Wow. Wow, thank you. Thank you all very, very much. Thank you all for coming out to help celebrate with us. This is cool. You know, it would be impossible. It is impossible for me to express the depth of my two for so many people tonight. Many in this room throughout the state, throughout this country. Im going to do my best to try and stay thank you to as many as possible. Forgive me if i dont name every one of you. Our families and on quite a journey this year. I dont think there is any mistake about it. After more than a year of persuasion and i just got off the phone with President Trump and Vice President pen. [cheers and applause] senator mcconnell called just before the Vice President called and just before the Vice President called and they made it very clear that it was a long year of courtship. Of course it all came down to that decision in early january after an Oval Office Meeting with a whole bunch of people and i said no. And we meant it. It was a sincere rejection of the
i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. from washington, d.c. to every state capitol, the threat of armed protests over joe biden s upcoming inauguration has led to a level of security unlike any in recent memory. now this isn t what you expect to see around the seat of america s government, and it s not just around the u.s. capitol building. much of official washington is sealed off in all directions by trucks, barricades, troops, armed security. the national mall is closed. up to 25,000 national guard are pouring into washington from all over the country. the fbi warns that all 50 state capitols could be targets. most of them have greatly enhanced their security. for his part, the president-elect has readied about a dozen executive actions as soon as he s sworn in. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but we begin with cnn s shimon prokupecz and the scene right now in fortress washington. reporter: roadblocks like this all across washington, d.c. the national g
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