TO
TO WALK
TO WALK 4@US THROUGH THOSE MOMENTS. 4@
MOMENTS. 4@ >> Reporter: THE ONLY WAY TO
DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE WOULD
BE SURREAL.
BE SURREAL. THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL
BUILDING, SUCH A 4@SYMBOL OF TH
UNITED4@ STATES OF AMERICA AND
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. BUT WE SPENT HOURS OUTSIDE THE
CAPITOL BUILDING.
CAPITOL BUILDING. WE COULD SEE PEOPLE SCALING THE
WALLS, DESPERATELY TRYING TO
GET INSIDE.
GET INSIDE. WE COULD SEE PEOPLE RUSHING THE
DOORS, SOME PEOPLE EVEN GOT
INSIDE THE CAPITOL BUILDING AS
WE KNOW EARLIER TODAY.
HOURS LATER, IT'S A MUCH
DIFFERENT SCENE.
DIFFERENT SCENE. I WILL STEP OUTSIDE OF THE WAY
SO I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH WH4@A
WE ARE SEEING.
A SMALL POCKET OF POLICE
OFFICERS ARE STANDING GUARD
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THERE'S A BARRICADE NOW.
UP TOWARD THE SUPREME COURT
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. WE USED 4@TO BE ABLE TO GET
PRETTY CLOSE TO THE CAPITOL
BUILDING BUT A MUCH DIFFERENT
STORY NOW.
STORY NOW. WE HAVE SEEN MARYLAND STATE
TROOPERS WALKING AROUND THE
GROUNDS.
GROUNDS.
GROUNDS. WE SAW BOMB SNIFFING DOGS
EARLIER TODAY.
EARLIER TODAY. ROAMING ABOUT THE GROUNDS.
AGAIN, A LOT OF LAW ENFORCE.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
STATE TROOPERS ON THE GROUND TO
THE CAPITOL BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
AFTER A TRUL4@Y VIOLENT AND
4@ DEADLY DAY.
DEADLY DAY. >> WHAT STARTED AS 4@A DAY OF
RALLIES FOR SUPPORTER OF
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLING
TO OVERTURN ELECTION RESULTS
WHILE POINTING TO UNFOUNDED
CLAIMS OF FRAUD 4@TURNED TO
DEADLY CHAOS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. A RIOT BREAKING OUT ON THE
STEPS OF THE 4@U.S. CAPITOL 4@4
THOUSANDS WAVED 4@FLAGS AND
CHANTED NEARBY.
CHANTED NEARBY. THINGS TURNED VIOLENT 4@4@WITH
MOB PUSHING PAST POLICE. 4@
AROUND 2:00 P.M., MASKLESS
RIDERS SURGED PAST BARRICADES
GOING 4@INTO THE CAPITAL AS
CONGRESS COUNTED VOTES.
WITH THE 4@4@SITUATION LEADING
AN EVACUATION, VIOLENCE INSIDE,
GUNFIRE, ONE WOMAN GETTING SHOT
AND KILLED.
AND KILLED. PICTURES POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA
SHOWED PARTS OF THE MOB 4@
INFILTRATED THE OFFICES OF 4@
ELECTED LEADERS AND THE SENATE
CHAMBER.
CHAMBER.
CHAMBER. POLICE LATER USED TEAR GAS TO
TRY TO CLEAR THE SITE AS DC
NATIONAL GUARD AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONDED.
ENFORCEMENT RESPONDED. AS PROTESTS CONTINUES AND
CROWDS GREW JUST OUTSIDE THE
CAPITOL BILLING, THINGS QUIETED
DOWN WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
TWEETED FOR SUPPORTER TO GO
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. LAW
HOME. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL
GUARD TROOPS PUSHED OUT
PROTESTERS AND REENFORCED
BARRICADES.
BARRICADES. >>> A LIVE LOOK AT THE U.S.
CAPITAL BUILDING AT THIS HOUR.
AGAI4@N, LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS A
LINE OF OFFICERS GUARDING THE
GROUNDS AT 4@THIS HOUR.
A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY, MUCH
QUIETER.
QUIETER.
QUIETER. WE HAVE SEEN STATE TROOPERS,
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. AND,
NOW. AND, VERY CLEAR TO SEE THAT
ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED FOR THE
GROUNDS HERE.
GROUNDS HERE. LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S. 4@CAPITAL
BUILDING, I'M TOM DEMPSEY,
WUSA9.
WUSA9.
WUSA9. >>
WUSA9. >> HEY TOM, BEFORE I LET YOU
GO, YOU 4@CALLED THIS A SURREAL
MOME4@NT.
MOME4@NT.
MOME4@NT. WHAT DID YOU HEAR THOSE RIOTERS
SAYING AS THEY CHARGED TOWARD
4@ THE CAPITAL?
THE CAPITAL? COULD 4@YOU HEAR THEM CHANTING
SOMETHING?
SOMETHING? >> Reporter: I 4@DIDN'T HEAR TH
CHANTING SOMETH4@ING.
CHANTING SOMETH4@ING. BUT, ONE CHANT AND PHRASE I
WILL REMEMBER HEARING IS ONE
PERSON SAYING WE OUTNUMBER YOU.
HE WAS TALKING TO THE POLICE
OFFICERS AND IT IS JUST
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
AMAZING. AS I WAS SAYING, AMAZING,
SURREAL, THAT 4@WORD, KNOWING
WHAT THE U.S. CAPITAL
REPRESENTS AND TO SEE PEOPLE
STORMING PAST THESE BARRICADES.
4@
STORMING PAST THESE BARRICADES. WE SAW ALL SORTS OF FLAGS BEING
WE SAW ALL SORTS OF FLAGS BEING@ WAVED.
WAVED.
WAVED. WE
WAVED. WE SAW UNITED STATES FLAGS. 4@
WE SAW CONFEDERATE FLAGS BEING
@ WAVED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE
UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDING
AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE
BARRICADES TODAY.
BARRICADES TODAY. AND, THEY WERE WALKING AROUND
THE GROUNDS OUT THERE AS THEY
WERE ABLE TO BREAKTHROUGH THE
BARRICADES AND REALLY JUST
CAUSE CHAOS AND 4@VIOLENCE ON T
GROUNDS TODAY.
GROUNDS TODAY. >> YOU SAW IT UP CLOSE.
WE SAW IT FROM