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
very good to be with all of you. i m alex witt in for katy tur. charges against paul pelosi s attacker could be in any minute as the speaker s husband recovers from surgery in the icu. a source says paul pelosi is awake and has cognitive function and remembers everything. david depape faces a string of charges including attempted murder and a parallel investigation into the friday assault. there is a lot we still don t know, though, but law enforcement officials have confirmed the suspect was looking for nancy pelosi, zip ties were discovered at the scene, blog posts are being investigated in connection with the situation, and a range of contradictly political views including liberal anti-establishment and more recently far right extremism. it raises questions about the most powerful women in politics and one of the most threatened members of congress in the country according to a report today in the new york times, not to mention what happened on january 6th and these scen
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
the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
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