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>>> TODAY
>>> TODAY WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS, +@ A MERE FEW
HOURS AGO VICE PRES+@IDENT MIKE
PENCE ANNOUNCING THAT THE
+@ELECTORAL COLLEGE HAS CONFI+@
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS'
VICTORY.
VICTORY.
VICTORY. THIS JUST HOURS AFTER CHAOS AT
THE
THE
THE U.S.
THE U.S. CAPITOL, AN ATTEMPT TO
DISRUPT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
TAKING PLACE AND ULTIMATELY
FAILED.
FAILED.
FAILED. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP WITH US
ON THIS THURSDAY.
I AM MARC ISTOOK COMING TO YOU
LIVE FROM SOUTH VICTORY IN
+@DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
+@DOWNTOWN DALLAS. I WANT TO GET OUT TO KARA.
+@ A+@ LOT OF FOLKS SIMPLY TRYING
WRAP THEIR MINDS AROUND
EVERYTHING THEY SAW YESTERDAY.
>> +@YES.
>> +@YES.
>> +@YES. SO MUCH HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND
EVEN OVERNIGHT WHILE YOU WERE+@
SL+@EEPING, IT IS A LOT TO TAKE
IN.
IN.
IN. THERE
IN. THERE +@ARE A MILLION DIFFERENT
+@
THERE +@ARE A MILLION DIFFERENT WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE THINK
IT WAS.
IT WAS.
+@
+@ INSANE, UNPRECEDENTED.
INSANE, UNPRECEDENTED. YOU CAN SHARE YOUR WORD WITH
US, HOW YOU ARE FEELING.
I WAS LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF
THEM ON TWITTER A MINUTE AGO.
WHILE YOU DIGEST THAT AND LET
US KNOW USING THE HASHTAG
#IAMUP, WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
WHAT WE KNOW NOW AS A RESULT OF
THE RIOT.
THE RIOT.
THE RIOT. FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD, INCLUDING
THE WOMAN SHOT.
FOUR OFFICERS WERE HURT, 15
PEOPLE ARRESTED AND TWO PIPE
BOMBS FOUND.
BOMBS FOUND. >> CONGRESS CONFIRMING
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN JOE
BIDEN'S VICTORY.
BIDEN'S VICTORY. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT
+@
A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT +@HAPPENED WHILE YOU WERE
SLEEPING.
SLEEPING.
SLEEPING. 13 REPUBLICAN SENATOR+@S AND
DOZENS OF GOP REPRESENTATIVES
HAD PLANNED TO+@ FORCE DEBATE
AND VOTES ON SIX DIFFERENT
STATE VOTES, BUT IN THE END
AFTER EVERYTHING HAPPENED,
CHALLE+@NGES WERE LAUNCHED ONL
AFTER ARIZONA AND PENNSYLVANIA
@ AND BOTH LOST OVERWHELMINGLY.
OVERNIGHT THE PRESIDENT
RELEASED A STATEMENT THROUGH
HIS CHIEF OF STAFF'S TWITTER
SAYING QUOTE EVEN THOUGH I
TOTALLY+@ DISAGREE WITH THE
OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION AND
THE FACTS BEAR ME OUT,
NONETHELESS THERE WILL BE AN
ORDERLY TRANSITION ON JANUARY
20.
20.
20. AND
20. AND THERE IS A LOFT TALK ABOUT
THE 25th AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD
REMOVE THE PRESIDENT FROM
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. COULD THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN?
THE ANSWER IS YES.
THE VICE PRESIDENT AND OVER
HALF THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET
MUST AGREE TO REMOVE THE WITHTH
FROM PO+@WER AND PROMOTE THE VP
TO ACTING PRESIDENT.
IF THE PRESIDENT CHALLENGES
+@
IF THE PRESIDENT CHALLENGES THE REMOVAL, THE VI+@CE PRESIDE
+@
+@ NEEDS
+@ NEEDS BOTH CHAMBERS OF
CONGRESS' APPROVAL FOR THE
REMOVAL.
REMOVAL.
REMOVAL. IT WAS ONLY USED TWO TIMES
BEFORE AND EACH TIME IT WAS THE
PRESIDENT INVOKING IT.
GEORGE W. BUSH USED IT TWICE
WHEN HE HAD TO GO UNDER SURGERY
TWICE FOR ROUTINE
COLONOSCOPIES.
COLONOSCOPIES. WE FIND OURSELVES IN
UNPRECEDENTED TERRITORY,
UNPRECEDENTED TERRITORY, DEALING WITH A LOT OF THINGS WE
HAVE NEVE+@R SEEN BEFORE . MY
COLLEAGUE HANNAH DAVIS, A LOT
OF TEXAS LEADERS ARE
COMMENTING ON WHAT TH+@EY SAW
YESTERDAY AND WHAT THEY
QUANTITY TO SEE MOVING FORWARD.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
ARIEL . I THINK A LOT OF US
WERE AT A LOSS FOR WORDS
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. WE ARE HEARING FROM FORMER
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AT
WHAT HE SAID.
THIS IS THE FIRST LINE OF+@ THE
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. LAURA AND I ARE WATCHING SCENES
OF MAYHEM UNFOLDING AT OUR
NATION'S SITE OF GOVERNMENT.
IT IS SICKENING.
AND THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SON
CONTINUED --
NOW,
NOW, PRESIDENT BUSH WAS NOT ALONE IN SPEAKING OUT.
GOP LAWMAKERS HERE IN NORTH
TEXAS ALSO MADE STATEMENTS.
JEFF LEECH OF LAY KNOW SAID --
AND
AND PAXTON EARLIER THIS WEEK TWEETING OUT CALLS FOR ACTION.
AND TED CRUZ TWEETED THE
FOLLOWING, SAYING --
+@
>>
>> QUESTIONS WITHOUT EASY ANSWERS . MAYBE YOU WERE
WATCHING FROM HOME OR YOUR
OFFICE; BUT FOR ONE TEXAS
REPRESENTATIVE, JUST ANOTHER
DAY OF WORK PUT HIM IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT ALL.
THE FRESHMAN HOUS+@E PAT FALLON
WAS ACTUALLY INSIDE HOUSE
+@ CHAMBERS.
CHAMBERS.
CHAMBERS. HE WAS JUST SWORN IN.
WHAT A WELCOME, HUH?
HE SPOKE FROM A PLACE HE COULD @
NOT DISCLOSE BUT HE USED HAND
SANITIZER AS PROTECTION.
>> IT WAS ABOUT BEING AMERICAN,
BEING HUMAN BEINGS TO SAY WE
WILL GUARD THE +@LAW.
YOU CANNOT EVER BOW TO THE MOB
AND YOU NEVER BOW TO BULLETS.
THE PE+@OPLE THAT CAME IN THERE
UNLAWFULLY WERE BULLIES AND
COWARDS.
COWARDS.
COWARDS. >> LAWMAKERS WERE FORCED TO
LEAVE THE CHAMBERS WHEN THEY
HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LI+@KE
GUNSHOTS, THEY DID RETURN
LATER IN THE EVENING.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
THE PROTESTERS WERE EVEN ABLE
TO BREACH THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
THESE PROTESTS WERE NOT A
SURPRISE.
SURPRISE.
SURPRISE. WE KNEW THIS WAS SCHEDULED FOR
YESTERDAY, BUT A LOT OF FOLKS
WANT TO KNOW, WHY WASN'T
SECURITY READY FOR THIS AND WHY
DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR HELP TO
GET THERE?
GET THERE? >> GOOD MORNING, MARC, AND
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I THINK WE ARE ALL WONDERING
THE SAME
THE SAME
THE SAME THING, RIGHT?
THING, RIGHT? AT THIS POINT EVERYONE IS +@
SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS,
WONDERING HOW IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST PROTECTED BUILDINGS IN THE
UNITED STATES AND PROBABLY THE
WORLD COULD ACTUALLY BE
PENETRATED IN A MATTER OF HOURS
WITH PROTESTERS IN THE HALLWAY,
IN THE ACTUAL CHAMBERS OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE AND HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
OF REPRESENTATIVES. CLEARLY THIS IS POOR PLANNING,
CLEARLY THERE WERE FAILURES IN
COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION
ALONG THOS+@E IN CHARGE OF
CAPITOL SECURITY.
CAPITOL SECURITY. >> WE DID SEE
PROTESTERS, A FEMALE VETERAN
FROM CALIFORNIA THAT WAS SHOT
AND DIED FROM THE WOUND.
ARE YOU SURPRISED WE DID NOT
SEE MORE GUNFIRE, VIOLENCE AND
DEATH?
DEATH?
DEATH? >>
DEATH? >> GIVEN THE FACT PEOPLE HAD
VERY STRONG OPINIONS, AND+@ SO
OF THEM WERE ARMED, AND THEN ON
TOP OF THAT YOU HAVE THE
TRAINED PERSONNEL AT THE
CAPITOL BUILDING THAT ARE IN
CHARGE OF INSURING THAT THEY
MA+@KE SURE THAT THEY PROTECT T
ASSETS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, YES, I AM SURPRISED,
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, ONE
DEATH IS TOO MANY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE WILL BE STUDYING FOR
YEARS AS TO WHAT NOT TO DO IN +@
ORDER TO PRO+@TECT THOSE
LEGISLATORS THAT REPRESENT THE
VOICE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> AS I WAS WATCHING THE
OFFICERS YESTERDAY, I WONDER
IF THEY WERE EXERCISING MAYBE
SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRAINT,
BASICALLY BEING AWARE THAT THEY
ARE KIND OF SITTING ON A POWDER
KEG OF A POTENTIAL RESPONSE, IF
YOU WILL.
YOU WILL.
YOU WILL. >> HARD TO SAY WHAT THE RULES
OF ENGAGEMENT WERE, IN FACT,
IF THERE WERE ANY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW IS IN
VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CAPITOL
BUIL+@DING YOU HAD DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF RESISTANCE. +@
+@
+@ I
+@ I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT
INDIVIDUALS MADE INDIVIDUAL
CHOICES WHEN ENGAGING WITH THE
PROTESTERS, OR SIMPLY THERE WAS
A MANDATE AS TO WHAT TO DO AND
WHAT NOT TO DO, BUT I WILL TELL
YOU THAT LOOKING AT IT FROM A
SECURITY PERSPECTIVE, AND
TAKING POLITICS AWAY FROM THIS,
THIS WAS +@AN ABSOLUTE
CATASTROPHE.
CATASTROPHE. +@
CATASTROPHE. SOME PEOPLE SHOULD BE FIRED
THIS MORNING, AND THIS SHOULD
NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN IN RECORDED
HISTORY IN ONE OF THE MOST
PRECIOUS AND HISTORICAL
BUILDINGS IN THE GREATEST
DEMOCRACY +@IN THE WORLD.
>> OF COURSE, THIS HAPPENS WITH
AN INAUGURATION LESS THAN TWO
WEEKS AWAY.
WEEKS AWAY. LET'S HOPE THEY CAN GET THAT
FIGUR+@ED OUT BY THEN AND KEEP
EVERYBODY SAFE.
EVERYBODY SAFE. THANK YOU, ALEX DEL CARMEN FOR
YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
NOW BACK TO KARA SEWELL.
>>> +@AS I AM SURE YOU CAN
EXPECT, THE TEXAS CAPITOL IS
CLOSED THIS MORNING AFTER WHAT
WENT DOWN AT THE NATION'S
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. YESTERDAY TRUMP SUPPORTERS
GATHERED IN AUSTIN AS PART OF
THE NATIONAL STOP THE STEAL
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT. THE CAPITOL AND GROUNDS REMAIN
CLOSED AS A PRECAUTION.
YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY TO
REOPEN AFTER BEING CLOSE FOR
TH+@E MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE
+@PANDEMIC.
+@PANDEMIC. THE FBI LOOKING FOR THE MOB
THAT STORMED THE CAPITOL.
AGENTS ARE COLLECTING VIDEOS
AND PHOTOS.
AND PHOTOS. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THOSE OUT
THERE TO HELP IDENTIFY FEDERAL
CRIMES.
CRIMES.
CRIMES. THE FBI SET UP A WEBSITE TO
COLLECT ANY EVIDENCE AND TIPS
THAT PEOPLE MAY H+@AVE.
WE WANT TO HEAR HOW YOU ARE
FEELING.
FEELING.
FEELING. WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS TO SAY. +@
DIFFERENT THINGS TO SAY. +@+@ YOU CAN LEAVE