Security, protocol, and of standards that we saw happen on wednesday when hundreds of reuters enthralled to President Trump violated our u. S. Capitol, did it in a way that no one in more than two centuries ever has, because in their collective minds, they alone had a right to. And that would be because the president verbally deputized them. Then he went home. And because of republicans in Congress Held them up as persecuted patriots, that is, of course, until they were the ones cowering in fear of the mob. But for black americans, that mob has ruled far longer than this nation has ever cared to admit, often with the tacit, if not explicit cooperation of our Law Enforcement and our lawmakers. So of course one day after the efforts of thousands of black and brown organizers and voters sent a son of a jewish immigrant and a black minister to the new senate from the old south, four years of incitement ended exactly as so many people of color, myself included, said it would, in violence. A
Temporarily locked his account. President trump im outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. Now congress has certified the results. A new administration will be inaugurated january 20th. My focus is a smooth, orderly transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation. Sandra im sandra smith. Welcome. Hi, trace. Trace good morning, everyone im trace gallagher. Education secretary betsy devos and elaine chao called out the president s role in inciting it and resigned. Now Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi are urging Vice President pence and cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment and remove President Trump from office. Pelosi says otherwise the house could impeach the president again. Sandra former White House Communications director alyssa farah is standing by with her reaction. First Fox Team Coverage this morning. Mark meredith with more on the death of a Capitol Hill Police officer and rachel camposduffy will join us in moments. First chief White House Correspon
Peace. President elect joe biden will be inaugurated two weeks from today calling this a siege and storming of the u. S. Capitol. The u. S. Reporters on the hill, and our team on standby, dana perino, martha maccallum, bret baier, Katie Pavlich and Donna Brazile, good afternoon as the coverage continues from atlanta and washington, d. C. , dana i want to start with you. I havent spoken to you in hours but give us a sense what you heard from the mayor and perhaps what we can expect throughout the evening tonight. Dana i think the fact that they are having yet another curfew in washington, d. C. , 6 00 p. M. Until 6 00 a. M. Is good. Hopefully people can stay in their homes and the police, the National Guard, the secret service, they all need to be focused on this and people stay home, they can do that. I noticed that Reince Priebus the first chief of staff to President Trump tweeted this many of these folks are nothing but domestic terrorists. Many are criminal list and troublemakers ac
Received the Opening Statements from the people who are going to be testifying. And for the first time we are hearing from one of those people, paul irving, he is the house sergeant at arms, the former now, who essentially is part of the team that is in charge of securing the capitol and hes defending his actions that day as well as the others. And what he was saying in this Opening Statement, what he intends to say is that they have no intelligence to indicate that anyone was going to try and overtake the capitol. And in this Opening Statement is what he said. Let me read it to you. For each of the days leading up to january 6th and indeed on january 6th itself, the Capitol Police issued a daily Intelligence Report in which it assessed the potential for this civil disobedience and arrest as remote to improbable. So hes saying there was no intelligence to say that there mob was going to attack the capitol. And were getting the Opening Statement from the former Capitol Police chief stev
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Supporters of President Trump have broken into the us Capitol Building, during a march protesting against his election defeat. The chambers of both the senate and the house of representatives were placed into lockdown, and riot police were deployed. A group of people moved into the Main Building which was supposed to be the scene of the comfirmation ofjoe bidens election win. Congressional officials have said the Capitol Building in washington is now secure. Ealier in the day, the president told protestors the election had been stolen and he urged them to march on the capitol. Once the violence unfolded though, he called for calm. The violence comes after the democrats appear to be have taken control of the us senate in run off elections in georgia. Joe biden said voters had shown they wanted immediate action to address the crises facing america. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or aroun