remembering the legendary rock and roll wild man behind hits like great balls of fire. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening late tonight, house speaker nancy pelosi rushing from washington back to san francisco to be by the side of her husband who was viciously attacked by an intruder in the couple s home there overnight. 82-year-old paul pelosi underwent surgery after being struck with a hammer, suffering a skull fracture his alleged assailant a 42-year-old man charged with attempted homicide the intruder allegedly demanding to see the speaker. speaker pelosi was not home at the time of the attack though police say a motive has not been determined, the circumstances of the assault are only deepening the chill felt by many in congress and what authorities say is a more threatening political climate. miguel almaguer has the latest from san francisco. reporter: when the hammer wielding intruder broke into the home owned by nancy and paul
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we are right now awaiting an update on this case any moment from san francisco s district attorney. coleman is in san francisco with everything we do know so far. good evening, christina. good evening, bret. yes, authorities say the suspect admitted to breaking into pelosi s house through the back door with a hammer. is he now facing two federal charges. one count of assault of an immediate family member of a u.s. official and one count of attempted kidnapping of a u.s. official. if convicted, he could fails up to 50 years in prison on both charges. police say 42-year-old david depape broke into the home woke him up and demands to see his wife. when he told him he went be mommy home for a few days he said he would wait. he was able to slip into the bathroom and call 911. he went to the door and grabbed onto the hammer he was holding. when he arrived. depape gained full control and swung it into his head. depape was arrested immediately. during mirandized and recorded interv
speedy recovery on his part. i want to also start by thanking the san francisco police department for their immediate and swift investigation of this case. i am here today to formally announce charges against mr. david depape in connection with with the violent attack on mr. pelosi. the charges that we are filing today include attempted murder, residential burglary. assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, false imprisonment of an elder as well as threats to a public official and their families these charges are based on the following facts. affidavit filed today as well as in the motion to detain mr. depape that we file tomorrow. mr. depape specifically targeted the pelosi home to confront speaker pelosi. he forced his way into the home
we are right now awaiting an update on this case any moment from san francisco s district attorney. coleman is in san francisco with everything we do know so far. good evening, christina. good evening, bret. yes, authorities say the suspect admitted to breaking into pelosi s house through the back door with a hammer. is he now facing two federal charges. one count of assault of an immediate family member of a u.s. official and one count of attempted kidnapping of a u.s. official. if convicted, he could fails up to 50 years in prison on both charges. police say 42-year-old david depape broke into the home woke him up and demands to see his wife. when he told him he went be mommy home for a few days he said he would wait. he was able to slip into the bathroom and call 911. he went to the door and grabbed onto the hammer he was holding. when he arrived.