ATTACK ON HOUSE

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI'S

HUSBAND, AND

DISTURBING NEW DETAILS

ABOUT WHAT ELSE HE MAY

HAVE PLANNED.

THE SUSPECT NOW FACING

SEVERAL STATE AND

FEDERAL CHARGES,

INCLUDING ATTEMPTED

MURDER, ATTEMPTED

KIDNAPPING, AND

ASSAULTING A FAMILY

MEMBER OF A U.S.

OFFICIAL.

THE MAN ALLEGEDLY

CONFESSING THAT HE'D

PLANNED TO TAKE

SPEAKER PELOSI HOSTAGE

AND BREAK HER KNEECAPS

AS A WARNING TO OTHER

LAWMAKERS.

ZIP TIES FOUND AT THE

SCENE.

MR. PELOSI NOW AWAKE

AND TALKING TO

INVESTIGATORS.

OUR EXCLUSIVE WITH THE

SAN FRANCISCO D.A.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT,

AFTER MORE THAN FIVE

YEARS THE MAJOR BREAK

IN THE MURDERS OF TWO

TEENS IN DELPHI,

INDIANA.

THE SUSPECT NOW UNDER

ARREST.

WHERE HE WORKED AND

HOW IT LINKS HIM TO

THE FAMILY OF ONE OF

THE VICTIMS.

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>>> THE FATE OF

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>> Announcer: THIS IS

NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS"

WITH LESTER HOLT.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

THE FBI TONIGHT

REVEALING NEW EVIDENCE

IT BELIEVES POINTS TO

THE INTENT BEHIND LAST

WEEK'S BRUTAL ATTACK

ON PAUL PELOSI.

HUSBAND OF HOUSE

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.

TODAY FEDERAL CHARGES

WERE FILED AGAINST

SUSPECT DAVID DePAPE,

ACCUSING HIM OF

ASSAULT ON AN

IMMEDIATE FAMILY

MEMBER OF A U.S.

OFFICIAL WITH THE

INTENT TO RETALIATE

ALONG WITH THE

ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING

OF A UNITED STATES

OFFICIAL.

IN ITS CHARGING

DOCUMENTS THE FBI SAYS

DePAPE WAS PREPARED TO

DETAIN AND INJURY

SPEAKER PELOSI AND

THAT HE TOLD

AUTHORITIES HE WAS

GOING TO HOLD NANCY

HOSTAGE AND TALK TO

HER.

THE FBI ALSO LISTING

EVIDENCE THAT INCLUDED

ZIP TIES, TAPE, ROPE,

AND AT LEAST ONE

HAMMER.

ALSO NEW TONIGHT,

ALLEGED STATEMENTS

FROM THE SUSPECT

POSSIBLY SUGGESTING A

POLITICAL MOTIVE.

MIGUEL ALMAG

>> Reporter: TONIGHT

FEDERAL AUTHORITIES

HAVE CHARGED DAVID

DePAPE, THE MAN WHO

THEY SAY BROKE INTO

NANCY AND PAUL

PELOSI'S HOME WIELDING

A HAMMER, WITH ASSAULT

AND ATTEMPTED

KIDNAPPING

ACCORDING TO THIS NEW

FEDERAL COMPLAINT,

DePAPE TOLD

INVESTIGATORS HE WAS

GOING TO HOLD NANCY

HOSTAGE AND TALK TO

HER.

IF NANCY, HE SAID,

WERE TO TELL HIM THE

TRUTH HE WOULD LET HER

GO

AND IF SHE LIED, HE

WAS GOING TO BREAK HER

KNEECAPS

CALLING THE SPEAKER OF

THE HOUSE "THE LEADER

OF THE PACK OF LIES

TOLD BY THE DEMOCRATIC

PARTY," INVESTIGATORS

SAY THE SUSPECT

BROUGHT WITH HIM A

ROLL OF TAPE, WHITE

ROPE, ONE HAMMER, ONE

PAIR OF RUBBER AND

CLOTH GLOVES, AND A

JOURNAL.

SAN FRANCISCO'S

DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALSO

FILING CHARGES TODAY

AGAINST DePAPE,

INCLUDING ATTEMPTED

MURDER

>> WE BELIEVE THAT HE

DID INTEND TO KILL MR.

PELOSI AT THE TIME

THAT HE WIELDED THAT

HAMMER IN THAT ATTACK.

>> Reporter: THE

FEDERAL COMPLAINT SAYS

PAUL PELOSI WAS IN BED

AND APPEARED SURPRISED

BY DePAPE.

DePAPE TOLD PELOSI TO

WAKE UP AFTER BEING

STARTLED ON THE SECOND

FLOOR.

THE COMPLAINT

CONTINUES, "PELOSI

STATED THAT HIS WIFE

WOULD NOT BE HOME FOR

SEVERAL DAYS, AND THEN

DePAPE REITERATED THAT

HE WOULD WAIT.

PELOSI WAS ABLE TO

COVERTLY CALL 911

WHILE TALKING TO THE

SUSPECT, PROVIDING

CLUES THAT HE WAS IN

DISTRESS

>> RP STATED THAT

THERE'S A MALE IN THE

HOME AND THAT HE'S