infirm we begin this hour of msnbc and san francisco with new details on the violent attack on the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi charges against the suspect could drop tomorrow. the new york times reports the suspect, david depape, remains in custody, and will face charges including attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon. in a letter this morning to congress, speaker pelosi said her husband paul is improving. but says the attack has left her family quote, heartbroken and traumatized. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture that he s expected to make a full recovery. as for the investigation, we ve learned today from police, zip ties were found at the scene inside pelosi s home. authorities do not say how many zip ties were found nor the intent or their purpose. as for the political response to the attack, it s been divided so far. rhonda mcdaniel today. this was a vicious attack, meant for the speaker. ends up hammering the speaker s husban
threats, some of them death threats, aimed at election workers have been reported in the last year alone. more than half of them in swing states. you left puzzles. easterly embraces her reputation as a cyber nerd who is really good at solving puzzles. i cannot believe it. perhaps not surprisingly, she draws from star trek as well. space, the final frontier. her approach to cybersecurity shields up. shields activated. it s a shields up approach her team offers to states to protect their elections. from cyber hygiene checks to vulnerability assessments. how many states have avail themselves of that is here? yeah, i don t have the exact number of that. you ve talked to some state officials who said, no thank you federal government, we are doing fine without you. i will tell you, i have spent time with stack retirees of state. nobody has said we are not taking your services. that didn t really answer my