WE’RE GONNAA six PM curfew is a take affect ABOUT TO TAKE EFFECT.
CAPITOL POLICE USED TEAR GAS
TO CLEAR THE CROWDS.
OFFICIALS HAVE DECLARED THE
CAPITOL SECURE NEARLY FOUR
HOURS AFTER THAT VIOLENT SIEGE
BEGAN.
THE CHAOS UNFOLDED AS CONGRESS
WAS COUNTING THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VOTES TO CERTIFY
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN’S
WIN.
THAT COUNT IS NOW ON HOLD.
AND ONE PERSON, WE UNDERSTAND,
WAS SHOT IN THE MELEE.
AND AFTER A DELAY, NATIONAL
GUARD TROOPS AND OTHER FEDERAL
OFFICERS WERE SENT IN TO
CONTROL THE CROWDS.
>> THERE WERE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTORS IN THE
STREETS, MANY IN SUPPORT OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE UP
AND DOWN THE COAST.
>> OUR DC BUREAU CHIEF ROSS
PALOMBO LEADS US OFF WITH THE
LATEST FROM CAPITOL HILL,
ROSS?
>> CALVIN AND NICOLE, YOU’RE
RIGHT, ONE WOMAN WAS SHOT.
SHE’S IN CRITICAL CONDITION
RIGHT NOW.
SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED,
INCLUDING SEVERAL OFFICERS.
WE SWITCHED POSITIONS FOR YOU
SO WE CAN GET A BETTER VANTAGE
POINT.
THAT’S THE EAST SIDE OF THE
CAPITOL.
IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY,
THOSE ARE THE CAPITOL STEPS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CORNER OF
THEM.
THAT’S WHERE HUNDREDS OF
PROTESTORS WERE JUST A FEW
HOURS AGO.
NOW YOU CAN SEE IT’S
RELATIVELY CLEAR.
IF WE CAN PAN OVER JUST A
LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST, THAT’S
WHERE MOST PROTESTORS ARE
RIGHT NOW.
THEY’RE ON THE PARK, THE PLAZA
WHERE THE REFLECTING POOL IS
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
THAT’S WHERE PROTESTORS
CURRENTLY ARE BEING MOVED BACK
BY RIOT POLICE WITH TEAR GAS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS STREET
RIGHT HERE.
HOW MANY EMERGENCY VEHICLES
ARE LINING IT ALL THE WAY BACK
HERE TO WHERE I’M STANDING.
THERE ARE LITERALLY MORE THAN
A THOUSAND NATIONAL GUARD
TROOPS OUT HERE.
THE ATF, CAPITAL POLICE AND DC
METRO POLICE ALL PUSHING
PROTESTORS BACK.
YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES
THAT PROTESTORS ARE DISPERSING
SOME WHAT, ALL OF THIS AFTER
THEY CHARGED THE CAPITOL
SEVERAL HOURS AGO.
PROTESTORS STORMING THROUGH
THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA.
CAPITOL POLICE LOCKING DOWN
REPRESENTATIVES INSIDE THE
CHAMBER, GIVING THEM GAS
MASKS, BARRICADING DOORS,
TAKING AIM AT THE WINDOWS,
SHOTS ARE FIRED.
>> DID YOU HEAR THE GUNSHOTS
WHEN YOU WERE INSIDE?
>> I JUST HEARD ONE.
THAT’S OBVIOUSLY TERRIFYING.
>> WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
IS THE DAY OVER?
>> I THINK THE DAY HAS TO BE
OVER.
I THINK THE CHARADE IS OVER.
>> HAS HE ESSENTIALLY THWARTED
DEMOCRACY?
>> HE’S CERTAINLY ACCOMPLISHED
WHAT HE WANTED TO.
>> FLORIDA’S CONGRESSIONAL
MEMBERS NOT IN THE CHAMBER AT
THE TIME AND ARE ALL SAFE.
BUT SOME STAFFERS HURT, ONE
WOMAN BROUGHT OUT WITH GUNSHOT
WOUNDS IN A GURNEY.
PROTESTORS GETTING INSIDE THE
SENATE TOO, ONE SITTING WHERE
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAD
BEEN JUST MINUTES BEFORE.
AND ON THE OUTSIDE, THE
VIOLENCE ESCALATES.
PROTESTORS ON THE EASTERN
STEPS OF THE CAPITOL WHERE
REPRESENTATIVES ENTER AND EXIT
AND ON THE WEST SIDE TEARING
DOWN THE INAUGURATION
SCAFFOLDING.
>> THE PRESIDENT WAS ON THE
ELLIPSE TELLING THE CROWD TO
FIGHT AGAINST THIS ELECTION
RESULT.
>> THERE’S ONE THING ABOUT
FIGHTING AGAINST THE RESULT
AND THE OTHER THING IS ACTING
IN A DISORDERLY WAY AND
BREACHING THE CAPITOL
SECURITY.
>> THE NATIONAL GUARD, ATF AND
U.S. MARSHALS ALL HELPING TO
SECURE THE CAPITOL AS POLICE
BEGIN BRINGING UP PROTESTORS
STILL FOUND INSIDE.
>> SO YOU BLAME TRUMP,
CLEARLY?
>> NO, HE’S ALSO BEEN AIDED
AND ABETTED BY, YOU KNOW,
REPUBLICANS WHO WANTED TO MAKE
A TRAVESTY OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THAT
DOCUMENT.
>> OUTGOING PRESIDENT TRUMP
REALLY REMAINING SILENT FOR
MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AFTER
WHIPPING THOSE PROTESTORS UP
INTO A FRENZY.
HE DID RELEASE A SHORT VIDEO
ON TWITTER AFTER
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
SPOKE FIRST.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> BUT YOU HAVE TO GO HOME
NOW.
WE HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE LAW AND ORDER.
WE HAVE TO RESPECT OUR GREAT
PEOPLE IN LAW AND ORDER.
WE DON’T WANT ANYBODY HURT.
>> THIS IS NOT DISSENT, IT’S
DISORDER.
IT’S CHAOS.
IT BORDERS ON SEDITION AND IT
MUST END.
NOW.
I CALL ON THIS MOB TO PULL
BACK AND ALLOW THE WORK OF
DEMOCRACY TO GO FORWARD.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THE
IMAGES JUST KEEP FLOODING INTO
THIS NEWSROOM.
THE FIRST ONE, SOMEONE
CARRYING A CONFEDERATE FLAG
HERE JUST OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL
HILL CHAMBER.
THEN YOU SEE THIS NEXT PICTURE
HERE WITH THE FIREPLACE.
MORE PROTESTORS JUST TAKING
PHOTOS AFTER THEY BROKE IN AND
COMMITTED CRIMES.
THE NEXT ONE, YOU SEE A
PROTESTOR HOLDING IT.
THIS IS THE EXTERIOR PART OF
HER OFFICE.
AND THIS NEXT PHOTO HERE, THAT
IS NANCY PELOSI’S ASSISTANCE
DESK THAT PROTESTORS WERE
BASICALLY TAKING PICTURES AND
AMUSING THEMSELVES ON AS
CAPITOL HILL WERE TRYING TO
CHASE THEM DOWN AS A WOMAN WAS
REALLY LOSING HER LIFE AFTER
BEING CRITICALLY SHOT.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE WHERE I’M
STANDING, JUST TO THE SOUTH OF
THE CAPITOL DOME.
TAKE A LOOK ALONG THIS STREET,
ALL THESE EMERGENCY VEHICLES
REALLY STILL GOING THROUGH
THIS MASSIVE CAPITOL COMPLEX
AND SEEING IF ANYMORE
PROTESTORS ARE INSIDE.
THEY’VE SLOWLY BEEN FINDING
THEM AND BRINGING THEM OUT ONE
BY ONE.
IN THE DISTANCE THERE, YOU SEE
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
IT IS THAT PARK BETWEEN THE
WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND THE
CAPITOL DOME WHICH IS VERY
HARD TO SEE FROM UP HERE.
IT’S DARK NOW.
THAT’S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF
THE PROTESTORS ARE AT THIS
HOUR.
THE RIOT POLICE HAVE BEEN
PUSHING THEM BACK STEADILY FOR
ABOUT A HALF HOUR, USING TEAR
GAS.
CALVIN AND NICOLE, THAT IS THE
SITUATION HERE FROM CAPITOL
HILL.
AN EXTREME SITUATION.
THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLEX
STILL ON LOCK DOWN.
BUT AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS
TO BE DISPERSING.
>> ROSS, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST
GONNA ASK YOU THAT QUESTION
THERE, WE KNOW THE CAPITOL WAS
ON LOCK DOWN.
HAS THAT SHELTER IN PLACE BEEN
LIFTED?
>> WELL NO, IT REALLY HASN’T.
YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL POLICE
WERE KIND ENOUGH TO LET US
RETURN HERE TO OUR LIVE
POSITIONS.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE
COMPLEX REMAINS TONIGHT ON
LOCK DOWN.
PEOPLE STILL TRYING TO GET
INFORMATION.
STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
EXACTLY WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
THE CITY.
THE CURFEW THAT MAYOR BOWSER
PUT INTO EFFECT JUST STARTED
RIGHT NOW.
CITY WIDE NOW, PEOPLE CAN’T BE
ON THE STREET.
I CAN TELL YOU, NICOLE, THIS
COMPLEX IS MASSIVE.
IT IS A MASSIVE UNDERGROUND
CITY COMPLETE WITH SEVERAL
SUBWAY LINES.
SO GETTING INFORMATION FOR
THESE STAFFERS AND CONGRESS,
MEN AND WOMEN, THE SENATORS,
HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.
THEY’RE SCARED, THEY’RE IN
THEIR OFFICES, THEY’VE BEEN ON
LOCK DOWN.
THE GOOD NEWS WE CAN REPORT TO
YOU TONIGHT IS THAT NO ONE IN
THE FLORIDA DELEGATION HAS
BEEN INJURED IN ANY WAY.