Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin this morning with a very busy day for President Biden and Vice President harris. Tonight, the president will address the nation from the Oval Office for the first time since he withdrew from the president ial race on sunday. Hes expected to discuss his reasons for dropping out and what he hopes to do for the rest of his term. Right now, Vice President harris is on her way to indianapolis to speak at the Zeta Phi Beta sorority. That comes after her Campaign Debut where she accused President Trump of looking to take the country back. This campaign is also about two different visions for our nation. One where we are focused on the future, the other focused on the past. The Harris Campaign says it has raised at least 126 Million since President Bidens endorsement on sunday. This afternoon, the Democratic National Committee will meet to discuss the proposed rules for next Months Convention in chicago, includ
Crooks, but his motive remains a mystery. Officials may learn more clues now that they have obtained his phone for examination. Sunday night, President Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office and denounced political violence in any form. This kind of violence for any violence ever, period, no exceptions. We cannot allow this violence to be normalized. The political rhetoric has gotten very heated. Its a time to cool it down. Donald trump has given a new interview to the in your post sharing his expense after the Assassination Attempt. He told the publication the, quote, the doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this. He called it a miracle. I am not supposed to be here. I am supposed to be dead. Joining me for morris Politics Reporter jonathan allen. Good morning to you. Do you think we will start to hear more interviews like this when he is speaking candidly about the attack . Absolutely, alex. Its something he wants to talk about. You saw him with that, what
[no audio] how about now . I am tim barber. One of the public information officers to the u. S. Capitol police. We know you have a lot of questions. We will explain briefly what we have been doing to prepare for tomorrows demonstration. And, answer some questions. You will be hearing from chief thomas major, the Assistant Chief for protective operations. The acting chief for uniformed operations, sean gallagher, and, the District Of Columbia officials. You will also be hearing from metropolitan Police Department Chief of police robert contee,dr. Christopher rodriguez the director of d. C. Homeland Security And D. C. s Deputy Mayor for public safety and justice. Chief manger will open it up for questions. We are more than happy to talk about our preparations in general. To protect the integrity of tomorrows mission, we cannot get into specific security details. Here is Chief Manger. Chief manger thank you for being here. The u. S. Capitol Police Department been working around the clock
The acting chief for uniformed operations, sean gallagher, and, the District Of Columbia officials. You will also be hearing from metropolitan Police Department Chief of police robert contee, does dr. Christopher rodriguez the director of d. C. Homeland Security And D. C. s Deputy Mayor for public safety and justice, crisco hard. Chief manger will open it up for questions. We are more than happy to talk about our preparations in general. To protect the integrity of tomorrows mission, we cannot get into specific security details. Here is Chief Manger. Chief manger thank you for being here. The u. S. Capitol Police Department been working around the clock or clothes last several weeks to ensure we have a safe event tomorrow. Perhaps more important lead over the last eight months, the leadership of the u. S. Capitol Police Department has been preparing and working to ensure that we do not have a repeat of january 6. They have been working on ensuring that we have adequate resources for Po
Our Mission Tomorrow is our mission every day which is to protect everyones right to free speech and to allow them to lawfully demonstrate. Again, we are planning for a safe event tomorrow. Have been some threats of violence associated with the events for tomorrow. We have a strong plan in place to ensure that it remains peaceful and if violence occurs, that we can stop it as quickly as possible. We are not going to tolerate violence and we will not tolerate criminal behavior of any kind. The american public and members of congress have an expectation that we protect the capital. I am confident with the plan we have in place that we will be able to meet that expectation. I want to turn it over to Chief Pittman to talk about intelligence and after that the Chief Gallagher will talk about operational planning. Chief pittman thank you, chief. After january 6, this department made several challenging, yet critical, changes on the way we go about our business. One of those substantial chang