The Bedroom
DePape said he woke Pelosi up and demanded to know where his wife was. "He's like, 'She's not here,'" he recounted.
The Bathroom
Pelosi eventually was able to convince DePape to let him go into the bathroom, where, unknown to DePape Paul’s phone was charging. Paul entered the bathroom and called 911, as recounted by DePape.
The Call
On the released audio of the call Pelosi tries to sound matter of fact while subtly asking for help, and then sounding more panicked as the 911 operator doesn't initially seem to understand that he was in peril.
"I guess I called by mistake," he said at the beginning of the call. "There's a gentleman here just waiting for my wife to come back, Nancy Pelosi. He's just waiting for her to come back. But she's not going to be here for days, so I guess I'll have to wait," he said.
It soon became clear that DePape was listening in on Pelosi. Pelosi asks him, "What do you think?" DePape replies, "I think everything is good."
Pelosi then says, "He thinks everything's good. I've got a problem, but he thinks everything is good."
"This gentleman just came into the house and wants to wait for my wife to come home. He just came into the house," Pelosi said. Asked if he knew the person, Pelosi said, "No. I don't know who he is. He's telling me not to do anything."
Asked for the person's name, Pelosi said he didn't know. DePape can be heard saying, "I'm David ... I'm a friend of theirs."
"He says he's a friend but I don't know him," Pelosi tells the operator, before adding, "He wants me to get the hell off the phone, ok?" The call then ends.
The 911 operator dispatched the police to the residence without much detail other than “man in distress”. In the 8 minutes Paul hung up the phone until the police opened the door Paul attempted to keep DePape calm.
The kitchen
After a few minutes passed with DePape rambling nonsense Paul asked him for some water. They walked into the kitchen with Paul closely followed by DePape hammer in hand. Paul poured some water and heard the police outside.
The Doorway
The police knocked on the door and Paul, with DePape next to him, went to the door with his water glass in his left hand.
On video you see Paul use his right hand to swing the door open slowly and as it was swinging open Paul grabbed the hammer with the same right hand he opened the door. It was the only time he had his hand on the hammer and it was a split second before you see them in the doorway. Paul thought he only needed to slow DePape for a second since the cops were there. However the cops were confused and hesitated. Paul’s plan to hold the hammer while the police rushed in failed. He simply didn’t want to spook the bad guy so he didn’t yell out - he just wanted to be saved by the police. He’s an 80 year old guy.