Looking at it on a pc, I couldn't see the hair grabbing and shaking. Couldn't even see the punching. Definitely looked like many/several slaps - not punches. Assuming the video on tv is much worse as there is such strong reaction on this thread.
That's what I'm guessing. On my monitor from the FOX and CBS feeds it looks like an overapplication slapping frenzy by a very tantrum prone woman. I don't believe in face slapping btw. However if my 13 or 14 year old daughter slapped me or cursed me or spit at me....fat chance actually....but if they did....I would slap them. I challenged my own dad physically at around 15 or 16 a number of times....to my regret and chagrin. I never knew a 37 year old former fighter pilot had so much spunk left. I learned not to try that. Even in his early 60s before he got sick, he once decisively pinned my then 25 year old little brother on a challenge once. It was scary. He was 6'5 and 245 lbs of muscle and deep stamina....Growing up...all my buddies were afraid simply by his presence.
He had an unbreakable jaw like "The Rifleman" and a squint like Clint Eastwood. When that squint got really narrow and his jaw tightened.....watch out.