one officer, daniel hodges, screaming as his body is pressed into the door. officer michael fanone had heard the radio calls and rushed to help. this is not a law enforcement operation. his body camera captures the moment he faced the mob of thousands. we were in a medieval battle. this is hand-to-hand combat in its most brutal form. the rioters had come armed and were fighting to get inside. they hit police with bats, sticks, batons, tasers. guys were bleeding. these were officers that i think under normal circumstances, they would be in an ambulance on the way to the hospital, but they weren t because there was nowhere to go.
crushed. one officer, daniel hodges, screaming as his body pressed on the door. officer michael fanom heard the radio call and rushed to help. his body camera captures the moment he faced the mob of thousands. we were in a medieval battle. this is hand to hand combat in its most brutal form. the rioters fighting to get inside. they hit police with bats and sticks. batons, tasers. guys were bleeding. these were officers i think on a normal circumstances they would be in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. they were not because there were nowhere to go. if you left that line, we are
riot shields, they had stormed past and overpowered police, who could do little but coax and steer them away from lawmakers. my challenge today is not about the good people of arizona we ll stand in recess until the call of the chair. the rioters weren t just in the building. at the moment the senate adjourned, they were streaming straight toward the senate chambers and vice president mike pence. senator mitt romney is about to head straight into a mob but is intercepted by a single capitol hill police officer. a moment later, that same officer, eugene goodman, somehow coaxes the mob away from the senate and straight into a waiting row of capitol police.
my hero. gene s great. he s great. he did a great job. there were a lot of eugene goodmans that day that did a lot of great, heroic things, and people will never know their name. there are now hundreds in the mob. you work for us! roaming halls, banging on doors, taking photos and video. defend your liberty! some members of congress are being escorted to safety, but scattered behind doors, staffers, news media are in hiding. then i remember telling my colleagues, i think we need to go into lockdown. inside house speaker pelosi s office, her staffers rush to a conference room, lock the door. among them, alisa la and kelsey smith speaking exclusively to cnn. then we started hearing the banging and, like, the hooting
pet hair is no match for bounce. with bounce, you can love your pets, and lint roll less. tonight.i ll be eating crab cakes with spicy aioli. (doorbell rings) thank you. can we be besties, simone biles? i guess? yessss! should we dismount now? at 2:12 p.m. using a police shield, proud boy dominic pezzola breaks a window on the capitol s west side, and the mob starts pouring in. josh pruitt jumps a railing and follows other proud boys through a now open door. what did you do?