday. he's been charged with six coupl counts attempted murder, burgly, false inpmprisonment and threatening the family member of a federal official and facing federal charges for threatening the family member of a public official and potential kidnapping, his alleged desire to kidnap the house speaker herself. the judge entered a protective order indicating this defendant cannot have any contact with the pelosi family and not allowed within 150 yards of the pelosi residence. these charges very serious. he's been accused of entering the

i'm wolf blitzer. election night in america continues.vote counting process unfolding right now. any minute now we are expecting new results from clark county that's home to las vegas and the bulk of nevada's population. that potential could push us closer and closer to knowing the winner of nevada's pivotal senate seat. republican adam laxalt holds a razor thin lead over catherine cortez masto by 862 votes out of nearly a million votes counted so far. if cortez masto does win, democrats could keep control of the u.s. senate with at least 50 seats. it's now deadlocked with republicans and democrats have 49 each as of right now. let's begin our coverage with cnn's rosa flores on the scene in nevada right outside the clark county election center in north las vegas. rosa, four days after the elections, we are now approaching the crucial moments. update our viewers on the latest. >> reporter: according to clark county officials, they say they feel the pressure, they feel the eyes of america on them today because of what's going on inside the

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." you can always follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, clash of the titans. less than 24 hours after gaining control of the house, republicans going after biden and his family. is this what voters want? plus ten prominent attorneys with a 169-page report and their conclusion is that trump should be indicted. one of the authors will explain. a new video of the moment. two russian cruise missiles were shot down over kyiv. good evening, i'm erin burnett. republicans setting the stage for a long list of investigations against president biden. >> i want to be clear. this is an investigation of joe biden and that's where the committee will focus in this next congress. >> investigating president biden is something republicans have been promising they'd do, ever since he took office. >> it's no secret that i've introduced -- i think i'm up to six articles of impeachment on joe biden. >> if we don't engage in impeachment

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm alex marquardt, and you're in "the situation room." ♪ . >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> let's get to the breaking news from the justice department. attorney general merrick garland taking something of a victory lap after winning guilty verdicts against the militia group, the oath keepers. evan perez was at the press conference. what did he say? >> reporter: you got the sense of the historic nature of the case. it's a rarely brought charge, seditious conspiracy, something the attorney general himself had to approve after looking over the evidence over a period of months and he certainly was taut talking about the effort made to try to emimpede the transfer of power. listen to what he said. >> last evening a jury of the defendant's peers found each of them guilty of serious felony offenses as the verdict of this case makes clear, the department will work tirelessly to hold accountable those responsible for crimes related to the attack on our democracy. >> alex, for the

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm pamela brown, and you're in "the situation room." >>> our top story tonight, candidates from both parties in an all-out sprint before election day. with just five days of campaigning to go, cnn reporters and correspondents are covering the key races in all the major battlegrounds across the country. i want to start tonight in albuquerque, new mexico with cnn's arlette saenz. so arlette, you're traveling with president biden who's campaigning for the democrat in this key governor's race. what is the president's message to voters? >> reporter: well, pamela, president biden is trying to lay out the stakes of this election. just a short while ago he finished a speech where he talked about the economic relief he's tried to provide americans through his student loan forgiveness program. and he also challenged and criticized those republicans who are challenging that program in court. the administration, the white house very keenly aware of the fact that the economy and inflation are top

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get right to our top story. new fallout from the paul pelosi attack. u.s. capitol police now facing intense scrutiny from a top u.s. house committee chairwoman. cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild is working the story for us. so what does congresswoman lofgren demanding from u.s. capitol police? >> reporter: in a word, capitol police told congress in december 2020, they were concerned about heightened threats, including to house speaker nancy pelosi, and they told congress she gets the most threats of any member of congress. and yet this brutal attack still happened. they want to know why and what the department is doing to stop it. the letter says this, the incident and related circumstances, including the manner in which the speaker and her family were targeted raise significant questions about security protections for members of congress, marly those in the presidential line of succession. further, the letter asks about the relationship between capitol police and the san francisco police department

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ first up this hour, the special council appointment shaking up the trump investigations. and new reaction coming in from the former president. cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid has that report of the bombshell announcement by the attorney general of the united states merrick garland. >> well, wolf, justice department officials had hoped that appointing a special counsel would help insulate the department from claims that these trump investigations are politically motivated. that will become even more important as the 2024 presidential cycle gets underway. and today's appointment of this little known former justice department official jack smith suggests these investigations are far from over. >> in certain extraordinary cases, it is in the public interest to appoint a special prosecutor to independently manage an investigation and prosecution. >> attorney general merrick garland naming former justice department official jack smith to

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> first let's go to cnn's kate baldwin standing by just outside of philadelphia. control of the senate could come down to pennsylvania. both mehmet oz and john fetterman are spending the final hours getting out their closing messages. what's the latest? >> reporter: absolutely, wolf. three hours from now mehmet oz will be here with supporters for his final rally of campaigning, his final moment to campaign, his final rally with supporters before election day. for both candidates in what has now become the most expensive senate race in the country, their closing arguments have been consistent in their messaging for weeks. for john fetterman, he says to voters that he has been and is here to fight for pennsylvania voters as he has been for years, accusing mehmet oz of essentially being a snake oil salesman saying that mehmet oz is only here to use pennsylvanians for his personal game. mehmet oz, his closing message is he is the candidate of change in th

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get straight to the breaking news right now. we have our correspondents standing by around the world. let's begin with cnn's senior international correspondent matthew chance. he is on the scene of the deadly missile strike in poland. matthew, what are you learning there? what are you seeing? >> wolf, some potentially dramatic developments here on that border region between poland and ukraine tonight with you can see a flurry of police activity taking place behind me as the local authorities move to seal off that scene, which was the scene, the site of those apparent missile strikes. we know a couple things so far tonight. firstly, the polish authorities have confirmed two local farmers have been killed in that rocket strike, which is very tragic, of course, for the local community here. we're also hearing from the polish authorities that they are considering invoking article 4 of the nato treaty. that's article 4

i'm wolf blitzer in the cnn election center. we're keeping a very close watch on the votes in those critical u.s. senate races in nevada and arizona. every ballot getting us closer and closer to a final verdict on senate control. the nevada senate contest is a real horse race right now. democratic senator catherine cortez masto has almost caught up to the republican challenger, adam laxalt. and in arizona, democratic incumbent mark kelly has expanded his lead over republican blake masters. remember, this is why we care so much about nevada and arizona right now. democrats have won 48 senate seats so far. republicans have 49. if -- if -- the democrats can pull off wins in both arizona and nevada, they would lock up control of the senate with the tiebreaking vote of vice president kamala harris. turning to the fight for the u.s. house of representatives, democrats now are up to 200 seats, but republicans still have the advantage. they have already won 211 seats. that's seven short of the 218 needed to win control of the house. cnn

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's begin our coverage this hour in pittsburgh with cnn's jessica dean. jessica, control of the senate could come down to pennsylvania. both mem med oz and john fetterman on are on the campaign trail tonight. what do we expect to hear from them? >> reporter: wolf, we're hearing their closing arguments to voters here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania as election day is upon us. we have mehmet oz trying to cast himself as an independent voice, as a moderate. he's been enforce bid former president donald trump. he appeared with him at a rally over the weekend, but didn't say his name, didn't say the name of the gubernatorial candidate doug mastriano either. he pitched independent and conservative democrats as well. in the meantime, john fetterman trying to cast oz as a phony, saying he's not who he says he is. fetterman instead saying to voters he's the person that has been in pennsylvania, that while he had his stroke in may, it knocked him down b

good afternoon, i'm erin burnett. >> and i'm wolf blitzer.te in the united states is. >> and wolf, in just under 3 hours the polls will close in parts of indiana and kentucky which could give us the first indications of how things will go tonight, obviously the control of the house is at stake and the senate as well, republicans are predicting that tonight's vote will deliver them big gains but in order to take control they need to pull off wins in several crucial states, so let's talk about them, arizona certainly one of them we're now seeing lines of voters wrap around some buildings so the turnout in arizona here on election day tons of lines we're seeing there, we have a team of reporters in arizona and the other closely watched senate race in pennsylvania. sarah, you know some quiet places across the country, sort of quiet in parts of georgia but where you are right now a lot of lines. >> reporter: a lot of lines but they aren't taking that long there have been some people accusing mary cope ya county of having really long, two-hour line

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i'm wolf blitzer in the cnn election center.ee if the needle moves tonight in the critical undecided senate races in both arizona and nevada. two democratic incumbents fighting so hard to try to hold on against strong challenges from republicans. those races crucial in determining the final balance of power in the senate. right now, democrats hold 46 senate seats, 48 i should say. 48 senate seats. republicans have 49. that's two short of the 51 seats they need to retake senate control. over in the house of representatives, democrats have won right now 192 house seats. so far republicans have 209. that's nine seats short of the 218 needed to reclaim the majority. 34 house seats still haven't been decided. to win house control, by the way, republicans must win seven seats in competitive contests that are still playing out right now. we have a very good chance at doing that since they are currently leading in 11 races. democrats have a taller order. they must win 21 competitive seats to hold on to the house. they are currently lead

and wolf blitzer is still waking up in the middle of the night shouting, "key race alert!"!" my point is, the 2022 midterms are not over. which means now is the perfect time to start covering the 2024 election. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] there have been so many times over the last few years were people have said that donald trump was finished for sure. they said he was finished when he lost to an ancient artifact, they said he was finished when he was impeached for throwing a house party without his parents' permission, when he got his hand stuck under the fridge trying to get a cadbury cream egg that rolled underneath there. just let go of the egg, donald! 1 thing people don't realize is donald trump doesn't care what anyone else thinks about his political future. you saw that last night. he swapped out the buffet table at mar-a-lago for american flags and made a big announcement. >> on stage at his south florida estate, donald trump announcing the white house run he's hinted at ever since his 2020 election defeat. >> in order to make america great and glorious again, i am

i think that's, but larry summers told our colleague ob wolf blitzer last night that he -- we learned today that private sector payroll growth accelerated last month. job openings unexpectedly increased. i wonder if jerome powell will does i he doesn't want to tell graph what he's going to do next. there's just too much going on. he may decide he doesn't want to get boxed in. >> good to see you, matt. >>> so with six days until the votes are tallied in the midterm election, perhaps no state is grabbing as much attention as the commonwealth of pennsylvania. president obama, presid -- cnn' jessica dean is in philadelphia wrapping it all up. what's happening there today? >> reporter: well, day, we're looking at this new cnn polling we released today. it's the issues that matter the most to voters. if you take a look at that, look at the top line, it's the economy. it's the economy by a lot. it's 51%, the next highest is 15%, which was abortion. the economy is what voters are zeroing in on, what they care about the most. it's what we've seen come out again and again, leading up to this el

wolf blitzer is off and i'm pamela brown, and you are in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> lets go straight to the breaking news. first to report that paul pelosi, the husband of speaker of the house nancy pelosi has been released from a hospital six days after he suffered a fractured skull and other injuries in a politically motivated attack by a man targeting the house speaker. jaime is talking to her sources and broke this news. what are you hearing? >> pamela we are told earlier today paul pelosi was released from the hospital as you said. it was just six days after that brutal attack last friday. i think it's also important to remember what he went through. he was recovering from surgery to repair a skull structure, and also serious injuries to his right arm and hands and we are told that he returned home and we saw activity outside of his home earlier today and he is resting there now. and that his wife speaker of the house, nancy pelosi is there as well as other members of the family. we expect more details on his condition later this evening. but considerin

. >> last word is the 2015 trump who was on every network, wolf blitzer or sean hannity, that guy wastreated fairly but if you could dial back to that guy with a new 2024 strategy he can do it but at 76 years old does he want to? that's the key. stuart: he is absorbed in himself in the 2020 election. thank you very much. >> appreciate it. stuart: rachel campos duffy, john homan, so many people put money in crypto when your neighbor is telling you how much money they are making. why not jump in? the fear of missing out. get-rich-quick is attractive. "my take" is next. ♪ ♪ your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire dnipro river mean or >> i can't begin to tell you how important taking the house is. the biden ageneral agenda -- agenda's going to be stopped in the house. >> i am frustrated that we didn't have the kind of election we should have. at least i

welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, obwolf blitzer is of tonight. i'm alex marquardt, and you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get straight to our top story. the department of justice pursuing testimony from former vice president mike pence in its criminal probe of january 6th. cnn's senior crime and justice reporter kaitlan has been working her sources. what is the likelihood of pence agreeing to this request? >> this is at the very least a starting point, and for the justice department, a lot would have to happen before they could get him to come in to testify. but we have been able to confirm that pence is open to the discussing a possibility agreement to speak with the justice department about what he knows about after the election in 2020 and the lead-up to january 6th. this is a watershed moment for this justice department investigation into january 6th. we know there's been a lot of interest in what exactly was said in the oval office in those days, especially on the 6th. the justice department has tried to nail down things, including d

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. >> i'm wolf blitzer. live pictures at the white house.sident biden expected to address the nation in the coming hours and we'll, of course, bring that to you live. the white house feeling cautiously optimistic at this hour, particularly after a senate pickup in pennsylvania for democrat john fetterman. >> wolf, obviously that was significant, both sides now anxiously watching every vote and we are watching three key senate races that have yet to be decided that includes georgia, the senate race between herschel walker and democrat raphael warnock at this moment still, we don't know the answer. we don't know what will happen. raphael warnock is ahead by 17,491 votes. in nevada the race between the republican senate candidate adam laxalt and democrat incumbent catherine cortez masto also still too close to call. you can see how close that is right now, though, laxalt is ahead by 22,000 and some votes. only 80% of the count in. a lot more will come in and in arizona the democratic incumbent mark kelly still locked in an incredibly tight race

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don't miss "the situation room" with wolf blitzer tonight at 7:00 eastern time. >>> but first cnn "newsroom" continues right now with jim ac acosta. >>> you are live in the cnn "newsroom". i'm jim acosta in washington. one more seat. that is all democrats still need to maintain control of the senate. and today it's all eyes on nevada in a nail-biter of a race, where every last vote will matter. and more results are coming in today. look at this. fewer than 900 votes celebrate catherine cortez mass sew and the trump-backed republican challenger adam laxalt. democrats getting a boost after the senate race was called for mark kelly over another pro-trump candidate blake masters. he has not called to concede. democrats and republicans with 49 seats. they are so close. democrats, if they get one more, kamala harris would be the tie-breaking vote. republicans look better positioned to take control. that, too, is still being decided, vote by vote, race by race, as we are coming to you right now. let's begin with arizona. kyung lah is with us. protesters have gathered outside where ballots are stil

cnn's john king analyzes in a battle with our wolf blitzer and explains what each party still needs tomber. >> we just projected mark kelly the winner here, right. so when you bring nis map up here i'm going to come here, this is ahead. these are the races we are called. so right now democrats have two shots -- two shots. they win either here or here. they get the senate majority. republicans need now to win them both because republicans need 51. democrats only need 50 because they have the vice president of the united states. so with the democrats it's possible, wolf. it's possible democrats can clench the majority before the december 6th runoff in georgia, and some new votes just came in here in washo county. last time we spoke about this race adam laxalt the republican challenger was up. when the votes came in from washingtono nevada senate and bring it up, move it over a little bit here. let me find my pencil. it just has to pull away and, boom, this is what happened. this is swing county. republicans needed to make up ground here. instead here's what happened, 5,200, 5,800, sorry,

on election day i will be here with wolf blitzer as americans are voters and we have reporters across the country and john king at the magic wall. cnn will have coverage throughout the night as the votes get counted, and then on wednesday we will still be waiting on results from key races to determine the balance of power. a special edition of "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. just two days to go until the first nationwide electoral contest, and the 2022 midterms will decide who controls the senate and what the biden administration will look like. the former president teasing a 2024 run is not, and the democracy is at stake this tuesday. they and former president trump all on the trail the last several days. he was in florida late today, and that's a story in itself we'll talk about tonight. president biden tonight in new york. >> if y'all show up and vote, democracy is sustained. this is not a joke. this is not hyperbole, for the second time. not a joke. it matters and it's in your hands. look, you are one of the reasons why, as i said, i have never been more optimistic about th

i'm wolf blitzer in the cnn election center. races in nevada and arizona. every ballot getting us closer and closer to a final verdict on senate control. the nevada senate contest is a real horse race right now. democratic senator catherine cortez masto has almost caught up to the republican challenger, adam laxalt. and in arizona, democratic incumbent mark kelly has expanded his lead over republican blake masters. remember, this is why we care so much about nevada and arizona right now. democrats have won 48 senate seats so far. republicans have 49. if -- if -- the democrats can pull off wins in both arizona an

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african sun wearing one of those siren suits one of those romper suits that he used to wear during the blitzers out at home. he must have been rather hot in egypt in it. yes, well sort of that glitch. i don't if you caught that but the the side of those soldiers returning the favorites to him. i think his priceless especially as men staying on the tank. i don't know if you caught it, but earlier than men standing by the artillery piece and the one soldier looking to all the others with the expression on his face. are we really going to do this as a prime minister? and they did. churchill of course could not have carried on the war without a cabinet to back him men such as anthony eden who was seated third from our left with as his foreign secretary. we also tend to overlook the man who was in fact if not in name churchill's deputy prime minister and the leader of the labor party clement atley who was seated at churchill's, right? um, these two mechan could not have been more different but during the war well churchill concentrated on the broader war itself and on the alliance, especially it was

. >> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you've been watching a news conference in colorado where officials just gave an important update on that horrific nightclub shooting that killed five people and injured at least 19 people. let's get to nick watt. he's on the scene for us. we're also learning more about the investigation and the suspect in this case. tell us about that. >> reporter: yes, we are, wolf, but this press conference also focused heavily on the victims and heroes here. they were named in public for the first time. raymond green vance, kelly loving, daniel aston, derek rump. we heard from ashley's family within the past hour or so. they are obviously devastated, unable to speak, but day put out a statement saying she was a loving mother, one daughter, and worked for an ngo that helped place foster kids. five people dead. now the heroes who were also mentioned in that press conference, thomas james and rich fierro, they were the two patro

welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf blitzer is off today, i'm briannaeilar, you're in "the situation room." more than 34 million americans have already cast their ballots with four days to go until the midterm election that will determine control of congress. the economy is the most important issue for voters, and races in some key battleground states are neck and neck. >> reporter: with four days, the latest job report is taking center stage. the economy is issue number one. >> the economic continues to grow and add jobs as gas prices come down. we have a lot more to do. >> reporter: even as the u.s. economy adds jobs for october and unemployment is historically low, voters are expressing concern about rising prices. >> people are scrambling to buy gasoline to go to work. or figure out what they're going to have for dinner because the cost of food is so expensive. >> reporter: heading into the final weekend before election day, the battle for control of the senate is on a knife's edge. >> folks are feeling pain at the pump, the cost of prescription dru

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wolf blitzer in "the situation room."w, we're following breaking news out of poland. a nato ally, where two people are dead after missiles hit near the border with ukraine. cnn is on the scene of the strike. we'll bring you a live report in just a moment. here in washington, the balance of power is stil

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll be back tomorrow at noon eastern with erin burnett for special election day coverage. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" the final count down. the first polls opening just hours from now. control of congress and president biden's agenda are on the line. already 41 million people have cast their ballots in early voting. that's a remarkable number. tomorrow at this time we'll be standing by for the first results. this is one of the most consequence midterm contests ever. candidates across the country are at this late hour making their final pitch to voters in these hours before election day polls themselves open. in pennsylvania, a state where three presidents have descended over the past two days, republican senate candidate mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman are about to hold duelling rally and in ohio, former president trump is about to take the stage for his senate pick. seven are toss-ups or slightly tilt republican or d

i'm wolf blitzer. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> up next, not guilty. the suspect charged with attempting to murder paul pelosi and kidnap speaker nancy pelosi pleading not guilty. we're learning new details about a possible defense strategy. >>> plus, the key to putin's power and more russians are breaking with putin. >>> i'm going to speak to a student who was trapped in the de deadly seoul disaster. her amazing story tonight. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. >>> in court t, the man accusedf attacking paul pelosi making an appearance in front of the charge. david depape pleading not guilty to a long list of charges. he's facing two federal charges and could face life behind bars if found guilty. some republicans tried to cast doubt on certain aspects of the attack, raising questions that maybe something is suspicious. today the former president joined a growing chorus of conspiracy theorists. >> well, it's weird things going on in that household in the last couple weeks. you know, probably we're better not talking about it. it seem

she tells wolf blitzer she will not release the video or audio to the public. >> my job is to make sureprotect the state of the investigation and the successful future of this prosecution. and for us, revealing that evidence through the media is not what we think is appropriate. we want to make sure this individual is held accountable for these acts so for us we're going to make sure we limit the evidence as much as possible in order to get that done. >>> that's the san francisco district attorney brook jenkins saying paul pelosi's attacker is a risk to the public, not only nancy pelosi and her family but other people listed in the list of targets he had. >> now to that attack on paul pelosi is raising questions about what capitol police are doing to raise security for members of congress and their families. we're learning kevin mccarthy was skeptical about the need for more officers to protect lawmakers. let's get to manu raju live for us on capitol hill. there were skeptics. are there still, considering what has happened to nancy pelosi's husband and other threats on members of congre

eight hundred, eight million ♪ >>> i cannot believe they're making me say bad news for williwolf blitzers came could be disrupted as snowfall comes to new york. let's get to chad myers with the forecast. you too, right, bills? >> born just north of east aurora, which is where the game will be played. i spent 17 years there shoveling money as a kid. >> you're talking to minnesota over here, so same here. >> that's right. minnesota yeah, you beat us last week. >> we did. 8-1. wait for us patriots. >> participation trophy for the bills. >> anyway, two to three feet of snow over the niagara frontier down into erie county and wyoming county, seeing snow in parts of michigan from the same cold air. it's cold everywhere. and that's the key to lake effect snow. you ever sit out on a dock on a cold morning and watch the steam come off the lake because the lake is warm. that's the steam this lake effect snow machine is going to use. that's the extra moisture you get off the lake, lake erie and lake ontario, that's where the snow comes from. it will be cold air, not rain, it'll be snow. in some spo

wolf blitzer is off today. >>> we begin this hour with new clues about the mindset of a mass killer as the nation reels from a new round of deadly shootings. our brian todd has new details on the walmart gunman and the death note that he left behind. brian, what are you learning? >> alex, this information coming to us tonight from city officials in chesapeake, virginia. they released contents of a so-called death note that was discovered on the suspect's phone. much of it was about his grievances with fellow employees. >> he just had the gun up to my forehead, and it's just really hard. >> tonight, chilling new details released by police reveal that the man who killed six walmart employees bought his weapon that very day. city officials say the shooter had no criminal history and that he legally bought the gun he used, a 9-millimeter handgun. he describes the grievances writing, his associates were laughing and mocking him, saying they, quote, gave me evil, twisted grins, mocked me and celebrated my downfall the last day. that's why they suffered the same fate as me. he also writes, i

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get right to our top story tonight, a special counsel now taking over the u.s. justice department's probes into former president donald trump. our senior justice correspondent, evan perez, is standing by with new information. tell us what triggered this appointment by the attorney general of the united states, merrick garland. >> reporter: well, wolf, the simple trigger for this announcement, for this decision by the attorney general, was the fact that the former president announced just a couple days ago that he's running for the presidency once more, and obviously the fact that his potential opponent in 2024 is the sitting president, the person who appointed the attorney general merrick garland, to his current office. now, he's going to be overseeing two very big investigations that are in advanced states. one of them is the investigation into the mishandling, potential mishandling of classified information, documents that were retrieved by