good evening, the first time since might easily have been a deadly attack on her husband paul house speaker nancy pelosi is talking about the ordeal. she was not at their san francisco home the early-morning hours of october 28th when is when paul was awakened by an intruder asking to talk with his wife. according to federal prosecutors the suspect told he intended to hold nancy pelosi captive, interrogate her and possibly break her kneecap if her answers did not satisfy him. paul pelosi managed to call 911. police arrived just in time to see a suspect hit him with a hammer fracturing his skull. tonight mr. pelosi is out of the hospital. speaker pelosi is telling her story. ised. i m so sorry for all that has happened. how is your husband doing and what does his recovery look like? well, thank you. it s a long haul but he knows he has to pace himself. he s just as gentleman that he s not complaining about he s also knowing that it s a long haul. he s so concerned about th
he was read his miranda warnings, offered attorneys, et cetera, he went into details about what he had done. he admitted to what he had done. reporter: the county sheriffs office also revealed that there were red flags about the shooter well before monday s mass killing. in april of 2019, police were called about a suicide attempt of his. five months later, a relative contacted police after the suspect threatened to quote kill everyone in the family. but still, he was able to obtain the illinois equivalent of a gun license in 2020. today the prosecutor tried to explain it. there was never a firearm restraining order. that s what i had used the term red flag. that type of order mr. crimo has never been involved in that type of order. that s an order where family members and other individuals can go to a court and ask that somebody have firearms taken and not be allowed to piurchase firearms. that did not happen in mr. crimo s case. cnn security correspondent, josh gamb
from texas. uvalde. where a new report is showing the kind of missteps that may have led to horror at one school. how one had a chance to shoot at the shooter, but instead, waited for permission to open fire. and i ll bring you exclusive information with the fulton county attorney. as her investigation pushes to overturn the election results in georgia continues. plus, overseas brits, asking, will he or won t he? boris johnson facing very direct, very intense calls for him to step down. so far, he says he s not going anywhere. i ll hallie jackson. glad you re shere with us this afternoon. we are starting with the latest out ofhighland park, illinois. investigative hecorrespondent t winter is here, too. a fair amount coming out at the court hearing. at the news conference we ve seen today. after the suspect was hit with seven murder charges. that s exactly right, hallie. we have a more complete picture of and the detail was actually captured and identified by wa police.
washington, president biden acknowledged his own power is limited. i can t outlaw a weapon. i can t change the background checks. i can t do that. the best hope of senate working group is diving in with a source telling nbc news that the group feels a new urgency. they have met twice in person, continued to text and e-mail and will meet again virtually tomorrow. but there maybe one key voice standing in the way. the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. as one of our guests latest put it, he s behind a deade s long effort to block gun control. so what is really on the table? lths dive right in with white house correspondent carol lee, washington post bureau chief ashley parker is also senior political analyst. thanks to both of you. carol, you re one of the reporters who wrote a story with the headline inside a biden white house adrift and it points to the texas shooting as a horrific reminder the president has not successfully pushed congress to pass legisla
Tobys safety. We found out that she had taken a large sum of cash and two firearms were missing from the house. You think, could she be involved in Something Like this . She had children, a husband, it seemed like it was a white picket fence type life. There is absolutely no way toby could be involved in this. You see this truck. My gut feeling was telling me it was them. This is our guy. This sounds like one of those fast and furious car chases. I was terrified that they were going to get killed. So many twists and turns. Nerveracking it shocking. It is unbelievable. Hello, and welcome to dateline. When convicted killer, john maynard escaped from prison, authorities feels he would go to any lengths to evade capture, then a horrifying discovery. Prison volunteer, toby young was missing, wife and mother now, the mercy of this desperate man, but was toby in danger . Or was she in on the plan. Here is Andrea Canning with breakout. It is a cold, february night along this isolated stretch o