the district attorney on the case is outfront tonight. new video of new russian recruits desperately pleading with their leaders saying they re being sent to the, quote, meat grinder. bring in the big names. all out on the trail tonight speaking in our hour. we ll take you there live. let s go outfront. outfront this evening, the breaking news. paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi is now out of surgery for a fractured skull. this after police say an intruder broke into their home overnight and attacked with a hammer. that intruder also attempted to tie mr. pelosi up until nancy got home. speaker pelosi was in washington at this time. but sources tell cnn the intruder repeatedly asked where is nancy? the rampage. the suspect is now identified as 42-year-old david depape of california. he is facing charges of attempted homicide as well as burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse i m going to talk to the district attorney in charge o
me here was flooded with law enforcement for much of the day. they appear to be nearly completing their processing of evidence for the day. of course, this comes as we re learning new information about why these officers were brought to this location to begin with. cnn s john miller and jamie gangel are reporting that paul pelosi was able to call 9-1-1 at the start of this attack and was speaking in code as he engaged with this attacker. it was an adept dispatcher who realized that something was wrong. they sent police here to this location. they were able to ultimately tackle the suspect. he remains in custody. authorities say they expect him to face multiple charges including attempted homicide and assault. erin? josh, thank you very much. and as joshua speaking, we do have a development. our dana bash is reporting that the speaker nancy pelosi is now in san francisco, and she is at the hospital with her husband paul right now as i speak. so she has obviously gotten from washington
investigation. some of those details of what was going on in the home prior to the police arriving are still things that we re trying to flesh out. but we do know that at the point at which the police arrived, he did turn and use that hammer against the speaker s husband in a manner that appeared that he was intending to kill him. it s obviously very significant that they saw that and that it certainly indicated intent to murder. we ve learned that part of the reason that this even possibly didn t end in such a horrific way was that paul pelosi called 9-1-1 at the beginning of the attack and was able to leave the phone line open even as he and the attacker continued to interact. one source says the suspect s struggle with pelosi was then captured on police body camera. that this attack that you re referring to actualcyly on came. what can you tell me about the
the district attorney on the case is outfront tonight. new video of new russian recruits desperately pleading with their leaders saying they re being sent to the, quote, meat grinder. bring in the big names. all out on the trail tonight speaking in our hour. we ll take you there live. let s go outfront. outfront this evening, the breaking news. paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi is now out of surgery for a fractured skull. this after police say an intruder broke into their home overnight and attacked with a hammer. that intruder also attempted to tie mr. pelosi up until nancy got home. speaker pelosi was in washington at this time. but sources tell cnn the intruder repeatedly asked where is nancy? the rampage. the suspect is now identified as 42-year-old david depape of california.
a tenfold increase in violent threats against lawmakers. 9,600 just last year. and that is according to the formal number that the u.s. capitol police are putting out. i want to bring in evan perez here. this is an incredibly sobering warning. we re talking about this grave warning coming with 11 days to the midterms on the same day we find out about this violent attack on paul pelosi. what are you learning about why this threat is different from anything they ve seen in the past? well, erin, it s being driven by this perception of fraud in the elections, this idea that people, you know, if they re not satisfied with who wins the election, might lash out as a result of that, lash out not only at their political opponents but also against election workers because they don t like how the election turns out. and of course that s all driven by the aftermath of what happened in 2020. and that s one of the reasons