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,
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, 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 database. it is hard to ignore how much of the suspect s rhetoric today echos what we heard from rioters who stormed the capitol. [ bleep ]. can i speak to pelosi?
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