Congress returning to the capitol chambers hours after the mob stormed tblg. Lawmakers working through the night to certify the results of the president ial election. Vice president pence saying joe biden was the winner. Joseph r. Biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. Donald trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes. We have team fox coverage. John roberts at the white house, where the president is promising an orderly transition. Katie pavlich with reaction. We begin with mike emanuel live for us in washington mike, good morning to you. Set the scene for us if you will. Good morning. Sad and ugly day at the United States capitol. Great anticipation of the Electoral College certification. Protestors stormed the Capitol Building became the story. Journalists focused on the debate on the house floor as lawmakers argued over the Election Results in arizona. Things stopped. The gathering crowd outside tblg was walking freely through the capitol. Police pulled their weapons on the house floor to keep out the mob. Lawmakers grabbed gas masks and moved to a safe undisclosed location and leaders were left in shock. It was a very disturbing day yesterday. I had a lot of anger as so many of my colleagues that the capitol got overrun and an ork consists and terrorist. No place for it. A similar scene on the senate side. Debate over arizona Election Results was taking place and there was a serious security breach. Capitol police tried to lock the chamber. Senators were taken to a secure location to ride it out for hours until security could be restored to the Capitol Building. Lawmakers were determined to get back to work to finish their duties certifying the 2020 election. At the end of a marathon day after 3 40 a. M. Senate chaplain barry black said the tragedies have reminded us that words matter and the power of life and death is in the tongue. Four people died including one in the Capitol Building. 14 Police Officers injured including one seriously. And at least 52 arrested, trace. Trace heart rending. Youve been doing this a long time. Your perspective is key. Where were you when this was happening and what did you see . I was on the senate side of the capitol. I could see looking out the window the protest crowd was building. We were told to get away from doors and windows. I saw a lot more police running to stop the spread of the protestors throughout the capitol complex. That was alarming to see police running at full speed. I went to our reporter position in the Russell Center Office Building and did live reports for tv and radio. Tried figuring out if i could get back to the Capitol Building to report on the drama. I was told to shelter in place. I reported from there until tensions eased late last night. Trace mike emanuel live in d. C. Thanks. Sandra thanks to mike. Glad he is safe. New fallout over the chaos on capitol hill. Several white house staffers resigning as facebook and twitter blocked President Trumps account where he maintained for weeks that the election had been stolen from him. The president issued a statement overnight saying even though he doesnt agree with the results of the election, there will be an orderly transition of power come Inauguration Day. John roberts is live at the white house on all this. John, good to see you this morning. A crazy evening. We heard your voice throughout. Whats the latest from the there this morning . Good morning. There really has been in the last 24 hours a sea change in the administration and more broadly in the Republican Party. A lot of people openly splitting with President Trump including his former chief of staff and his special envoy to Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney who submitted his resignation yesterday as a result of what was going on. He talked about it more on cnbc this morning. Listen here. I called mike last night to told him i would be resigning. I cant do it. I cant stay. It is a nothing thing. It doesnt affect the outcome or transition but what ive got, right . A position i enjoyed doing. You cant do it. I wouldnt be surprised to see more of my friends resign over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours and be completely understandable if they did. You can add to the resignation matt pot enger. He had been planning to leave for some time and 13 days anyway. You mentioned Stephanie Grisham and the social secretary as well last night. The Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews calling me to tell me that she was going to resign as a result of what happened yesterday. In a statement saying i was honored to serve in the Trump Administration and proud of the policies we enacted. As someone who worked in the halls of congress i was deeply disturbed by what i saw today. Ill step down from my role effective immediately. Our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power. You mentioned the president s statement. Twitter has locked President Trumps account after a couple of tweets that twitter said violated rules inciting violence. After the vote early this morning it was left to the president s Digital Media director to tweet out a response from the president who said even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election and the facts bear me out there will be an orderly transition january 20th. Ive always said that we would continue our fight to make sure only the legal votes are counted. It is only the beginning of our fight to make America Great again. I talked to a number of republicans in the past 18 hours who say it would have been easy for the president to go out with his head held high on the 20th of this month and keep his powder dry for another run in 2024. Now im being told there is talk among some republicans in the senate about a snap impeachment process before the end of his term to keep him from running for a second term. There were also some rumblings about potentially using the 25th amendment to remove him from power. That would have to be done at the cabinet secretary level. I checked with a couple of cabinet secretaries yesterday there is no momentum to do that. That part at least may only be talk. But there is no question that politically the president finding himself this morning much more isolated than he was just 24 hours ago. Sandra. Sandra well have developments throughout the morning as we hear from the white house. John roberts, thank you. Trace. Trace San Diego Air force veteran identified as the woman shot and killed in yesterdays chaos at the capitol Ashley Babbitt was a 14 year veteran who served four tours with the air force. Family members say she was a strong supporter of President Trump and was reportedly unarmed at the time of the shooting. Sandra and amid all the chaos on the capitol yesterday lawmakers were forced to shelter in place inside the house and senate as riotors stormed the building. Joining is one lawmaker locked down on the house floor congressman mark green. Good morning to you. How are you . Sandra you woke up this morning and look back at what happened yesterday and what did you think . Im pretty disgusted at what happened. It was really a national disgrace. We were there to talk about election and debate the issues with the election in terms of some of the states that there was some questions about and all of that got interrupted by the mob. Absolutely a mob. And ive seen tracer coming in on me in iraq and afghanistan. It was nothing compared to that. But it was deeply disturbing for our country. Many people have mentioned 1814 the last time Something Like this happened. As a military guy and guy who has given his life to this country it was disturbing. Sandra you are looking back at your time as a combat vet. You have experience seeing battle. You were in that room. What did you do . What was your instinct when you saw that mob coming . Well, i was actually moving out of the House Chamber into the tunnels as it all happened so i got more sounds than actual visual input but heard the chaos. They said go to a safe place. We went into the tunnels and i went to an undisclosed location where we barred ourselves in and my staff and i stayed there really until about 8 00 or 9 00 last night locked in that room. Sandra did you ever think the capitol could be breached, that there could be this massive of a security breach, sir . No, i really never thought this could happen. I think the Capitol Police are great and they did a fantastic job yesterday. There will be an after action review that looks at whether the intelligence information was good or whether or not they were prepared based on the intelligence information they had. All those questions have to be asked. Overall i think the Capitol Police did a good job of the assets that they had available for yesterday. Sandra the president has now committed to a peaceful transition of power come Inauguration Day, sir. You have often shown your support for him. Where does that stand this morning . You know, i think right now what im focused on. Were about 24 hours out of the capitol of the United States being stormed. I think we have a lot of healing to do before we can think about whats next. Sandra what is your message to him and how we could do that . We heard a strong message from joe biden yesterday. We saw that video message from the president calling for an end to the violence. What more would you ask of him to do in the wake of this . I think what we all need to be doing is reflecting on what happened yesterday to consider what it is that caused that in our society. You know, since earlier this year with the antifa stuff in portland and the tragic riots that happened after george floyd and now this, there is something deeper going on. And i dont know if its, you know, because were not facetoface and were talking to each other over facebook and saying things that we wouldnt say in person and then that sort of is taken down the barriers and we say things that now we would previously wouldnt have said. There has just been something has changed and we really have to look deep into our hearts and maybe start putting america ahead of ourselves. I think all of us need to be thinking about that and not just, you know, who is running for what. There is something very deep going on here and it is about the condition of our hearts, sandra, all of us. All of us need to be introspective and put America First and not our own specific and unique desires. Sandra it is remarkable as we look back at these pictures this morning. Some of those pictures a man who took the seat of Nancy Pelosis chair in her office. A man who took the seat of mike pences seat that he occupied moments earlier. Just a remarkable thing. We all watched it in realtime yesterday and couldnt believe what we were seeing and look back this morning. A final thought from you, sir, as you went through that in a completely different way. You were inside that building im sure fearing for your life. I dont know so much that i had fear for my life, you know. So many years of experience and handling these kinds of situations i was more concerned about my staff and my classmates, my fellow classmates. One of the things i did was start calling around and texting all my class to make sure they were safe. It is very disturbing. When you think about the United States capitol and the freedom that symbolizes and then you get mob rule yesterday, it is we have a lot of introspection to do, sandra, a lot. Sandra were glad youre okay. Thank you for coming on with us this morning and well have you back soon. Trace. Trace there are questions now over what is next amid divisions in congress and within the Republican Party. Some republican senators distancing themselves from President Trump yesterday including Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham. Watch. Trump and i we have had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my god, i hate it. From my point of view he has been a consequential president but today first thing youll see. All i can say is count me out, enough is enough. Trace lets bring in Katie Pavlich town hall editor. Good to see you as always. Im listening around. You hear john roberts say the president is more isolated. You just heard congressman green saying something has changed and then Lindsey Graham saying enough is enough. What about you, katie . Would you add to what they are saying, subtract, or do you think its the right tone . Look, i think that folks who have been supportive of President Trumps agenda over the past four years, which has been full of accomplishments for coming off of operation warp speed which the Biden Administration will benefit from with a vaccine it made in under a year to help americans get through this pandemic, you know, i think that theyre very disappointed that yesterday is overshadowing the accomplishments and policy positions of the past four years and the truth is that those policy positions and what people want for their own lives and what they want for their Representative Government is not going to go away. The senate is split 50 50 with the incoming Vice President who will be giving up her senate seat soon breaking a tie. You have nancy pelosi and the house with a very slim margin in terms of her majority. There are very serious debates to be had moving forward and theyll be difficult and tough but should not divulge into violence. Its why we have the process of voting. There is a lot of tough work to be done and i think the biggest takeaway from yesterday. People who believed in the agenda and accomplishments which were good for the country have been overshadowed by this at least in the short term. Miranda devine writes the storming of the capitol was a tragedy for the Republican Party saying it has bestowed the great gift of the moral high ground on the most undeserving people in the world, joe biden and the left. They now have a free pass to persecute their ideological enemies while enacting pet projects and changing this country irrevokeably for the worst. Your thoughts. I would say most of that is true. I disagree that they have a free pass. There are a number of republicans who were just reelected and been elected in years past to stand up to the left and their aggressive agenda. Republicans should not be deterred by what happened yesterday in terms of having serious policy debates and standing against big policies and legislation that the Biden Administration wants to put on the country. We are split 50 50. Joe biden got 80 million votes. Donald trump got 70 million votes. Capitol hill talks about unity and introspection. Constituents can hold them to that and see if they can work together. We heard a lot about what happened yesterday but little about what happened over the past year and you cant view yesterday as in a vacuum and one single incident. There are deep seated issues on both sides of the political aisles and there needs to be debated on capitol hill. Trace its interesting. You say the republicans should not be deterred. I was listening to brit hume. His sense is that somebody already have, a good chunk. Listen and ill get your response. I sense, bret, there is a sea change now in the Republican Party as a result of this. Trumps post election conduct has split him off from half or more of his voting base. I think those people now almost certainly have deserted him. If the election were held tonight he would lose by far more than he lost the last time. Trace what do you think about what brit said . I wouldnt say theyre deterred as a result. I would say theyre moving in a different direction with principles and values and ideas about what the governments role is in their lives. Limited government, fewer taxes, healthcare being privateized rather than nationalized. Were a nation of laws, not men. And they can apply a lot of what the past four years of success have been under President Trump and the populous ideology and move forward with that. Again, yesterdays actions do not reflect the ideology of the vast majority of people who have supported President Trumps policies and they can move forward on capitol hill and they have to be able to stand up when they try to silence them and use yesterday as an excuse to push through enormous consequences for the country in terms of policies. Trace always good to see you, thank you. Sandra rioters broke into the Capitol Building in a shock pg display of violence. How did this happen and what can be done to prevent it from happening again . Ken cuccinelli will be our guest next. Control was reestablished quickly but it doesnt change the questions that arise from the breach in the first place. Those are going to have to be addressed by Congress Given that we all knew that the epicenter of todays events would be the u. S. Capitol. Your grooming business is booming. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. 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Trace coronavirus cases exploding across the country now topping 21 million since the start of the pandemic. 3,865 americans died from covid19 wednesday. The highest single day death toll registered in the country. Sandra South Carolina Health Officials are urging front line workers to get their first vaccine dose within the next week otherwise they will be passed over to speed up the vaccine process across the state. For more on these an other top stories download the fox news app. Scan the qr code on your screen. Trace growing questions over the storming of capitol hill. F. B. I. Seeking information to identify those actively instigating the violence we saw in washington yesterday. With us now is Danny Collison, a former f. B. I. Assistant director commander of the Oklahoma City bombing investigation. Good to see you. This is right up your alley. What are investigators looking for and what are the first steps in tracking down those who committed the violence on capitol hill . First of all intel. We know that this was instigator generated. It didnt just happen. People there came to do it and generated it and caused this horrible mayhem. There are a lot of things. First of all cameras. Cameras are all over the place. Also remember that those Police Officers that were attacked, they had body cameras on and have excellent f. B. I. And secret service and other institutions have very good facial recognition ability and they captured all that stuff. It all becomes digitized and unusual. Theyll see if other people if these people were involved in other riots. There is a possibility. There is a culture in this country people go from riot to riot. Thats a possibility. They will have the cell phones of the people that got arrested. That will be a treasure trove of information. Trace those are very good points. I know we mentioned you were part of the Oklahoma City bombing and after that there were a multitude of changes talking about vehicle barriers and so forth. Do you foresee changes like that after this around capitol hill . Absolutely. I worked on the hill for a number of years for the f. B. I. That place is a sieve. Way too many entrances. It is supposed to be the people house, not a fortress. I know the Capitol Police are taking hits. They protected those members. They didnt protect the building but a lot of members up there who are very fragile and had they confronted these rioters think of the injuries that would have occurred. They acted valiantly. Not well prepared but acted with herroism as far as im concerned. Trace a lot of criticism for the Capitol Police and others but the Los Angeles Police chief Michael Moore said it is tough to hold back people who are hell bent on destruction and says they use violence against police, attack the sacred capitol and rotunda and used tear gas in physical attacks. What troubles me is the first thought why wasnt Law Enforcement better prepared . What are your thoughts on that . I think they should have been but i think one thing to remember is that trump rallies are historically very, very peaceful. They were shocked at what happened. They didnt account for agitators. The chief of police from l. A. Is right. I dealt with crowd control. Once they get going you cant stop them. There is a very significant visual image of a lone Capitol Policeman in a stairway trying to fight off the mob by himself. Why werent more people there . Thats a question that has to be answered. It was scary. Sickening to me to see and im disappointed in what i saw. Trace Danny Collison always good to hear from you. Sandra a texas congressman who faced the mob yesterday holding back rioters trying to enter the House Chamber. He is live to tell us what he saw when he joins us live next. The peoples house was attacked which is an attack on the republic itself. There is no excuse for it and people need to go to jail. Be right back. 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Ken cuccinelli joins us now. Thank you for being here and good morning to you. First just your thoughts this morning as we all take this in. Well, you know, a lot of us are taking it in or a lot of people are taking it in for the first time because it was the nations capitol. Weve been dealing with violence like this for six months and to see it here in the capitol is all the worse. It is not acceptable anywhereby anyone. The message we sent yesterday. We sent re inforcements, secret service and federal protective service were on capitol hill at the request of the Capitol Police. Hundreds of our officers and we stand ready to continue that level of support. Were again at the Capitol Polices request building fencing around the capitol today and tomorrow. Expect that to be done. Well have a secure inauguration. And that planning has been in the works for a long time. Secret service in charge of that. America can be very confident that you wont see a repeat of this kind of behavior. Sandra want to follow up on the plans in a moment. We were just watching a video while you were talking of a single Capitol Police officer fending off that mob as they entered the building, came through the stairwell. At one point he turns to grab his wand that was on the floor. Many people have weighed in. Members of congress saying they know the Police Officer well. Worked there for years. He is a good man. How did it come down to that . When you have all those lawmakers in the building. This is one of our most secured, sacred buildings in the country, in the world. How did it come down to that, that one Capitol Police officer to fend off that mob . It is shocking to watch to think there wasnt more reinforcement in that building faster. Right. Well, i mean, they have jurisdiction. The minute they ask for support we sent it. By the way, they asked for support before violence began so that was not a pure reaction. There was some planning to it. But it was just too close to when everything began to heat up. They were outnumbered and overwhelmed and why you see pictures like that. It is just numbers. Sandra what did you think when you saw images of a man taking Nancy Pelosis chair in her office . A man taking the seat where mike pence had sat moments ago . These are just remarkable images that just happened yesterday. Something that was unthinkable 24 hours ago. Right. It was infuriating from a Public Safety standpoint which is how we approach it at dhs. This is something we never want to see no matter who it is. And fully support the f. B. I. And will support them with all of our efforts to bring folks to justice who were involved just as we do in every other city across the country. And sandra are you confident that will happen, that these people will be found and held accountable . I think many of them will, yes. You know, there are limits on our ability to identify folks and but to the extent we can i presume folks will be prosecuted. That ultimately comes to the prosecutors, but we at the department of Homeland Security have urged prosecutors across the country state and federal to take every single one of these cases because until you do, until we have agreement left and right that violence is never allowable, ever allowable, then it will continue. Weve had six months of this kind of violence in other cities and some in washington particularly in the summer where some people in the media and some people in congress were codling of violent protestors. Well, all of a sudden everybody is unified and im sorry it took this to get there, the department of Homeland Security has been against this kind of violence by whomever may perpetrate it all along. That should be all of americas position. And i think now maybe it is. Sandra i want to put this trump tweet up on the screen because obviously both sides came out and condemned this violence immediately and then there were calls for the president to speak out. He put out the tweet. I am asking for everyone at the u. S. Capitol to remain peaceful. Respect the law and our great men and women in blue. Thank you. Tom homan was on fox news earlier this morning and he is talking about where the investigation has to take place and what failed here. Listen. They need to investigate exactly what happened and what failed. Needs to be corrected because unnecessarily people were hurt and Capitol Police were hurt and i think the response could have been better. Sandra so how do you respond to that . We look what happened and think surely all these people will be put in jail. We see their faces and we can identify them. The f. B. I. Can reach out to everybody that knows them and we have the tip line on the screen. We have had that in the past and we have mixed results but we keep doing it because we do have some success with that approach. I agree with tom. Expect it to be investigated. Capitol Police Report only to congress. They arent part of the executive branch. They dont have brother and sister agencies in their branch of the government. Theyre calling on the Washington Metro Police and the rest of us in the executive branch to help and support them. That leaves the after action in a very interesting posture. Congress is the one that takes a look at that. Now we can all weigh in but thats who they report to. Thats who they are accountable to. Sandra i want to get this breaking news in. Unusual situation. Sandra i want you respond to something just coming into us from our capitol hill producer. Federal Law Enforcement source saying the devices that were found near the rnc and dnc headquarters were actual explosive devices. They were found near headquarters on wednesday. They were actual explosive devices were being told. Were getting briefs on these investigations. First reported that multiple i. E. D. S resembling pipe bombs were found. Can you respond to what were learning here . Atf is handling that investigation. Ive seen pictures of the devices and they look very similar suggesting that the same person probably did both the rnc and dnc devices at the same time. I cant relate them to any other devices that were found. I dont have information on that at this point in time. But thats something that we take very seriously and all day yesterday we were going through identifying suspicious packages not only in d. C. But also in Northern Virginia as well. And paying close attention to that. Obviously this part of yesterday worked out safely. None of these devices hurt anyone but the fact that they were used and deployed at all is something that will be run down as a very serious aspect of this investigation. Sandra as you are insuring a safe inauguration will take place january 20th. Did you have a final thought . Just that america can be very confident that inauguration will be very safe. Secret service has been planning for it for months. Theyre in the lead on that and you can fully expect all the lessons of yesterday to be absorbed and deployed and you will see that even starting today with fencing at the capitol. A tactic weve used in the department of Homeland Security ourselves that will be deployed here as well. I expect that this is going to be a onetime event. It has been learned from. We would rather not learn the hard way like this. Nonetheless, you are going to see immediate improvement, fully aggressive pat tour by the department of Homeland Security and the department of justice as well. We accept violence from no one. Sandra appreciate your time this morning, sir. Thank you. Trace Capitol Police drawing guns to protect lawmakers inside the u. S. House of representatives. 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He helped Capitol Hill Police barricade the door to the chamber and here to discuss what he experienced yesterday. Glad you are doing okay. You are back. It was quite a day yesterday. You were in the middle of it. What was your experience . Good morning, sandra. You know, we were in session and debating the issue of the day and then all of a sudden i noticed there were many armed personnel from the Capitol Police as well as, you know, civilian, you know, personnel running inside the chamber and they escorted miss pelosi off of her chair. I could hear them say secure all the doors, not only on the Chamber Floor but also the gallery. A few minutes later they were telling us to just all sit down in your chairs and individual then told us that the capitol has been breached. So we immediately did everything we could to evacuate many of the members out of the house floor. And i decided to just stay behind. I wanted to remain with the Capitol Hill Police and do what i can to make sure that they would not breach that sacred hall. Sandra congressman, we had photos just a moment ago of you. We can clearly see you in a blue shirt as you said alongside the Capitol Police. If we can put that back up there. You chose to stay behind. Why . Because it was the right thing to do. I mean, there are many doors, entrances leading into the chamber. And so i just felt that it was one of the main doors that leads into the center and there were personnel there and you can see them, theyre in their suits and have their ear pieces and had their guns drawn. Then that door that door just started to shake. They were kicking in on that door. They were yelling, they were hitting that door. And it was a very, very tense situation. When they started busting the glass, thats when i felt somebody is going to get hurt here but they busted that glass and then i just remained because i felt i need to have some dialogue with the individuals on the other side of the door. I said gentlemen, this is not the way to do this. This is unamerican. This is not the way to get your point across. The American People are sick and tired of watching television and seeing the looting and the rioting. Its been for months. But ill guarantee you, the gentleman on the other side of that door, theyre very angry. Sandra who are they . What did they say . Did they listen and respond . You know, they saw me because i had a mask on. Im from texas. The young man said youre from texas, you should be with us. I said listen, we should be able to agree to disagree on things and be able to have dialogue with each other. But violence is no way to handle this. You have breached the Capitol Building and now you are trying to storm into the floor of the house of representatives. Unacceptable. It is unamerican, it is very dangerous. I think we as the American People need to come together. We need to be able to talk with each other. Be able to sit across the table from each other and have dialogue and meaningful debate without insulting each other, without throwing, you know, slurs at each other and it has got to change. We have to change here in america. Sandra powerful statement. Texas congressman joining us live this morning and were glad to see youre doing okay, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Trace Republican National committees winter meeting is underway today with the rnc chair election on the agenda. How yesterdays capitol hill violence will impact that event plus picking up the pieces after chaos and blood shed in the capitol. Whats ahead for congress and the president . Well talk to bret baier about that next. Trace President Trump was expected to address the Republican National Committee Meeting today with the rnc chair election set to happen at the winter meeting in florida. Ronna mcdaniel is running unopposed. How our republicans reacting to yesterdays violence there . Phil keating is there. Good morning. The roughly 180 members of the Republican National committee were already expecting a glum and perhaps ugly winter meeting here at the hotel down the beach because of what happened in georgia on tuesday. As the two runoff races both went to the democrats giving democrats full control in washington but whatever happened yesterday in the nations capitol. We all saw the images on television, a sudden shift in tone down here. Chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel seeking a third term and running unopposed released this condemning statement yesterday without blaming the president quote. What these violent protestors are doing is the opposite of patriotism. It is shameful and i condemn it in the strongest possible terms. There is no place for violence in our politics regardless of which side you are on. The f. B. I. Also investigating two pipe bombs found in washington one near the Republican National committee headquarters, the other near the democratic National Committee headquarters. All of that discovered in the hours of chaos at the capitol. Pipe bombs were discovered, one of them, next to a trash container, a metal pipe with end caps and wires running from the pipes to a plastic kitchen timer. This winter meeting is pretty much all about talking about the future of the gop post trump. Now the president was expected as of last week he would come in person and address the rnc meeting. As of last night it would end up being a videotaped message. This morning sources are telling fox news even that probably wont happen. Up in the air whether the president actually addresses this meeting, trace. Trace phil keating live in florida. Thank you. Sandra fox news alert now that was the scene playing out yesterday, a day of chaos and violence in the heart of our democracy, rioters storming the u. S. Capitol and forcing lawmakers to evacuate house and Senate Floors and go into hiding in an attempt to stop the certification of joe bidens victory in the president ial election. Capitol police and National Guard restored order in the early hours of this morning the mayhem gave way to congress doing the peoples work. The report we make is that joe biden and Kamala Harris will be the president and Vice President according to the ballots that have been given to us. [applause] sandra it was a scene like no other in our nations modern history. The mob smashing windows, briefly occupying the house and Senate Chambers as well as member offices. Now the nation is looking for a way forward on the day after. Welcome to a brandnew hour of americas newsroom on this thursday morning. Im sandra smith. Hi, trace. Trace im trace gallagher. Many observers called it an insurrection as the crowd went inside the building. Four people dead and 14 Police Officers injured with dozens arrested. We have team fox coverage, bret baier standing by with the next steps for our nation and peter doocy has reaction from president elect biden. Sandra we begin with Griff Jenkins who was in the middle of all of it yesterday and is live in d. C. This morning for us. Griff, it was difficult to watch you at times yesterday. You were right in the middle of it. It got scary for you im sure. What is the situation there now and what has been the fallout. Good morning to you. Good morning, sandra and trace. It is much better. Let me give you a look. Were in front of the west side of the capitol and the pallets youve seen. Truck after truck showing up with 7 by 10 foot fencing. The same riot fencing that was put up around Lafayette Park near the white house this summer after the black lives matter riots. And so clearly they are looking to do what the military calls hardening the target around the capitol taking no chances between now and the inauguration. The overnight curfew kept things quiet. Congress got their business finished. Were learning more about the woman fatally shot. 35yearold air force there were four other deaths with medical emergencies and 50 arrested. You asked me about fallout. For those around the president it has been swift. Former chief of staff and now special envoy to Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney announcing his resignation in an interview on cnbc. I called mike last night to told him i would be resigning. I cant do it. I cant stay. It is a nothing thing. It doesnt affect the outcome or transition but it is what ive got, right . Its a position i really enjoyed doing. You cant do it. I wouldnt be surprised to see more of my friends resign over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours and be completely understandable if they did. Also several other Administration Officials resigning including Stephanie Grisham and a Deputy National security advisor. Sandra thank you for your continued reporting from there. Was there a sense in the streets yesterday, did you get that sense before all this happened that things were about to spiral out of control . Well, it is just amazing, sandra. The rally, it had the energy of any rally weve seen in the last four years. As we came to the capitol and you began to talk to people as they realized that Vice President pence was not going to do anything to block the certification, passions began to turn very, very angry and when i asked people why they were here they said were here because we heard Something Big was going to happen. I dont think anyone could have predicted it would be the kind of chaos and violence we saw. My concern this morning ive asked a few Trump Supporters weve seen here along with several others yesterday if indeed what we saw was unacceptable to them that they will ultimately on Inauguration Day accept joe biden as their president. Not a single one was willing to do so and this morning a gentleman told me, gary from Staten Island he is down here and still very angry because he says the way President Trump was tweeted in four years, what comes around goes around. Take a look at what we saw on the street yesterday. Thank you very much. As you see the reports things can get a little well keep moving along. It doesnt appear that this situation is calming down any time soon, bill. Do you get a sense or can you tell us whether or not the people youre with are aware of whats happening at the capitol . Is it their intention to go to the capitol . I think so. Listen, are you aware of whats happening in the capitol . Are you okay with the violent situation in the capitol . What are you talking about . Talking about the situation at the capitol. So its a mixed bag, bill, really on how people feel about the election and why they came out here. Then, of course, the situation you are seeing which is a totally different level of violence than what is happening out here where were being heckled. A big question now, sandra, what does the president do in his remaining 15 days or so to try and bring down the rhetoric, bring down the volume . Or does it continue to drive the core of what spurned yesterdays out of control violence, which was disbelief in our system that this was a rigged election and that in some way our democracy isnt stable . Sandra grateful for your reporting on the ground there. Thank you. For more on this well bring in bret baier. You are joining us now as we get breaking news that the president has been confirmed by our own john roberts will not be giving that address to the rnc winter meeting. He was supposed to give a taped address. That never happened. There was never he never taped it. They are now confirming he wont address the rnc today. First your reaction to that. Its a big deal. Good morning. I think that and what the rnc says about what happened yesterday is an indication of where trump political power is or is not Going Forward. I think that is a big moment. Just that he is not addressing the group. But i think more important is whatever statement comes out of the rnc. I think yesterday changed the entire political dynamic Going Forward and its hard to see how the trump Political Force is what it is the day before yesterday. Sandra here is the wall street journal opinion piece this morning. The disgrace on capitol hill. Republicans objecting to state electors should stop and certify joe bidens election. Biden will become president at noon on january 20th. Until then the police need to restore order with as much force as necessary. Republicans especially need to speak against trespass and violence. As for trump to steal some famous words, deployed in 1940 against chamberlain, in the name of god, go. What do you expect him to do next in the remaining days of his presidency, bret . I think this is a really dangerous period as far as what is going to happen between now and january 20th. We have the Vice President expressing real frustration and anger, senator inhoff quoted as saying ive never seen him as angry as he was yesterday. I had a long conversation with him. He said after all the things ive done for him, trump. There is all kinds of talk circulating on capitol hill but i do think that the power of the movement of trump came to an end yesterday largely because of what happened. And i think you look at some of the allies that are speaking out like senator marco rubio, like others you heard Mick Mulvaney. Not profiles in courage the ones resigning on january 6th or 7th but very stark in the fact that they supported this president for the longest time. Sandra senator markio rubio is an example. He put out a tweet thats getting a lot of attention. He said this. Some misled you, that the vp could reject ballots. That objections could pass or used as leverage to force an audit. They knew the truth but thought it was a great way to get attention and raise money. What did you think when you saw that, bret . Its pretty straight forward and marco rubio speaking what he thinks is what was not understood. I interviewed senator josh hawley. That was the question i was asking him. Is there truly a belief that the president is going to stay president . Listen, yesterdays events changed a lot and, you know, the hard stuff is to figure out who was there. The f. B. I. Is asking people for information of specifically who was there. The Arizona Republic did a story about known qanon supporters photographed there. An investigation into all the people who chargeed that. But it all stemmed from the event and you cant disconnect the two. And i think thats what a lot of lawmakers today are coming to grips with. Some of them very supportive of trump throughout. Sandra speaking very passionately about something has to change. The lawmakers we spoke with this morning that were in the room. One we showed in the picture who joined Capitol Police. Ken buck the congressman from colorado was on last night talking about toning down the rhetoric and what needs to change, listen. One of the things we have to do is tone down the rhetoric. As leaders, when we go on social media and when we address groups of people i think it is our responsibility to make sure that we talk with a sense of compassion and we talk with a sense of im not walking in those other folks shoes but i know theyre hurting right now. Sandra im told we have live pictures in the rotunda as the repairs are starting to be made. And it is really sort of a signal, a sign that things need to move forward now. Things need to improve. We see Capitol Police. We already know theyll make improvements and staff up on that front. But this is a morning where we wake up and saw what happened and so many are acknowledging that change does indeed need to happen as we look at these live pictures, bret. It is going to happen. I think there will be an investigation what happened with security ahead of it. Why did the people get through . Why were they let in at some points and why did they break through . Who were they . At phil keating and griff mentioned as well it could have been much worse. Authorities saying the pipe bomb looking things were in fact explosives and so we have to get to the bottom of how that happened yesterday. But more importantly, what happens Going Forward with the nation. You have chris christie, former new jersey governor, former tight ally to President Trump saying the president s conduct is what caused these issues. I think you are going to have a reckoning here and how the president handles it inside the white house over the next 13 days before inauguration is going to say a lot. Sandra well see more of you throughout the day. Thanks for joining us this morning. All right. Threatening the safety of officials is not protest. It is insurrection. We must step up. This is the United States of america. There is never, ever, ever, ever, ever been a thing weve tried to do that weve done it together and not been able to do it. President trump, step up. Trace president elect biden dropped his planned remarks on the economy yesterday to address the violence at the u. S. Capitol. Biden called on President Trump as you heard to step up. Denouncing the protests as a dark moment in our nations history. Peter doocy is live in wilmington, delaware. Good morning to you. We understand biden is set to make a big announcement today. Yes, trace, many of the rioters who stormed the capitol yesterday once theyre identified will be prosecuted by the Biden Administrations Justice Department. So today here in wilmington with the last big cabinet announcement he plans to unveil for attorney general is Merrick Garland. He said they will restore the independence of the department so it serves the interests of the people, not a presidency. Rebuild public trust in the rule of law and work tirelessly to insure a more fair and equitable justice system. Garland is a 68yearold u. S. District court judge based in washington, d. C. Long rumored to be on the short list for this position and brings a long resume to the d. O. J. Including running point on one of the highestprofile domestic error investigations every. The prosecution of the Oklahoma City bomber timothy mcveigh. His Life Experience informs his view the law is more than an intellectual exercise and how it reacts peoples a lives and in rapidly changing times. That from when barack obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill a Vacant Supreme Court seat. That nomination stalled and he never even got a hearing on capitol hill. There have been many times in the last couple months that joe biden, the president elect now has promised his Justice Department is going to operate independently. His attorney general will decide independent of the white house wlo is prosecuted and exonerated and includes when questions come up about how the next Justice Department will handle the tax affairs of the president s son, hunter. Trace thank you. Sandra and attention now turning to Police Response after those violent protestors stormed the capitol yesterday. Some lawmakers are now asking how could that happen . A closer look at what went wrong as d. C. Prepares now for Inauguration Day . Which is great news for veterans with va loans. Thats me. 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Officials now tell me more than 6,000 National Guard troops have been mobilized from pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, delaware, maryland and virginia and will stage outside the d. C. Area in case theyre needed to help the 1100 d. C. National guard who arrived at the armory last night. The finger pointing has begun why the National Guard was not used to protect the capitol. Pentagon can only send in the National Guard to d. C. At the request of the mayor or if the president involkswagen the insurrection act. They pushed back against that this summer when President Trump tried to tamp down the black lives matter protest. The insurrection act would have put the troops under the command and control of President Trump. Something local d. C. Leaders were reluctant to do. This weekend the mayor requested 340 National Guard from the pentagon but stipulated she did not want federal troops or federal Law Enforcement on the streets of d. C. According to u. S. Officials. Her request to the pentagon was for the d. C. National guard to be unarmed and use mostly to direct traffic in order to free up the 3800 d. C. Police after the capitol was stormed within 40 minutes the pentagon authorized all 1100 of the d. C. National guard to mobilize in a harshly warded statement from former defense secretary jim mattis blamed President Trump for formeanting mob rule adding our constitution and republic will overcome the stain. Trump will be left as a man without a country. The Capitol Police answer to the sergeant and arms and their chief. The Justice Department have thousands of federal troops at their disposals but not told to deploy by anyone in the white house. Sandra interesting development. Live at the pebt pentagon for us. Trace calling for an investigation of the Police Response at a breach of the u. S. Capitol. Protrump rioters shattered windows and physically attacked officers seemingly overwhelmed. It would take hours to get the situation back under control. Charles marino, a former Senior Advisor to the department of Homeland Security and former secret Service Advisory agent. Charles, great to see you. I want to get your thoughts on the breaking news that these explosives that were found around the capitol were live explosives. How does that raise the stakes in this . Thanks, trace. Not surprising. I think this shows overwhelmingly what a very real National Security threat this was as well as a very real threat to the continuity of government. There was a failure here to anticipate in advance what could go wrong, coordinate resources in advance and put together an overall security plan to make sure the numbers of Law Enforcement matched the protestors. You had a rally yesterday with a lot of people. We know what the theme was. Questioning the validity of the election. We knew that the president was going to show up. You have to take his rhetoric into account as inciting this group. At the other end at the capitol you have a major Significant National event taking place where the certification is underway to validate the election. So at some point in time 2 and 2 needs to be put together and we have to envision what could potentially go wrong. I dont want to undercut the great job the Capitol Police did yesterday. They performed very well and did what theyre responsible for. Keep all members safe. But strategically they were not set up for success. Trace i think its very important but here. I was reading comments. One that struck me from the former d. C. Police chief Charles Ramsey who said the following quoting here. How they were not ready for this today i have no idea. They were overwhelmed. They did not have the resources. You have to be able to protect the capitol. Thats not okay. Thats coming from a man who knows what he is talking about, charles. Absolutely he does. I know commissioner ramsey very well. Earlier you had on the acting deputy secretary of dhs. I have to take a little issue with what he was discussing. The role of the department of Homeland Security to monitor and keep eyes on the overall threat picture for us domestically here and also have a lot of tools in their toolkit in terms of designating National Events as National Special security events which places the secret service in charge of the overall coordination. We see this for things like the inauguration, for the state of the union. It brings all of these federal resources together to make sure that there is a robust security plan in place. Now not necessarily saying that that needed to be the case here but it is something that should be looked at to make sure this never happens again. Trace the big question is what intelligence did they have . How did they assess it and where was that in play during this whole thing . There is nothing elaborate here, right . Social Media Monitoring tells everything there is to know. The president s schedule tells everything there is to know. There will be a very large event. It will be a group that gets excited not only on their own doubts about the validity of the election but further incited by the president of the United States attending the event. Rash language was used at that rally yesterday and instructions to go down and make sure their voices were heard. Thats the intelligence. Thats the 2 and 2 that needed to be put together to make sure the Capitol Police had a standing chance to succeed. As a whole of government, including dhs, they should have been involved in this. Trace somehow the 2 and 2 didnt quite equal 4. Thank you for your advice, thank you. Sandra the latest from the u. S. Capitol building. It is now secured and the reckoning for those involved in the violence yesterday begins. The lawlessness and violence of today must be condemned as all violent protests must be condemned. Sandra shocking images like these now the focus of a federal investigation. Up next how the feds are looking for suspects and asking for your help in tracking them down. Trace fox news alert the f. B. I. Increasing its presence in washington a day after a violent mob stormed the u. S. Capitol building and forced lawmakers into hiding. The feds also disarming live explosive devices found near the capitol. Former congressman trey gowdy is standing by with more on the investigation. First we go live to the Justice Department. From a safety standpoint the headline for the highest levels of Law Enforcement is that four people died yesterday. The woman shot inside the capitol on the house side and three people died outside due to medical emergencies, no doubt that is top of mind for those officials. Lets talk about those explosive devices. The good news they did not go off but our authentic. Authorities found two pipe bombs, one outside the democratic National Committee and one outside the Republican National committee and a molotov cocktail but they didnt explode. We want to show you 1800call fbi. Theyre looking for tips now. F. B. I. Agents stormed the Capitol Building after rioters gained access to the complex. Theyll be out and about today at the direct sure of director christopher wray. Irt shows the faces of criminals sitting in the house and senate chamber. Some are casually posing for pictures. Others taking it all in looking over and over. Authorities are trying to identify these people. It wont be hard to identify some of these folks. One man sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office. Authorities say he will go to a jail for years. These are federal crimes im told. Federal authorities have hundreds and hundreds of images to pour through to make identification. I want to point this out. This is an executive order from President Trump back on june 26 of 2020 and it says 10 years in prison for destroying federal property. Trace. Trace david spunt live in d. C. Thank you. Sandra more on the investigation Going Forward lets bring m Fox News Contributor trey gowdy former chairman of the House Oversight committee. Im sure you have a lot to say this morning. First off your thoughts at the top here. Just a sad despicable day. I never, never thought i worked there for eight years and never thought i would say americans assaulting Law Enforcement officers trying to break into the peoples house. I never thought i would see that. Prosecute every damn one of them to the fullest extent of the law. Yesterday morning the president was bragging about the monuments act that this act was going to punish people who tried to take down jefferson daviss statue. Well, look, people tried to attack the peoples house. Prosecute every damn one of them exactly like you would have prosecuted the people this past summer. Sandra how do you do it . Weve got the f. B. I. Tip line out asking for anybody to call in. You recognize a face and know anything, when you see it, call. How do you move forward with an investigation to insure these people are held accountable, trey . Social media, witness interviews, you are going the need people that were there that did not participate in the mayhem to cooperate. But you have a lot of footage. Youve got Police Officers who can also identify people if they saw them up close enough. That idiot sitting in the chair, thats pretty good evidence. When you have somebody sitting in the speakers chair. When you have somebody sitting on the floor of the senate. Thats pretty good evidence. Look, im a fan of Law Enforcement. Every case they investigate has evidentiary challenges but yet they need them. This case wont be that tough to prosecute against many of the people. Sandra the images are horrifying. As you said it the pictures, this man sitting in Nancy Pelosis chair in her office. A man occupying the seat mike pence had act pied moments earlier. Were told about the moments when nancy pelosi was escorted out by Capitol Police to insure her safety. Other lawmakers running helping others. Then the guns drawn inside of the room. Trey, we never, ever would have guessed this would happen. You tell me, do we need to do more to secure the nations capitol . How could this happen . You know, sandra, im not a blame the police first person. I was there for eight years. There is a tremendous Law Enforcement presence in d. C. In particular around the capitol and certainly with the Capitol Police. I dont know how reasonably foreseeable it should be for cops that tens of thousands of people are going to be told to go fight, that an election was stolen from them. To go fight, to blame mike pence and tom cotton and ken buck and other republicans. Sandra who told them to do that . Did you listen to the president s speech yesterday . Sandra i did. Then you tell me. Who said that . Who said go fight . Who blamed mike pence and republicans and said the election was stolen. Sandra are you suggesting the president told them to invade the capitol and scale the walls . Among my many limitations, sandra, i cant tell you what was on the president s mind. I can tell you he said lets march together to the capitol. I dont think he marched with them. So i dont blame the cops when tens of thousands of people are told an election was stolen from them and then they decide to scale the walls of the peoples house. I dont blame the cops for that. I blame the people who did it. Sandra do you think its possible to secure the inauguration . We had Ken Cuccinelli earlier. They are building fences right now saying it will be safe. Do you worry theyll have a hard time securing that . They just need an overwhelming police force. Nothing deters criminal activity quite like an overwhelming police force. It is sad that we have to have that when were celebrating the peaceful transfer of power. But if thats what we need including the National Guard, Public Safety is the primary function of government, number one. So protect the public first. Sandra trey, i only have a few seconds left. If you could obviously moving forward. Future of your party. What part does donald trump have in it . I dont know. If you really wanted to ask me a tough question ask me what the Republican Party stands for. Used to be law and order. Im not sure jen more. To me the future of the party is in people like tim scott. Sandra a big statement. Not the first time ive heard a republican like you put his name out there and there will be obviously a lot of time to discuss and debate all that. Trey, good to have you here this morning. Thank you. Yes, maam. Thank you. Trace violence in the halls of congress. 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I can tell you for the inauguration thats coming up you are going to have a mass coordination by federal, state and local officials. They all get together. Every four years we have what we would define as a peaceful transition of government. So they will be ready. They get Law Enforcement state, federal and local officials, they coordinate to bring about the peaceful transition of government. Trace the d. C. Police chief said this. I want the play it for you. Watch. These officers should be commended for their work. They fought hard to protect our democracy not only today but every day they wear that uniform. Trace a lot of people are going after these Police Officers. He wants them commended. Is that a proper assessment on his part . I think it is a proper assessment. I dont think you can lay all of what took place yesterday at the foot of Police Officers. I think you have to start from the top with the president of the United States and the way he coordinated and handled the situation telling people to go to the capitol. I want to see Rudy Giuliani disbarred for the manner in which he conducted himself calling for various threats at the capitol. This was a sad situation, trace. Trace we know that protestors had permits. It was all over social media. No surprise it was coming. Should there have been more rings of security, more maybe a wider perimeter in your assessment . I really think there should have been, trace. I go back to june of 2020 here where black lives matter was going to be at the capitol and they ringed that place for black lives matter. And they certainly knew what was coming yesterday and they should have had more security there at the capitol. Trace good stuff. Thank you, sir. Ted williams, always good to see you. My pleasure. Sandra fox news alert as were just getting a brandnew statement from the white house this morning via the white house Deputy Press Secretary. The white house grieves the loss of life that occurred yesterday and extends sympathies to their families and loved ones. We also continue to pray for a speedy recovery for those who suffered injury. Four dead in the violence yesterday. 14 officers injured. Dozens of arrests have been made. Thats the latest from the white house. Well have more when we return. N ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. [grunting noise] ill take that. Woohoo 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. Ensure max protein. With nutrients to support immune health. Weve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my god, i hate it. From my point of view he has been a consequential president but today first thing youll see, all i can say is count me out, enough is enough. Sandra that was senator Lindsey Graham washing his hands of President Trump. The republican lawmaker has been one of the president s staunchest allies. Several are backing away after yesterdays chaos on the hill. Joining us now Fox News Contributor Ari Fleischer former White House Press secretary. So good to see you this morning. I was following you on twitter as so many others were during all of this yesterday. You had so much to say calling this a tragedy and said essentially its time to move on with this peaceful transfer of power. Your thoughts this morning. Peaceful transfer of power is everything america is about. Look, americas most consequential election was the election after 1800. Adams it was the first test of democracy then. Transfer of power peacefully. It was tense. People said they couldnt even walk the street without shaking hands without fear of being clubbed. It was a peaceful transfer of power. Ever since 1800 it has been a hallmark of america until now. Thats why this is reprehensible. It has to be denounced. The president should be the lead person denouncing it. We need a system without violence. It is america. Anybody who encourages violence or doesnt condemn violence needs to do so now. Sandra what were you thinking as you saw the rioters storm the capitol, bust through doors. Take the chairs of our highest members of congress . Unbelievable these images that we keep putting up on the screen here. My first reaction watching it outside the capitol before they breached the capitol was this is what four years adds up to when people said not my president. When they boycotted the president s inaugural. When they lit fires in washington, put cars on fire in washington during President Trumps inaugural in 2017 and the press didnt condemn it. They said its a sign of what a bad President Donald Trump is going to be. Four years added up to this when there is one fringe there is going to be another fringe. But as soon as they broke the glass of the capitol and forced their way into the capitol everything changed for me in a flash. You dont do that. You dont attack the police. What is the difference between blm and left wing broofrng. Looted and engaged in violence and what the people did yesterday in the capitol . There is not much of a difference at all. It all needs to be condemned. I am absolutely for peaceful protest but if anybody in america engages in violence, it needs to be condemned by one and all. Sandra going back to what we heard from senator Lindsey Graham a moment ago saying enough is enough. Its time to move on. He has been a huge supporter of this president. You look at republicans like tom cotton, Mitch Mcconnell and others and do you wonder what the Republican Party looks like as we emerge from this . I dont think thats actually hard, sandra. My view of what the future of the party is, a lot of Donald Trumps policies without violence. Its Donald Trumps policies while condemning white soup recommendists. Outsider party of the working class that stands up to china. Religious and individual freedoms and condemn white supremacist many. You keep the suburbs and College Educated voters that weve lost and keep the blue collar base were growing in. It is not hard. It is a lot of Donald Trumps policies. What he has done without any violence. Sandra good to have you on this morning. Thank you. Trace President Trump now vowing for a peaceful transfer of power but are World Leaders taking him at his word . Up next well get an International Perspective on that. Thats coming up. To farmer. Genuine idaho potatoes not just a side dish anymore. Always look for the grown in idaho seal. Some things are good to know. Like where to find the cheapest gas in town and which supermarket gives you the most bang for your buck. Something else thats good to know . 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Nows the time to use your va streamline refi benefit you earned with your service one call to newday usa can save you 3,000 a year. Thats me. With no Income Verification and no appraisal va streamline refi from newday usa sandra President Trump is now committed to an orderly transfer of power from a statement a short time ago committing to the transfer of power on january 20th while still maintaining that he does not agree with the outcome of the election after yesterdays mob violence on capitol hill which is prompting more white house resignations this morning. A lot developing, a lot happening. Welcome to a brandnew hour of americas newsroom. Welcome, im sandra smith. Hi, trace. Trace good morning. Im trace gallagher. Were learning more about the woman shot and killed by Capitol Police. She was a 35yearold air force veteran from san diego. Her husband was in california at the time and says he doesnt know why his wife was inside the capitol. Sandra were getting new details about some of the people that were captured in these photos that have since gone viral. This man seen wearing body paint and hat with horns as well as the man seen here who made it all the way to the senate floor podium where he declared President Trump the rightful winner of the 2020 election. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is reporting live from the north lawn this morning on new developments. Good morning. Good morning. Latest development in the last hour comes from dhs secretary chad wolf who had a strong message for his boss in a statement saying what happened yesterday was tragic and sickening. I implore the president and all elected officials to strongly condemn the violence. The president finding himself increasingly politically isolated this morning. Ive spoken with a number of republicans today many who believe the president s political future evaporated when those demonstrators crashed through the doors of the capitol yesterday. Certainly there are a lot of Staff Members at the white house who have resigned as a result of. One of the most senior people to resign is Deputy National security advisor who you see on the right. Stephanie grisham, chief of staff to the first lady. The white house social secretary, Sarah Matthews and Mick Mulvaney former chief of staff and man who up until last night was the u. S. Special envoy for Northern Ireland. Here is what mulvaney had to say about his resignation earlier today. I called mike last night to let him know i would be resigning. I cant do it and stay. It is a nothing thing. It doesnt affect the outcome or transition but it is what ive got, right . Its a position i enjoyed doing but you cant do it. I wouldnt be surprised to see more of my friends resign over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours and be completely understandable if they did. I mentioned the white house Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews. A veteran of the white house and Congress Called me last night to say she was resigning because of the events. In a statement saying i was honored to serve in the Trump Administration and proud of the policies we enacted. I was deeply disturbed by what i saw today and ill be stepping down from my role effective immediately. Our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power. Twitter locked out the president s twitter account so after the confirmation of the Electoral College vote early this morning it was left to the president s Digital Media director to tweet out the president ial statement about it saying even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election and the facts bear me out nevertheless there will be an orderly transition january 20th. Well continue our fight to insure only legal votes were counted. While it represents the greatest first term of president ial history its only the beginning of our fight to make America Great again. The president was supposed to address the National Committee tonight, a recorded message or do it live via remote. Im told thats not going to happen. At the same time, sandra, senior staff at the white house are wrestling with whether or not to resign or whether to stay. The arguments for staying include making sure that there are adults in the room to insure an orderly transition of power. There are also concerns that senior staff would resign who might they be replaced with. The acting dhs secretary chad wolf saying in that statement that he is going to stay until the end of the administration on january 20th. So i think while a lot of people would like to pull the rip cord, they are thinking whats best for the country and they think its probably best for the country if they stay in place and act as a check and balance on what might come out of the oval office. Sandra john, thank you. Trace this morning we learn more about the people who breached the u. S. Capitol yesterday including the woman who was shot and killed there babbitt was a 14 year veteran who served four tours with the air force. Senior correspondent william la jeunesse is live in los angeles with more. Good morning. She had a spotless record in the air force and served active duty in texas. She owned a pool servicing business with her husband. According to twitter page she had 15,000 followers and was an enthusiastic supporter of President Trump. Tuesday she said this. Nothing will stop us. They can try and try and try but the storm is here. And it is descending upon d. C. In less than 24 hours. Dark to light. Other posts include photos of her wearing we are q shirt her husband aaron said this to our affiliate. She loved her country and she was doing what she thought was right to support her country and joining up with people likeminded people that also love their president and their country and she was voicing her opinion and she got killed for it. According to witnesses she was among those who stormed the capitol and rushed through a window and was shot. A number of police and secret service were saying get back, get down. Get out of the way. She didnt heed the call. As we raced up to grab people and pull them back they shot her in the neck and she fell back on me and started saying she was fine, its cool and started kind of like moving weird and blood was coming out of her mouth, neck and nose. The New York Times identified this man with an envelope taken from Nancy Pelosis desk is richard bar net. This man inside the Capitol Holding a police riot shield calls himself aaron from brooklyn says he believes the election was stolen. This man who was once seen in the chair of Vice President mike pence has been identified as jake angele. He wears horns and raccoon hat to get attention and talk about qanon. Chad wolf moments ago called on the president to condemn the violence and others federal officers say those who they can identify will be held responsible and face up to 10 years in prison. Trace. Trace thank you. Sandra the wall street Journal Editorial Board condemning the chaos yesterday. The disgrace on capitol hill calls on the president to quote in the name of god go. Lets bring in james freeman, associated tore of the wall street journal editorial page. Whats the message you are trying to get out there, james, good morning. Good morning. Like all americans, i believe that was a tragedy watching it yesterday and really a disgrace in terms of people attempting to interrupt the transfer of power, the certification of the election for our next president. And i thought joe bidens tomorrowents were right on target yesterday. A lot of people wish he had spoken with the same clear unambiguous message last summer during those violent protests. But as for President Trump, he did after a period urge people to be peaceful but i think the time to raise the election grievances is past. We have a process. We have to respect the rule of law, and joe biden is the president. Sandra fascinating reaction from trey gowdy joined us earlier and he was really calling out the president for this happening and talking about the future of the Republican Party. Watch. If you really wanted to ask me a tough question ask me what the Republican Party stands for. Law and order and things i could rattle off for you. Im not sure. To me the future of the party is people like tim scott. I think right now we ought to be thinking a little more about the future of america and although i know this sounds may strike people as unlikely given all the rancor and recent events but i think the best way for the president to show his love for this country would be to invite president elect joe biden to the white house immediately and to offer he has talked about how he is supporting the orderly transition of power. I think it would be nice to have a gracious, respectful transfer of power and to invite mr. Biden to the white house not to say you know i really think i won, but to acknowledge and offer assistance. Again, i know this is going to strike people perhaps in some quarters as very unlikely but if you are thinking about best Case Scenario after a really disturbing day yesterday i would say that would be it. Sandra there is a marco rubio tweet that got our attention this morning talking about the misleading that took place of some of the president s supporters and explaining why were seeing what were seeing now. Im not sure if we have okay, ill have it for you in a second. Here is more of that piece from your editorial board. Mr. Trumps refusal to accept his laws and false hope to his supporters is validating his worse chris ickx have said. 70 million trump voters have genuine concerns about the country and deserve better than to be misled. Your piece in the journal references Mitch Mcconnell saying this yesterday, listen. Voters, the courts, and the states have all spoken. If we overrule them, it would damage our republic forever. This election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral. Sandra that was mcconnell yesterday. Rubio said this. They knew the truth but thought it was a great way to get attention and raise money, james. Yeah, i think mr. Mcconnells remarks were exactly appropriate and the key point is this. That after the passions and the arguments about this election Going Forward we really dont Want Congress we dont want washington politicians to be able to override the decisions made by voters and by states. And i understand people have raised concerns about votes in some areas but we have a process. We have a court system, those challenges have happened, theyve been exhausted. We want to keep the power where the constitution says it should reside. That is with the people voting and with the States Running and deciding elections. And people may think at the moment they would love to have some way for the federal government to override the results that those states have certified but i am certain they would in time come to regret it if we in some way opened the door to members of congress. Some of them have raised objections after previous elections as mr. Mcconnell noted. We dont want those politicians to be able to override the decisions of voters and the certifications of states. Sandra breaking news ill read to you. A statement from attorney general bill barr. The former attorney general saying this. Orchestrating a mob to Pressure Congress is inexcusable. The president s conduct was a betrayal of his office and supporters. James, reading that in realtime as it comes in from our department of justice producer jay gibson. Your response. Well, i do the end to think that the people who do violence directly are the ones most responsible for it and so i would say the best Case Scenario and scenario that we should follow at all times. Weve obviously had a year with a large amount of Political Violence is to aggressively prosecute and have complete intolerance for people breaking into federal buildings, violating the law, violently protesting. And so i would hope that that is the standard now and at all times that we prosecute aggressively people who commit acts of violence and break the law. Sandra just want to end with this news. A lot of news continuing to pour in this morning, james. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has put out a statement as well now saying the president after being banned on twitter is now banned indefinitely on facebook as well. He put out a statement saying he believes the risks of allowing the president to continue using our service during his time are too great. There is obviously more in that. It is facebook and instagram that will be banning him indefinitely. A developing story and well have more coming up in a moment. James freeman from the wall street journal. Thank you for joining us. Trace reports of more white house staffers and members of the administration resigning days before their jobs were ending anyway. What message does stepping down send . Well talk to a former Top White House staffer to president Bush Dana Perino for her insight and also some republicans who yesterday planned to argue against recognizing joe bidens win say they are among the most heartbroken and enraged. Congresswoman saying it is hitting her hard and a slap in the face to folks like her brother and grandfather who gave so much to protect our country. She joins us next. There is no place in this country to resort to violence to solve differences. Thats not who we are as a country. Th Mortgage Rates at red lows just one call to newday can lower your payment and save you 3000 a year. Thats me. The va streamline refi is a benefit you earned with your service. And at newday, theres no Income Verification, and no appraisal. Thats me. The va streamline refi from newday usa. Get the savings you deserve. Todays discussion will be around sliced meat. Moms want healthy. And affordable. Land o frost premium no added hormones either. 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He is now another as you heard john roberts reporting at the top of the hour there is conflict with those that want to resign and those that need to stay at their post in order to insure the peaceful transition of power to take place. So this is another resignation that we have just confirmed. Well have more on that in a moment. Trace. Trace yesterdays assault on the u. S. Capitol shocked the nation and sparking widespread condemnation from both sides of the aisle. Congresswoman is a republican from florida. Thank you for coming on. You thought about this now for 18, 19 hours. Whats your takeaway from yesterday. You know, i have to say that im still in shock of the events and scenes that i witnessed firsthand yesterday. The fact i was 20 feet away from Capitol Police with guns drawn and my colleagues from texas throwing furniture together to barricade windows and doors is still an image that i dont think ill ever be able to shake but it is a sad day in our nation and in our history. But i also want to say that just as much as we have condemned the violence, the burning t looting, the rioting of our cities and communities over the past year we need to condemn the violence weve witnessed just yesterday. Until we get to the bottom of exactly who we were dealing with and who breached the capitol i will reserve judgment on that. Right now we need to come together and condemn this violence. We have a Constitutional Republic to uphold and i fully intend to execute that duty. Trace you talk about coming together. I want to play this sound bite from your colleague Steve Scalise and get your opinion. Weve got to come together and there has to be a peaceful transfer of power. It is what our country the hallmark of our country and you are seeing the white house talk about that now and they need to because i think its an important time for our country to come together. Trace i played that sound bite because congressman scalise was shot and nearly killed on a baseball field and after that everybody said we need to come together. It didnt happen. Will it happen now . You know, just a few days ago we all selected republicans and democrats took and oath to the United States constitution, not a Political Party to uphold and defend this constitution and the republic. My husband is a swat immediateic and firefighter and was with me last night when all of this went down. My grandfather was a pow in nazi germany. Weve lost too many good men and women who have put on the uniform of our nation in the name of service and put a badge on their chest. Our Constitutional Republic is worth saving. We have to come together. This cannot stand. So we need people that have calm heads and minds that are looking at this through the lens of being a constitutionalist and defending their oath. Not one party versus the other. Trace you made a statement and it was to me it struck home because you were saying we were fighting for these people. You said in the midst of fighting a legitimate and most serious objection to the certification of the states with egregious election violations we were stopped by people not intent on fighting for our Constitutional Republic and our constitution. Instead they wanted to tear it down. Your message to them was look, we were inside fighting for what you were outside protesting. Absolutely. And i have to say i have constituents up here on capitol hill outside peacefully protesting. There is always bad apples. We dont know exactly who these people were. There will be an investigation to determine that. But we were on the house floor in the midst of a debate, robust debate on the state of arizona and the certification of their Electoral College. That was gaining momentum. We were feeling the swing of momentum on our side. But in the midst of that debate when we were exercising our Constitutional Authority to object to really fight for election integrity, some people decided that wasnt enough and they had ulterior motives. We were interrupted and lost momentum. I cant speak to the mindset of my colleagues and why some folks changed their minds but i know when we returned to the chamber after the Capitol Building was secured my resolve was not weakened and continued my objections. Our constitution is bigger than any moment in time. Our Constitutional Republic is bigger than any one person. And i objected because it was my constitutional duty. Trace many have echoed those statements. Thank you for coming on. We appreciate it. Thank you so much. Have a good one. Sandra more white house staffers breaking from President Trump and resigning rather than serving out their final two weeks in the administration. Dana perino on what else could happen in these final days of the administration. 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Among those calling it quits the Deputy National security advisor and first ladys chief of staff. Lets bring in dana perino cohost of the five. Good morning. Nice to see you. I think were all waking up this morning and finding it very hard to believe what we saw play out yesterday. Indeed. Of course, when it comes to the resignations thats a pretty big number but it is not a mass exodus by any means. I believe there is honor in resigning on principle and that you should if you feel that you cannot work for the administration any longer, that it is against your principles and you wont be able to look yourself in the mirror if you continue to stay. There is honor in resigning. But there is also honor in staying on and finishing the job. They have 13 days left. What i remember from transitions is that our enemies from overseas like these transition periods to try to exploit weaknesses and we should not leave that to chance in any way. So i think that if you look even at attorney general bill barr. He recently decided to leave before the end of the administration. Many of them are coming to that conclusion. I think its a very personal decision. I understand why some of them would decide to do it but understand why some of them for example the acting Homeland Security secretary chad wolf is going to stay on. Sandra here is more from Mick Mulvaney in the interview explaining why he has chosen to walk away. I wouldnt be surprised to see more of my friends resign over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours. Completely understandable if they did. Those who choose to stay and i have talked to a couple of them are choosing to stay because they are concerned that the president might put someone in to replace them that could make things worse. Im not condemning those who choose not to resign. I understand that. But i cant stay here. Sandra Stephanie Grisham leaving, the press secretary to the first lady. She was to a time both the president and first lady. An honor to serve the country in the white house and proud to have been part of the mission to help children everywhere. Im proud of the many accomplishments of this administration. Signing off now. You can find me. They add to a list of those departing. Im sure you can talk to the importance of those that need to stick around to insure that safe transfer of power first i want to get this in here. John boehner former speaker of the house put out a tweet. I once said the party of lincoln and reagan is taking a nap. The gop must awaken. The invasion of the mob is a disgrace to all who sacrificed to build our republic. Reaction continues to pour in throughout the night into the morning from many of these from many of the former leaders from our capitol. I think it will be important for republicans one, of course, you have to come together at some point or the party doesnt exist, right . So over the generations youve seen the Republican Party absorb different types of people into a coalition. For example, reagan democrats, a lot of catholics came on board. During the reagan years. The perot voters got absorbed into the party as well. Is there a place for people who might have been traditional republicans the establishment as well as these new voters that President Trump brought along . Can they come together . Its going to be very important to try to separate those who were bad actors yesterday from the 73. 9 Million People who voted for President Trump. They werent at the capitol yesterday. They believed in this president and they believed in him or they liked the policies. Maybe didnt like him. Regardless, there is a lot of people out there today frustrated. They shouldnt all be tarred with the same brush. However, there are a lot of bad actors yesterday and it was incited and i think we need a lot more information about how the capitol was overrun. The security there completely failed and we have to figure that out. Sandra real quick some breaking news i want to put Ken Cuccinelli up. He joined us earlier, dana and he is vowing accountability for those who did this. Listen. Well, you know, a lot of us are taking it in, a lot of people are taking it in for the first time because it was the nations capitol. Weve been dealing with violence like this for six months. To see it here in the capitol is all the worse. And its not acceptable anywhereby anyone. Sandra he is insuring a safe inauguration. Theyre already building up new fencing to secure the capitol. Thats important. I think what he is trying to say is that when you see this kind of mob violence anywhere it needs to be tamped down immediately. You cant just let it stand anywhere. Weve seen that portland is a good example where it lasted for months, unacceptable. So Law Enforcement needs to be empowered and supported and they need to be funded so that they can do what they need to do and people that are angry there is a way to express yourself. It doesnt have to be like this. Sandra dana, well see more of you throughout the day on the fox news channel. Trace. Trace breaking news now. D. C. Mayor bowser is giving an update. She has already said she is calling this storm on the capitol domestic terrorism. Lets listen to her. Four filets. You know this dinners for their. Kids. Thanks for watching them. Wheres the pizza . The buick encore gx. Current eligible nongm owners get nearly 43 hundred purchase allowance on 2020 buick encore gx models. Do you have a Life Insurance policy you no longer need . Now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. We thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. But we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. 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Congress Must Immediately transfer command of the District Of Columbia National Guard from the president of the United States and put it squarely under the command and control of the mayor of the District Of Columbia. The Congress Must create a nonpartisan commission to understand the catastrophic security failures that happened at the capitol on january 6th, 2021. Both to hold people accountable and to insure that it never happens again. We must also understand why the federal Law Enforcement response was much stronger at the protest over the summer than during yesterdays attack on congress. I also call on the joint Terrorism Task force to investigate, arrest and prosecute any individual who entered the capitol, destroyed property, or incited acts of domestic terrorism observed yesterday. More immediately we know that the current president must be held accountable for this unprecedented attack on our democracy. What happened yesterday is what he wanted to happen and we must not underestimate the damage he can do to our nation and our democracy over the next two weeks. Its not just the president who must be held accountable. So, too, must the domestic terrorists who stormed the capitol and threatened members of congress. What happened yesterday is domestic terrorism. Let me read you a definition. From the federal code of regulations. Defined as the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government. The civilian, population or any segment there of in furtherance of political or social objectives. The f. B. I. Has already set up a website where americans can report tips and today mpd is releasing its own lookout information. Any tips that are reported to mpd will also be shared with the f. B. I. So i encourage people in washington who can provide information to do so by texting 50411, 50411 or by calling 2027279099. We are are still in the midst of our response. We have aided the federal government in establishing the security of the United States capitol. These incidents were contained to the United States capitol and its grounds. Well review for ourselves who occurred yesterday to commend those who performed heroicly and to learn what mistakes were made. With that i want to ask the chief to provide any update from the metropolitan Police Department followed by a situational update from secretary mccarthy. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. As communities across the country are still processing the images of the violent mob that stormed the u. S. Capitol i want to start by thanking the members of the metropolitan Police Department. When u. S. Capitol Police Called for assistance, it was you that answered their call without hesitation. Your actions to restore democracy were nothing short of heroic and should be recognized. As mpd members you served the d. C. Community every day but yesterday evening you answered the call to serve all americans. Many of you here today understand that the district is unique in respect to the number of Law Enforcement agencies operating in local d. C. , the many federal buildings and national parklands, but i have seen some misinformation out there that i would like to clear up. Mpds responsibility is to provide Public Safety services to the vibrant communities that make up this great city. Mpd assisted u. S. Capitol police when they requested our assistance on their grounds. What we did do was restore democracy for all of america and assisted our partners, the u. S. Capitol and their approximately 2,000 member force by providing swift a Swift Response to an escalating situation. Mpd members will continue to be responsible for local d. C. But we are willing and capable as we saw yesterday of assisting our partners at any moment. Again, when u. S. Capitol Police Called for assistance, mpd answered the call. I would also be remiss if i did not recognize the support we received from our Law Enforcement partners region nallly and the d. C. National guard assets. Please allow me to provide an update in regards to arrests made by mpd related to unrest. There were 68 individuals arrested yesterday evening and into the Early Morning hours of january 7th. Of the 68 arrests 60 were adult males and 8 were adult females. 41 of those arrests occurred on u. S. Capitol grounds and to my knowledge only one of the people arrested is from the District Of Columbia. Only one of the people under arrest was from the District Of Columbia. We have a significant amount of work ahead to hold everyone accountable for their actions from the mob. We have collected numerous images of persons of interest were asking the community to help us identify. These images depict individuals engaged in various acts of violence or property destruction and we have made these Images Available on our website and social media platforms. We shared these images last night with the d. C. Bids, Hotel Associations and other Community Partners along with the f. B. I. We also have shared these images with the Regional Airport authorities. As we speak we have members of the metropolitan Police Department scouring area hotels, businesses, etc. , trying to identify some of these individuals that still may be taking up residence within our city. The f. B. I. Will work closely to pursue those responsible for these shameful and violent acts. You can help by taking a moment to view them and provide us with assistance. Again, they have been publicly released on our website. Anyone with information on their identities or whereabouts is encouraged to reach out to mpd at our phone or text us at 50411. Information can be provided anonymously. In addition to what i have already mentioned well also be sending these images across the country to the f. B. I. Offices in every state. We have authorized a reward of up to 1,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible and i should add that we already are receiving information and tips from residents and people who have identified some of these individuals. We will continue to assist the United States Capitol Police with security without compromising the quality and professional Police Service to our district neighborhoods. Residents and visitors should continue to expect traffic disruptions and a large Law Enforcement presence in and around the National Mall and u. S. Capitol. Now i would like to take this opportunity to provide the identities of the persons that lost their lives yesterday. As i mentioned late yesterday the metropolitan Police Department is handling the investigation of the u. S. Capitol Police Officer involved shooting that occurred in the house lobby area. The decedent is 35yearold Ashli Babbitt of huntington, maryland. This remains an active mpd investigation. Three other deaths occurred to be results of medical emergencies. The decedents are 50yearold Benjamin Phillips from pennsylvania. 55yearold man from alabama and a 34yearold woman from georgia. Lastly i would like to thank all of d. C. And our neighboring jurisdictions in virginia and maryland for adhering to the mayors and governors curfew orders and i can turn it over to secretary mccarthy. Thank you, chief conte. Yesterday was a horrible and shameful day in our history. One thing we did see was incredible leadership by mayor bowser and conte and you saw the best of the city. When they called us over at the pentagon we started getting awareness yesterday afternoon about the breach within the capitol and quickly worked to move our resources forward in support of metro pd and the Capitol Police and responded and some some heroic things from the metro p. D. And guardsman. Proud of those men and women. At present the entire d. C. National guard has been mobilized and received the support from maryland, new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware and new york. There will be 6200 guardsmen in total by the weekend here at the National Capital region in support of the d. C. Metropolitan Police Department as well he as the Capitol Hill Police. At present we have over 150 personnel up on the Capitol Grounds and well have 850 on the capitol gounds by noon today. At 9 00 a. M. This morning we began erecting a 7 foot nonscalable fence from constitution to independence and first avenue to in front of the pond in front of the capitol. That road right there. These personnel and these security measures will be in place for no less than a next 30 days. And well be keeping all of these support mechanisms in place and constant coordination with the Capitol Police and mayors office. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Secretary. We are should have also noted that we are joined by the deputy mayor roger mitchell, as well as chief donnelly, the chief of d. C. Fire and ems and were available for questions. [inaudible question] do we have anything available . Can we print that . Well get back to you. Thank you. Given yesterday i was on the streets. Introduce yourself. Im with cnn. Saw mpd making arrests for the curfew and out at the capitol. It seemed like mpd was out in numbers but Capitol Police were not. What do you say to that . How do you classify Capitol Police and their response . Well, i think there is going to be a lot of time for us to figure out what happened. Obviously it was a failure or you would not have had police lines breached and people enter the Capitol Building by breaking windows and terrorizing the people, the members of congress who were doing a very sacred constitutional requirement of their jobs. So clearly there was a failure there. I think that i wont be able to answer your question right now. There will have to be a real investigation into what happened. Do you wish you got more federal support early on . You sent a letter earlier before the 6th saying we dont necessarily need the federal help when it comes to policing in the district. Do you wish you did something differently there . Let me be clear about what the districts responsibility is. I know that you heard chief contes remarks but let me step back a little bit. We, of course, have a nearly 4,000person Police Department and we are responsible for policing nonfederal properties in the District Of Columbia. Thats an important distinction because i think you know part of our founding in the creation of the District Of Columbia was the federal governments concern that the local jurisdiction could not overtake the federal part of government. And so the capitol, the white house, and other federal installations in the district have their own Police Departments. The United States Capitol Police. And we cannot decide for the capitol, the members of congress, that we are going to be their Police Department. But we stand ready to assist them at any case and why we have so much Regional Planning for big events, for demonstrations, for protests that turned riotous like this one, for the inauguration, for the fourth of july, you name it. We have a Regional Cooperation system and planning. As we planned with all of our federal partners for this event on january 6 i made the decision that i needed mpd to focus on Law Enforcement activities and being able to respond to any hot spots and thats why we needed our National Guard, the d. C. National guard to help us maintain a perimeter around our areas of concern. The Capitol Police and the leadership at the capitol, they did not make the decision to call in guard support. I cannot order the army, National Guard to the United States Capitol Grounds. I can in the district with the approval of the secretary of the army. So i guess we called up our guard and weve had guard support throughout our covid pandemic but specifically for Public Safety issues i will issue an additional request to the army which i think i did at the end of december. And the secretary of army approved that request and we put our guard troops on the ground to support mpd. Mayor, you said there was a state of emergency you were declaring for two weeks. What does that mean and how is that different from what we would expect anyway over the next two weeks . The state of emergency is a way that i can organize the resources of d. C. Government to move on an emergency basis. So some things that you might expect would have community notice. We may not be able to have that type of notice because we need to move urgently. It helps me organize all my procurement resources on this issue. Thats all administrative. But more than that is the notice to the public that we may have to do some extraordinary things to maintain Public Safety. And a curfew is an extraordinary thing that we have to use to maintain Public Safety. When i tell residents of the District Of Columbia to stay in your home or you could be subject to arrest thats an extraordinary thing. And the state of emergency puts d. C. Residents, visitors and our businesses on notice that we may have to do something extraordinary like that that would require you to stay at home or close your business or stop transit or other Public Transportation earlier so that we can maintain Public Safety in the district. It is just so people are aware that things could happen quickly. You did a curfew like that yesterday, right . We gave about three or four hours notice. It is important when we do a curfew so that everything is legal and the arrests our officers make are prosecuted. That we follow a certain protocol. We issued a public emergency. We justify why that infringement on peoples liberty is necessary. We give a Public Statement that you all carry widely so people are aware. I think we issued several what do you call those wia alerts that went out on peoples cell phones including District Residents and people visiting the district. We make every effort that people can comply with our Public Safety order. Mayor bowser. Im from fox 5. There is a moment yesterday when a riot was declared. It was the same type of thing that happened during the summer at the protests. Can you run me through some of the things that can happen the differences between when you declare a riot and when a state of emergency is declared . Do Law Enforcement get certain liberties with one thing . Let me ask chief conte to talk about that. Sure. As the mayor mentioned the state of emergency it allows the city to do extraordinary things. I should mention the curfew again the great infringement on this just the daytoday business in the city. In this particular case when a riot was declared, that means that we have a situation where individuals are actively, violently engaging in crimes. Thats the clear distinction. At the time the riot was declared and i believe it was mpd personnel on the grounds of the capitol that were on the air declaring this a riot, so thats the distinction between the two. When a riot is declared what liberties does it give mpd . It may determine the level of force that we use. For example, in some cases we may use pepper spray. In a riot situation we could very well use tear gas or cs gas, that type of thing. What time was the riot actually called . I dont have the exact time but mpd was requested around about 1 00 p. M. Is when mpd was requested by u. S. Capitol to respond and things were already pretty bad at so, my question is, over the summer, when the riot was declared, that gave npd permission to use this, per se. What happened yesterday . Is there a train of thought that maybe declaring a riot earlier could have prevented some of this from happening . Well, now, you cant declare a riot until you have violent acts occurring. We are very careful about when we do declare a riotous situation. There are situations where we have officers that are having bricks turn at them. Bottles thrown at them. Everything. You name it. We have not, in every instance. We had projectiles being thrown at officers. People trying to reach the United States capitol in the nations capitol. And clearly, we experience that yesterday. Yes . Michael with the washington post. The three who died from medical emergencies yesterday, have we determined whether they were part of the riots, or other people who are on Capitol Grounds . What was that question, michael . For the three people who died of medical emergencies yesterd yesterday. Thank you. There were a lot of people on the ground of the capital yesterday, and i guess to the extent we can say right now is that they were on the grounds of the capitol. But you cant specify . Okay. And then yesterday at 12th and pennsylvania, a couple of shootings on 200k street northeast. Has police determined as any of those were related to the unrest in the city . It does not appear that any of those were related. Those matters are actually actively being arrested, but it does not appear that they were related. Could you talk about how the events of yesterday will impact how the city is preparing for the inauguration . I cant speak to you with any specifics at this stage, micha michael. But we will be looking very closely at what we learned. Whats happening at the capitol, working with congressional leadership and the president ial inauguration committee. Thank you. But you did hear the secretary offer to come a very points already. That going around the capitol, nonscalable fencing will be in place for the inauguration. And of the guard strengths that will be coming this weekend. It will be available for the inauguration. Which is a larger composition of personnel then you would have for a standard inauguration. Thank you. Just one
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