Possible plot to breach the capitol by an identified Militia Group on march 4th. That date is when qanon believers think former President Trump will return to office. Earlier this evening House Democrats changed their legislative schedule passing the George Floyd Police reform bill, scrapping tomorrows house session because of security concerns. This new warning from the feds comes nearly 8 weeks after that january 6th insurrection and as were learning an unbelievable delay of deployment of National Guard troops on that day. The commanding general of the d. C. National guard testified before senators today that he had some 155 uniformed members of the guard ready to respond to the insurrection. He described the initial request for help at 1 49 p. M. That day from the former Capitol Police chief as rioters breached the complex. Chief sund, his voice cracking with emotion, indicated that there was a dire emergency at the capitol. And he requested the immediate assistance of as many avail
He described the initial request for help at 1 49 p. M. That day from the former Capitol Police chief as rioters breached the complex. Chief sund, his voice cracking with emotion, indicated that there was a dire emergency at the capitol. And he requested the immediate assistance of as many available National Guardsmen that i could muster. Immediately after that 1 49 call i alerted the Senior Army Leadership of the request. The approval for chief sunds request would eventually come from the Acting Secretary Of Defense and be relayed to me by Army Senior Leaders at 5 08 p. M. , about 3 hours, 19 minutes later. I already had guards on buses at the armory ready to move to the capitol. The secretarygenerals january 5th letter to me withheld that authority for me to deploy a Quick Reaction force. I found that require to be unusual. I have 39 years in the National Guard. I was in the florida guard, hurricane andrew. Ive been involved in civil disturbances, so i believe that number could have
To be a Press Conference about covid. Thats what made him rise to fame sort of nationally was his handling of covid during the height of the pandemic here in new york. But of course he is facing a number of controversies that he could be asked about. There is the still unfolding nursing home scandal. There are these accusations of bullying and intimidation. And also these two former aides who have accused him of Sexual Harassment and now a third woman accusing him of an unwanted advance at a Wedding Reception a couple of years ago. The last we heard from him in terms of any kind of statement was sunday night when he said in response to the second allegation from a young woman named Charlotte Bennett that he apologized for his actions having been misinterpreted. We know that that young woman has blasted that apology saying, look, his actions werent misinterpreted. She called his behavior predatory. And shes been urging other women to come forward. That is when a day later or so we saw a
Part of the january 6th attack. Capitol police and sergeant a b another threat donald trump will retake the presidency tomorrow. Yes. Day after today. Tomorrow. Security officials are dealing with this new threat. The senate today grilled other officials about what went wrong january 6th and this morning commander of the National Guard paint add damning pick cture ofe Capitol Policeal lumbering response to the attack. The Army Senior Leaders did not think that it looked good, it would be a good optic. They further stated that it could incite the crowd. What would have been the impact of sending those 155 right around that 2 00 time frame . Based on my experience with the summer and i have 19 years i have 39 years in the National Guard. I was in the florida guard, hurricane andrew. Ive been involve ared in civil disturbances so i believe that number could have made a difference. We could have helped extend the perimeter and help push back the crowd. Later when pressed by republican sena
Tomorrows dates. Cnns manu raju is on capitol hill. Manu, yet one more official is going to sit down and tell their story of what happened On January 6th. Based on the written testimony in advance, it looks like, again, differences, contradictions with what were hearing from other people who sat in that chair. Reporter and a lot of questions about why the National Guard was not called to this building much earlier. There were several hours where people like me, others, so many other people in this building were questioning why was the National Guard not here to back up Capitol Police and perhaps Major General William Walker, the Commanding General of the d. C. National guard could shet some lights. Unlike states, the district of columbia is a district and has to rely on not its governor but actually the Secretary Of The Army to essentially approve the National Guard request, and why was that request not approved earlier. In this testimony that was released by the committee this morning