Seven days until the most important election in our lifetime.

You've heard me say it before, we're at an inflection point in history.

It comes about every five or six generations.

So much has changed in American around the world that the decisions we make,

the decisions you make, over the next two to three three years are going to determine the fate of this country.

Not a joke for the next decade to two decades.

President Biden makes the first of what will be several speeches, now less than a week, until the midterm elections.

We'll look at what the White House and Democrats have planned

for the final days of the campaign.

Also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill Nancy Pelosi's husband

makes his first appearance in court

as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. And in Ukraine, officials say Russian forces are clearing out civilians in a significant southern

city where a major battle for the region appears to be on the horizon.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, November 2nd.

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We're learning chilling new details

about the brutal attack on 82-year-old Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Prosecutors have released a detention memo with new information about Friday's break-in at Pelosi's

San Francisco home. According to that document, the suspect, David DePap, told police officers

he was on a suicide mission and had additional

targets. Without questioning, DePap told officers at the scene, quote, I'm sick of the insane level of

lies coming out of Washington, D.C. I came here to have a little chat with his wife. The document reveals that at one

point before police arrived, Paul Pelosi asked whether he could call anyone for DePap. According to the

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