break her kneecaps. john berman here in for anderson. those words from a federal criminal complaint spell out an attempt to take house speaker nancy pelosi captive, interrogate her and beat her savagely if the answers did not come out right, which the suspect, one david depape, considered a certainty. late today we saw separate state charges, including attempted murder. more on that shortly. stop at think about what s already on the table. according to federal authorities who have now charged him with an assault on paul pelosi and attempted kidnapping of nancy pelosi, this man says he wants to break the kneecaps of an 82-year-old woman and do it to make a political point. quoting again from the filing, in the course of the interview, depape articulated that he viewed nancy as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party. the document goes on in graphic detail about what the suspect said he intended. the bottom line is simple enough. according to the suspect him
as we mentioned, we re just eight days from the midterms. another tight race we want to focus on tonight is in new jersey s seventh congressional district held by tom malinowski. he s facing a tough re-election bid he says is crucial for democrats. he s calling on the party to take more action. cnn s manu raju has the details. reporter: new jersey congressman tom malinowski has a blunt warning for fellow democrats. i don t think the democrats can hold onto the house without this district. i think this is a bellwether for the country. reporter: just four years ago, malinowski and a crop of democrats swept swing districts in america s suburbs and gave them their first majority in nearly a decade. this is where it gets serious. reporter: now they could be in danger of being swept away in a red wave. this is a district that wants
you look at what happens in chicago in one weekend. last weekend was brutal, it was like a war zone. see, not politics, just crime, which was a talking point for a while until something more toxic came along. a conspiracy theory that the crime was actually about something else. we won t even dignify it by mentioning the details. but it was enough for elon musk to tweet it out with the line, quote, there s a tiny possibility there might be something more to this story than meets the eye. he later took that tweet down, but not before it had been retweeted more than 28,000 times. the conspiracy theory he reposted came from a website that once falsely claimed that hillary clinton had died and been replaced by a body double. the suspect s facebook page was full of memes and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and january 6th. an acquaintance told cnn he seemed, quote, out of touch with reality. but even if that s the case, even if he is especially susceptible to all the lies, cons
leaders that gets shit done, not leaders who are batshit crazy. reporter: through the northeast, a top krat, new york sean patrick maloney is on the ropes and benefitting from a late infusion of campaign cash from campaign groups, including one he runs. a source tells cnn that the democratic campaign arm is expected to dredge additional resources to give malinowski a late boost. if anyone is looking to forward some money our way, we would certainly be receptive to it. very nice to meet you. reporter: to more rural areas dominated by republicans, he s bracing fair cliff hanger. this is basically the median congressional district in america. half of them are more republican. half of them are more democratic. whoever works harder is going to win. reporter: facing the same foe
pelosi s husband and the baseless claims that have surrounded friday morning s assault. listen. what did the attack and subsequent conspiracy theories say about the state of our politics right now? yeah, i just of course i was appalled by that. of course the kind of vitriol that is out there in the political conversation out in america now is astonishing. it s unconscionable. and you can see don s complete interview with john fetterman tomorrow morning. that s on cnn this morning with don lemon, poppy harlow and kaitlin collins, a new morning show debuting tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. eastern. thank you so much for joining us, everyone. i m kate bolduan. ac 360 starts now. the suspect said, quote, he was going to hold nancy hostage, unquote. and if she did not tell him the truth as he saw it, he would