the hall, that secret service was unaware of, seems like a real breach in the protocol they are, and is quite surprising. as you can imagine, secret service is now trying to get to the bottom of this to figure out exactly how this happened. i think it s important to note too that we are not sure that this intruder even knew that it was jake sullivan s house. and when we are talking about these different incidents i think we have to kind of, appreciate that they are on the spectrum. right. some people may have known who they were targeting, as it appears, at this moment, maybe just an intoxicated person running around. but, again, how did they get in the house without secret service noticing? it s terrifying. and in so doing, is there a movement towards getting more security for some of these lawmakers and potentially even their offices and their specific states? right. so, that s where we are at this moment in time. and i do you think that that really underscores, a
the news comes after a string of attacks or threats of violence against lawmakers and federal workers. just yesterday a man waving a bat assaulted staffers at the office of democratic congressman gerry connolly. his father says the suspect s father says he was suffering from skins fren ya. in march, one of republican republican rand paul staffers was stabbed in washington. in february, democratic congresswoman angie craig was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building. and the most severe attack so far occurred in october, a man demanding to see then speaker of the house nancy pelosi broke into her home and attacked her husband with a hammer. joining me now, cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean along with l.a. times columnist l.z. granderson and former trump campaign adviser. thank you all for being here. jessica, i want to start with you. how did this happen? the secret service didn t notice this when it was going on? that s the big question, right? he g