yes. >> judge esther salas was the first latino judge appointed in new jersey. appointed by president obama in 2011. battaglia quickly learned it was salas's husband mark and her son daniel who had been shot. >> when they first patrol officer rise -- they administered basic for stage. >> what condition was mark? in >> surprisingly, march was talking and he was sitting up and he was tending to daniel. >> emts raced mark and daniel to the hospital. officers searched the area. >> they secured the home. they secured the perimeter. and then they set up a canvas of the era. >> did they find anything that's of significance? >> we spoke to the neighbor next door, who had actually very good information. it said he saw an individual, white, male, tall, thin, wearing a mask, had a fedex messenger bag. got into a silver, blue nissan sentra. and fled the area. >> they based on eyewitness accounts, the deputy chief felt confident the shooter had left the area. >> our concern was worry was he going next? meaning that this was a federal court judge. who were his top targets? >>

i've interviewed federal judge esther salas who had someone come to her door to kill her and her sonne in the arena who challenges trump at some level faces brutal, ugly smears and threats, and we know from the department of homeland security that right now the greatest threat to the homeland is the intersection of the kinds of things trump complains about loudly, election interference, he calls it, but his complaints about the 2020 election, there was no evidence that there was any fraud anywhere and where there were instances they were his voters, not anyone putting their finger on the scale for president joe biden and other issues he stirs up and manufactures and amplifies. i wonder whether you see a new sort of wave of public leaders, public officials like yourselves who instead of being intimidated are viewing public service in and of itself as their act of defiance against those threats. >> absolutely. it's an act of bravery. every single day when you are at the front lines of protecting democracy, and i am so proud of secretaries of state, many of whom have stood up against th