Bat attack suspect refuses arraignment appearance.

Xuan Kha Tran Pham, a Virginia man accused of attacking two staff members at Rep. Gerry Connolly's office with a metal baseball bat, refused to appear at his arraignment. Pham allegedly hit two staffers with a metal bat and also damaged parts of the office, breaking glass and shattering computers. He was arraigned on four charges, including one count of a hate crime, a misdemeanor, for a statement Pham allegedly made to a woman in her car minutes before the attack on Connolly's staff. Pham will be given a court-appointed attorney and has a preliminary hearing on July 17 at 2 p.m.