paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, brutalized in their home. the police say this attack happened overnight after the man broke in. the speaker was in washington. her 82-year-old husband is in the hospital, the speaker s office says to make a full recovery. a police briefing is scheduled for this hour. at this moment we re trying to fill in the big question, what was the motive? the male suspect is in custody. sources telling cnn the as assailant used a hammer to beat mr. pelosi. we re joined with important breaking news. what can you tell us? reporter: john, it appears we may actually have the motive or part of the motive. i was told by a source briefed on the attack that the assay lapt who talked paul pelosi was actu actually in search for speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. that before the assault occurred, in other words, before he attacked pelosi, the intruder confronted him saying, where is nancy, where is nancy? john, this is from a source who was