attacked him with a hammer, inside their san francisco home. when officers arrived early friday morning, police say the intruder told them he was quote, waiting for nancy. the law enforcement is working to piece together a motive for this attack. also, in early stages of investigating whether certain online accounts followed the suspect. nbc news reports the suspect quote, appeared to operate a website in which he repeated a wide variety of posts, and almost all manner of modern conspiracist thinking. aliens, two people, communist, voter fraud, many other topics. so here we are once again, processing another act of political violence in this country. we still do not know an exact motive, we do know the power of lies and how they spread among political discourse. no further than the january 6th attack, to the u.s. capitol. that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott claude. scott, where
processing another act of political violence in this country. and we still do not know an exact motive. we do not know the power of lies and how they spread in our political discourse. no further than the general sixth attack at the u.s. capitol, that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott cohn. scott, where is the investigation at this hour? and what are you learning about the attacker? reporter: yeah, alicia, this is a widespread investigation. it includes, of course, the san francisco police department and the district attorney. also, the capitol police and the fbi. and a lot of it really focusing on the alleged attacker, david depape, 42 years old, who we know has led an unusual life for certain. and it s culminated in recent months, apparently, with a lot of blog posts and social media posts that are really kind of going through a potpourri of hate, and conspiracy theories and t
boost the energy. we saw a lot of people connecting. the former president, you saw him in a lighter mood. you saw him making jokes. at one point he was heckled, but catcalled at another point, you seemed to enjoy s time up on the stage. nbc s shaq brewster, thank you so much. you know, tighter than expected governors race in new york, given giving republicans a glimmer of hope. former ron desantis is on the island right now, stumping for ali zeldin. polling shows that he maintains a six point lead over zeldin. the congresswoman has been cutting into that lead in recent weeks. here s the thing, it is not just new york. there are several states where the governor s races could have an impact, up and down the ballot, including florida. with me now, msnbc political analyst debbie germany, and the senior adviser of both our former members of congress from the state of florida. david, debbie, you know that i saw the next headline and immediately said to our team, get me david, get me d
a six point lead over southern. he has steadily been it s not just new york. there are several states where the governor races could have and pack up and down the bout, including florida. with me now, msnbc political analyst, david jealous and debbie mucarsel-powell, the senior adviser at giffords. both are former members of congress from the state of florida. dave it, you know i saw the headline and immediately said to my team, get me david, get me debbie, because this week we learned that trump would rally for rubio but not for desantis. david, i ll start with you. is it fair to say that his rivalry, more importantly, what a represents, is not completely out? it is, it israel, there s anger between trump and desantis. you have to jilted lover s, if you will, and this fight but look, it is a recognition. what donald trump is doing by