what we know about this attack so far. nbc has learned that the man who broke into the home of speaker nancy pelosi and paul pelosi attacked paul with a hammer and was looking for the speaker, confronting him by shouting where s nancy? paul pelosi had to be hospitalized after the attack, but he s expected to make a full recovery. ben rhodes served as deputy national security adviser under president obama and is an nbc political contributor. harry lipman is a former deputy assistant attorney general. frank was former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi and an msnbc national security analyst. and basel joins us. frank, i wonder what you re looking for out of this press conference. yeah. we re going to want to see confirmation that as nbc news that reported that the assailant was seeking nancy pelosi. why is that significant? it s significant with regard to who will lead the investigation and prosecute it. at the point that law enforcement understands that
with a hammer. he was a 42-year-old man, nbc news is reporting, according to sources, depeppi was in fact looking for the speaker herself, shouting where is francy, where is nancy. it is the same chant that some rioters on january 6th said when they broke into the capitol. pelosi s husband paul was in the hospital. her office says he should make a full recovery. but will our politics? joining me now from outside the pelosi home in san francisco is nbc s jacob ward, we also have nbc s ben colins who is with me on the set. he s going through the social media profile. we have nbc s ryan nobles, as well, at the capitol and former secret service special agent charles marino, he is here with all of the analysis and the context, he served under lee presidents to assure individual and family safety. joining me now is nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter as well. we will have him in a moment. i m sorry. let s go to you at the scene of where this happened. we heard from off
our thoughts remain with those impacted by hurricane ian. for those who need help, please ask for it. and if you can give help, please, give it. on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. when hurricane ian came ashore yesterday afternoon and what was one of the stronger storms to ever hit the united states, period, and after a terrifying night in southwest florida daylight today brought harrowing evidence of the destruction of a storm like that brings. this is fort myers beach, one of the barrier ion islands that in slammed into as a near category five storm. for the hurricane it was a popular beach destination full of resorts and restaurants. as you can, see much of it has been leveled. when local resident told his local tape paper, quote, fort myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sandoval island, just west of
dana: president biden thinks democrats are cruising to victory in 12 days. his white house is nervous that they are running out of gas. president biden driving more than 100 miles per hour while behind the wheel of a classic corvette on jay leno s car show. it s his last ditch effort at courting gop voters. mr. biden hopes his gear head reputation will appeal to some parts of the republican base. it s true. but politco reports his administration is not feeling the same need for speed. anxiety is growing that republicans will capture one chamber of congress and possibly both. with those fears, president joe biden will stay on the sidelines. biden did make time to travel to dem friendly syracuse, new york. he had this to say about the economy. great economic report today. the gdp report. things are looking good. dana: things are looking good, greg, especially when you re behind the wheel of a classic corvette. greg: i get their anxiety over the mid-terms. it s logical.
united kingdom enters the second day now good morning for queen elizabeth, alexis mcadams is live in new york city with the funeral plans but we start with brian and brett cal paek in london where hundreds are leaving flowers, cards to pay tribute to the late queen. i would say more than hundreds, thousands and thousands are coming here streaming to buckingham palace to pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth the second and maybe offer a little support for the new king king charles iii. he is inside as we speak already conducting meetings. even though immediately upon the passing of the queen it was made official today by the so-called accession council. the president by his side, the queen camilla queen consort by his side. the prince s wales 300 years this is how it s been done in yoking tail, once the ceremony was over the trumpets heralded the news to the gather outside of st. james palace where we are now, in the proclamation of the new king was read in full. at