the audience, according to police, he walks up, and then swings his arm toward zeldin s neck before the congressman grabs his other arm. and then others sort of tackle him to the ground, restraining him until authorities could get there. zeldin says that man tried to stab him. police identified that alleged attacker as 43-year-old david jakubonis. they say he had a weapon in his hand and allegedly said you re done as he approached zeldin. jakubonis is charged with second degree attempted assault. he s been arraigned and as i said he s already out of jail on his own recognizance with that felony charge. luckily, no one was hurt and zeldin returned to finish his campaign speech. i want to read what kathy hochul, his opponent, said. i condemn this violent behavior in the strongest terms possible. it has no place in new york. so we re still looking into sort of who this person might have been, maybe the motive behind it, trying to reach out to his attorney, but certainly scary there to see
cipollone said pretty much understood what was going on here and i think donald trump understood what was going on here and that s the problem. kyrsten powers, norm eisen, terrence gaynor, thank you all very much. terrifying moment on the campaign trail as a candidate for new york governor was attacked. look at this. we re watching as yesterday republican congressman lee zeldin was giving a speech, and the city of fairport, when a man climbed on to the stage and grabbed him. the suspect tried to stab zeldin. cnn s brynn gingras joins us now live from new york with the latest. brynn, the suspect immediately taken into custody. has already been released, though. what more do we know? yeah, released on his own recognizance, jim. the video might be hard to see. the republican congressman as you said, he s running for new york governor on that campaign stop in monroe county last night. watch what happens next. that video is showing representative lee zeldin, of course, there on the