system was susceptible to fraud and many of supporters came to believe this despite the fact that others authorities said this wasn t true. international organizations and groups said it wasn t true. still, they are rejecting results and they write in today they restored the supreme court, congress, and the presidential palace. they were smashing the windows, they were destroying furniture, ransacking offices. it s really a scene of destruction in the capital, thousands of people. i wonder if they had the gallows as well. question for you, is it all over? we ve seen some images of people being arrested. is the violence have these people been taken into custody? it s over for tonight. not all of them have been taken into custody, a lot of them have. it s unclear how many. 200 by the count of the justice minister. although the governor of the federal district has said 400. still unclear. there were thousands of people.
same people that aided and abetted donald trump in the narrative of trying to steal the election. almost a quantitative problem that kevin has created. under nancy pelosi and paul ryan and john boehner, that was before the dangers of insurrection. kevin elevated a caucus insurrectionists. so they have a danger what n. what kevin gave away last week. all right. i aunt with a to go to brazil because the parallels to our own january 6 insurrection are inescapable before check out the images of thousands breaking in to buildings, smashing window, destroys equipment, ransacking offices.
smashing windows, ransacking offices, and creating the mayhem that ultimately cost lives, i was filled with a simmering indignation. i had served in the congress for 12 years. i had dreamed of the time i was a little boy, as i wrote in my book, about someday representing my hometown in congress. and to see what was happening there, first time since 1814, at our capitol building, i i just found myself thinking, not this. not here. not in america. and i hear you loud and clear. look, in the weeks after the election, i had told the president that after all the legal challenges would play out, which the campaign had every right to bring sure. there were, jake, voting irregularities in a number of states where election laws had been changed by either executive action or by the courts. there was never evidence of widespread fraud. i don t believe fraud changed
i must tell you. when i saw the images of people smashing windows, ransacking offices, and creating the mayhem that ultimately cost lives i was filled with a simmering indignation. reporter: pence said he s disappointed with the partisan nature of the january 6th committee on capitol hill and believes he should not testify because he believes it would violate separation of powers. the leaders of the committee are out with a statement responding quote the select committee has proceeded respectfully and p responsefully in our engagement with vice president pence. keep in mind it was only a few months ago, back in august, when pence said he would consider testifying before their committee. and some of his top aides when he worked in the white house already have but he s not going to.
those people should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. when i saw the images of people smashing windows, ransacking offices and creating the mayhem that ultimately cost lives, i was filled with the a simmering indignation. i had served in the congress for 12 years. i dreamed, from the time it was a little boy, as i wrote in my book, about sunday some day representing my hometown in congress. and see what was happening there, the first time since 1814 that our capital building i just found myself thinking, not this, not here, not in america. and i hear you loud and clear. look, in the weeks after the election i had told the president that after all the legal challenges would play out, which the campaign had every right to bring sure. i mean, there were, jake, voting irregularities, in a