they posted this photo today with a message, almost there. sam's parents are both avid hikers. his father says sam has been training to take on el capitan every day for the past 18 months. i mean, it is incredible to see. look at that picture. such a little person about to achieve something so monumental and wonderful and so amazing that his mother will be there at the top. we will all be looking forward to that moment. thanks to all of you for joining jo us. you can find the latest episode of our show and podcast cnn.com/audio or, obviously, your favorite podcast app. "ac-360" begins right now. the husband of the most powerful woman in government is recovering tonight from serious injuries after a potentially politically motivated attack targeting her at their home in san francisco. john berman in here for anderson. the first thing we should say is thank goodness doctors expect

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 police say they have

not determined a motive, the suspect's facebook page is full of memes and conspiracy theories, including about the 2020 election and january 6th when, as you know, rioters indicated they sought to capture or kill speaker pelosi. that is if to underscore the climate we are living in post-insurrection and 11 december pre-election, federal authorities put out a bulletin with the following warning quoting now. following the 2022 midterm elections perceptions of election-related fraud and dissatisfaction with electoral outcomes will likely result in heightened threats of violence to targets. this is not normal. or worse yet, maybe it is now. but it should certainly not be acceptable. first, cnn's whitney wild with more on the attack, the suspect and how this all unfolded. what more are you learning about what happened inand the charges

the suspect is facing. >> 42-year-old david depape, he is now facing a list of charges after attacking pelosi as you said with a hammer. here just a few charges from that list. first-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious bodily injury, and attempted murder. sources tell cnn the suspect entered through the back of the home. as you mentioned, he was shouting "where is nancy?" "where is nancy?." further, sources tell 9/11 that the attacker tried to tie up pelosi until she came home. sources tell my colleagues, my cnn colleague john mule, when pujols called 911 he was trying to communicate with the dispatchers in secret. he was -- he had the phone near him, basically talking in code and it was just an astute 911 dispatcher who was able goat police over there quickly. certainly, john, he was attempting not to get the assailant even angrier than he

was apparently, forced to talk in code to a 911 dispatcher. >> his quick thinking ability to make that calmnd the ability of the dispatcher to act on it probably saved his life. a search of the suspect's facebook page turned up a post about january 6th. what else has been uncovered? >> a review of his social media again showed that he had memes, conspiracy theories, a list of different things he was attached to, conspiracy theories about covid vaccines, conspiracies about the 2020 election, conspiracies about the january 6th attack. a and he seemed out of touch with reality. depape posted links on his facebook page to multiple videos by mike lindell falsely claiming that the 2020 election was stolen. >> was the suspect known to law enforcement? >> our sources say that he was not known to law enforcement, he was not in the federal date bases that would have tracked threats. >> thank you so much for your

work on this. we will get get back to reporting. for nor on the criminal justice and security aspects of this, cnn senior law enforcement analyst and former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, former d.c. metro police officer michael fanone who was badly beaten protecting speaker pelosi and others from the mob on january 6th, and also special correspondent jamie. andrew, you heard that report from whitney, new details coming in. what stands out to you about this attack? >> well, i mean, of course as you said, john, how lucky we are that mr. pelosi was as quick thinking and cool headed as he was to get 911 on the phone, to get that alert to the police officers to respond quickly. but you know the thing that really echoes back to me is something that we have known for quite some time, and it's that these dispossessed people who are motivated by anger and grievance, they react very strongly to these conspiracy

theories. you know, this is not a new thing. we saw this immediately after donald trump was elected in the attempted attack on the comet ping pong pizza restaurant here in d.c., an individual following qanon theories tried to shoot you will the restaurant in an effort to save children. that individual who tried to stage an attack on the fbi office in cincinnati. so the volatility of conspiracy theories combined with these folks who are motivated by grievance and political ideology makes a very, very high threat environment and that's where we currently are. >> michael, speaker pelosi is, obviously, second in line of succession to the presidency. she has a security detail. as we learned today, that detail stays with her and doesn't protect her home while she is away what. how do the assignments work? which departments are responsible? how many officers typically make up a detail? >> so that responsibility falls

on the united states capitol police. for those of you that don't know, the united states capitol police is made up of about 1,800 sworn members. of those 1,800, about 200 are assigned to the dignitary protection division, which is responsible for providing the protection details to the y individual members. with those resources, only the leadership are given around the clock details that typically are made up of about four to eight officers. and it's only the members themselves, not their families, not their homes. and so, you know, with -- when they are receiving about -- i think they said 2021, there were 10,000 threats received by members of congress, which is up, i guess, about tenfold from previous years' averages, you

can see that they are incredibly understaffed and overwhelmed. >> jamie, i can see you nodding there because this is the reality in washington now. yes, today sent shockwaves through the city, through the country, members are still traumatized by what happened january 6th. to an extent, they have had to deal with this for some time. what's the reaction you are getting from your sources there? >> members of congress, there is no question that there is no way to protect around the clock in the present sixes as mike just said, all the members of congress. the other side of that is, you know, members of congress want to be able to be somewhat accessible, but this is the new reality. i think what's important to remember here is that nancy pelosi was the target today. and the words that this attacker said are just eerily reminiscent of january 6th when we saw the

rioters going through saying "where is nancy?" and what is most disappointing today, yes, there were some republicans who spoke out and condemned this. obviously, liz cheney, adam kinzinger, mitch mcconnell said he was horrified and disgusted, mike pence spoke out and said that there was no tolerance, but many republicans have not said a word about it. some of them have made light about it in just appalling ways in social media. and donald trump, to the best of our knowledge to this moment, has said absolutely nothing. >> andrew, investigators tonight i am sure have their hands full. what do you think they are doing most, maybe looking through the alleged assailant's possible motives, his digital feeds? what's going on? >> yeah, john, so they're really

trying to drill down on what this individual motives may have been to get as much specificity on that as they can, but they are also very focused on trying to uncover whether there are other people who may have known what he was going to do, maybe like-minded individuals who could be planning similar sort of things. that's always the first priority that law enforcement has after any sort of attack. they want to see if they can stop the next one, second one, the follow-on attack. they will do that by looking at this person's network in its entirety. so all the folks that he has been contacting either on text message or telephone calls or emails, people that he interacts with over social media. they wouldn't to look at his statements on social media and any other electronic devices he may have. there is a lot of work going on right now in the san francisco police department and also in the fbi and the capitol police. >> michael, you said the capitol police are understaffed when it comes to the security details.

do you have a sense how decisions are made who gets protection over than the senior leadership? is it who is getting the most threats or most serious threats? >> you have 535 members of congress. like i said, about 200 dpd agents to protect them. their resources are spread pretty thin. in contrast, if you look at the secret service, they employ about 3,200 special agents and 1,300 members of the uniformed division. that's to protect the president, the vice president, several dignitaries and their families. they receive on average about 3,000 threats a year. so the u.s. capitol police oftentimes is looking to local law enforcement to assist them. but the threats themselves outside of leadership, they are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and, you know, oftentimes they,

you know, they are looking at members that may have received several threats, dozens of threats, and, unfortunately, they have got to triage and can't help. i know i have spoken to many members who have become incredibly irritated in that they have had to seek protection from contractors and private sources outside of law enforcement. >> it's an incredible statement on where we are that they have to do that. jamie, the pelosi family is a big, close-knit family. do you have a sense of how they are doing tonight? >> the good news is that nancy pelosi is now at the hospital with her husband. i believe four of their five adult children have arrived there as well. the fifth one may have arrived by now. so they are all there at his side. i think the god news we heard tonight, john, is that the doctor do expect a full

recovery, but we can't underplay the trauma of what happened here, fractures to tskull, his serious injuries to his right arm, to both of his hands. this is going to be quite a kroefrry. i i know paul pelosi. he is in great shape for 82, but this was paying trauma, john. >> and he very likely played a major role in saving his own life. >> absolutely. >> jamie, michael, andrew, thank you all tonight. have a good weekend. reaction in from congress from lawmakers who have already seen far too much violence and received far too many threats from the people nopt content simply willing to let the ballots do their talking. democrats turn to the best campaigner they have, former president obama for a series of stops in key states. how his first appearance in georgia went, that's coming up. ? these straps are mind-blowing! they collect hundreds of data points like hrv and rerem sleep,

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from the san francisco police chief. we will bring that when it happens live? former vice president mike pence called the attack on paul pelosi an outrage. he said in a tweet, there can be no tolerance for violence against public officials and their families. this man should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. his former boss who spoke to a violent mob and targeted nancy pelosi on january 6th had nothing to say. president biden spoke with pelosi earlier today and had this to say at a fundraising dinner tonight in philadelphia. >> enough is enough is enough. every person of good conscience needs to clearly and unambiguously stand up against the violence in our politics regardless of what your politics are. >> that was the president just a short time ago. >> this is even counting the insurrection. sadly, not the only act of

violence targeting members of congress in the last several years. and lawmakers have sadly become accustomed to a constant stream of threats as well. cnn's manu raju is at the c capitol tonight. what is the reaction tonight? >> there has been bipartisan concern, outrage, and others expressing a quick recould coverry for paul pelosi. we heard this from both sides of the aisle. but there has been no noticeably more reaction from democrats than republicans and that caught the eye of congressman adam kinzinger. someone on the outs of his party and said this earlier tonight. >> this is the kind of stuff that every republican needs to speak out on like every democrat, republican should speak out when steve scalise was shot. the republicans not speaking out now, let me say this. this is going to be visited on our side. not that it should actually matter what side you're on. but speak out now.

>> reporter: and there has been a noticeable indifference in reaction from the top republicans in congress. the republican leader on the house side, kevin mccarthy, someone would could potentially become the house speaker next year if the midterms go their way, issued a statement through a folks person. he himself has not weighed in. he said leader mccarthy reached out to the speaktory check in on paul and said he is praying for a full recovery and is thankful they caught the assailant. i reached out to the office to ask whether the republican leader himself would react to this. i have not heard back. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell had a different reaction. he did tweet about this. he said he was, quote, horrified and disgusted about this. also wishing paul pelosi a quick recovery. a bit of a different reaction there. overall, there is bipartisan concern and outrage about this horrific attack, john. >> there should be. manu raju for us on capitol hill.

thank you very much. senior political correspondent abby phillips anchors "inside politics sunday." the two davids here as well, former senior presidential advisors. a cnn political political analyst. david axlerod a senior political commentator. there have been plenty of warnings, plenty of warnings about the lies surrounding the 2020 election that could lead to violence. so when someone who is seemingly brought into the lies, engages in a violent act like this, should anyone be surprised? >> no. i think, you know, when you legit mate the idea that the election has been stolen, the fundamental tenant of american democracy has been compromised, then what we consider an act of domestic terrorism is in the minds of that person an act of patriotism. and this has been legit mated again and again and again from the larm of president trump's rallies and also by other

leaders in his party. look, there have been -- i remember the attack on steve scalise and the other republicans on the baseball field. i mean, this has been spiraling up. but from the highest levels of government, from the highest levels of our political leadership, you are telling people these people are enemies of the state, they stole the election from you. of course you are going to activate people to do things like this. >> abby, we hoped on january 6th watching that happen that that would be a turning point. that would change the tenor of things to come. sand then you see this happen today. you would like to think this would have an impact. if january 6th didn't, why would this today? >> yeah, i mean, quite the opposite. january 6th actually has turned into something that's become kind of a rallying cry of a lot of conservatives. it's kind you have shocking. i think just if you lived through january 6th, if you watched what happened to understand that when you look at

the grassroots of either republican base right now, they view january 6th, its assailants as heroes. you have a former president in donald trump going out on campaign rallies. when he goes out on campaign rallies right now he talks about those january 6th defenders -- defendants being political prisoners. so this is not just something that's happening in the fringe. it is happening in the very mainstream of the republican party, and direction of this is moving -- it's just moving in the wrong direction. we are not getting to a place where we are rejecting this kind of political violence. in fact, a major political party is even more -- is brought -- has been brought even closer to this kind of violence as a result of the fact that trump, he has made it just an article of faith among reasons that you cannot say anything bad about january 6th to him this is about the big crowds that he

government i think today we saw the consequences of what, you know, all of that violence really has wrought for this country. >> david, you worked at the an attempt of ronald reagan. how would you describe how this moment compares? what is unique about where we are today? >> well, i think we have to accept the fact that for a long time america has had a problem with violence in our political circles. i mean, one the most famous examples in history came before the outbreak of the civil war when senator sumner from massachusetts was attacked by a south carolina member of congress. he came after him with a cane and almost beat him to death. think about that today as you learned about what happened to poor paul pelosi, he was almost beaten to death here. and that in the civil war time, that sumner incident added to the momentum for the war itself.

now, we will have to wait and see on this. i think abby and david are right. we have seen too little reaction from the very people who gave us this. i mean, there is a direct link between what happened to paul pelosi and january 6th. what were many of the rioters chanting as they went through and marauded throughout the buildings on capitol hill? "where is nancy?" "where is nancy?" that's the same thing this gentleman, if you can call him a gentleman, was yelling as he invaded the home of the pelosis. so there is, i think that what's changed, john, what's changed, it it has become so mainstream, and the violence so much more accept nl and it's surging as a result of this unrest in a way it's been fanned by donald trump and then people around him. it's surging but there is also sort of like this is what we live with in the modern day, we just have to learn to accept

this. we never accepted this before. we always had leadership that came down hard. for donald trump to go for 24 plus hours without a word being said is an outrage, in and of itself. this is a man who is seeking nomination of a major political party, very likely to get it, and now look at the leadership he is showing. it's worse than it used to be. it's not better. >> david axlerod, donald trump put out a statement on death of jerry lee louis. do you think he will remain silent on this attack on paul pelosi? >> i don't know what he is going to do. every time he has a rally, he puts a log on that fire. you know, he also has promised to pardon the people who were convicted in the january 6th insurrection, including the people who assaulted police officers one presumes. so, you know, he is on one side

of this debate. and most democrats -- leaders who care about democracy are on the other side, republicans and democrats. but this is a problem for the republican party. this is a -- and let's not make any mistake go it. liz cheney has been clear, kinzinger, this is a party within the republican -- this is a problem within the republican party. they have to find the strength, the wherewithal to push it off. >> abby, glenn youngkin is the governor of virginia, republican, mentioned as a possible presidential contender. he condemned the attack saying there is no room for violence anywhere and then sort of made a joke it seemed. he said republicans were going it send speaker pelosi back to california so she could be with her husband, seemingly suggesting that they would vote the democrat side of pow early. how did that sit, do you think? >> yeah, i mean, look, in the republican pace, i'm sure that that sat very well, unfortunately. there is a sort of nasty

innocence our politics right now. a mean streak that a lot of political figures, including glenn youngkin, are feeding. and that is a symptom of the broader problem that we face as a country. there is not any more an expectation of basic civility in moments like this where we can take a step back and say we're going to put the politics to the side and insist on people acting in a certain way. i think right now so many political figures, especially the most ambitious ones, they know that the republican base wants a certain agree of what they consider to be toughness, but i think that that is contributing to the coarsening of our politics and this isn't about, you know, policy differences at the end of the day, john. we are not talking about whether you want more taxes or fewer taxes. a lot of these people are motivated by unhinged lies. so the unwillingness of political figures to call that

out is extraordinary. >> our thanks to all of you tonight. we continue to wait for the update from the san francisco police chief. stay with us for that. also ahead, president obama is on the campaign trail for the first time for these midterms to help boost democratic voter turnout for tight races. we will check in with jeff who is in atlanta following the former president. that's next. ♪ here goes nothing. hey greg. um...hello? it's me, your heart! umreally?o? yes! cording an ekg in 30 seconds. tada! wow that was fast! good news, pal. i'm not detecting any of the six most common arrhythmias. what next? let's get some fresh air. been cooped up for too long. yeah...

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. we are waiting on an update from the san francisco police department on the attack on paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. it is supposed to occur any moment. right now we want to turn to the midterms. former president obama has cut ads and held fundraisers this cycle. for the first time in the election cycle the former president returned to the campaign trail to try to help democrats drive up turnout for high high-profile close races. he is in georgia tonight. he is scheduled to appear in michigan, pennsylvania, nevada where he is expected to appear with president biden. with me is chief national affairs foreign correspondent jeff zeleny who is in college park, georgia, outside atlanta. how critical is former president obama in his role and how big of a role will it play for the democrats in this midterm

stretch? >> reporter: there is no doubt that the former president has one goal in mind, and that is to get georgia voters out to the polls. early voting the next week and to vote by election there. you can see he is still speaking behind me here. he says democracy is on the ballot. really continuing a theme he has been talking about in his post-presidency, worried about the rising tensions in our politics. he is delivering a sharp message against republicans. he acknowledged that inflation is a problem in the country, but said it's a worldwide problem and said voters should stop and think what republicans would do about inflation. then he also laid into herschel walker, who of course is the republican senate candidate here. he praised him as a good football player, but said he simply is not up to the task of being a senator. so there were no niceties here tonight. the former president directly going after the republican party, clearly acknowledging the democrats here.

>> you covered barack obama since he ran for senate. aim sure he is watching you standing there reporting and it feels very familiar to him. former president obama mentioned the attack on paul pelosi moments ago. what did i say? >> reporter: just in passing, he said that he is saying a prayer for paul pelosi who is a close friend of the obamas, of course. he is close to speaker pelosi. i am told that he reached out to speaker pelosi. she was traveling to california and they have not yet spoken. he framed this in the conversation about the erosion of civility and norms in our democratic politics. he didn't cast blame, didn't dwell on that. he said he simply said a prayer for paul pelosi and wished him the best. i don't know if tu can hear, but he is going after really some old standard campaign lines here. don't do. vote. of course, midterm elections have never been his strong suit when he was in the white house. he did not perform well in 2010 or 2014. he is urging democrats to vote.

tomorrow he goes to michigan, wisconsin, on to nevada and by pennsylvania next weekend. >> all right. jeff zeleny, thank you very much. perspective from cnn political commentator scottgenics, and a long-time political advisor to senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and terry mcauliffe, chair of the democratic national committee. t if anyone knows how tough midterms are it's president obama. so what difference do you think he can make in georgia for raphael warnock? >> first of all, president obama is a star in the democratic party. what he is doing, going to the handful of states, is to ene energize votes to come out. democracy is on the line. he is such a great sur drogate r the democrats to be enter skbriezing people. i would be remiss if i didn't mention paul pelosi. he has been a friend of mine for 40 years. literally one of the nicest people you have ever met. and i communicated with the speaker several hours ago and to think what that family is going

through today, it is just wrong. and we as a nation have got to come together. we got to go back to the united states of america. i am on the show with scott. we differ politically. that doesn't mean we want be friends. scott used to work for mitch mcconnell when i was governor the last year. the secretary of transportation was married to mitch mcconnell. i had billions of dollars in infrastructure projects. i went to see her and said we me this. she didn't say terry is a democratic governor, i am not going to do it, she did it because it was right for virginia and right for the country. we have to get to a police in this nation where the hatred and divisiveness stops, the horrible rhetoric we have, and we need to come together adds a nation, as the urns of america. and it will make us stronger. i think these are the important elements that will be on the ballot in the election. people have to vote and they have to show that we are the strongest democracy in the world and they saw what happened today. tragic what happened to paul pelosi today. you saw it happen to steve

scalise. it happened when they wanted to get the governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer, they wanted to kidnap her. i went through a death threat last year. we have to get back to a place where there is common ground and we can get things done together and president obama that's his message tonight and georgia and the other states he will be going to. >> we are watching barack obama finish up in georgia now, leave the stage. he seems to be enjoying the moment right now. what kind of an impact do republicans think that barack obama can make? is there something that he does that scares you? >> not in particular. before i address the politics of president obama's campaigning, i wanted to address what the governor said. i agree wholeheartedly with everything he said. what happened to the pelosi household and mr. pelosi is terrible. it's disgusting. i'm very concerned in our politics that we are starting to treat politicians like something less than human, like they are

not entities, you know, human entities like the rest of us, they are to be disrespected or violated in this way. and it's awful. and so i wanted to acknowledge what the governor said. that's a sentiment that everybody ought to be addressing tonight. on the politics of president obama campaigning, i think the reason he is campaigning is because joe biden can't. he one of the biggest liabilities for democrats in the election. so barack obama still popular guy, popular certainly among democrats, he can draw a crowd. joe biden has had trouble drawing crowds. i understand c he is out on the campaign trail. i don't think he will is going to fix inflation in the next ten days, fix the national crime wave, i don't think he is going to fix the border in the next ten drayson and people who are syed to turn out if you are from a republican perspective are not going to be persuaded. well, i'm unhappy with the direction of the country, which 70% of people are. but because obama asked me, i am going to change my entire outlook on america. that doesn't bother any

republican at all. i get why he is out there. >> scott, terry, thank you both for being with us. i have to cut this discussion short because we are waiting to hear from the san francisco police chief. thank you for your words about coming together and changing -- >> good to see you, governor. >> there is beer, i'm there. >> thank you very much. coming up after a long back and forth drama, elon musk officially owns twitter. we will discuss what changes may be ahead for the social media platform and whether new ownership could overturn bans on individuals like the former president. what will you do? ♪ what will l you change? ♪ will you make something bebetter? ♪ will you create something entirely new? ♪ our dell technologies advisors provide you with the tools and expertise you need to do incredible things. because we believe there's an innovator in all of us. vo: the next time you fill up the tank,

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we are waiting for an update from san francisco police on the attack on paul pelosi. the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. that should come any minute now. now it is less than two weeks before the midterm elections, one the prime venues for sharing news and analysis and results and information in general is in new hands. elon musk now owns twitter, or as his profile states, he is, quote, chief twit. it became official last night. $44 billion purchase after a lengthy saga that saw the company to sue musk. there are a number of questions tonight about musk's next move. who will lead twitter after he fared the top three executives? what if any changes are coming to the moderation policies and how will that affect bans on

individuals such as former president trump? i'm joined by our new cnn media analyst, sara fisher, who also reports for axios. can you walk us through what you know so far about what elon musk might have planned for twitter? >> yeah, of course. so as you mentioned, he definitely wants to roll back some of those content moderation rules. he thinks that twitter should be a place for free speech. the other thing you can expect is a lot of investment in engineering and product. of course, elon musk has, you know, brought two major companies public. he has other companies that are private, big innovators. he has to bring in a lot of new executives. as you noted he fired the ceo. he fired the general counsel. he fired the cfo. so i'm hearing from sources that already people are being brought inside the building, former paypal executives, even some former twitter executives who he is potentially talking to for roles. the last big thing that elon

musk is thinking about, big picture making twitter a super app. something like wechat where you do a bunch of different things within one app. of course, john, it's an uphill battle. twitter has to go through a lot of changes to get there. >> when will we know what happens to donald trump's account? >> good question. mine, elon musk said that anybody who is permanently banned is going to be reinstated eventually. today he tweeted that there is going to be a new content moderation council and that no major decisions about reinstating accounts would happen until that council convenes. now, my guess is that elon musk is doing that so that he can punt the decision until after the midterms. that's probably a wise thing for him to do. but i expect that you are going to see that decision come at least by january. and the reason is this. facebo facebook, meta, is supposed to make a decision about whether or not trump's accounts are restated there. i think elon musk is going to want to match his reinstatement

with whatever they are doing or beat them to it. >> and the betting is that donald trump will end up back on the platform. may take some time. sara fisher, great to see you. thank you very much. >> thank you. still ahead, congress come tom mellanowski saying the fate of the house could be decided it in his new jersey district and facing a tight race. details ahead.

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i want to give you an update, as we said we would, given as much as we can talk about at this moment. let me start off by saying this is still a coordinated and collaborative effort between the san francisco police department, the federal bureau of investigations, the fbi, the u.s. attorney's office, the u.s. capitol police, and our san francisco attorney's office led by d.a. brook jenkins. at this time, the san francisco police department is still the lead investigating agency. each agency is evaluating the facts that unfold from this investigation and evaluating those facts within their respective authorities to take the appropriate action. first, i'd like to provide a little more detail of what transpired this morning when the officers arrived at the scene. we've gotten a lot of questions. we want to clarify some things.

there are just a lot of theories and speculation out there. so, i will provide the detail i can, but please understand that this is an ongoing and active investigation. and there is a lot that we still need to dig into. so, when the officers arrived and knocked on the front door of the residence this morning, the door was opened by someone inside, and the officers observed through the open door mr. pelosi and a suspect, mr. depape, inside the entryway of the home. at this time, the officers remain outside of the threshold of the home, and they observed mr. pelosi and mr. depape each with one hand on a single hammer. there was one hammer that the officer observed. officers, while still outside of the doorway threshold, gave commands to both then to drop the hammer. mr. depape immediately pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi

and violently attacked him with the hammer. the officers immediately entered, tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took the hammer away from him, and took the suspect, mr. depape, into custody. they requested emergency backup, and they rendered medical aid. i can confirm that mr. depape forced entry into a rear door at the rear of the pelosi home. and i'd like to re-emphasize the quick response and actions of our officers, officer kolby willmis, officer kyle cagney, and sergeant edmund wong. also, i want to e emphasize and thank our dispatcher heather grimes for her intuition, her quick thinking. she had to interpret what she was being told. and based on her experience and her intuition, she basically

figured out that there was something more to this incident than what she was being told. her actions, in my opinion, resulted in both a higher priority dispatch and a faster police response. i think this was life-saving. lastly, i want to thank our firefighters and paramedics from the san francisco fire department also for a quick response in transporting mr. pelosi for medical assistance at the hospital. let me -- we've gotten a lot of questions about security. first of all, i want to say that the u.s. capitol police is responsible for protection of speaker pelosi and her family. the san francisco police department will assist in any way we can. i've been in contact with chief tom manger of the u.s. capitol police. we've been in contact with his investigators, at least one of

his chiefs, and we are working collaboratively. any questions about the security of the pelosi home should be referred to the u.s. capitol police. that is their responsibility, and i would ask that you refer any questions about security to them. i won't be able to answer any of those questions. we also have received questions about how many times mr. pelosi was struck. and there's a lot of speculation out there. what we know is he was struck at least one time. we're going through our evidence, our evidence, and when we have a definitive answer, we can release that. but right now we don't. so, we know he was struck at least one time, and that's what we know. we also know, based on our investigation at this point, that this was not a random act. this was intentional. and it's wrong. our elected officials are here to do the business of their cities, their counties, their

states, and this nation. their families don't sign up for this, to be harmed. and it is wrong. and everybody should be disgusted about what happened this morning. with that, we will take any questions. and we will only answer what we can answer. >> activity at the suspect's home and can you clarify what may be going on there in terms of any search warrants? are search warrants going to be postponed? please update that situation. >> well, this investigation -- there's a lot of moving parts. we are writing search warrants, and as we learn more, we may have to write more search warrants. that's about all i can say. i don't have any results, and our investigators have been on this since the wee hours of the morning and they're still on it. so, we're going to do everything

we can to uncover every piece of evidence that we can to hold this person accountable. >> so, they have been into the home? >> i'm not sure they've been into the home at noint. but i do know we've written search warrants and that work is ongoing. >> is the suspect on a 51-50 hold or are they in jail? >> the suspect is still in the hospital. definitely i cannot release and it's not appropriate for me to release any of the suspect's medical information. but the suspect is still in the hospital. we intend to book the suspect, whether it's in absenceia or in person. i cannot confirm anything about this person's medical condition. >> last person right up. >> you say this wasn't a random act. what can you say about -- do you think this was politically motivated? >> we are not at the point where we can say what the motive is publicly. but we do know this was intentional.

it is not random. we know that. we know that. >> the dispatcher, can you say anything about how they attempt to interpret the call, why he couldn't speak plainly? >> what i can say is that dispatchers have to report what's being told to them. and when you have an experienced dispatcher with good instincts, they -- they learn how to read between the lines. but they have to report what's being told. they can't report anything other than what's being told. she knew something more was going on just in her heart and her intuition, just with her experience. and that caused for a higher priority than this type of call normally receives. this was a well ---she just knew there was more to it. she alerted our officers. because of that they dispatched it at a higher priority than this type call usually is.

>> that's all for now. thank you very much. >> did -- call 911. >> he was able to call 911. he was the caller. he was able to call 911 and dispatch kind of took it from there and read between the lines. so, just a road going all the way around. >> was he speaking in a code so the assailant wouldn't know he was on the phone? is that essentially -- >> what he said, she felt that there was something more to it. but, again, dispatchers have to report what they're being told. but thankfully, experience and intuition -- you know, sometimes when you're in this business long enough, you kind of get a sense for things. and her intuition was on point. >> that will do it for now. we're done for this evening. thank you very much. >> thank you all. >> that was chief william scott from the san francisco police

department giving an update on the attack on paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. he said it was not a random act. it was intentional. it was wrong. everyone should be disgusted. no details specifically on whether it was politically motivated, but you could expect to learn more information about perhaps what was on the digital feed of the individual who was there and struck paul pelosi at least once with a hammer. that much we know. we also know it was paul pelosi who called 911. and through that call, a dispatcher very well saved his life. much more information on all this coming in. the news continues, so let's hand it over to jake tapper and hand it over to jake tapper and "cnn tonight." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com welcome to "cnn tonight." i'm jake tapper in washington. tonight, outrage, horror, and a scramble for answers after an intruder broke into the home o