>> following yesterday's attack on the u.s. capital, nancy pelosi will hold her weekly news briefing this afternoon. live coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. joe biden was certified by congress at the 46th president early this morning and this afternoon he is expected to announce a number of his picks for justice department positions. watch live coverage starting at 1:30 eastern online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app.

>> there is kind of note beating the front page of the newspapers for important headlines and many of them, major newspapers, at least that we get this morning, with a common theme, and the word is mob. this is front page of the washington post, trump mob storms capital. president insights crowd to act insurrection, violence. the wall street journal, mob storms capital. pro-trump riders break into the halls of congress, disrupt electoral vote ratification. woman is killed, member side and are evacuated. the new york times, some insights mob, rampaging in capital forces evacuation. it is part of his legacy, a republican says. today, pro-trump mobs storm the u.s. capital, vice president evacuated, congress locked down. the count did continue as an 8:00 last night and throughout the morning we will show you photos like these and videos as

well of the events that happened on capitol hill yesterday at the u.s. capitol. this is the washington times this morning and the front page as well. assault on democracy, violent demonstrators storm capitol hill and bring congress to a standstill. i want to read about the woman who shot, a woman was fatally shot as thousands of angry trump supporters stormed their way into the u.s. capitol on wednesday, assaulting police, smashing windows, ransacking offices and forcing congress to evacuate as they halted lawmakers temporarily from certifying the electoral college victory of joe biden. the female demonstrator identified by her family as air force veteran ashley babbitt of california was shot in the neck inside the capital, apparently by a police officer. she died later at a hospital. in addition, news reports indicate that three others also died yesterday, according to those news reports, dying from medical emergencies.

politico and the events of early this morning, congress certifies bidens when after a day of chaos and violence. finalizeds that it joe biden's victory early thursday morning, capping a day of riots that turned deadly and briefly ground the nation's most powerful institutions to a standstill. it was the last death confirming bidens election ahead of the january 20 inauguration in one marked by violence fueled by the sitting president, who urged his followers to march on the capital, to pressure lawmakers to overturn the results. we will enjoy throughout the morning by my colleague pedro who is keeping an eye on social media. in particular, starting off your looking at some of the security around the u.s. capitol. good morning, pedro. >> could morning, we see the pictures in the video. the question is how it happened now lingering amongst people who

watch and also members of capitol hill as well. initially, security was handled yesterday by the capitol police, basically saying it was entirely held by then, and dedicated to protecting the 126 air -- baker capital for reasons that remain unclear as of early thursday. other arms of the federal governments that security did as theive for hours, rioters besieged the seat of congress. follow-up by the associated press by members of congress, strictly looking at security measures yesterday, and vowing that they will investigate this even further. the housingan of ministration committee, she said the breach raises grave security concerns, adding that her committee will work with the house and senate leaders to review police response and preparedness. concerned,olice is representative val demings from florida, a former police chief or south, was quoted as saying

it was painfully obvious that the capitol police were not prepared for today, i certainly thought that we would have a stronger show of support and that there would have been steps taken in the very beginning to make sure there was a designated area of protesters in a safe distance from the capital. imagine those who were among the dead yesterday because of the events, including ashley babbitt, 35, of san diego. it quotes a story from her brother-in-law saying she was both loyal as well as extremely passionate about what she believed in. please keep her family and thoughts -- in your thought and respect her privacy at this time. if you go to the twitter feed of leeann caldwell, it will show you a photograph of where this incident took place outside the doors of the speakers lobby off the house chamber. missingnes of glass, a one is shattered, and shards of glass remain on the war. host: appreciate that.

let's get to your calls and comments first. the terrible news of what happened the u.s. capitol. ,he headline this morning democrats sweep georgia runoffs and lip control of the u.s. senate. line,alls to our democrat new york city, welcome. yes, the republicans in congress, what did they expect after they enabled and supported this dictator for four years? trump should be impeached or removed from office. when i heard that just now kevin mccarthy talking about bipartisanship after the way he and mitch mcconnell and the other republicans behaved, it is unbelievable. they are not willing to support impeachment or removal from office of this president, they should resign. host: connecticut, republican line. good morning.

caller: hi. 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 toward mike pence, the phone cost to the georgia governor and secretary. he didn't do us any favors there. i try to understand the psyche. you can say he is a dictator and all this malarkey. this stuff has gone, the power grabs, the dictator-like behavior is going on all across the board, and people need to be a little fair. haveieve the trump voters been disenfranchised for four years and as president, he has been treated unfairly for four years. because he's not part of the establishment. i really think a term limit would cure this disease that

goes on in washington, and 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 and i am disappointed, but this went on all summer. news, foxow what, the news and republican congress members of congress, they denounced it immediately, which did not happen over the summer. it did not happen. and everybody knows it. you can try to talk yourself out of it, but everybody knows it. i believe the voters, unlike any other president supporting voting blocks, has never been attacked in such a fashion. we were called racists, bigots from day one. this has never happened before, and this is the problem, you don't attack the voters. you can attack the president all you want. you don't attack millions of people and this is the problem. should the congress itself

have been attacked? caller: that was wrong. and this is wrong. and 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 and social media is perpetuating this poison and so is the mainstream media. host: virginia beach with kirk on our democrat line. caller: good morning. off,e you don't cut me just 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 were people of color, believe you me, you would be seeing mass murders on the streets. it is not something i wholly disagree with.

we have been disenfranchised for 400 years. the truck party is the party of right wing, racist republicans. you call yourself conservative, but you don't want to give over $2000. i'm not happy to see anybody get killed in at the same time, america, the chickens are coming home to roost. host: the front page of the style section of the washington post, a sickening sight unfurls at capital. the actions of the mob incited by president trump were destructive and illegal. in fairfield, california, good morning. caller: good morning. off, i would like to commend you and the other moderators here in washington journal. you guys really stand well, listening to everyone. sometimes i don't know how you guys do it because there is riots on every side, but you

guys are doing a great job. as far as the events of yesterday, this has been going for a long time. administration, trump was a duly elected president. and the democrats are so busy trying to impeach a duly elected president and the republicans are so busy doing the money grab, trying to change the tax structure as well as getting rid of health and everything else they did, both parties really took their eye off the ball. way didtrump in his own well for the nation in some areas, but in some areas he also stirred the nation. americad the soul of that this division exists. and bill, our country was founded on division, and we will always be divided. this is not going to be the last time this is going to happen.

and to the person that spoke right before, i am an african-american as well, but we can't use hypotheticals, because we know that there will never be violence used against white people in america by white people, it just will not happen. but as far as this coming together and kumbaya, we have never been coming together. i'm 68 yearsuntry, old and i hate seeing my country go down like his. but i am saying the worst is yet to come. china and russia, they are smiling. i don't know what we are going to do. i appreciate you letting me take some time this morning. host: thank you, and thanks for your service. democrat, pennsylvania. caller: no one is really talking about why this happens. conservative, i am a moderate

democrat in pennsylvania. the governor of our state and five other states make last-minute changes to the voting rights before the selection. went against the state constitution and the federal constitution. like whaten feel happened in pennsylvania was producing legitimate electoral votes. this has to happen because of what was allowed to happen in the six states. this is bad. for 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

this occurred between the vice president and the speaker. you can see a little bit of a close-up better on fox news. >> a more serious story, the national association of manufacturers putting on a statement after yesterday's events, calling on the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment. that would allow the vice president and a majority of the covenant to remove the president from office because they felt he would be no longer able to hold the position, to hold office. they say this in part, "the outgoing president inserted violence in an attempt to retain power. any elected leader defending him is fire living there oath to the constitution. anyone indulging this to raise campaign dollars is complicit. vice president pence who was executive from the capitol, should seriously consider working with the cabinet, to

invoke the 25th amendment to visit of democracy. millions of manufacturing workers are helping our nation to fight the deadly pandemic that has already taken thousands of lives. we are trying to rebuild the economy to save and rebuild lives, but that will not matter do not fend off this attack is our democracy because of a way of life will crumble." but coming from the national association of manufacturers. >> and there is related reporting this morning in axios, the headline, republicans consider drastic options to stop trump. the writers writing that with 13 days left of president trump's term, confidence of republican officials are considering steps. republicans are furious for what they see as fomenting an attack on american democracy, disgracing their party, and

invading the sanctity of the chambers. in pennsylvania, there is concern over whether the country can withstand another two weeks with trump at the helm. in recent days, is sense of utility among longtime confidanta trying to get through to trump saying that he is not engaging with others, talking but not listening, and he does not want to hear that he lost the election to biden. tell us your thoughts on twitter @cspanwj. jersey girl says, yesterday should never, ever be memory. remember the members of congress who encouraged it, the law enforcement who stepped back and allowed it to happen. remember the most fervent of trump supporters who spent four hate.spewing steve says, yesterday's event will negate anything else do not trump has done and will define his legacy. another viewer says i was embarrassed yesterday. someone should be held accountable for the violence and instruction of property.

immediately remove the terrorist from the white house and install president-elect joe biden. mobexas -- watching the take over the capitol yesterday shows how unjust the american system is. when black lives matter protesters were there, the police, guard, capitol washington police and other law enforcement or other capitol. but when trump sent his followers, they walked in and took over. in texas, next up is george, republican nine. welcomed.

this shows this where they send these observers out and the count votes throughout the night in.the reservists come back what they showed for the first time is that these people fled the building. they came and they left. we must have misinformation. get to the court, they did not get evaluated. it really wasn't for congress to address it at all. that is something very anxious for people. it will just be brushed under the rug. they are not going to follow anything to shore up the election. anytime you see this inside the congress republicans saying,, we need to take care of this. you get the democrats, so that are saying, there was no fraud, there was nothing, this is all legitimate. you are talking about

partisanship, you know, the rest of it is if you look at the left wing -- i have watched both news -- and the left wing news is absurd. these people are all with the name-calling. it is an excuse for their bad policy. they don't have good policies. people can't stand them. the personal attacks -- i even saw on your program one guy, some guy had a rebel flag and show.s the one you you can blanket and categorize everybody that was there. 75 million people. good luck. host: to new york, katie, good morning. >> good morning. i just called in because i think, like most people, 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 said. i live in a divided

household. we don't agree, both my brother and my father are veterans, and i think basically what we all thought of what the capitol complex as kind of like a sacred space that defies politics. and it is a place to visit and revere the nation. and the fact that there has been so many demonstrations over the years on all different topics, and it has not resulted in this , you know, ieach just think that it really needs to be looked at, investigated as to why this time this occurred, when there has been millions of outside ofnstrating those steps and, you know, i think it is just said. this idea of outsider politics has resulted in this. there has been eight years of

people who just distressed politicians, and i think what conventional politicians have is respect for our history as a nation. we haven'ta that agreed for a long time, there has been things we don't agree on that unlike the foundations of this nation, but we can be respectful with each other and have it out with words and not violence, unlike those countries you see on youtube where they have to stress on the floor of their government. that.kate, we have sheets scenes from the u.s. capitol as the sun lights up the east front of the u.s. capitol where they used to have another rations, up until 1981 -- where they used to have inaugurations, up until the 1981 in congressional ronald reagan. we showed you protesters on the steps, midafternoon yesterday, of the east front of the u.s. capitol. the timeline of this, the house

and senate had adjourned to consider objections to the electoral count in arizona. when the mob began to break into the u.s capitol, and the capitol was declared shutdown and sealed off for security as hundreds of people poured into the capitol and lawmakers and staff sheltered in place. it took hours for police to get the situation under control. it was not until after 8:00 eastern that the senate came back into session. the vice president, president of the senate, spoke. so did the majority and the democratic leader as well, chuck schumer. sen. schumer: i have never lived through or imagined an experience like the one we had just experienced in this capitol. president franklin roosevelt set aside december 7, 1941 as a day that would 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 desecrated. its windows smashed, our offices vandalized. the world saw american elected officials hurriedly ushered out because they were in harm's way. he house and senate floors places of shelter until the evacuations were ordered, leaving rioters to stalk these hallowed halls. lawmakers, average citizens would love their 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 we 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 of thency of the best 45th presidency of the united states, undoubtedly our worst. i want to be very clear, those who performed these reprehensible acts cannot be called protesters. these were ranchers and insurrection -- these were rioters and insurrecti ors, goons and thugs. they do not represent america. they tried to attack our democracy. bey must and should prosecuted to the full extent of the law, hopefully by this

administration. if not, certainly by the next. -- theyld be provided should be provided no leniency. host: a reminder that all of our coverage is available, all what you may have seen or not and what happened overnight, available on c-span.org. on security at the u.s capitol -- capitolpiece police with the inability to secure the seat of the u.s. government raises serious questions. they write that after a violent president trump's effort to overturn electoral college results terrorist the capitol complex on wednesday questions about how the mob, breached security posture. the opaque federal police force said last week it had a plan to keep congress safe while lawmakers certified the electoral college win by joe biden, but what transpired was a failure. according to representative tim ryan, chairman of the legislative branch

appropriations committee that oversees capitol police funding from our reviewer robert, he says, you can bet the capitol police chief is history, his opinion. to your calls. ricky in ohio, go ahead. caller: i am an honorably discharged united states marine. i worked for the government for over 15 years. i don't see how anybody is surprised at what happened. statementsade two is. have cemented who he he said, i can stand in the middle of the street and shoot and kill someone. then he said, proud boys, stand down or stand by. this man and anyone who is a fan of his is just like him, they hate and a mask their hate to an extent. from slavery, to the massacres of the indians, kkk, police judges, america was built on hate, bloodshed and killings.

that is a fact. what we saw yesterday was just another example of what america as noted to be, and the world is watching. if trump does not get punished with this, i would not be surprised. america,ove -- i love 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 next on the republican line in florida. caller: hello. the united states has gone through four years of near totalitarian censorship of the and unprecedented bias against the president of the united states. and it has been an historical truth that when free speech is suppressed, the only alternative is ireland's. presse united states needs to come up for what they

have done to the free speech. the people who rioted yesterday, and i am against that, they just want a voice. the national press has not given them a voice. they question the selection, so why doesn't the press demand that their questions be answered? why are these voting machines not forensically examined? why aren't these ballots , mass-produced ballots with no down ballot voting, that could have been mass-produced to swing an election? these questions need to be answered. these people just want a voice. censorship,the polls show that 13% of democrats would not have voted for joe

biden if they had known what he was up to with this racketeering and money-laundering that he has done with china and other countries through his son, hunter biden. so, the repression can be proven by these polls. host: paul, those charges are absolutely false. those charges aren't true. caller: really? let's gets examine it it in the public forum and examine it. it's not been examined. if you want to say they are false, fine, but people say they are not false and they want those questions answered. if the press wants to tone down the rhetoric, i beg you and i beg the press to stop talking about the 25th amendment and impeachment and resignation, because this just confirms to the people who support trump exactly what has been going on for the last four years. host: two more hours of your calls and comments on the

incidents that happened yesterday at the u.s capitol, the attack on the capitol and the approval of joe biden as the next resident of the united states. let's check in with pedro. >> a couple of things making news. a reporter reporting that one of the president's close advisers, mick mulvaney, is resigning for the trump administration. adding that he is expected others to follow. cnbc with that story. axios has a summary of statements made by former living presidents, starting with jimmy carter saying that i know that people can unite to walk back from the precipice to uphold the law of the nation, and we must join our fellow citizens in praying for a peaceful transfer of power as we have for two centuries. george w. bush writing quote -- the violent assault on the capitol was undertaken by people whose passions have been inflamed by falsehoods and

false hopes. insurrection could do damage to our nation and reputation. -- weill clinton, quote faced an unprecedented assault on the constitution and our country, saying that the assault was quote, fueled by politics spreading disinformation, sowing distrust in our system and pitting americans against each other. adding that -- the match was late by the current president and his ardent enablers included in congress, to overturn the results of an election he lost. previous president barack obama, he did not hold up in his flame in a statement on the insurrection, noting that history would, quote, radio remember that it was incited i is sitting president who has continued to lie about the outcome of a lawful election. host: biden winning 306 electoral votes. the count concluding early in the morning in the joint session on capitol hill.

vice president mike pence serving in his role as president of the u.s. senate. as the chamber came back into session, senator lindsey graham of south carolina, and ally of president trump, expressing why he would not support challenges to the electoral college count in states. sen. graham: trump and i, we have had the hell of a journey. i hate it to end this way. my god, i hate it. today, the first thing you'll see, all i can say is that count me out. enough is enough. butve tried to be helpful, when the wisconsin supreme court ruled 4-3 that they did not violate the constitution of wisconsin, i agreed with the three but i accept the 4. if al gore can accept 5-4 that he is not present, i can accept wisconsin-three. pennsylvania, it went to the second circuit.

so much for all the judges being in terms -- in trump's pocket. they said trump's lawsuit was not right. georgia, they said the secretary of state changed the election unlawfully. the federal judge said, no. i accept the federal judge even though i don't agree with it. fraud, they say there are 66,000 people in georgia under 18 who voted. how many people believe that? i asked, give me 10. they said 8000 felons in prison in arizona voted. give me 10, i ain't got one. there is problems in every election. i don't buy this. enough is enough. we have got to end it. whatpresident pence, they're asking you to do, you will not do because you can't. you talk about interesting times, i associate myself with rand paul.

how many times will you hear that? [laughter] the mob has done something nobody else could do, to get me rand toagree -- me and agree. he is right. if you are a conservative, this is the most offensive concept in the world, that a single person could disenfranchise 155 million people. the president of the senate shall open all certificates, and the vote shall be counted. the person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be president. i can say i don't like the results, i want to send them back to the states, i believe there was fraud. to the conservatives who believe in a consultation, that is a chance to stand up and be counted -- to the conservatives who believe in the constitution, now is your chance to be counted. so, make, mr. vice president -- hang in there. they said we can count on light.

all of us can count on the vice president. you will do the right thing. you will do the constitutional thing. a son-in-law who flies f-18s. they are out there flying so that we can get it right here. people are dying, my good friend from illinois, to make sure we have a chance to argue amongst ourselves, and when is over, 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. people, convince certain groups, by my words, but i will tell you but my actions that may be i 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] host: chairman of the senate judiciary committee, lindsey graham of south carolina. a headline in politico quote -- he screwed the country. trump loyalty disintegrates. wednesday's capitol hill riot will leverage for years, shipping trump's legacy and pushing the public is to confront the gop's future. on twitter, we are at @cspanwj. a couple of comments on twitter. this one says -- imagine abc had not in open carry. ben franklin -- what we all saw was a stain on adriatic unpatrioticn -- was and anti-american traitors. this one says, the people who supported his methods are as much to blame. no excuses. republicans picked this man

to be their leader and roll.should another one says, president trump did not help things by saying, quote, we know the elections were rigged and i hear your pain. viewer -- joe biden will be sworn in in on 20, and the local news is calling them what they are, rioters, not protesters. next caller from chicago, good morning. caller: good morning. -- ke up