man charged with trying to kill paul pelosi and separately trying to hold nancy pelosi captive and break her knee caps told officers on the scene, this was a suicide mission. david depape was in court today in san francisco. those words are from the state s motion to detain him. cnn has obtained a copy and that s not all. we ll have more in a moment. just in, hillary clinton is speaking out for the first time about the attack. here s what she just said on msnbc. i think what we re seeing today, and it has certainly been thrown into very high relief by the horrific attack on paul pelosi, is not just an aberration where one or two people or a small group engage that in kind of violent rhetoric and urge people to take action against political figures like her, like me, like others. we re seeing a whole political party. and those who support it, those who enable it, those who run under its banner engaging in behavior that is so dangerous. and i find frankly, disqualifying for p
Rather than organizing protests, prominent Trump supporters online are driving a different narrative: That any public events are a law enforcement "trap."
was filed yesterday is remarkable in its detail, and the statements made by the defendant himself really put him in a very bad position for these prosecutions going forward. so that all seems to be lining up well. on the back of this misinformation and layer upon layer of additional lies and conspiracy theories, just breathe additional oxygen into this insanity. it s very frustrating. you ve been pouring over the details of this interaction. it s chilling. it is something out of a stephen king model. he s asleep in bed and a voice wakes him up and says are you paul pelosi? it s 2:00 in the morning. he says yeah. emwhere is nancy? she s not here. she s in washington. the voice says, when will she be back? anderson, stop tape here for a
have plans to intentionally harm mr. pelosi, but that if he escalated the situation, he would go through him if he had to. now, we saw him in court today. he was arraigned on multiple felony charges, including attempted homicide, burglary, elder abuse, among others. he entered not guilty pleas for all of those. the pelosi family was not in court but the prosecutor told the judge that they are asking for privacy during this very traumatic time. the judge also signed a protective order which says that mr. depape cannot contact paul or nancy pelosi, and that he can be nowhere near their residence. anderson? what was this alleged attacker s demeanor like during his court appearance? reporter: well, the first thing that i noticed about him when he came in, his shirt was half off. his right arm with a in a sling. i later learned from the public defend that are he actually dislocated his shoulder during his arrest. when he came into court, he was
the body cam footage of the video. earlier tonight on cnn the district attorney said you see the attack on the body cam footage. is it clear why the talker hit mr. pelosi with a hammer as the police were approaching? was there some trigger to that? well, first of all, anderson, thank you for having me on. what is crystal clear to me is he tried to kill mr. pelosi. now what was going on in his mind as to why he did that, i can t speak tom. what is very clear to me from viewing that body-worn camera. he tried to kill mr. pelosi. can you confirm how many times mr. pelosi was struck? well, we know it is at least one. and we re trying to figure that out through the evidence and the injuries. but we know it is at least one is what can be seen on the body-worn footage. it was immediate tackling of mr. depape by the officers, and