insurrection. a day designed by the founders to be forgettable, seered in our memory. it started when congress met to certify the election. outside the white house, pushing the vice president to overturn the election returns. if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. the crowd, fuelled by repeated lies from the president of the united states and others that the election was stolen, marching to the capitol. for the next four hours, a shocking siege. lawmakers, narrowly escaping, officer goodman, drawing rioters
reporter: drawing rioters from huddling close by, shots fired outside the u.s. chamber, a riot with police, bipartisan pleas for mr. trump to tell his supporters to stand down. hours later, this video. so go home, we love you, you re very special. reporter: by 8:00 p.m. that night the building had been cleared, lawmakers returning to finish their job. then vice president mike pence rejected his boss s demands and declared victory for joseph biden. joseph r. baden has received 306 votes. reporter: democrats quickly voting to impeach president trump for inciting an insurrection, making him the first president in american history to be impeached twice. the capitol was fortified with thousands of federal troops lining the halls for the first time since the civil war, and on