a lot could have transpired in the eight minutes, and the fact they arrived at the home and that they both came to the door and that they were holding the hammer is phenomenal that pelosi was obviously able to maintain calmness with this individual until the police arrived. sandra: we have put together this timeline since you are mentioning the time of the morning that this happened, that this all happened, 2:23 a.m. when pelosi made the phone call to police, a man in the house waiting for speaker nancy pelosi. police responded to the home, about eight minutes later, to their san francisco home. and then they walk in and the bodycam video reveals they are standing at the front door both holding this hammer and then it is what happens next and why what happens next, that s where there are is many questions. obviously pelosi was trying to keep him calm to not attack but then something obviously
code 3 back-up at 26 unit [bleep] hands ten minutes, code 3 as well. got it? pelosi drops to the ground bleeding with a fractured skull. the whole incident lasts about 15 seconds. san francisco d.a. argued releasing some of this material could jeopardize security at pelosi s home, and depape s public defender said it could jeopardize his client s right to a free trial. the judge rejected the arguments and also released the 911 call, surveillance footage from the u.s. capitol police shows depape walking on to the property with a bag and smashing through a
got it? code 3. sandra: police also releasing surveillance video from outside the pelosi home. you can see the suspect, david depape, approach the house and then start hammering at that glass door on the back porch. john: we have complete coverage from andy mccarthy is here, and former fbi special agent nicole parker. sandra: claudia is live in san francisco on the latest as the video was just released. claudia. the attack on paul pelosi drew national attention with inconsist reports spawning questions and conspiracy theorys, now we are all getting to see the actual footage after media outlet, including fox, sued the district attorney and a judge granted that request. in the predawn hours of october 28, 2 police officers knock on the door of pelosi s san francisco home responding to his
and it s just a very these are snap judgments that have to be made in the moment. you know, obviously with hindsight and knowing what happened here it s very easy to be critical of the police for not either, you know, using force that was necessary to stop this assault or at least rushing him and acting more quickly. if it turned out they rushed him and nothing happened, you can imagine the arguments made on the other side. sandra: our good friend and colleague, jonathan turley, andy has put out a statement on his twitter following the release of the pelosi video tape and says it clearly shows the attacker holding pelosi s arm and then attacking him as soon as he tries to break away. it clearly refutes, he says, accounts suggesting that pelosi was free at the time. he says it s clear pelosi was
them is the attempted kidnapping of a federal official and the second is the assault of a family member, immediate family member of a federal official and that is what we just witnessed on the video surveillance. i think that mr. pelosi did a phenomenal job of maintaining his cool, maintaining his presence, and very high durress situation. he s held postage in essence by depape. the ability he had to pick up his cell phone, to make a phone call and for him to convey this information so calmly to the 911 dispatcher is quite phenomenal. and clearly depape is there listening, he s right there, participating in the conversation. that call was made at 2:23 a.m. on october 28th, and the san francisco police department arrived at their home at 2:31 a.m. it was a series of eight minutes.