man charged with trying to kill paul pelosi and separately trying to hold nancy pelosi captive and break her knee caps told officers on the scene, this was a suicide mission. david depape was in court today in san francisco. those words are from the state s motion to detain him. cnn has obtained a copy and that s not all. we ll have more in a moment. just in, hillary clinton is speaking out for the first time about the attack. here s what she just said on msnbc. i think what we re seeing today, and it has certainly been thrown into very high relief by the horrific attack on paul pelosi, is not just an aberration where one or two people or a small group engage that in kind of violent rhetoric and urge people to take action against political figures like her, like me, like others. we re seeing a whole political party. and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner engaging in behavior that is so dangerous. and i find frankly, disqualifying for p
state s motion to detain him. cnn has obtained a copy and that s not all, he reportedly said. we will have more of the details on that in a moment. just in tonight, hillary clinton speaking out for the first time about the attack. here is what she just said on msnbc. i think what we re seeing today and it has certainly been thrown into very high relief by the horrific attack on paul pelosi is not just an aberration where one or two people, or a small group engage in that kind of violent rhetoric and urge people to take action against political figures like her, like me, like others. we are seeing a whole political party and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner, engaging in behavior that is so dangerous and i find, frankly, disqualifying for people who are running for office. i think, like, every american justice stop and think about that. this is the kind of violent rhetoric that leads to violent action, that props up authoritarians, and
the way and he s heading downstairs. i know i m going to get caught. i know this is the end of the line for me now. when the police get there, and paul pelosi opens the door and heads back to the suspect, trying to keep things calm, the police put their flashlight through the door and he this see the two men standing there with the hammer. the officer says what s going on, and paul pelosi let s go of the happener and then he s struggle. if you look at the suspect s later stalts to police. he said i knew this was a suicide mission at that point and i was not going to get away. if i had to go through him, i would go through him. he had escalated this by calling police and putting his hands on the hammer and i had to hit him. thank you. you know that election day is coming and the races are tight which big name campaigners are hitting the trail. one is crossing the party line to do it. and later, what the supreme court will to say to lindsey
police put their flashlight through the door and they see the two men standing there with a hammer. and the officer says, what s going on here? paul pelosi lets go of the hammer and then he s struck. if you look at the suspects later statements to police, what he allegedly said is i knew this was a suicide mission at that point. and that i wasn t going to get away. and if i had to go through it, i was going to go through him. he had escalated this by calling the police and putting his hands on the hammer, i had to hit him. john miller, andrew mccabe, appreciate, it thank you. up next, how you know that election is coming and the races are tight, which big name campaigners are hitting the trail? which one is crossing party wants to do it? where things stand in the battle to control congress. later, with the supreme court had to seek to senator, lindsey graham, who made a federal case of not wanting to testify to a safe country investigating the scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
welcome back. voters go to the polls today in ohio s 11th congressional district in a risk that is exposing dangerous divisions in the democratic party. and it is bringing out some big name campaigners as well. jeff zeleny reports. reporter: bernie sanders is back on the campaign trail, this time asking ohio voters to send his friend nina turner to washington. the next member of congress, nina turner! reporter: james clyburn spent the weekend here taking a different stance. saying president biden needs a loyal partner. he needs somebody there who will work with him. reporter: here in cleveland, a contentious congressional primary contest is reviving old divisions between the democratic establishment and the party s progressive win. turner and brown are vying to fill the seat of marcia fudge who stepped down to serve in