82-year-old paul pelosi to make a complete recovery. however, it was apparently a very near thing, especially for a man of his age. tonight a spokesperson for his wife, house speaker nancy pelosi, second in the line of presidential succession, said mr. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a fractured skull and serious injury to his right arm and hands. she is now at the hospital with him. this is new video just in of her motorcade arriving. she was in washington when the attack happened. we learned that san francisco s police chief is expected to update the public soon and we will bring you any new information as it becomes available. this is what we know so far. law enforcement sources tell cnn he was attacked by a hammer-wielding intruder shouting, quote, where is nancy? and according to two sources familiar with the situation when the police got there the suspect who is now in custody and charged with attempted murder told him he was, quote, waiting for nancy. although pol
thank goodness. doctors expect 82-year-old paul pelosi to make complete recovery. however, very near thing, especially a man of his age. tonight, spokesperson for his wife, house speaker nancy pelosi, second in the line of presidential succession, said mr. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a fractured skull and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. short, go, we learned she is at the hospital with him. this is new video just in of her motorcade arriving. she was in washington when the attack happened. we just learned san francisco s police chief is expected to update the public soon. we will bring you new information as it becomes available. this is what we know so far, law enforcement tells cnn and, he was attacked by hammer wielding intruder shouting, quote, where is nancy? according to sources familiar with the situation, when police got there, the suspect in custody and charged with attempted murder, told him he was, quote, waiting for nancy. police have not determ
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 with
correspondent jonathan breaking details the latest we had know right now, live from our west coast news as we await that update from police. for several hours this morning we all wondered what the moment i have was author this brutal attack. now we know forces telling him it does appear to have been politically motivated, the sale and chanting where is nancy? 82-year-old paul pelosi was beaten with a hammer. he suffered blunt force trauma to his head and body although we understand he is expected to make a full recovery and as you look on the right at a helicopter shot of the pelosi house in san francisco, we understand that the fbi and the u.s. capitol police are now assisting the san francisco police department into the investigation into which the sale at broke into the back of the house. speaker pelosi was not there at the time. she was in washington, d.c. but the big focus this morning has been motivation and we are getting all these indications this was perhaps the
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