82-year-old paul pelosi to make a complete recovery. however, it was apparently a very near thing, especially for a man of his age. tonight a spokesperson for his wife, house speaker nancy pelosi, second in the line of presidential succession, said mr. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a fractured skull and serious injury to his right arm and hands. she is now at the hospital with him. this is new video just in of her motorcade arriving. she was in washington when the attack happened. we learned that san francisco s police chief is expected to update the public soon and we will bring you any new information as it becomes available. this is what we know so far. law enforcement sources tell cnn he was attacked by a hammer-wielding intruder shouting, quote, where is nancy? and according to two sources familiar with the situation when the police got there the suspect who is now in custody and charged with attempted murder told him he was, quote, waiting for nancy. although pol
thank goodness. doctors expect 82-year-old paul pelosi to make complete recovery. however, very near thing, especially a man of his age. tonight, spokesperson for his wife, house speaker nancy pelosi, second in the line of presidential succession, said mr. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a fractured skull and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. short, go, we learned she is at the hospital with him. this is new video just in of her motorcade arriving. she was in washington when the attack happened. we just learned san francisco s police chief is expected to update the public soon. we will bring you new information as it becomes available. this is what we know so far, law enforcement tells cnn and, he was attacked by hammer wielding intruder shouting, quote, where is nancy? according to sources familiar with the situation, when police got there, the suspect in custody and charged with attempted murder, told him he was, quote, waiting for nancy. police have not determ
house speaker nancy pelosi and violently attacked her husband with a hammer. sources say 82-year-old paul pelosi was taken into surgery for a skull fracture. he is expected to make a full recovery. this all started just before 2:30 pacific time at the pelosi home in san francisco where sources say the male suspect confronted paul pelosi screaming, where is nancy, and tried to tie him up, quote, until nancy got home. shortly thereafter, police arrived on the scene. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup, and rendered medical aid. san francisco police have identified the suspect as 42-year-old david depape. he s has a history of spreading far right conspiracy theories about covid vaccines, the 2020 election, and the january 6th insurrection. sources say he was not known to capitol police or in any federal threat datab
motivated, but you could expect to learn more information about perhaps what was on the digital feed of the individual who was there and struck paul pelosi at least once with a hammer. that much we know. we also know it was paul pelosi who called 911. and through that call, a dispatcher very well saved his life. much more information on all this coming in. the news continues, so let s hand it over to jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. tonight, outrage, horror, and a scramble for answers after an intruder broke into the home of house speaker nancy pelosi and violently attacked her husband with a hammer. sources say 82-year-old paul pelosi was taken into surgery for a skull fracture. he is expected to make a full recovery. this all started just before 2:30 a.m. pacific time at the pelosi home in san francisco where sources say the male suspect confronted paul pelosi screaming, where is nancy, and tried to tie him up, quote,
of the investigative journalists behind the story. ben, out of interest, as we re talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? look, for many of us, twitter is really a lifeline. you know, not only is it a way to share findings, but i think there s there s a couple of reasons. first of all, collaboration. i never would have met some of the people i ve worked with had it not been for twitter. second, it s a world of sources at our fingertips, so that we re able to contact those that we really wouldn t be able to actually reach. and third, it s a way for us to actually speak to people on the ground and it s one of those crucial platforms for that, which, as we ve seen with this investigation, we wouldn t have had access to many of those people had it not been for some platforms like twitter. 0k, and we will come back to more of that, i m sure, later. but let s go for the big story this week. elon musk announced himself as chief twit last week when