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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, i...

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 wai...

>> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise for election into the speaker of the house of representatives, the esteemed and leader of house democrats, mr. hakeem jeffries. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] . neil: it's over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasn't a national nightmare, i mean, it wasn't that long in the scheme of things, a few days, it just seemed like a few centuries, but it is over. kevin mccarthy at 1...

very good tuesday mornm jim >> and i'm poppy harlow. right now hurricane fiona strengthening as it sets its sights on another batch of islands. but as it moves past puerto rico and the dominican republic, the damage is devastating. look at those images. in puerto rico two people are dead this morning after most of the power on the island is out. it could be days before it is restored. >> we're looking for gasoline, water, ice. all of the supplies necessary for getting through this. we were hoping it wouldn't be so big. but, well, it was bigger than we expected. and you have to make d...

continuing concerns over inflation. how do those two square? we'll have much more on that in just a moment. plus happening right now, an investigation underway in arizona after the democratic candidate for governor katie hobbs said someone broke into her campaign headquarters. kyung lah is following this for us in phoenix. and more on the break-in. and police say there were some items taken. what more are we learning about this break-in and also what was taken from the office? >> reporter: well the campaign is still trying to sort exactly what was taken. they have to inventory everyt...