injuries or how this happened, but authorities say that they have technical rescue teams and multiple fire units there to assist. so we ll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. every week seems to bring new video of the riot at the u.s. capitol on january 6. the justice department is using the footage to prosecute suspects and we re seeing it only because media outlets including cnn went to court dehanding its release. paula reed has details. reporter: the just it he is department has released these never before seen clips of body camera and surveillance footage showing rioters harassing and attacking police on january 6. this footage is so extraordinary because it is taken from the view point of the police as they were overrun. and it is just the latest chi chi chilling frame by frame account as police tried to protect themselves and the capitol. assaulting police is just one of the charges that the justice
come from body camera footage and surveillance foot take and clearly show rioters harassing and attacking police on january 6th. now, what makes this footage so extraordinary is that it is taken from the view point of the police as they were over run and is just the latest chilling frame by frame account of how the protrump crowd broke into federal buildings as police tried to protect themselves and the capitol. now, assaulting police is one of the charges the justice department has brought against dozen s of capitol riot defendants among the 500 federal criminal cases. those videos also were only made public after more than a dozen news outlets led by cnn fought to make them public. these clips have been used in court cases against defendants charged in the attack but they re not made public until news outlets fought for the public to be able to see them. these new video the released