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vice president. not to mention endangering the capitol police, those blue lives he claims matter so much to him. trumpers today breached the capitol walls. they stormed the senate chamber. fighting with police, breaking windows, stealing things. weirdly, the only respect that was shown was for the velvet ropes. for whatever reason, stayed within the velvet ropes. maybe they should put those around the whole building and they'd stay out. trespassers roamed the halls, they broke into offices. this creep took a seat at nancy pelosi's desk. he took a piece of mail off her desk. the capitol was besieged by maga hatters in all manner of crazy costumes. it was like a psychotic "price is right" audience forcibly taking control of the wheel. there was a man dressed as a viking in the capitol building. this guy made off with a podium. lawmakers had to scramble to the

basement for cover. mitch mcconnell had to crawl into his protective shell. mike pence was evacuated. earlier in the day, mike pence almost evacuated himself when he had to call the president to tell him he would not be doing his bidding. trump really put the squeeze on the old pence-dispenser last night. he wrote, if vice president mike pence comes through for us, we will win the presidency. he kept that up this morning. he wrote, all mike pence has to do is send them back to the states we win. do it, mike, this is a time for extreme courage. instead, the vice poodle took a little dump in trump's golden slippers. if thinking your vice president can award you a presidency you didn't win isn't delusion? i don't know what is. but apparently that was finally too much for mike pence. who released a statement today. it said, it is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes

should be counted and which should not. and that statement went over about as well as you might expect it would. trump lashed out, mike pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution. well, you know what? first kim and kanye, now trump and pence. very sad. trump was reportedly still stewing, angry at mike pence, when he made the speech today that caused all this mess. benedict donald made an appearance at what was billed as the rally to save america. his speech was historic. never before have so many people gathered to watch a president masturbate. after almost two hours of rioting on the capitol, the national guard was called in. slowly. the police were very laid back compared to the black lives matter protests. some were seen taking selfies with the criminals. others seemed to welcome them through the gates. it was a terrible day in the

history of this country. our president and the scumbags who have kept this stolen election charade going, and that's you, josh hawley, that's you, ted cruz, either intentionally or just wildly irresponsibly, lit these fires to start a war just to distract us from the fact that donald trump lost the election. ted cruz, this guy doesn't even believe the election was stolen. he knows better than that. he's so hungry for political power, he's so desperate to be liked and supported by these nuts who think joe biden is a chinese agent and satan is trying to force them to wear masks to the million, so that one day he can be president. he's willing to roll the dice on a civil war. same with josh hawley, who had a very friendly wave with the invaders today. same with kevin mccarthy and rudy giuliani, jim jordan, devin nunes, and especially donald trump. these people are not americans. there's no "we the people," there's "me the people," and that's it.

the wildest part is these maga marchers think donald trump cares about them. he doesn't care about you. he doesn't care about your life or your wife or your job or your health care or the air you breathe or the water you drink. he cares about himself. and only about himself. unless you are pushing a lawnmower, he wouldn't let you into his golf club. he'd roll his limo right over you to get a chick-fil-a sandwich. once things started to get out of hand today, some of trump's enablers went, oh-oh, we better say something. so ted cruz tweeted, those storming the capitol need to stop now. right. it's all fun and games till they burst into your office and come for your porno collection, right, ted? even mitch mcconnell gave an unusually impassioned speech today saying he did not approve of republican efforts to overturn the results of the election. this is a guy who's about to lose his job as senate majority leader. democrats will now have control of the senate after a double victory in the georgia runoff last night.

congratulations to senators-elect raphael warnock and jon ossoff. of course trump's claiming that election was fixed too. they just happened to find 50,000 ballots late last night, the usa is embarrassed by fools. yeah, only for two more weeks we are. even though he only has 14 days left in office, team trump is continuing to go after any republican who won't go along with his nonsensical b.s. attacks led by powerful political figures, like donald trump jr. >> so to those republicans, many of which may be voting on things in the coming hours, you have an opportunity today. you can be a hero. or you can an zero. >> jimmy: like me. and then number zero issued this unusual threat. >> these guys better fight for trump. because if they're not, guess what? i'm going to be in your backyard

in a couple of months. >> jimmy: cleaning your pool for 38 bucks. while junior and tweeter don were busy trying to fire up the base, beeter dum wrote, i will personally work to defeat every single republican who doesn't stand up against this fraud, they will be primaried in their next election and they will lose, says eric trump. that's right, look out, politicians. you don't play ball, you're going to have to deal with this guy, and he runs a winery, so look out. eric trump, there really might be something wrong with him. as all the chaos was unfolding as an armed standoff was happening at his father's request in the chamber of the u.s. senate, eric trump tweeted, never thought i would have 150,000 people sing me happy birthday on the national mall in washington, d.c. meaning, happy birthday, moron. you think his father wished him happy birthday today? not a chance. but daddy donnie did have a message for his supporters.

he kind of, maybe, a little bit told them to go home, and that he understands where they're coming from and loves them very much. for real, that's what he said about the rioters. as a result, he's been locked out of his twitter account for 12 hours. and it's especially fitting that all this happened, these riots he instigated occurred on the very steps where trump made his inauguration speech almost four long years ago. so we thought it would be interesting to revisit that speech with the benefit of hindsight, including some of the events of today. >> we, the citizens of america, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. every four years, we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power. we are one nation. we share one heart, one home,

and one glorious destiny. the bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when god's people live together in unity. we must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. a new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions. together we will make america strong again. we will make america safe again. and yes, together we will make america great again. thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. >> jimmy: yeah, thanks, president trump, for making america great again. we need to take a break, badly, but we will be right back with regina king, so stick around. tasha, did you know geico could save you hundreds

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♪ >> jimmy: welcome back. we have a shorter show tonight to make way for "nightline" and abc news. but tomorrow night we'll be back for an hour with tessa thompson, paul bettany, and music from the great steve earl. hour guest tonight is great at everything. she's won an oscar and four emmys for acting. she directs her first feature film, "one night in miami." it opens in theeters friday and premieres on amazon prime video on january 15th. please welcome regina king. hi, regina. >> hey, jimmy, how are you? >> jimmy: i'm okay. what a day.

i assume like the rest of us you were watching tv all day? >> yeah, it's interesting. because i suspended my directv for a few months so i would stop watching tv so much. and someone called me to tell me, yeah, you need to turn the tv on. so i had to borrow a friend's hulu live account so that i could tune in. you know, i tuned in to people with pitchforks. >> jimmy: yeah. >> being escorted down the steps after protesting, very calmly, by police officers after they'd broken windows and -- yeah. the divided states of america. >> jimmy: i think this has been mentioned a lot, but boy, it sure seemed different the way this protest was handled compared to the last protest we had in washington, d.c. >> yeah. that's the point that i'm making, they were actually gently escorted down steps.

which was -- no tear gas, no -- it was -- wow. quite the vision. >> jimmy: an illustration, it really was. well, i guess i will teach you not to cancel your directv ever again. >> sure. or not to borrow someone's hue lie live account again. >> jimmy: how do you distract yourself from this stuff? i guess cutting off your television service is one way. but are you just working all the time? what are you up to? >> i am doing a lot of working, which that is -- i started gardening during the quarantine this summer. >> jimmy: like what kind of stuff are you growing? >> i've grown kale, tomatoes, different varieties of peppers. i've grown some onions from

cuttings. i've had three yieldings of kale in my garden since i started. it's been quite rewarding. >> jimmy: who got you into that? >> you are not going to believe this. anthony anderson. is who got me into gardening. because he has quite the green thumb. who'd have thunk? like a few years back, he like -- i don't know how he got into the conversation in one of these events. and he's like showing me pictures of like squash and all of these things that he's grown in his plot that he has. and i'm like -- >> jimmy: he's serious? >> he's serious. >> jimmy: he built the gardening beds, he built the whole thing. >> exactly, exactly, like himself. he actually did that. >> jimmy: the picture he has with the giant zucchini he's holding up provocatively with the photograph. >> you know how much anthony loved taking that photo and

showing it, yes. >> jimmy: do you have a gardening -- >> >> no, i was really impressed. i've gotten a few tips from him. i started my own. >> jimmy: are you growing tomatoes right now? you can't grow tomatoes right now, are you? >> i have some little -- i have a little cherry tomato. i have three tomato plants. the cherry tomatoes are actually still -- they're turning red right now. >> jimmy: regina, i watched your movie last night, and i have a lot of questions about it. i want to talk about it, it's fantastic. we're going to talk about that, "one night in miami." we'll be right back with regina king. ♪ ♪ ♪ smooth driving pays off. ♪

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i'm only 22 years old, there is no way i'm supposed to be this great. alexander the great conquered the whole world at the age of 30 and i conquered the world of boxing at 22 without sustaining so much as a scratch. >> that's right. >> hey, ghost. you do the math. >> all right! when, when is this party going down? >> yeah, that's a good question. what's on the agenda, malcolm? >> well, i thought this would be a wonderful chance for us to reflect on what's happened tonight. like our young brother said, there's no denying that greater forces were at work. >> jimmy: that is clip from "one night in miami." directed by regina king. the characters being played there, cassius clay, who became muhammad ali. malcolm x, sam cook, and jim brown, the great football player. and this is something that in 1964, these guys actually got

together when ali beat sunny liston to win the heavyweight title. >> yes. >> jimmy: and what an incredible group of people. how did you find out about this? >> well, tim powers, the writer, it was actually a play that he had written. and he adapted his play into a screenplay. and i had told my agent that i was interested in telling a story or directing a story that was a romance. and he brought me this. maybe this is more of a bromance. but it was exactly the type of story that i wanted to tell, that i wanted to be a part of. >> jimmy: we have a photograph from i believe that night, that weekend. there you can see ali and malcolm x taking a photo of muhammad ali. i love that so much. i grew up in las vegas and

muhammad ali was -- he's one of my favorites. and to see him portrayed as a 22-year-old, just a kid, was great to see. and also, you know, this kind of crossroads in all of their lives at this time in their lives. jim brown is the only living member of that foursome. have you met him? have you spoken to him about what really happened? >> right. i have not spoken to him throughout this whole process. there's several interviews with jim talking about that night, and the one thing that's consistent is that they all had vanilla ice cream that night. but he has -- he's been pretty closed-lipped about that night, and i feel just being an artist myself, if i had a night like that with power, you know, three powerhouse people, i probably

would keep the conversations to myself as well. >> jimmy: oh, interesting. because i wanted to ask you about working with tupac. what can you tell me about that night or day or whatever, month, whatever it was, poetic justice? >> i'll tell you how we first met. we first met during the table read of "poetic justice." i was on my way to the table read. and i got into a really bad car accident, so i didn't have a car after the table read. q-tip asks me, do i want a ride? i said no. glad i did. if i didn't, i may not have had my son. that's another story. >> jimmy: what? >> yeah, my son's father was was actually road quest's road manager. did not know my son's father at the time. q-tip was kind of a big deal to me. so i was turning down the ride. >> jimmy: oh, i see.

>> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: wow. >> because i felt like it was a better deal to take the ride from tupac, who had also offered me a ride, because we were going to have so many scenes together, and i thought it would be good to get to know him. we ended up driving around before i'd gotten to -- before he brought me home, just had a good time getting to know each other. and we pulled over in santa monica at a phone booth to look at a phone book, because we were trying to find a restaurant or something. i can't remember what we were trying to find. but back then, there were phone boots with phone books, and you actually used them. so we were standing out there, and the police rolled up, whoop whoop! came up to us. they were asking us, oh, so you're here to buy drugs? what are you doing here? what are you doing here in the neighborhood? when was the last time you smoked crack? like, what?

you know. we may or may have not smoked some weed. but crack? like, come on. but that was the first day pac and i met each other. >> jimmy: wow. >> that was our experience. >> jimmy: that is -- what a life. and what a director you are. what a great job you did on this. i am so impressed. it's really a fun movie to watch. and excellent. it's called "one night in miami." it opens in theaters friday. it premieres january 15th on amazon prime video. director regina king. thanks, regina, good to see you. >> thank you, jimmy. >> jimmy: we'll be right back.

it's so hon, out here!u guys. are we on yet? oh... i thought we were doing a zoom thing. no.

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apologies to matt damon. "nightline" is next. buenas noches. and god bless america. goodnight. ♪ this is "nightline." tonight, chaos. pro-trump agitators storming the capitol. clashing with police. breaching the chambers of democracy. waving symbols of hate. inspired by a president unwilling to concede defeat. >> we're going to walk down to the capitol, because you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength, and you have to be strong. plus, inside the descent into violence. all this as the joint session of congress tried to certify president-elect joe biden's victory. how were rioters able to break into one of the most heavily guarded buildings in america? and not giving in to fear. what lawmakers had to say when they returned to the floor.

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history, a failed insurrection. >> byron, it was a sea of lawlessness incited by the president, storming the halls of congress. tonight lawmakers returning to the floor to certify president-elect joe biden's victory. for the very latest we go straight to abc's rachel scott reporting from just outside the capitol. you witnessed the mayhem and bloodshed at the capitol today. walk us through the day from the president's speech to the protesters to how quickly it turned violent. >> reporter: this really was the final stand for the president. you saw him address his supporters, making it clear that he will not concede. they wanted to take up that fight, so we saw thousands of them march right here to the steps of the u.s. capitol. calm, and then chaos and violence. they stormed from all sides, smashing in windows, pushing past the capitol guards to get inside of that capitol, get to the senate floor. lawmakers were huddled under their desks, outside we were hearing chants of "fight for trump." one woman tonight lost her life,

and we watched as she was wheeled out onto a stretcher, gushing out blood from a wound that looked like it appeared to be in her neck. we did not know her condition, later on we found out unfortunately she lost her life. >> it's been a long day of reporting, rachel scott, thanks for joining us, stay safe. our nation's capital on edge where we're two weeks away from joe biden being sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. and yet it's on those very steps where he'll take the oath of office where chaos broke out today. >> reporter: insurrection and chaos at the u.s. capitol. an attempted overthrow of democracy like we've never seen in american history.

sheer terror as lawmakers duck and cover. while a violent pro-trump mob stormed the seat of the u.s. government -- >> it's a horrifying day for america. bloodshed, mob violence, fear among the people's elected representatives doing the people's business that they might be killed. tear gas wafting through the chamber of the house of representatives. it could not have been a greater contrast and a greater tragedy for that constitution. >> reporter: shots fired inside the house chamber. >> i don't know if that's a fire -- >> reporter: doors and windows bashed in. >> truly no words to describe the scene happening behind me here as trump supporters have taken over the west lawn here. >> reporter: all this happening as the u.s. congress is supposed to be certifying president-elect joe biden's victory. >> threatening the safety of duly elected officials, it's not protests, it's insurrection.

>> reporter: when the day dawned in d.c., the nation expected a very different kind of drama to play out. >> today was supposed to be one of those days in the democratic process that we don't even notice. this is the verdict of our people. then the congress counts them. >> reporter: by mid-morning, thousands of trump supporters were gathering for a save america march not far from the white house, there to protest president trump's november election defeat, just 14 days before joe biden's inauguration. trump's family appeared first, drumming up the crowd with incendiary rhetoric. >> this is donald trump's republican party! >> we are in this fight to the bitter end, we are going to take our country back! >> reporter: at noon, the president took the stage, further fueling the fire of anger and dissent. >> we will never give up, we will never concede, it doesn't happen. you don't concede when there's theft involved. >> reporter: he called on congress to reject the election

results, an election he lost by 7 million votes but continues to call rigged, despite no evidence. >> we're going to walk down, any one you want, but i think right here, walk down to the capitol. you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength, and you have to be strong. >> madam speaker, the vice president and the united states senate. >> reporter: by 1:00, the much-anticipated joint session of congress got under way. >> when we got to the state of arizona, a republican member of congress named paul gosar stood up to object. >> reporter: that objection forcing the house and senate to separate and debate. over on the senate side, majority leader mitch mcconnell bluntly confronting his republican colleagues. >> the voters, the courts, and the states have all spoken.

if we overrule them, it would damage our republic forever. >> reporter: as debate continued inside, outside, president trump's supporters arriving, and the mood distinctly changes. >> stop the steal! stop the steal! >> reporter: demonstrators soon climbing the walls and scaffolding, violently confronting law enforcement. >> it was clear that the crowd was intent on causing harm to our officers by deploying chemical irritants on police. >> reporter: while inside, the vice president was whisked away by the secret service. >> they're breaking the windows! >> reporter: as the mob moved in, the entire capitol went into lockdown, but protesters were already inside. some carrying confederate flags. law enforcement was no match for the sheer size of the invasion. officers forced to retreat.

in the house chamber, lawmakers huddled in the balcony as armed security barricaded the door. at one point, shots fired. a protester hit. she eventually dies. >> they brought out a woman on a stretcher, rushed her inside. we did see blood gushing. >> there's now smoke coming from over by the house gallery. >> reporter: for hours while his supporters rampaged through the capitol, breaking onto the senate floor, into nancy pelosi's office, the president said nothing. by 4:00, president-elect biden publicly called on trump to stop the mob. >> i call on president trump to go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the constitution. and demand an end to this siege. >> reporter: just minutes later, trump released a video statement full of lies about the election. >> i know your pain. i know your hurt.

we had an election that was stolen from us. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. so go home. we love you. you're very special. >> we love you, you are special. those are the words of the president about the people that had just stormed the capitol building. so a very strange turn of events. >> reporter: the video taken down from all social media sites as the president continues to refuse to condemn the actions of his supporters. >> this is on him. it's completely on him. on his broken psychology. most grown-ups understand that you don't win them all, and at some point you have to learn to lose. >> reporter: by 5:00, law enforcement starts reclaiming control of some parts of the capitol grounds. multiple sources telling abc news, president trump repeatedly refused to send in the national guard before finally agreeing in the late afternoon. an hour later, a city-wide curfew goes into effect, with threats that demonstrators who don't leave will be arrested. >> let's get back to work.

[ applause ] >> reporter: despite the danger around, lawmakers took back the floor. >> united states senate will not be intimidated. >> we will begin the hard work of repairing this nation tonight, because here in america, we do hard things. in america, we always overcome our challenges. >> reporter: returning to work determined to finish the democratic process. when we come back, we'll hear from eyewitnesses caught up in the chaos. ft behind. try microban 24. it kills 99.9% of bacteria and viruses initially,

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♪ the u.s. capitol today descending into chaos as a mob of pro-trump supporters stormed in. this breach in security sparking serious questions. how did this happen? earlier i spoke with abc news chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. pierre, we knew that there could be trouble today, law enforcement knew that, there was intel about that. why was law enforcement so unprepared? >> the bottom line is that there was concern that there could be violence, and the fact that those protesters, rioters, were so easily able to breach those initial barriers outside of the capitol, then use chemical irritants, then make their way to the capitol building and force their way in. usually they have so many law enforcement officials available and visible that people know not to try anything. that didn't happen today, and there will be lots of investigations going forward to

see why this happened. >> how were they able to finally get it under control, and what happens next from a law enforcement perspective? >> sheer manpower. at the end of the day we had 1,2 1,200, over 1,200 d.c. national guard sent to the scene, hundreds of federal law enforcement officials sent to the scene. so they simply built up the numbers, got control of the building, and then proceeded to move around the capitol to force the people out. >> thank you, pierre. to further break down this question about security, i'm joined by brad garrett, former fbi agent, abc news contributor, and jonathan greenblad, ceo of anti-defamation league. gentlemen, thank you both for joining us. brad, first question to you. police knew the president's staunchest supporters would be protesting in washington, yet the capitol was overtaken. what went wrong, why did law enforcement seem so off guard? >> completely off guard in developing some sort of outward perimeter with force.

in other words, national guard or a tremendous number of uniformed officers to never allow the protesters to actually get physically to the capitol. i would say the ellipse should have been the furthest and that's really where the problem started. they had the intel. why they weren't there remains to be seen. >> jonathan, at this point what can you tell us about the groups of protesters who were there? do you consider them domestic terrorists, if so, why? >> this was a dark day for democracy. our country has withstood all kinds of challenges but never seen domestic terror perpetrated in the capitol of our country. it was a who's who of right-wing extremists, from members of the proud boys to the oath keepers, other armed militia groups, the groypers nation, and many other, some of the worst elements of society. honestly, this was a bit of a

bookend from charlottesville to capitol hill, where you had white supremacists out in the open shattering norms and really desecrating some of the most important symbols of our country. >> some are questioning the speed at which law enforcement officials responded to the security breach. abc news is reporting the president's advisers urged him to call the national guard right away, but he refused. what do you make of that? >> i make of that that he didn't want the presence of the military when people are going to the capitol to support him. in other words, he wanted it to be open for them to literally go to the capitol, not thinking about security or anything else. and let's face it, the capitol police had to deal with a security physically of congress members, and i think that's why you saw them retreat to deal with that. >> jonathan, last question to you. president trump leaves office in just a couple of weeks. do you worry these hate groups are now emboldened more than ever? >> these hate groups have been

emboldened since the day president trump took office and spoke about american carnage in front of the capitol. and we know that it's likely to get worse, not better. tonight there was an attack on governor inslee's home in the state of washington. this itself followed the attempt to overtake the michigan state capitol in lansing. attempted plots to kidnap the governor of michigan, the governor of virginia. look, we should recognize that right-wing extremism didn't start with trump, but he has amplified and expanded the issue dramatically. it's going to take the biden administration to work incredibly hard to tackle this issue and finally wrestle it to the ground. >> gentlemen, as you've both said, a dark day for america. thank you both. coming up, how we got here.

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♪ president trump has maintained a steady drumbeat of false claims that he somehow won the election. now we look back at the moments that led to the attack we saw on the capitol today. abc's deborah roberts has the story. >> we have breaking news, results from the state of pennsylvania, those results are in right now.

based on what we are seeing there, we can say that joseph robinette biden jr. is on track to win the state of pennsylvania to become the 46th president of the united states. >> reporter: the president's attack against the integrity of the election started on election night as his early lead in the swing states began to erode, tweeting, we are up big but they're trying to steal the election. to the allegations of widespread voter fraud coming even as the votes were still being counted. >> this is a fraud on the american public. this is an embarrassment to our country. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. we want all voting to stop. we don't want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning. >> reporter: the president's supporters quickly responding, rallying in detroit, demanding officials stop the count.

four days after the election, pennsylvania's results pushed joe biden into the win column. he is the president-elect. >> it's time to put away the horse rhetoric. >> reporter: but the current president refusing to accept defeat. his legal team getting to work, filing multiple lawsuits. >> these lawsuits will be brought starting on monday. >> reporter: with lawsuit after lawsuit failing, team trump begins pushing for republican state officials to overturn the voters' choice and appoint trump's electors instead of biden's. >> if it was happening in another country, you'd call it a coup. >> reporter: when the president strikes out in changing the outcomes in pennsylvania and arizona, he turns up the heat on georgia officials, tweeting, why won't the hapless governor of georgia use his emergency powers to overrule his obstinate secretary of state? georgia republicans are angry, all republicans are angry, get it done. state officials blame the constant barrage of attacks for

death threats against them and their families. >> mr. president, it looks like you likely lost the state of georgia. stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. >> but you can't ever accept when they steal and rig and lie. >> biden will never be our president, ever. >> nah. >> never. >> we're not settling for a loss here. too much cheating. >> reporter: georgia, arizona, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, all certify their votes declaring joe biden the winner. >> there's no way this could have happened other than the obvious cheating or a rigged election. there's no way it could have happened. >> reporter: and when the u.s. supreme court declines to listen to his appeals, president trump takes to twitter. we have just begun to fight, he writes, calling the ruling a disgraceful miscarriage of justice. big protest in d.c. on january 6th, be there, will be wild, he declared.

>> democrat officials in the key swing states illegally violated their own state laws in order to enable, encourage, and facilitate fraud on a scale never before seen in the history of our country. >> stop the steal! stop the steal! >> we're going to keep fighting until every illegal vote is thrown out. >> reporter: just after the new year, a stunning move. the president phoning georgia's secretary of state. >> we won the election, and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. >> reporter: urging him to find enough votes to make him the victor. >> look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> reporter: just this week in a final ditch effort, president trump calling his top lieutenant, vice president pence, to somehow not certify the electoral college votes.

>> i hope mike pence comes through for us. great guy. of course, if he doesn't come through, i won't like him quite as much. >> reporter: and today his supporters arrive at the capitol in full force for that rally. >> our thanks to deb roberts. when we come back, eyewitnesss to a failed insurrection. we like clockwork.ht. do it! run your dishwasher with cascade platinum.

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