last hour as we got positive news about the two congressional staffers who were attacked in virginia today. members of congress of course have their main offices in the capitol in washington, d.c., but of course they also have offices in their districts back home. this attack today happened at the district office for democratic congressman from virginia gerry connolly who you see here. this is his district office in fairfax, virginia, northern virginia just outside d.c. the congressman, himself, was not in the office. he was out apparently at a ribbon cutting for a local food bank. a man showed up at the office wielding a metal bat. he asked to see the congressman who wasn t there. then he reportedly just started swinging. congressman connolly s chief of staff tells nbc news tonight that the man smashed computers in the office and smashed glass with the bat. he then attacked two staffers. one senior staffer to the congressman, the man reportedly hit in the head with this meta
the most dangerous terrorist in the homeland is white supremacy. the president makes the case again and the backlash from the rioters ferocious. it s absurd. it s really disgusting, it s divisive. tonight, new reporting on a potential connection between white supremacists and the office of a sitting republican congressman. then, what we know after two were hospitalized during a violent attack at the office of democratic congressman gerry connolly. plus, the desantis campaign overhaul that includes shaking hands and looking people in the ice. i m not a candidate, so we will see if and when that changes. senator on ed markey his renewed plan to fix a broken supreme court by adding four new justices. when all in starts right now. good evening. from washington, d.c., i m mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. over the weekend, president biden delivered the commencement address at one of the nation s leading historically black universities. he warned the graduates
i m ari melber in for nicolle and i ll anchor for the next three hours right now with a lot of news breaking out of new york as the d.a. alvin bragg moves forward with two witnesses who faced this grand jury today, robert costello a legal adviser to that key witness we all know about, michael cohen. he s testified today at the request of trump s legal team. under new york law a person who is expected to be indicted which in this case may or may not be donald trump but in an abundance of fairness, that individual can request a witness appear for them before this grand jury finishes its work. so that s part of what we re following on this big breaking news day. today cohen also on hand, this weekend he said he would be back today to address what costello says making him the rebuttal witness and this, today, is his third appearance before the grand jury. so, that alone makes all of this a major day and probe that is quite near deciding whether or not to indict donald trump. so,
and that the russian pilots were just provocative and incompetent amateurs. make no mistake. this was no accident. i can guarantee you that vladamir putin personally signed off on this military aggression. here s our very own gennifer griffin. i d just like to get your reaction to what happened today in the black sea. pissed off. i mean, just be honest about this for a second. the report coming out of our government is that this was an unprofessional act and environmentally unsound. i m sorry, folks. they shot down a united states warplane. they took it out of action. that s the response we get back? not very happy about it. bottom line is we cannot allow that to happen. hannity: that s right. we can t allow this to happen. russia and putin s hostility and aggression against our country, the united states, has now reached a dangerous new height. now tonight the question is this. what will your president, joe biden, do? is he going to offer maybe another waiver for the n
the officials in the coast town of half moon bay say seven people were injured and one killed. the suspected shooter, a 67-year-old man was arrested within hours, captured on this video surrendering to authorities. the mayor of the small town giving voice to the pain and shock folks are feeling there right now. i am in shock. it s horrible. how many people have to die? how many children have to be killed? how many children have to witness their parents being killed? hours later, police in oakland responded to a shooting that left one person dead and seven others injured. police describe it as a shooting between several people. meanwhile in southern california, the community of monterey park is still reeling from the saturday night shooting that left 11 people dead. this hero s struggle to disarm the gunman may have prevented more deaths. he spoke with lester holt about those harrowing moments. what did those eyes tell you? they told me he wanted to do harm, like he wa