Pelosi: Attack on her husband will impact decision over her political future post-midterms

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In a 360° exclusive interview, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reveals how she first heard the news her husband had been attacked. Pelosi told Anderson Cooper how she was “very scared” when she heard the knock on the door from Capitol Police telling her about what happened to her husband. In her first sit-down interview since the attack, she says it will impact her decision over her political future. Plus, voters around the country head to the polls tomorrow and CNN Chief National Correspondent John King joins AC360 to look at the key races that could decide who controls Congress. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening tonight and exclusive for the first time since what might easily have been
0:04.5	a deadly attack on her husband Paul, how Speaker Nancy Pelosi is talking about the ordeal.
0:09.2	She was not at their San Francisco home the early overnight hours of October 28th, which
0:13.2	is when Paul Pelosi was awakened by an intruder asking to talk with his wife.
0:18.3	According to federal prosecutors, the suspect told them he intended to hold Nancy Pelosi captive,
0:23.2	interrogate her, and possibly break her kneecaps if her answers did not satisfy him.
0:28.7	What Pelosi managed to call 911?
0:30.7	Police arrived just in time to see a suspect hit him with a hammer fracturing his skull.
0:35.5	Tonight Mr. Pelosi is out of the hospital.
0:37.5	Speaker Pelosi is telling her story.
0:39.5	First of all, I'm so sorry for all that's happened.
0:44.4	How is your husband doing?
0:45.9	What does his recovery look like?
0:47.7	Well, thank you.
0:49.1	Thank you for asking a new comment.
0:51.7	He's doing okay.
0:52.7	He is a long haul, but he knows he has to pay himself.
0:58.4	He's such a gentleman that he's not complaining, but he's also knowing that it's a long
1:05.2	haul.
1:06.2	He's so concerned about the traumatic effect on our children and our grandchildren.
1:11.2	We're concerned about the traumatic effect on him, but again, he's on a good path with
1:16.3	excellent care from San Francisco General and his health care providers.
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