BEING
BEING BROUGHT IN. WFAA NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS NOW.
WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS IN OUR
NATION'S CAPITAL, THIS IS A
LIVE LOOK FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHERE AT 7:00 EASTERN TIME
WE'RE FINALLY SEEING A SOMEWHAT
CALMER TONE COMPARED TO WHAT
HAPPENED YES+@TERDAY AFTERNOON.
PRESIDENT TRUMP URGED
SUPPORTERS -- A PRO TRUMP MOB
BROKE WINDOWS.
BROKE WINDOWS. SOME CARRIED CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
A WOMAN WAS SHOT INSIDE T+@HE
CAPITOL A+@ND SHE HAS NOW DIED
THE H+@OSPITAL.
THE H+@OSPITAL. TH+@E SERGEANT AT ARMS SAYS THE
CAPITAL IS SECURE AND THE CITY
IS UNDER A MANDATORY CURFEW.
THIS HAPPENED AS CONGRESS
CONVENED A SESSION TO CERTIFY
JOE BIDEN AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
LAWMAKERS ARE COMING BACK TO
THE CAPITOL IN AN HOUR.
THE CAPITOL MAY BE THE MOST
VISIBLE SYMBOL OF DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD.
+@
+@ IT
+@ IT HAD
+@ IT HAD NOT BEEN BREACHED LIKE
THIS IN OVER 200 YEARS WHEN THE
BRITISH F+@ORCES TRIED TO SET I
ON FIRE DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
>> Reporter: IT'S STUNNING.
AND IT WAS THE WAR OF 1812, THE
LAST TIME THAT THE CAPITOL WAS
OVERTAKEN LIKE THIS.
IT'S THE SEAT OF OUR REPUBLIC.
AND IT FELL WITHIN AN HOUR.
RIGHT NOW AS YOU, CAPITOL
POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND +@
THE NATIONAL GUARD ALL TRIED TO
RESTORE ORDER TODAY.
LOOK AT THE PICTURES.
IT SHOWS HOW FRAGILE DEMOCRACY
@ REALLY IS.
REALLY IS. THIS WAS AN ATTACK+@ ON A
CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS TO+@ STO
THE CERTIFICATION OF THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE BY A PRO
TRUMP MOB AND TO INTIMIDATE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. +@
+@
+@ WE
+@ WE SPENT THIS AFTERNOON ON THE
PHONE WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES
SPEAKING WITH VAN TAYLOR FROM
PLANO.
PLANO.
PLANO. LANCE GOODEN FROM TERRELL.
AND COLLIN ALL RED.
HE TELLS US ABOUT A TEXT THAT
HE SENT TO HIS WIFE BEFORE
BEING RUSHED OFF THE HOUSE
FLOOR.
FLOOR.
FLOOR. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO TH+@ES
PEOPLE WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL?
>> CRIMINALS SHOULD BE
PROSECUTED AND THEY SHOULD BE
PUNISHED WITHOUT A DOUBT.
>> Reporter: HOW MUCH DO YOU
+@
>> Reporter: HOW MUCH DO YOU HOLD THE PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS?
FOR THIS?
FOR THIS? >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS A
RESPONSIBILITY +@TO STEP UP AND
SAY SOMETHING.
SAY SOMETHING. AND I THINK HE'S ALREADY DONE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. AND
THAT. AND I THINK HE NEE+@DS TO DO
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. >>
MORE. >> VIOLENT THUG+@S IS WHAT I CA
THE LOOTERS IN DALLAS EARLIER
AND THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE
LOOTERS IN THE CAPITOL TODAY.
IF ANYTHING, I'M ONE OF THE
MORE CONSISTENT MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS BECAUSE I'M NOT AFRAID
TO CALL OUT RIOTING THUGS WHEN
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.
>> I AM EXTREMELY ANGRY.
NOT FOR MYSELF BUT FOR OUR
DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY
CAN'T EXPRESS +@HOW DANGEROUS
THIS MOMENT IS IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. THIS IS GOING BACK TO THE 1812.
YOU DON'T SEE THE +@CAPITOL OF
THE UNITED STATES RANSACKED AND
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
I TEXTED MY WIFE WHEN THEY WERE
BREAKING IN THE DOORS AND WE
WERE PULLING OUT OUR GAS MASKS.
WHATEVER HAPPENS I LOVE YOU. +@
WERE PULLING OUT OUR GAS MASKS. WHATEVER HAPPENS I LOVE YOU. +@@
+@
WHATEVER HAPPENS I LOVE YOU. +@@ THAT'S NOT A TEXT I EVER
THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO SEND.
>> Reporter: THERE SHOULD BE AN
I+@NVESTIGATION INTO WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. BUT A REPUBLICAN FROM DENTON
COUNTY STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING
THE MOB WAS TRUMP SUPPORTERS
DESPITE THE PICTURES.
HE DID NOT BLAME THE PRESID+@EN
FOR INCITING ANY OF IT EITHE+@R
ANOTHER CENTRAL QUESTION IS WHY
+@
+@ WEREN'T CAPITOL POLICE WHERE
ARE PREPARED FOR THE PRO TRUMP
MOB?
MOB?
MOB? THIS
MOB? THIS WASN'T A SURPRISE THAT
THOUSANDS WERE COMING TO+@ D.C.
THE PRESIDENT PROMOTED IT ON
TWITTER.
TWITTER.
TWITTER. AND REBECCA LOPEZ HAS BEEN
SPEAKING WITH TWO TEXAS
DEMOCRATS OUTRAGED AT WHAT THEY
SAW.
SAW.
SAW. >>
SAW. >> Reporter: THEY ARE +@OUTRAGE
AND SHOCKED BY WHAT WAS
HAPPENING AT THE CAPITOL. +@
I SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF BOTH
PARTIES THAT CONDEM+@NED THE
VIOLENCE GOING ON THERE.
+@
+@>>
+@>> Reporter: AS A PRO TRUMP M STORMED THE U.S. CAPITOL,
REPRESENTATIVES WENT INTO
LOCKDOWN.
LOCKDOWN.
LOCKDOWN. LONGTIME CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON
DIDN'T WANT US TO REVEAL HER
LOCATION AND DESCRIBE WHAT HAD
SHE HEARD AND SAW.
>> SPEAKER EMPLOYEE SEE WAS
PRESIDING AND THERE WAS
GUNSHOTS.
GUNSHOTS.
+@
+@ AND
+@ AND AT
+@ AND AT THAT POINT OUR SECURITY
KICKED INTO PLACE AND THE
CHAMBER CLEARED.
CHAMBER CLEARED. RETURN MEMBERS OF THEY WERE
SHOCKED AS THE MOB MADE ITS WAY
INTO THE CHAMBERS.
SHE BLAMED PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR
ENCOURAGING WHAT HAPPENED.
>> IT IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE SOME
PASSIVE APPROVAL.
PASSIVE APPROVAL. PEOPLE WITH WEAPONS ROAMING
+@AROUND THE CAPITOL.
+@ A+@LL KINDS OF FLAGS AND IN A
DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. +@
DEMOCRACY. >> Reporter: JOAQUIN CASTRO
TOOK TO INSTAGRAM.
>> I DON'T+@ THINK HE UNDERSTAN
THE FIRE CRACKER HE LIT WITH
SOME PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE. >> THEY SAY TRUMP FUELED THE
FLAMES AND DIDN'T DISCOURAGE
THE VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION
UNTIL HOURS LATER WHEN HE PUT
OUT A VIDEO.
+@>> Reporter: THE TEXAS
REPUBLICAN PARTY ISSUED A
STATEMENT SAYING WE VIGOROUSLY
SUPPORT THE FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHT BUT WE CONDEMN VIOLENCE
AND PRAYER FOR ALL GATHERINGS
AT OUR NATION'S CAPITOL.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL BURGESS
TWEETED I WANT TO THANK THE
CAPITOL POLICE FOR THE THEIR
BRAVERY AND