According to CNN, citing sources, he needed the help of surgeons due to head injuries sustained as a result of an attack by a man with a hammer.

Data on the severity and nature of the damage is not given.

Nancy Pelosi herself was able to talk with her husband after the attack and before the operation, now she is flying to San Francisco to her husband.

Earlier it was reported about the attack on the house of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, her husband Paul Pelosi was injured.

Nancy Pelosi herself was not in town at the time of the attack.

US President Joe Biden personally called the Speaker of the House of Representatives to express words of support in connection with the recent attack.

The attacker was charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and a number of other crimes.