he was giving a speech on bail reform at a campaign stop yesterday when a man jumped on stage with a two-pronged blade and congressman zeldin just explained, it looked like he was going for his throat. zeldin grabbed the man s wrist and blocked him first but the man tried to lunge at him a second time and others had to jump in, including a former veteran at the event to finally put the guy down. here is a closer look at the suspect. remember i told you to coprongs come up at your fingers in there and hard to take away from somebody. if they come for the soft tissue around your esophagus, your throat, he could kill you instantly. thank the good lord that didn t happen and no one else was seriously hurt, let s be thankful for that too. the the congressman to treat this, his words as he tried to stab me a few hours ago were you re done. several attendees for new york quickly jumped into action and tackled the guy pure law enforcement was on the scene in a few minutes. the atta
zeldin. he was released just hours later. there is only one option. [shouting] the suspect climbs on the stage, rushes toward is zeldin and tries to hold him off. he was quickly tackled by others on stage. a witness describes the terrifying scene. went behind the stage and saw him as he began to approach congressman zeldin and so i stepped up onto the stage, saw the attacker try to get into zeldin s face and swing. i could see what looked like a razor, knife of some sort at the congressman. i tackled the attacker from the back and slammed him to the ground. thank goodness for that. team coverage. former assistant attorney andy mccarthy is standing by and first to david lee miller live from the new york city newsroom. this could have turned out a lot differently david lee. could have been a great deal worse. the man who allegedly attacked lee zeldin has been released without bail. just what zeldin predicted. he is running for governor of new york delivering a speech
2020 director of press communications and the former campaign surrogate president biden. sandra: new york republican gubernatorial candidate zelden hitting the trail one day after he was attacked on stage by a man trying to stab him. quite something to see that video. john: the video no question is shocking. we ll get reaction as well. lawmaker talking to reporters last hour about the shocking experience, and the need to reform bail laws. put the suspect back on the streets shortly after the attack. only one option. dramatic video showing the man armed with the weapon approached zelden on stage. he was charged with felony assault, but then released from custody without bail. outcome that zelden predicted would happen due to the new york lenient bail laws. sandra: and the man who helped sub sue the suspect will speak with us in a moment. and andy mccarthy is here to weigh in on the punishment he should be facing, and what do we know about the alleged attacker? well,
About the new sighting. We begin with a look at what could be an important day in the georgia interference case against former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants, and all 19 people charged with conspiring to overturn the results of the president ial election there are scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, but only two of them, former white house Chief Of Staff, mark meadows, and former Coffee County director, have entered a plea. The proceedings in Fulton County Superior Court will be conducted now on camera. Garrett haake has been covering the trump investigations, and milea whily, president of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights. Garrett, most of the defendants wont be there so what can we expect things to look like tomorrow . We could end up in a situation where none of the defendants are present, and theres still time for the last two remaining defendants who have not filed a waiver in the case to do so. If georgia, if you already have surrendered and been
democrats frame it as transformative. republicans say it s government run amuck. i call upon my republican colleagues to stop their march madness and show some compassion for their constituents who are less than wealthy. i ve heard people across the country say this bill today is costly, corrupt, and liberal. it s a laundry list of left-wing priorities that predate the pandemic and do not meet the needs of the american families. that deal will head to the president s desk just as country arrives at a familiar coronavirus crossroads. the biden administration just this morning just last hour announcing a new agreement to buy 100 million more doses of the johnson & johnson single-shot covid vaccine. more vaccine means the country should get back to normal more quickly. but here s the concern at the white house. states are already relaxing restrictions even as dr. anthony fauci says, quote, we re not out of the woods yet. listen here, a similar warning from the cdc director