years has made landfall on coastal areas in bangladesh and myanmar bringing record levels of flooding. now on bbc news. proud boys: the battle forjanuary the 6th. we all know what happened onjanuary the 6th in washington a violent mob intent on overturning the 2020 election result stormed the capitol. be advised, there s probably about 300 proud boys marching eastbound towards the united states capitol. i was there and filmed 200 300 members of a group called the proud boys as they marched towards their target. they are right wing nationalists who believe the united states is being betrayed by internal enemies and an overbearing government. on the day, the proud boys were tight lipped. but we ve seen thousands of hours of evidence of exactly what was going on that day. this is ethan nordean, one of the leaders of the proud boys, along with us army veteran joseph biggs in the checked shirt and zack riel on the left in the cap, they ve been convicted for leading the capitol
the excitement is building in liverpool as last minute preparations are made for the eurovision song contest final. the uk s entry will be the last of the 26 acts to perform. now on bbc news, proud boys: the battle forjanuary the 6th. we all know what happened onjanuary the 6th in washington a violent mob intent on overturning the 2020 election result stormed the capitol. be advised, there s probably about 300 proud boys marching eastbound towards the united states capitol. i was there and filmed 200 300 members of a group called the proud boys as they marched towards their target. they are right wing nationalists who believe the united states is being betrayed by internal enemies and an overbearing government. on the day, the proud boys were tight lipped. but we ve seen thousands of hours of evidence of exactly what was going on that day. this is ethan nordean, one of the leaders of the proud boys, along with us army veteran joseph biggs in the checked shirt and zack riel
the proud boys as they marched towards their target. they are right wing nationalists who believe the united states is being betrayed by internal enemies and an overbearing government. on the day, the proud boys were tight lipped. but we ve seen thousands of hours of evidence of exactly what was going on that day. this is ethan nordean, one of the leaders of the proud boys, along with us army veteran joseph biggs in the checked shirt and zach rehl on the left in the cap. they ve been convicted for leading the capitol insurrection. also convicted of seditious conspiracy is proud boys chairman enrique tarrio. he wasn t at the capitol that day, having been arrested on another charge two days previously. much of the evidence came from this man, another leader, charles donohoe, who pled guilty and cooperated with the authorities. taking our country back. but despite all the evidence shown in court, over 1,000 people have now been prosecuted, january the 6th is still very much cont
I witnessed and reported on. we already had extremist groups, we had paramilitary organizations, we had conspiracy theorists. and then thatjust accelerated in 2020 between the pandemic and the opposition to government shutdown orders and masking orders and vaccine orders, which led to actually armed assaults on state houses. kind of like a mini version of what we saw on january 6th, but much smaller. but we saw that in lansing, michigan. we saw it in boise, idaho. we saw it in a number of different state capitals. in the spring of 2020, a wave of protests against covid lockdowns erupted, particularly in democrat controlled states. i went to one at the state house in lansing, michigan. the protesters accused the state government of imposing lockdown restrictions that ignored constitutionally guaranteed rights. the atmosphere
We had paramilitary organizations, we had conspiracy theorists. and then thatjust accelerated in 2020 between the pandemic and the opposition to government shutdown orders and masking orders and vaccine orders, which led to actually armed assaults on state houses. kind of like a mini version of what we saw on january 6th, but much smaller. but we saw that in lansing, michigan. we saw it in boise, idaho. we saw it in a number of different state capitals. in the spring of 2020, a wave of protests against covid lockdowns erupted, particularly in democrat controlled states. i went to one at the state house in lansing, michigan. the protesters accused the state government of imposing lockdown restrictions that ignored constitutionally guaranteed rights. the atmosphere was revolutionary. all i can do is affect my local government. my state government.