direction i need him to run. >> i'll never forget that grip. he says, "senator, we're in danger, you have to come with me." >> and because of leader schumer's position, he needed to go to different locations than everybody else did. >> we are walking briskly through a hall. >> and there are two gentlemen right by the stairwell. one bald-headed gentleman. another one, long, black hair with a "punisher" shirt. we immediately about-face. i grab the leader. >> we run out the door at full speed. i was within 20 feet of these insurrectionists. i heard second hand that someone pointed at me and said," there's the big jew, let's get him." >> we had a plan set. i ran to the elevator, i hit the button. we get up there, we pop out the door, boom, there's our vehicle, car's running. here's our avenue out of here, we have made it. we start making our way to the secure location. >> i ask my colleagues to rejection this objection, to respect the will of the voters in the state of arizona -- >> the debate continues. then i start noticing some things changing in the house. increased anxiousness of the officers. movement of the officers. >> madam speaker -- >> i'm at the podium. the republicans start to act up with their opposition. they're kind of angry. so when the security is saying to me, "you must leave now," i'm like, "i can handle this." they're like, "no, you can't, you have to go." and they pulled me right from the podium, to such an extent i don't even get a chance to take my phone or anything with me to go to an undisclosed location. they don't talk about what's going on outside. they just say, "you have to go." >> i cannot believe this is happening. it's literally as you would see it in a movie of the security personnel come up, they get her, physically removed from behind the dais, and seeing her removed means we can no longer secure the chamber. >> my concern is we are leaving is not about me, it's about my other members. security has always said to me, "you do your job, we'll do our job." and so they were prepared to protect the speaker of the house. and then they begin to tell me that the security has been breached to the capitol. >> the next thing i know is jim mcgovern, the chair of the rules committee, switches out with speaker pelosi. he takes over the gavel. which is not supposed to happen. >> clearly, the moment was getting more and more tense. and i go up and sit in the speaker's chair and preside. >> madam -- mr. speaker -- can i have order in the chamber? >> the house will be in order. the house will be in order. okay. >> representative paul gosar from arizona is arguing at the microphone at that moment about why the election shouldn't be certified. >> and my colleague from minnesota, dean phillips, who is one of the most mild-mannered people i have ever met in my life, stands up and points his finger at the republican members on the floor of the house. >> and i scream at the top of my lungs, from the top of the gallery -- >> it's because of you! >> "this is because of you." because i felt some of my colleagues, their responsibility for inciting the very horror that we're in the middle of, that we're enduring. >> my first reaction is, that's not helping right now. we need to figure out how to keep people safe, figure out how are we going to get out of this chamber, and what are we going to do to make sure that nothing worse happens? >> we just got notification here from the capitol police that there is a threat inside. >> there are scores of protesters, we're told, i'm not sure exactly how many -- >> this is an incredibly dangerous situation that's unfolding here in the united states. >> my phone's vibrating and i begin to get texts. from my daughter. "where are you?" so i'm texting back. "i'm in the house chamber, and i'm in the speaker's chair and presiding." "i know, but why are you there?" question marks. like, what are you talking about? "you should leave." and then i begin to hear what sounds like shouting outside the chamber. >> there was an ominousness that's growing in the chamber at this point. and the then, of course, it escalates when security comes in and removes leadership. republican and democratic leadership. >> my detail chief comes up to me and says, "we have to leave the chamber." and i'm thinking, why do we have to leave the chamber? but i get up, i leave. and he says to me, "the capitol has been breached." how can that be, that the capitol could be breached? this is something i had never experienced. and i've been in the house of representatives for 40 years. >> the house will be in order. house will be in order. >> mcgovern continues to preside. arguments continue for a few more minutes. but there is more commotion. >> there's strange noises ricochetting through the halls and into the chamber. >> there's a level of panic starting among staff, among members. nobody knows what is going to happen. and quite frankly, nobody knows what is happening. >> i get down to the crypt with the five officers that i'm with, and we join probably 10 or 12 more officers that are already down there. >> stop the steal! stop the steal! >> we formed a line of officers, and we interlocked our arms, trying to make almost like a human chain to stop these people from forcing their way into the crypt. >> i'm told multiple times, "we're doing this for you, back the blue, we're taking back our country." last time i checked, the british weren't occupying the capitol right now, so who exactly are you taking the building back from? >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! >> i see a fire extinguisher flying through the air almost in slow motion, and it slams into my right foot. just below the ankle. and involuntarily i cry out in pain. and reach for my foot, afraid that it maybe had broken my ankle. had it been a little higher, it would have struck my upper extremities or my head. so i charge my weapon, and that seems to fire the crod up even more rethey start screaming, "are you going to shoot us? are you going to shoot your own citizens?" that just makes me angry. i don't want to shoot anyone. and then moments later, they overwhelm the line. they're assaulting officers, shoving, kicking, hitting. and we start moving back. and the crowd keeps coming . >> the only place we have to go now is back towards a series of about three rollup doors. like a garage door that separates the crypt from the capitol visitor center. >> you're scared now, mother fucker! >> stop the steal! stop the steal! stop the steal! stop the steal! stop the steal! >> it's gone to hell in a hand basket. it's bad. we are losing this. if we haven't already lost it. humpty dumpty does it with a great fall. wonderful pistachios. get crackin' only at vanguard, you're more than just an investor you're an owner. that means that your goals are ours too. and vanguard retirement tools and advice can help you get there. that's the value of ownership. 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>> capitol security comes up to me and says, "you need to stop this proceeding now, it is no longer safe for you to be here." >> without objection, the chair declares the house in recess pursuant to clause 12-b of rule 1. >> i think in my head, they're going to try to secure the chamber. the chamber is the last thing that goes. we will protect the chamber with force and at all costs. it's the equivalent of, if someone goes over the fence at the white house. there will be use of force. >> the congressman is calling me. obviously, he is completely flipped out. what's going on? is everything okay? i'm nervous. i'm very nervous. i'm trying not to show them that i am nervous. because tabatha, she's scared. she's starting to get really scared. i decide, i need to barricade the door. tabatha says, i'm getting under the desk. hank says, i'm joining you under the desk. slowly, the sound starts getting louder and louder. they're outside my door. i mean, they're -- they're jangling the doorknob, screaming, cursing all over the place. i want to crawl up in a ball and just cover my head. but i think to myself, i can't do that. and then i stand up and i start pacing the room. i need weapons. so i find -- it's a -- it's a bronze bust of a buck that has buck horns and antlers, and they're very poins pointy, and they're bronze, and it's a heavy thing. and i decide, this is what i am going to defend us with. i was born and raised in philadelphia, and i got my philly on. >> trudy tells me that they've locked the doors, they've pushed all the furniture they can up against the doors, and the kids are hiding under the desk. tap ba that and hank were hiding under the desk, julie was guarding the door. so i said," guard them with your life." >> we've had a breach of the capitol building that is causing a lockdown of both chambers, the house and the senate. capitol police is responding to the breach of the building and we will advise on further information once it comes to us. >> the capitol police start locking the doors. now, these doors are about 100, 120 years old. the locks are big. you hear this cha-chunk, cha-chunk, cha-chunk! >> one of the plainclothes, he stood up, put his hands up, he said, "fellows, everyone, stay where you are, you're not leaving, the capitol has been breached, the capitol has been breached. if you're sitting near a chair, sit down. if you would like to get down on the ground, go ahead and do that." >> he explained that the backs of our seats were bullet-proof and that we should take cover behind the seats. >> we have folks entering the rotunda and coming down this way. so we'll update you as soon as we can. but just be prepared, stay calm. >> my background of a former cia officer, i'm thinking, this is insanity. that i've prepared for horrific, potentially horrific attacks on buildings. but it was supposed to be an embassy, it was supposed to be a building i was in in some other country. like, those were the scenarios. it's not supposed to be the united states capitol. >> i felt the air just get very tense at that point. very tense. and even though there was a lot of noise, it was also oddly very quiet. for me, it was reminiscent of what happens before a firefight. >> and then there's an announcement that we should all look under our seats and locate our gas masks. >> -- tear gas in the rotunda. please be advised there are masks under your seats -- >> i actually didn't even know that there were gas masks under our seats. and i'm thinking to myself, gas mask? what are you talking about? >> please grab a mask, place it in your lap, and be prepared to don your mask in the event that we have a breach. >> that really jolted all of us. >> so all of a sudden we have these gas masks. and they're the type that when you pull them out of the packaging and expand them, they automatically start. so you start hearing the metal bag opening, like all the ripping noises. and then you hear this -- just -- constant buzzing and humming noise. >> one mask by itself, the sound is not particularly disturbing. but when you suddenly have over 100 masks, it sounds a little bit like bad movie music at a moment of high tension. >> people are freaking out. they're scared. there's some young staffers that are starting to cry. >> the fear comes from not knowing what's going on. at this point, if you are watching this on television at home, you know far more than any member of congress. >> it's a scene of utter chaos inside the capitol building. once these protesters stormed the doors and got actually inside the capitol itself, reporters and lawmakers alike were barricading themselves in various rooms and offices and hide-aways, locking the doors. >> you start hearing a roar getting closer and closer to the door. it's clearly the -- the voices of a mob. >> that's where i kind of had an internal breaking point of, wow, i don't know what's on the other side now of those doors. if it is so bad that we can no longer protect the chamber. i texted my uncle my will, to make sure that my daughter was cared for in the way that i thought she should be. i don't want my parents to know the level of what is going on. i didn't cry. and i wasn't breaking down. but i was preparing for whatever was going to happen. i just prayed for strength . >> i heard loud commotion to my left. and i looked, and they were pushing in. and i heard loud commotion to my right, and i looked, and they were pushing in. >> it was at that point when everybody kind of swarmed and jumped at the same time. that's when the line fully collapsed down on the lower terrace. >> push, push, push, push, push! push, push, push! >> i had to make the decision, we can't hold this, we're going to have to pull back out. and i turned to all the officers that i could see. "let's go, we've got to get up, we've got to go high, we've got to get out of here." >> we've lost the line, we've lost the line! all pd pull back! all pd pull back! >> police officers don't give up ground. so that was difficult. >> as we start walking backwards, the crowd -- i think they kind of start thinking that we were win -- or that they were winning. >> "run away, pussies, we got you, just get out of here, just go home, you lost." >> i'm seeing my officers, i'm giving them directions on the radio, "you've got to use the stairwell, let's go, let's go." and i'm waving them to the stairs, like "keep going, keep going." i'm waiting for that last officer i can see and physically touch, and i'm grabbing him, and i'm literally hoisting him up bit back of the belt, trying to get him up the stairs. and we're -- feet behind us, we've got the crowd coming up the stairs behind us . i'm responsible for hundreds of police officers' lives. i'm responsible for keeping this crowd out of this big white building behind me. so i took some resources that were initially assigned to me and commander kyle broke away to take those officers inside . >> we get to the top of the west terrace stairs. right there is the door to the -- what we call the tunnel. >> it's normally a door that you'll see during inauguration where the president comes through and you just see it all crisp and clean, and this is america. this is where the president comes out. >> piled in there, we locked the doors. closed the doors and locked the doors. you know, i used to work the capitol, started off with capitol police. i always thought those doors were bullet-proof and bomb proof and indestructible. so i thought, hey, we finally got a few minutes to breathe, you know? >> and like 30 seconds later, some guy -- i don't know what he used, but he popped that glass on that window like it was nothing and just reached in and unlocked it. >> and then from then, i mean, the fight was on. >> commander kyle happened to be the highest-ranking official to get pulled into that mix. he took command and took control and got everybody as organized as possible. >> it's such a narrow hallway. i think it's only about 10 feet wide. you know, and that's where we made our stand. >> the plan at the very beginning was very simple. line up and don't let those guys -- don't let the bad guys in . >> they're stacked just as well as we are. if you can see beyond them, all you can see is people. people on top of people on top of people. >> it was a fucking nightmare. it was a nightmare. >> push, push, push! >> i thought we were the only point that was in jeopardy of being breached. so i thought this was it. this is the alamo, this is the last stand right here. they get in here, it's over. >> usa, usa, usa, usa, usa! >> breaking news back east in our nation's capital where there is absolute chaos right now. hundreds if not thousands of protesters out there on the capitol steps. some have actually made their way into the capitol building. >> we've seen video of them fighting with the capitol police inside the capitol building. now we don't know exactly what they're carrying or what their intent is.you wi th? like what? visionworks. see the difference. - fellow elites. now that we've made travel so ridiculously expensive, we can enjoy this hotel without all the filthy normals littering this place with their mindless frivolity. 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"let us in, we're coming in." >> that is the most haunting sound i've ever heard. people trying to barrel their way into the main door of the u.s. house of representatives. everybody starts to rush over to put furniture up against the door, to secure the door. but then all of these officers start telling everybody to get back. and they have their guns drawn. >> stop the steal, stop the steal! stop the steal, stop the steal! >> a member of congress was with me, mark wayne mullin. and because of covid, there are these little hand sanitizers. and they were made out of wood, wooden bases. i'm watching him and he's breaking that hand sanitizer off the base. i said, "well, mark, what are you going to do with that?" he said, "that's my weapon." i noticed there was another one on the other side of the aisle there. so i proceeded to break that off its base. >> on the floor, about 80 to 90% of the members have left or are essentially in a line ready to leave. and there were a couple of members of congress, as well as capitol police, who are barricading the center door. >> while i'm standing there, the glass, the glass just started breaking. >> here we go! >> they broke the glass? >> and the noise of the glass and the force of that glass that came in, very violent. very, very violent. >> break it down, break it down! break it down, break it down! >> everybody down, get down! >> break it down, break it down! break it down, break it down! break it down, break it down! break it down, break it down! >> a republican member leans over and looks and says, "i can talk to these people, i'm one of them." and i look at him, "you're crazy, these are -- these people are -- they're out of their mind, they're attacking us, they don't care if you're a republican, if you're a conservative republican, they just care that you're a member of congress. we're inside and they're not." >> one young man is looking through the glass, and he said, "you're from texas, you should be with us!" and i says, "oh, no, sir." i said, "i cannot support what you're doing right now." i says, "we are here today, we are conducting business. this is a sacred place." i mean, this place here, this is the united states house of representatives. "you're disrupting what we're trying to do." i said, "what you're doing is unamerican and you have to stop. you have to stop doing this right now." because the individuals to my left and right, the individuals from the capitol police had their guns drawn. "if you don't, these individuals could shoot and kill you. they could shoot you." it was a pretty intense situation. if they would have come through those doors, guns were drawn. it could have been -- it could have been a bloodbath right there. >> they keep trying but it seems obvious they're not going to get in. so one part of the crowd has peeled off and they've gone off down this corridor . >> i'm in the speaker's chair. i feel like i'm the captain of the "titanic." somehow i should remain there until everybody leaves. i don't know whether that's written anywhere, but it's what i felt. a couple of people come up to me, "you should go now." and i walked out and i turn. and i see three police officers outside the doors. and this huge, angry mob . >> they're about 50 feet away right now from members. if they break through that, we're in a very bad situation. >> this is not a group of -- a handful of protesters. certainly not here to hand me a leaflet. there are police with their guns drawn, and they continue to bang their bare fists on the glass. and at one point the glass cracks. i look into the faces of those people banging their fists on the glass. and if you had asked me what hate looks like, that's what it looks like. >> completed the evacuation of all the members on the floor. and here we are. we're just sitting here. >> the capitol is being evacuated. and and we have nowhere to go. we can hear the people in the hallway behind us. can't go that way. and there's no way to get to the floor. and so we're stuck. we're trapped. >> break it down, break this down! >> i can see a crowd at the front, kind of seems like there was a bit of a stalemate, stuck in this corridor trying to get past this line of police. there was a lot of shouting, a lot of noise. then, i'm not sure why, the police move off to the side. >> break it down, break it down! >> i get up there, and there are multiple officers, guns drawn, pointed at the doors on the opposite side of the lobby. >> there's a gun, there's a gun! >> he's got a gun! >> and i look in time to see a shot fired by one of our officers. [ gunshot ] >> sounds like a fucking gunshot! >> i don't know what he's shooting at. i'm assuming i've got multiple threats. and i yell out, "what have we got?" and someone says, "we have one shot fired, someone's down on the other side." >> and the next thing i hear is people shouting, "they fucking shot her, she's been shot, she's dying." >> you did that, though! you did that! you did that! >> i pushed to the front of the room. i looked down. and there's a woman lying on the floor, blood coming out of her mouth. she looks in an extremely bad way. and she's surrounded by police who are trying to save her. >> once you start taking lethal force, your situation has escalated to an entire other level. >> you can see that police are still scared of the crowd. they're focusing on her. they're trying to save this lady's life. but they've got their eye on the crowd. and they could turn on the police at any second. they're telling them to get back, give them space. it was like space being made for her to be carried through this corridor. but they just carried her down the stairs. >> i think everybody was shocked and upset that it had come to that point. [ gunshot ] >> the fuck? >> the gun goes off. and the assumption i have is, there's going to be more of this. and so at this point, i'm frightened. you know, i'm just really shaking. >> take your pins off. >> pins off. >> some members recommend that we take our pins off. these are the pins that identify us as members of congress. i knew if they broke through the doors and came after us that we'd be very easily identified by the pin. so i took my pin off. and several others did. >> i call my wife. you know, that was -- that was the hardest moment of the whole thing. as soon as i hear her voice, and i go to speak with her, i can hardly speak. it's because it is occurring to me right now that i'm making that phone call. you know that phone call that everybody knows about. the phone call from the 80th floor of the building. the phone call from the plane as it's going down. i don't know. >> in my mind, i'm wanting to kind of convert to what i call ranger mode or combat mode. i call my wife and just said, "the capitol's been breached, we're surrounded, there's no way out." she says to me, "listen, don't try to be a hero. you have a family now." >> as i'm hearing everybody else talking to their loved ones, i'll actually going through a mental struggle about, do i call my children so they can hear my voice? so i can hear their voices? or do i not call them because i don't want to worry them? and i decide that, no, i need to talk to my kids. my goal was not to upset them. more than anything else, i just didn't want them to be upset. and so i -- i say, "i'm okay, i'm going to be okay." and in response my son says, "what do you mean you're going to be okay? we can hear gunshots, we can hear glass breaking." and that's the first that i realized that they could perceive what was happening. and and right after that, i thought i was -- immediately after i hung up, i thought i was having a heart attack. it felt like my chest was coming out of my body and pounding really, really hard. but i didn't really realize that people around me could -- could tell that i was upset. i thought i was holding it in. and the then i feel somebody take my hand. and i look behind me. and it was jason crow. he's stroking my hand and saying, "you're going to be okay." >> i'm not sure i believed that. but that's what needed to be said. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. proven quality sleep. only from sleep number. 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>> i'm thinking to myself, seriously? i mean, don't you have, like, some kind of a special code? you know. knock knock knock knock knock knock knock. something like that, right? something so you know it's a police officer. don't open the door, you don't know who it is. >> so one of the officers with gun ready unlocks the door. and peeks it open. and verifies that it's the rescue team. the door comes open. >> and they tell us, "go." as we get out into the hallway, i can see to the right officers with their guns drawn. and part of the mob on the floor, face down, being held back. >> get back in the open! start coming forward! advance. >> let's not forget what the president said a couple of hours ago at that rally in the ellipse in washington, they told all these individuals who had gathered, the supporters of his, "you'll never take back our country with weakness, you have to show strength, and you have to be strong," as he encouraged them to march toward the u.s. capitol. that's exactly what they've done. they've not only marched, they're inside and they're endangering a lot of people right now. >> i couldn't get on the radio because the radio traffic -- i ended up making a call. i was like, "i need some people, we're going to lose this." you know. he said, "hey, you just got to hold tight, we don't have anybody right now." independent not believe it. literally, they don't understand that we have 30 people here fighting thousands of people. i hang up the phone, "hey, look, we've got to hold to this a little longer, the cavalry's coming, a little longer." i had to lie to them because i didn't want them to feel as defeated as i did. >> i make my way in there slowly and i'm trying not to be noticed too much. you were moving with the crowd whether you liked it or not. it was just so packed that you had no choice but to move with them. that's when they started doing "heave-ho heave-ho!" >> heave-ho, heave-ho, heave-ho, hea heave-ho, heave-ho! >> there's an officer, you know, there with his gas mask. the guy grabs his mask, and he's trying to rip it -- his face mask off to see his face. he's telling him, "tell me your name, motherfucker, tell me your name." you could hear the officer screaming back at him, "stop, stop, what the fuck are you doing, stop it!" he was being crushed. he was being hurt. you could see blood, you know, from his mouth. >> help! >> i think they did pull him away after that. >> get him to the back, get him to the back, let's get some fresh faces up front! >> then the crowd goes right back to attacking them to try and get into the building. >> my lieutenant comes up to me and he says, "we need to find the west terrace entrance. we got to go down there, commander kyle's down there." so i rally together about 20 of my platoon. you know, we work our way through. it's a maze in that building. so we go down. and in this hallway, there are mpd officers, capitol police officers that look like they just got beat up. they look just exhausted. it looks like the finish line for a race none of us trained for. i look around at my officers, and they're babies, most of them. they're 21 to 25. and i go, "go back them up." right? so they go and now instead of 20 people in the hallway, it's 40. it's like they were the spackle to a hole, right? and it wasn't enough. i get to the door, right? and it's elevated so you can see out into the crowd. and there are still thousands of people just snarling, angry people. calling you names. mostly "f-u, pigs." "get out of the way or we'll kill you." "we give you niggers some power" -- i'm like, did he just call me a nigger? me? part of me is like, that's rude. another part of me is like, say it again. >> i'm trying to get people a chance to recover, but no matter how bad you were hurt, you had to get back in. so i was running over to our injured officers and picking them up and throwing them back, you know, into the -- into the tunnel, into the fight. and telling them, "hey, i know you're hurt, but you've got to get back in the fight." you know, kind of throwing them back into this meat grinder was a -- was a very -- very hard thing to do. emotionally, you know. >> we arrive at the undisclosed location. we're all arriving approximately the same time. and at that time we see on a big screen what is actually happening outside the capitol. >> how violent it was. and how angry the mob was. and the actions that were being taken against the capitol police. and anybody who would stand between them and their objective of getting into the capitol. >> chuck schumer and i are putting out a public statement to the president, because that's all he pays attention to. but that failed. we did not succeed in persuading him to do something vr. >> all the leadership was there, both on the democratic and republican side, both on the house and the senate. >> we are now engaged in a bevy of activities on the phones. chuck and i were on the phones to the governors of virginia, steny with maryland. we're asking, are your national guard ready to come? >> i said, "larry, the capitol is under siege, and we need to deploy the maryland guard." his response was, "yes, we are willing to do that." he said further, however, that he had contacted the department of defense and could not get authorization to do so. >> we have to have the violence to stop, and that would only happen with the national guard. >> we also talked to the secretary of defense and said, "mr. secretary, you have got to deploy troops right now, right now." and we failed to hear an urgency in his response. "well, we're seeing this we're thinking about it, we're trying to get that, and yes, we understand the problem." but there was no "it's going to be done." >> we're coming for you, nancy! >> i know that the pictures we're taking are going to be one of the main ways people know what's going on inside the building. so whatever happens, i need to keep working. i encounter a colleague of mine, jim, and we see some of these protesters going in and out of the office suite of nancy pelosi . >> this is normally a part of the capitol that you can't even poke your head down without a police officer shouting at you to go away. >> you scared little democrat! >> a lot of the office had already been vandalized. there are people rummaging around, looking for souvenirs. speaker pole loessy is a sports fan. she has memorabilia throughout her office. one person walks up to me, takes a baseball off the shelf, this person says, "hey, do you think it's okay if i take this this" then comes in a guy with an american flag and with what looks like, to me, a giant cattle prod in his belt. it's actually a stun gun. he puts his flag down gently on a table. he sits down at a desk. he puts his feet up. he looks through the drawers of the desk. he looks at the computer screen. he actually holds up a piece of mail that has nancy pelosi's signature on it so he can take pictures of it, sort of as proof, like, this is nancy pelosi's office, i'm here. at this point, jim and i realize we've sort of had enough. we need to figure out a place that we can go to be safe. >> okay, we finally made it out. we're being evacuated. we were stuck on the gallery level when the -- when the protesters were storming into the -- into the chamber. a lot of other members already made it out, but now we're finally getting out. we're evacuating. >> then we get to the safe room. it's a very large room. and, you know, there's probably 100-plus members of congress in there. it's the first time we just take a -- many of us take a sigh of relief, you know, let our breath out. >> we're the last ones to get there. and it's chaos. nobody knows what we're doing, nobody knows how long we'll be there, nobody knows what's next. >> this is january 2021. so covid is still very much an issue. there's a whole heck of a lot of people not wearing masks. i think that just added another layer of anxiety to everyone, that gosh, we evacuate, we get people there, and now we're in -- i called it the covid punch bowl, out of just comedic relief. because it's just like, oh -- and we're in a pandemic. >> what's hard to comprehend at this moment is that this is not over yet. i'm out, but the capitol's not secure, so we're in that room -- at first i thought, whoo, okay, that's over. it's not over at all. >> it wasn't a breach, it was a siege. we were overrun. hundreds and hundreds of people were pouring in. and that was astonishing to me. and also terrifying. because i'm very worried about tabitha and hank. >> slowly, the sound lowers. the volume lowers. and i tell tabitha and hank, "you can come out now." we just stare off at each other. and there's no words. then there's a knock at the door. it's the capitol police, we're here to help you." i think that was the moment for me where i felt like i survived. >> i receive a text saying, the police have them, they're on the way. that's an agonizing time period, because i know they're now outside of that room, you know -- i don't know that the whole route is secured. but it was probably just about 10 or 12 minutes later that they arrive. >> we make our way to the back room, and jamie sees them and just gets in this huddle. and there's tears and crying and almost shaking, you know, that he found his kids. >> it's -- it's hard to characterize what that feels like. but it was just overwhelming. and i just threw my arms around tabitha and hank. >> i don't even work in the capitol. i work in another building. like, i wasn't supposed to be there. not only was i, his children weren't supposed to be there. and we just happened to be 50 feet from the floor on a day of an insurrection. and the congressman said something like, "not a good day to take your kid to work." 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[both] finch! let's go! oh yeah! it's not the same. what could you do to solve the problem? we could get xfinity? that's actually super adult of you to suggest. i can't wait to squad up. i love it when you talk nerdy to me. guy, guys, guys, we're still in session. and i don't know what the heck you're talking about. the area outside on of the rotunda is just filled with people. and this guy, he approaches. and he says, "we're doing this for your people." he said, "black people should be up here with us." and i said to him, "for as long as there have been african americans in this country, we have been disenfranchised, we have been enslaved, we had our rights taken from us. in all of that, we have never had it in our minds to come up here and do something as ridiculous and as privileged and as unamerican as what you're doing right now." so i said, "do not look at me in my face and say you're doing this for me." i said, "i served my country, and i served it honorably, and i serve it continually." and i said, "what you are doing is not in service of your country." i said, "you're a traitor." and i said, "don't you think anything different while you're standing in this building." >> whose house? >> our house! >> whose house? >> our house! >> we see one guy chanting. and i went up to him. >> excuse me. no, no. what are you trying to do? what are you trying to do? >> kick ass and take names later! >> i ask him if he tried to disrupt, and before i finish my question, he's like -- >> we're not here to hurt anybody, we're not trying to hurt anybody, we're just here to let you know there's a million of us or more out there that will come through this building if necessary. >> when i tried to challenge him about what could trump think of what is happening in the capitol, he cannot answer me because he's pointing me one direction, saying -- >> that's the police, watch out, here come the police. >> and we realize that police officers are coming all around the rotunda. >> i'm just pure angry. i'm mad. that's the overwhelming feeling is just anger. because -- the capitol, that's our responsibility. it's sacred to us, in a way. i know they had to go through a lot of our people to get there. so i'm mad. and i say something to the effect of, "are you people pissed off? because i am, and it's time to go take back the effing capitol. " >> we have a group of metropolitan police in full riot gear, which i'm super happy to see. because all of them look like they're about a foot and a half taller than i am. and they acted like it was their building. it was great . >> they are not moving, we are up against the wall. the policemen are coming our way. they're pushing very more aggressively than before. they are taking control. >> they are veterans and they're trying to pushback the trump supporters, so they might they we are with them. >> at one point, there's an mpd officer next to me. and somebody grabs his stick. and they're going back and forth with the stick. and eventually they manage to pull it away from him. kind of flies backward into the crowd. he looks over at me, "i lost my stick." and i said something to the effect of, "well, you still got starsky and hutch, let's go!" >> people are back together, so we are smashed, smashed, and we are just trying to stay together and to get through this. but at some point, because the police is pushing the demonstrators, move, we move with them. she's in front of me and she leads me toward the exits. >> at this moment, the capitol is still occupied by protesters. there were nbc news reports that capitol hill police and d.c. metro police were in a combined operation to clear the interior. the degree of success on that matter is unclear to us at this moment. and extraordinarily and without explanation through it all, the president of the united states has not made a statement. >> we're staring at the television, waiting for the president to do what presidents do at a time like this, which is to calm a country, which is to -- to intervene, which is to send help. and we watch and we watch and we watch. and this growing sense of, we're in this on our own. >> i see liz cheney in the room. and i know her. we're -- we're rivals in some ways. she's a very conservative republican. fierce partisan. but i think of her as a person of integrity. she's also the senior republican in the room. i go up to her and i say, "liz, i trust you will agree with me on this. the moment we can, the moment they give us the all clear, we've got to march back into that house chamber and --" what i planned to say is "and finish the job and certify the election." she stops me, she finishes my sentence for me. >> i say to him, "we must immediately bring articles of impeachment, president trump is dangerous, he must be impeached and he must be convicted and removed, and we must do it now." >> oh. okay. this is liz cheney saying this. and that brings home to me the weight of the moment . >> we did have a brief discussion about, hey, we should abandon this, it's over, they're already in the building. despite our best efforts, they found their way in, some other means. i told the guys that i was there, i don't know how many people are upstairs, i have no idea. i was like, but i know there's, like, thousands and thousands of people out in front of us that want to get in here. if we leave, they're going to be in here, and we're never going to get them out. i was like, we're staying here. >> it's very unnerving when you're like, what do we do next? what is the end game what is we were trying to figure out, what is the end game of this? it seemed like this was just going to go on forever. it was like, they weren't giving up and we weren't giving up. >> i'm starting to work my way to the front, and i see one of my officer's feet being dragged away from me. i'm like what the fuck is happening? >> sergeant isaac actually comes to me and tells me that one of our officers is out, out in the crowd. and -- so i'm thinking, what do we do? you know, like -- there's no way we can leave that officer out there in the crowd. but i knew, too that we had so few people at the door that no matter who we sent out there, it was almost going to be like a fool's errand. >> i was like, we have to get him. but strategically, there was no way for me to do anything about it. like, i could have legitimately sent officers out the door. but then we would have had to shoot people. so introducing firearms in this situation was implausible -- it was untenable. i was like, fuck it, we're just going to have to go get our asses kicked if that was what it was going to take. >> we were going to send probably ten officers out there, kind of circle him, pull him back in. >> luckily, he was brought back up to the door right before we were getting ready to go back out there for him. >> i turn around and i look, and there he is, right? like he had come back -- he just looks like he literally got dragged into the crowd, no other way to describe him. >> he had been beaten and tased. >> there were several during that fight that it became so intense that i really thought we were going to lose it. i didn't think we were going to be able to hold. >> we were on our own for a very long time, and that's actually the scariest part. we are begging for help at this point. and there was no one to help us. >> we went from, you know, protecting the capitol to surviving. in that tunnel . >> when we reached the capitol, we reached the conclusion that trump has made a video and is calling everyone to go back home. >> i know your pain, i know you're hurt. it's a very tough period of time. there's never been a time like this where such a thing happens, where they get taken away from all of us. from me, from you, from our country. this was a fraudulent election. but we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. you've seen what happens, you see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil. i know how you feel. but go home, and go home in peace. >> that looks prerecorded! this is our fucking house! it's not 6:00, it's not fucking curfew time. trump would not -- that does not sound like trump. >> i asked the supporters, what do you think -- what do you think of that? are you going to follow the line of donald trump? >> for them, it's fake news. trump cannot do that. >> then i see the shaman in the stairs. so i'm coming to him. kind of, you know, a bit -- "is that you i see on the picture?" he's like, "oh, yeah." >> yeah, i was on the senate floor, i was sitting in biden's chair, it was fun. >> very proud of himself. >> coming inside where you're not allowed to, it's undermining your cause? >> no, the communists have infiltrated the government at the highest levels. they forgot they work for us, the people. today their boss showed up to work. >> i'm asking them, do you think donald trump would support you? reacting like this against the law enforcement and the police officer? and then he quotes saying -- >> on occasion, the tree of liberty must be replenished with the blood of peats an ss ss an and tyrants. >> i'm a bit astonished by what he's saying. and asking him, do you think that was necessary? >> nobody's getting hurt right now. nobody's pushing against the police officers. so our plan is to let these traitors know who the fuck is in charge. any questions, chris? 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we shoot, they shoot -- luckily it didn't escalate to that. i could only imagine the loss of life if we had done that. >> the significant moment during lockdown happens probably around 6:00 p.m. or just after 6:00 p.m. and that's the moment when speaker pelosi and steny hoyer enter the room. >> we were, of course, ecstatic that they were safe. concerned about the trauma. >> i'm called upon to speak, and i tell them, "we're back, we're going to honor our constitutional responsibilities, we cannot let another day go by before we certify that joe biden and kamala harris are president and vice president of the united states." >> after so much confusion and fear and anger throughout the day, it was a really good place for us to say, yes, and now we will do our duty. >> we don't know at what hour of the night, but we will certify the election, and tomorrow will be a now day. >> i gave tabitha a big hug and a kiss. and i said, "i'm so sorry and i don't know how i'm going to make it up to you, but i promise it's not going to be like this again when you come back to the capitol." and she said, "i don't want to come back to the capitol." and -- you know, for some reason, of all those terrible things i'm seeing, that just struck me to the core. i mean, she says she doesn't want to come back to the place where i work, the capitol of the united states. there was really nothing i could say at that point. >> i see a group of people chanting and yelling. the energy in this -- in this circle of people is volatile. and i look in the circle, and people are destroying these ap press cameras. and i'm scared. like, i -- like, they're -- this is an attack on the press. this is an attack on media. and i'm holding this big-ass camera. as soon as they get done destroying this film gear, are they going to turn around and look at me and target me? >> see you later, fake news! >> and we start hunting them down one by one! >> i take one photograph of a group of people, and this woman turns around and goes, "who are you shooting for?" then she yells, "antifa photographer, antifa!" which is a death sentence in that crowd, pretty much. and within just seconds, four large men, one with no shirt on with an ax handle, surround me. i put my hands in the air. and i say, "i work for national geographic." he goes, "prove it!" he has this stick. i pull my press card out and i hold it up, and i don't move. and he leans in and he goes, "oh." he goes, "oh, okay, that's cool." i'm thinking, he's thinking giraffes and zebras, national geographic. i'm thinking, let me get the hell out of here. >> curfew's going into effect across washington, d.c. after this extraordinary day of violence at the u.s. capitol. >> we are now completely surrounded on this side of the capitol by federal authorities and a very large police presence at this point. we just heard the second announcement go off over the intercom telling people to clear the area, that the curfew is now in full effect and if they fail to do so, that they will be arrested. >> i see officers in different uniforms, different tactical gear. the fact that they were there, the fact that these agencies sent their men and women to our nation's capitol to support our brothers and sisters at the united states capitol police -- it was an amazing sight to see. i spoke to just what these police officers stand for. it wasn't about their political views. it wasn't about, you know, we agree or disagree with the views of the people who were inside. it had nothing to do with that. and i will just be forever grateful to them for the assistance they provided . >> i'm just walking around the building, thinking to myself, people died in here, man. like, people died in here. and i'm looking around, and i'm seeing all the carnage inside of this building. there's officers still laid out on the floor. you know, you know -- hurting. bleeding. >> some of the officers, you know, didn't recognize right away until they took off their helmet. they didn't say much. kind of just looked at each other. a head nod. kind of just thinking, what the hell just happened? you know, it's hard to process. >> one guy broke down, started crying. you know. he's like, "i don't know how much more i could have took -- i could have taken." we all get together, and my one sergeant, he says, "if anybody tries to tell you that you guys didn't do your job today and didn't fight like hell and hold your ground, you can tell them to talk to me." >> i walked into statuary hall where many of my capitol police buddies were at that day, resting after the long, extended fight that we saw them take on. and i just went up and said thank you to as many as i could. >> he was going around, he was asking them what they had experienced. and they were very upset. they were very -- they felt outnumbered and not well equipped. and didn't get reinforcements. and one officer didn't shake his hand. and my colleague said, "did you see that?" and i said, "yes, and that's okay." we are a republican member, and they viewed this as people from my party coming and attacking them. and that was very emotional for them. it's this moment of guilt, of these people physically sacrificed themselves to make sure that i was safe and the members of this institution were safe. i was safe. i get to come home to my family tonight because of these people. 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(vo) when it comes to your business, not all bars are created equal. so switch to verizon, the most reliable 5g network in america, and get the unlimited plan that your business deserves. on the network america relies on. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals, and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein. today was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol. to those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. violence never wins. >> we must and we will show to the country, and indeed to the world, that we will not be diverted from our duty, that we will respect our responsibility to the constitution and to the american people. >> i recognized the courage of the vice president, all of us, all of our members. it was a very dangerous situation. so it's not just, well, now we're all safe. the scars of that threat and the trauma it caused are present in the room. >> madam speaker, i rise in opposition to the objection -- >> i'm listening to the debate on the house floor. witnessing at that moment the most raw and emotional energy i've seen in my entire career. this is the first moment of us as a nation trying to recover. >> we are all americans. not americans "r," not americans "d." we are americans. >> we returning here to complete the work we were sent to do, we are proving that our democracy cannot be disrupted by criminal behavior. we will not falter, we will not bend, and we will not shrink from our duty. >> and then there is this shift that occurs. and it is so noticeable, because all of a sudden, after a few speeches, things click back into its usual ways. >> madam speaker, i rise to claim time in support of the objection. >> i rise to support the objection. >> i rise in support of the objection. >> the challenges continue. and i say, quote, "you've got to be fucking kidding me." after all this they're going to challenge the results? they're going to continue with the big lie, with the conspiracy theories? they're still going to do this? >> madam speaker, i rise in ob sister to the objection. >> i beseech the republicans to recognize what they're doing, to give up this idea that this wasn't a fair election. i -- you know, i'm not the same young man i was when i went to iraq. and so -- you know, i -- i'm willing to do a lot for my country, and i did a lot for my country. i just never realized that, you know, the my biggest -- the biggest threat to my country would come from my colleagues and from other u.s. citizens. >> i watched some of my colleagues on the floor argue the same talking points they had planned prior to this happening. and that's the thing that compelled me to go down and give -- to give my speech and the certification. >> for the last few years, misinformation and fear has been fed into people for profit and power and for too many years, leaders around the country said nothing and sometimes echoed those messages because of the belief that winning no matter the cost was worth everything. it is nothing but utter silence from my side on the floor. it hit goes me at that moment, these people haven't changed their mind. >> it wasn't complicated for me. i had to stay true to myself. i said to myself, i says, i'm not going the allow people, whatever the number was that were inside the capitol take day, that did what they did that day, to affect how i would vote. i want to be able to go home and put my head on my pillow and sleep, you know, with a clear conscious. so i objected to pennsylvania. those were the only two states, by the way, arizona and pennsylvania. >> i vote to certify the arizona election and i walk out those center doors of the house chamber and into the rest of the capitol for the first time that night. i'm seeing cigarette butts put out on the statues and thrown on the floor, water bottles, paraphernalia, trump flags, and i get on my hands and knees and start cleaning up. and at first i come across this piece, just gold foil, very light plastic, and i see this. at first, not positive what it is but it looks like a wing, and i'm continuing to clean and i come across the rest of it. and i see the figure of this broken eagle, and i hold it in my hands as if it is an injured animal. there's something about this that embodies for me the entirety of january 6th. >> the votes for president of the united states are as follows. joseph r. biden jr., of the state of delaware, has received 306 votes. donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes. the announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states. the purpose of the joint session having concluded pursuant to senate concurrent resolution 1, 117th congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved. >> at the last gavel my heart was broken because so many republicans voted against the will of the people after they had seen death, destruction, harm done to people, an assault on the capitol, on our constitution and our congress, our democracy. >> but there's a relief that for the moment this is over and the election has been certified and the constitution worked and joe biden is going to be the president of the united states of the united states in two weeks. that felt good. that felt really good. >> as i'm driving home i am thinking to myself about the question, is this the beginning or is this the end. is this the country falling apart or by doing our duty, despite all of the ugliness of that day, were we helping to bring the country together? i still don't know the answer to that question. >> i pulled up in front of my house and i go through the front door, and i sit on my recliner and i just stare. i just -- i just stare off, and i broke down. i cried. all of that fear and anger, all of it just came out that moment. and i got myself together and january 7th everything was different, nothing was the same. at least not for us. >> i was born in a communist country. i spent my career working in or around countries where people struggle, risk their lives for democracy, for the chance to enjoy the rule of law. i think the demons are always out there, and if we don't do everything in our power every single day to defend the system that we take for granted, then we can still lose it. >> the only thing necessary for evil to exist is for good men to do nothing. people all over this nation depend on us, whether it is law enforcement, whether it is the military, whether it is lawmakers, to live by our oath to up hold the constitution, the rule of law and protect our democracy. >> i'm driving home finally and thank my officers.self, how do i how do i explain to a spouse or a girlfriend, a boyfriend, their children that their husband, their mother, their wife, their son, their daughter was hurt because of something i may have not have done? >> i think what makes it worse for these officers is the perception and probably truth that about a third of the country doesn't believe it ever even happened and doesn't believe that their service counts as something. that takes a massive emotional toll, and that's why i think it is important for history to show how brave these people were. >> i go to get on the airplane to fly back to michigan and there are a handful of members of congress on the plane. everybody else is from the rally. everybody else is from the mob, and they are celebrating and we are just sitting with our heads down, overhearing for the one-hour flight from washington to detroit this mob recounting the whole day from their perspective. it is awful. >> but i cannot forgive or forgot is the trauma that was caused seeing the eyes of my staff, these young idealistic people, for the trauma that they had experienced and the post-traumatic stress that they will be experiencing. those scars run deep. you can repair the building, but it is very hard to ease the trauma that people have experienced. >> i'm driving up from washington back to new jersey and i see my kids running up to me for the very first time, and the younger one just scampers around. he is just prancing and he's at that age, 3 years old, but my older son, 5 years old, he comes up to me. he's walking up to me, contemplative, and he says, "dad, are you okay? did something happen at work?" and i just -- i just don't think i experienced words as piercing as that ever in my life. did something happen at work? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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