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 clear failure of intelligence was barely mentioned. why don t the democrats want to get to the truth? why don t they want to answer the fundamental question, which is, why wasn t there a better security posture on that day? the then chief of the capitol hill police force says he did make a request for national guard help three days before, but this was turned down by the house sergeant at arms because of optics . his concern for the optics, i believe, goes back to pelosi s decision, the statement that she referred to federal agents and national guard on the streets of america as stormtroopers. and i think she just didn t want the look of stormtroopers up on the hill. in the summer of 2020, the use of national guard or riot police was controversial in america. many on the left thought they were being used to shut down legitimate protest in the wake of the murder of george floyd. in a year when everything was political, donald trump wanted overwhelming
But when it came to the january 6th committee, the democratic party controlled congressional investigation, the lack of police preparation and the clear failure of intelligence was barely mentioned. why don t the democrats want to get to the truth? why don t they want to answer the fundamental question, which is why wasn t there a better security posture on that day? the then chief of the capitol hill police force says he did make a request for national guard help three days before, but this was turned down by the house sergeant at arms because of optics . his concern for the optics, i believe, goes back to pelosi s decision, the statement that she referred to federal agents and national guard on the streets of america as stormtroopers. and i think she just didn t want the look of stormtroopers up on the hill. in the summer of 2020, the use of national guard or riot police was controversial in america. many on the left thought they were being used to shut down legitimate protest