Tonight, the fallout after one of the darkest days in u. S. History. The mob storming the u. S. Capitol, fueled by President Trumps own words, telling them to be strong, to march to the capitol, that ill march with you. Instead, he watched from the white house and tonight, thats where he remains, amid new calls that he be removed from office. Democratic leaders saying, this is urgent. Tonight, the president elect joe biden saying he will not weigh in on the 25th amendment, leaving it up to the Vice President mike pence and the president s cabinet. And this evening, biden calling those who stormed the capitol domestic terrorists. Republicans including Lindsey Graham calling them domestic terrorists, too, saying theyre not patriots. Some of President Trumps closest allies now breaking from the president , including former attorney general bill barr, who said the president orchestrating this mob is inexcusable, a
betrayal of his office. With just 13 days left, some lawmakers calling for t
to the same streets in d.c. to peacefully protest racial inequality, law enforcement was out in full force. military helicopters flying low. tear gas and pepper balls deployed. the president said that he wanted to see a crackdown, he wanted to see more military presence, well, just take a look right behind me. this is the closest that any of these protesters are going to get to the white house tonight. protesters forcibly removed to clear a path for president trump s photo-op at st. john s church, holding up that bible. over the summer, the president called those protesters thugs. yesterday, calling his own supporters great patriots. and david, tonight, so many still talking about those images. images like this one. a noose hanging from a wooden block right here on the u.s. capitol grounds. tonight, the president of the naacp says it appears that a peaceful demonstration over racial inequality in this country is more threatening than the riots we saw here at the capitol. david? all r
now by u.s. sanctions. up to 100 towns across the country have now seen these protests. up to 59 people are reported to have died. roads have been blocked. cars have been burned. banks, fuel stations, government buildings attacked after the regime decided to raise the gas prices by 50%. but many people are also angry at iran s spending abroad on wars in syria and elsewhere. they are angry at the endemic corruption and low quality of life. to try to contain, the government has arrested over a thousand people and in a very rare move yesterday, they shut down nearly all the internet. today secretary of state pompeo showed his support for the protesters, tweeting the united states hears you. the united states supports you. the united states is with you. this rise in gas prices up to 50 cents a gallon was supported by the supreme leader ayatollah who has called the protesters thugs who are being pushed into violence by foreign enemies. and he also signalled a
the supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, and he has called the protesters thugs who have been pushed into violence by foreign enemies of iran, and he also signaled a potential crackdown. [speaking in native tongue] translator: these type of evil acts solve no problems. they add insecurity to whatever problems exist. insecurity is the biggest tragedy for every country and every society. reporter: the last few weeks are seen similar anti-government protests engulfing iraq and lebanon, those are two middle eastern nations that are home also to iranian proxies and which are seen as crucial to tehran s influence abroad. 300 people have been killed in iraq alone. some are now calling it the country s arab spring as people demand more rights and less iranian influence. anger in iran really has been simmering for some time now as u.s. sanctions take hold. their currency, the real, has plummeted. costs are skyrocketing, and it has become increasingly difficult for the government to
nearly all the internet. today secretary of state mike pompeo showed his support for the protesters, tweeting the united states hears you. the united states supports you. the united states is with you. this raise in gas prices up to 50 cents a gallon was supported by supreme leader ayatollah who called the protesters thugs who had been pushed, he said, into violence by foreign enemies of iran and he also signalled a potential crackdown. translator: these type of evil acts solve no problems. they add insecurity to whatever problems exist. insecurity is the biggest tragedy for every country and every society. the last few weeks have seen similar antigovernment protests engulfing iraq and lebanon, two middle east nations that are home to iranian proxies and which are seen as crucial to tehran s influence abroad. 300 people have been killed in iraq alone, some are now calling it the country s arab spring as