ISSUE
ISSUE WITH HOW THIS WAS HANDLED ON CAPITOL HILL. A LOT OF SWATCHES UNFOLD IN
FRONT OF OUR TV SCREENS AND ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND MANY SHARING
IMAGES LIKE THE ONES YOU'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW COMPARING THE
POLICE PRESENCE AT THE U.S.
CAPITOL DURING THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTESTS.
THAT'S ONLY RIGHT VERSUS
YESTERDAY'S RIOT OF FAR
DIFFERENT SCENE.
WE HAVE CHARLOTTESVILLE TO SEAN
NOW JOINING US CONTRASTING THE
TWO AT THIS POINT.
AND BILLY, A LOT OF FOLKS SAW
THOSE TWO IMAGES.
AND SO WHAT WAS HYPOCRISY WITH
THE WAY THESE THINGS ARE
HANDLED IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG
PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
TACKLE?
GOOD MORNING,+@ BEN.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING A PIECE
TOGETHER WHERE I SPOKE ABOUT
IT, I JUST PUT SOME IMA+@GES
TOGETHER AND I WANT YOU TO
WATCH AND MAKE YOUR OWN
CONCLUSION.
>> ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE A
MANDATORY CURFEW STARTING
MONDAY NIGHT, FEDERAL OFFICERS
AND NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE
SUDDENLY MOVED ON PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS HITTING THEM WITH
FLASH GRENADES AND TEAR GAS
WHILE SHOOTING RUBBER BULLETS.
>> I WILL DEPLOY THE UNITED
STATES MILITARY AND QUICKLY
SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR THEM.
STUNNING IMAGES AS RIOTERS
SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP
OVERRUN THE CAPITAL SCUFFLING
WITH POLICE ON THE FLOOR OF THE
HOUSE.
>> OFFICERS WITH GUNS DRAWN
WITH PROTEST JUST OUTSIDE THE
DOOR.
HERE YOU SEE RIOTERS TRYING TO
BREAK DOWN A DOOR AND YOU HEAR
A GUNSHOT.
BUT WE CAN'T PLAY INTO THE
HANDS OF THESE PEOPLE.
>> WE HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.
SO GO HOME.
WE LOVE YOU .
>> IT WAS STRANGE BECAUSE IT
WAS ALMOST LIKE THERE WAS THIS
CALL TO NOT USE FORCE HAD IT
BEEN THE SAME AMONG OTHER
PEOPLE.
>> BUT HAD THEY BEEN BLACK WE
WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT UP THOSE
STEPS WE WOU+@LDN'T HAVE MADE TO
BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE DORM
AND BUS WINDOWS AND GO PUT FEET
UP ON DESKS OF CONGRESS
MEMBERS.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT THAT
FAR.
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT.
WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TEAR GAS,
RUBBER BULLETS THAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED BEFORE.
WE MAY NEED TO CALL IT WHAT IT
IS.
IT'S WHITE SUPREMACY.
IT WAS WHITE PRIVILEGE AND IT
WAS THE CALL OF OUR PRESIDENT
THIS MORNING.
>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS ARE STILL
SURROUNDING HOW ALL OF THIS
HAPPENED FOR CONTEXT.
BEN AND CAROLYN , WE KNOW THAT
THE LAST TIME THE CAPITAL+@ WAS
RIOT THERE WAS A RIOT AT THE
CAPITAL WITH 1812 BUT IT'S NOW
20 21.
SO PEOPLE ARE WONDERING HOW THE
SECURITY WAS NOT IN PLACE FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS PREVENT TO
PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS
FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
OTHERS ARE ALSO WONDERING IF
THESE PROTESTERS ARE RIOTERS.
NOW THIS WAS NOT A PROTEST
WHERE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
OUTCOME ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT JUST SIX MONTHS
GO THE RUBBER BULLETS, THE TEAR
GAS THAT HAPPENED THAT WERE PUT
OUT BY POLICE DURING THE BLACK
LIVE+@S MATTER PROTESTS
ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE GEORGE
FLOYD DEAD BILLIE JEAN.
I DO WANT TO I WANT TO APPLAUD
YOU RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR
COMPOSURE BECAUSE PULLING THE
CURTAIN BACK A LITTLE BIT ON TV
NEWS .
WENDY, YOUR STORY IS AIRING.
I SEE YOU.
I CAN SEE YOU AND NOT JUST THE
STORY.
THIS IS EMOTIONAL THIS FOR
ANYBODY BUT WATCHING YOU WATCH
THIS AND HEARING THE STARK
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW RIOTERS
YESTERDAY WERE TREATED AND HOW
PEACEFUL PROTESTS OF BLACK
LIVES MATTER TREATED, IT'S
VISIBLY UPSET TO YOU AS IT
SHOULD.
EXACTLY.
SHOULD. EXACTLY. AND I HAD SOMEONE TO TELL
ME THAT I WAS ADDING FUEL TO
+@ THE FIRE ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNT JUST NOW WHEN I WAS
PROMOTING THIS SEGMENT AND TO
THAT PERSON AND FOR ANYONE
WHO'S WATCHING THIS.
JOURNALISTS ARE NOT F+@UELING TE
FIRE.
WE'RE SIMPLY REPORTING THE
FACTS.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EXPAND
THEIR HORIZONS AND REALLY TAKE
A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE.
IT UNFOLDED RIGHT BEFORE OUR
EYES ON NATIONAL TV AND THERE
IS A DIFFERENCE AND YOU CAN
SEE THE VIDEO.
YOU HEARD THE TONE FROM THE
PRESIDENT BACK IN JUNE.
HE TOLD THESE CITIES THAT HE
WAS GOING TO DEPLO+@Y THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
BUT YESTERDAY HE TOLD THESE
RIOTERS THAT HE LOVED THEM.
HE ALSO TOLD THEM THAT THEY
WERE