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processing another act of political violence in this country. and we still do not know an exact motive. we do not know the power of lies and how they spread in our political discourse. no further than the general sixth attack at the u.s. capitol, that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott cohn. scott, where is the investigation at this hour? and what are you learning about the attacker? reporter: yeah, alicia, this is a widespread investigation. it includes, of course, the san francisco police department and the district attorney. also, the capitol police and the fbi. and a lot of it really focusing on the alleged attacker, david depape, 42 years old, who we know has led an unusual life for certain. and it s culminated in recent months, apparently, with a lot of blog posts and social media posts that are really kind of going through a potpourri of hate, and conspiracy theories ....
academic for decades. we knew each other for more than 40 years. why we did not always agree, we always came back together. over the last two years, he and i were closely as co-chairs of the national campaign to have the black community fight covid. he was on politics nations of november 2020. we booked as late as a couple of weeks ago about this work and he was still fighting cancer all the way through, he kept fighting. we have the community on health conditions, housing and economic conditions, he will be tremendously missed. that does it for me, thank you for watching, i ll see you back here tomorrow at 5 pm eastern for another live hour of politicsnation. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now on msnbc. methank you as always, reference sharpton. hello everyone, i m alicia mendez. we begin to saturday in san francisco where federal and local investigators are piecing together the motive behind friday s brutal attack on paul pelosi. the husband is th ....
movements on college campuses, but now, the mere existence, the visibility of black and brown people in a fantasy tv show or a movie is slammed as woke. and a look, like you said who plays one of these major characters and house of the dragon, he recently said when he was criticized by these white fans for being cast in a series, they are happy with a dragon flying, they re happy with white hair and violent colored eyes, but a rich black guy? that is beyond the pale. as they say, the idea that a diverse cast may appear to viewers and is a leftist ideological agenda is as offensive as it is playing dom it is beyond ridiculous and it is offensive. that is the right word. we will see what they come up with a next. who knows. great show as always, my friend. enjoy the rest of your evening. coming up, the battle for the soul of the nation. i will speak with congressman in just a moment about democrats finally targeting republicans as extremist. next, the gop s ob ....
what happens next. then, more states take action on abortion, after the supreme court decision, with democrats pushing the president to do something more, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening, i m alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. after days a very public invitations to come talk, the january 6th committee tonight has issued a formal subpoena for pets to pallone. the move comes just one day after that devastating testimony from cassidy hutchinson, who the former trump white house counsel s actions ahead of him during the insurrection. in a statement, the committee writes its investigation has, quote, revealed evidence that mr. cipollone repeatedly raised legal and other concerns about president trump s activities on january 6th and in the days that preceded it. the panel notes cipollone did sit for an informal interview on april 13th. but goes on to say that, unfortunately, however, you have declined to cooperate with us further, ....
have declined to cooperate with us further, including by providing on the record testimony. we are left with no choice but to issue you this subpoena. earlier this evening, committee member adam schiff had this message for cipollone. he ought to show just a small portion of the courage that cassidy hutchinson displayed. he needs to come out of hiding. he needs to do his patriotic duty. as we mentioned, cipollone was prominently featured in yesterday s testimony. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. please keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. and do you remember which crimes mr. cipollone was concerned with? in the days leading up to the 6th, we had conversations about potentially obstructing justice or defrauding the electoral count. hutchinson also testified abt cipollone s efforts january 6th to get the president to ....