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 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 zach rehl on the left in the cap. they ve been convicted for leading the capitol insurrection. also convicted of seditious conspiracy is proud boys chairman enrique tarrio. he wasn t at the capitol that day, having been arrested on another charge two days previously. much of the evidence came from this man, another leader, charles donohoe, who pled guilty and cooperated with the authorities. taking our country back. but despite all the evidence shown in court, over 1,000 people have now been prosecuted, january the 6th is still very much cont
There were also details of transport convoys and assembly points and maps of the tunnel system around congress. yet the authorities didn t act. they were unprepared and there s really not good reason for it. there were plenty of people, certainly outside the government, researchers who were monitoring the planning that was going on in extremist social media circles and chat forums. sometimes there s a lot of talk, but no real mobilization, but here you saw the logistics. by the time i got here onjanuary the 6th with the proud boys, it was clear something had gone badly wrong with the police operation. not only had i not seen any police officers on the march up here, now it was clear the capitol hill police force was panicking. as the proud boys marched past, police were scrambling to put on their riot gear. meanwhile, at the capitol, low barriers and a tiny number of police just one lone officer on the senate steps. but when it came to the january 6th committee,
Was only the latest in a long list of grievances, and the authorities also had specific detailed intelligence that violent disorder was being planned at the us capitol forjanuary the 6th. among the warnings was this situation report from the fbi s field office in norfolk, virginia, saying there was the potential for violence in washington dc in connection with the stop the steal protest on the 6th of january 2021. the warning quoted from an online discussion thread planning violence. be ready to fight. there were also details of transport convoys and assembly points and maps of the tunnel system around congress.