I will do it. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, two big stories. First, challenge accepted. Former President Donald Trump says he will meet President Biden june 27th and september 10th, to debate. The insurgent president Taunting Predecessor and opponent on a video released this morning telling him to make my day, pal. The former president responding on truth social ending with lets get ready to rumble both accurate quotes by the way. President biden has agreed to two debates. President trump would like more. He has accepted three formal invitations and both men will debate on tv networks outside the nonpartisan president ial Debate Commission that had a long tradition of running three president ial debates and one Vice President ial debate every cycle. Also, we here at fox are releasing right now new fox polling indicating the race is tightening slightly among registered voters nationally while the president s support among core constituencies seems
Thank you for staying with us, im tony perkins im shawn yancy. Were learning more about the attacker but investigators still havent determined if this was an act of terrorism. Jim lokay is here with the story. Reporter this went on quite a while this morning, really it finished itself up in just about a minute. Police identified the attacker as 18yearold Abdul Razak Ali artan. He was born in somali but was a legal resident. He was a student at ohio state studying investigators havent publicly identified a motive but at this point, not ruling out terrorism. This is how it unfolded. Shortly before 10 00 this morning, he drove his car over a curb and intentionally mowed down a group of pedestrians. He got out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife. Two people were stabbed. One right now has a fractured skull and 11 people were hurt. There were multiple injuries from the stab wounds and a number of people that had orthopedic and other soft tissue injuries related to being hit by
Thank you for staying with us, im tony perkins im shawn yancy. Were learning more about the attacker but investigators still havent determined if this was an act of terrorism. Jim lokay is here with the story. Reporter this went on quite a while this morning, really it finished itself up in just about a minute. Police identified the attacker as 18yearold Abdul Razak Ali artan. He was born in somali but was a legal resident. He was a student at ohio state studying investigators havent publicly identified a motive but at this point, not ruling out terrorism. This is how it unfolded. Shortly before 10 00 this morning, he drove his car over a curb and intentionally mowed down a group of pedestrians. He got out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife. Two people were stabbed. One right now has a fractured skull and 11 people were hurt. There were multiple injuries from the stab wounds and a number of people that had orthopedic and other soft tissue injuries related to being hit by
Extraordinary dichotomy in police response to BLM protests, Capitol chaos: Racine
ABCNews During Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police brutality in Washington, D.C., last year, law enforcement agencies were documented forcibly pushing back peaceful groups of protesters.
Most notably, on June 1, law enforcement cleared Lafayette Park for an alleged presidential photo-op by deploying pepper balls and smoke canisters. Police also used horses, shields and batons to beat back the demonstrators.
However, primarily white, pro-Trump supporters protesting the results of the presidential election breached the U.S. Capitol Wednesday in a violent siege that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called textbook terrorism. The mob deployed chemical irritants and used weapons such as metal pipes, injuring over 50 officers, authorities said. A Capitol Police officer at the siege died Thursday, several law enforcement sources confirmed to ABC News. Authorities are investigating his death.
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Was there equal treatment of BLM protestors and pro-Trump rioters?
White House correspondent Rachel Scott and ABC News contributor LZ Granderson discuss the contrast of police response to Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol riots on Wednesday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
During Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police brutality in Washington, D.C., last year, law enforcement agencies were documented forcibly pushing back peaceful groups of protesters.
Most notably, on June 1, law enforcement cleared Lafayette Park for an alleged presidential photo-op by deploying pepper balls and smoke canisters. Police also used horses, shields and batons to beat back the demonstrators.