Enforcement officer, failure to obey and fleeing a Law Enforcement officer after pretending to be a part of, quote, president ial cabinet. The nation is not far removed from january 6th insurrection. In fact new video from the new yorker is giving us a new view of the chaos that unfolded. We might as well set up a government. Hey, lets take a seat, people lets take a seat eat we allowed this to happen lock us down and then they go after us. Disturbing every time. You can see why security is tight across america tonight. A high alert through wednesday due to threats to state capitols. Least 14 states have activated National Guard troops including michigan where a hand willful of armed protesters gathered at the state capitol. There has been an enormous security presence here in lansing. You can see behind me, the Lansing Police department and the Michigan Police have been here as well. That combined with a pretty bad weather day seems to have contributed to a pretty quiet afternoon here
Prepare a two front struggle trying to advance bidens agenda amid an impeachment trial in the senate. Welcome to friday. Its meet the press daily. The 51 symbols of democracy are sadly having to prepare for the threat of more Political Violence in the days ahead. That comes from domestic violent extremists as they are officially labeled by the fbi. Dves. Preparation for bidens inauguration was cancelled today due to security concerns. Speaker pelosi is task retired Lieutenant General to be the man to independently review all aspects of capitol security. The mayor of washington, d. C. Alongside a number of federal Security Officials are holding a briefing about the City Security posture for next weeks inauguration. Something many of you have been watching throughout the last hour as officials urge merges stay home. Dont travel to washington for this event. That comes as the Justice Department announced its charged 44 people, so far, for taking part in last weeks riot. A court filing in
Presence plans to ensure safety on the streets of d. C. And developing, this morning. How much did Capitol Police know, before the riot in the halls of congress . The Washington Post reporting internalCapitol Police intelligence warned that congress, itself, could be targeted. Also. Showdown. The new video of the harrowing moments just outside the senate chamber, and the heroic officer and his efforts that he took to take on those rioters. We are also learning more about that capitol mob, and how dangerously close they came to the Vice President of the United States. As we do say good morning, it is saturday, january 16th. Im kendis gibson. And im lindsey reiser. You can see, in that video, he pushed one of the rioters to agitate him, so that he would follow him, instead of going over to the senate chamber. Trying to lure them away. Just an incredible act of heroism there. We have a team of reporters following the latest right now. Nbc hill capitol correspondent, garrett haake. And a b
Rioters as they were storming our nations capitol. What the [ bleep ] are they . You have to understand, we cant lose the war. Were better than that. Information operation. Theres got to be something in here we can use against these scumbags. Yeah hawley, cruz, i think cruz would want us to do that. The new yorker posted this video on its website this morning. It was taken by a journalist who was right there in the midst of the rioters. Parts of this video really give us a greater, much more clear sense of the thinking behind the actions. What these people are saying during moments of this video, it is at times absolutely chilling and, again, it is a groundlevel view. It has beyond what we have already seen. Were going to get reaction to some of the more pointed things were hearing on the video in a few minutes. First, new reaction today from a House Democrat who says members of congress may be complicit in those attacks. I still have those concerns and i do believe there were some mem
The dawn of a new era across america tonight. As President Trump prepares to leave office, its clear joe biden will inherit an america on edge and deeply divided. An extraordinary display across d. C. Tonight. At least 15,000 National Guard troops are protecting the nations capitol. 25,000 will be fanned out by inauguration day. A third person has now been arrested foras attempting to ge through an inauguration checkpoint. A 63yearold woman was charged with impersonation of a Law Enforcement officer, failure to obey and fleeing a Law Enforcement officer after pretending to be a part of the, quote, president ial cabinet. The nation is not far removed from the january 6th insurrection. In fact, new video from the new yorker is giving us a f new vi of the chaos that unfolded. Where are they . While were here we might as well set up a government. Hey, lets take a seat, people lets take a seat nancy pelosi. [ bleep ]. Wheres nancy . We paid for it. Mobilize in your own cities, your own coun