maricopa county, arizona all right, good morning, welcome to the cross connection, i am tiffany cross. as you heard right now, house speaker nancy pelosi s husband was attacked yesterday. a 42-year-old man broke into those tight offices go home, hit paul pelosi in the head with the hammer multiple times, that s according to law enforcement, and the man says he is going to tie him up and quote, until nancy got home. that poured is quoted to a pelosi family member. thankfully she said paul pelosi is expected to make a full recovery, this is after he has to undergo surgery to repair is gold fracture. we don t know the precise motive at the law enforcement, they say he is still investigating, with officials saying that the suspects social media posts shows a quote, mixed ideology of both anti establishment, and more recently, far-right extremist ideas. the attacker does come amid but capital police say the huge spike in threats against members of congress. this is where we are.
Monday. and just to be clear, edward bloom is a right wing activist. so, there s a lot of talk in the communities like oh, the asian american pacific islander community doesn t want affirmative action. that s not true. it s overwhelmingly supported by data from the community. absolutely. i m in his attempt, he did not come to the asian american community and say, what are the pressing issue excuse for you? he has been on a decades long crusade to try to stop affirmative action, and he even said, i finally answered asian americans. he is trying to use us as a wedge. to show some kind of division across communities of color, when, in fact, some of the best polling of the asian american communities show that 69% from asian americans support affirmative action in higher education, and that is the voice or the community where i think you are starting to see through protests, through showing up that really, i hope, will come out that we are not going to allow ourselves to be used as a