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the suspect is in custody. i want to get straight to jamie gangel on the phone with us after getting new information moments ago. jamie, what are you learning? ana, in addition to having been told that before these were occurred, the assailant confronted paul pelosi shouting, quote, where is nancy, where is nancy. we now are told that the assailant was trying to tie up the speaker s husband, quote, until nancy got home, is the exact quote. these are from multiple sources who have been briefed and that when the police came into the house, the assailant was saying, quote, we are waiting for nancy. once again, we don t know the entire motive for what happened today, but there certainly is a concern about violence, threats to political figures and from this reporting, he clearly was focused on the speaker of the house. jamie, i know you re going to gather more information, bring us the latest information. we will, of course, be bringing our viewers this press conference ....
when the officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mr. pelosi s husband, paul. our officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled a 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. the speaker s office said the 82-year-old is in recovery currently at the hospital. the police chief identified that 4 2-year-old suspect in custody. the speaker was in washington when this assault happened. sources say this is why her security detail was not at her home in san francisco. let s bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez and jamie gangel and manu raju. evan, we got about 45 seconds to a minute of new information from the chief there, but combining what we learned from the chief and from your sources, what do we know about this suspect? well, that s ri ....