our politics nation. i will host keisha lance bottoms, senior white house adviser, as well as martin with the king the third, congresswoman terri sewell and the reverend jesse jackson. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now on msnbc. thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, i am alicia menendez. we begin this hour with breaking news, showing donald trump s stronghold on the republican party on full display at the conservative political action conference, also known as cpac. in the last hour, he won the cpac straw poll with 62% of the vote. florida governor ron desantis with only 20% of the vote. at this hour, trump speaking to the crowded cpac, who want former years of trump in the white house. we are not going to show you trump s comments live, but our producers are listening so you don t have to. you are welcome. for the past four years, trump s turned the must anticipated conservative conference into the trump show, focused on his divisive po
we just received brand new body cam video of the attack of paul pelosi at his san francisco home last october. here is what police walked into and we re going to warn you, that it is violent and disturbing. definitely don t want to hold him here. i definitely don t want all of you. [knocking ]. are you sure? yes. hi. how are you doing? how are you? what s going on, man? everything s good. hi. drop the hammer. nope. hey, hey, hey. what is going on? whoa. give me your hands. give me your [ bleep ] hands. we have also got audio of paul pelosi s 911 call, seeming to ask in code for help. here it is. san francisco police. 2022. i guess i told him, who is this? this san francisco police. do you need help? there s a gentleman here, just waiting for my wife to come back. nancy pelosi. just waiting for her to come back. she s not going to be here for days so i guess we ll have to wait. okay, do you need medical for anything? i don t think so.
the body cam of one of the officers who responded to the call. we re going to warn you, the video, and we re only going to show you a little teeny bit of it is really hard to watch. it s really upsetting. it shows police approaching pelosi s home. here s the moment the door opens to reveal paul pelosi and the intruder, david depape, with both men holding on to the hammer. guys, how are you doing? how are you? what s going on, man? hi. drop the hammer. nope. hey, hey, hey. what is going on right now? paul pelosi of course is still recovering from the attack that took place that day right there. according to former speaker nancy pelosi, take a look at what she had to say about this a couple of hours ago. with a grateful heart on behalf of my family, we continue to thank people for all of their prayers that they continue to send us, asking about the progress my husband is making, and he is making progress, but it will take more time. we re going to take a c
a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with chance of lock her up. and now it appears as if trump s refusal to live by the same rules as the rest of us may finally be catching up wit him. and if it does, the paybac will be richly deserved. it s a
that we can answer. so we ask for your understanding as it relates to that. and i will turn it over to d.a. mulroy and did i mention that we will take questions after, but they will be, we have a really limited amount of time. so thank you. thank you, erica. good afternoon, everybody, thank you for coming. i m joined today, as ms. williams has already said, with the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david rauche, as well as assistant director josh melton, i m also joined by other members of my staff, including mr. brooks, but also most relevant for today, the trial team in the tyre nichols case including paul haggerman and tenisha johnson, another member of the trial team is unavailable. we re here today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply, but also hurts us all. the death of tyre nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief that the friends and family of tyre nichols are experiencing right now, as well as the great concern throughout all