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hours after the capital was attacked for the first time since august of 1814 during the war of 1812. violent protesters accomplish something that 9/11 terrorists could not. death and destruction in the u.s. capitol good morning it is "washington journal." welcome to the program. we will spend the next three hours hearing from the president, president-elect, lawmakers, and to hearing from you on what happened yesterday. now that the vice president, the former vice president has been certified by the electoral college and will be inaugurated less than two weeks from today on the west front of the u.s. capitol. here's how to join the conversation, (202) 748-8000 is the line for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. independent and others (202) 748-8002. we welcome your text messages at (202) 748-8003.

on twitter we are @cspanwj. you can also post on facebook. no beating the front page of newspapers for important headlines. many of the major newspapers that we get this morning with a common theme. the word is mob. this is the front page of the washington post. throught insights crowd acts of insurrection, violence. the wall street journal, mob storms capital. pro-trump rioters break into the halls of congress disrupt the electoral vote ratification. woman is killed, members hide and are evacuated. trumpew york times" insights mob. legacy at of his republican says. also from "usa today." capital. mob storms vice president evacuated, congress locked down.

the count continued as of 8:00 last night or so. drought the morning we will show you photos like these and video as well of the events that happen at the u.s. capitol. timess the "washington democracy, violent demonstrators storm the capital. want to read about the woman who was shot. a woman was fatally shot as thousands of angry trump supporters storm their way into the u.s. capitol on wednesday. assaulting police, ransacking lawmakersnd forcing from temporarily certifying the .lectoral college victory a woman was shot in the neck inside the capital. at a hospital.

three others died yesterday. medicald from emergencies. this is politico and the events of early this morning. congress certifies biden's win after a day of chaos and violence. they write that congress finalize joe biden's victory early thursday morning after a day of riots that turned deadly and briefly ground the nation's most powerful institutions to a standstill. it was the last step in affirming the election ahead of the january 20 inauguration. presidentthe sitting donald trump, who urged his followers to march on the capital. to pressure lawmakers to overturn the results. we will be joined throughout the morning by my colleague who is keeping an eye on social media. in particular, looking at some of the security around the u.s. capitol. good morning, pedro. guest: we have seen the pictures

and video. happened now lingering amongst people who watch and members of capitol hill as well. reporting that initially security was handled by the capitol hill police basically saying it was entirely held by them. dedicated to force protecting the 126 acre capital ground. arrive fordid not hours as the rioters beseeched congress. a follow-up by the associated press, strictly looking at security members -- measures of yesterday vowing that they will investigate this further. they quote representative of california, the chairwoman of the health administration committee saying the breach raises grave security concerns and added her community -- committee will work with leaders to review the police response and preparedness.

,s far as police are concerned a former police chief herself, val demings was quoted saying it was painfully obvious the capitol police were not prepared for today. i thought we would have a stronger force and there would be steps taken to make sure there was a designated area for protesters at a safe distance from the capital. wereentioned those who dead yesterday. a quote from her brother-in-law saying ashley was loyal and extremely passionate about what she believed in. she love this country and was honored to have served in our armed forces. keep her family and thoughts and respect the privacy during this time. if you go to the twitter feed of leanne caldwell of nbc news, they were showing a photograph of where this incident took place outside the doors of the speakers lobby. leanne caldwell mentioned three

panes of glass are missing. shards of glass remain on the floor. host: let's get to your calls and comments. quick look at another story that may have gotten a little buried yesterday with the terrible news . the atlanta journal-constitution had this headline. georgia's runoffs and flipped control of the u.s. senate. line.alls to our democrat caller: the republicans in congress, what do they expect after they enabled and supported this dictator for four years. trump should be impeached or removed from office. just now,rd that kevin mccarthy talking about bipartisanship after the way he and mitch mcconnell and the other republicans behaved -- it is unbelievable. if they are not willing to support impeachment or removal

from office, they should resign. it isthe republican line, sydney, good morning. caller: i just hope you will give me a moment to make my point. i don't condone what happened. i'm very disappointed in the president and how he behaved towards mike pence, the georgia governor, the secretary. he didn't do us any favors there. -- you to understand could say he is a dictator and all this malarkey. grab, the dictator -like behavior is going on all across the board. people need to be a little fair. i believe the trump voters have been disenfranchised for four years. the president has been treated unfairly for four years. he is not part of the

establishment. i am for term limits. i think that would cure this disease that goes on in washington. this is why we have president trump. i wish people could look at the big picture. as far as what happened yesterday, it was appalling. this went on all summer. the republican members of congress denounced it immediately. which did not happen over the summer. everybody knows it. you could try to talk yourself out of it, everybody knows it. i believe the voters, unlike any never beendent have attacked in such a fashion. dayere called racists, from one. this has never happened before. this is the problem. this is poison. you don't attack the voters.

you can attack the president all your want -- all you want. don't attack millions of people. should the congress itself have been attacked? caller: that was wrong. the left has demonized conservatives who supported trump calling them racist, calling them every name in the book. this has got to stop. there needs to be some civility. social media has perpetuated this poison and so has mainstream media. we will go to virginia beach. caller: i hope you don't cut me off. i want to give you the perspective of a black person in america. if those people that marched over to capitol hill and did what they did and they were people of color, believe me, you would be seeing mass murders on the street.

we have been disenfranchised for 400 years. of trump party is the party right wing, racist republicans. .ou call yourself conservatives it is all about profit over people. i'm not happy to see anybody get killed. at the same time, america, the chickens are coming home. host: a photo here on the front page of the style section of the "washington post go a sickening sight at the capital. the actions of the mob incited by president trump work destructive and illegal. dwight in fairfield, california, good morning. caller: good morning, how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i would like to commend you and the other moderators here on "washington journal." you guys will listen to everyone's opinion.

sometimes i don't know how you do it. there is bias on every side. you guys are doing a great job. as the events of yesterday, this has been brewing for a long time. during the trump administration -- trump was a duly elected president. the democrats were so busy trying to impeach the duly elected president. the republicans are so busy doing the money grab changing the tax structure as well as getting rid of health care and everything else they did. both parties really took their eyes off the ball. mr. trump in his own way did well for the nation. it showed the soul of america. this division exists.

our country was founded on division. we will always be divided. this will not be the last time this is going to happen. to the person who spoke right before, i am an african-american as well. we can't use hypotheticals. will never be violence used against white people by white people. it will not happen. together, wecoming have never been coming together. my country. i'm 68 years old. i hate seeing my country go down like this. china and russia are looking at this and they are smiling. i don't know what we are going to do. host: thank you. thank for your service. to the democrats line in pennsylvania, robert. no one is really talking

about why this happened. i'm a moderate democrat in pennsylvania. of our statevernor and five other states make last-minute changes to the voting rights before this election. against the state constitution and federal constitution. i don't feel like what happened in pennsylvania produced a legitimate electoral vote. i'm a democrat. happen. to bad, waitnk this is until mr. biden starts coming forr the second amendment the patriots and the 50 states. i hope you bought guns before the election was over.

this will be 10 times worse when he comes after the guns. get used to this. brought it on yourselves by ignoring the constitution. pennsylvania was the last date to be considered in the overnight joint session in the chamber, house and senate rejecting the objections to the electoral count in pennsylvania. the joint session resumed at about 3:00 this morning. the reporting of christina marcos and others headline congress affirms biden win after oloters terrorized capit early thursday morning. presidentb supporting trump violently broke into the ol the day before, it left the building in tatters. one rider dead and lawmakers shellshocked by the unprecedented threat to the

building previously thought to --brute -- in tenantable impenetrable. one of the first senators who said he would object was josh hawley of missouri. here he is after the senate gaveled in following the attack on the capital yesterday afternoon. sen. hawley: when it comes to violence, this has been a terrible year in america. violenceeen a lot of against law enforcement and today we saw it here in the capital of the united states -- capitol of the united states. violence is not how you achieve change. violence is not how you achieve something better. our constitution was built and put in place so there would be no appeal from ballots to bullets. that is what we saw unfortunately attempted tonight.

no place for that in the united states of america. but we are doing tonight is actually very important. concerns who have in november,ppened this is appropriate. this is the lawful place. this is the forum the law provides for our laws. it provides for those concerns not through violence. here in this lawful process. to those who say this is just a formality today, an antique ceremony we have get -- engaged in. i can't say i agree. vital what wevery do. the opportunity to register objections. this is the place.

this is where the objections are to be heard and dealt with. debated and finally resolved. violence., without without attacks. host: syndicated columnist george will within opinion on senator hawley and others on the electoral count in the events of yesterday. a heartbreaking spectacle, free repulsive architects is the headline. mobsng the architects, decorating that building and the constitutional process must be named in forevermore shunned. they are donald trump and senator josh hawley and ted cruz. trump lit the fuse for the riot in the week before the election with his successful effort to delegitimize the election in the eyes of his supporters. wednesday's exclusion required the help of josh hawley and

ted cruz. the insurrection against constitutional government will be an indelible stain on the nation. they will however not be so permanent. in 13 days, one of that will be removed by the constitutional process he neither fathoms, nor favors. longer to scrub the other two. until that is accomplished, everything they say or do should be disregarded. as patton attempts to distract the attention, each will wear a scarlet s. let's get an update from pedro on items in the news to and social media -- news and social media. guest: one of the themes of yesterday was who was actually participating in these protests. antifae several times coming up. if you go to florida politics.com" matt gaetz

speaking on the house floor. forident trump called evan's rations to be peaceful. you could moan and groan but he was far more explicit about his calls for peace then some of the blm and left ring -- wing rioters. antifa, the florida politics story quotes as saying "i don't know if the reports are true at the washington reported some pretty compelling evidence showing some of the supporters who breach the capital were not they wereorters members of the violent terrorist group antifa." that is matt gaetz. buzzfeed posting a story looking at the topic. there is no evidence that antifa was involved in the attempted coup. who quoted lynn woods, subscribes to the queue and on

theories.- q anon , one is ad a photo frequent protester. the other is a well-known white nationalists. caitlin nickerson also posting a tweet saying the guy with the horns has already been identified by many as a well-known promoter. timee right we have a long neo-nazi figure in the white not -- white nationalist movement, but sure, antifa. this story on buzzfeed news. is the line000: for democrats. (202) 748-8001 four republicans. (202) 748-8002 this is for independents and others.

we are keeping an eye on the capital and how things are going. first those texts. to equate what happened overrday with the riots the past year was ridiculous. this is the first time a seat of government has been attacked since 1814. what happened yesterday was a wound to our democracy and our country. i hope americans have learned this is what happens when you put all your support in one man. his crazy conspiracies along with all these politicians that put their allegiance to trump and for themselves and the love of power and money that comes with it. it is time to get these politicians out of opposite before they destroy our great country. like in sioux falls, south dakota. that's be clear, what happened at the capital yesterday does not begin and end with donald trump. it is the result of decades of right wing propaganda and the failure of our nation's government.

jean in l myra, nick -- in new york showing a split screen of what happened in washington yesterday and munich in the 1930's. both leaders are masters of mind control. audrey in alabama, good morning on the republican line. caller: good morning. thank you for "washington journal." i would like to start off by did a greatgreta job holding it together yesterday. she did a better that i did. i'm part of the 1% that serve this country. i was in the u.s. army. the cold war. i was in europe when that wall came down. this is our 9/11 all over again. i'm saddened and disheartened by the insurrection i witnessed in my home country. my own nation.

i have seen stuff like this in guatemala. i have seen stuff like this in africa. i am angered and saddened all at the same time. all i could do is pray for our country. by the way, this is in a black-white thing. this is an american thing. i uphold the constitution. i never took that oath back to uphold the constitution of the united states of america. what eyesight yesterday, that is not my america. saw yesterday was not my america. host: thank you for your service. let's go to george, in louisville, kentucky. caller: thank you, kindly. you almost have to believe that newsmax,watch oann,

all of that propaganda you would runninge mccarthy are the show from the grave. every other sentence out of the mouth is the left, liberals, liberalism, liberal agenda, socialist, communist. convincedt millions that market force has taken over our government. running unregulated and having theet-based solutions is absolute remedy of this evil encroachment. propagandist and conspiracy theorists that want to make you think everybody is a commie, everywhere. angryave million so fighting for their freedoms. propagandists are the infringement. on fox, every other sentence is

liberal, left, liberal this. --re has been no public take public takeover of the private sector. the marketeers have taken over schools, jails, prisons, mercenaries. there has been a private corporate takeover. our commonwealth has been privatized. a great diversion tactic. they have millions convinced their freedoms are being infringed upon if we don't give the marketeers absolutely everything. you look at a trump rally and you see how angry their mob is and how they feel like if there is anything with public tax dollars helping we will become a state. it has to stop. thank you. shirley from, pennsylvania. caller: i want to have a minute or two to say a few things. i want to say it is a very sad

day for all of the millions and millions of people here in the united states that voted for president trump. i will say that president trump trusted and backed way too many people. a lot of them, anti-trumper's. starting with mitt romney. i agree that antifa, i do believe was the ones that caused all the disruption yesterday. they have had marches before with trump people. we never saw any of this carrying on like we did yesterday. worriedg to say i am so about what did happen yesterday. this country -- i don't believe, this is my personal opinion. i don't believe this country is ever going to accept what has happened with the election in the united states. i would love to plead with our president trump, please try to

put a stop right now to all of this anger. i know we need to start an investigation beginning with these voting machines. all of thisse stop anger and hatred. try to bring some of this unity to this country. please claim martial law, now. we need you to do that. we, as the people in this country are so afraid this will not stop. it will escalate and escalate until too many people are hurt. thank you and god bless all of you. host: our crew up on capitol hill on the east front looking at the east front from the perspective of about where the supreme court is. the barricades have been extended out. across thereely walk east front and west front of the capitol.

the steps are off-limits for most of the public except officials, members, and media. it looks like they are bringing in more barricades into the east front. our crew will be up there all morning. this is the headline this morning in the "washington post out trump says there will be an orderly transition. they have done that. president's social media advisor issuing a statement early this morning about that. saying even though i totally disagree with the election and the facts bear me out. there will be an orderly transition on january 20. i have always said that we would continue our fight to continue to make sure only legal votes were counted. while this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it is only the beginning of our fight to make america great again. the statement president trump tweeted out by danskin vino --

inous early this morning. president trump was addressing the rally yesterday. that rally got underway early yesterday morning. the president started speaking at noon and wrapping up his comments just before the joint session gaveled in at 1:00 p.m. eastern. the president continuing his claims about the election. continuing his claims about the election. [video clip] pres. trump: i want to thank you. it is a great honor to have this kind of crowd and to be before you, hundreds of thousands of american patriots committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of our glorious republic. do notus here today want to see our election victory stolen by a bold and radical left democrats, which is what they are doing, and stolen by the fake news media. that's what they have done and what they are doing. we will never give up. we will never concede.

it doesn't happen. you don't concede. [cheers] our country has had enough. we will not take it anymore. that's what this is all about. favorite term that all of you people really came up with, we will stop the steal. [cheers] today i will lay out to some of the evidence proving that we won this election, and we won by a landslide. this was not a close election. i say sometimes jokingly, but there is no joke about it, i've been in two elections. i won them both, and the second one i won by much more. almost 70 million voted for our campaign, the most for any in the history of our country, 12

million more people than four years ago. and i was told by the real pollsters -- we do have real -- if i went from 63 million, which we had four years ago, to 66 million, there was no chance of losing. well, we didn't go to 66. we went to 75 million, and they say we lost. we didn't lose. host: looking at the reporting this morning of the british m," thetion "the su headline, "out for blood." overrunpitol building fanatics erect gallows,

u.s. capitol building overrun." caller: yes, i wanted to say what happened yesterday was absolutely reprehensible. as far as what chuck schumer said about arresting these chargednd having them to the fullest extent of the law, i agree. i think a lot of this problem that has happened over the past few years is the fact that people aren't willing to delve deep enough into the research of finding out where they're facts are actually coming from, and i am really appreciative of the education system nowadays. i know some of the local colleges and high schools are now teaching the younger generation to actually look deeper and find out where they are getting these facts from

area that's all i wanted to say. host: next up from brooksville, florida, republican line. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. i have been up since 11:00 yesterday morning. i saw everything happen. i followed everything. the ones thatare have divided the people. we the people was with president trump. say withople have no president-elect biden and president-elect kamala harris. countryl be a communist . we will live in capitalism. we will live medicare for all.

you will be lucky if you will even be able to get health care. obamacare was the worst thing that has ever happened to this country, and joe biden has been in politics for 50 years now. takenuld have had to have dementia.ause of his he cannot run this world. kamala harris cannot wait to get in to be the president, and she thehe farthest left person, first one to drop out because she had no agenda. she had revenge against joe biden, and i do want to say this election was stolen, and lieutenant general -- retired lieutenant general thomas matt that. even confirmed

he says it is treason. treason is punishable by death. china,rebs, russia, iran, big tech, the billionaires , everybody. host: we will go to the democrats line, pat in new york. caller: good morning. thank you. where to begin? i think first of all, the last i'mer, i'm not sure if correct, but i think mcinerney was speaking against this president or get but anyway, the problem is there are nations that are looking at us right now, and they are looking for weakness and stupidity. they are finding it. they are probably shocked to see how weak we are now. from the lack of intelligence at a social level. it is not just a problem of one

man being not qualified for the job. nowadays only require him to be 35 years old and a citizen. most jobs require more. ,ut it is not just one person and his problem of qualifying. it is looking at the people that follow him, the amount of people that actually believe and are fighting to keep him there, even though he lost the election, and everybody on both sides who are legitimately counting these votes proved that there was no conspiracy that they are trying to bring out. the other thing is that in this country, we have some any reasons to protest and even fight when it comes to constitutional violations, from parents who are losing children that is a system legal industry, to wars that are

costingmate and the lives of civilians in iraq, things that we need to fight and protest, but we are fighting and protesting for the stupidest of reasons. this is what is being viewed from outside this nation, and this is what is scary. because the things that need to be done are not being done. there are too many of us who don't understand what is needed and what is not, and we are fighting for things that make no sense, like what happened yesterday. that energy could have been put into things that were more important. we do need to restructure our laws, our government. we need to restructure our congress when it comes to their priorities. but this was not one of those reasons to fight and die for. the rest of the world is watching, and they are in shock

that so much privilege in this country has created a society of idiots. i'm sorry to say that, but this is what i see, and this is what i believe. call.thanks for the yesterday from "the wall street journal," "the effects will ripple out for years to come, and the full consequences will be left for historians to sort out. it seems likely that the changes other republicans will see mr. trump as the leader of their party after he leaves office has been diminished significantly, as mr. trump himself tried to remind his supporters after violence broke out. be seen at like to the party of law and order, and that is hardly the image he is now projecting. meanwhile, the efforts of president-elect joe biden to call him and unify the nation have become more complex. on the one hand, the willingness of trump supporters to resort to

violent behavior shows how deeply they question his legitimacy and how unwilling they are to accept them as their president. on the other hand, it is possible that the sheer horror was to american's felt and that most republicans expressed at the seams of mayhem will cause everyone to take a step back from divisive political behavior and look harder for common ground." in palmetto,tty florida. go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you for letting me come on this morning. first of all, i am a black american. i am 80 years old. i say i am am a truly black american. this is my country. i was born and raised in america. america is my country, not africa. america. that's where i was born. i'm 80 years old. i just can't believe that the united states is thing those capitol police, the way they let

those people storm the building yesterday. and we know president trump was the cause of it. my only thing about the whole thing, sir, all those senators, the republicans, i know those are people that are highly educated at ivy league schools. to let someone come in here like president trump, who don't even know about an education because he talks so uneducated that i don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth, is always negative and dragging somebody down. he doesn't like a human person, came from a woman. he just tears everybody down. host: throughout the morning, in addition to hearing from you, we are keeping our eye on other stories and related reporting from yesterday's incidents. helping us do that is pedro. good morning. those areot of focusing on vice president mike

pence and what role he would take in the process. the united kingdom praising mike pence this morning, saying he was praised for his courage in finally breaking with president donald trump and defying his call to block joe biden's election victory. it was white house national security adviser robert o'brien saying that he was "a generally fine and decent man who exhibited courage today, as he did at the capitol on 9/11 as a congressman." toadded that he was proud serve with him. his comments came after mr. prince rejected repeated pressure for mr. trump to use his role presiding over congress to refuse to endorse the presidential election. if you are watching fox news in the early morning hours this morning, after closing out the session, this occurred between the vice president and the house

speaker. oh, it was an elbow bump, as a social distance to measures are in the capitol. and a more serious story, the national so station of manufacturers putting out a statement after yesterday's event calling on the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment. that would allow the vice president and majority of the cabinet to remove the president from office because they felt he would be no longer able to hold the position and hold office. they say this in part in a statement. "the outgoing president incited violence in an attempt to retain power, and anyone supporting him is rejecting democracy in favor of anarchy. anyone indulging in conspiracy theories to raise campaign

dollars is complicit. vice president pence, who is evacuated from the capitol, should consider invoking the 20th amendment to preserve democracy. this is not the america that manufacturers believe in and work so hard to defend. across america, millions of manufacturing workers are helping our nation fight the deadly pandemic that has already taken so many american lives. none of that matters if our leaders will refuse to defend this attack on democracy, and the very system which underpins our way of life will crumble." unitedthat is from the association of manufacturers. jonathan swan writing that, "with 13 days left, officials are considering drastic steps to stop him.

republicans are furious with the president for what they see as fomenting an attack on american democracy, disgracing their party, and invading the sanctity of the chambers. there's concern about whether the country can withstand another two weeks with trump at the elm and what additional chaos -- at the helm and what additional chaos and division .ould be sowed others are trying to get through to trump, saying he is talking but not listening, and doesn't want to hear he has lost the election to biden." you can tell us your thoughts on twitter. one viewer says this. "remember the numbers of congress who enabled and encouraged it. remember the law enforcement to step back and allowed it to happen. remember those most fervent of trump supporters who have spent four years spewing their eight -- spewing their eight. --

spewing their hate." " immediately remove the terrorist in the white house and install president-elect joe biden. this is not a peaceful transfer of power," says cecelia in texas. "watching the mob takeover the capitol yesterday shows how unjust the american system is. when black lives matter protesters were there, the national guard, capitol police, washington police, and every other law enforcement was at the capital. but when trump's and his followers to takeover the capital, they walked in and took over." from houston, texas, next up is george, republican line. caller: i find it curious, you hear these people on c-span making comments, and you give that same platform to these supposedly reporters who make these same morose replies, and you consider that to be news. this whole thing is you go and

see all of these court cases that go up there, and they dismiss them based on technicalities. there's not been any evidence in a court of law. we all know that. and theyhey sit there, send these observers outcome, they count votes through the night. his theseid not show people fled the building as soon as they showed up. they came and they left. there would not be any suspicious for what is going on because that would be misinformation. get to not let anybody the court, get evaluated. i am questioning whether or not the congress is even going to address it after all. that is on the net is very anxious for people, at least in my mind. it is just going to be brushed under the rug. they are not going to follow anything to shore up the election. every time you see this inside the congress, you see republicans in there saying we need to take care of this concern. you hear the democrats saying

there was no fraud, no nothing. this is all legitimate. so you are talking about partisanship. the worst of it is if you go look at the left wing, i watch both sides of the news, and the left wing news is absurd. these people are all into name-calling. it is an excuse for the bad policies. they don't have good policy people can stand on, and yet they personally attack, i even saw on this program, one guy had a rebel flag, and that's the one you show so you can categorize everyone that was there. 75 million people. good luck, buddy. host: katie, good morning, on the end been in line. that's on the independent line. -- on the independent line. caller: good morning. i was in pure disbelief. i happened to tune in and see when they suspended the count yesterday, and was confused as to what was going on.

it is just sad. i live in a divided household. we all don't agree. both my father and my brother are veterans. i think basically, what we all kind of thought of is the capitol complex is a sacred space. it defies politics, and it is a revere thesit and installation, and the fact that there's been 70 demonstrations over the years on -- been so many demonstrations over the topicsn many different that has not resulted in this level of a breach, i just think that it really needs to be looked at and investigated as to why this time this occurred, when there's been millions of demonstrating outside of those steps.

i think it's just sad because this idea of outsider politics has resulted in this. there's been eight years of people who just distrust conventional politicians, and what conventional politicians have is respect for our history as a nation. the idea that we haven't agreed for a long time, there's things that we don't agree on that are foundations of this nation. but we can be respectful of each other and have it out with words and not violence. we aren't those countries you see on youtube where they are getting in fist fights on the floor of their government. host: appreciate that. the scenes we are seeing this morning across the u.s. capitol as the sun lights up the east front, where they used to have the inaugurations, up until the inauguration in 1981 of ronald reagan on the west front of the u.s. capitol. a are showing you video, too, short while ago of protesters on the steps mid afternoon

yesterday, of the east front of the u.s. capitol. the timeline of this, the house and senate had edge orange to their separate chambers to consider objections to the electoral count -- had adjourned to their separate chambers to consider objections to the electoral count in arizona when they sheltered in place. it took hours to get the situation under control. it wasn't until after 8:00 eastern that the senate came back into session. the vice president, president of the senate, spoke. so did the majority leader and the democrat leader, chuck schumer. sen. schumer: i have never lived through or even imagined an experience like the one we just capitol. in this president franklin roosevelt set aside december 7, 1941, is a day that will live in infamy.

unfortunately, we can now add january 6, 2021 to that very short list of dates in american history that will live forever in infamy. this temple to democracy was smashed,d, its windows our offices vandalized. americans, elected officials hurriedly ushered out because they were in harm's way. the house and senate floors were places of shelter until the evacuation was ordered, leaving rioters to stalk these hallowed halls. ,awmakers and our staffs average citizens who love our country and serve it every day, feared for their lives. i understand that one woman was shot and tragically lost her life. we mourn her and feel for her friends and family. these images were projected to

the world. foreign embassies cabled their home capitals to report the harrowing scenes at the very heart of our democracy. this will be a stain on our country not so easily washed away. , terrible, indelible legacy of the 45th president of the united states, undoubtedly our worst. i want to be very clear. those who perform these reprehensible acts cannot be called protesters. rioters andre insurrectionists, goons and thugs, domestic terrorists. they do not represent america. they were a few thousand violent extremists who tried to take over the capitol building and disrupt our democracy.

they must and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, hopefully by this administration. if not, certainly by the next. they should be provided no leniency. host: a reminder that all of our coverage is available, all that you may have seen or not of what happened overnight, available at c-span.org. on the security at the u.s. capitol roll call, capitol police and the inability to raises questions. "after supporting president trump's undemocratic effort to overturn the electoral college results, questions abound over mob breach toeache -- the capitol police security posture. the open federal police force said it had a conference of plan

to keep congress safe, but what transpired was a failure, according to representative tim ryan, chairman of the legislative branch appropriations committee, a panel that oversees capital police funding." reviewer robert says this. "you can bet -- our viewer robert says this. "you can bet the capitol police chief is history." go ahead. caller: i served for the united states marine. i worked for the government for over 15 years. i don't see how anybody is surprised at what has happened. trump has made two statements that cemented you he is. he said, i can stand in the middle of the street and shoot and kill someone. , proud boys, standdown and standby. anyone who is a fan of him is just like him. they hate, and they mask their hate to an extent. from slavery, to the massacre of

, policeans, kkk brutality and the judges who protect those actions. that is a fact. what we saw yesterday was just another example of america as we know it to be. the world is watching, and if trump doesn't get punished for this, i wouldn't be surprised. i love america. i love the freedoms i am allotted to. but i am not blind to the fact or surprised that the chickens have continued to come home to roost. thank you. host: in fort lauderdale, we hear from paul on the republican line. go ahead. caller: hello. the united states has gone through four years of near totalitarian censorship of the biasand unprecedented against the president of the united states. and it has been a historical truth that when free speech is suppressed, the only alternative

is violence. the united states press needs to doneup for what they have to the free speech. the people who rioted yesterday, and i am against that, but they just want a voice. the national press has not given them a voice. they question this election, so why doesn't the press demand that their questions be answered? why aren't these voting machines forensically examined? why aren't these ballots examined to see if there mass-produced ballots, with no down ballot voting, that could have been mass-produced to swing the election? these questions need to be answered. these people just want a voice.

these people would not have voted for joe biden if they had known what he was up to with the his racketeering and money laundering he has done with china and other countries through his son, hunter biden. so the repression can be proven by these polls. charges areose absolutely false. those charges aren't true. caller: oh really? well let's examine it. let's get in a public forum and examine it. it has not been examined. if you want to say they are false, fine. but people say they aren't false, and they want those questions answered. if the press really once to tone down the rhetoric, i beg you and i begged the press to stop talking about the 20 if the men meant and impeachment and -- the impeachmentnt and

because this confirms to the people who support from basically what has been going on for the last four years. host: two hours of your questions and comments on what happened yesterday, the attack on the capitol and the approval host: a couple of things making the, reporting one of president's closest advisers resigning froms the trump administration and is expecting others to follow. cnbc for that story of -- story. axios has statements of four living presidents starting with jimmy carter, saying i know the people can unite to walk back and peacefully uphold the laws of the nation. fellow citizens in a power.l transition of

the violence on the capital was undertaken by people whose passions have been inflamed by falsehoods and false hopes. insurrection could do great damage to our nation and reputation. from bill clinton -- we face an unprecedented assault on our capital, constitution, and country, saying the assault was "fueled by more than four years of poison politics spreading deliberate misinformation, sowing distrust in our system, and pitting americans once -- against one another, the match andlit" by president trump his most ardent enablers, including in congress. president obama did not hold back in his statement of blame on the insurrection, noting that "history will remember it was incited by a president who continues to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election. winning 306

electoral votes, the count concluding early in the morning and the joint session on capitol hill, vice president mike pence serving as his role does in his role as president of the u.s. senate. , an allyindsey graham of president trump, expressing why he would not support challenges to the electoral college counts. [video clip] >> we've had a hell of a journey. i hate it being this way. oh my god, i hate it. today, we are saying you will see. all i can say is count me out, enough is enough. but tried to be helpful, when the wisconsin supreme court but they didn't violate the constitution of wisconsin, i agree with the three but i except the four. if al gore can accept 5-4, i can

accept wisconsin 4-3. pennsylvania went to the second circuit. so much for all the judges being in trump's pocket. i accept the pennsylvania second circuit. the lawsuit wasn't right. georgia, they said the secretary of state took the law in his own hands and changed election laws unlawfully. the federal judge said no. i accept it even though i don't agree with it. fraud, they said there is 66,000 people will in georgia under 18 who voted. how many people believe that? i asked, give me 10. they had one. they said 8000 felons in prison in arizona voted. i said give me one, they couldn't. enough is enough. we have to end it. vice president pence, what they are asking you to do you won't

do because you can't. times, it interesting associate myself with rand paul. many times will you hear that? [laughter] the mob has done something that no one else can do, get me iran to agree -- me and rand to agree. that a single person could disenfranchise 155 million people, the president of the senate shall in the presence of the senate and house of representatives open all certificates, and the vote shall then be counted. the person having the greatest number of votes shall be president. where does it say, like can say, i don't like the results -- mike can say, i don't like the results, i believe there was fraud. that narrows your chance to stand up and be counted. original-ism, count me in. it means what it says.

mr. vice president, just hang in there. they said we count on mike. all of us can count on the vice president to do the right thing, the constitutional thing. son that flies f-35's. they are flying so we get it right here. , my good people dying friend from illinois, to make sure we have a chance to argue amongst ourselves, and when it is over, it is over. joe biden, i have traveled the world with joe. i prayed he would lose. he won. he is the legitimate president of the united states. i cannot convince people, certain groups by my words, but i will tell you by my actions that maybe i among any, above all others in this body need to say this -- joe biden and kamala

harris are lawfully elected and will become the president and the vice president of the united states on january 20. [applause] the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, lindsey graham of south carolina. add line in politico -- he screwed the country, trump loyalty disintegrates. wednesday's capitol hill riot will reverberate for years, pushing republicans to confront the gop's future. on twitter, we are at c-span wj. a couple of comments -- just imagine if d.c. had not banned open carry. ben franklin tweets -- what we saw was a disgusting display of unpatriotic, un-american traitors. steve and ohio says -- it was mostly peaceful protest. mark says -- we have all known

that trump was unhinged since the day one. people who supported his methods are very much to blame. no excuses. publicans picked this man to be their leader and heads should roll. bill says president trump did not help things by saying "we know the elections were rigged and i feel your pain." biden harrisoe will be sworn in and my local news is calling them what they are, rioters, not protesters. democrats line, max in chicago, good morning. caller: good morning. -- i woke up and put the then because i knew that certification was going to happen. andas about 1:15 central -- the had already

stacking or whatever you would like to call it at the, was underway. i saw things like -- at the capital, was underway. i saw senators and congressmen and staffers hiding under the desk because the capitol building had been breached. throwing flashbangs that were not -- i don't believe were from the police. situations where right up against the i got to say, i am very disturbed by this.

feel like this is a breaking --nt in terms of what can be what's acceptable. opinionink in my humble and personal experience, it at thee good to look paranoid style in american politics, and more recent conspiracy theory type websites, they are kind of comment in my opinion, warping the minds of people. i have my own personal struggle with that that happened in 2005. day hospitaldult

for two years before i could was a what i now feel followingrought on by a news blog. host: max, we are trying to get as many calls as we can. anna on the independent line. caller: yes, good morning. i feel that it was a set up to get congress off the hook, because the reason i'm saying this, out of all the people in the capitol building, zero were arrested. there were 47 total arrests for curfew violations. the person who sat in the speaker's chair had antifa. the people who broke in, that wasn't their first breaking and entering. days to examine

the irregularities of the election. everybody folded but if you and i feel this is a black mark on our country. to have an agreement, a false narrative so that congress, that we have to grapple with it, i fear for our country whether democrat, republican, or independent. i think we ought to have a full examination of what happened. host: pedro told us a short while ago about the resignation of mick mulvaney. tell us what else you found out. guest: the resignations due to yesterday's events being reported by pbs saying they include a list of stephanie grisham, first lady's chief of staff, sarah matthews, the white house deck 50 -- deputy secretary. others reportedly considering resigning, robert o'brien and

matt path in your -- matt pottinger. matt pottinger has resigned as of 12:54 on january 7. the reporting is due to bloomberg. follow-up on mick mulvaney, cnbc having this. he served as the former chief of staff to president trump and serves as the current special envoy to northern -- saying he called secretary of state mike pompeo saying he resigned. i cannot stay. some are choosing to stay worrying the president might put someone worse in, but other officials may not stay. host: we are going to hear from joe biden later today. we are getting word of an announcement at one a cold -- 1:30 eastern. it may be about this story -- joe biden nominates merrick garland as attorney general. he plans to nominate merrick

garland, a democratic casualty, to be the next attorney general task with restoring the justice department's credibility. garland serves on the federal appeals court and is best known for being nominated to the supreme court in 2016, nomination that went nowhere because senate republicans refused to give him a hearing. the opening was eventually filled by president trump's choice neil gorsuch. melissa, republican line, buffalo, new york. caller: i just wanted to say first of all, i love the view that you have behind you. i haven't been to d.c. since 2004 and i really miss it. it is beautiful. agreeoff, i absolutely with lindsey graham and what he had to say. secondly, i was absolutely disgusted with what happened yesterday, and i voted for trump in 2016.

but i have regretted it ever since his slow response to covid-19. i lost family members to covid. i have family members who are nurses and who work in the medical field who are at risk, and it has just been so disgusting. he is like a petulant child and i'm completely over it. i think the 25th amendment needs to be invoked and i think that trump needs to be removed from office for inciting this right yesterday, because if these people just wanted to be heard, they would have stood on the capitol steps and protested. instead, they busted in windows, vandalized offices, terrorized people. they are domestic terrorists. i hope every single one of them is charged under federal law, because it is federal law to break into a federal building. so i hope that this is a lesson for people. in 2016, when the democrats lost, they didn't do this.

so why are the qanon conspiracy theorists acting this way? it is insane. host: david in grand rapids, michigan, democrats line. caller: good morning. first thing, i got through a while back about what i want my government -- what's important for 2021, and i still stand by the fact that i want the internet to start telling the truth. it is against the law to yell "fire" in a theater when there is no fire. why can you say the election was rigged when it was not? another thing i would like to vote to do not want my be investigated. my vote counted. just because i sat on my couch and voted by mail doesn't mean someone from texas or florida can take my vote away. it counted, it mattered, it was

not illegal. there was notion and against in the elections. i need to -- notion and against in the election -- no shenaniga ns in the election. people need to stop saying that. c-span repeat the lies, saying what matt gaetz? i know that you are supposed to have this broad spectrum of everything, i get that, but you guys actually help propagate these lies. you do. i wish you would be more careful with that. i will wait for another month to call. host: jim in omaha, arkansas, republican line. caller: oh, man. i will tell you what we need to do. we need to get the money out of politics. these people calling themselves servants of the publics at $200,000 a year. they need to build an army

barracks for them to stay in. maybe they can all live together in the same barracks and learn how to get along. k street needs to hit the road. number two, schumer is standing there and saying what he said yesterday, i don't think he ever condemned antifa orb black lives matter, -- or black lives matter, so those people are coming down and terrorizing the public, but when it gets to his back door, all of a sudden it is a crisis. what i'm saying in today's united states is there is not two parties, there is one, the ruling party. they don't like it when the vote a popular -- populist president and put you in the backseat. they don't want you to have an opinion on how you are ruled. lord, where does a person go? , here we see people

running ballots that they pull out from underneath the table in the middle of the night through machines, three and four times, and it is on video. if you want to sit there and watch that and tell yourself that nothing's going on, why didn't they count them ballots during the light of day? host: in the late hours of the evening yesterday when the senate gaveled back into session after the capital was cleared, they resumed deliberations on the electro -- electoral college. mitt romney spoke on the senate floor about his intention not to object to the electoral college challenge. he also spoke about yesterday's attacks. [video clip] >> we gather due to a selfish the people hed has deliberately misinformed the past few months and stirred this action, what happened today was an insurrection incited by the

president of the united states. those who choose to continue support is dangerous gambit by objecting to the results of a jetta meant democratic election will forever be seen as being complicit in an unprecedented attack against our democracy. fairly or not, they will be remembered for their role and desk in this shameful episode in american history -- in this shameful episode in american history. that will be there legacy. i salute senator langford and leffler and braun and dames, who others in the light of today's outrage, have withdrawn their objection. for any who remain insistent on an audit to satisfy the many people who believe the election was stolen, i would offer this perspective. no congressional audit is ever going to convince these voters, particularly when the president will continue to say the election was stolen.

the best way we can show respect for the voters who are upset is by telling them the truth. [applause] burden.he that's the duty of leadership. the truth is that president-elect biden won the election. president trump lost. i've had that experience myself. it's no fun. reports the thatdent's -- have reached unequivocal decision.

do we weigh our own political fortunes more heavily than the strength of our republic, our democracy, and the cause of freedom? what is the weight of personal acclaim compared to the weight of conscience? the: the u.s. senate and 117 congress will have two new members soon, both democrats from georgia. jon ossoff and rafael warnock. in the picture in washington times, an opinion piece by the former speaker of the house newt gingrich, former congressman from georgia. he writes -- many republicans will try to avoid the scale of tuesday's defeat, but that would be an enormous mistake. everything we said about how important this runoff was, and -- ampact of losing it profound shift of power from republicans to senator chuck schumer and senate democrats was true. as i write, virtually all of the uncounted votes come from

democratic areas. this double victory will be a morale boost and an enormous increase in power for washington democrats. we will go to isaac in lexington park, maryland, independent line. caller: good morning, thanks for taking my call. i was calling in because isterday what i witnessed, have been alive 37 years and have been blessed with technology, the first african-american president elected, multiple wars, but yesterday i witnessed the insurrection of 2021. i saw a culture of people utilize their privilege to express violence, to express anger, and to express distrust. lies, i will be totally honest with you -- this is the total responsibility of paul ryan, lindsey graham, mitch

mcconnell. they have enabled a man's delusions for four years, and yesterday we saw the result of those delusions being enabled. for my fellow americans that have been duped, manipulated, played. fascist,eving this talin-like man who incited a right yesterday. he does not deserve the title of president. you should be held accountable. mike pence needs to do what he did yesterday and follow the law. immediately invoke the 25th amendment. and i'm going to say this.

i was going to give trump the benefit of the doubt i was. saw,fter we saw what we withe saw trump not only lighthearted, it is ok, you should go home, but after i saw him release a video where within the first 15 seconds continued the lie. four people died yesterday. one was shot, three died of medical injuries, and the blood is on the hands of donald trump, lindsey graham, mitch mcconnell. lindsey graham -- and i will close with this -- lindsey graham said in 2016, if we nominate trump, we will be destroyed and we deserve it. lindsay, a self-fulfilling prophecy because the gop destroyed and they will never, ever recover from this. host: on to our republican line

next, leon, west virginia, cecile. caller: good morning, c-span. first of all, i enjoy your program. believe theerday, i government let it happen because the day before they said that security, be extra and where was the security? to security had the right shoot these people who come in the white house. i wouldn't have blamed them if they did. happenediots that during the summer was no different than what happened yesterday, except it was our house. not states.

the next thing, they talk about butp inciting the riots, where was the outrage when maxine waters and others encouraged people to attack ,rump supporters at restaurants grocery stores, whatever? there is a double standard. people -- another things -- thing people are outraged about. host: pedro, what do you have? guest: you were talking about the end result of the georgia runoff races with elections of jon ossoff and rafael warnock. also there is a story this morning that talks about the new power it gives to kamala harris once she becomes vice president, to break ties in the senate. they write in part -- while it usually takes 60 votes to limit

debate on the senate, there is an important exception that should help the biden agenda called reconciliation. iny can pass massive changes certain tax and spending items with 51 votes. the process has to involve changes in numbers and cannot alter policy itself. three uses are allowed each year for taxes, --, and debt. that means president biden could try to win approving for his climate change efforts, but would have to do it carefully so he cannot be challenged by the by paul -- bipartisan policy center, saying if democrats can hold a consensus they can use reconciliation and do it a lot. the session, the joint session ended this morning about 3:30 eastern. there is the headline from roll call -- congress certifies biden's win, with more gop

support after the capital breach. as the session was closing, the president of the senate, vice president mike pence, called on the chaplain, reverend barry black, for an invocation as the session ended. [video clip] lives and our sovereign of our beloved nation, we deplore the desecration of the united states capitol building, the shedding of loss-of-lifed, the , and the quagmire of dysfunction that threatened our democracy. tragedies have reminded us that words matter, and that the

power of life and death is in the tongue. that eternalwarned vigilance continues to be freedom's price. lord, you have helped us see inr that we need to humanityr a common that reflects your image. you have strengthened our resolve to protect and defend the constitution of the united enemies,ainst all domestic as well as foreign. us to bring healing and unity to a hurting and divided

nation and world. thank you for what you have blessed our lawmakers to accomplish, in spite of threats to liberty. bless and keep us. us, o wrongom desires. incline our hearts to do your will, and guide our feet on the path of peace. and god bless america. name,y in your sovereign amen. host: the reverend barry black around 4:00 a.m. eastern as the joint session of congress closed. "washington journal," we are

getting your reaction to the announcement of the conclusion of the joint session, the announcement of joe biden is the next president of the united states, and yesterday's attack on the u.s. capitol. independent line, tavarez in athens, georgia. caller: i agree with senator schumer that january 6 is the date that will live in infamy for the united states. how much do i love c-span? give me 60 seconds to say four quick points. what happened yesterday is the truth that most people don't want to see, the ugly truth of how america has been completely invited. point numbered -- divided. two, it has been monopolized by the too big to fail corporations, the ruling class. there is one political class, one political party, the ruling class. number three, when the people

came to the people's house, they have been called a mob, insurrectionists, rioters, and so on. those people that stand up for liberty are whirling to die for it, while you saw -- willing to die for it, while you saw the leadership -- thomas jefferson had in a letter, the tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of tyrants and patriots. what i take from that, the struggle between freedom loving people and tyranny is always ongoing if there is going to be this beautiful ideal called america. thank you so much. host: to kevin, staten island, new york, democrats line. caller: good morning, c-span. the attack on the capital, i have two points i would like to make.

i don't have anything original. the callers have really sized up the situation nicely. i would just like to support what david from michigan said about how c-span and the media doesn't seem to help these people. evidence, last tuesday, this past tuesday, kylie kramer, women for america first was on c-span and she was just repeating what the president was saying. there was no truth to it. i did not understand what she was bringing to the table. the second thing i would like -- and i will end with this -- some words from barack obama who said , the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us. thank you, c-span. host: timothy is in draper, utah, republican line.

caller: good morning. thank you for having me. i am solution based and i want to say to my fellow republicans, it is our fault. if we had an issue with the electoral college or the procedures, we have a house and a senate, when trump first got elected, for 13 months. i would like to look at the glass as half-full and i'm glad capitol hill will get the security it deserves. last, i just want to say that to my fellow americans, we live in a global village and it is time to unite by love and get back to work. let's release the private sector. host: kevin is next on the democrats line, connecticut. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: sure. caller: as a combat veteran, what i saw yesterday was atrocious. i cannot believe that i witnessed the onslaught of

protesters who became, in my opinion, vigilantes. we as soldiers have sworn to protect this nation and this constitution and the flag from all enemies, foreign and domestic. and to witness what we saw yesterday was not because of anything closely, remotely close to black lives matter, when they were protesting over an injustice which they considered to be lives lost. but to the loss of a constitutional voting system, and to go as far as they did to threaten the lives of the congressmen that we have appointed to do a duty was a disgrace. as a combat veteran -- and i'm hoping that all my fellow veterans will understand -- that that cannot be tolerated, and those individuals should be punished to the fullest extent

of the law. thank you. host: richard in albuquerque, new mexico, republican line. caller: let me tell you this. when these good people, these american people went over there to the capital to speak their mind because they weren't being heard, let me tell you something , this was a good thing. i want to tell you something, did you see that camera were all those democrats were the first ones to run out of that building . because you know why? the lord says that when a good man lose, people rejoice, but when people people enter, people mourn. we will morning -- we were morning --mourning. why did the democratic senators run? they know they've been cheating people out of the country and stealing taxpayers money like joe and his son and nancy and all those democrats that you

especially are the ones that are instigating all this stuff over here on c-span and liberal news. you guys are responsible for that blood of that lady on your hands that got killed yesterday because you guys keep on spreading lies and lies of trump. you guys need to stop with the impeachment. you guys didn't stop. you have always been against him for everything and you guys are responsible for this country, for the way it is, because you are spreading a whole bunch of lies and you know it. in the end, you will pay for everything you did. host: this is the analysis of "the new york times" -- the mob and the breach of democracy, the violent end of the trump era. so this is how it ends, the presidency of donald john trump, rooted in anger, division, and conspiracy mongering, comes to a close with a violent mob storming the capital, as if america were just another authoritarian nation.

the scenes in washington would have once been unimaginable, rampaged through the citadel of american democracy, police officers brandishing guns in an armed standoff, tear gas deployed in the rotunda, lawmakers in hiding, extremists standing in the vice president's spot on the dais and in the office of the speaker of the house, the words used were equally alarming -- coup, insurrection, sedition. suddenly the united states was being compared with a banana republic. whatcan carnage, was not president trump would stop as he presented upon taking office, but he run up delivering four years later to the very building where he took the oath. convulsion in washington cap 1400 48 days of twitter storms, provocation, race baiting, busted norms, shop? of her and and, and truth

bending prevarication from the oval that have left the country more polar than in generations. those who warned of worst-case scenarios only to be dismissed as alarmists found some of their darkest fears realized. end, some of their darkest fears realized. shortly after 8:00 eastern, spoke on the floor. >> the events would go beyond the elections themselves. , my colleagues, requires a shared commitment to respecth, and a shared for the ground rules of our system. apartnot keep drifting into two separate tribes with a

separate set of facts and separate realities. nothing in common except our hostility towards each other and mistrust for the few national in duchenne's -- institutions that we still share. time in theevery last 30 years that democrats have lost a presidential race, they've tried to challenge just like this. after2000, after 2004, 2016. after 2004, a senator joined and forced same debate and believe it or not, democrats like hillary clinton praised them and applauded. condemned those baseless efforts back then and

we just spent four years condemning democrats' shameful attacks on president trump's own election. there can be no double standard. todaydia that is outraged spent four years aiding and abetting democrats' attacks on our institutions after they lost. not imitate and escalate what we repudiate. our duty is to govern for the public good. united states senate has a higher calling than an endless spiral of partisan vengeance. congress will either override the voters, overruled them, overrule them.

the voters, the states, and the courts for the first time ever, or honor the people's decision. host: the majority leader speaking on the floor of the senate yesterday evening, and he spoke right after vice president mike pence, the president of the senate. pedro with an update on the vice president. guest: there are a couple of things going on when it comes to stories about the vice president, but we will start with the president's lawyer, or a lawyer that is supported -- supportive of the president. twitter has suspended the in recent lynwood days and suggested the vice president would face a firing squad and includes a link to alan judd's story. this comes on the heels of twitter suspending the accounts of the president, facebook reported as well. tulsa world, statements made by jim inhofe when it comes to

discussions he had with president trump. this starts from yesterday, adding that inhofe hedged on who we might think could be blame for what happened and president trump did not do enough to stop it. this is a riot he should have shown more disdain for the riders. goes on to talk about mike pence with the tolls world reporting, saying the disdain that was directed to mike pence by the president who refused to do what the president wanted him to do, this story adds -- by doing so, he may have alienated one of his most steadfast allies. inhofe says -- i have never seen mike pence as angry as today. i have a conversation with him and "after all of the things i've done for the president." that is until so world. there is a publication online called the indianapolis monthly but kinda speculates on next -- kind ofike pence

speculates on next steps for mike pence and highlights his political ambitions. in the short term, one thing he might do to raise money was the possibility of writing a book, saying that his first order of business is to raise cash. he has got to make money for his family. he definitely doesn't have dick cheney money. a short term cash infusion could come in the form of making paid speeches or writing a book in advance. baseds a gop strategist in austin, texas. he could go out easily and make 50,000, 75,000, maybe 100,000 a speech. you do maybe 20 of those and you've made more than you've made in the past five or 10 years combined. a conservative think tank that was part of a network of the

reagan heritage foundation, another post at a think tank such as the heritage foundation as president or fellow could be a prudent lead -- landing pad for mike pence. you can see it on the webpage of indianapolis monthly. host: interesting to see if mike pence revisits his former career as a radio talkshow host in indiana. continuing with your calls. san diego, this is rick on the independent line. caller: i see c-span and thanks for having us. i wanted to point out that if you look at the past election objectively from a statistical standpoint, every single time there was lost votes that were found or votes that just magically appeared or unnoticed ballots or ballots that are found later, they all came out for biden every single time. there was never one time where

they came out for trump. as far as five states shutting down there -- stop counting their votes in the middle of the night, and then all of them magically finding votes for biden is one in 14 trillion. that's the odds of that happening. there are so many other statistic anomalies, i could go on forever. did you know in the history of case ofblic that in one finding votes after the fact, the republican won? in 240 seven other cases, the democrats won. they're not being any fraud, then why is it -- there not being any fraud, why is it one left -- left-wing lawyer followed -- filed cases and every case he wanted to have

mail in votes made easier, made left -- less difficult to check the source. host: john, democrats line, germantown, maryland. caller: thank you for having me this morning. just some points i wanted to make here. was veryw yesterday shocking. c-span is partially to blame for some of the stuff leading from the time donald trump was in for president up to this time. your people come on, democrats and republicans sometimes call some of the with most outrageous statements and no proof, no evidence, and sometimes you do challenge them.

i appreciate that. you will ask and they can't howt -- i can't cite where, . , think you guys need to start there is nothing wrong with hanging up on people if they are talking foolish talks, like the gentleman that called earlier threatening c-span but they are going to pay one day. a caller like that, what's the point? you hang up on them. antifa, theg is lies that they are telling is that the people who broke in our antifa. -- are antifa. antifa was anti-trump. why would they be breaking into is --upt a process that that was going on to remove the

person that antifa doesn't like? you know, that doesn't make sense. lies. the other thing that we here on c-span is, it's the media, it's the media, the media. the media done nothing wrong, especially media like c-span. business liken every other capitalist. they are in business to make money and sometimes they have to make the news appealing because there is a lot of competition, so everybody, they have to compete. sometimes, they represent the news in a sensational way. but then also, you have the republicans who believe in personal responsibility and believe that government and big

brother should not be meddling into your personal life. lawrence, republican line, elk grove, -- caller: i would like to comment on most of the people that have called in and most of the comments made by people in the house, what frauds they all are. i don't know your name, sir. i know you are working for c-span but i don't know why you are devoting an entire three hours to the segment, what happened yesterday. i don't remember c-span doing werefor the cities that taking over blocks and blocks in seattle and portland. host: let me answer that question -- this is fundamental to our mission. c-span was founded in 1979 to cover the u.s. house and in 1986 began covering the senate. we were funded by the cable companies and our sole job is to cover deliberations of congress

and what goes on in the u.s. capitol. there is no more important session than a joint session of can't touch congress to deliberate and -- congress to deliberate and count the votes. when congress is attacked, that is where we cover. it is essential to what we do at c-span and is the number one story, not only for us, but for most americans as well. we will go to the independent line in palm harbor, florida, bruce. caller: hi. i would like to say that i believe the 25th amendment should be immediately enacted. the reason being is that the president, if we were to be ,hallenged by a foreign country can we really count on the president to do the right thing? mind thatn a frame of best allow him to make the

decisions, and i believe that mike pence would be in much theer condition to make hard call, if that's what it was. thank you very much. next in new jersey, republican line. caller: how are you doing? i just was curious, it didn't make sense to me. the election with pennsylvania, that was important for president trump, but they had laws, i thought, that i listen to you guys and miscellaneous channels and mark levine, that they have, legislation has set up rules and regulations, and pennsylvania state didn't abide by that. i don't understand how the votes still became counted and even when the people on tv this afternoon, the politicians wanted it to be thrown out, all

them votes, they still let it count. why do they have laws if you can change them and do different things, and they really didn't have the power to change the election laws but they did it anyway, and they got away with it. i think the people really are fed up. -- i'm not saying it is right what they did at the capitol but they had enough. host: pennsylvania was the last state to be considered. challenge to the electoral votes this morning, and that challenge was defeated. philadelphia, paul on our democrats line. caller: i am very disappointed in the seven senators that objected to pennsylvania's electoral votes yesterday. pennsylvania, -- by republican legislature in 2019, that was not objected to in a

lawsuit until after the election of 2020. it is pretty disappointing that someone would object to my vote, legally can't vote and says i should not have a vote, and somehow the legislature of my state should have that vote because of a law my legislature passed, but somehow did not like the results so therefore changed. i am kind of annoyed as a pennsylvanian, and i feel for the constituents of various states for their elections and their votes being challenged and not being abided by. there are six senators that voted against them. anyone who believes in states' rights should be questionable of every -- any senator who intervenes in a different state and decides to say that that constituents should not have the vote. host: the story here about other states and what happened yesterday. riot comes another flashpoint in a divided country.

the protesters who gathered here -- a report from phoenix -- protesters who gathered here outside the arizona capitol building have been united in their adulation for president trump and condemnation of the "stolen election," spinning conspiracy theories. from acrossme of -- the nation that trump supporters storm the u.s. capitol. suddenly there was a schism from the demonstrations. speakers warned against violence to achieve political ends, but to tear and men, dressed head to gear american flag pattern said, i think it is fantastic. i personally love it, because it is how this country was built, the way our founding fathers stormed the british empire. some photos in the print edition of the washington post not just from phoenix, but a look at the state capital in lansing, michigan, and the protests. roger is next in warren,

michigan, on the independent line. caller: good morning. good morning, america. law.te orderly first i would like to say that georgia, i will no longer purchase any peaches from or borneoalifornia, in south america. i will only purchase from your state when they are in season. , anybody can see who has half a brain that what happened yesterday was just flat out wrong. i looked at goons and goals, for crying out loud, storing the capitol building. yes, they should all be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. this is not right. this is not america. you are welcome to your opinion. you are not welcome to your own facts.

and only one other thing that i would like to say if i can get this in here, jesus was the son of joseph and mary. he was not christ. it is not his last name. next, mesa,n is arizona, democrats line. caller: hello, yes. first, quickly about the person who talked about arizona and the vote. my brother-in-law is a lifelong republican. he has done work at the counting and the polls for 35 years. i am disappointing the media does not decide that every vote counted. of 2, 1unted by a team republican and one democrat, those that have to be counted. what i called in for is people are thinking that once trump is out of office all will be well. what is disturbing to me is they don't realize this man leaves office with the intimate knowledge of the workings of the

government at the highest level, and once he's out of office, he's free to do a great many things and he won't be monitored the way he is while in the white house. it leaks like a sieve. he can, i believe possibly discharge his secret service detail, higher people he freed from the prisons who shot arabs or any other private security, and we won't know or be able to control where he goes or what he does, who he talks to, or what information he is taking with him. suggest getting his finger off the button and changing the nuclear code does not end the danger this man potentially presents to the people of this country. host: a report from reaction from one of the new members of congress, politico reporting -- republican member mace, trump's legacy wiped out, a republican

freshman congresswoman sworn and just after donald trump supporters storm the capital, argued that the deadly siege had "wiped out" the administration's legacy and any accomplishments he achieved. in an interview, representative nancy mace of south carolina fiercely condemned the violence that unfolded the previous day across the capitol complex, which resulted in four deaths and congress being forced into lockdown after pro-trump rioters's breached -- the building walls. ask at says -- i have to constitutional originalist, if a bm stormed the capital, would -- disgraced it, founders forgive and

insurrectionist? -- i was upset with what happened in our capital and our country with burning businesses all summer long. last night was wrong and so was what happened in our country this summer. they are all terrorists. alex and santa fe -- it is easy to overreact with these people did but they were purse -- expressing their tremendous frustration at a broken bureaucracy, jobs gone, endless wars, broken. one of the most highly secured buildings in the war has no defense against a group of unarmed protesters. as a veteran and daughter of a veteran of the greatest generation, i am exquisitely distressed that this edition asked and rioters who was killed was a veteran. she violated her oath. independent falls, minnesota. brad on the independent line. yesterday, know, history is being made, we will say.

isean, what are we to do now learn from it, and we need to learn quick and fast. the most important part is look at -- as history has shown -- we have never seen from supporters wearing riot gear. that should be tipping off everybody's sense of saying since when did they start wearing the mob year, the riot gear, going in and storming places? they have never done it before. the: they wore riot gear in march on the nation's capital on december the 14th. you're on "washington journal," another hour of your phone calls and comments on the u.s. capitol and the approval of the joint session of congress of joe biden as the 46 president of the united states. (202) 748-8000 free democrats, democrats8001 -- four

-- for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. independents and all others, (202) 748-8002. [video clip] davis, a teller on the part of the house of representatives, reporting the following as the result of the ascertainment and accounting of the electoral vote for president and vice president of the united states for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2021. report we make is that joe will bed kamala harris the president and vice president, according to the ballots given to us. [applause]

>> the total number of electors appointed to vote for president of the united states is 548 in within the whole number the majority is 270. the votes for president of the united states are as follows. joseph r biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes. the whole numbers of electors appointed to vote for vice president of the united states is 538. in that whole number, a majority is 270. the votes for vice president of the united states are as follows , kamala harris of the state of california has received 306

votes. michael pence of the state of indiana has received 232 votes. the announcement of the state of the votes by the president of the senate shall be deemed a theicient declaration of persons elected president and vice president of the united states, each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january 2021. they shall be entered together with the list of votes in the journals of the senate and the house of representatives. president -- host: president of the senate this morning, it's washington journal january 7. back to your calls and just a minute. first let's check in with pedro. host: even as the events of yesterday's -- yesterday played out, many situations that are concerning around covid-19 are in the new still. according to a johns hopkins people died of65

covid throughout the country on wednesday. that was topping a previous 377,005 of single day covid deaths on tuesday. you can count among them kansas republican jake turner. the kansas city star reporting that the newly elected congressman tested positive after participating in a house vote ends the evening on a challenge to the president-elect's electoral votes. a republican from pittsburgh received the positive test result late wednesday and his chief of staff told "the star" on thursday that as lawmakers continue to debate the challenge that he was following the advice of the house physician and did not plan to return to the house floor to vote until he was cleared to do so. that was his chief of staff in a text message, courtesy of "the ."nsas city star

when it comes to the president-elect and concerns he has over inoculation, abc news wants to set up federal vaccinate -- that he wants to set up federal vaccination centers and set up more money as part of an aggressive approach. biden said that the administration could rely more on the military or national guard to deploy clinics and set up mobile vaccination options, "so i am going to need the help of congress to make sure that we establish thousands of federally run vaccinations centers across the country located in high school gyms or nfl football , adding that the vaccination project needs to involve multiple levels of the government. host: your calls and just a moment on twitter. , "viva america." "there will be time in the coming days to figure out the

failure of the capitol police but donald trump and really giuliani -- rudy giuliani incited the but -- the riot. i don't care who resigns, it's a worthless administration that will be gone in 13 days and the damage has been done or from "19th-century, congressman went to work carrying pistols and knives and sometimes used them on ."lleagues there's a drawing their of preston brooks, from south , caning on the senate floor charles sumner of massachusetts in 1856 in a prelude to the u.s. civil war. auburn, new in york. democrats line. caller: oh, good morning, c-span. i have seen the enemy and he is us. that's a quote from pogo.

also, i believe that you moderators on c-span should, a for youran award patients and poker faces. i think you guys have to put up with a lot of crap. ok, here's my point. i think mathematics is under taught. lose byblicans did not a 49 to 50 margin. 34% to 33% margin of eligible voters. 33% of eligible voters did not vote this time. ignorance is bliss and these people must be pretty happy because they are not paying attention to politics. the political class is fairly

comfortable. this insurrection -- i come from a town, auburn, it's a prison town. but we are also home to william seward, who they attempted to assassinate the same night as they did assassinate abraham lincoln. and they also attempted to assassinate the vice president of the united states. this was a coup attempt. these people, the truth shall set you free. and --ng all the lies believe all the lies and conspiracy theories you want. where do i get my tinfoil hat? when do i drink the kool-aid? am i going to march off a cliff like the other lemmings in the republican party? i believe in free thinking and think for yourself. don't believe everything you read on the internet and don't be so gullible. you people, an oxymoron, my

definition is a poor trump supporter. hear from d in the nation's capital on the independent line. caller: good morning to you all and congratulations on the incoming president and vice president joseph biden junior and kamala harris. to the combat hauler from connecticut, iq for your service . however, please pay attention to the history of the country that you serve. it was founded by moneyed white males who condone violence, pillaging, theft of land and subjugation of culture. slavery and the systemic disenfranchisement of any human being the that did not identify as a moneyed white male. why would you expect the miscreants who destroyed property and have broke every rule of civilized protest during the pandemic yesterday to

observe their own hypocritical claim of the law and order? for vice president pence, you do deserve a nod for doing your job and also to be admonished for taking so long to assert leadership and independence. for far too long you allowed the outgoing president to wreak you arechecked and if angry with anyone, vice president pence, be upset with yourself. we love all and we wish all shall heal in the era of the pandemic and may we as a nation continue to forge forward. again, thank you, c-span. host: thanks. i think we have a tweet from , showing damaged and broken glass throughout the capital. this was a tweet from yesterday, several photos as of this morning. we will show some of those and

go to new york on the republican line. go ahead. morning, good everyone. thank you for having me. i have a couple of things i want to say. first of all, we saw this coming. president trump at the same message from 2016. that if he lost, there was no way he could have lost, the only way he could lose was for it to be rigged. same as then, it's just a delayed version that we saw playing out. like lindsey graham and so on, who are enablers to the president, they could have said that biden was the winner the day he was declared. instead they let this play out. think about the child who doesn't know anything about stealing and he picks up a candy and takes it home to his mother and instead of his mother saying that's wrong you should put back

the candy, the child doesn't know better, the mother complements him and says ok, that's wonderful. what do you think will happen to the child? the mother is an enabler. it's the same with lindsey graham and others. better.see them as any your signal losing there in new york. we will go to valerie in brooklyn, maryland. democratic line. caller: yes, good morning. host: valerie, go ahead, you are on the air. caller: i only had two points. one, most trump supporters are not solid people. what we saw yesterday was violent. for those that say that they have been to trump rallies that were never violent, remember, it was trump supporters that tried

to kidnap a sitting governor. that's my first point. my second point is that if it's true, and i have heard some callers make the assumption or assertion that there were an t5 and black lives matter movement supporters among the rioters yesterday, i just want to make the point that if that is true, than the inverse is also true. the inverse would be that this past summer, when there were rioters among the black live movement protests in the cities around this country this past those riotersmong were also some trump supporters. that's all i have to say. thank you. afternoon as the rioting and violence continued in the u.s. capitol, joe biden came out to make a live statement on the stage in wilmington, delaware, calling on the president, president trump to make a statement to end the violence.

here's what else he had to say. [video clip] >> think with the children watching television or thinking. think about what the rest of the world is looking at. for nearly two point five centuries we, the people, in search of a more perfect union, have kept our eyes on that common good. thanca is so much better what we have seen today. watching the scenes from the reminded, as i have prepared other speeches in the past, reminded of the words of abraham lincoln in his annual message to congress, whose work has today been interrupted by chaos. lincoln said, he said we shall lose thee or merely .ast, best hope on earth went on to say that the way his

just. peaceful, generous, followed the world will forever applaud and god must forever bless. the way his plane here, too. that's who we are. it's the way of democracy. of respect. of decency. of honor. and commitment as patriots to this nation. what i sawding today, what we are seeing today, i remain optimistic about the incredible opportunities. there has never been anything we can't do, when we do it together. this god-awful display today is bringing home to every

republican, democrat, and independent in the nation that we must step up. this is the united states of america. there's never, ever, ever been a thing that we have tried to do when we have done it together that we have not been able to do it. so, president trump, step up. may god bless america. may god protect our troops and all of those folks in the capital who are trying to preserve order. want just want to know -- to let you know that the president-elect will be speaking today and we will keep you updated on the coverage plans. new reporting from roll call this morning, their headline, democrats laying groundwork for pandemic aid, infrastructure packages, jumping to the

forefront. to hear more about yesterday and related stories, pedro? >> international reaction from yesterday, starting with benjamin netanyahu commenting on the insurrection on thursday as he began a meeting with steven jerusalem, saying that lawlessness and violence are the opposite of the values that israelis and americans cherish and that the rampage was a disgraceful act that must be vigorously condemned and that he has no doubt that american democracy will prevail, it always has. justin trudeau says that he was monitoring the situation and said that the american democratic institutions are strong and hopefully everything will return to normal shortly. he did that on a radio interview. in iran it was the president there who said that what we saw in the united states last night was annihilation of them western democracy in the world and everyone saw what a populist did to his country, damaging that

country's reputation in the international arena, followed up by the ukrainian minister of foreign affairs, who said that the situation had to be quickly resolved for the good of the u.s.. it also quotes a palestinian official saying that while people in other places it in the world are struggling to achieve democracy there are those in the u.s. actively sabotaging bears. despots everywhere thrive on oppression and violence. that's a bit of the world round up of the events of yesterday. the: taking a look at inside of "the new york times," you have seen this photo before likely, it's from getty images. the headline here, a mob of people loyal to trump storm the capital and halted the counting of electoral votes, upending what is usually a procedural action and not changing what the final outcome will be. one of those captured here in this photo above the east door

is pictured near one of the many sayings along the balcony of the senate and the senate chamber. according to the office of the architect of the capital, it's a latin phrase that means it -- means that god has favored our undertakings. ashley, independent mind, go ahead. caller: i just wanted to say that when i turned 18 i was so excited to vote for the first time and i registered as a republican and now i'm in my 30's and i'm registered as an independent and i'm really concerned about what's happening to the republican party overall. donald trump has such a large personality that we really focused on him without focusing on the fact that the republican party laid the groundwork for donald trump and even as he leaves office there is still this enormous faction of people who i feel like if you really were checking in with your values and you go issue by

issue, we have more in common with democrats than we do with republicans and we should be definitely denouncing all this violence, any form it takes. what happened during black lives matter, the violence there was wrong, to and ultimately we are trying to strive for a better america. this is not appropriate and we have to check ourselves as republicans, what that means and how we will check our values in the future. video now is inside the senate parliamentarian's office with the damage and the destruction that happened certainly the ransacking of that office. in austin, texas, mark is next on the democratic line. caller: good morning. the span, i have a couple of things i want to say. happy new year to everybody, to. if the united states had not let donald trump, starting with not showing his taxes when he was

running for president, once he saw that he could do that and get away with it, he tried any and everything. theumber two thing is minimum wage. think about this, america. a pack of cigarettes costs more than what the minimum wage is in the united states of america. what kind of sense does that make? my number three thing is about the riot yesterday. i wake up to hear fox news saying now that it was antifa. that they was, they wasn't trump supporters, these were antifa that stormed the building. that's not true. and we are allowing them to get away with this. number four, term limits for the senators and congressmen. we wouldn't have this if we had term limits. them, this wayn we could make power equal upon each other. that's all i have to say.

thank you. santa rosa, california, republican line is next. this is brian. thank you, c-span, for letting me on this topic. i want you to know that i think that c-span is biased and you do cut off trump supporters. you cut off people who are saying a truth you don't want to hear. so i hope i'm allowed to speak a little bit here. provocateursnt -- in every significant protest. i used to be on the left. there are definitely agent provocateurs and i hope you don't turn me off. here's the other thing. we have, when we saw trump come , thishe escalator, we saw was in 2015, we saw people

mobilize against him immediately because he said he was going to put tariffs on china. we have a vice president whose son's laptop shows emails of a collusion between biden and the chinese government for business dealings. so, we have someone who has been compromised by communist china. and yet we have a media that actually seems to want to get inroads into communist china, so they shut down the talk about the laptop before this election. we have lots of conspiracy people the media, the like mitch mcconnell and his wife, who are connected to communist china, and their business interests.

that's driving all of this. all the pearl clutching over what happened in the capital? we have probably agent provocateurs who slipped in, did a very good job of smearing the make america great again movement. host: reid wilson tweeted this update on the special election in louisiana. john bel edwards, the governor there said that there will be special elections for house seats, one left vacant by luke letlow, the other vacated by cedric richmond, who is going into the biden administration. the special election is now set in louisiana for march 20. the independent mine, patricia is in knots island, north carolina. hello there. patricia? are you on with us? caller: yes. host: go ahead. caller: am i ready? host: you are on the air, go

ahead. caller: ok, well, seemed like everybody else has set almost a everything -- almost everything except that i think trump should be tried for murder for the woman that was shot and i think that the family of them should go after him. as for the politics stuff, seems like everyone else has said everything that i probably would have said. i'm not going to take the time. i'm an independent and i hate to say it, but i did vote for trump, which right now i realize was a bad mistake and i'm sorry that i did. but who would have known at the time. so, i really just think that his wife should get rid of him, they all should sue him and taken to court for murder for that woman. because that is not right and it makes me sick in my stomach just to think all these people were hurt and that a woman died because of him. him. him. our president.

host: also in north carolina, brian, democratic line, oak city. caller: notwithstanding that a woman died and all the rest of the madness today, not dismissing that, but i'm looking at it from my perspective, which has a black man is kind of a little less emotional for a lot of these things. trumpurs to me that really is using the law, again, keep in mind, this is from my perspective, a black man's perspective, he uses the law against this country to get his way the same way that a lot of black people are misused by the law on regular people levels. i just thought about this when i realize how he's using the courts. that's all. "wall street journal," opinion piece, the peace in the

journal this morning, his "donald trump turned georgia blue." "voters recoiled against him

host: that's from "the wall street journal," republican line, new jersey, rich, hello there. caller: good morning. i have a few things here. first of all, biden's statement. he's a fraud. he didn't say anything for months and months and months when they were burning downtowns , burning cities down. also, he never said anything and the media is so out right now, but when they were burning down the federal buildings in seattle in other places, ok? blocking it so the officers

couldn't get out? nobody was outraged. ok? nobody was outraged. when maxine waters and others were telling supporters to go after republican, no one is outraged. but cnn, cuomo or tapper said, if you can bring it up ok, who said that protests have to be peaceful or nice, ok? that's their. the media has caused so much of this. it's just so ridiculous. i don't condone any violence. them people that did that should be held responsible, whoever they are and the media don't even know who they are yet. ok? when i hear people on the floor of the senate and the congress, like romney and the democrats condemning all this, when they said nothing for months when they were burning down innocent people plus businesses and

beating up people, antifa are terrorist groups. the people that did that yesterday, if they are found out, whoever they are, ok, should be considered terrorists also. but this double standard by the media, but i listened to last night for hours, for hours, ok, of them condemning trump and his supporters without knowing any facts? that's the problem in this country. c-span, please bring up the cnn thing of tapper or cuomo, whoever it was, with their was, yous when blm know, burning down, you know, burning towns down and the federal buildings, nobody said anything about burning down them federal buildings. they were all cheering it on. sean, lakeland, florida, independent mine.

yes, sir. the united states, the most powerful nation in the world, that's what they say. they let their capitol building get overrun by a bunch of hillbillies? a bunch ofture people running over the capital in china? can you imagine people running over the capital in great britain? i honestly was shocked. i did not know what was going on. i turned the tv on and i seen a guy sitting at nancy pelosi's desks. that was the first image when i turned it on, he was holding up a paper with her signature on it, meaning he went in her desks . she's the third most important person as the speaker of the house and in that same building they had the second most important person in the united states, the vice president. you had the two most important people besides the president in that building and they let people storm the building?

i'm looking at this and i'm like my goodness, i know at least 20 or 15 people are shot and dead because of this and right when i say this in my mind a news reporter comes on and says one woman, one girl got shot? it woman was shot yesterday in the capital. three others died due to medical emergencies. reporting from politico magazine, their headline on the piece is is this really happening, the seizure of congress, a scene from the inside with members and staff ducking for cover and hiding here in the chamber of the u.s. senate. they write that it was an unusual session of congress to start with, a piece of political theater around the normal ceremony, the moment when america finally ratifies the choice for president. then the shouts in the hallways, broken glass, panicking texts and confusion and an abrupt halt to the basic workings of government and on wednesday when

waves of riders overwhelmed capitol police and surged through the lobbies and stairways, they trapped journalists and nearly all members of congress. some of them had ways out. mike pence was quickly ushered to safety. some didn't. members dove to the gallery floor. rooms were quickly pressed into service as safe spots for journalists. five of the journalists were congressional reporters for politico whose normal beats are of the far more daily bureaucratic business of congress. we asked of those outside to describe by phone what happened in those frenzied, confusing hours. you can read and see more at .olitico.com a tweet here from chris silla's a at cnn on the objections to electoral counts in certain states, rejecting the arizona devote results, 138 republicans voted to object, 138 house

republicans voted to object to the pennsylvania results, including kevin mccarthy and steve scalise. one of the principal initial objectors was congressman mo brooks of alabama and he made his case on the house floor. [video clip] here refutable, noncitizens overwhelmingly voted for joe biden in exchange for promised amnesty and citizenship and in so doing helped steal the election from donald trump, republican candidates, and american citizens across america . madam speaker, in my judgment if only lawful votes were cast by eligible american citizens, joe biden lost and president trump won the electoral college. as such, it is my constitutional duty to promote honest and accurate elections by rejecting

electoral college submissions from states whose electoral systems are so badly flawed as to render their vote submission unreliable, untrustworthy, and unworthy of acceptance. we will get back to your phone calls and just a moment. let's check in first with pedro. senator tim scott put out a tweet about what was going on yesterday amongst the senators after the first news came out guarding the entrance of the protesters into the capitol building, sending a tweet with a picture saying that as we were first taken to a secure space yesterday anxiety and tension was high and rightfully so. with the entire senate together i stood up and asked my colleagues to join us in prayer. the chaplain led us in the moment. there's a picture that accompanies the tweet from the senator. a couple of editorials calling out legislators over the actions yesterday, this is the york

dispatch about representative scott perry, writing in part that the shocking and frightening display of lawlessness followed after midnight by the sight of representative perry leading a gang of congressmen in an ill advised ultimately fruitless attempt to disenfranchises him constituents by objecting to the counting of votes from pennsylvania, he truly believes that the election that returned him to the capital for a fifth term was illegal and should be overturned, has a personal recourse, he can and should resign immediately. that's the editors there. if you go to the journal on the website of the poynter institute, they highlight senator josh hawley from the thats city star, who wrote no one other than president donald trump himself is more responsible for the coup attempt at the u.s. capitol on wednesday and the editorial went on to it had such impact that he deserves an impressive share of the blame for any

bloodshed. holly saying that he was at first going to object to the electoral college certification. here,back to your calls conrad, democratic line. caller: i want to talk to you about what i didn't see yesterday. i didn't see a police officer with his knee on anybody's neck for eight and a half minutes. a police officer putting anybody into a chokehold. i didn't see a police officer shoot anybody in the back seven or eight times. the most powerful weapon in this country isn't a gun, its caucasian flesh. if that crowd yesterday was comprised of african-americans, muslim americans, or hispanic americans, they would not have got within 1000 yards of the capital and the people who call up to complain about what happened over the summer with black lives matter, it doesn't even come close. it's not like a bunch of black people decided to burn down businesses in buildings last

summer. they were responding once again to police officers who feel they have carte blanche to take the lives of people who look like me and face no accountability. that's what triggered the riots last summer. what you saw yesterday was months and weeks of a crybaby president who claimed that the election was rigged, no evidence, that there were fraudulent votes, no evidence again to that, and when his followers decided they were going to burn down the capital or destroy it, these people who say that antifa had something to do with it, that's nonsense as well. antifa is against the president. why would antifa join a group of people who are pro-trump? antifa is an excuse that far right wing lunatics want to use not to take responsibility for their own actions. host: another view on the protests yesterday from georgia and tennessee, who said he saw a reporter reporting on riots months ago that the protests were mostly peaceful and using that standard, the protests that

standard were also -- using that standard the protests yesterday were also mostly peaceful. this from tim ryan in "the new york post," that the congressmen responsible for funding the capitol police has insisted heads will roll over the embarrassment of officers being so easily overrun by rioters and that it is pretty clear there will be a number of people , heout employment soon talked of police being overrun by the mob, saying that this was an embarrassment on behalf of the mob and the president and the insurrection and the attempted to, but also the lack of professional planning in dealing with what we knew was going to occur.

host: louisiana, next up we hear from tonya on the republican line. go ahead. caller: i just wanted to say that the riots yesterday was bad , but you know these callers calling in saying that antifa and blm didn't have a lot to do with it? specifically the guy with the horns on his head was also photographed in a blm riot in arizona. so you know, i think that blm and nt 4.0 was strategically placed within the group to incite the anger and to basically get the riots going. and although, you know, i can tell you personally, looking at the presidents tweets on twitter, there's been times when i wish you would have just kept his mouth shut on twitter, he has done a lot of good things

for this country that i don't think he got credit for. you know, when you look back at all the accomplishments of his presidency, you know, you will see that there were so many things that he did do that no other president was able to accomplish. , you know, the left was, is afraid of that. they are afraid of his strength and what he can do and it doesn't fit their agenda. he didn't get a fair shot any of the four years he was in, from the moment he took office, from the moment he was declared our president, his attacks started. host: to the allegations of nt for allegedly being involved, someone inside the capital tweeted "be embarrassed and hide if you need to, but i was there, it was not antifa at the capital, it was freedom loving patriots desperate to hope for the -- fight for the final hope

of the republic, and no one cares about them and announced them, i will not." gaba, independent line, the bronx. good morning.abe, i just want to say this, bin laden didn't fly the planes, but that doesn't mean he wasn't responsible for what happened on 9/11. as far as i'm concerned, the people that stormed the capital yesterday, pretending they are patriots flying american flags? they may has well-being flying the banner of isis or the taliban. i think it's a disgrace. you know, by the way, as to the last caller's comments, there's no difference between right wing violent extremists. they are all the same thing. it's the terrorist leaders that need to be held to account and i think that donald drake trump -- donald j. trump is an enemy of the usa. thank you very much.

host: opinion this morning from trumpew york times," "mr. is the blame for the capital attack. he summoned his supporters to gather in washington on this day and encouraged them to march on the capital, telling them that the election was being stolen, he told them to fight and that he might join them and even as he stormed the building he declined for long hours to tell them to stop, to condemn their actions. to raise a finger in defense of the constitution that he swore to preserve and protect and when he finally spoke late in the day he affirmed their anger, telling them again that the election was stolen but asking them to go home anyway. the performance of a man unwilling to fulfill his duties as president or confront the consequences of his own behavior." democratic line, west newton, pennsylvania, we go to ed to. ed.e go to caller: i have a different

perspective. the american people are very frustrated with our politicians, democrats and republicans and they are all responsible for what happened there yesterday. i feel that they no longer represent us. thank you. ok.: rocky, texas, independent line. your thoughts? yesterday evening i watched greta between sessions, you know, when the house in the senate were getting ready to go back in. twice she referred to the mayor -- theace in a statewide mayor placing a statewide curfew in d.c. i would like to know when d.c. became a state. she said that twice. do you guys know something we don't know? one other thing, the lady that was killed yesterday, that 14

year air force veteran, i happen to be retired military, she was assassinated by a white house policeman. i mean, by a capitol hill policeman. where is the riot? whether you are white or black, whoever kills you that is a policeman, i was always taught in the military that you don't fire on your own people? why is it capitol hill policeman are allowed to assassinate people without repercussion? president trump didn't have anything to do with this assassination. host: rocky in texas. let's check in one more time with pedro. caller: the woman who called -- host: the woman who called about the man with no shirt in the horns on his head, one face stood out from the crowd, "tattooed shirtless man donning red, white, and blue face paint.

the horned man in question is none of that than jake and jelly, familiar base at pro-trump rallies and qanon conspiracy us sometimes referred --as the queue and on shaman .anon shaman he has been spotted at multiple protests across the country supporting president trump ."pporting president there were two devices found at the rnc and dnc headquarters, devices found on wednesday that were actual explosive devices, not phonies, according to a senior federal law enforcement visual briefed on the investigation. tonya riley reporting that we know of at least one laptop that was stolen from the capital yesterday, adding that it -- there could be more and that the

person that she spoke with walked through the security implications of that and you can find that at "the washington post." one more resignation to tell you about, washington tully, senior director for european and russian affairs, quitting after the events at the u.s. capitol according to jennifer jacobs. host: twitter set to restore the trump account after blocking him for fomenting capital riot, set to restore access to the trump account 12 hours after the tech giant blocked him from blasting out a series of falsehoods as writers stormed the u.s. capitol . let's hear from mary elizabeth in new york city on the democratic line. mary elizabeth, good morning, make sure that you mute your volume and go ahead with your comment. caller: i did. host: great. caller: i'm very distressed. i was distressed watching the spectacle of people climbing the walls in washington yesterday.

distressed toery hear a lot of comments that people are making, excusing the behavior of our current theseent and aching theories about the election. remember, we have to have a perspective, a historical perspective, of the country and even recent events. office, there was this whole business where he was going on about mail-in ballots. , the ballots were supposedly received late? well, he had already constrained the post office. to hear people making all the behaviorto defend this of a person who took an oath to defend the constitution and to fromt tech to all of us

all enemies, domestic and he was impeached. but the senate refused to remove him. we showed you some comments earlier from mo brooks on the floor of the house. congressman brooks tweeting this morning saying "please don't be like fake news media, don't rush to judgment on assault on capital, weight for investigation -- wait for investigation, all might not be what it seems, evident growing that nt felt orchestrated capital attack with clever mob control tactics. -- tactics." , response from jim mcgovern "are you kidding me? we all watched on tv as the president said trial by

comment, delete this account and this tweet, mo brooks." fort worth, texas is next. linda, republican line. good morning. i'm really a democrat, i was trying to get in on any line and i just wanted to thank the democrats because i will be waiting for my $2000. thank you very much. host: on the democratic line in bloomfield hills, michigan, wendi, go ahead. yeah i just, several things, the barriers that trump set to constrain people from incitedas definitely it. there were so many incremental elements that led up to blowsday that it just, it my mind, it infuriates me, how blind and mentally ill or

able tohed the been happen, the media, allowing this thatric, this falsehood our president and his enablers have been able to put forth. what has now led to, in our security threats, is beyond belief. trump telling his followers to head to the capital? blatant, what the hell happened yesterday? documents that they took from the capital? in addition to putting more security threats. we don't know what they planted. we don't know what things they were taking pictures of and what information they got a hold of.

wendi, in michigan. more of your calls, coming up. , congressman, welcome. we know it has been a long night for you and your colleagues in the house. we appreciate you joining us this morning. first of all, take us back to yesterday afternoon and when you first noticed something was going wrong. all of us were just processing and moving forward from the perspective that this was a historic occasion. an exercise of our democracy. our job and our responsibility. the speaker, the vice president presiding. i was in the chamber at the time. close to the presiding officers, the vice president and the speaker there. i think we first noticed when we traffic of the twitter

that folks had breached the building. the speaker came off the rostrum. that was the first point at which we thought something was different and that -- and then it obviously escalated from there. you, your staff, and your colleagues able to stay safe? yes, we were and we appreciate the work those officers did in getting us to a secure location. my staff was not in the capital the entire day. my colleagues and i just followed instructions. capitol police spoke to members on the house floor and in the gallery, gave us instructions. we were told at one point to get our gas masks ready. difficult and trying time, obviously. host: you are part of the democratic leadership and we have been reading stories this

morning, your colleague, tim ryan, overseeing jurisdiction over the capitol police, there is concern that they weren't prepared for the actions of the mob outside the capital. what do you think? absolutely right. we both serve on the appropriations committee that has purview over the processes on capitol hill. there's a lot of questions to ask. without a doubt, first and foremost we need to make sure that the plans for january 20 are in place. so, we will move forward and ask those difficult questions. there will be plenty of time to have a deep dive and take a look at what transpired over the last 10 days. the president, you know, fomenting this. the planning and the lack of planning and execution to keep the building safe is difficult. those officers have a difficult

job. there's no question about that. but clearly a lot of steps were missed and that's the unfortunate part that we will have to get to the bottom of. host: how or do you think that president trump will be held accountable for this? all options should be on the table. the president fomented this by encouraging those individuals to go to the hill and i think he bears a level of responsibility. there's no question about that. and 300 hours we will be passed in this president. but in the meantime whether it is the 25th amendment or other avenues, like impeachment and censure, all the options should be on the table. clearly, this president is

lawless and we need to make sure that we are doing everything we can to protect democracy. that's what we did and what we thought was so important by going back last evening and through this morning to do our job to make sure to keep proceeded and, we counted the electoral ballots. as the inauguration happens in two weeks, now with the two new democratic senators coming into the u.s. senate, does that change the calculus on what you hope the house can get past? what's priority number one to get done? guest: continued covid relief, without a doubt. we are in the middle of a pandemic. americans are hurting. there are folks in my community out there in california who are continuing to struggle. our hospitals are overrun. we are at 0% capacity locally in the icus. this is a huge issue and we need

to make sure we are giving our first responders everything they need. you know, one of the pieces that is important as well that we fought for as house democrats was state and local assistance within the last package. ensuring that our first responders, states and localities have the resources that they need to take that vaccine and turn it into a vaccination as well as mitigate the costs of the crisis, that's the first priority. clearly a senate that is 50-50 is going to be more helpful to us in that regard. congressman, appreciate you being with us on this notable morning here in the nation's capital. guest: thanks for having me. host: a couple more of your calls and comments, thanks for waiting as we wrap up program. in a couple of minutes we will

.ear from randy in pennsylvania sorry, paul. paul, hang on a sec. we will try to get to you. randy, pennsylvania, independent line. caller: yes, sir, thank you for taking my call. host: you bet. caller: i am, i am a veteran and i just want to say that this is pathetic and shameful. as americans, we should all be ashamed of what's going on and what has been going on. butyears it's been nothing a blame game, one side blaming the other. unfortunately, the media has done nothing but sensationalize the blame game. it's time for the blame game to end. time to implement a focus on corrective actions that are best for the american people as a whole, regardless of party affiliation or, or, or gender, or, or race.

it might not be good tv, but it certainly would be good for the american people. thank you. talking about the capitol police, tom winter tweeted this a few minutes ago, saying the capitol police have a 2300 member department, 400 and $60 million budget, issued no public statements and are exempted from public records request. in d.c. here in the nation's capital, this is kevin on the democrats line. caller: i want to put in a plug in for news to share, fort fisher. they said there would be a lot trump reallyith deserving the blame here. you had kylie on on monday advertising the march. houras on for like half an , repeating a lot of false claims. terry murphy, your programming director, had her on for the morning show on monday.

i would like to see some accountability, you know, impeachment, also that terry murphy is held to accountability. host: that will about wrap it up for this morning's program. we appreciate your calls and comments. we are back again friday morning, 7 a.m. eastern hope you are, too. have a great day. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] announcer: you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created in 1979.