at hearing rooms, on all sides of issues. those are at the separate buildings. but never in the capitol itself. actually dangerous situation, in the capitol but the president was never in danger. but this was a major security breach. and this is going to be investigated. as you were just describing it. as the president walked by this protester was throwing some flags down, correct? that s right, andrea. obviously the capitol s a very secure building so walking in here typically requires a staff i.d. and if you don t have an i.d., you have to have an appointment and be invited by a senator or congressman s office to be inside the capitol building. the rules are different to be here than they are in the office buildings. the office buildings are open to the public, anybody can walk in. but here things are pretty different. especially we are on the screensecond floor of the capitol where the chambers actually are.
senate office building. so to get into either the office buildings or the capitol, you would have had to go through magnetometer screening. you put your baggage through an x-ray. that is designed to keep any dangerous objects out of here. the office buildings, any number of the public is allowed to walk into. the capitol building, you re supposed to have a staff i.d. like this one or you are supposed to have an appointment. so an office can vouch for you and you have to, you know, walk to the desk, explain who you are and they have to verify that information. so it is supposed to be stricter here. which is why we ve discussed the potential for this gentleman to have been impersonating a journalist. we talked about the fact they were being very strict and tracking the credentials of everybody who was packed in here. you can see this is, i would say, a more crowded version of what we do every tuesday when this policy lunch happens and we all wait for mitch mcconnell.