THE HUSBAND OF NANCY

PELOSI OUT OF THE

HOSPITAL, NEARLY A

WEEK AFTER THAT BRUTAL

HAMMER ATTACK.

PAUL PELOSI BACK HOME

DAYS AFTER UNDERGOING

SURGERY FOR A SKULL

FRACTURE AND SERIOUS

INJURIES.

TO HIS ARMS AND HANDS.

BUT STILL, A LONG

RECOVERY AHEAD, AND

WHAT OFFICIALS HAVE

NOW CONFIRMED ABOUT

THE SUSPECT.

HOW WAS HE IN THE U.S.

ILLEGALLY?

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE

FINAL SPRINT.

THE MIDTERMS JUST FIVE

DAYS AWAY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN GOING

WEST AFTER HIS STARK

WARNING THAT DEMOCRACY

IS IN DANGER.

REPUBLICANS CALLING

HIS SPEECH DIVISIVE,

SLAMMING HIM FOR NOT

TALKING ABOUT

INFLATION OR CRIME.

OUR TEAM IN THE

BATTLEGROUNDS.

>>> NORTH KOREA'S NEW

ESCALATION, FIRING AN

ICBM AFTER LAUNCHING

23 MISSILES IN A

SINGLE DAY.

IS A NUCLEAR WARHEAD

TEST COMING?

>>> U.S. OFFICIALS

VISITING WNBA STAR

BRITTNEY GRINER IN A

RUSSIAN PRISON.

WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE

IS SAYING ABOUT THE

STALLED EFFORT TO FREE

HER.

>>> AND THE ACE

SUPERSTAR KYRIE IRVING

AND THE FIRESTORM OVER

ANTI-SEMITISM, AFTER

CALLS TO SUSPEND HIM,

WHAT THE LEAGUE

COMMISSIONER IS SAYING

NOW.

>>> THE FAA FLOODED

WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT

SHRINKING AIRLINE

SEATS.

THE MOUNTING PRESSURE

TO TAKE ACTION.

>>> AND THE

JAW-DROPPING PHOTO

BOMB.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER

SPEAKING OUT ABOUT

THIS SCARY CLOSE

ENCOUNTER.

>> Announcer: THIS IS

"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"

WITH LESTER HOLT.

>> GOOD EVENING.

BREAKING NEWS AS WE

COME ON THE AIR

TONIGHT.

WORD THAT PAUL PELOSI,

THE VICTIM OF A BRUTAL

HAMMER ATTACK AT THE

HANDS OF A HOME

INTRUDER HAS BEEN

RELEASED FROM A SAN

FRANCISCO HOSPITAL.

HIS RELEASE COMING

JUST DAYS AFTER THE

OFFICE OF HOUSE

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI

REVEALED HE FACED A

LONG RECOVERY.

THIS AS WE LEARN MORE

DETAILS ABOUT THE MAN

ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY

ATTACKING HIM AFTER

BREAKING INTO HIS HOME

ON FRIDAY.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO

MIGUEL ALMAGUER IN SAN

FRANCISCO.

MIGUEL, WHAT HAVE YOU

LEARNED?

>> Reporter: WELL,

LESTER, GOOD EVENING.

IT WAS JUST SIX DAYS

AGO THAT PAUL PELOSI

WAS ATTACKED WITH A

MAN WITH A HAMMER

INSIDE THE HOME.

YOU SEE HERE BEHIND

ME.

WE NOW THAT MR. PELOSI

IS BACK HOME,

RECOVERING FROM

SERIOUS INJURIES,

INCLUDING A SKULL

FRACTURE AND AN

INJURED ARM AND HAND.

THE 82-YEAR-OLD SPENT

SEVERAL DAYS IN THE

ICU.

IN A NEW STATEMENT,

THE PELOSI FAMILY SAYS

PAUL REMAINS UNDER

DOCTORS CARE AS HE

CONTINUES TO PROGRESS

ON A LONG RECOVERY

PROCESS.

EARLIER TODAY,

ACTIVITY AROUND THE

PELOSI HOME WAS OUR

FIRST INDICATION THAT

HE HAD RETURNED TO THE

RESIDENCE.

TONIGHT NEARLY A WEEK

AFTER THAT ATTACK,

SECURITY HERE AT THE

HOME IS VISIBLE.

BOTH THE CAPITOL

POLICE AND LOCAL

POLICE ARE HERE,

LESTER.

>> AND MIGUEL, I LESTER

>> AND MIGUEL, I

UNDERSTAND YOU'VE

GATHERED MORE

INFORMATION ABOUT THE

SUSPECT?

>> YEAH, 42-YEAR-OLD

DAVID DePAPE IS A

CANADIAN CITIZEN WHO

ENTERED THE U.S. BACK

IN 2008.

OFFICIALS SAY HE

OVERSTAYED HIS VISA.

HE WAS HERE ILLEGALLY.

LESTER, HE HAS PLEAD

NOT GUILTY

HE IS EXPECTED TO BE

IN COURT AT THE END OF

THIS WEEK.

LESTER

LESTER?

>> ALL RIGHT.

MIGUEL, THANK YOU.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, WITH

FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE

MIDTERMS, DEMOCRATS

ROLLING OUT THEIR

MARQUEE PLAYERS,

INCLUDING PRESIDENT

BIDEN AND OBAMA, WHO

APPEALED TO VOTERS

TO REJECT ELECTION

DENIERS ON THE BALLOT.

REPUBLICANS LASER

FOCUSED ON VOTER

DISSATISFACTION WITH

THE ECONOMY.

PETER ALEXANDER IS IN

ARIZONA.

>> Reporter: WITH

DEMOCRATS AT RISK OF

LOSING CONTROL OF

CONGRESS, PRESIDENT

BIDEN DELIVERING AN

URGENT WARNING ABOUT

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

WHO WILL NOT COMMIT TO

ACCEPTING MIDTERM