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to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. all right. new this morning, an inside look at what is the war from the front line of gaza, from the military and moral standpoint and the standpoint of culpability. one hospital of the nearly 30 facilities is receiving patients according to the united nations. they are run ought of fuel and medicine and food. reuters provided video there outside of the al shifa

hospital. we have seen video of reuters here of this, babies outside incubators in need of the incubators, and we have new information the idf has said they have offered incubators to the hospital, and they have released an audio recording of that offer. it does say that the hospitals need to be protected, and indeed the geneva conventions state that clearly, and the official explanation is that civilian hospitals are entitled to protection whether they contain patients or not, but it may under no circumstances be used for non-medical purposes. all right. non-medical purposes. what does that mean? again, from the official commentary on the geneva conventions, listen to this, the use of the ability to shelter able bodied combatants as

observation post or as a shield for military action. now, remember, that both israel and the united states say that hamas is using hospitals to conceal command tunnels under al shifa there. and also to hide the weapons caches, and the idf released video from outside of the hospital there that they say is a hamas terrorists holding a rocket-propelled grenade launchersh and that right inside of this hospital. nic robertson is embedded with this israeli group is right here at this rantisi children's hospital, and he said this hospital hid weapons and tunnels and more. watch. >> reporter: driving into gaza with the israeli forces, it is a war zone.

the conditions of the access only show officers and no faces of soldiers and they don't show sensitive equipment. we are passing mile after mile of destlung. buildings blown, collapsed, and nothing untouched for the hunt of the hamas. the buildings collapsed back to sand. and no sign of civilians here. a few miles in, we pull up to a command post, and soldiers blown apart at apartment buildings. it is hard to know how civilians endured bombardment here. the next journey is deeper into gaza, and we arrive 100 meters to a battle with hamas. tanks blasting targets in nearby

buildings, and the idf's top spokesperson waiting for us. >> we know there an operation inside of the ratifi hospital. >> reporter: they are facing destruction over the loss of homes and the shockingly high death toll, and in the last few days the apparently heavy handed tactics at hospitals. >> we are looking to reveal the tunnels that are underneath the hospital. >> reporter: he has brought us here to show us the connection that he says exists between hamas and the rentisi children's hospital. >> we are now here in an area between a hospital, a school and a terrorist house. >> reporter: a hamas commander lived there and he points out the solar panels on the roof.

>> this is a tunnel here, and this is more. >> reporter: this is the ladder going down. >> yes, this is the ladder going down and this a 20 meter tunnel. >> look at this. look at the tunnel. you can see it here. look down here. these cables are going down to the tunnel, okay. >> so they are hard wired. >> i wanted to show you the solar solar panels on the top are providing electricity right here. >> reporter: and you hear the small arms fire as they are clearing the materiel out as we are taking fire, and you can smell what is perhaps rotted flesh underneath the rebel. he told us that he took a huge

risk bringing us into the combat zone, but it is clear he wants this story told. as we reach the hospital, it is already getting dark a. huge hold has been blasted through the walls into the basement. why is the hospital so damaged? >> i will explain. we came to this hospital five days ago. there was still patients inside of the hospital, and we did not enter into the hospital. >> reporter: he claims since then all patients were evacuated by hospital staff. >> we assist the evacuation to make a safe pass for all of the patients in the hospital, and we don't know if the hospital is entirely clear. we only entered into this area which was suspected, and because we are being fired at. >> reporter: he leads us through a corridor.

>> this is the armory. >> reporter: this is the hamas armory. >> he shows us rusted guns. these guns alone have huge implications for the gaza hospitals and israel's push to take control of them. >> reporter: the international red cross say that hospitals are special protection under humanitarian law in a time of law, but if the militants store weapons there or a place of storage, that is no longer protected. then he shows us where the attackers were near october 7th, and evidence that the hostages could have been held here. >> we are here some areas near the motorcycle. we see a chair, and we see a rope, and here is a woman's clothes, and a woman's something covering a woman. >> reporter: you think that a woman was tied up in this chair.

>> reporter: thisis an assumption to be checked with dna. >> reporter: and this is a location below the hospital. by showing us this the connection between the terrorists and possibly the hostages, what does that say about other hospitals here in gaza? >> hospitals are known to be a terrorist hub, and it is suspicious in holding hostages, and this is the best machine of hamas. >> reporter: but the authorities have no knowledge of hamas and other groups inside of the hospitals? >> it is not possible for hamas to know this, and we knew that the terrorists were here. >> reporter: how? >> because we got intelligence from this area, and we were right to fire, because what we found in armory. >> reporter: so much damage around here. >> there is, because hamas made

it impossible to fight, and they built in all of these infrastructure in tunnels and in hospital, and around areas populated. >> reporter: as we exit the hospital, it is already dark. we are getting ready to leave, and the firefight is intense and explosions and going up the street here. >> reporter: this war and the controversy surrounding it are far from resolved. >> reporter: and even now nightfall here a evening later after we left gaza there, and looking into gaza if you can shoot over there, you can see a big plume of black smoke coming up, and there was a huge explosion there, and just a couple of minutes ago, and we could hear the shock waves there, and it is the second time that location has been hit, and we don't know what is happening on the ground, and this is part of the picture here, because you don't know what is happening on the street, but when you are inside of there, you get the

first-hand look of what you saw, and you get a sense of just how hard the fight is in the city, how much destruction is happening, and of course, all of the questions of why and what about the people and when even and nobody is really asking this question yet, but when can they come back to places so badly hit. john. >> nic robertson to you and your team, it is such an important perspective to see that firsthand and for you the show us what you did to risk your lives to give us that look. we thank you for that report, and please, continue to stay safe. kate. >> days, hours, minutes, and time is again running out for congress to pass a funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. any moment, house speaker mike johnson is set to speak with reports about this, and the house speaker is in the same position over the last one who was in the same one.

johnson like kevin mccarthy before him, house speaker needs democratic votes, sond and so ws going to happen with this mess? lauren, what are you hearing in the hallways? >> yeah, aim standing outside of the democratic caucus meeting which is ongoing, and leader jeffries left, and he said they are still evaluating the terms of this short-term spending deal. the good news for democrats is that there are no spending cuts inc included, and no poison pill, and they are evaluating the bifurcated dates, and the realty that some of the government funding will run out january 19th, and other government funding is going to run out the 2nd, and so he is looking at the impact on the american people, because number of the house democrats coming out of the house meeting with sounds upbeat about the proposal. and pramila jayapal who is the leader of the house progressive

caucus says she wants to meet with her caucus about what they think about the proposal, but she said, it is a major victory for democrats that spending cuts were not include here and she is considering that as a major win for the party and something that she could likely get behind. she said she just wanted to make sure that other progressives in the caucus felt that way before saying is for sure that she would support this. and so you have a sense that the democrats know that friday is coming up quickly, and thanksgiving is around the corner, and nobody wants a government shutdown and while it is not the proposal that every democrat hoped for and one that democrats would have written themselves, they are sounding open to backing it despite that jeffries said that we would have to wait and see what happened on the floor. >> we always have to wait and see. that is the fun of it all. and now, if democrats are upbeat, does it mean that republicans should be or is this a rare moment of partisanship, john?

>> well, let's find out, shall we? with us is a congresswoman mand so, let me ask you. how will you vote on this plan when it comes to the floor later this afternoon, and will you support keeping government open this time? congresswoman, can you hear me? >> hi. can you hear me? >> hi, yes. it is a television miracle, and let me ask you quickly in case we lose you again. how will you vote this afternoon, a listened you vote to keep the government open? >> i will, because it is the responsible thing to do, and there is not much appetite here from the republicans or the democrats to see a shutdown right before the holiday season. and also, we just have to be able to extend the current funding level so that way we can continue our work in the

appropriations. as you know, the house has passed 7 of the 12 bills, and the senate has passed 3 of the 12 bills, and we need to be able to make sure that we complete the work that is needed to be done, and we simply need more time, because we lost three weeks when the eight republicans and the democrats had voted our speaker out, and brought us to a standstill. >> so the house freedom caucus which is the republicans have just come out against this spending plan, and how do you feel that more democrats may vote for this than republicans? >> the reality is that we have a very slim majority in the house, and the senate is facing same reality. we have to work in a bipartisan manner where we can, and if we are not going to getti agreemen among the republicans. what we want to do is to have individual passage of the spending bills, but because

those few members voted to remove our speaker, we lost three weeks' worth of time to pass those spending bills, and we have to do what we can to keep the government open to continue the process. we are all in agreement though that we will be able to save money in the long run, and we will be able to cut wasteful excessive spending, and put in better policies if we do it the way it is meant to do and the founding fathers wanted us to do it by issue by issue as opposed to jamming through the massive omnibus spending bills at the end of the year and that we have stopped which is the good news. >> and given what the small republican caucus has done, are the democrats willing do. >> i will work with anyone for the american people, and avoiding a shutdown is the most important thing. and look, there are many times

we agree as well. we agree to cut wasteful spending, and we have a $33.5 trillion debt, and we have a 1.7 annual deficit, and we have issues who has downgraded us once again as well as fitch. so we have to address the issues, but we need time to do it, and this is going to give us the three to four weeks necessary to pass the remaining bills so we can then go to the senate and negotiate. i think that what the freedom caucus sometimes misses is that we are one part of a federal government that is mostly controlled by democrats. we only control one-third. so when you see us at the negotiating table, we are not going to get every single thing that we want all of the time, and we can't be threatening a government shutdown when we don't get every single thing that we want. the number one priority is to get a border secure, and we have

very concerned about the unsustained flow of individuals and fentanyl and the sex abuse that is occurring at the border to use this as lev rablg to get some of the things that we want at the long term in this fight in january. >> congresswoman, leading presidential candidate on the republican side is former president trump at this side who is facing several criminal cases and one in new york city where you live, and he reposted something on social media that said, quote, my fantasy, i would like to see alyssa james and judge engoron under arrest for harassment. and so he is calling for arrest of their arrest, and how comfortable are you for that heat and rhetoric? >> i would not have taken it

that far, but i believe that letitia james is politicizing this issue, and i would like to see her going after the drug cartels that are poisoning the children in new york city, and going after the biden administration for the open border that is affecting the city to the point that the mayor is saying that it is destroying our city. and others who have sued our city for not taking action. this is politically motivated unfortunately, and she could be spending her time doing other things, so that is my difference of opinion would be there. >> congresswoman nicole malliotakis, thank you. >> thank you. tens of thousands of people are expected to rally in d.c. to support israel and condemn anti-semitism. officials say that the security at the event is at the highest level. plus, former trump allies who cut a deal with the

prosecutors in georgia are revealing plans of overturning the election. one trump former attorney said that he didn't plan to leave office no matter what. in any minute, we will hear from president biden about a new $6 billion plan to fight climate change.

all right. i wanted to take you straight to capitol hill and listen to house speaker mike johnson. >> i agree with our friend prime minister netanyahu who said it is a battle between good and evil and light and darkness and

civilization and barbarianism. we will continue to do that, and you is seen the still shots and all of the rest. they were as was said, to kill, rape, maim israeli citizen, innocent citizens, families, small children, the elderly, and they want the annihilation of israel, and it is demonic. and the middle east is a tinderbox, and we know that. we have to try to prevent further escalation and it is imperative to send this aid to israel immediately, and show the rest of the world that the acts of terror against the allies is not just met with unflinching condemnation, but with steadfast support. it is in our national interest to do so, and everyone who looks at this objectively has to agree it is true, and in the acceptance speech three weeks

ago i said a strong america is a strong world, and we are the beacon of freedom, and right now, we need to act like it. we call on the senate colleagues and the white house to get that completed. we have the cr today and you will have questions about that, and we will go to a few of them. >> plchl -- >> go ahead. fox? >> mr. chairman, how many of the mem members that did not agree and then ultimately bounced kevin mccarthy, and then you get this c.r. and doesn't that undercut -- >> no, chad. this is an important innovation and this is explained earlier, as long as i have been in congress, we have governed by o omnibuses for years, and it is a railroad, and this is because congress is addicted with this deficit spending.

there is a c.r. that goes right up to christmas break and jam upon us thousands of pages of legislation that no one has a chance to adequately read through and digest or amendment or anything else. last year it was $1.7 trillion and with a few hours' notice, and then they sprinkled a few extra million on top that no one vetted. we cannot do that. moody's has down graded the credit rating, and two weeks ago, the treasure sthad we have to borrow $1.5 trillion to keep the federal government going, and we cannot do that anymores and the ladder, and the two-step cr and everyone is calling it something else, but it is something that we have to do to change the way we are doing, which is not an omnibus spending bill, and this is a gift to the american people, and it is a stewardship, and it is the effects of bidenomics, and we

have to change it. i believe that there is going to be bipartisan support to break it up into two tranches for the bills to allows us to go through the deliberative process in good faith, and i will take everybody to do it in good faith to do it, and it should have been done before. >> but the concern is of the caucus and the freedom caucus has put out a -- >> i am one of the conservatives, but as we have the votes right now, we don't have the votes to advance that. so we have to avoid the government shutdown, and we have to avoid that because the troops wouldn't be paid and all of that, and the majority leader said, this is going to allow us to go into the next fight, the next stages to talk about real border changes, and policies to close the southern border to get

it under control, and talk about the oversight necessary on the additional ukraine aid, and to get israel done if they don't do it, and the other matters in the supplemental matters to have stringent fights on policies and cuts. >> to follow up, a number of the republicans are going to follow that to avoid the government shutdown, but there are concerns from those who are not, and what do you call the members who say it is a mistake and a surrender? >> we are not surrendering, but we are fighting. you have to be wise of choosing fight, and the fights that you will win, and we are going to do that. you will see the house stand on the principles, but the shutdown would occur november 17th. it took decades to get into this m mess, and i have been on the job for weeks. so i can't turn the air carrier around in weeks.

so looking at the c.r. change is an important innovation, and it is going to change the way that things are changed. let me go to manu real quick. >> and you are extending government funding and not including spending cuts, and the democrats are going to need that to carry that, and kevin mccarthy lost his job over that, and this is going to make your speakership any less concern about this. >> and kevin should take no blame for that, and he was in a difficult situation when that happened, but this new innovation that the democrats initially thought that it was frightening is going to change the way we do this, and so it is a different situation, and we are taking it on the the new year to finish the process and get back to original way that this is supposed to work, and by the way, the house republican conference is committed to never do this again, and we are done with the short-term c.r.s and done. so what you will see in the beginning of this next year, we are walking and chewing gum at the same time, and we are going

to get this on time as it is supposed to be under law. there are specific provisions to do this. and congress has not done it as long as we can remember, but we are going to get back to that because the american people deserve that good stewardship, and the debt necessitates it. back over here. >> on the -- authorities that you have to tap somebody with the budget -- >> look. getting us beyond the shutdown and making sure that the government is in operation is a matter of consciousness for all of us. i believe we can fight for principle and do this simultaneously. when you have a small majority some things have to be bipartisan, but these are the issues that every member of congress should agree on. we are on unsustainable track of the debt, and everybody recognizes that we have to get to the matter of the heart of this to change the way we do

business. we have an important role to play in the world, but we have to take care of our own role first, and they have to be done simultaneously, and we should have been doing this a generation ago, but we haven't, and we are on the job now. >> there has been a struggle with the conservatives in the past passing the appropriations bill, and what makes you confident you will pass these bills unless the democrats come across the help out -- >> yeah, part of the reason i am confident about this is that i have been drinking niagara falls for the last three weeks, and this is going to allow everybody to go home for a couple of thanksgiving, and cool off, because members as member scalise said for ten weeks. this place is a pressure cooker, and we go home and get our plan together to fight for the principles, and we have great plans to roll out in the

playbook. so we look forward to that. >> all right. a confident new house speaker in mike johnson there, and optimistic and emphatic of avoiding a government shutdown this friday, and he says it is absolutely imperative to get his two-tier continuing resolution deal done and keep the u.s. government open. and just ahead of that, he also said that it is imperative that the u.s. sends aid to israel, and we will break down all of the comments right after this short break.

the boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. that is what the former attorney jenna ellis told georgia prosecutors after she agreed to cooperate in the election subversion case. in an interview with the washington post is said describing a conversation that she had with dan scavino, a top aide where he told ellis this. >> he told me in an excited tone, well we don't care, and we are not going to leave. i said what do you mean? he said, well, the boss, meaning

president trump, and everyone understood the boss, and that is what we all called him, the boss is not going leave under any circumstance, and we are just going to stay in power, and i said, well, it does not quite work that way, you realize, and he said, we don't care. >> a statement from the past, but one that could offer a window into the trump approach for the future like his current campaign to get back into the white house, and it is not just those videos but it is also more recent videos like this one from this weekend. >> we will rout out the communists, fascist, and the radical left thug and vermin that live in our country and the threat from our outside forces are far less sinister and grave than the threat from within. >> and that with people holding

up signs "peace through strength" incongruous. and so, david, with the speeches on the campaign trail, and the commentary when he does interviews is seen that trump is leaning more into the tendencies and affection, and is this a throwback to victory? >> well, kate, i think that you are right about the thread through all of this, and this is somebody making no, not hiding in any way the notion that he believes in a more authoritarian, dictatorial approach the leadership. nobody should be surprised. nobody in the country should be surprised if a year from now that donald trump has won and we are in a trump transition and these things are coming to fruition, because he is telling us all right now, and now, hearing jenna ellis who is part

of the team committed to perpetuating a lie about the 2020 election, and somehow calling a legitimate election is now not is certainly rich as she is trying to save her own hide about this deal, and make no bones what he is campaigning on. he is campaigning on a more authoritarian vision of leadership than he put forth in the first term. >> and yesterday, the campaign managers of his campaign said they were weaponized purely speculative and theoretical, trump said it in his own words if i see somebody doing well and beating me bad, i say go down to indict them. so theoretically and speculative, they are not matching them. >> it is not speculative at all, and we have seen close allies steven miller and steve bannon

talking in detail about the plans discussed. now, what i find fascinating about the trump campaign leadership team putting out that statement to me is that it is a clear signal that there is some concern about how this was being portrayed, and there is some sense that this may not be in terms of a general election message everything that they want to put forward yet, and they want to control that a little bit more than they feel it is in control now. >> that is a great point. david, thank you so much. i want to go to the white house with president biden speaking on climate change. for climate change and developing climate solutions. today, i am proud to announce that the climate estimates, and written by thousands and thousands of contributors from every state in

the nation from several territories and tribe and the most comprehensive assessment on climate change, and et matters. the assessment is going to show us in clear scientific terms that climate change is impacting all sectors and regions of the united states, and not just some, but all. it is showing that communities across america are taking more action than ever to reduce climate risk, and it is warning that more action is still badly needed. we can't be complacent. let me say it again. we can't be complacent, and we have to keep going. above all, it is showing us that climate action is offering an opportunity for the nation to come together to do some really big things. you know, i have seen firsthand what the reports make clear. the devastating toll of climate change and the existential threat to all of us and the ultimate threat to humanity climate change. vi walked the streets of louisiana, new jersey, new york,

florida, puerto rico where the historic hurricanes and floods have wiped places of worships for generations have been wiped right off of the map. and where tornadoes have wiped out schools, businesses, police stations and firehouses. i have seen firefighters in idaho, maui and mexico, and california and colorado and where the wildfires are spreading millions of acres to force millions of americans to shelter indoors because it is unsafe to breathe. by the way, i have flown over all of these areas in helicopters, and they tell us that more of the forest land has burned to the ground than make up the entire state of new jersey. the entire state. some say maryland and new jersey, but before we say this,

it is gigantic and incredible impacts. record temperatures in texas, arizona and elsewhere are affecting the lives and livelihoods of 100 million americans, and this summer, and this fall, they have been the earth's hottest since the global records begin to be kept in the 1800s. think about that. the hottest that we have ever recorded in history. it is an impact that decades are in the make, and because inaction was much too long. look, what we are acting now, and what we have been acting, and wed have come to the point where it is foolish for anyone to deny the impacts of climate change anymore. it is a simple fact that a number of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and mega republicans who deny climate change, and many of the republican party are in fact

feel very strongly about that. anyone who willfully denies the impact of climate change is condemning the american people to a very dangerous future. the impacts that we are seeing are only going to be worse, more frequent and more ferocious and more costly. last year alone, the natural disasters in america caused 178 billion, $178 billion in damages. they hit everyone regardless of the circumstances, but they hit the most vulnerable the hardest -- senior, people with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness who have nowhere to turn, black, brown, and tribal communities who have the fewest resources. folks, none of this is inevitable. none of it is inevitable. from day one, my administration has taken unprecedented climate action and working with everyone from mayors to county officials to entrepreneurs to businesses to labor unions and tribal

leaders to small towns and rural communities and tribal nation, and here's how. we are using the law like i passed when i first came to office called american rescue plan to help the states and cities to be more resilient to climate change and promoting energy efficiency by weatherizing homes and reducing the flooding by building infrastructure to handle storm surge, and opening cooling centers to impact, where there is particular great heat impact and people need a shelter. tomorrow is the anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law which i signed two years ago, and the most significant investment in the nation's infrastructure in american history, roads, bridges, ports, high speed internet, and cleans your communities and lower the energy bills because it increases energy grid, and you don't have to lose power when

storms and heat waves hit, and the chips and act that i signed last -- excuse me. signed last year. excuse me. i signed last year. it positions us to lead in a semiconductor manufacture and innovation which is essential to clean energy deployment. and small semiconductor chips are the size of the tip of your finger and they power everything from the smartphones to the electricity tand other countrie were making them, but not anymore. we make them here in america, and this is the act that is the most significant investment than anywhere in the world. it offers tax credits to make your home more energy efficient, and upgrading the windows and doors and keeping drafts out,

and the heat n and tax credits to installing heat pumps, and solar panels on the roof to save hundreds of thousands of dollars, and tax credits to buy electric vehicles. transforming clean energy development that is threatening good paying jobs, including union jobs all over america, and we have attracted a half a trillion dollars in private sector investment from my investing in america agenda and clean advancement agenda. and we are just getting started. we are. all told my investing in america agenda, and the climate action, the fifth climate assessment is part of that effort to lay out the dangers, but most experts

acknowledges it shows solutions are within reach. solutions are within reach. it takes time for the investments that we are making to be fully materialized, but we have to keep at it. we need to do more and move faster, and we have the tools to do it. for the first time ever, we are releasing the report with a new online tool that i just was shown a moment ago in the other room, so that everyone can explore exactly what is happening in their state, city and county, by going online to whitehouse.gov/nca. that is the very different from the previous administration that tried to bury this report. they didn't even want to make sure this report even came to light. we are shining, and we are, we are sharing this report in detail with the american people so they know exactly what they are facing and what we have to

do. that is not all. along with this assessment, i am announcing $6 billion in new investments in the inflation reduction act of the reduction law to make communities more resilient to climate change. this funding is administered by the department of environmental agency, department of interior and department of climate change to modernize the grid which is causing -- the forest fires, when those towers come down and wires snap -- president biden is announcing new climate initiatives as he is talking about the new climate assessment. i want to get to the cnn climate assessment bill weir who is near niagara falls not far from buffalo, and we can see the water pours out behind you, bill. talk to us about the assessment here. what is important about what the

president just vearevealed? >> just that he is doing it is markedly different from five years ago. there are over a dozen agencies that five years ago, the trump administration put it out on black friday hoping that no one would notice. this administration has built podcasts and web sites and interactive map where people can really understand how this is impacting them. overall this report is very stark. it says that the global warming is sped up in the last five year, and it is more intense here than the rest of the world. the united states is warming up more. and water is a huge problem, and not enough or too much, and unfair, and ungodly expensive on the american economy, and productivity and mental health, and on traditions from fishing to winter sports to all of these things that are slowly going away, even though the cheapest

form of energy that man has known are solar and battery and on shore wind, but the richest companies, multinational corporations, exxon mobile and aramco and others are showing no sign to change their business model, so it is a fight between investment, and the cleaner future, but really, this administration is really lean into this, and the most robust way that we have ever seen right now, and now putting some money behind updating the electrical grid which is this creaky goldberg machine in the world that somehow works and needs to be modernized as well as helping out the communities with the smallest carbon footprint and suffering the most, the tribes and the communities of colors and those sorts and funding thor those as well. >> if there is anything that needs an investment, it is the electric grid, and it is a miracle that it works at all.

thank you, bill weir. we a lot of news developing. we will be right back.

federal trial of the man charged with attacking former house speaker nancy pelosi's husband is on trial this morning. paul pelosi telling the horror he felt being struck with a hammer inside of his own home and the moment of despair before the police arrived.

veronica, he went into the detail about all that he experienced. >> fredricka he really did, and this is the first time that he had publicly spoken about the attack on him, and in fact, he said that outside of speaking with the prosecutors and the investigators at his bedside at the hospital, he has not talked to anybody about the traumatizing moments when he was attacked and all of the details leading up to it, and he has not seen any of the video leading to the body camera, or the 9/11 phone call, and he also told the family members not to do so, because he did not want them to be traumatized, but he went into great detail for the testimony, and he seemed quite jovial and making jokes. he did not seem emotional and he took the jury step by step through what happened. he said that he was incredibly shocked when he woke up in the middle of the night and he saw

the suspect david depape standing by his bedside. he recognized that somebody had broken into his home, and looking at him with a hammer and ties, and he recognized that he was in serious danger, and so he tried to stay as calm as pos possible. throughout the ordeal, he was trying to negotiate with depape, and get out of the room and stay calm. he eventually got to the phone and called 911 saying that he needed help, and depape was saying that he was looking for nancy pelosi, his wife, and she was the leader of the pack, and paul pelosi negotiated him downstairs, and that is when the police arrived. he said he didn't know what would happen next, because depape had a hammer in his right hand and that the police had just arrived. so when that happened, he turned and tried to also put his hand on the h