this is news coming to you live from berlin the did. present from supporters storms groups disrupting lawmakers certification of joe biden's election victory outside police fire tear gas to disperse the rioters president elect condemns the assault on the nation. threaten the safety of duly elected officials to protest its insert rection.

hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program we start with unprecedented and deadly scenes at the capitol in washington d.c. were supporters of president donald trump stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election results one woman was shot and later died of her injuries as rioters attempted to stop congress members from certifying joe biden's election victory we'll be going live to washington for an update in just a moment but 1st a look at how the dramatic scenes unfold. kingis on raffles at the capitol hill as the building is stolen by hundreds of trump supporters. battle in shoes between riot police and the protesters as they break cost security.

based on the senate chambers to prevent congress from certifying joe biden's election victory literally bringing democracy to a halt. by. police then through their guns. was a woman was shot by police officers and was laid to proclaim dead. some protesters also turned that anger against the media. not fruited like who. barely had a rally near the white house president trump had repeated his unsubstantiated claims that the election had been stolen from him and urged his supporters to rally at the capital. we're going to walk down to the capitol

was going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them hours later trump then released a recorded message telling his supporters to go home but failed to condemn the actions we have to have peace. so go home we love you you're very special we've seen what happened trump has now been suspended from several social media accounts including twitter after tweeting to supporters who attacked the capital. has finally got back into the senate chamber has several senior republicans condemned the violence including trump's vice president mike pence today was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. the binds was branded as

a siege by president elect joe biden who warned of a threat to democracy. by. the storm the capitol to smash windows to occupy offices the floor of the united states senate rummaging through desks on the capitol of the house of representatives threatening the safety of duly elected officials it's not protest it's insurrection. the crowd dissipated once the 6 pm curfew came into force but national guard troops remain alert for potential violence throughout the night. let's bring in carolina chinmoy here she's our washington correspondent and has been following events there in washington d.c. carolyn an extraordinary day on capitol hill a violent mall interrupting a joint session of congress one person shot and killed what more can you tell us.

it's difficult to see it to think that we're talking about the united states terry well the investigation of that woman that died and and several other people i'm part of a service that were injured are still ongoing and kaos is probably the right word to describe what happened yesterday here in washington d.c. and especially in front of the capitol where all this assault on democracy happened and experts and police including my diary of a year mitch mcconnell have been talking about an insurrection that happened here in washington d.c. saying that. what happened yesterday was was was really has no wars and is really a president in the history of this country and we can definitely say that the pictures we saw are going to mark that they generally 6th the day when democracy in the united states almost broke completely apart the day of of

a coup attempt this is also what seems to be so important for the lawmakers right now in the middle of them to get the certification of the electoral votes down the congress restart of the electoral college that was interrupted when when this term supporters stormed into the congress and now both leaders of the democrat nancy pelosi and the republican mitch mcconnell they have made clear that they want to end the count of the electoral votes tonight and with that they want to certify the winner of the presidential election of november 3rd once and for all you know the confirmation session in congress did resume as you said it's underway right now after the building was finally cleared of the writers let's listen to what senate majority leader republican mitch mcconnell had to say when the session we can be united states will not be interpreted. we will not become.

by thugs mobs or threat we will not bell the lawlessness or intimidation we are back at our posts we will discharge our duty under the constitution and for a notion. and we're going to do it can i. call in at the police forces on capitol hill were quickly overwhelmed why were there not more security forces on hand given that it was known that trump supporters were going to be rallying their. this is a very good question terry because apparently the police officers and the security officers say we're not really prepared for this size of a protest we are kind of used in washington d.c. to to this kind of marches from the tram supports we have been seeing this march is

also the last weeks on the last month including during the election day and one day before that but they always seem to be very loud but no really dangerous and we saw yesterday that this has changed there was a lot of aggression trump supporters were really angry and they of course were also motivated by donald trump's speech he told them let's go to the capitol right now and that's when the whole atmosphere got even more aggressive. colleen what consequences could be for donald trump because when you're talking about incitement to riot here. well the 1st consequences are and we have already talked about it that he has been blocked from facebook and twitter because he released that video and yes he said he called his

supporters to go back home and if they protest they should do it in a peaceful way but at the same time he didn't say that that was wrong he said that he shared that feeling and putting himself still on that level and insisting on friday on this elections that that is again motivating his supporters to to keep that path and to keep on thinking that there was a fraud on these elections donald trump has really he has divided the republican party and police in the senators congressmen and even his supporters seem to be on a path where they have to decide if they. they are for tramp or against tramp we also have heard some rumors that sometimes supporters are thinking of creating any a political party the trump party so to say clearly and i thank you very much that

was our political correspondent carolyn assure moyo in washington. let's bring in peter mathews he's a professor of political science at cypress college and joins us from los angeles professor mausers what do you make of the assault by violent trump supporters on capitol hill it was horrendous constitutionally and interference with him in terms as well because this was not a riot this was an insurrection that was attacked and actually they stopped the procedure of a presidential president elect getting actually confirm they were blocking a government from to being able to take its position the legitimate government that's joe biden's administration by not allowing it to be certified this was a physical act of violence to stop the government from working its insurrection and has to be dealt with very firmly so people get the message that this can't be tolerated in a democracy that's what i'm looking at you you mentioned insurrection the president elect joe biden described it as bordering on sedition how much responsibility do

you think president donald trump himself bears for what happened. tremendous responsibility he's been provoking these people inciting let's break with incitement to violence with his words with his actions he in fact addressed this crowd i think today at noon before they started there at the insurrection he was addressing them i believe at noon and besides i've been talking them throughout the last few weeks and saying that the election was stolen he was making up lies about it and get them to believe that repeating it often enough we know from fascism and other naziism that when a big lie is repeated over and over again people come to believe it and these folks worship him up of like a cult and that's a real big problem for democracy and he's has a big responsibility here as having to incited this riot this riot or this insurrection and i believe that it's too late right now is going to be going to be done about him he's got 2 more weeks left and many people are concerned about what he might do during the last 2 weeks since the presidency president trump has had

his accounts on twitter and facebook. stopped because of him continuing to say that there has been widespread voter spy fraud when that is completely unsubstantiated do you think there is a legal case for removing president trump from office before his term ends. this certainly as i was very short time but there are 2 methods or could be done to the impeachment method which was already tried before he wasn't he was impeached but not removed this time who are done quickly could be done i think maybe the senate might vote for it but this probably not likely but the other ways the 25th amendment where the vice president gets together with the cabinet and majority the cabinet votes to reap to say that the president is incapacitated he cannot carry out his duties and if they do that then he has to step down let the vice president take over if he actually rejects that and protest that and wants to stay in power then he goes the house and senate have to vote by 2 thirds majority to remove him so it's a bit of a complicated process process but there's some real talk among significant leaders

now in congress and also in the country itself about him having to be of the having the 25th amendment used to remove him and it's quite remarkable that's that's we've come to a point right now how do you explain the persistent belief among republican voters that the election has been stolen from them. well 1st of all many of those voters are just not well read about this issue or they don't have the details of how the electoral college works and where it went in the appeals of trump made all the do they have watch him listen to him in the follow him you know because of his charisma for them he's able to manipulate them into believing that he's telling the truth and that the media and all the other mainstream people and institutions people are lying and so in this is the their belief system that's why they follow him blindly and it's a very dangerous thing he got 74000000 votes for joe biden not 80000000 or so but still he got 74000000 and a big percentage of people are very gung ho and there's an element of racism also involved there he uses that to divide and conquer to separate the unquote true

americans which he says that they are from the other americans who are all the other people in america are coming together we're all in this that he's to unite and have a rule of law principle so you get a whole different vision of america than the rest of us do quite often as a matthews thank you very much for your insights that was peter mathews he's fessor political science at cypress college in in the los angeles thank you very much thank you well like anyone watching this program political leaders around the world watched in disbelief as the chaos unfolded in washington they've been expressing their concern on social media secretary nato secretary general yes back tweeted shocking scenes in washington d.c. the outcome of this democratic election must be respected and strong words from the german foreign minister heiko must as well the enemies of democracy will rejoice in the troubling images from washington d.c. he tweeted inciting words turn into violent acts on the steps of the reichstag and

now the capital a contempt for democratic institutions has grave consequences and the french president at motherwell call had this to say i just wanted to express all friendship and no faith. in the united states what happened today in washington this is not america definitely we believe in the throwing of our democracy we believe in the strength of american democracy for our chief international editor richard walker has been monitoring reaction for us richard the scenes from the u.s. capital of shock the world we heard some leaders responding there what else are you hearing here where you are mentioned earlier terry disbelief and i think that that certainly is the reaction across much of europe waking up to this this morning. although what we just heard from manuel markhor there saying that we believe in

american democracy well i think belief in american democracy is really being shaken to its core here in europe and of course don't forget just what. how important america's role as a kind of beacon of democracy is in the world particularly here in europe so so that belief in america that michael is expressing that is really shaken and we're going to be hearing from america here in germany probably within the hour so of course we'll get you that when that comes in but i think what i would also point out is that it's not just people who have been critics of donald trump over the years who are expressing their disbelief but also people who are seen as close to him in india for instance no renter of modi who's had a very close relationship with donald trump saying that the democratic process cannot be allowed to be subverted through norful protests and boris johnson of the u.k. also somebody seen as pretty much an ally of donald trump over the last few years saying that these scenes in congress were

a disgrace. richard you yourself worked as a correspondent in the you us you know the country well you covered the 2016 election did you think you would ever see anything like the scenes that unfolded wednesday on capitol hill. yeah i certainly didn't anticipate something quite like this terry but i think thinking back to that time the warning signs really were there and i think you can draw a pretty straight line between what we saw during the 2016 campaign and what's happening now in at least 2 areas for one for instance donald trump was openly dismissive in his lack of respect for democracy at that time before the 2016 election for instance refusing to say that he would accept the results of it if he lost and their 2nd point was the kind of cult like hold that he had on his

hard core supporters who we lesser rally after rally back in 2016 the kinds of people who we've seen now mobilized by him to storm the congress we saw the early signs of that in 2016 so although i think everyone is staring in disbelief we can't say that is totally unexpected the warnings were there richard thank you so much our chief international editor richard walker of more reaction from germany are joined by you're going to heart he's a member of the german parliament and foreign policy spokesman of the governing conservatives mr hart thanks for being with us this morning what do you make of the assault by truck supporters on the joint session of congress. i also was shocked by the pictures and what we saw. happening on the capitol hill fights looking for that what is going on now that the congress is doing this come

to this on. duty on the basis of 3 points and i think he will control the results of the presidential elections and job i'd be formally and officially of the president of the next term and this shows that we can trust in us democracy and on the other hand we see the huge said and joe biden and come out i had us have to face to preach that gap between the supporters on one side and those who believe in democracy and the new government on the other side this is a huge challenge and germany and europe should tell the president to do so and that's a challenge many people around the world including many people here in germany regard the u.s. as a beacon of democracy in light of what just transpired in washington is that image still intact. i think yes because it is

true what we saw in the last 2 and a half a century looking to us us has just for half has had and also has to solve a lot of problems but they are always able to do it on their own way and i think what we see today in washington that the congress is is not shut up by the court what happened but doing its work and maybe more more transparent or more force will send course expected yesterday morning. and that will lead to a quick result and hopefully we have a piece of food situation in washington in the next 40 days and hopefully we have a situation where the president acting president trump is not challenged from outside or from a other side because i think it's a moment us democracy that's not the trust for a leader and this is a problem only for the next 2 weeks sparks it just. joe biden incoming president

joe biden president elect joe biden has described what happened as an insurrection how much for sponsibility do you give to president trouble for what has happened. for me to his speech. on the morning of yesterday from wednesday before that meeting on christmas it was a clear message to his supporters to do what they did and also his. mom to stop that and to go back home it was poisoned by his straight fact that he's always mentioned in action or stolen and at has had and. sex and the election where we have no proof for and therefore and therefore i think he is in the main responsible for that and just should be.

detected and discussed often congress and on the legal in the legal system of us should thank you very much for talking with us that was you're going to hot a member of the german parliament and foreign policy spokesman for the governing c.d.u. c.s.u. party thank you coalition favor 5. well meanwhile democrats have won control of the senate and congress in the u.s. by winning those 2 senate seats that were up for grabs in georgia raphael warnock and george also seen here with president elect joe biden both secured a narrow victories over republican incumbents borna a baptist preacher is the 1st black senator in georgia's history and also for become the senate's youngest member at the age of $33.00 there was a record turnout for the runoff elections with more than 4000000 people casting their ballots in george. w. is peter is part of our u.s.

elections team and joins us now for more on this peter it seems the democrats have indeed taken those 2 senate seats for georgia what does this mean for joe biden's presidency right i mean this is got to be a huge sigh of relief not just for democrats but obviously by the ministration it means that for the 1st time in 10 years democrats now control both congress and the white house and last time that happened keep in mind that president barack obama passed health care reform which was a huge historic deal biden is hoping similarly to seize on that momentum to pass a very ambitious very progressive package of reforms you know from a 2 trillion dollar climate change package to tax reform to maybe even reforming health care again introducing a public option that's long eluded democrats it also means that he is more than likely to get the cabinet case that he wants so the challenge for bite i think really will be to prioritize in the next congressional elections just 2 years away

and that could have been everything so a very narrow window for biden to push through a very ambitious agenda the georgia senate race these runoff senate races they were really quite. spectacular in their own way what were some of the standout moments for well you know worst republicans were trying to very much mimic. what trump did in his campaign you know running much more on fear and painting democrats as radical socialist we saw the 2 democratic candidates really speaking to the issues that a lot of average americans in georgia or worried about are concerned about jobs that's health care that's a pandemic and that appears really paid off and that the same time we saw trump attempts to intervene in the election that may actually have hurt republicans not the same fired up democrats so for the 1st time ever as we just heard there we are seeing georgia a former slave state historically staunchly conservative sent a black senator the 1st black senate ever in history to washington also saying the

1st jewish senator in over a century to washington so you know this on the same day that donald trump supporters are rushing the capital in revolt against this so you know especially for a lot of black voters a reminder of how historic this moment is and a reminder to all democrats really live up to this moment i think the trump presidency was marked by discord and polarization do you think things will be any different under president biden between republicans and democrats well i think we did see some republicans beginning to soften the rhetoric after the chaos that unfolded on capitol hill but a lot of the republicans that had promised to contest the elections continue to do so you know keep in mind the new congress has a lot of members who were elected as staunchly conservative trump supporters they're there because of the people who stormed congress yesterday and at the same time we've also seen democrats like

a you know much more liberal. members so really a deeper ideological divide to maybe we even saw in the previous congress so you know as much as it saddens me to say i don't think that we will see an end to any of this division. thank you very much thank you. and just to recap the main story we're following for you today of course supporters of president all trucks have stormed the u.s. capitol disturbing the disrupting rather a certification of joe biden's election when outside police used tear gas to disperse rioters one person shot and killed in the violence. across the world political leaders have reacted with shock at the chaos in washington germany's foreign minister said the enemies of democracy will rejoice over the troubling temperatures. you're watching t.v. news from berlin coming up next it's conflict are hard hitting interview series

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