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We have been told by Capitol police

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that the Capitol is in lockdown.

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Woman: They broke the glass?

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Woman #2: Everybody stay down! Get down!

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[ Gunshots ]

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Man: Gunshots rang out,

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and the the rioters actually start trying

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to ram the doors down.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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Tapper: We are watching an attempted sedition.

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We are watching an attempt

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at a bloodless coup in the United States.

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[ Screaming ]

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Acosta: This is a bonfire of the insanities that we're watching

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in the nation's Capitol right now,

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and it all flows from Trump.

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Haberman: His initial reaction was not horror,

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which was almost everybody else's reaction.

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His initial reaction was to watch the show."

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I heard multiple conversations loudly and publicly.

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Find the vice president. Hang the vice president.

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[All chanting "Hang Mike Pence!" ]

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Tapper: There is a very real possibility that

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we will see aggrieved members of his base at the inauguration,

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conducting protests.

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What we don't know is whether those will turn violent.

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Tonight, a first draft of history in the making.

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A revealing look inside the Trump insurrection.

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Thousands of angry true believers,

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triggered by lies and calls to battle...

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Woman: This is our Capitol!

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...attempt a coup that left five people dead so far.

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A mob that came armed

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with conspiracy, hate, and weapons,

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overwhelming undermanned police

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and shocking a nation.

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Even though the president and his followers

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have long made it clear they would not believe

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they were losers in the election.

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And now a CNN Special Report.

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"The Trump Insurrection: 24 Hours that Shook America."

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They say I have the most loyal people.

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Did you ever see that?

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Where I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue

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and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?

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It's, like, incredible.

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[ All chanting "We Want Trump!" ]

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And I'm afraid the election's gonna be rigged.

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I have to be honest.

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Well, this started back in the 2016 campaign,

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when we would be at the rallies,

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and he would refer to the press as the disgusting news media,

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the dishonest news media, liars, scum, and so on,

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and he rolled that into the Oval Office.

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Stick with us.

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Don't believe the crap you see from these people.

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The fake news.

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What you're seeing and what you're reading

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is not what's happening.

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And the coronavirus pandemic,

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I think, is a perfect example

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of how Trump's corrosive effect on the truth,

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on what we consume in the news media,

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what that can do to the country.

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Looks like in April, in theory,

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when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.

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Hope that's true

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COVID's just a made up government...

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[Chuckles] thing, you know?

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I've read the facts.

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I don't listen to...

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the news.

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I'm not worried about the pandemic at all.

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Voting by mail is wrought with fraud and abuse.

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They're gonna try and steal the election. Look at this crowd.

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Haberman: He talked about the the lack of security

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around mail voting.

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It created a real sense of unease for voters

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with their own system in the country.

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The only way we're gonna lose this election

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is if the election is rigged.

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Remember that.

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It's the only way we're gonna lose this election.

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Take a look at the top-line vote.

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There has been record turnout throughout the country.

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After four long tense days,

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CNN projects Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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is elected the 46th president

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of the United States.

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Talking to my sources,

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you know, the president understood

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in the days after the election that he had lost,

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but he was willfully misleading, lying to the American people,

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telling them, telling his supporters

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that he had, in fact, won the election,

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and that it was a rigged election.

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Blitzer: No evidence of fraud has emerged.

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The election was not rigged.

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Haberman: His allies, his supporters,

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some formerly within the campaign,

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some outside of it,

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filed a number of legal challenges

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to try to overturn the results.

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There have been 60 lawsuits

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brought by the president and his allies

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to try and challenge the election results

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throughout the country,

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and in 59 out of 60 of them, they lost.

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So, one thing that they started talking about

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after the lawsuits started seeing trouble was,

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"Can we get pro-Trump electors in various states

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and have those certified instead

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and sent to the Electoral College.

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Those efforts also failed.

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Blitzer: On December 19th, President Trump tweeted,

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"Peter Navarro releases 36-page report

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alleging election fraud more than sufficient

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to swing victory to Trump.

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A great report by Peter.

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Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election.

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Big protest in D.C. on January 6th.

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Be there, will be wild!"

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Kovler: His supporters understood that

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as the call to action that they'd been waiting for

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since Election Day,

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who genuinely believe not only that he'd won the election,

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but that he would remain president

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by proving through that the election was fixed

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or maybe various other ways to stay in power.

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Blitzer: Political consultant Arieh Kovler,

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who's based in Israel, says he was following

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Trump's supporters' message boards.

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and tweeted this warning on December 21st.

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"On January 6,

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armed Trumpist militias

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will be rallying in D.C., at Trump's orders.

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It's highly likely that they'll try to storm the Capitol

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after it certifies Joe Biden's win.

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I don't think this has sunk in yet."

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Kovler: There were groups of people

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who were absolutely making plans,

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some of them quite detailed.

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including all of the congressional buildings

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and how they're connected by the underground tunnels

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and a discussion about whether or not,

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given how many people that they are,

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to stop congressmen from fleeing.

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that raises the question,

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why didn't law enforcement catch this?

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...has taken a momentous...

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Blitzer: A number of Republican politicians

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spread their own lies and disinformation

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to support and abet President Trump's efforts

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to overturn the election results

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and incite supporters.

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The bottom line is, the court is saying,

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"We're not gonna touch this.

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You have no remedy."

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that you got to go to the streets

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and be as violent as Antifa and BLM.

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We will not go quietly into the night.

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We will defend liberty

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into the future,

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and we are going to win."

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It is very clear in looking at the record

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that not only President Trump,

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but other elected officials, his allies,

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were out there trying to whip up anger,

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trying to get people to believe

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that an election had been stolen.

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Cooper: President Trump will be speaking in front

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of thousands of supporters who've gathered in Washington

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for a so-called march to save America rally,

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protesting the legal results of the November election.

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Sanchez: Anderson, it is very difficult

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to secure a crowd of this size.

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and more people are continuing to show,

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and they are angry.

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There's an animosity in the air in this crowd

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Today, is the day

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American patriots start taking down names

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and kicking ass!

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Do you believe -- Do you accept

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that Joe Biden won the election?

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Both: No.

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O'Sullivan: What do you think happened?

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Fraud.

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All these Trump events I've been going to,

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I just hear the same thing over and over again.

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Why did you come here?

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All this fraud,

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and I can see it all over the line -- online.

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And it's not made up.

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People were amped up. [ Horn blaring ]

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They were raring to go.

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I was standing on the Mall with them,

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and I said, "Here in two weeks time,

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Biden's gonna be inaugurated."

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They said, "No way.

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It's not happening."

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Blitzer: As the crowd got amped up

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for the president's appearance,

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he and his adult children were all backstage,

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giddy with excitement.

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Ivanka at her focused father's side,

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Man: Happy Birthday, Eric!

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And this seemingly lighthearted namesake.

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Shout out Mark Meadows, an actual fighter.

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[ Laughs ] One of the few.

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Turning to anger on stage.

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If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero,

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we're coming for you,

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and we're going to have a good time doing it!

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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All of us here today do not want to see

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our election victory stolen

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by emboldened radical left Democrats.

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We will never concede.

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It doesn't happen.

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You don't concede when there's theft involved.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Our country has had enough.

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We will not take it anymore,

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and that's what this is all about.

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You'll never take back our country with weakness.

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You have to show strength,

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and you have to be strong.

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I know that everyone here will soon be marching

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over to the Capitol building

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to peacefully and patriotically

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make your voices heard.

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The day started with President Donald Trump,

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his lawyer Rudy Giuliani,

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his son Donald Trump, Jr.

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at a rally, whipping up people into anger,

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whipping up people into fear.

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If we're wrong,

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we will be made fools of.

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But if we're right, a lot of them will go to jail.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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So...

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...let's have trial by combat.

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He just said trial by combat

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I'm ready.

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Campbell: The day ended with this violent mob

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attacking the United States capitol.

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[ Crowd chanting "USA!" ]

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Let's walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Axelrod: He basically had a match and a can of kerosene,

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and he lit it.

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[ All chanting "Fight for Trump!" ]

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And the manifestation of that

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were these folks streaming down Pennsylvania Avenue

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headed toward the Capitol.

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the run of the mill Trump supporter.

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They were the hardest of the hardcore --

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extremely radicalized, extremely angry group of people.

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Do you accept that Biden won the election?

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Kovler: So, the gap between that group of people

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having a rally and listening to the president speak...

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Man: Bring out the traitors!

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Kovler: ...and turning into a mob that will march on Congress

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is already very small.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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O'Sullivan: We walked from the White House

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with the Trump supporters who were marching to the Capitol.

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Just as we got

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to the west side of the Capitol,

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there was a very small line of police

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and just sort of one set of barriers.

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we heard a bit of commotion.

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[Crowd cheering]

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And next thing we just saw

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these Trump supporters streaming through the barriers

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and onto the lawn

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of the U.S. Capitol.

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And...

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I just got the sense that this was about to get out of control.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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What are you doing?

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Raju: I was inside the Capitol

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as these protesters were gathering,

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and we were getting reports

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about how much more unrest there was outside.

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The extent to which, members of Congress, aides,

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people in Capitol Hill could be in danger was certainly --

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did not even come close to the radar

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of virtually anybody in Congress.

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Haberman: Before all the chaos erupted

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during the joint session of Congress to certify

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the Electoral College vote,

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Mike Pence was preparing to preside over the proceedings.

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Raju: The Republican movement to, essentially, throw out

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the electoral votes was essentially all fed

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by President Trump's disinformation,

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his conspiracies,

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frankly, the lies that he told

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the American public about the election.

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What does it say to the nearly half the country

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that believes this election was rigged.

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Raju: Despite the objections,

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President Trump was not gonna be President Trump anymore

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come January 20th.

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Blitzer: Mitch McConnell,

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despite being a pretty loyal Republican through all of this,

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was just saying, "No,

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he was not going to have it."

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If this election were overturned

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by mere allegations from the losing side...

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our democracy would enter a death spiral.

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Haberman: Mike Pence had made clear to President Trump

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he was not going to do what President Trump wanted,

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which was overturn the results somehow.

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The president refused to accept that.

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Acosta: It just goes to show you how detached from reality

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the president had become.

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He thought that his vice president

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could march up to Capitol Hill and carry out some kind of coup.

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Mike Pence was essentially telling the rest of the world,

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"I'm not in on this.

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It's over for Donald Trump."

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That, of course, set the president off,

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sent him into this tirade.

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And that is part of the reason

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why you saw the president down on the Ellipse,

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charging up the crowd.

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Trump: We're not gonna let it happen.

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Campbell: Although President Trump told

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that rally, that crowd,

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that he was prepared to join them

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in marching to the Capitol,

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that never happened.

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[ Indistinct shouting ] Man: Fight for Trump!

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We have been told by Capitol police

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that the Capitol is in lockdown

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and that people cannot leave the building.

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[ All chanting "Fight for Trump!" ]

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Marquardt: When I got to the Capitol,

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You will not tell us where to spend our money!

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Marquardt: ...you could tell that there were

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different factions

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and energies within the crowd.

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Blitzer: Alexander Marquardt is there

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right in the middle of all of this.

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Marquardt: There were some people who just wanted

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to be there and wave flags.

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There were other people, who were much more aggressive,

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and those were the people who were really at the front.

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♪♪

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Reeve: With a mob, like, logic goes out the window.

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Mob mentality doesn't even begin to cover

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what it feels like.

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There's just this energy

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and no sense of personal responsibility.

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So, you see people who look like your parents,

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like a suburban soccer mom,

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like, scrambling over a wall.

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Man: Start pulling them this way!

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Marquardt: The protesters were able to rush through,

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rush up the stairs,

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rush up into the upper area.

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And suddenly, I was looking up,

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and they were just everywhere.

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They had swarmed the Capitol building.

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[ Crowd chanting "USA!" ]

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Neumann: I was on the phone with a reporter on a different issue,

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and somebody said, like, they breached the perimeter,

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and I was like, what?

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You know?

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How does that even happen?

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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I was shocked because the police were overrun

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so easily and quickly.

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Man: You better run, cops!

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Officer: Disperse! [ Indistinct shouting ]

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And just the sheer number of people...

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Man: Fuck those pigs!

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Johnson: ...in this mob of insurrection

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was easily able to breach the Capitol.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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Marquardt: It was just mayhem.

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It was total chaos,

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and I kept looking around for law enforcement,

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thinking, "How on earth is this possible?"

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Campbell: There should have been a larger police presence there.

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There should have been more fencing.

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There should have been all the things that

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law enforcement typically does

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whenever you have a large crowd

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gathered inside the United States capital.

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Blitzer: The now former

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United States Capitol Police chief said

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the police responded "valiantly."

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Get out of here, motherfuckers!

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Marquardt: Let's go.

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There was a moment that the crowd clocked onto us,

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And it became hostile very, very quickly.

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Man: Hey, this guy's with the media!

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This guy's with the media!

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[ All booing ]

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Marquardt: Just to watch the crowd turn on us...

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[ Crowd chants "CNN sucks!" ]

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...was really, really unsettling,

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and luckily, we got out of there unscathed.

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All of us --

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and we're all quite experienced --

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were pretty rattled by it.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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Marquardt: I've been in a lot of riots and protests,

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and this was...

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the most hostile crowd

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that I think I've ever been in.

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♪♪

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Campbell: There have been many descriptions

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of what took place at the United States Capitol,

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some calling it violence,

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some calling it lawlessness.

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This was terrorism.

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The definition of terrorism is

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violence in pursuit of a political goal.

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The Supreme Court's not helping us.

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No one's helping us.

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Only  us  can help us.

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Only we can do it.

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What we saw take place,

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in an unprecedented way,

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was domestic terrorism.

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What are you gonna do?

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Whatever we have to do! What do you think 1776 was?

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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Kovler: I never thought that the protests

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would actually get through the door,

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and it was scary. [ Crowd chanting "USA!" ]

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It wasn't clear how it was gonna end.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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Campbell: Would the United States Capitol Police

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be prepared to hold back an angry crowd

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from entering the United States Capitol?

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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Of course, we know in hindsight the answer was no.

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♪♪

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[ Indistinct shouting ] [ Glass shattering ]

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♪♪

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[ Crowd chanting "USA!" ]

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Campbell: Once the crowd makes their way inside,

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past law enforcement into the building,

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it's total chaos.

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What you see is this mob

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storming the building...

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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...going floor by floor.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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You want a fight, you better believe you got one!

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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They encounter law enforcement.

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-This is our house! -Let them in!

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Man: Let them in!

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Campbell: In certain instances, they push forward, pass them.

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Some officers step aside and allow them by,

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but what you see is just this constant building and building,

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more people coming, more people coming...

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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♪♪

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Man: Let 'em in! Let 'em in! Let 'em in

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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[ Shouting continues ]

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Raju: So the way they got into the Capitol was,

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rioters, looters, and the mob walked up the steps,

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the west front steps of the Capitol...

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[ Pounding ]

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[ Glass shatters ]

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...broke the windows

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on the first floor of the Senate side...

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♪♪

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...opened the door,

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and floods of these rioters

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walked in through the first floor of the Capitol.

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Hey, we're home! We're home!

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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At that point,

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many of them walked towards the Senate side of the Capitol,

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and they were immediately confronted

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by one police officer.

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Back up!

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I heard a commotion and some yelling,

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and I ran downstairs,

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where I encountered this lone police officer

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courageously making a stand

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against a mob of 20 or so Trump supporters.

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You could see him trying to

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but ultimately failing to prevent them from moving in.

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A shocking moment because at that point,

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nobody really knew that there had been an intrusion

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into the capitol itself.

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Leave now!

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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This is my fucking house! It's my country!

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USA!

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♪♪

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Marquardt: It is hard to say

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what the police presence is out here.

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I cannot see any sort of law enforcement.

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I'm just thinking, where's the law enforcement?

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Where are the reinforcements for the Capitol Police inside?

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Why hasn't MPD, the D.C. police, shown up?

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Why hasn't the National Guard shown up?

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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Woman: Where are the bastards!

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We got tear gas.

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The vice president and the United States Senate.

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Crow: One thing I did notice was that the security seemed lighter

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than it did earlier in the session,

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actually last year,

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when the BLM protests were going on.

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[ Gavel bangs ] Man: The House will be in order.

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Blitzer: House members were meeting in a joint session

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to consider the electoral votes.

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There was about probably about an hour of debate

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before we realized that the mob and the riot

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was fighting with the police outside

542
00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:35,733
and that they had broken through.

543
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,866
[ Crowd chanting "Stop the Steal!" ]

544
00:21:38,933 --> 00:21:41,033
Tapper: We are watching an attempted sedition.

545
00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:43,000
We are watching an attempt

546
00:21:43,066 --> 00:21:45,033
at a bloodless coup in the United States.

547
00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:46,500
Trump supporters,

548
00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:49,300
stopping the constitutional process,

549
00:21:49,366 --> 00:21:51,633
the counting of electors.

550
00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:53,300
The chamber went into lockdown.

551
00:21:53,366 --> 00:21:55,133
Mike Pence was ushered out

552
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,533
of the Senate chamber where he was presiding.

553
00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,800
Most of the Senate was still in the chamber

554
00:21:59,866 --> 00:22:01,400
waiting for their instructions.

555
00:22:01,466 --> 00:22:02,500
Man: Look at this.

556
00:22:02,566 --> 00:22:05,400
These protesters are inside Statuary Hall.

557
00:22:05,466 --> 00:22:07,566
This is a legendary place.

558
00:22:07,633 --> 00:22:09,833
It's hard to believe what we're seeing.

559
00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:11,200
Woman: I've never been in this house.

560
00:22:11,266 --> 00:22:12,066
How about you?

561
00:22:12,133 --> 00:22:13,866
-No. -You [bleep] own it!

562
00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:15,400
Woman #2: That's right. We own it.

563
00:22:15,466 --> 00:22:17,233
We own you!

564
00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:20,400
[ Indistinct shouting ]

565
00:22:20,466 --> 00:22:22,233
Campbell: At one point, you have a crowd of rioters

566
00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:23,566
approaching a doorway,

567
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:25,733
but they're blocked by Capitol Police.

568
00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,100
It appears as though the officers

569
00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:28,400
are going to keep them back.

570
00:22:28,466 --> 00:22:30,100
But then inexplicably,

571
00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:31,766
the officers suddenly step aside.

572
00:22:31,833 --> 00:22:34,100
Man: Let's go! Get that shit!

573
00:22:34,166 --> 00:22:38,266
[ Indistinct shouting ]

574
00:22:38,333 --> 00:22:40,766
Man: Let's fucking go!

575
00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:42,233
Campbell: The mob begins using objects

576
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to crash through the door.

577
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♪♪

578
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,466
We then see what those officers have done is leave in jeopardy

579
00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:54,300
their colleagues behind the doors,

580
00:22:54,366 --> 00:22:56,800
which were essentially the last line of defense.

581
00:22:56,866 --> 00:22:58,233
They try to grab everything they can --

582
00:22:58,300 --> 00:23:00,233
chairs, desks, furniture

583
00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:02,166
to try to block the way.

584
00:23:02,233 --> 00:23:04,300
[ Indistinct shouting ]

585
00:23:04,366 --> 00:23:06,766
Acosta: This is a bonfire of the insanities

586
00:23:06,833 --> 00:23:09,133
that we're watching in the nation's capitol right now,

587
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,066
and it all flows from Trump.

588
00:23:12,133 --> 00:23:14,700
I could not have imagined that in my wildest dreams.

589
00:23:14,766 --> 00:23:16,866
To see Trump supporters

590
00:23:16,933 --> 00:23:19,366
carrying the Confederate flag

591
00:23:19,433 --> 00:23:22,066
through the halls of the US Capitol,

592
00:23:22,133 --> 00:23:23,966
it's traitorous.

593
00:23:28,166 --> 00:23:30,733
Tapper: President Trump could stop this with one tweet,

594
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,133
but instead he's on Twitter,

595
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,266
attacking Vice President Pence

596
00:23:34,333 --> 00:23:36,100
for refusing to go along

597
00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:39,466
with his attempt at a coup.

598
00:23:46,533 --> 00:23:48,533
Bourg: It was just such a constant.

599
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,100
Hundreds of people at the top

600
00:23:50,166 --> 00:23:52,266
of the east front steps of the Capitol,

601
00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:54,566
chanting that for quite some time.

602
00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:57,700
I heard multiple conversations loudly and publicly.

603
00:23:57,766 --> 00:23:59,633
Not anything people were trying to hide,

604
00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:02,133
discussing, what are we gonna do with the vice president?

605
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,200
"We should go in and find the vice president."

606
00:24:04,266 --> 00:24:07,966
You know, "We should hang the vice president."

607
00:24:08,033 --> 00:24:10,133
Axelrod: Donald Trump put a price on the head

608
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,866
of his own vice president.

609
00:24:11,933 --> 00:24:14,733
The message was very clear that somehow Pence could

610
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,400
overturn the results of the election

611
00:24:16,466 --> 00:24:17,733
and hand it to Trump.

612
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:18,933
They believed it.

613
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,766
Well, we came this far. What do ya say?

614
00:24:21,833 --> 00:24:23,100
Man: Drag 'em out!

615
00:24:23,166 --> 00:24:25,133
Drag 'em out!

616
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,400
Axelrod: And so it's not surprising

617
00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:29,200
that some would go hunting for Pence

618
00:24:29,266 --> 00:24:30,633
when they went over the Capitol

619
00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,966
after he announced that he wasn't going to play that role.

620
00:24:34,033 --> 00:24:37,500
[ Indistinct shouting ]

621
00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:42,233
Blitzer: The president has broken his silence.

622
00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:44,100
The president tweeting just a few moments ago.

623
00:24:44,166 --> 00:24:45,733
He is not telling these protestors

624
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,333
to leave the Capitol.

625
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,800
Tapper: It's odd that he said stay peaceful,

626
00:24:49,866 --> 00:24:53,800
given the fact that this crowd is  not  peaceful.

627
00:24:53,866 --> 00:24:57,800
[ Indistinct shouting ]

628
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Haberman: There had been efforts imploring him

629
00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:04,566
to send out something to calm down his supporters

630
00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:07,333
over the course of the, at that point, hour and a half

631
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:08,933
that it had been going on.

632
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,066
What that tweet was

633
00:25:10,133 --> 00:25:11,733
was something that said stay peaceful,

634
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,400
but did not acknowledge that things had

635
00:25:13,466 --> 00:25:15,233
absolutely spiraled out of control

636
00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:17,966
and was not the condemnation that folks were hoping for.

637
00:25:18,033 --> 00:25:20,800
[ Indistinct shouting ]

638
00:25:20,866 --> 00:25:24,466
Raju: As these rioters had approached the House floor,

639
00:25:24,533 --> 00:25:26,633
there was a deadly incident

640
00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,633
They were warned to step away. Man: He's got a gun!

641
00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:31,700
Blitzer: A warning that this video contains

642
00:25:31,766 --> 00:25:33,366
some disturbing content.

643
00:25:33,433 --> 00:25:35,200
Tapper: A pro-Trump supporter,

644
00:25:35,266 --> 00:25:37,300
later identified as Ashli Babbitt,

645
00:25:37,366 --> 00:25:40,466
tries to make her way through a window.

646
00:25:40,533 --> 00:25:41,633
[ Gunshot ]

647
00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,633
Raju: There was a shot.

648
00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:45,466
[ Indistinct shouting ]

649
00:25:45,533 --> 00:25:48,266
That person, immediately after she was shot,

650
00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:50,100
was given medical assistance,

651
00:25:50,166 --> 00:25:52,933
was taken to a nearby hospital, and died.

652
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,766
This was a terrifying

653
00:25:54,833 --> 00:25:56,433
and tragic scene

654
00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,866
that was unfolding steps away

655
00:25:58,933 --> 00:26:02,133
from the halls of freedom on Capitol Hill.

656
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,533
I was right there with her.

657
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,033
It was me or her!

658
00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:06,566
And they shot her.

659
00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:08,000
Campbell: CNN spoke to her mother

660
00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,400
who said that she was the type of person

661
00:26:10,466 --> 00:26:12,600
who would be willing to die for her beliefs.

662
00:26:12,666 --> 00:26:14,733
Blitzer: Ashli Babbitt's social media feed

663
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,833
was flooded with posts supporting President Trump

664
00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:20,733
and QAnon conspiracy theories.

665
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,400
[ Indistinct shouting ]

666
00:26:22,466 --> 00:26:24,466
One thing is clear -- this was not a protest.

667
00:26:24,533 --> 00:26:26,133
This was not a demonstration.

668
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,633
This was a violent mob,

669
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:29,300
intent on causing destruction.

670
00:26:29,366 --> 00:26:31,133
This was a violent insurgency.

671
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,300
This was not a protest.

672
00:26:33,366 --> 00:26:35,733
Man: Occupy. Do not destroy.

673
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:36,733
Blitzer: Ahead,

674
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:37,933
more violence.

675
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,500
Woman: They broke the glass?

676
00:26:39,566 --> 00:26:41,833
Woman #2: Everybody stay down! Get down!

677
00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:44,700
Lawmakers under siege.

678
00:26:44,766 --> 00:26:49,000
♪♪

679
00:26:51,633 --> 00:26:59,066
♪♪

680
00:26:59,133 --> 00:27:00,266
Blitzer: Around 3:00 p.m.

681
00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:02,533
on Wednesday afternoon, January 6th...

682
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,133
Woman: Everybody stay down. Get down!

683
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,800
...this shaky video tells the story

684
00:27:08,866 --> 00:27:10,766
of shaken nerves.

685
00:27:10,833 --> 00:27:13,166
Woman #2: Oh, my God. They're gonna fire on them.

686
00:27:13,233 --> 00:27:17,200
The House members who were on the first floor of the House

687
00:27:17,266 --> 00:27:19,366
had been evacuated already.

688
00:27:19,433 --> 00:27:20,666
but there were members

689
00:27:20,733 --> 00:27:23,433
in the upstairs gallery part of the chamber,

690
00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:26,633
and those members were particularly scared

691
00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:30,066
about what would happen.

692
00:27:30,133 --> 00:27:32,900
Crow: I saw the Capitol Police

693
00:27:32,966 --> 00:27:34,466
locking the doors

694
00:27:34,533 --> 00:27:35,966
and starting to stack furniture

695
00:27:36,033 --> 00:27:38,366
and barricade us in the chamber.

696
00:27:38,433 --> 00:27:40,933
And it was at that point that I realized that we were trapped

697
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,300
and that we were gonna try to protect ourselves

698
00:27:43,366 --> 00:27:44,400
within the chamber.

699
00:27:44,466 --> 00:27:46,700
Kuster: We had a shelter in place order.

700
00:27:46,766 --> 00:27:48,933
They told us to use the gas masks

701
00:27:49,033 --> 00:27:51,033
that are under the seats.

702
00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:52,700
[ Indistinct shouting ]

703
00:27:52,766 --> 00:27:55,033
Being asked to put on masks.

704
00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:57,066
Checking the door to make sure its locked.

705
00:27:57,133 --> 00:27:58,933
Woman: They broke the glass?

706
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,333
Crow: I heard the sound of breaking glass

707
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,733
and gunshots rang out.

708
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,566
[Gunshot]

709
00:28:05,633 --> 00:28:08,266
And then the rioters actually start

710
00:28:08,333 --> 00:28:10,100
trying to ram the doors down.

711
00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:11,466
[ Ringing ]

712
00:28:11,533 --> 00:28:13,433
Wild: I thought, I really should call the kids,

713
00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:16,700
and I was on with them, telling them what was going on

714
00:28:16,766 --> 00:28:19,800
and that we were waiting to get out,

715
00:28:19,866 --> 00:28:21,366
that I was okay.

716
00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:24,066
At one point my son said, "What do you mean you're okay?

717
00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:25,966
I can hear gunshots."

718
00:28:26,033 --> 00:28:30,300
I was frightened that it would be a mass casualty incident,

719
00:28:30,366 --> 00:28:33,700
that if they had automatic weapons,

720
00:28:33,766 --> 00:28:38,266
they could have killed hundreds of members of congress.

721
00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:40,533
I was preparing myself to make a stand

722
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,433
and potentially have to fight our way out.

723
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:44,400
My heart was pounding out of my chest.

724
00:28:44,466 --> 00:28:47,733
I was really getting very, very upset.

725
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,233
And at that point,

726
00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:53,633
Jason Crow reached out and took my hand, saying,

727
00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:56,200
"You're going to be okay. Everything's going to be okay."

728
00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:02,766
[ Indistinct shouting ]

729
00:29:02,833 --> 00:29:04,266
He was like the perfect person

730
00:29:04,333 --> 00:29:05,266
to be in the foxhole with.

731
00:29:05,333 --> 00:29:07,600
He's a former Army Ranger.

732
00:29:07,666 --> 00:29:11,433
You want a fight, you better believe you got one!

733
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:13,500
Blitzer: Outside the House floor, nearby,

734
00:29:13,566 --> 00:29:16,166
lawmakers were hunkered down, hiding.

735
00:29:16,233 --> 00:29:19,966
Within about 10 or 15 minutes the room that I was in,

736
00:29:20,033 --> 00:29:22,933
I started hearing a lot of stomping

737
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,733
and chanting right outside.

738
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,566
[ Indistinct shouting ]

739
00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:31,933
And I realized that they were literally right outside my door.

740
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,400
And so I was really frightened.

741
00:29:33,466 --> 00:29:37,400
I moved a lot of furniture that I was physically able to

742
00:29:37,466 --> 00:29:41,000
and tried to barricade the door.

743
00:29:41,066 --> 00:29:42,433
Blitzer: Across the Capitol,

744
00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:45,033
protestors were entering offices.

745
00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:47,933
People climbing the walls, breaking windows,

746
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,366
breaking into doors,

747
00:29:49,433 --> 00:29:51,466
in the Parliamentarian's office.

748
00:29:51,533 --> 00:29:53,266
Raju: This is a breach of national security

749
00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:55,433
because the Senate Parliamentarian's office

750
00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:56,633
is a critical office.

751
00:29:56,700 --> 00:29:59,133
That is what ensures the Senate can function

752
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,666
where all the papers are kept.

753
00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:03,366
Blitzer: A video posted online

754
00:30:03,433 --> 00:30:06,266
shows rioters looking for the House Speaker.

755
00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,733
Nancy Pelosi's office is one of the most

756
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,166
heavily-guarded offices on Capitol Hill.

757
00:30:20,233 --> 00:30:22,600
You cannot just walk into Nancy Pelosi's office,

758
00:30:22,666 --> 00:30:25,033
but that's exactly what some

759
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:26,366
of these demonstrators did.

760
00:30:26,433 --> 00:30:30,033
There is a photo of one rioter

761
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,033
sitting there with his feet up.

762
00:30:41,866 --> 00:30:44,166
Here you go. Here you go, brother.

763
00:30:44,233 --> 00:30:46,633
The rioters even took away

764
00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:50,900
the name plate that is on top of her suite.

765
00:30:50,966 --> 00:30:53,400
Haberman: Lots of other pictures of these rioters sitting

766
00:30:53,466 --> 00:30:55,900
at desks they should never be sitting at

767
00:30:55,966 --> 00:30:57,033
on the House floor,

768
00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:58,133
on the Senate floor.

769
00:30:58,200 --> 00:30:59,500
This is something that is not done.

770
00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:01,466
You don't walk into the Senate floor,

771
00:31:01,533 --> 00:31:03,633
and that is a place where the senators gather,

772
00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:05,166
where their aides gather.

773
00:31:05,233 --> 00:31:09,533
But these rioters had gone into the Senate chamber

774
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,166
and in a stunning image

775
00:31:12,233 --> 00:31:15,266
was sitting where the presiding officer sits,

776
00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:16,700
where Mike Pence,

777
00:31:16,766 --> 00:31:18,466
as the president of the Senate,

778
00:31:18,533 --> 00:31:20,500
sits while presiding

779
00:31:20,566 --> 00:31:22,566
over the chamber.

780
00:31:22,633 --> 00:31:24,266
Blitzer: While chaos reigned,

781
00:31:24,333 --> 00:31:25,933
authorities made sure those members

782
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,433
in the House gallery got out safely.

783
00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:30,700
Wild: While we were all crouched down

784
00:31:30,766 --> 00:31:32,633
in those final minutes,

785
00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:36,000
Jason Crow told us all to take our pins off

786
00:31:36,066 --> 00:31:37,900
so that when we got out to the hallway,

787
00:31:37,966 --> 00:31:39,233
if there were perpetrators there,

788
00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:41,166
they wouldn't know we were members of Congress.

789
00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:42,666
This identifies me as a member

790
00:31:42,733 --> 00:31:44,866
of the 117th Congress.

791
00:31:44,933 --> 00:31:46,400
Crow: When we went out through that door,

792
00:31:46,466 --> 00:31:48,900
there was a line of SWAT officers

793
00:31:48,966 --> 00:31:50,866
with their guns drawn

794
00:31:50,933 --> 00:31:54,033
that were holding back protesters

795
00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:56,066
They took us to the underground tunnels,

796
00:31:56,133 --> 00:31:58,566
to Longworth,

797
00:31:58,633 --> 00:32:02,666
and then had kind of fortified Longworth with police

798
00:32:02,733 --> 00:32:05,166
and additional security.

799
00:32:05,233 --> 00:32:07,100
The speaker came in at one point

800
00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:09,100
and gave some short remarks

801
00:32:09,166 --> 00:32:13,400
just to reinforce our resolve

802
00:32:13,466 --> 00:32:16,066
and most importantly, make a commitment

803
00:32:16,133 --> 00:32:18,533
that we were going to return that night.

804
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,000
Blitzer: As both House members and Senators stayed

805
00:32:21,066 --> 00:32:24,233
locked down in the Capitol, fearing for their lives

806
00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:27,133
and vowing to return to finish verifying the votes,

807
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,300
the president and his personal lawyer

808
00:32:29,366 --> 00:32:31,933
were trying to stop that from happening.

809
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,200
President Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani,

810
00:32:34,266 --> 00:32:35,433
both tried reaching out

811
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:39,833
to newly-elected senator Tommy Tuberville

812
00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:41,600
to try to convince him

813
00:32:41,666 --> 00:32:44,266
to delay the certification in some way.

814
00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:46,500
The was all as this violence was taking place.

815
00:32:46,566 --> 00:32:49,533
The concern was not about whether Tuberville was safe.

816
00:33:04,433 --> 00:33:05,866
In Giuliani's case,

817
00:33:05,933 --> 00:33:10,200
he left a voicemail on the wrong person's phone.

818
00:33:10,266 --> 00:33:11,733
In the president's case,

819
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,233
he called Senator Mike Lee

820
00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:15,400
thinking that he was calling Tommy Tuberville.

821
00:33:15,466 --> 00:33:19,400
[ Crowd cheering ]

822
00:33:19,466 --> 00:33:21,200
Woman: Inside sources tell CNN

823
00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:23,133
that during that deadly insurrection,

824
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,133
the president was "borderline enthusiastic"

825
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,666
about the attempted coup.

826
00:33:29,733 --> 00:33:32,433
His initial reaction was not horror,

827
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:35,833
which was almost everybody else's reaction.

828
00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:38,700
His initial reaction was to watch the show.

829
00:33:38,766 --> 00:33:41,666
I call on President Trump

830
00:33:41,733 --> 00:33:46,000
to go on national television now

831
00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:48,500
to fulfill his oath

832
00:33:48,566 --> 00:33:51,333
and defend the constitution

833
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,100
and demand an end to this siege!

834
00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:58,033
I know your pain. I know you're hurt.

835
00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:02,100
We had an election that was stolen from us.

836
00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:03,766
But you have to go home now.

837
00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:04,766
We love you.

838
00:34:04,833 --> 00:34:07,966
You're very special.

839
00:34:08,033 --> 00:34:10,133
I know how you feel.

840
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,400
But go home and go home in peace.

841
00:34:13,466 --> 00:34:16,566
When you're telling your violent supporters

842
00:34:16,633 --> 00:34:18,066
that you love them,

843
00:34:18,133 --> 00:34:20,566
what kind of message does that send?

844
00:34:20,633 --> 00:34:22,933
I mean, it sends a message of approval.

845
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,700
We learned later in the afternoon

846
00:34:25,766 --> 00:34:28,200
that the mayor of D.C. had imposed a curfew

847
00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:29,566
starting at 6:00 p.m.

848
00:34:29,633 --> 00:34:30,766
So I thought, "Okay.

849
00:34:30,833 --> 00:34:33,600
At least we know that at 6:00 p.m.,

850
00:34:33,666 --> 00:34:35,933
the cavalry is probably going to show up

851
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,800
and get all these rioters out of here.

852
00:34:38,866 --> 00:34:42,833
And sure enough, as dusk started falling,

853
00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:44,866
we did see a huge number

854
00:34:44,933 --> 00:34:48,500
of Washington, D.C. police show up,

855
00:34:48,566 --> 00:34:50,333
National Guard showed up.

856
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,166
And then we saw, also, a contingent of FBI.

857
00:34:53,233 --> 00:34:54,600
-You were up there? -Yes.

858
00:34:54,666 --> 00:34:56,266
I was, um...

859
00:34:56,333 --> 00:34:59,933
up on the left side at the very top

860
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,866
before they threw out a flash bang

861
00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:04,900
and started spraying tear gas.

862
00:35:04,966 --> 00:35:07,800
Why did you decide to come here today?

863
00:35:07,866 --> 00:35:10,066
Uh, to represent my country.

864
00:35:10,133 --> 00:35:13,066
To fight for what I believe in and what I know to be true.

865
00:35:13,133 --> 00:35:14,933
Which is?

866
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,100
Which is that trump won,

867
00:35:17,166 --> 00:35:21,433
and that there are people in high places

868
00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:24,600
trying to take advantage of everybody in lower places.

869
00:35:24,666 --> 00:35:25,933
Blitzer: Their beliefs,

870
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,266
their uprising,

871
00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:30,033
came with a heavy price.

872
00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:32,866
Campbell: At one point, you see an officer trapped in the door,

873
00:35:32,933 --> 00:35:35,466
as he's penned in, screaming for help.

874
00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:38,833
[ Screams ]

875
00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:40,166
Campbell: That's one of the many officers

876
00:35:40,233 --> 00:35:41,766
that were injured on that day.

877
00:35:41,833 --> 00:35:44,433
We know, of course, another Capitol police officer

878
00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:46,000
would later die from injuries.

879
00:35:46,066 --> 00:35:48,233
♪♪

880
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,933
Blitzer: Dozens of officers were injured

881
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,766
in mob violence like this,

882
00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:55,666
sticks and poles,

883
00:35:55,733 --> 00:35:58,200
even American flags raining down on police

884
00:35:58,266 --> 00:36:00,200
who were trying to keep the rioters

885
00:36:00,266 --> 00:36:02,533
from entering the Capitol.

886
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,600
♪♪

887
00:36:09,266 --> 00:36:13,866
♪♪

888
00:36:13,933 --> 00:36:15,033
[ Gavel bangs ]

889
00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:16,233
Pence: The Senate will come to order.

890
00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:19,400
8:00 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night,

891
00:36:19,466 --> 00:36:20,600
they came in,

892
00:36:20,666 --> 00:36:23,300
and they kicked off a pretty somber moment.

893
00:36:23,366 --> 00:36:26,100
For even in the wake of unprecedented violence

894
00:36:26,166 --> 00:36:28,666
and vandalism at this Capitol...

895
00:36:28,733 --> 00:36:30,333
[ Indistinct shouting ]

896
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,033
...the elected representatives

897
00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:35,233
of the people of the United States

898
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:37,100
have assembled again

899
00:36:37,166 --> 00:36:39,900
on the very same day

900
00:36:39,966 --> 00:36:41,533
to support and defend

901
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,033
the constitution of the United States.

902
00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,266
We will not be kept

903
00:36:46,333 --> 00:36:48,400
out of this chamber

904
00:36:48,466 --> 00:36:51,166
by thugs, mobs,

905
00:36:51,233 --> 00:36:53,133
or threats.

906
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,666
There's no question that when the Congress returned

907
00:36:55,733 --> 00:36:57,833
after this siege

908
00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:01,333
to their vandalized chambers

909
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,500
to finish the work that they started,

910
00:37:03,566 --> 00:37:05,566
there was a different atmosphere.

911
00:37:05,633 --> 00:37:08,733
I have never lived through or even imagined

912
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,800
an experience like the one

913
00:37:10,866 --> 00:37:14,000
we have just witnessed in this Capitol.

914
00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:15,300
Today was heartbreaking.

915
00:37:15,366 --> 00:37:16,933
[ Indistinct shouting ]

916
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,100
Axelrod: It was a cold shower for a lot of people,

917
00:37:20,166 --> 00:37:22,633
and it changed the tenor of the debate.

918
00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:24,633
It didn't change everyone's mind.

919
00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:26,800
We do need an investigation

920
00:37:26,866 --> 00:37:28,800
into irregularities, fraud.

921
00:37:28,866 --> 00:37:31,366
We do need a way forward together.

922
00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:34,900
Some politicians decided to back off the objections

923
00:37:34,966 --> 00:37:37,833
in the aftermath of the violence that we saw.

924
00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:42,700
Josh Hawley of Missouri still went forward with his objection.

925
00:37:42,766 --> 00:37:44,866
[ Indistinct shouting ] Man: He's got a gun!

926
00:37:44,933 --> 00:37:47,633
Raju: His critics said he was helping incite the passions

927
00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,000
that led to the violence.

928
00:37:50,066 --> 00:37:52,666
♪♪

929
00:37:52,733 --> 00:37:55,400
Those who choose to continue to support his dangerous gambit

930
00:37:55,466 --> 00:37:59,733
by objecting to the results of a legitimate democratic election

931
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,400
will forever be seen

932
00:38:02,466 --> 00:38:04,233
as being complicit

933
00:38:04,300 --> 00:38:07,433
in an unprecedented attack against our democracy.

934
00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,766
I don't think that the 147

935
00:38:09,833 --> 00:38:12,933
who voted to overturn the results of the election

936
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,733
ever believed that they were gonna be successful.

937
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:17,933
Joseph R. Biden Jr.

938
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,100
of the state of Delaware

939
00:38:19,166 --> 00:38:21,433
has received 306 votes.

940
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:22,766
Axelrod: They were doing it

941
00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:25,800
to posture for the president,

942
00:38:25,866 --> 00:38:28,800
but, more importantly, for their base.

943
00:38:28,866 --> 00:38:30,933
There is abject fear...

944
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,866
USA!

945
00:38:32,933 --> 00:38:37,200
Axelrod: ...of the Trump base among some Republicans.

946
00:38:37,266 --> 00:38:40,033
We will never give up. We will never concede.

947
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:41,200
It doesn't happen.

948
00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:44,700
You don't concede when there's theft involved.

949
00:38:44,766 --> 00:38:46,366
[ Cheers and applause ]

950
00:38:46,433 --> 00:38:49,200
♪♪

951
00:38:49,266 --> 00:38:52,333
Man: Donald Trump has posted a new video on Twitter.

952
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,033
I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack

953
00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:57,400
on the United States Capitol.

954
00:38:57,466 --> 00:39:00,800
Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence.

955
00:39:00,866 --> 00:39:02,800
[ Indistinct shouting ]

956
00:39:02,866 --> 00:39:05,333
It took a while for the president's advisers

957
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,900
to get him to agree to shoot this video message

958
00:39:08,966 --> 00:39:12,366
A new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th.

959
00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:14,600
My focus now turns to ensuring

960
00:39:14,666 --> 00:39:17,933
a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power

961
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,866
Haberman: Among the things that his advisers did

962
00:39:19,933 --> 00:39:21,500
to get him to do that

963
00:39:21,566 --> 00:39:24,333
was Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel,

964
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,700
told the president he had legal exposure,

965
00:39:26,766 --> 00:39:28,366
potential legal exposure anyway,

966
00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:30,000
over what had happened

967
00:39:30,066 --> 00:39:32,333
in terms of him speaking to this rally of people

968
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:33,833
before they became a mob

969
00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:36,333
and urging them to fight and whipping up the crowd.

970
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,600
Others told him that he faced

971
00:39:38,666 --> 00:39:41,733
mass resignations of his cabinet members.

972
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,400
So he agreed to do this video.

973
00:39:43,466 --> 00:39:46,800
And then, as we have seen over and over with the president,

974
00:39:46,866 --> 00:39:50,233
he regretted it within 16 hours,

975
00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:52,233
12 hours, 14 hours.

976
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:54,466
He told some aides that he wished he hadn't done it.

977
00:39:54,533 --> 00:39:56,633
Well, I thought the message was

978
00:39:56,700 --> 00:40:00,000
as persuasive and sincere as a hostage tape.

979
00:40:00,066 --> 00:40:01,933
[ All chanting "USA!" ]

980
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,133
Trump: And we fight.

981
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:04,466
We fight like hell.

982
00:40:04,533 --> 00:40:06,133
And if you don't fight,

983
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,466
you're not gonna have a country anymore."

984
00:40:08,533 --> 00:40:10,300
[ Indistinct shouting ]

985
00:40:10,366 --> 00:40:12,733
Axelrod: This was a manmade disaster.

986
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,433
And while he had a lot of people abetting him in this project,

987
00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:19,466
the man was the president of the United States.

988
00:40:19,533 --> 00:40:22,100
[ Indistinct shouting ]

989
00:40:22,166 --> 00:40:24,433
These people who were at the capitol

990
00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:27,766
were really radicalized by Donald Trump.

991
00:40:27,833 --> 00:40:29,700
The government did this to us!

992
00:40:29,766 --> 00:40:32,366
We were normal, good, law-abiding citizens,

993
00:40:32,433 --> 00:40:34,300
and you guys did this to us.

994
00:40:34,366 --> 00:40:36,066
What's really called for here is,

995
00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:39,200
yes, the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked.

996
00:40:39,266 --> 00:40:41,333
If you incite a mob to violence

997
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,933
and they commit violence and people are killed,

998
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,266
you're guilty.

999
00:40:45,333 --> 00:40:46,666
You're guilty of a crime.

1000
00:40:46,733 --> 00:40:49,066
Do you think President Trump has blood on his hands?

1001
00:40:49,133 --> 00:40:50,833
I think he does.

1002
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,633
If the Vice President and cabinet do not act,

1003
00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:55,133
the Congress may be prepared

1004
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,100
to move forward with impeachment.

1005
00:40:57,166 --> 00:41:00,233
With less than two weeks left in this presidency,

1006
00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:02,766
how on earth could you invoke the 25th Amendment

1007
00:41:02,833 --> 00:41:04,433
and get that done

1008
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:06,033
before the end of this term?

1009
00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:09,333
How on earth could you have an impeachment process

1010
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,666
that results in a Senate conviction

1011
00:41:11,733 --> 00:41:14,433
with less than two weeks to go?

1012
00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:16,800
Haberman: The president is not happy

1013
00:41:16,866 --> 00:41:18,200
about another impeachment call.

1014
00:41:18,266 --> 00:41:20,166
The president didn't like being impeached the first time.

1015
00:41:20,233 --> 00:41:23,500
He could be the first president to be impeached twice,

1016
00:41:23,566 --> 00:41:25,800
and he is well aware of that.

1017
00:41:25,866 --> 00:41:27,566
But he has been more consumed

1018
00:41:27,633 --> 00:41:30,366
with the fact that his Twitter feed was taken away.

1019
00:41:30,433 --> 00:41:33,666
Acosta: They were worried about plans for a future armed protest

1020
00:41:33,733 --> 00:41:35,466
that have already begun proliferating

1021
00:41:35,533 --> 00:41:36,933
on and off Twitter,

1022
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,366
regarding some sort of planning

1023
00:41:39,433 --> 00:41:41,033
for potentially a secondary attack

1024
00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:44,800
on the U.S. Capitol on January 17th of this year,

1025
00:41:44,866 --> 00:41:46,400
right before the inauguration.

1026
00:41:46,466 --> 00:41:49,300
We have a man who has proven

1027
00:41:49,366 --> 00:41:51,400
that he's willing to do just about anything.

1028
00:41:51,466 --> 00:41:53,766
And if he gets back to that place

1029
00:41:53,833 --> 00:41:55,366
where he just wants to burn it all down,

1030
00:41:55,433 --> 00:41:56,866
he will look for opportunities

1031
00:41:56,933 --> 00:41:58,933
to cause damage to the United States.

1032
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,366
Woman: Today, he's announcing

1033
00:42:00,433 --> 00:42:02,700
that he will not attend Joe Biden's inauguration,

1034
00:42:02,766 --> 00:42:04,866
one of the country's most symbolic acts

1035
00:42:04,933 --> 00:42:06,933
for a peaceful transfer of power.

1036
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,233
I think it's still unclear what we are going to see

1037
00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:10,500
on Inauguration Day.

1038
00:42:10,566 --> 00:42:13,500
[ Crowd chanting "Stop the Steal!" ]

1039
00:42:13,566 --> 00:42:15,333
So, there is a very real possibility

1040
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,100
that we will see aggrieved members of his base

1041
00:42:18,166 --> 00:42:19,466
at the inauguration,

1042
00:42:19,533 --> 00:42:20,800
conducting protests.

1043
00:42:20,866 --> 00:42:23,566
What we don't know is whether those will turn violent.

1044
00:42:23,633 --> 00:42:24,733
[ All chanting "Fight for Trump!" ]

1045
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,100
O'Sullivan: What did all of this achieve today?

1046
00:42:27,166 --> 00:42:29,266
We'll see.

1047
00:42:29,333 --> 00:42:30,766
I think the people have spoken. The day isn't over yet,

1048
00:42:30,833 --> 00:42:33,866
and the week isn't over yet, the the time isn't over yet.

1049
00:42:33,933 --> 00:42:36,066
There's still much more evidence that will come out.

1050
00:42:36,133 --> 00:42:38,466
To all of my wonderful supporters,

1051
00:42:38,533 --> 00:42:40,600
I know you are disappointed,

1052
00:42:40,666 --> 00:42:42,400
but I want you to know

1053
00:42:42,466 --> 00:42:46,633
that our incredible journey is only just beginning.

1054
00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:50,000
[ Indistinct shouting ]

1055
00:42:50,066 --> 00:42:51,800
Axelrod: It was striking how easily

1056
00:42:51,866 --> 00:42:54,200
these insurrectionists, these terrorists

1057
00:42:54,266 --> 00:42:57,033
were able to penetrate the Capitol.

1058
00:42:57,100 --> 00:42:59,033
And you have to ask yourself the question,

1059
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:00,366
"How did that happen?

1060
00:43:00,433 --> 00:43:03,033
How could that possibly be?"

1061
00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:05,333
And then you contrast it

1062
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,800
with what we saw last summer

1063
00:43:07,866 --> 00:43:10,433
when there was a Black Lives Matter march

1064
00:43:10,500 --> 00:43:12,366
in Washington.

1065
00:43:12,433 --> 00:43:15,200
You saw mass arrests as these crowd members

1066
00:43:15,266 --> 00:43:19,033
engaged and encountered police officers.

1067
00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:21,700
You saw a president using law enforcement

1068
00:43:21,766 --> 00:43:23,433
to clear a street

1069
00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:27,100
in order to hold a photo op in front of a church.

1070
00:43:27,166 --> 00:43:30,266
Compare all of that with what we saw on January 6th

1071
00:43:30,333 --> 00:43:31,766
at the United States Capitol.

1072
00:43:31,833 --> 00:43:33,766
We didn't see mass arrests after the fact.

1073
00:43:33,833 --> 00:43:36,900
What we saw were law enforcement officers opening the door,

1074
00:43:36,966 --> 00:43:39,333
letting these criminals leave the building.

1075
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:40,500
Those cops are very cool.

1076
00:43:40,566 --> 00:43:41,700
They're like, "Hey, guys. Have a good night."

1077
00:43:41,766 --> 00:43:43,533
Some of them. It's just crazy. It's really weird.

1078
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:45,266
You can see that some of them are on our side.

1079
00:43:45,333 --> 00:43:47,666
No one can tell me

1080
00:43:47,733 --> 00:43:48,866
that if it had been a group

1081
00:43:48,933 --> 00:43:51,566
of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday,

1082
00:43:51,633 --> 00:43:55,433
they wouldn't have been treated very, very differently

1083
00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:57,600
than the mob of thugs

1084
00:43:57,666 --> 00:43:59,600
that stormed the Capitol.

1085
00:43:59,666 --> 00:44:00,766
♪♪

1086
00:44:00,833 --> 00:44:03,266
Axelrod: I sat on the set

1087
00:44:03,333 --> 00:44:04,866
on Wednesday night,

1088
00:44:04,933 --> 00:44:07,900
and I watched these scenes from our Capitol,

1089
00:44:07,966 --> 00:44:09,566
and I cried.

1090
00:44:09,633 --> 00:44:12,566
♪♪

1091
00:44:12,633 --> 00:44:14,000
I love this country.

1092
00:44:14,066 --> 00:44:16,433
[ Voice breaking ] I believe -- I believe in this country,

1093
00:44:16,500 --> 00:44:18,933
I believe in our democracy

1094
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,966
with all its imperfections.

1095
00:44:21,033 --> 00:44:22,766
Woman: Everybody stay down! Get down!

1096
00:44:22,833 --> 00:44:24,666
What happened

1097
00:44:24,733 --> 00:44:27,166
in the United States of America

1098
00:44:27,233 --> 00:44:30,266
was devastating,

1099
00:44:30,333 --> 00:44:32,266
and I hope

1100
00:44:32,333 --> 00:44:34,933
that feeling is pervasive,

1101
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,766
and I hope that it causes all of us

1102
00:44:36,833 --> 00:44:38,600
to do some thinking

1103
00:44:38,666 --> 00:44:40,533
about where we go from here

1104
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:41,900
and how we prevent such a thing

1105
00:44:41,966 --> 00:44:44,400
from ever happening again.

1106
00:44:44,466 --> 00:44:46,733
♪♪

1107
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,800
More than 100 arrests have been made

1108
00:44:48,866 --> 00:44:51,133
in the days following the domestic terror attack

1109
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:52,733
on the United States Capitol

1110
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,766
which resulted in multiple deaths,

1111
00:44:54,833 --> 00:44:57,100
including a Capitol Hill police officer

1112
00:44:57,166 --> 00:44:59,400
who died from injuries he sustained

1113
00:44:59,466 --> 00:45:01,666
fending off the insurrectionists.

1114
00:45:01,733 --> 00:45:03,766
The president has been banned permanently

1115
00:45:03,833 --> 00:45:06,766
from his preferred mode of communication, Twitter,

1116
00:45:06,833 --> 00:45:10,400
which cited the risk of further incitement of violence.

1117
00:45:10,466 --> 00:45:11,966
Perhaps the president will find

1118
00:45:12,033 --> 00:45:14,333
another way to temper his followers

1119
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,833
and prevent any further tragedy

1120
00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:18,666
in the days ahead.

1121
00:45:18,733 --> 00:45:23,066
♪♪

1122
00:45:23,133 --> 00:45:27,466
♪♪