joining our coverage, barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney, now a law professor at the university of michigan and senior opinion writer for the boston globe, and msnbc contributors. barbara, i almost want to cry. this is exactly, i think, who we all want i have no idea what his politics are, but what we all want to know is protecting the rule of law in our city or town or neighborhood, and with absolutely no eye toward partisanship, of course there was no fraud in albuquerque, new mexico. of course no fraud on the scale of the 50% gap by which mr. pena lost by, it has never occurred in albuquerque or anywhere else in this country, as he said. and of course the violent rhetoric has a straight line to the targeting of four democratic public officials in albuquerque. absolutely. sometimes it s refreshing when someone just states the obvious
shootings at the homes of local democratic officials. solomon pena faces a slew of charges including conspiracy, attempted aggravated battery for the attempted attacks. he lost by a margin of more than 50%. police say he visited the homes of at least three of the officials before the shootings. some of those visits were caught on doorbell cameras. cnn s josh campbell joins us now. what do we expect at the hearing? reporter: this hearing is starting just minutes from now there in new mexico. this will be the suspects a first appearance in court since he was arrested by albuquerque s.w.a.t. officers on monday. look it a these charges. they re obviously very serious. he s been charged with felony possession of a firearm, aggravated attempt with a deadly weapon, as well as conspiracy. we ve reached out to pena s attorney, but what police allege he was the ringleader in this conspiracy to target democratic officials in new mexico, shooting at four homes. this came after pena allegedly
committees as not being actors in good faith. and i think that s important when you think about not just the threat aspect, but the tangible how this is going to function from a perspective of these committees and the key people on them. right. and it is such an important point. and i will keep that in mind as we cover them. the whole idea that there are people on them who don t want them to function. such an important thread to follow as the day goes on. ali vitali, thank you for your reporting. i told garrett this yesterday, it feels like the center of the political universe these days. miles sticks around. when we come back, the new mexico maga candidate who lost his bid for the state legislature appeared in court for the very first time this afternoon since being arrested as the alleged mastermind of those shootings at the homes of four democratic lawmakers. our colleague vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse for us. we ll talk to him. and in the next hour we ll speak with th
problem is not solved, but at least this immediate local crisis, they hope, is over for now. solomon pena now enters a criminal process, his first court appearance is tomorrow. kyung lah in albuquerque, new mexico, thank you so much. joining me now to discuss is outgoing republican governor larry hogan of maryland. today is his last full day on the job. governor, good to see you. thank you for having me, jake. i want to start with this horrible story out of new mexico, trepublican candidate pushed election lies, accused of orchestrating shootings at homes of other candidates, innocent until proven guilty, but four lawmakers targeted violently, is this part of a larger problem, do you think? it sure sounds like it is. i mean, it is the inevitable end result of what has been years and years of toxic, angry, divisive politics i ve been kind of talking about and expressing concern over for quite some
protect this city from violence. this is still far from a done deal. d.c. is in the a state. the changes now head to congress for review. lawmakers have two months to decide how they want to proceed and it s possible, depending on how congress and the white house respond, this could allable rejected. mike, today we asked the white house to see what they may think of all of this. they haven t gotten back to us yet. people ask what is to become. mike: mark, thank you very much. the s&p 500 finished down will. nasdaq gained 16. up next, our whatever happened to segment. bret baier looks at the turmoil in venezuela. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox new mexico in albuquerque as unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature is arrested in connection with a string of shootings targeting the homes of democratic politicians. republican solomon pain i can t is accused with conspiring four other men shooting at a pair of