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pleading not guilty. we're learning new details about a possible defense strategy. plus, the key to putin's power and more russians are breaking with putin. i'm going to speak to a student who was trapped in the de deadly seoul disaster. her amazing story tonight. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. in court t, the man accusedf attacking paul pelosi making an appearance in front of the charge. david depape pleading not guilty to a long list of charges. he's facing two federal charges and could face life behind bars if found guilty. some republicans tried to cas...

There was another person in the house. that's all false. so many conspiracy theories which you have to push back on. do you know what role conspiracies and disinformation played in aggravating depape and getting him to the point where he planned an attack? >> i can't say that specifically, but what i will say is we see just like on january 6th this inciteful com commentary that goes on, people encouraging violence, encouraging people to take these extreme viewpoints is laying a pathway to this conduct. >> one final question here. according to the fbi affidavit, there's a line in there that sto...

All state charges. >> we'll be doing a comprehensive investigation of what happened. we're going to be looking into mr. depape, his mental state. >> reporter: depape waved his right to a hearing within ten days and is being held in san francisco county jail until his next court appearance november 4th. the judge signed a protection order for the pelosis. the charges against depape include attempted murder, false imp imprisonment, burglary. depape's attorney responding to questions tuesday about motive. >> there's also been a lot of speculation regarding mr. depape's vulnerability to

Misinformation and that's certainly something we'll look into. >> reporter: authorities are still rebutting conspiracy theories that paul pelosi and mr. depape knew each other. >> there's no evidence mr. pelosi knew this man. >> reporter: paul pelosi is still hospitalized after being struck on the head with a hammer sustaining a skull fracture. parallel investigation by the fbi and san francisco police are under way with new details emerging that depape brought two hammers, zip ties, rope and a roll of tape. depape also faces federal charges of assault and attempted kidnapping of a federal off...

There's a filing by the associated press that said that depape was on a suicide mission and had plans to get to other california and federal politicians. can you tell me more about this and who was targeted? >> what i will say is that we tried to give the public as much information obviously as we can without compromising the investigation or the prosecution of this case. as you guys have become aware, there were other public officials that were apparently targets of his and obviously he showed up at the speaker's house first. >> that was sort of the beginning of something that was going to be...