senator from kansas. president.u, m freedom of speech. it is 9:00 p.m. on the east coast. and this has been a tragic and historic day in the unite states. as lawmakers gathered to count the votes to insu a peaceful transition of power, president trump rilped u supporters more than an hour, then a mob swarmed the u. capitol. moments after republican lawmakers began challenging the vote in arizona. it was a vient take over the mob broke in, passed capitol police. sadly we know at least one woman s shot and killed in the hallsth are meant to symbol lize our democracy, lisa desrdins has been there all day. lisa we ve ben wate ching debate resume in the united states tonight over whether or not the electoral votes should be counted from the state of d izona but much of the discussion turck photo the event of this day, several use e of faying they will no longer object to the formal counting of the votes, allowing the certification to go forward because of what happened toda
we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. we grieve the loss of life in these hallowed halls, as well as the injuries suffered by those who defended our capitol today. and we will always be grateful to the men and women who stayed at their posts to defend this historic place. to those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. violence never wins. freedom wins. and this is still the people s house. and as we reconvene in this chamber, the world will again witness the resilience and strength of our democracy, for even in the wake of unprecedented violence and vandalism at this capitol, the elected representatives of the people of the united states have assembled again on the very same day to support and defend the constitution of the united states. so may god bless the lost, the injured, and the heroes forged on this day. may god bless all who serve here and those who protect this place. and may god bless the united states of a
biden as the winner of the presidential election. the senate will come to order. the vice-president as president of the senate would like to give a brief statement with the indulgence of the senators. today was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol. but thanks to the swift efforts of u.s. capitol police, federal, state, and local law enforcement, the violence was quelled. the capitol is secured and the people s work continues. we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. we grieve the loss of life in these hallowed halls, as well as the injuries suffered by those who defended our capitol today. and we will always be grateful to the men and women who stayed at their posts to defend this historic place. to those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. violence never wins. freedom wins. and this is still the people s house. as we reconvene in this chamber, the world will again witness the resilience and stren
swift efforts of us capital police federal state and local law enforcement the violence was quelled the capital is secured and the people s work continues. we condemned the violence that took place here in the strongest t possible terms. we grieve the loss of life in these hallowed halls as well as the injury suffered who defended the capital today. we will always be grateful to the men and women who stayed at their post to defend this historic place. those who make havoc in the capital today, you did not win. violence never wins. this is so the people s house. and as we reconvene in this chamber the world will again witness the resilience and the strength for you in the wake of unprecedented violence and vandalism those representatives of the people of the united states have a son on - - have assembled again on the very sameda day to support the constitution of the united states. may god bless the loss, the injured d, and the heroes forged on this day, may god bless all who
we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. we grieve the loss of life in these hallowed halls, as well as the injuries suffered by those who defended our capitol today. and we will always be grateful to the men and women who stayed at their posts to defend this historic place. to those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. violence never wins. freedom wins. and this is still the people s house. and as we reconvene in this chamber, the world will again witness the resilience and strength of our democracy, for even in the wake of unprecedented violence and vandalism at this capitol, the elected representatives of the people of the united states have assembled again on the very same day to support and defend the constitution of the united states. so may god bless the lost, the injured, and the heroes forged on this day. may god bless all who serve here and those who protect this place. and may god bless the united states of a