our country that are armed and dangerous. reporter: d.c. s mayor requesting that all large-scale public events be canceled until at least january 24th. the secret service official overseeing security for the inauguration says, expect an army. you re going to see checkpoints, you re going to see barricades, you re going to see magnetometer screening through all aspects and points of the city. reporter: david, security here will be extraordinary. in addition to police, there will be at least 15,000 national guard. this comes as we learn tonight acting homeland security secretary chad wolf is stepping down. david? all right, pierre thomas with that breaking headline. pierre, thank you. and tonight, abc news presents a one-hour special. 24 hours: assault on the capitol. that streams on hulu. we turn now to the other worsening emergency in this country,pandemic and the race for the vaccine falling woefully behind. more than 22 million americans testing positive. this surge, th
senate office building. so to get into either the office buildings or the capitol, you would have had to go through magnetometer screening. you put your baggage through an x-ray. that is designed to keep any dangerous objects out of here. the office buildings, any number of the public is allowed to walk into. the capitol building, you re supposed to have a staff i.d. like this one or you are supposed to have an appointment. so an office can vouch for you and you have to, you know, walk to the desk, explain who you are and they have to verify that information. so it is supposed to be stricter here. which is why we ve discussed the potential for this gentleman to have been impersonating a journalist. we talked about the fact they were being very strict and tracking the credentials of everybody who was packed in here. you can see this is, i would say, a more crowded version of what we do every tuesday when this policy lunch happens and we all wait for mitch mcconnell.
decent timing and kimmel pretty good as well. s john fugelsang with us, political comedian, with the professional opinion and will cain, columnist of theblaze.com. good morning. our starting point this morning, pretty shocking and daring escape that could have an impact on the u.s. relationship with china, a blind chinese discy dent evaded layers of guards after 18 months under house arrest, he made his trek 370 miles north to beijing. secretary secretary tim gigter in are expected to be in the country for the long planned strategic talks. neither governments are confirming of chen s whereabouts are at the embassy but a former senior china analysts at the cia says this, this is the greatest test in bihall relations in years, 1989, when tiananmen square was unfolding. joining us is gordon chang, nice to see you. thank you for being with us. the greatest test, do you think that s an overstatement of what s happening right now? i think so. any time there s an incident we
their rooms and fell asleep. that s all well and good. but what if one of those prostitutes had stolen an agent s identification, his passport, or even his badge? doug mckelway is live for us in washington with the latest. doug? secretary napolitano said provided protection 900 foreign trips and 13,000 domestic trips, through none of that was there any suggestion that this kind of behavior would happen. we spoke today with ron kessler who is the author of in the president s secret service, which is highly critical of the secret service but not because of any culture of patronizing prostitutes. it is a symptom of larger management problems that condone corner cutting and laxness. for example, the secret service will very frequently allow people into events without magnetometer screening under pressure from the white house staff or campaign staff. also in washington today, members of the senate armed
a lot of fond memories to share. i would watch american bandstand and i would also watch every new year s eve. dick clark was the one. oh, it s the main memory of watching the new year s eve, new year s rockin eve and watching the ball drop and seeing him. even in the last couple of years post stroke, just his strength. i think that was really an amazing representation. it was like a ritual every year. new year s rockin eve, it made new year s what it is. you know? he will certainly be missed. well, on twitter immediately, dick clark became a trending topic. within just moments of the news. from ryan seacrest, clark s heir apparent, he said i m deeply saddened by the loss of my true friend, dick clark. he has truly been one of the greatest influences in my life. joan rivers wrote very sad to hear about dick clark. what a great life. what a great career. relevant until the end. he will be missed. and from snoop dogg, as expected with a lot of personality. rest