THE
THE BUILDING DURING THE WAR OF 1812 A MOB STORMING THE FRONT DOORS OF THE
US CAPITOL AND FOR A TIME
BREAKING INTO BOTH THE HOUSE
AND THE SENATE DURING WHAT
LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL CALLED
THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTE IN HIS
SENATE CAREER.
HERE IS A LOOK INSIDE
THE SENATE AS PROTESTERS TOOK
OVER THE FLOOR, THEY STARTED
GOING THROUGH DESKS.
ONE OF THEM HUNG FROM
THE BALCONY DOWN TO THE LOWER
LEVEL OF THAT CHAMBER.
MORE INTENSE SCENE OVER IN
THE HOUSE.
SOME MEMBERS OF THAT CHAMBER
WEARING GAS MASKS HUDDLED IN
THE BALCONY DOWN BELOW GUARDS
POINTED GUNS AT THE MOB AS THEY
TRIED TO BREAK THROUGH A
BARRICADE AND GET INTO
THE HOUSE.
AND WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON, A
WOMAN WAS SHOT INSIDE
THE CAPITOL AND WE HAVE LEARNED
THAT WOMAN HAS DIED.
WE DO NOT KNOW HER IDENTITY AND
THIS IS NEW VIDEO COMING IN
THIS EVENING.
IT SHOWS FBI AGENTS AND SWAT
TEAMS GOING INTO THE UNITED
STATES CAPITOL BUILDING TO
SECURE IT.
WE'RE TOLD THE CAPITOL IS
SECURE AND IT HAS BEEN CLEARED
BY SECURITY AT THIS POINT IN
ALL, IT TOOK FOUR HOURS TO GET
THE CAPITOL UNDER CONTROL.
THE EVENTS WEREN'T JUST IN
WASHINGTON.
THEY WERE AROUND THE COUNTRY AS
WELL AND THEY HAD AN IMPACT
HERE IN COLORADO, TRUMP
SUPPORTERS HOLDING A RALLY AS
WELL AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND
IN LIGHT OF THE EVENT IN
WASHINGTON, DENVER'S MAYOR
MICHAEL HANCOCK CLOSED
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS EARLY TODAY
.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON WE TALKED
WITH THE COLORADO STATE PATROL
ABOUT THE SITUATION DOWNTOWN AT
THE CAPITOL.
THAT AGENCY SAYS THEY'RE
PREPARED THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE
TO REMAIN PEACEFUL AND VOICE
THEIR OPINIONS IN THAT MATTER.
THE CSP SAYS IF THINGS BECOME
VIOLENT OR IF THINGS CHANGE
WITH ANYONE TRYING TO TAKE OVER
THE STATE CAPITOL, THE RESPONSE
FROM TROOPERS WILL CHANGE AS
WELL.
AGAIN, THEY SAY THINGS HAVE
STAYED PEACEFUL SO FAR.
THEY HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.
THEY HAVE NOT ORDERED ANY STATE
OFFICERS TO EVACUATE AT THIS
POINT.
WE WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO
WASHINGTON TO WALK YOU THROUGH
THE EVENTS OF WHAT HAPPENED
FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL NOW.
THE DAY STARTED WITH CONGRESS
PLANNING TO COUNT THE ELECTORAL
VOTES.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU A MOMENT
THAT MAY GO DOWN IN HISTORY
FROM TODAY.
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON SENATORS
CROSSED OVER INSIDE THE CAPITOL
FROM THE HOUSE TO THEIR CHAMBER
TO DEBATE THE ELECTORAL RESULTS
FROM ARIZONA.
YOU CAN SEE EVEN VICE PRESIDENT
HENCE WHO WAS IN CHARGE
OF LEADING TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS
WALK THROUGH THE CAPITOL
ALONGSIDE OTHER LAWMAKERS.
BUT ABOUT AN HOUR LATER IT WAS
A VERY DIFFERENT SCENE IN THAT
SAME PART OF THE CAPITOL NOT
LONG AFTER THEY MADE THAT TRIP
YOU CAN SEE PROTESTERS WALKING
BETWEEN THOSE SAME VELVET ROPES
ON THEIR WAY TO THE SENATE.
THEY WERE MET BY SECURITY THAT
SET OFF TEAR GAS OUTSIDE
THE CHAMBER AS THIS WAS GOING
ON, THE LAWMAKERS AND VICE
PRESIDENT WERE TAKEN TO SECURE
LOCATIONS AS CAPITOL POLICE
CONFRONTED THE PEOPLE WHO GOT
INSIDE THE BUILDING.
COLORADO CONGRESSMAN JASON
CROWE TOOK A STUNNING
PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE GALLERY AS
HE HELPED OUT OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE HOUSE IS BOTH IN IRAQ
AND AFGHAN WAR VETERAN WHO TOOK
A PHOTO WITH GUARDS POINTING
GUNS AT THOSE TRYING TO STORM
THEIR WAY INTO THE HOUSE
CHAMBER.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH
HIM LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WILL
RETURN.
WE ARE ALL RESOLVED TO DO THAT.
THEY WILL CLEAR THE CAPITOL
HOPEFULLY TODAY WE WILL RETURN
WE WILL DO THE BUSINESS OF THE
PEOPLE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO
LET YOU KNOW THE SEDITIOUS
TREASONOUS ACT OF A FEW PEOPLE
STOP THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE.
WE WILL GO BACK AND WE WILL
FINISH THE BUSINESS.
CONGRESSMAN CALLED IT A COUP
ATTEMPT AND SAYS THEY'LL BE
BACK AT THE CAPITOL TO FINISH
THE WORK WHILE ANOTHER COLORADO
CONGRESSMAN, REPUBLICAN KEN
BUCK ALSO SPOKE OUT AGAINST
TODAY'S TAKEOVER.
PEACEFUL PROTESTING IS FINE.
WE WELCOME THAT IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN
THE U.S. CAPITAL IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE AND I PRAY THAT
THE CAPITOL POLICE REMAIN SAFE
AND I PRAY THAT THE PROTESTERS
WITHDRAW AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE RESPECTING OUR INSTITUTIONS
OF GOVERNMENT.
IN JUST THE LAST FEW MINUTES
WE'VE RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.
SHE SAYS CONGRESS WILL RESUME
COUTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE THIS
EVENING.
SHE'S WAITING FOR THE CAPITAL
TO BE CLEARED OF TRUMP
OCCUPIERS BEFORE THAT COUNT
RESUMES.
NOW WHAT SPARKED TODAY'S
TAKEOVER OF THE U.S. CAPITOL IS
WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE THAT
JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
STARTING ABOUT 11:00 A.M. OUR
TIME COGNRESS DID ME TO CERTIFY
THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE JUST AFTER THE COUNT
STARTED THERE WAS AN OBJECTION
OBJECTION TO THE RESULTS FROM
ARIZONA THAT IS ON THE HOUSE
AND SENATE DIVIDED INTO TWO
CHAMBERS TO HAVE TWO HOURS
OF DEBATE ON THE RESULTS FROM
ARIZONA IN THE HOUSE, TWO
MEMBERS OF COLORADO'S
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WENT
HEAD TO HEAD ON THOSE VOTES.
FIRST REPUBLICAN LAURANN
BOEBERT TRY TO START WITH A
JOKE ABOUT HER INTENTION TO
CARRY A GUN TO WORK CAPITAL AND
THEN SHE WAS INTERRUPTED BY
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE TO
EASE EVERYONE'S NERVE.
I WANT YOU TO ALL KNOW THAT
I AM NOT HERE TO CHALLENGE
ANYONE TO A DUEL LIKE ALEXANDER
HAMILTON OR AARON BURR IF WE
ALLOW STATE ELECTION LAWS AT
GEOFFRBENNETT STATE LEGISLATOR
TO BE IGNORED AND MANIPULATED
ON A WHIM OR PARTIZAN LAWSUIT
UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS ON ORDER
ORDER THE HOUSE WILL BE IN
ORDER MOMENTS LATER FELLOW
CONGRESSMAN JOE NAGASE
RESPONDED TO CONGRESSWOMAN
BOEBERT ON THE FLOOR OF THE
HOUSE WITH RESPECT TO MY NEW
COLLEAGUE FROM COLORADO,
THE QUESTION IS ON WHETHER JOE
BIDEN WAS ELECTED THE FORTY
SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
HE CLEARLY WAS THE PEOPLE
OF ARIZONA LIKE SO MUCH OF THE
COUNTRY SPOKE CLEARLY AND
RESOUNDINGLY.
THEY VOTED IN RECORD NUMBERS
AND OVER EIGHTY ONE MILLION
AMERICANS SELECTED JOE BIDEN AS
THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND
THE DEBATE HAD JUST STARTED IN
THE SENATE.
THAT'S WHEN THE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS BROKE INTO
THE BUILDING.
BUT SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
MITCH MCCONNELL HAD JUST
WRAPPED UP A SPEECH IN WHICH HE
CALLED WHAT WAS HAPPENING TODAY
THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTE IN HIS
THIRTY SIX YEARS IN THE SENATE
WHILE REBUKING THE PRESIDENT AS
WELL AS FELLOW REPUBLICAN
SENATORS WHO ARE TRYING TO
REJECT THE ELECTORAL NUMBERS
THIS ELECTION WERE OVERTURNED
BY MERE ALLEGATIONS FROM
THE LOSING SIDE.
OUR DEMOCRACY WOULD ENTER A
DEATH SPIRAL WE'D NEVER SEE A
WHOLE NATION ACCEPT AN ELECTION
AGAIN.
EVERY FOUR YEARS WOULD BE A
SCRAMBLE FOR POWER AT ANY COST
.
I SUPPORT STRONG STATE LED
VOTING REFORMS.
LAST YEAR'S BIZARRE PANDEMIC
PROCEDURES MUST NOT BECOME
THE NEW NORM.
BUT MY COLLEAGUES NOHTING
BEFORE US PROVES ILLEGALITY
ANYWHERE NEAR THE MASSIVE SCALE
MASSIVE SCALE THAT WOULD HAVE
TIPPED THE ENTIRE ELECTION
AGAIN THE CAPITAL NOW SECURE
LIVE PICTURES.
THE WASHINGTON DC CURFEW
DECLARED BY THE MAYOR NOW OVER
AN HOUR INTO EFFECT.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS NOW
A LARGE LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRESENCE AND MANY PEOPLE ARE
STILL MILLING ABOUT.
BUT AGAIN, A CURFEW NOW IN
WASHINGTON.
WE'LL KEEP A LOOK AT WHAT'S
GOING ON OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL AS
FAR AS INSIDE, WE WANTED TO
SHOW YOU ONE MORE AMAZING IMAGE
FOR THOSE WONDERING WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VOTES.
WELL, THEY THEMSELVES ARE SAFE.
SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY TWEETING
OUT THIS PHOTO SAYING
THE BALLOTS WERE RESCUED FROM
THE SENATE FLOOR THAT THE FLOOR
STAFF GRABBED THEM AS THEY
LEFT.
NOW WE DO SAY IS WITH KIM WAS
JUST REPORTING WITHIN THE LAST
HOUR HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
SAID THE CONGRESS WILL BE
RESUMING THE COUNTING OF THE
ELECTORAL VOTES TONIGHT
THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO
RECONVENE AT SIX O'CLOCK OUR
TIME AND JUST BEFORE CONGRESS
JOINED TOGETHER IN THE CAPITOL,
THOUSANDS OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS
HAD GATHERED IN WASHINGTON THIS
MORNING.
THE PRESIDENT SPOKE AT
THE
WHICH
WHICH WAS
WHICH WAS TITLED SAVE AMERICA. HE CALLED ON THE VICE PRESIDENT
TO FIGHT FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
BUT NOT LONG AFTER THE SPEECH
MIKE PENCE WOULD DEFY THOSE
CALLS SAYING ACCURATELY THAT HE
HAD NO SUCH AUTHORITY TO DO
THAT DURING TODAY'S VOTE COUNT.
AT THE END OF HIS SPEECH
THE PRESIDENT CALLED ON
THE CROWD TO MARCH TO THE US
CAPITOL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID SEND OUT A
FEW TWEETS AS THE VIOLENCE
STARTED AND THEN THIS AFTERNOON
POSTED A VIDEO MESSAGE ONLINE.
THIS WAS A FRAUDULANT ELECTION
BUT WE CAN'T PLAY INTO
THE HANDS OF THESE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.
SO GO HOME.
WE LOVE YOU.
YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL.
YOU'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU SEE THE WAY OTHERS ARE
TREATED THAT ARE SO BAD AND SO
EVIL.
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL BUT GO HOME
AND GO HOME.
IDP'S MINUTES BEFORE
THE PRESIDENT SENT OUT THAT
VIDEO, PRESIDENT ELECT JOE
BIDEN SPOKE TO THE COUNTRY.
HE CALLED ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
ADDRESS THE NATION AND TO TELL
THE RIOTERS TO GO HOME.
IT'S INSURRECTION THE WORLD'S
WATCHING.
LIKE SO MANY OTHER AMERICANS,
I AM GENERALLY SHOCKED AND
SADDENED THAT OUR NATION SO
LONG A BEACON OF LIGHT AND HOPE
FOR DEMOCRACY HAS COME TO SUCH
A DARK MOMENT DURING TODAY'S
RIOT AT THE CAPITAL, PEOPLE
CLIMBED THE STANDS AND
TELEVISION PLATFORMS THAT ARE
SET UP FOR INAUGURATION DAY AT
THE US CAPITOL TWO WEEKS FROM
NOW.
CHANGES WERE ALREADY BEING MADE
DUE TO COVID