ESSENTIALLY SAY STAND DOWN. AND IT COMES AS WE ARE HEARING
FROM SOME OF HIS FORMER
OFFICIALS ON TWITTER.
ONE OF THEM WHO ESSENTIALLY
SAYS, "I AM ONE OF YOU."
AS SHE PUTS IT, "BEFORE I WORKED
FOR THE PRESIDENT, I WORKED FOR
MARK MEADOWS, JIM JORDAN AND
GOES ON TO SAY I NEED YOU TO
HEAR ME.
HEAR ME.
HEAR ME. THE ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN.
WE LOST."
WE LOST."
WE LOST." STRONG STATEMENTS ALSO FROM THE
FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF HERE AS
WELL AS KELLYANNE CONWAY, ONE OF
THE FORMER TOP ADVISORS TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO ARE
ESSENTIALLY URGING THE PRESIDENT
TO COME OUT AND TO MAKE A STRONG
STATEMENT AND URGING THE PEOPLE
WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL TO STAND
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. SO
DOWN. SO THAT IS THE SCENE HERE.
I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO A NUMBER
OF TOP OFFICIALS.
I CAN TELL YOU THEY ARE WATCHING
THESE DEVELOPMENTS UNFOLD.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF WATCHING
THE DEVELOPMENTS UNFOLD.
AND IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT HE HAS
ANY PLANS OR ANY INTENTIONS TO
COME OUT AND SPEAK THIS EVENING.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS
A SOMBER MOOD HERE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. FRANKLY, A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS
HAVE STRICKEN LOOK ON THEIR FACE
AS THEY WATCH ALL OF THIS
UNFOLD.
UNFOLD.
UNFOLD. OF COURSE, COMING JUST HOURS
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSED
A CROWD OF THOUSANDS AND
ESSENTIALLY REITERATED THOSE
FALSE CLAIMS OF FRAUD, TRYING TO
PRESSURE HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE TO TAKE ACTIONS THAT
HE CANNOT TAKE UNDER THE LAW TO
BLOCK THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM
BEING COUNTED.
BEING COUNTED. AND FROM ANNOUNCING THE WINNER
AS JOE BIDEN.
AND THERE IS A SENSE THAT IN
THAT SPEECH THE PRESIDENT WAS
RILING UP THE SUPPORTERS AND NOW
THIS IS WHAT HAS COME FROM A DAY
AND WEEKS OF A LOT OF ENERGY
TOWARDS TRYING TO RELITIGATE
THIS ELECTION.
THIS ELECTION. SO, SAVANNAH, I CAN TELL YOU THE
PRESSURE IS MOUNTING ON
PRESIDENT TRUM TOP DO MOR
PRESSURE IS MOUNTING ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DO MORE.
>> IT IS EXTRAORDINARY TO HEAR
FORMER OFFICIALS THAT WERE
DIEHARDS UNTIL LAST MOMENTS TO
SAY IT'S ENOUGH.
IT'S OVER.
IT'S OVER. WHAT ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT PENCE?
OF COURSE, HE WAS OVER THERE AT
THE CAPITOL PRESIDING OVER THE
SENATE AT THIS TIME.
AND THE LAST BEST INFORMATION WE
HAVE WAS THAT HE WAS STILL
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE FOR HIM TO
EVEN GO THAT SHORT DISTANCE BACK
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
YOU HAVE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT
HIS WHEREABOUTS?
HIS WHEREABOUTS? ANY UPDATE?
ANY UPDATE? >> THAT IS THE LATEST THAT WE
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. OF
KNOW. OF COURSE, HE AS WELL AS THE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THE
SENATORS THERE WERE, OF COURSE,
EVACUATED TO SAFER GROUND AT THE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. IT WASN'T SAFE FOR THEM TO
LEAVE.
LEAVE.
LEAVE. I
LEAVE. I WOULD JUST UNDERSCORE A POINT
THAT KACIE MADE.
THERE IS A DETERMINATION TO TRY
TO SEE THESE PROCEEDINGS THROUGH
TO THE END ONCE IT IS SAFE TO GO
BACK AND TO TRY TO DO THE
BUSINESS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO
COUNT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
VOTES TO DECLARE THE WINNER OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
AND SO IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING
THAT THAT IS WHERE HE CONTINUES
TO HUDDLE.
TO HUDDLE. BUT IT'S QUITE REMARKABLE WHAT
WE WITNESSED FROM THE VICE
PRESIDENT TODAY.
PRESIDENT TODAY. ONCE THESE PROCEEDINGS GOT UNDER
WAY, WE SAW THE VICE PRESIDENT,
ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S
STAUNCHEST ALLIES BREAK WITH
HIM, REALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
PUBLICLY.
PUBLICLY.
PUBLICLY. AND TO SAY THAT HE DOESN'T
BELIEVE THAT THE CONSTITUTION
GIVES HIM THE AUTHORITY TO IN
ANY WAY TRY TO BLOCK THE VOTE
COUNT.
COUNT.
COUNT. AND SO BREAKING WITH THE
PRESIDENT IN THAT VERY PUBLIC
WAY AND MAKING IT CLEAR, MAKING
IT CLEAR TO THE PRESIDENT,
MAKING IT CLEAR TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT THAT'S HOW HE VIEWED
HIS ROLE.
HIS ROLE.
HIS ROLE. AND THAT IS HOW HE PERCEIVED --
PLAND
AND THAT IS HOW HE PERCEIVED --
PLANS
PLANS TO
PLANS TO PROCEED AND WILL PROCEED ONCE THE PROCEEDINGS GET
UNDER WAY.
UNDER WAY. A VERY STARK DRAMATIC
DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE
SENATE'S TOP REPUBLICAN MITCH
McCONNELL ALSO BROKE WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY AND SAID
FLAT THAT THERE JUST WAS NOT THE
WIDESPREAD FRAUD THAT IS THE
PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO SUGGEST
THAT THERE WAS AND THAT
ESSENTIALLY THE COUNTRY'S
DEMOCRACY WILL HEAD TOWARD A
DEATH SPIRAL IF ELECTIONS ARE
LITIGATED AND RELITIGATED IN
THIS TYPE OF MANNER.
SAVANNAH?
SAVANNAH?
SAVANNAH? >> ALL RIGHT.
STAND BY.
STAND BY.
STAND BY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO GO TO PETE WILLIAMS.
PETE, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME
MORE AGGRESSIVE ACTION ON THE
PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO KIND
OF DISPERSE THE CROWD.
WE'VE SEEN THE CROWD DIMINISH.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE
DECISION MAKING THAT'S GONE ON
IN TERMS OF HOW TO RESPOND TO
THIS THIS AFTERNOON?
>> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. LET ME COME BACK TO THAT IF I
MAY AND ANSWER THE QUESTION