>>> FINALLY A DEVELOPMENT ON
THIS SCARY STORY.
WE LEARNED RIGHT AFTER THE
CAPITOL ATTACK FROM MULTIPLE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT THE DAY
BEFORE THE ATTACK, THE DAY
BEFORE JANUARY 6, SOME MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS MAY HAVE GIVEN A
GROUP OF VISITORS, MULTIPLE
GROUPS OF VISITORS, ACCESS TO
THE CAPITOL FOR WHAT AMOUNTED TO
RECONNAISSANCE TOURS AHEAD OF
THE ATTACK ON THE BUILDING THE
NEXT DAY.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN
FROM OHIO CHAIRS THE HOUSE
SUBCOMMITTEE AND HAS HAD A
LEADING ROLE IN THE
INVESTIGATION NOOSES INTO JANUAR
A REPORTER FROM "THE EXAMINER"
ASKED HIM ABOUT THE ALLEGED
RECONTOURS BY STAFF BEFORE THE
ATTACK.
HE SAID THE ISSUE IS NOW, QUOTE,
IN THE HANDS OF THE U.S.
ATTORNEY IN D.C.
HE SAYS THAT FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IS, QUOTE,
REVIEWING THE FOOTAGE OF THOSE
ALLEGED RECON TOURS.
TELL ME MORE.
A HEARING WAS HELD ON THE
BREAKDOWN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT LED TO THE CAPITOL BEING
BREACHED.
EVEN AFTER HIS HEARING THERE ARE
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
WHAT WE DID LEARN IS THE THREAT
POSED BY THE RIOTERS,
PARTICULARLY THE ONES WHO BROKE
INTO THE CAPITOL AND EVADED
ARREST, POSE A LIVE ACTIVE
THREAT TO THE CAPITOL.
THIS WAS THE ACTING CHIEF OF
CAPITOL POLICE TESTIFYING AT THE
HEARING TODAY.
>> WE KNOW THAT MEMBERS OF THE
MILITIA GROUPS THAT WERE PRESENT
ON JANUARY 6th HAVE STATED THEIR
DESIRES THAT THEY WANT TO BLOW
UP THE CAPITOL AND KILL AS MANY
MEMBERS POSSIBLE WITH THE STATE
OF THE UNION.
WE KNOW THAT DATE HAS NOT YET
BEEN IDENTIFIED.
>> HEAD OF THE CAPITOL POLICE
SAYING MILITIA GROUPS WANT TO
LAUNCH ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE DAY
JOE BIDEN HOSTS WHAT LOOKS LIKE
THE STATE OF THE UNION, HIS
FIRST JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS,
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE
SOMETIME NEXT MONTH.
JOINING SUS CONGRESSMAN TIM
RYAN, DEMOCRAT OF OHIO.
HE CHAIRS THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS
OVERSIGHT OVER THE CAPITOL
POLICE.
HE’S BEEN LEADING ONE OF THE
INQUIRIES INTO THE JANUARY 6
ATTACK.
IT’S NICE OF TO YOU MAKE TIME TO
BE HERE TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> SO I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS
ANSWER YOU GAVE TO A "WASHINGTON
EXAMINER" REPORTER SAYING THE
U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN D.C.
HAS BEEN REVIEWING FOOTAGE ABOUT
THE ALLEGATIONS MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS MAY HAVE GIVEN TOURS TO
SOME OF THE RIOTERS IN ADVANCE
OF THE ATTACK.
CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING MORE
ABOUT THAT?
>> YEAH, NOT REALLY, RACHEL.
NO ONE TIES IT TOGETHER BETTER
THAN YOU DO, BUT THE U.S.
ATTORNEY HAS THE INVESTIGATION
GOING ON NOW.
I’M SURE THEY’RE LOOKING AT THE
FOOTAGE, LOOKING AT EVERYTHING
SURROUNDING THAT IDEA OF MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS TAKING PEOPLE ON
TOURS.
THERE WERE OTHER MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS WHO WITNESSED THAT
HAPPENING, SO THAT’S IN THEIR
HANDS NOW AND ANYBODY WHO HAS
DEALT WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY
DOING AN INVESTIGATION, IT’S
LIKE A BLACK BOX.
YOU REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S
GOING ON BUT YOU KNOW IT’S
HAPPENING.
>> IT WAS ALSO NEW TO US TODAY
WHEN THE NEW HEAD OF THE CAPITOL
POLICE SAID THEY HAD
INTELLIGENCE MILITIA MEMBERS MAY
WANT TO COME BACK AND ATTACK THE
CAPITOL AGAIN ON THE OCCASION OF
THE STATE OF THE UNION, THE
PRESIDENT’S FIRST JOINT ADDRESS
TO CONGRESS.
WAS THAT NEWS TO YOU AS WELL?
THAT SENT A REAL SHOCK WAVE, I
THINK, ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
EVERYBODY WATCHING THAT HEARING
TODAY.
>> YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS STUNNING.
WE HEAR THESE KIND OF THREATS
ALL THE TIME.
THE CAPITOL, MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS, ASSASSINATIONS
AND ALL OF THAT ESPECIALLY AFTER
JANUARY 6th.
BUT THIS WAS NEW, WHICH IS WHY
WE HAVE TO KEEP THE NATIONAL
GUARD HERE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE
TO COME UP WITH SOME REAL HARD
CORE SOLUTIONS AS TO HOW WE MOVE
FORWARD.
WE’RE NOT READY YET TO TAKE THE
FENCE DOWN BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE
A PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
AND I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO HEAR
THESE THREATS BUT TO HEAR THE
REPORTING ON IT BECAUSE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE,
RACHEL, THESE ARE AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
THIS IS NOT AL QAEDA.
THIS IS NOT THE TALIBAN.
THIS IS NOT THE IRANIANS.
THIS IS AMERICAN GROUPS, THESE
ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO ARE
SAYING THESE ABOUT
TAKING DOWN THE CAPITOL, TAKING
DOWN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY,
AND THAT JUST SHOWS HOW FAR