>>
>> IN
>> IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BAH NBC NEWS HAS THE CHAOS CAPITAL PLAYED OUT.
>> WE REACHED+@ OUT TO SOME
POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL
LEADERS HERE IN CHARLOTTE TO
GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON IT
ALL.
W S.C. CHARLOTTES BRIANNA
HARPER SHARES MORE FROM THEM
ALL TONIGHT HEARTBROKEN AND
EMBARRASSMENT.
>> THAT'S HOW CHARLOTTE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER MALCOLM GRAHAM
DESCRIBED TODAY'S EVENTS.
AND HE SAYS IT'LL GO DOWN IN
HISTORY.
IT'S NOW AN UNBELIEVABLE SIGHT
THAT MANY THOUGHT THEY NEVER
SEE AS A LARGE MOB RUSHED THE
CAPITOL BUILDING.
TODAY YOU SAW AN ASSAULT ON
DEMOCRACY THAT IN THE EYES OF
OUR THE NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY IT'S REALLY SAD.
>> IN THESE PHOTOS YOU SEE U.S.
CAPITOL POLICE WITH GUNS DRAWN
LAWMAKERS CROUCHING ON THE+@
GROUND FOR SAFETY AND SOME
WONDERING HOW THIS COULD HAVE
EVEN HAPPENED.
WHERE WAS THE SECURITY TODAY?+@
>> AND THAT'S WHY SO MANY
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF
COLOR FEEL THAT THIS IS TOO
TYPE TYPE OF A JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> CHARLOTTE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER MALCOLM GRAHAM BELIEVES
IF THE SAME VIOLENT RIOT AT THE
CAPITAL INVOLVED BLACK AND
BROWN PEOPLE.
THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN
MUCH DIFFERENT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY RIOTERS
MOBS TREATED SO POLITE.
AND THA+@T'S THE JUST THE
POSITION COMPARING THAT TO THE
FORCE AND MORE AGGRESSIVE
POLICE R+@ESPONSE USED DURING
SOME BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST
OVER THE SUMMER.
>> THIS WAS ATHENS WHEN YOU SEE
A WHITE PURPLISH CLOSE
PERSONNEL.
>> BUT DESPITE THE CHAOS THIS
IS JUST A FEEBLE ATTEMPT AT A
POLITICAL.
>> AND IT WILL GO DOWN IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
GRAHAM SAYS LAWMAKERS STILL
HAVE A+@ JOB TO DO AND CERTIFYIG
THE ELECTION RESULTS AND AS A
FORMER STATE SENATOR HE FULLY
UNDERSTANDS THAT DUTY.
>> DEMOCRACY CANNOT STOP.
WE NEED TO HAVE A PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER.
THOSE NOT OCCUR WITHIN TWO
WEEKS.
AND THAT PROCESS STARTS TODAY.
>> AND ANOTHER MAJOR HEADLINE
TODAY WAS THE GEORGIA SENATE
RU+@NOFF RACE WHERE TWO DEMOCRAS
TOOK HOME THE WIN SHIFTING AT
LEAST PART POWER IN CONGRESS.
IN A STATEMENT, PRESIDENT OF
THE HARVEY GANTT CENTER SAID IN
PART QUOTE DO NOT ALLOW
SHENANIGANS TO TURN OUR
ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE
HISTORIC PROGRESS BEING MADE.
>> BRIANNA HARPER REPORTING.
DEBBIE SANSEI, CHARLOTTE.
LAWMAKERS IN BOTH NORTH AND
SOUTH CAROLINA ARE REACTING TO
TODAY'S TRAGIC EVENTS.
>> NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSWOMAN
ARMAH ADAMS SAID THIS TODAY HAS
BEEN THE HARDEST DAY OF MY TIME
IN CONGRESS BUT +@MY RESOLVE
HASN'T WAVERED.
+@
IN CONGRESS BUT +@MY RESOLVE HASN'T WAVERED. I AM READY TO CERTIFY THE
RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION AS SOON AS WE ARE+@ BAK
IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER AND NORTH
CAROLINA GOVERNOR ROY COOPER
SAID.
THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF
POWER IS THE HALLMARK+@ OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
TODAY'S TERRORISM IS NOT WHO WE
ARE.
THIS ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY MUST
BE OVERCOME.
AMERICA IS+@ BETTER THAN THIS.
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY
GRAHAM SAID I COULD NOT AGREE
MORE WITH+@ PRESIDENT ELECT
BIDEN'S STATEMENT TO THE
NATION.
+@TIME TO RETAKE THE CAPITAL IN
THE VIOLENCE AND STOP THE
MADNESS.
TIME TO MOVE FORWARD IN
GOVERNING OUR NATION.
SENATOR GRAHAM ALSO SPOKE ON
THE SENATE FLOOR TONIGHT.
>> THE FINAL THING JOE BIDEN.
I'VE TRAVELED THE WORLD WITH
JOE HOPEA LOFT PRADY WOULD
LOSE.
HE WON.
HE'S THE LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
I CANNOT CONVINCE PEOPLE
CERTAIN GROUPS BY MY WORDS BUT
I WILL TELL YOU BY MY ACTIONS
THAT MAYBE I AMONG ANY ABOVE
ALL OTHERS IN THIS BODY NEED TO
SAY THIS JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS ARE LAWFULLY ELECTED AND
WILL BECOME THE PRESIDENT AND
THE VICE PRESIDENT THE UNITED
STATES.
ON JANUARY THE 20TH WE'VE
POST+@ED THE CENTER'S ENTIRE
SPEECH INSIDE OUR MOBILE APP
+@ AND ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE AS
WELL.
EARLIER TODAY I SPOKE WITH
CATAWBA COLLEGE POLITICAL
SCIENCE PROFESSOR DR. MICHAEL
BITZER ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THIS IN INSURRECTION AND THE
PRESIDENT'S MOTIVATION FOR
HANDLING IT THE WAY HE HAS.
HERE'S WHAT DR. BITZER SAID.
>> I HAVE TO LEAVE IT TO THEIR
CONSCIOUS INTO THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES AS AMERICANS
TO BEGIN WITH.
AND AS ELECTED OFFICIALS SWORN
TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES THAT IS IN
THEIR OATH WHAT THEIR DECISION
MAKING IS I HONESTLY CANNOT
TELL YOU BUT IT IS IN MY
ESTIMATION.+@
HAVING STUDIED AMERICAN HISTORY
AND POLITICS, THIS IS AS
UN-AMERICAN AS YOU CAN
CONCEIVABLY GET.
BARRING