Patrick j murphy. Honor to have you, were thrilled. We begin with americas crime crisis and deterioration of Law And Order in our biggest cities. In washington, d. C. , the crisis is worsening, murders is up 30 and some residents are afraid to walk down the street in neighborhoods and capitol hill. Seeing the crime Crisis Closeup for themselves. Warning, the video you are about to witness is disturbing. [beep] what the yeah. Ex Security Footage shows moment one of senator rand pauls staffers was stabbed in march. Philip todd was attacked while walking back from a restaurant with a friend. They were a mile and a half from the capitol. The suspect was released from prison just one day earlier. Dc leaders struggle to get the crisis under control, one democratic councilman is calling f for. I have never seen this onslot of violence portrayed on our women and kids, enough is enough. We are clearly in a war zone. I have spoken with the dc national guard. And while i have to have more convers
and britain s nhs is stepping up its vaccination programme against monkeypox as more supplies of a jab come on the market. against monkeypox as more supplies of the jab come on the market. hello and welcome. the congressional committee in the us investigating last year s attack on the capitol by donald trump s supporters have shown evidence that the then president made no calls from the white house while the violence was unfolding. the latest hearing was told that instead of intervening to calm the situation, mr trump sat in the dining room, where the television was tuned to fox news. the committee presented several witnesses who said they repeatedly called on donald trump to say something. this is former white house counsel pat cipollone, one of the people closest to mr trump. i think ithinki i think i was pretty clear there needed to be an immediate and forceful response statement, public statement, that people need to leave the capitol. mi; that people need to leave the
the suspect was released from prison just one day earlier. dc leaders struggle to get the crisis under control, one democratic councilman is calling f for. i have never seen this onslot of violence portrayed on our women and kids, enough is enough. we are clearly in a war zone. i have spoken with the dc national guard. and while i have to have more conversation with the chief of police, which i have today, and the mayor, and my colleagues, we have a long way to get there. we just know police alone is not getting it done. we re asking for help and presence in our community. officers who have a handgun can t combat three people with
the unique structure we have in the unique structure we have in the united states of having a department of defence with the active duty uniformed services and then to a degree separate forces of national guard is groups who are, for the most part, underthe groups who are, for the most part, under the control of their state governors but who can also serve in federal capacities if order to by the president. the dc national guard, and this is the guard force in question, actually reports directly to the president of the united states because we don t have a governor in washington, dc so in that moment onjanuary six where it was clear the capitol police needed reinforcements and the dc national guard was and the dc national guard was an element that could have been surged it would have taken them hours to get on scene but earlier if the order had been approved by president trump to get on scene, but is one of those constitutional issues that we still don t have a clear answer on. that we
police, dk dc police, under the control of the dc mayor, answered the call of the capitol police as soon as they called for backup and it was our police that entered the building, came out on that balcony in yellow jackets, and when i saw that i knew they were able to get control of the building and the lawmakers were safe. a lot that has been discussed is why the dc national guard where other guards were delayed in being dispatched to the capitol, and that has been the subject of a year long battle that the city has had with the congress to give the d.c. mayor control of the dc national guard n. fact, the dc national guard would be more properly called the president s guard because we have to go to the department of defense to request the dc national guard. that s another lesson learned that the united states capitol