House Speaker Nancy Pelosi choked up when talking about the hammer attack on her husband in her first interview since the incident.

The California Democrat sat down with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper to discuss a variety of topics, including the recent home invasion that left the House speaker’s husband, Paul Pelosi, 82, with a fractured skull and other injuries. The House speaker teared up giving her answer, saying she was “very scared” when she heard about the attack in San Francisco while she was in Washington, D.C.