i let's go! the gop. cheering. let's go! cheering — the gop. cheering. let's go! cheering destroy _ the gop. cheering. let's go! cheering destroy the - the gop. cheering. let's go! cheering destroy the gop! i the gop. cheering. let's go! - cheering destroy the gop! destroy the gop! hello, i'm ross atkins with outside source. welcome to those watching him in america and i'll bbc world news the bbc news channel, thank you for staying with us as we continue our coverage of the impeachment trial of donald trump. who, like the proud boys and trump caravan organisers said he would heed the president's call and be there on january six. heed the president's call and be there onjanuary six. later in the rally, a former trump campaign spokesperson, katrina pearson, also spoke. during herspeech, spokesperson, katrina pearson, also spoke. during her speech, she stated, "this isn't over, this is just beginning." referring to this fight to stop the steal thought then

she added," we knew democrats and republicans were against we the people. we are the cavalry. no one's coming for us." it is clear that trump and some of his supporters saw this as war, a fight against anyone who was unwilling to do whatever it took to keep donald trump in power. "we are the cavalry." and donald trump continued to reinforce and support these messages throughout the day. at 1:48pm after both speeches, he retweeted his deputy chief of staff's tweet showing his crowd that he had flown over on marine one, and he tweeted, "thank you, patriots." these people, as you can see, were being told by the president's allies that their election had been stolen. they were told that they were the cavalry. no

one else could do it. at after hearing these speeches and seeing his support, this is what donald trump ozment cavalry was capable of. —— trump's cavalry. shouting. let's go! back-up, back-up! what you 'ust saw let's go! back-up, back-up! what you just saw was — let's go! back-up, back-up! what you just saw was the _ let's go! back-up, back-up! what you just saw was the violence _ let's go! back-up, back-up! what you just saw was the violence that - just saw was the violence that ensued after that rally. the proud boys after that rally engaged in serious acts of violence in downtown dc. some trump supporters and self identified proud boys vandalized

churches after that rally. if we look at these events, it is clear how we got here. because what did mr trump to after that? he turned right around and, a little over a week later, he began coordinating the january six save america rally with the same people who had planned in the same people who had planned in the second million maga march. you'll recall that the women for america first had organised that second million maga march. they had originally planned rallies for 20 to january and 23 january. after the inauguration —— 22 january. but donald trump had other plans. 0n inauguration —— 22 january. but donald trump had other plans. on 19 december, donald trump tweeted his save the date forjanuary six. he told his supporters to come to dc for a big protest, filling the day

as wild. just days later, women for america first amended their permit to hold a rally on six january, pursuant to the president's save the date after the inauguration. this was deliberate. reports confirm that donald trump himself became directly involved with the planning of the event, including the speaking line—up, even the music to be played, just as he chose the music of his desk for his caravan with the biden harris... trump 0zment campaign adviser, katrina pearson, who you'll recall said on 12 december that this is only the beginning, "we are the cavalry,"

also became directly involved in planning the event. they even sent out invitations together. this is one of the founders of women for america first, tweeting the inauguration and tagging donald trump and other organisers inviting the same supporters who had just encouraged the engaged in violence at the second million maga march rally. and mr trump seemed to have other plans for what would happen at that rally too. women for america first had initially planned for the rally goers to remain at the ellipse until the counting of the state electoral slates was first completed. just like they had remained at freedom plaza after the second million maga march. in fact, the permit stated in no uncertain terms that the march from the

ellipse was not permitted. it was not until after mr trump and his team became involved in the planning that the march to the capitol came about — in direct contravention of the original permit. this was not a coincidence. none of this was. donald trump, over many months, cultivated violence, praised it. and then when he saw the violence his supporters were capable of, he channelled it to his big, wild, historic event. he organised january six with the same people who had just organised a rally resulting in substantial violence, and made absolutely sure that this time, these violent rally goers wouldn't just remain in place. he made sure

that those violent people would literally march right here to our steps, from the ellipse to the capitol, to stop the steal. his cavalry. this was deliberate. and because the president of the united states incited this, because he was orchestrating this, because he was inviting them, the insurgents were not shy about their planning. they believed they were following the orders of the commander—in—chief. they wear, as the tweet we just saw, quite literally his cavalry. so they posted exact blueprints of the attack openly, loudly, proudly. and they did this all over public forums. these are notjust hidden posts in dark websites that trump would not have seen. quite the

opposite. we know that mr trump team monitored these websites. we know this because his advisers confirmed it. an x white house campaign insider, as you'll read, who has known both of us give you know and the president for years, said there was no way that's give you know and the president for years, said there was no way that skill vino and... to storm the capital. because, and i quote," the trump operation closely monitored the web's darkest corners, ranging from mainstream sites such as twitter and read it to friends message boards, to the donald duck when... they actively monitored the

exact sites on which these insurrectionist wrote their posts. so what would trump and his team have seen when they were monitoring these sites is not what would his supporters of said? they would've seen a clear road map of exactly what happened. this is an example of a post that was captured from one of the sites dedicated to donald trump that we just talked about. shortly before the site was taken down. and the meme reads, "the capitol is our goal. everything else is a distraction. every corrupt member of congress walked in one room and surrounded by real americans is an opportunity that will never present itself again." let that sink in.

think about that. the exact thing that happened on six january was their goal. and they said it out loud on sites that the trump administration was actively monitoring. a third party site captured a post on the donald duck when where one user posted, "this simply cannot be a protest. it has to be the establishment of the maga militia with command offices set up, with all further militia tactical missions spreading from there." another said, "we will have to actually achieve a tactical victory like storming and occupying the capital, to have the intended effect." that's what they understood donald trump to want to. there it is in black—and—white. and they

explained why they felt justified in this. another poster on the forum thedonald.win said, "if congress illegally certifies biden, trump would have actually no choice but to demand us to storm congress and kill slash and beat them up for it." "donald trump will have no choice." that is what he made them to believe, to the point where his supporters felt justified believe, to the point where his supporters feltjustified even in carrying weapons and storming our capitol. this was in post after post. here's another. when discussing how to carry guns into dc, one noted, "yes, it's illegal, but this is war and we are clearly in a post—legal phase of our society." what? they treated it as a war — and they meant it. the morning

of the attack, under the thread "today i told my kids goodbye," one poster wrote, "today i had the very difficult conversation with my family, that daddy might not come home from dc." within a matter of hours, that post amassed 4000 likes. donald trump had truly made them believe that their election was stolen and it was their patriotic duty to fight to steal it back. patriotic — a term he gave those who used violence for him. and they were willing to say goodbye to their children for this fight. and their supporters didn'tjust rely on entering the capitol with guns haphazardly. they had maps of this building. they talked through which tunnels to use and how to get to the senate chamber. some posted specific

floor plans, layouts of the capitol alongside hopes of overwhelming law enforcement to "find the tunnels. arrest the worst traders." posters also fixated on what they saw as their ability to easily overwhelm their ability to easily overwhelm the capitol police, as "there are only around 2000 of them." and again, the urge, "the capitol is our goal. everything else is a distraction." there were hundreds of these posts. hundreds — it monitored by the trump administration. and these posts were chillingly accurate, right down to communication devices. a new affidavit filed by the fbi described preparations by the right—wing group the proud boys to storm the capital, including earpieces and walkie—talkies to direct movements

throughout the building. this happened. that's the level of planning in advance that occurred. they had earpieces. 0n planning in advance that occurred. they had earpieces. on this slide, you will see proud boys member dominic mazzola has an ear piece in his right gear, consistent with the affidavit. and in addition to these detailed posts, they made clear why they thought they should do this, why they thought they could do this. it wasn't just that they were doing it to follow the president's orders — they thought he would help them. a third party site captured a post on thedonald.win again, the site monitored by trump's team, and wrote, "he can order the national guard to stand out if needed. unfortunately he has no control over the capitol police. but there are only around 2000 of them and a lot

are useless fat as is are girls." the overall goal, maps of the capital, the weapons, communication devices, they even said publicly, openly, proudly that donald trump would help them to commandeer the national guard so all they had to do was overwhelm the 2000 capitol police officers. this was reported in the nbc news and the washington post with headlines like, "violent threats ripple through far right internet forms i had a protest." ( fox news also reported that the proud boys would come to the six january rally prepared for violent action, even quoting a proud boys member who said they would "incognito and spread across

downtown dc in smaller numbers." city officials, seeing these same warnings, also city officials, seeing these same warnings. also— city officials, seeing these same warninas, also , , . , . ., warnings, also publicly warned about the violence — warnings, also publicly warned about the violence and _ warnings, also publicly warned about the violence and unlawful— warnings, also publicly warned about the violence and unlawful weapons . warnings, also publicly warned about| the violence and unlawful weapons at the violence and unlawful weapons at the event. dc mayor cautioned residents of the district of columbia to avoid the downtown area while the rally attendees were in town. federal law enforcement warned of these threats also. 0n town. federal law enforcement warned of these threats also. on three january, it capitol police intelligence report warned of a violent scenario in which congress itself could be the target of angry supporters of donald trump on six january. according to that report obtained by the washington post, supporters of the current president see january six, 2021, as the last opportunity to overturn the results of the presidential election. this

sense of desperation and disappointment may lead to more incentive to become violent. unlike previous postelection protests, the targets of the pro—trump supporters are not necessarily the counter protesters as they were previously, but rather congress itself is the target for six january. the day before the writers stormed congress, and fbi office in virginia also issued an explicit warning that extremists were preparing to travel to washington to commit violence and "war". according to internal reports, the fbi report cited to an online post where a user declared that trump supporters should go to washington and get violent. the supporters said, "stop calling this a march or rally, or a protest. go there ready for war. we get our president or we die." these threat

warnings were notjust hypothetical. actual arrests occurred in the days leading up to the attack. two days before the rally, one extremely well arrest was of a proud boys leader who destroyed a church's black lives matter banner a month earlier during the 12 december two million maga march. the report emphasised when he was arrested, he was carrying high—capacity firearm magazines high—ca pacity firearm magazines which high—capacity firearm magazines which he claimed were meant to be supplied to another rally attendee for 6th of january. supplied to another rally attendee for 6th ofjanuary. by supplied to another rally attendee for 6th of january. by the night of the attack, dc police had already made six arrests in connection with the planned protests on charges of carrying weapons, ammunition, assault, assaulting police. this is all in public view, all of it. the truth is usually seen and rarely

heard. truth is truth, whether denied or not. in the truth is donald trump had spent months calling his supporters to a march on a specific day at a specific time, in specific places to stop the certification. in leading up to the event, there were hundreds, hundreds of posts online showing that his supporters took this as a call to arms to attack the capitol. there were detailed posts and plans to attack online. law enforcement warned that these posts were real threats, and even made arrests days leading up to the attack. and yet in the face of all this, these credible warnings of serious, dangerous threats to our capitol, when those thousands of people were standing in front of donald trump, ready to take

orders and attack, this is what he said. "we are going to the capitol and we fight. we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country any more." and that's why this is different. and that's why he must be convicted and disqualified. that stacy plaskett _ convicted and disqualified. that stacy plaskett finishing her case for a guilty verdict in this impeachment trial, donald trump's second impeachment trial. this is the live feed coming from the us senate. let's hear one of the impeachment managers again. representative dean will return to the events ofjanuary six and self -- himselfm _ the events ofjanuary six and self —— himself... in his last ditch effort — —— himself... in his last ditch effort to— —— himself... in his last ditch effort to retain his hold on power.

for me and many americans, january six is forever etched in our memories. i went to work with a sense of an democrat excitement, the start of my second term in congress and the first time i would participate in the certification of a presidential election. then we all know what happened. i know many of us have had similar experiences from that day, but i'll share mine. i stood with colleagues in the gallery

above the house floor to observe the arizona challenge. moments later, police radios reported a breach of the capitol grounds. someone shouted up the capitol grounds. someone shouted up to us, "duck, then lie down." then ready your gas masks. shortly afterwards, there was a terrifying banging on the chamber doors. i will neverforget that sound. banging on the chamber doors. i will never forget that sound. shouts and panicked calls to my husband into my sons, instructions to flee, than the constant worrying of the gas masks filtering the air. the chamber of the united states house of representatives turned to chaos. for donald trump, it was a very different day. earlier i showed you donald trump's desperate attempts to maintain power, ignoring adverse court rulings attacking elected

officials, pressuring hisjustice department, even attacking his own vice president. you saw a man who refused to lose, who was desperate to retain power by any means necessary. you saw a man willing to attack anyone and everyone who got it his way. and you saw a man who thought he could play by different rules. he told his supporters, as my colleague just showed you, exactly what he thought those different rules were. combat, fight, violence. this was notjust one speech, this was weeks and weeks of deliberate effort by donald trump to overturn the election results so that he didn't have to give up the presidency. the speech onjanuary six builds on, refers to and builds on that same pattern. the pattern trump had used and broadcasted for months. he refused to lose, his

attacks on others, and his different rules. the only thing different about his speech onjanuary six rules. the only thing different about his speech on january six from all these other times that we went through was that he was no longer telling his basejust that through was that he was no longer telling his base just that they had to fight to stop the steal. he was finally telling them, "now is the time to do it. here's the place and here's how." for weeks he urged his supporters to show up at a specific time and place, and when they got there, he told them exactly what he wanted. let's start with his desperation. you saw how much planning went into january 6th. and on the day it arrived, his desperation was in full force. between the time he woke up on the 5th of january and the start of the save america march, that same day he had tweeted 34 times. when donald trump wants to get his message

across, he is not shy, as you all know. these tweets were relentless, and these tweets all centred on his singular focus, and these tweets all centred on his singularfocus, his drumbeat and these tweets all centred on his singular focus, his drumbeat to motivate, anger and insight his supporters, his big lie. the presidential election had been rigged, it had been stolen from him, and they had to fight to stop it. and the timing was no coincidence. he sent 34 tweets because this was his last chance to rile up his supporters before the big, historic wild event he had planned. now i won't go through all these tweets, but let me just highlight a few. at 1am he tweeted, "if vice president pence comes through for us, we will win the presidency. mike can send it back." this will look familiar because lou just showed you how trump was privately pressuring