>> THE ENTIRE NATION MOURNING
HIS LOSS.
ELLISON, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>>> JOHN BRENNAN SERVED AS CIA
DIRECTOR DURING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
HE’S NOW NBC’S SENIOR
INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL
SECURITY ANALYST.
DIRECTOR BRENNAN, GOOD MORNING.
YOU SPENT YOUR LIFE ASSESSING
THESE THREATS.
WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEK DIDN’T
LOOK LIKE AMERICA, IT LOOKED
LIKE SOME FARAWAY COUP.
THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS WITH
EXTREMIST VIEWS RIGHT NOW ONLINE
ARE EMBOLDENED.
THEY’RE VOWING THAT THEY’RE NOT
DONE, THAT THERE’S NOR COME.
IN YOUR EYES WAS THE BEGINNING
OF SOMETHING OR THE END OF
SOMETHING?
>> GOOD MORNING, PETER, KRISTEN.
WELL, I THINK IT MAY BE BOTH.
I THINK IT IS THE START OF A
RENEWED EFFORT ON THE PART OF
THOSE SUPPORTERS OF DONALD TRUMP
TO TRY TO TAKE THEIR BATTLE TO
WASHINGTON.
CLEARLY THERE WAS A MASSIVE
SECURITY FAILURE EARLIER THIS
WEEK, AND I BELIEVE NOW THAT THE
CAPITOL IS GOING TO BE VERY WELL
PREPARED AND VERY WELL DEFENDED
TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF VIOLENCE
FROM TAKING PLACE.
BUT I ALSO DO SEE THIS AS THE
END -- BEGINNING OF THE END OF
THE TRUMP ERA.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A
RECKONING WITHIN THIS COUNTRY OF
JUST HOW DIVISIVE AND HOW MUCH
HE HAS DIVIDED US AS A COUNTRY.
AND SO, THEREFORE, I THINK THERE
IS GOING TO BE A NEW DAWN IN 12
DAYS THAT JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO
TRY TO BRING TO THE WHITE HOUSE
AND TO THIS COUNTRY.
>> DIRECTOR BRENNAN, FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES HAVE WARNED ABOUT A
RISE IN WHITE NATIONALISM, AND
WE SAW THERE DURING THAT SIEGE
ON THE CAPITOL SYMBOL AFTER
SYMBOL OF WHITE NATIONALISM AS
WELL AS RHETORIC.
SO IN YOUR ESTIMATION, WHAT
SPECIFICALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN
RIGHT NOW TO COMBAT THAT THREAT?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE HAS TO BE
A UNANIMOUS DENUNCIATION OF ANY
TYPE OF USE OF VIOLENCE.
THERE IS A GROWING CONCERN ABOUT
THIS WHITE NATIONALISM AND THESE
MILITIA GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING
TO TAKE ACTION INTO THEIR OWN
HANDS.
AND SO EVERYBODY OF WHATEVER
STRIPE IN THE REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS TO BE
ABLE TO STAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THIS
IS UNACCEPTABLE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE
RHETORIC THAT HAS BEEN COMING
OUT OF CONGRESS AND MEMBERS OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE JUST
FUELED THOSE FLAMES.
AND SO THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT
TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT DESCENDED
UPON THE CAPITOL.
SOME OF THEM WERE JUST PLANNING
TO PROTEST AND UNFORTUNATELY I
THINK A LOT OF THEM DECIDED TO
BREAK AND ENTER THE CAPITOL.
BUT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THERE
WITH PIPE BOMBS OR OTHER TYPES
OF WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES THAT
CLEARLY WERE ENGAGED IN ACTS OF
DOMESTIC TERRORISM THAT NEED TO
BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT OF THE LAW.
THERE NEEDS TO BE, AGAIN, A
UNANIMOUS DENUNCIATION OF THAT
ACTIVITY BY WALLALL MEMBERS OF A
PARTIES.
>> DIRECTOR BRENNAN, 11 DAYS TO
GO.
AS YOU NOTE, SOME OF THE
PRESIDENT’S SUPPORTERS ARE
VOWING ROUND TWO.
THEY ARE NAMING DATES THAT
THEY’LL BE BACK.
WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN IN
THIS NEXT WEEK AND A HALF?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE’S
CONCERNS ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO
UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TREMENDOUS
ACCESS TO WEAPONRY AND CAN BRING
THAT INTO THE NATION’S CAPITAL.
AND SO, AGAIN, I THINK THERE WAS
A FAILURE TO PREPARE ADEQUATELY
FOR THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK.
NOW, THE INAUGURATION IS GOING
TO BE MANAGED BY THE U.S. SECRET
SERVICE.
I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO BE
WORKING VERY CAREFULLY WITH THE
CAPITOL POLICE, THE FBI AND
OTHERS.
THERE’S A LOT OF WORK BETWEEN
NOW AN INAUGURATION DAY THAT
THERE HAS TO BE SWEEPS OF THE
CAPITOL BUILDING BECAUSE OF THE
ACCESS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS
HAD TO IT, THE SURROUNDING
AREAS, AND ALSO THE VARIOUS
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND SECURITY ELEMENTS NEED TO BE
WORKING TO FIND OUT WHO ACTUALLY
IS PLANNING THIS.
THERE’S SO MUCH THAT IS OUT
THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS,
THAT THE EVENTS OF THIS PAST
WEEK SHOULD NOT HAVE COME AS A
SURPRISE TO ANYBODY WITH
SECURITY RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON
THESE ISSUES AND LOOK FOR THOSE
NOTES AND INDICATIONS THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO CARRY OUT THESE
ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND STOP THEM
BEFORE THEY EVEN GET NEAR THE
CAPITOL.
>> WE KNOW THAT FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES WILL BE FOCUSED ON