hello. thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi recovering in a hospital after a violent attack at the couple s san francisco home early friday morning. a spokesman for the speaker says 82-year-old paul pelosi underwent successful surgery for a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. police say a man broke into his home just after 2:00 a.m. friday and attacked him with a hammer. sources say paul pelosi was able to call 911 at the start of the attack and officers responded quickly, taking the suspect into custody. cnn s josh campbell has the details from san francisco. reporter: 82-year-old paul pelosi the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi undergoing surgery after being eviolently attacked with a hammer say the the pelosi s san francisco home. speaker pelosi was in washington at the time. special call, medic, location reporter: police found paul pelosi fending off
sources have also been letting us know that among the things the attacker shouted, the attacker of paul pelosi, is where is nancy? during this intrusion, and then tried to tie up pelosi and say, you know, he is tying him up until nancy got home. so we saw rioters and heard them in videotape during the january 6th insurrection at the capitol screaming out speaker pelosi s name with the same kind of phraseology. where is nancy? so what does this tell you about the potential links or connections or influencers to what has just happened in the last now 36 hours? well, i think two things. one, we are very lucky that nancy pelosi wasn t there, right, because it s unclear what would have happened if she was, but clearly the possibility for horrific violence to occur was
reporter: 82-year-old paul pelosi the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi undergoing surgery after being eviolently attacked with a hammer say the the pelosi s san francisco home. speaker pelosi was in washington at the time. special call, medic, location reporter: police found paul pelosi fending off an attacker after responding to a request for a priority well being check at the pelosi home. they encountered an adult male and mr. pelosi s husband, paul. our officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. reporter: the assailant was searching for the speaker, according to a source briefed on the attack. he confronted mr. pelosi shouting where is nancy? our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid. reporter: two sources familiar with the investigation tell cnn the attacke