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good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, i m john berman with brianna keilar. it is friday, september 17th. major developments overnight as our friend, new york times reporter maggie haberman puts it, this is how trump wins. violence and the support of violence, giving the former president to an extent what he want. this is why. the u.s. capitol on high alert this morning. a rally is planned for tomorrow in support of the january 6th insurrectionists. an unclassified briefing from the department of homeland security warns of potential violence as early as today. overnight president trump endorsed those connected to january 6th. our hearts and minds are with the people arrested at the insurrection and also overnight we saw a vivid example of what that violence and the threat of violence accomplished. ohio congressman anthony gonzalez, one of ten republicans who voted to impeach trump the second time announced he will not run, citin ....
in support of the capitol insurrectionists. an unclassified briefing from the department of homeland security is warning of potential attacks hours before tomorrow s rally. former president trump is now defending the very rioters who stormed the seat of america s democracy and beat police officers, trump claims that these rioters in his view are being unfairly persecuted despite the hours and hours of video that we ve seen very clearly so many times with our own eyes showing the actual truth of that horrific day. unlike january 6, though, the u.s. capitol this time is on high alert this morning. a massive fence perimeter is up, law enforcement is on alert. cnn s whitney wild is live outside of the capitol with the very latest. whitney, what are you seeing and what are you hearing about the threats ahead of this rally. reporter: we re continuing to see a significant law enforcement presence here right outside of the capitol as well as the what we know is that capitol ....
and right now an fda committee is debating covid booster shots. the biden white house wants a green light. but is that guided by science or by politics? first this hour a capitol on high alert. the department of homeland security issuing an alert warning of possible violence in washington as early as today. members of congress and their staff on notice. stay away from the capitol this weekend. a big security fence is backed up. there s a secondary perimeter, a smaller fencing and concrete barriers beyond that. a planned saturday rally by supporters of donald trump and those who stormed the capitol on january 6th. that latest bulletin says authorities have identified no specific or credible threat of violence, but online chatter. other intelligence and, of course, the lessons of january 6th have law enforcement on edge and on duty in big numbers. whitney wild is on the scene for us on capitol hill. what s the latest? we ve just learned that the department of defense ha ....
very quickly after the attack. it s ended up staying up until july. that fence was unsettling for a lot of people. it was a profound change in what the cws government looks like, for one, and what it feels like to be in washington, d.c. it s fair to say there was relief when the fencing finally came down in july, but as of right now, as of just this hour, these are live images here, it s going back up. nobody expects it will be up for months on end again. but it is going up as of tonight because of a saturday event, an event planned for this weekend in which trump supporters are saying they are going to converge on the capitol led by a former trump campaign official and their convergence on the capitol this weekend is explicitly organized around them celebrating the january 6th attack and denouncing the arrests and prosecution of the people who participated in it. so as of right now we are watching these images as the fence is moved into place and put back up around the ....
a lot of people. it was just a profound changed in with the sea of u.s. government looks like for one, and what it feels like to be in washington d.c.. i think it s fair to say there is relief on all sides when the fencing finally came down in july but as of right now, as of this hour, these are live images we re seeing here. it s going back up. nobody expects this time that it ll be up for months on end again, but it is going up as of tonight, because of a saturday event, an event planned for this weekend in which trump supporters once again are saying they will converge on the capitol, this time their event is led by a former trump campaign official, and their convergence on the capital this weekend is explicitly organized around them celebrating the attack on the capital, celebrating the january 6th attack, and denouncing the arrest and prosecution of the people who participated in it. so as of right now, we re watching these images as the fence gets moved into place ....