CAPITOL AND CAPITOL GROUNDS
IMMEDIATELY.
THAT’S THE EXTENT OF THE
STATEMENT.
PETE WILLIAMS, YOU’VE GOT SOME
NEW INFORMATION.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
>> Reporter: WELL, WE HAD
EARLIER HEARD THAT THERE WERE
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES FOUND BEFORE
THE PEOPLE STORMED THE BUILDING,
THAT WAS THE SORT OF FOCUS OF
CONCERN.
NOW WE’RE TOLD THAT AT LEAST ONE
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE HAS
BEEN FOUND ON THE GROUNDS OF THE
U.S. CAPITOL, I DON’T KNOW
WHERE, I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE
NATURE OF THE DEVICE IS,
OBVIOUSLY IT’S IN THE HANDS OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT SO IT’S NOT A
HAZARD AT THIS POINT.
THEY’RE LOOKING AT WHETHER THERE
WAS A SECOND DEVICE FOUND AS
WELL.
WE DON’T KNOW WHERE.
I KNOW THAT EARLIER THE REPORT
OF A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE, ONE WAS
AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WHICH
OF COURSE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND
THE OTHER WAS NEAR A HOUSE
OFFICE BUILDING.
SO THIS IS NOT INSIDE THE U.S.
CAPITOL OR WE BELIEVE INSIDE A
BLOG, BUT OUTSIDE A BUILDING.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS IN A
BACKPACK OR WHERE.
SO THAT’S WHAT POLICE ARE
LOOKING INTO RIGHT NOW.
OBVIOUSLY MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONDING.
AND, CHUCK, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO
SOME SECRET SERVICE PEOPLE A
MOMENT AGO, THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY
LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS AND
RETHINKING VERY SERIOUSLY WHAT
THE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO BE FOR THE
INAUGURAL.
IT’S CLEARLY BEEN WAY SCALED
BACK BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC
CONCERNS, THERE WILL BE NO
PARADE, BUT THERE WILL STILL BE
A CEREMONY ON THE SIDE OF THE
CAPITOL THAT I THINK -- WELL,
ONE OF THE SIDES OF THE CAPITOL
THAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT AND,
CHUCK, I’M GOING TO GO AND SEND
IT BACK TO YOU AND TAKE A CALL.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
I WOULD RATHER YOU GO GET US --
GET US MORE INFORMATION AND
SPEAKING OF MORE INFORMATION,
LET ME GO TO GARRETT HAAKE WHO
IS OF COURSE ON CAPITOL HILL.
>> Reporter: CHUCK, WE’RE
WATCHING THE SAME VIDEO FEED
THAT YOU ARE HERE OUTSIDE THE
CAPITOL.
I WAS JUST OUT ON THE BALCONY
WATCHING AND WHAT I’M SEEING IS
STARTING TO LOOK FAMILIAR AT
LARGE-SCALE PROTESTS THAT I’VE
COVERED IN THE PAST.
AS WE’RE GETTING THIS SORT OF
MASSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOOTPRINT THAT TOM WINTER WAS
TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW
VIRGINIA IS NOW SENDING IN SOME
OF THEIR NATIONAL GUARD AND
STATE TROOPERS, THE GOVERNOR OF
MARYLAND JUST TWEETED A FEW
MINUTES AGO THAT HE’S SENDING IN
SOME MARYLAND STATE TROOPERS AND
YOU CAN SEE THE FULL FORCE OF
THE D.C. METROPOLITAN POLICE OF
WHICH EVERY OFFICER -- I WAS
TOLD THIS MORNING -- HAS BEEN
CALLED UP FOR DUTY TODAY ARE
ARRIVING HERE AND YOU’RE JUST
STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF
A SENSE HERE THAT THIS HAS BEEN
SOMEWHAT CONTROLLED AT LEAST ON
THE OUTSIDE HERE.
MORE AND MORE OF THESE RIOTERS
SEEM TO BE LEAVING THE CAPITOL
PROPERTY FROM WHERE I CAN STAND
ON THE RUSSELL BALCONY I’M
SEEING GROUPS OF THEM, YOU KNOW,
IN THE FIVES AND TENS STARTING
TO FRANKLY APPARENTLY LOSE
INTEREST AND LEAVE HERE, BUT
THERE’S STILL THAT CORE GROUP
STANDING ON TOP OF THE STAIRS.
I’M IN CONTACT WITH SOME
LAWMAKERS, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY
ALL STILL LOCKED DOWN, NOT
REVEALING THEIR LOCATIONS, AND
EVERYONE HERE IS JUST KIND OF
WAITING THIS OUT AT THIS POINT
AS THIS ADDITIONAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE CONTINUES
TO GATHER.
THE CITY OF D.C., BY THE WAY, IS
GOING TO TREAT SOME OF THIS
TONIGHT MUCH LIKE THEY DID
DURING SOME OF THE PROTESTS THAT
TURNED OCCASIONALLY VIOLENT OVER
THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER.
THAT CITYWIDE CURFEW GOING INTO
EFFECT AT 6:00 AND THEN THE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
HERE IN D.C. WILL SHUT DOWN AT
8:00.
SORT OF A YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO
HOME BUT YOU CAN’T STAY HERE WAY
OF HANDLING THIS HERE TO JUST
TRY TO FREEZE EVERYTHING IN
PLACE AND CLEAR THE STREETS OUT
TONIGHT AS IT GETS DARK, SUNSET
ABOUT 5:00 HERE TONIGHT.
AGAIN, FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF
COVERING SO MANY OF THESE
PROTESTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE
SUMMER, THAT TENDS TO BE WHEN
THINGS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE
DANGEROUS, IT’S HARD TO SAY
COMPARED TO THIS, BUT MORE
DANGEROUS EVEN ONCE THE SUN GOES
DOWN.
>> CHUCK, GARRETT, WE SAW A
MOMENT AGO A PROTESTER ON SOME
SCAFFOLDING OUTSIDE OF THE
CAPITOL.
WE CAN HOPEFULLY SHOW THAT VIDEO
ON THE IMAGE AGAIN.
HERE IT IS.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT EXACTLY WAS
GOING ON THERE.
APPARENTLY THIS IS A RIOTER
TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THE AMERICAN
FLAG FROM THE CAPITOL AND
REPLACE IT WITH A TRUMP FLAG.
GARRETT, ANOTHER QUESTION TO
YOU, GIVEN THAT AT LEAST ONE
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE HAS BEEN FOUND
ON CAPITOL HILL GROUNDS,
REASONABLY SPEAKING WHEN CAN
THIS PROCESS START UP AGAIN?