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Donald Trump protestors have breached the United States Capitol building and there are now reports of tear gas and shots fired in the building. So far, there is only reports of what is happening indoors and we’re praying for the safety of all inside.
Reports indicate that there could be 100 people still inside the building. The U.S. Capitol locked down with lawmakers inside as violent fights broke out between supporters of President Donald Trump and police. The protesters tore down the metal barricades at the Capitol’s steps, and officers have since been seen firing pepper spray into the crowd.
must-reads, my panel today, we ll go ladies first, here s yours, felicia. my must-read is from the washington post. the four-star general. i would say it s stories like this actually give us a deep dive into some of the spending that happens among these four-star general. so you ve got officers like petraeus and others who have got gourmet chefs who have had free housing paid for and a whole bunch of other perks that come along with the office and at a time when there s a whole lot of debate on capitol hill about things like military spending and this defense sequester that s coming up at the evidence end of the year. this article gives a little more nuance into that debate and raises the question about whether the military spending is as sacrosanct as the public
the congress is an equal branch to the executive branch and that is their role to ask tough questions to get to the bottom of thing. unfortunately we have had white houses in the past on the republican and democratic side to lie. the facts need to come out here and if there is some foreign intelligence, sensitive information we need to be cogny sabt sant of that. kon cognizant of that. how long do you think this will last on captiol hill? as things tend to do on the hill until the deadline is approaching. especially when it comes to this benghazi debacle. there s two ironies here. the first is susan rice, if there were any reason why her potential nomination to be secretary of state will be imperilled this wouk the last reason is she was too closely to talking points provided to her. she is accomplished but has been known in the past to butt heads
lieutenant governor rebecca are also facing recall elections. the whole reason for these recalls is the republicans attack on union workers and collective bargaining and their play tant government overreach is encouraging people who have never run for office to step forward. today the president of the professional firefighters of wisconsin mailen mitchell announced he is running for the democratic nomination to challenge walker s lieutenant governor. he is joining us here on the ed show. good to have you with us. i know this is a big decision for you. you have been weighing it for sometime. what motivated you to take this step to go to public service and try to be the lieutenant governor? first of all, thank you for having me on. the reason i decided to throw my hat in the ring is because i can sit around and give rally speeches as much as i want. i can protest as much as i want. i can have bag pipers follow me all day to captiol hill but at the end of the day real change