Stay updated with breaking news from David depeppi. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
correspondent jonathan breaking details the latest we had know right now, live from our west coast news as we await that update from police. for several hours this morning we all wondered what the moment i have was author this brutal attack. now we know forces telling him it does appear to have been politically motivated, the sale and chanting where is nancy? 82-year-old paul pelosi was beaten with a hammer. he suffered blunt force trauma to his head and body although we understand he is expected to make a full recovery and as you look on the right at a helicopter shot of the pelosi house in san francisco, we understand that the fbi and the u.s. capitol police are now assisting the san francisco police department into the investigation into which the sale at broke into the back of the house. speaker pelosi was not there at the time. she was in washington, d.c. but the big focus this morning has been motivation and we are getting all these indications this was perhap ....
first to those remarks we just got from the police chief a short time ago we are going to play them out here. we will go ahead and get started. good morning. my name is chief bill scott with san francisco police department. at approximately 2:27 this morning san francisco police officers were dispatched to the residence of speaker nancy pelosi regarding an a priority well being check. when if officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mr. pelosi s husband, paul. our officers observed mrd pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi an violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect difficulties armed him took him into custody requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid. the suspect has been identified as 42-year-old david ded purrageous dyna david depeppi. this is an active investigation currently being led by the san francisco police department special inves ....
what we know about this attack so far. nbc has learned that the man who broke into the home of speaker nancy pelosi and paul pelosi attacked paul with a hammer and was looking for the speaker, confronting him by shouting where s nancy? paul pelosi had to be hospitalized after the attack, but he s expected to make a full recovery. ben rhodes served as deputy national security adviser under president obama and is an nbc political contributor. harry lipman is a former deputy assistant attorney general. frank was former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi and an msnbc national security analyst. and basel joins us. frank, i wonder what you re looking for out of this press conference. yeah. we re going to want to see confirmation that as nbc news that reported that the assailant was seeking nancy pelosi. why is that significant? it s significant with regard to who will lead the investigation and prosecute it. at the point that law enforcement understands ....