campbell. reporter: 82-year-old paul pelosi undergoing surgery today after being violently attacked with a hammer early in the morning. special call. reporter: police say they found paul pelosi fending off an attacker after responding to a priority well being check at the pelosi home. they encountered an adult male, mr. pelosi, paul. the officer saw both the suspect and mr. pelosi holding a hammer. reporter: the assailant was searching for the speaker. he confronted mr. pelosi shouting, where is nancy, where is nancy. reporter: our officers immediately tackled the suspect, armed him. took him into custody, requested emergency backup, and rendered immediate aid. reporter: the suspect hit pleacy after attempting to tie
hoodie and an officer saw her, i guess was suspicious of her and that s, sandra, she pulled a gun. sandra: a question at the end but indicated he was not going to answer any questions at that moment. he said a lot of the facts in the story may change, but questions about whether or not the airport is still on lockdown, he did not answer that one, so we ll try to continue to monitor the situation. he s calling it an active situation, although putting out there so anybody tuning in that knows a family member or friend is travelling through that airport that there are no other victims, and no other injuries other than the suspect involved. so, still an active situation as you heard from the police chief there. we ll see if they offer any more facts on the situation as the afternoon progresses. john: in terms of the shooting itself and the chief there said things can change moment by moment if they get more information. but appears as though she was firing toward the ceiling and not to
mike: the mayor of uvalde texas is refute ago report that came out this week that police officers missed multiple opportunities to kill a gunman that killed 21 at robb elementary school in may. the report does not give a complete and accurate account of what happened. rebuffing claims an officer saw the shooter prior to entering the building. he also says no uvalde police officers had any opportunity to take a shot at the gunman. tonight we follow up on a story we brought you last night involving a new york city store clerk charged with murder after stabbing and killing an attacker reportedly in self-defense. he is out of jail tonight after a judge agreed to lower his bail. the charge is receiving widespread criticism including from democratic new york city mayor eric adams. correspondent david lee miller is in new york with the late rest. jose alba is home for now.
the deadly elementary school shooting in uvalde, texas, a shooting that took the lives of 19 children and 2 tooteachers. an officer spotted the gunman outside the school, had him in sights and asked for permission to shoot him. that moment of hesitation proved to be consequential because the officer s supervisor did not hear him or responded too late. joining us now is j.p. blair, the executive director at advanced law enforcement rapid response training at texas state university. this is the organization that wrote this report. we know this report isn t about assigning blame, it is about understanding what happened to try to make things better going forward. so in this specific instance that you write about, what did happen, an officer had the killer in sight before he went in the building? correct. the officer saw the suspect moving along the side of the building and moving toward that door in the northwest corner. and had an opportunity to shoot
the officer saw the suspect moving along the side of the building and moving toward the door in the northwest corner. and had an opportunity to shoot that suspect, potentially. before he did he called and asked for permission to fire. by the time he got a response he turned back and look at his supervisor and the suspect had entered the building. that s not all. it was one of a series of missed opportunities to save at least some of the 19 children and two teachers who died. in highland park the only explanation officials have been able to give her the carnage, seven lives lost, is that the legend gunmen had an obsession with violence and the number 47. in an interview with the near post his father said he talked about a mass shooting with his son the night before the massacre. joining me now from austin is nbc correspondent sam brock and nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter. you and i talked yesterday about the possibility of charges against the dad. maybe civil suits.