Who on january 6th tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. This is where we are tonight. Newly installed fencing around the capitol, just like after january 6th. Fencing expected to go up outside the supreme court as well. Online chatter threatening violence. Homeland security says social media users have discussed storming the capitol tomorrow, the night before the rally, and one commented on kidnapping a member of congress. It s not just the capitol. There has been online chatter about using the rally to target local jewish institutions. And socalled liberal churches. With very real threats to the capitol eight months after one of the darkest days in american history, the former president is weighing in exactly the way that you would expect him to do it, right, with a disgraceful statement saying, hearts and minds are with the rioters. That s not a dog whistle, that is a full bullhorn. Sympathetic with them? we all saw what happened at the capitol on january 6th. We all saw tho
News continues. Let s turn things over to don and don lemon tonight. Good evening, everyone. This is don lemon tonight. And the news from capitol hill is ominous. An urgent, new warning from homeland security about the increasing possibility of violence at the socalled justice for 6th rally. Which let s remember, is in defense of the bloodthirsty insurrectionists who on january 6th tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. This is where we are tonight. Newlyinstalled fencing around the capitol, just like after january 6th. Fencing expected to go up outside the supreme court, as well. Online chatter threatening violence. Homeland security says socialmedia users have discussed storming the capitol tomorrow, the night before the rally. And one commented on kidnapping a member of congress. And it s not just the capitol. There has been online chatter about using the rally to target local jewish institutions. Elected officials and socalled liberal churches. And with all that, with very r
Bonkers because i try to put the truth in front of them. We need to understand what just happened. Anthony gonzalez is a rising should be a rising star in the republican party. He s everything a republican party would want. He s young. He s conservative. Cubanamerican. A football hero. Brianna, he s an opportunity for all kind of a conservative, but he s leaving. He s leaving. Why? because he won t get down on his knees and prostraight himself in front of donald trump. And that s what you have to do to be viable in this republican party. As a lifelong republican that s a shot, that s a punch. And if you don t do that, we re seeing what happens. You re done. John kakko depth do didn t do it, he couldn t get something passed. Liz cheney wouldn t do it. You can go down the list of these ten people and each and every one of them have suffered in their own way. And now 78% of the republican party, joe, says that joe biden didn t win the election. No, and, john, you re right. You re done. If
Encouraging it and the stunning silence of the republican leaders as this is all happening, treating it as if it is a walk in the park. It is very painful to see. Not just silence but outright defense and dismissal of the threat. Whitney wild is outside of the fencing, surrounding it. Law enforcement making sure it is more prepared this time around. So what steps are they taking and what are they expecting? reporter: well what they re expecting is potentially hundreds of beam to descend into washington as the event organizer for the nonviolent people who are charged in the january 6 insurrection. It is a little bit noisy out here because they re doing lastminute tweaking that surrounds the u. S. Capitol grounds, somewhat of a familiar site here in washington following this january 6 insurrection. They are prepared for potential violence today as well as tomorrow and the concern, jim, is that people might be potentially promoting violence in furtherance of this stolen election lie and f
Support those who have been charged for the january 6 insurrection. Authorities believe at least some rally goers will be armed and it could turn into a riot for ashli babbitt, the woman fatally shot trying to reach a barricade on january 6. The former president s campaign staffer organizing this event now down playing the threat of violence. We ve got a largely peaceful crowd. We ve had two events in washington, d. C. So far at the department of justice and at the prison and there have been no incidents so far. No one will be bringing a weapon who will be part of our crowd, i can assure the police that. Meanwhile donald trump s big lie about the 2020 location that sparked the insurrection of course, that lie is alive and well and changing the landscape of american politics. New polling thinks that 56% of democracy is under attack. 78% of republicans don t think that president biden got enough votes to win the election. Daniella diaz is joining us from which i will. T capitol hill. And