seen a president who has resisted conceding an electoral loss and we have not seen a mob with the intent of taking over the nations capital like this one did for a while. so, i think from a law enforcement perspective, a security perspective, they're going to have to go back and rewrite the plans that they have. understanding now that the capital building is secure, this is going to be the scene of the inauguration of president—electjoe biden. how does this impact affect the whole of democracy? how do you feel that this will infringe or taint democracy in the united states? i think you're sure that our democracy is resilient because i think the peoples business, the counting of the electoral votes as certified by each of the 50 states will be conducted and what i understand is that the

leadership of the house in the senate may continue with a counter the night to get the people's business done. and so i think it will show that american democracy may have bend, but it does not break. the secretary from insecurity, i would break. the secretary from insecurity, iwould be break. the secretary from insecurity, i would be insisting that the law enforcement presence that the law enforcement presence thatis that the law enforcement presence that is now been established around the capital be sustained through the date of the inauguration to make sure that this event is not replicated during this transition period. forward thinking notes, we we re period. forward thinking notes, we were going to leave it there, president of the university of california, thank you so much for talking to us in your role. thank you. the rest of the world is watching in horror at what is unfolding in the us. joining me know is our senior

international editor, lyse doucet. what is the international reaction? president—electjoe biden said the world is watching that think they been watching for quite a while in disbelief, stunned with this on washington because it took a while before we started to see in social media, some of the first that i saw was from the secretary—general about an hourand a was from the secretary—general about an hour and a half ago and he used the word shocking to describe the scenes the united states. and call for the result of the democratic election to be respected. and some restraint reaction, the prime minister saying that he was concerned by the events in the united states and as the situation deteriorated on capitol hill, so did the language that became more and more stronger. we heard from the first minister of scotland, nicola

sturgeon saying that she was utterly horrified and boris johnson, sturgeon saying that she was utterly horrified and borisjohnson, the british prime minister who took a bit longer to respond describe the scenes as shameful. was interesting was in the responses was that was this condemnation, but this increasingly strong language of what was happening but also affirmation of the strength of american institutions, the european foreign policy started his social media post by saying, this is not the america that we know. the president of the european commission about a half—hour ago said that she still had belief in the strength of american institutions and also democracy. many thanks for bringing us democracy. many thanks for bringing us that round up. flooding and our international correspondent. let's look to the uk shadow foreign

secretary. lisa nandy is the shadow foreign secretary. here in the uk. we have been hearing some of the international reaction. i know you have been commenting on it and just give us your initial reaction. we knew there was a prospect of civil u nrest knew there was a prospect of civil unrest considering how the election results were in folding and watching around the world, this is quite a shocking and stunning series of images being broadcast into our living rooms. we have seen one of the worlds great democracies descend into violence and asjoe biden put it, an unprecedented assault. what happens in the united states tends to have ripple effects around the world and so, this is one of the most serious things that we have seen for quite some time. how does the us come back from this? well, we

saw just after this began, the us come back from this? well, we sawjust after this began, we saw a level of leadership from president—electjoe biden that we have not seen the light for several yea rs have not seen the light for several years in the president trump appealing for calm, calling for the rights of the people to be respected in an orderly transition power. i thinkjoe biden gave us a glimpse of the america that people have come to respect and believe in and the america that the us can become again. but, this is a really serious moment of over the next couple of weeks. the world is in the middle of a big pandemic we need america to ta ke a big pandemic we need america to take a leadership role in that and ta ke take a leadership role in that and take a leadership role in that and take a leading role in helping us to come through this global crisis. not just that, but we are in the middle of incredibly strained global times. countries like russia and china will be watching with interest notjust

what is happening in the united states but for the allies in the united states around the world. and if countries like the uk to step up now and not just if countries like the uk to step up now and notjust make clear his borisjohnson has now and notjust make clear his boris johnson has denied now and notjust make clear his borisjohnson has denied that there must be an orderly transition, but to also stand against those who seek to also stand against those who seek to attack democracy, which sadly tonight, includes the current president of the united states who went out this evening and poured fuel on a very large fire and in doing so, made a situation i was already incredibly dangerous far, far worse. when it comes to the inauguration. those steps, the image of the steps of the protesters on it, that's what we are expecting to see president—electjoe biden be inaugurated. we hope the uk will have a good relationship of the us going forward. i hope they will act quickly to repair some of the damage that's been done in recent weeks and if there's one thing the prime minister could do very quickly to make clear that he too was

determined to turn the page on this toxic, divisive politics that has been allowed to enter the white housein been allowed to enter the white house in recent years, which is to standard very strongly and condemned the remarks that were made by president trump about stolen elections, by fraudulent elections this evening and if you tell people that their democracy has been stolen from them, you shake people's faith in those institution, you should people's faith in one another in the institution is the shocking scenes that we have seen from the united states tonight. we need to see rodriguez coming together to stand as one and make sure that there is an orderly transition and that america can come through this in order to play a leading role but tonight, my heart just order to play a leading role but tonight, my heartjust goes out to the legislations were under attack and for all of the american people have every bit as much right, democratic right to everyone else in the world, with with them the united states. what you make of the

divisiveness in the sense of feeling to galvanise some of the people to rush the capital building, to perform the scenes we have seen through this evening? having spoken to senior democrats relatively recently, including incoming members of the biden administration, i think they are under no illusions about divisions that still exist in america. they have a legitimate election victory but the election also revealed a very divided country and those divisions were on display four years ago have undoubtedly worsened under the leadership of president trump. so there is a huge job to do and i don't think in any sense that the oncoming joe biden administration, we also see in the united kingdom and across the world, we've had an era in which populist leaders would play on those divisions and pick people against each other to sustain their grip on power. i think what we are seeing

with presidentjoe biden and vice president harris is the us trying to turn the page on that and bring people together again. that is a far harderjob but the uk has this turn the page and stand with them in that effort. thank you very much for your time. thank you. looking at the role that conspiracy theories of plate, specialist and said information mary in the us. tell us about what we know about the potential role that omelette —— on my conspiracy theories of plate? they have been making threats of violence of civil unrest in the sub been circulating online, those of been investigating on my disinformation, what happened today didn't necessarily come as though

much of a surprise and there's lots of evidence to suggest that those conspiracies were present today. the conspiracy of a number of influencers who believe that outside of congress, the basis conspiracy that suggests that president trump is waging war against satanic paedophiles in secret, and another one is using the words that the stolen election from donald trump to encourage people to oppose the election results and a lot of these big facebook group sprung up not only containing threats, but debunked videos that made false claims by election fraud. so, this is the real world consequences of viral disinformation. are disinformation reporter. thank you so much. as we try and digest what is been happening in washington. this is the live image now. us

officials saying that the us capitol building is now secure following the security there that had been driving away the protesters. good evening. the chilly, wintry weather is set to stick around for the next couple days. this was how things look in staffordshire. wednesday afternoon. still a springing of snow around there. for many of us we've had rain or snow it's going to turn icy through the course of tonight. do be prepared for some ice on untreated surfaces. a bit more snow for you tonight for some of us as well. and and some freezing fog developing. here is the weather front that is moving into the north.

surfaces. a bit more snow for you tonight for some of us as well. and and some freezing fog developing. here is the weather front that is moving into the north. that's going to be the troublemaker bringing sleet and snow across scotland and northern ireland. it's already been pushing its way through the northwest was up we are all still in the cold air mass. the blue colour is with us winds coming from a northerly direction. that means temperatures drop really quickly through tonight for supper this is where were going to be seeing the snowfall fall. a tickly across central scotland into northern island for them even at low levels we could see a couple of centimetres of snow. it will be a mix of sleet and mix snow. quite a lot of snow over the highest ground. temperatures widely well below freezing. —5 or 6 degrees. for many areas with them in fact freezing fog likely has it across much of england and wales. especially for northwest england to the midlands intent wales as well. that could be quite slow to clear through the day on thursday. should eventually break up. it may linger all day and wanted to places. the sleet and snow will clear from scotland and northern ireland pushing into parts of northern england by the time into the

afternoon. that will be followed by sunny spells and further wintry showers heading in from the north. for the south many places staying dry across much of england and wales the freezing fog lingering temperatures won't get much above freezing all day. another cold day as we head through into friday. this weather front as we head through into friday. this weather front is still with us. heading south tending to fizzle out but we are still expecting some snowfall on friday for the code snow anywhere across england and wales to the course of the through the west midlands into wales. further snow showers across parts of scotland. we won't all see the wintry weather they will be some dryer and sunny weather in between. it's another cold day on friday with temperatures just two to 4 degrees. as we look ahead towards the weekend there is a subtle change in weather as the winds are up to turn more of a westerly direction. those chapters will pick up a little bit particular he has we head into next week for the still quite unsettled at times but trickling in the north. the driest by the further south. bye— bye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. shocking scenes in america's capital. pro—trump supporters storm the capitol building, as lawmakers try to confirm joe biden‘s election as president. officials say the buiding has now been secured. astonishing pictures from the senate floor — a striking moment here when a protestor speaks directly from the pulpit. another abseiled down to the floor of congress. ealier in the day, the president told protestors the election had been stolen and he urged them to march on the capitol. once the violence unfolded though, he called for calm. this was a fraudulent election. but we cannot play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace.