office. the reason they re not doing events in the oval office is it encourages him to talk to people around him and get garrulous and that always leads to trouble. but look, i want to tiest together two big stories tonight for us . the l.a. district attorney s failing to prosecute the guy who attacked dave chappelle with a felony after r running ae the comedian while on stage at the hollywood bowl. now chappelle s friends. apprehendedsc the attacker and beat him down. his arm looked like silly putty . afterward he looked like harry potter. comedian kevin hart said this is a good thing somebody getting with this mess is about the people that , you know, think about doingg that . oh , that i don t really laura , you ll remember when this happened and this is why we cover these cultural issues. we said when chris rock got smacked by will smith this was open season on comedians and anyone in public life
story in l.a. it was a stunning moment for the crowd at the legendary hollywood bowl. dave chappelle wrapping up his performance at the netflix is a joke festival when a member of the audience rushed the stage and charged into him. security got to the attacker quickly, dragged him away as police also responded. the man apparently suffering from injuries himself was taken from the venue by ambulance. los angeles police have just identified the attacker to us as 23-year-old isaiah lee. apparently armed with what was reportedly a replica gun and knife. he has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon. now chappelle appeared to be unhurt, stayed on stage talking about grabbing the attacker and said, i don t know if that was part of the show. chris rock was there as one of chappelle s guest. as he walked on stage after the incident rock asked was that