the suspect is in custody. i want to get straight to jamie gangel on the phone with us after getting new information moments ago. jamie, what are you learning? ana, in addition to having been told that before these were occurred, the assailant confronted paul pelosi shouting, quote, where is nancy, where is nancy. we now are told that the assailant was trying to tie up the speaker s husband, quote, until nancy got home, is the exact quote. these are from multiple sources who have been briefed and that when the police came into the house, the assailant was saying, quote, we are waiting for nancy. once again, we don t know the entire motive for what happened today, but there certainly is a concern about violence, threats to political figures and from this reporting, he clearly was focused on the speaker of the house. jamie, i know you re going to gather more information, bring us the latest information. we will, of course, be bringing our viewers this press conference with
when the officers arrived on scene, 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 a 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. the speaker s office said the 82-year-old is in recovery currently at the hospital. the police chief identified that 4 2-year-old suspect in custody. the speaker was in washington when this assault happened. sources say this is why her security detail was not at her home in san francisco. let s bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez and jamie gangel and manu raju. evan, we got about 45 seconds to a minute of new information from the chief there, but combining what we learned from the chief and from your sources, what do we know about this suspect? well, that s right, v
candy. pumpkin prices are also on the rise. o donnell: tom brady and gisele divorce. new details about the end of the power couple s 13-year marriage during a tumultuous season for brady. our exclusive interview with u2 s front man. . we visit bono s home town of dublin. and steve hartman s on the road with a high schooler s important mission. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this busy friday. we want to begin with breaking news from san francisco and new details about the condition of the husband of the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. the 82-year-old is out of surgery tonight. his doctors say the effort to repair a skull fracture was successful. his right arm and hands were also seriously injured after a horrifying attack with a hammer inside the couple s home. nancy pelosi was here in washington at the time of the attack, but she quickly flew
in nevada. the senate race between katherine cortez masto and adam laxalt have a dead heat. i m neil cavuto. let s go to alexandra on what she s seeing in nevada. hi, neil. yeah. this thing has gotten a lot tighter than people anticipated at the start. this etching former president barack obama will be holding a rally at this high school behind he in north las vegas hoping to drum up some support among democratic voters. namely for senator katherine cortez masto who has served since 2017. she s now locked in what you call a dead heat with republican challenger adam laxalt. the latest poll has the two candidates tied. laxalt kicked off his bus tour. he said this a short time ago. everything we re experiencing today is a direct result of policy. $6 gas is not an accident. gas prices around $5 with inflation, crime have been major focus points for republicans. democrats continue to stress the issue of abortion here. last week senator bernie sanders came here to offer his s
handful of battle grounds. ohio, georgia, pennsylvania. the republicans who are trying to flip control of the senate say they see opportunities in some races that have not been getting as much attention. i think we clearly pick up georgia, clearly pick up nevada and a good chance in new hampshire. we have a really good chance in arizona. and joe day is behind. and levy is behind five points. depends on the night. i think we ll have a great night. the closing argument for democrats is all about republicans. warning if congress clips, social security and medicare benefits are in danger. the republicans say they want to undo the inflation reduction act even though they ll need biden s signature to do that. there s a new abc poll that shows 38% of voters will trust the gop more with handling inflation as 21% say they truth democrats. the president himself has had really limited exposure to the campaign trail lately. the only battle ground on the schedule this week is pennsylv