distracted from the central political headline of this story. that years of republican propaganda and trump fueled fascism led 42-year-old david depapp to break into nancy pelosi s san francisco home, with the intent to harm her. today he will likely be charged with the attempted murder of the speaker s husband who was in the home when he allegedly invaded it. he smashed his way in, a man on a mission, and confronted paul pelosi, but looking for nancy. according to the ap, citing a person familiar with the situation. pelosi told the intruder that he had to use the restroom. he was engaging with him, trying to hold him off, and in the restroom, that s where paul pelosi s phone was charging. that s when he dialed up 911. when police arrived, depap attacked pelosi violently, smashing a hammer into his head and arms, fracturing his skull. he went into surgery. he is expected to make a full recovery. police say zip ties were found at the scene, just like the ones found on those wh
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. it s halloween. there s a ton of news. i was in for nicolle last hour. this is a new hour as we re awaiting announcement of state charges against the suspected attacker of speaker pelosi s san francisco home. we ll bring you that live when we get it. charges are hitting after a separate action from the justice department which has already charged david depape with assault and attempted kidnapping. there s new information on what may be the politics of this. i say may be because we have to follow the evidence and what the authorities say and the information is slowly coming into view. the suspect did say that the goal was to, quote, hold nance hostage, viewing her as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party, and said that if nancy were to tell the truth, he would let her go, but if she lied, he was going to break her kneecaps. he said he would show other members of congress there are consequences to actions. the suspect
break her kneecaps. john berman here in for anderson. those words from a federal criminal complaint spell out an attempt to take house speaker nancy pelosi captive, interrogate her and beat her savagely if the answers did not come out right, which the suspect, one david depape, considered a certainty. late today we saw separate state charges, including attempted murder. more on that shortly. stop at think about what s already on the table. according to federal authorities who have now charged him with an assault on paul pelosi and attempted kidnapping of nancy pelosi, this man says he wants to break the kneecaps of an 82-year-old woman and do it to make a political point. quoting again from the filing, in the course of the interview, depape articulated that he viewed nancy as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party. the document goes on in graphic detail about what the suspect said he intended. the bottom line is simple enough. according to the suspect him
new york. thank you for being with us. felony charges and federal charges could come for the man suspected of attacking house speaker nancy pelosi s husband paul. 40-year-old 42-year-olds david depape is accused of breaking into the pelosi home very early friday morning, and sources say he had zip ties, ducts tape, and i hammer when he allegedly entered the bedroom where paul pelosi was sleeping and assaulted him. let s go to the san francisco police chief bill scott for an update. first, what can you tell us about what s happening now at this stage in the investigation? first, good morning. thanks for having me on. we are working around the clock literally to get all of the evidence to our prosecuting agencies, that includes our district attorney of san francisco, d.a. brook jenkins. we are working with the fbi, capitol police, and u.s. attorney s office in san francisco. and everybody is working well together. we re staying in our lanes, being methodical. at the end of
business of the cities, their counties, states, and this nation. their families don t sign up for this to be harmed. and it is wrong. that s san francisco s police chief denouncing the attack on nancy pelosi s husband. we ll have the latest developments since friday morning s targeted assault straight ahead. meanwhile, south korea is grieving a horrific disaster during halloween celebrations. and police are now admitting they made a mistake managing a massive crowd. also ahead, democrats call in the closer with a week to go until the mid weeks. former president barack obama hits the trail in hopes of slowing the momentum for republicans. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 31st. happy halloween. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning new information about friday s violent attack on paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. according to san francisco police, 42-year-old david depepe entered the home by breaking a