the husband of the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi is said to be improving after he was attacked at the couple s home in san francisco. paul pelosi was beaten with a hammer by an intruder, who demanded to see his wife. in the last few moments, mrs pelosi has spoken about the attack, saying she is heartbroken and traumatised by it. president biden described the attack as despicable , and denounced a corrosive political climate for contributing to violence in american society. our west coast correspondent, sophie long, gave us this update from outside the pelosi s house. well, the fact that paul pelosi was subjected to such a brutal attack in the house behind me, when a man broke into the rear of the building and shouted, where is nancy? before striking him with a hammer, has really brought home the vulnerabilities in surrounding the security provision for members of congress and theirfamilies, and the fact that it could happen to the husband of someone a
to undermine democracy. you can tjust apologise and say the violence . it affects people s mentality, it affects how people think particularly people who are not may be as stable as other people, so the talk has to stop. well, the fact that paul pelosi was subjected to such a brutal attack in the house behind me, when a man broke into the rear of the building and shouted, where is nancy? before striking him with a hammer, has really brought home the vulnerabilities in surrounding the security provision for members of congress and theirfamilies, and the fact that it could happen to the husband of someone as wealthy and as powerful as nancy pelosi she is, of course, second in line to the presidency and has her own security detail has caused real alarm amongst other congress members and their families. now, just to give you a sense of the level of threat that they re facing, this attack
nancy pelosi is said to be improving after he was attacked at the couple s home in san francisco. paul pelosi was beaten with a hammer by an intruder, who demanded to see his wife. in the last few moments mrs pelosi has spoken about the attack, saying she is heartbroken and traumatised by it. president biden described the attack as despicable , and denounced a corrosive political climate for contributing to violence in american society. our west coast correspondent, sophie long, gave us this update from outside the pelosi s house. well, the fact that paul pelosi was subjected to such a brutal attack in the house behind me, when a man broke into the rear of the building and shouted, where is nancy? before striking him with a hammer, has really brought home the vulnerabilities in surrounding the security provision for members of congress and theirfamilies, and the fact that it could happen to the husband of someone as wealthy and as powerful as nancy pelosi she is, of course, second
well, the fact that paul pelosi was subjected to such a brutal attack in the house behind me, when a man broke into the rear of the building and shouted, where is nancy? before striking him with a hammer, has really brought home the vulnerabilities in surrounding the security provision for members of congress and theirfamilies, and the fact that it could happen to the husband of someone as wealthy and as powerful as nancy pelosi she is, of course, second in line to the presidency and has her own security detail has caused real alarm amongst other congress members and their families. now, just to give you a sense of the level of threat that they re facing, this attack happened on the same day as the department for homeland security issued a warning that the united states was facing an increased threat from domestic violent extremists in the run up to the midterm elections, which will take place just ten days from now. and in the months after the violent insurrection on the capitol
the husband of the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi is said to be improving after he was attacked at the couple s home in san francisco. paul pelosi was beaten with a hammer by an intruder, who demanded to see his wife. president biden described the attack as despicable , and denounced a corrosive political climate for contributing to violence in american society. our west coast correspondent sophie long gave us this update from outside the pelosis house. well, the fact that paul pelosi was subjected to such a brutal attack in the house behind me, when a man broke into the rear of the building and shouted, where is nancy? before striking him with a hammer, has really brought home the vulnerabilities in surrounding the security provision for members of congress and their families and the fact that it could happen to the husband of someone as wealthy and as powerful as nancy pelosi she is, of course, second in line to the presidency and has her own security d