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