at. "good morning america" is coming up next with all the other things you need good morning, america. breaking news. a defiant congress finally affirms joe biden's victory after that un-american assault on the nation's capital. a mob of angry trump supporters incited by the president. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. >> thousands overtake barricades, storm the people's house, smashing through doors, shattering windows, seizing control of the building. chasing capitol police. they force lawmakers and staff to barricade themselves inside the house chamber. police held the line with guns drawn. one of the lawmakers who was right there joins us live. the rioters invading the senate chamber and ransacking members' offices, including speaker nancy pelosi's. the chaos turning deadly. one woman shot and killed. more than a dozen officers injured.

police recovering pipe bombs and suspected explosive devices near the scene. this morning, searing questions over that massive security breach. how those violent protesters were able to enter the capitol so easily. overnight, republicans who once stood with the president in lockstep including vice president pence repudiating the mob and those looking to overturn the election. >> violence never wins. freedom wins. >> they tried to disrupt our democracy. they failed. >> enough is enough. >> and inside the white house several staffers resign. the latest on the embattled president. a stunning report the president purposely delayed the call for the national guard to help stop the chaos. his new statement just moments ago. as cabinet members now discuss removing trump from office with only 13 days left. a special edition of "good morning america" starts right now.

we thank you for joining us. on this thursday morning, a very difficult morning for our country. so we're going to guide you through the disturbing events that took place at our nation's capitol. >> it is shining this morning, robin. what we saw yesterday, disturbing, unprecedented, simply un-american. from our first days our democracy has been defined by the peaceful transfer of power. yesterday for the first time, something different, a mob, domestic terrorists incited by the president stormed the u.s. capitol. that is the very symbol of our democracy. january 6, 2021, now one of those iconic days in american history for all the wrong reasons. there you see the rioters scaling the walls. they flooded the halls of the people's house. you see them taking it over right there. members of congress had to barricade themselves inside the house chamber. the capitol police, the secret service drawing guns to protect them. >> and somehow overnight congress, they managed to

reconvene with lawmakers, they looked visibly shaken. they resumed counting the electoral votes doing their job showing that a mob would not halt the democratic process confirming joe biden's victory in the presidential election. >> the votes for president of the united states are as follows, joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump for the state of florida has received 232 votes. >> and there we have it, police making over 50 arrests and now right now hunting down more members of the angry mob and this before and after tells the story of just where we are. the capitol four years ago on inauguration day and yesterday after it was desecrated. we have team coverage this morning. mary bruce starts us off. good morning, mary. >> reporter: michael, good morning. you know, for centuries this country has relied on a peaceful transition of power and yesterday we watched as this

sacred tradition was broken violently shattered in this hostile takeover. it was hard to watch and yet not hard to imagine after the president has spent months refusing to commit to a peaceful handoff and last several weeks falsely sowing doubt about the election. the president himself encouraging his supporters seething over his loss to march on the capitol, and trump then silently standing by. >> breaking the window. >> reporter: it was nothing short of a siege. hordes of trump supporters breaching barricades, storming the capitol as members of congress inside worked to officially certify joe biden's victory. rioters quickly overwhelming police and overtaking the hallowed halls. some in tactical gear. others waving confederate flags battering the door to the house floor. >> they broke the glass. >> reporter: some members whisked away while others

sheltered in the chamber diving under desks instructed to have their gas masks at the ready as the chaplain prayed over them. a line of officers holding back the intruders. guns drawn. in the senate one rioter reaching the podium falsely declaring president trump had won the election while in house speaker nancy pelosi's office another intruder kicking back, his boots on the desk. other offices left completely ransacked. authorities struggling to stop the insurgents taking almost 12 hours to completely clear them from the capitol complex. backup brought in from police forces in virginia and maryland. the fbi and atf. washington, d.c., declaring a state of emergency, but the president sources say initially rebuffed bringing in the national guard. the self-proclaimed law and order president only relenting after aides talked him into it.

the demonstrations turning fatal. at least four people have died including one woman who was shot by police inside the capitol. john sullivan and jade sacker documenting the riot, saw it all happen. >> she was one person in a huge mass of people trying to break through these doors. there was very much this herd mentality centered around, like, let's just break through. >> the second she climbed through the window she got shot and she died. >> reporter: the mob's march incited by the president himself just moments before. >> and after this, we're going to walk down and i'll be there with you. we're going to walk down -- we're going to walk down, anyone you want, but i think right here. we're going to walk down to the capitol because you'll never take back our country with weakness. >> reporter: but as his supporters overtook the capitol, trump was nowhere to be found, silent as they seized the building. members of his own party

publicly pleading with trump to end the anarchy. tell his supporters to retreat. more than three hours after the coup began, trump eventually told them to back off but it was halfhearted. in a brief video posted to social media the president telling his followers to go home but also heaping praise on them saying, quote, we love you and you're very special. and trump repeating his false claim that the election was stolen from him seeming to justify their violent response. in his own remarks, a somber president-elect joe biden calling the invasion an assault on democracy and making it abundantly clear who he blamed for creating the chaos. >> the words of a president matter no matter how good or bad that president is. at their best, the words of a president can inspire. at their worst they can incite.

>> reporter: and joe biden was adamant that what we were witnessing is simply not what the country stands for. this morning we are seeing democrats and republicans coming together, even some of those republicans who for years have stood by trump or silently condoned his behavior are now saying enough. that trump fever seems to be breaking, but it is just astounding that it took a storming of the capitol to reach this reckoning, george. >> mary, bruce, thanks very much. we're joined by congressman markwayne mullin who moved from inside the house chamber and witnessed the fatal shooting. congressman, thanks for joining us. we were talking in the middle of this turmoil yesterday. you said you were doing what you could to keep these protesters from getting shot. >> well, you know, the sergeant of arms and the capitol police are the real heroes, george. they showed a lot of restraint, the best they could, and there were some mistakes about shots

being fired, and, you know, it's a matter of just communicating and understanding what's happening at the time. there was a lot of chaos going on but i'll tell you, i went to the triage center down in the basement of one of our office buildings and there was way more than a dozen, there was 25 to 50 law officials from male, female, to capitol police, to d.c. police, and all of them had sustained injuries, and all were doing their job and god bless them. they're the real heroes. >> so you see the rioters coming through storming the house, storming the house floor. what was going through your mind? >> obviously we were concerned. i never thought i'd ever see this in the united states and i've seen this before overseas, unfortunately, and we're better than this, george. as a country we're better than this. we can debate better than this and what we do in our country, other democracies look at and i get people being passionate and

being frustrated, but there's a right way, and there's a wrong way to do things, and yesterday was wrong. there was absolutely no excuse for it. no excuse for it and we're very fortunate a lot more people didn't actually lose their life. one is way too many. >> you saw that happen. you saw the woman get shot. walk us through what was going on. >> well, at that time they were trying to come through the front door, which is where i was in the chamber, and in the back they trying to come through the speaker's lobby, and that's problematic when you're trying to defend two fronts. anybody will understand that. you got to secure your perimeter and in the front there hadn't been a breach yet even though they were trying. that's where we originally thought shots were fired when they broke the glass. when they broke the glass in the back the lieutenant that was there, him and i already had actually multiple conversations prior to this, and he didn't have a choice at that time. the mob was going to come through the door, there were a lot of members and staff that were in danger at the time. and would he draw his weapon? that's a decision that's very

hard to make, and once you draw your weapon like that, you have to defend yourself with deadly force. a part of you leaves that day too. the first time that happens you'll never forget it and unfortunately two people's lives changed. that young lady's family's lives changed and his changed but that mob that was trying to go through that door, they left, and his actions while may be judged in a lot of different ways moving forward, his actions saved people's lives even more, unfortunately it does take one. >> that mob was encouraged by the president. your colleague, liz cheney, a member of the leadership said there's no question the president formed the mob. he lit the flame. what must the president do right now? >> i disagree with that. we're all responsible for our own actions, full stop. it's our actions and you can get -- we're all adults here or supposed to be adults. these flames have been fanned for over five years now.

>> by the president. >> if anybody is to blame it's all of us, you know, the media is to blame, and the right and the left is to blame, but at the end of the day, we're all responsible for our own actions. >> oh, congressman, i don't think you saw the media encouraging those mobsters yesterday. you did see the president. >> no, not yesterday. sir, i'm not saying you guys did -- absolutely not. i'm saying what has happened for the last five years. as i say as a country, we are better than that. there is nobody to blame but ourselves when we start acting in that manner. there is no excuse and no one is to blame but ourselves. we need to take a hard look at our country and at the way we debate. we can agree to disagree but that doesn't mean i don't love you. that doesn't mean i don't care for you. that doesn't mean i don't love this country any more or any less than you but what we did yesterday was absolutely unexcusable. >> we didn't do it, the mobsters did it, the rioters did it. the president encouraged it but thank you for your time, congressman. robin. >> all right, george. the riot at the capitol

interrupted the process as we know certifying joe biden's victory in the presidential election but it did not stop it. lawmakers reconvening debating into the early hours. we go to our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega with the latest on all of that for us. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: robin, good morning. this is the outcome that was supposed to happen since this election was called almost nine weeks ago but what a dark day we are in right now. after this assault on the heart of our democracy, joe biden's win finally official. just before 4:00 this morning it finally happened. >> the chair declares the joint session dissolved. >> reporter: vice president mike pence closing out the ceremony after one of the saddest days in this country's history, defying the president's pressure campaign, putting his duty to the constitution above his loyalty to president trump. it took a mob of trump supporters overtaking the capitol for congress to finally come together and officially certify joe biden as the next president of the united states.

>> those who strove to deter us from our responsibility, you have failed. justice will be done. >> the united states and the united states congress have faced down much greater threats than the unhinged crowd we saw today. >> reporter: most republicans who planned to launch challenges to the vote returning to the chamber with a change of heart after hiding for hours from that insurrection. >> we're headed towards tonight towards the certification of joe biden to be the president of the united states. and we will work together. >> reporter: ultimately, these are the only two senators who officially objected, still trying to subvert the results of a fair election. their colleagues swiftly voting them down. it was a moment of reckoning for republicans and a stunning break for one of the president's most loyal allies, senator lindsey graham who, after defending president trump through so many controversies, finally stood up to say, enough is enough. >> trump and i, we've had a hell of a journey. i hate it to end this way.

oh, my god, i hate it. all i can say is count me out. >> reporter: mitt romney delivering some of his harshest words yet. >> we gather due to a selfish man's injured pride and the outrage of supporters who he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months. what happened here today was an insurrection incited by the president of the united states. >> reporter: and in the end, in the early morning hours delivered through an aide because his own twitter account is suspended, a statement from president trump committing to a peaceful transfer of power, something he had failed to do until now. the president saying, even though i totally disagree with the outcoume of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless, there will be an orderly transition on january 20th. he went on to say that this represents the great -- the end of the greatest first term in presidential history. certainly history will remember what we saw here yesterday. i want to tell you quickly about a poignant moment that happened very early this morning, an

emotional class from the chaplain barry black. i want to read what he said, it i want to read his prayer, these tragedies have reminded us that words matter and that the power of life and death is in the tongue, robin. that so speaks to how we got here. >> a lot of prayers are being said this morning, and cecilia, not to be lost that the democrats now have control of the white house and congress. >> reporter: yeah, this is a big deal and overshadowed by the news yesterday. we're projecting that jon ossoff has won the second senate seat in that special election there in georgia, and of course, raphael warnock winning the other one, and that's giving the democrats a narrow lead in the senate. the senate party split is 50/50. vice president-elect kamala harris gets the tie-breaking vote. >> that's true. >> let's get more from jon karl. jon, our chief white house correspondent reporting from the white house all day yesterday describing basically a bunker with the president hunkered down alone. his aides worried even about his fitness for office, his mental health. >> reporter: the white house this morning, george, seems like

a very lonely place. the president largely alone in the residence. i am told that some of his closest advisers, people that i have spoken to are essentially avoiding him. some of his allies simply avoiding him. those that are talking to him describe somebody who is angry, somebody who is in denial. i spoke to one of those, i spoke to him several times yesterday and mentioned that trump had been banned by twitter and the reaction was, oh, yeah, wouldn't you? wouldn't you ban him? this is one of the president's closest allies and, george, it's surreal here this morning. it was yesterday. calls to the white house press office go unanswered. i've tried to call the chief of staff unanswered and i've even tried to reach out directly to the president because none of those who speak on his behalf are responsive. >> there have been discussions about invoking the 25th amendment, cabinet members discussing this. >> reporter: i am told the

cabinet members have had discussions about the 25th amendment which would be removing the president from office because he is mentally unfit. there have been those discussions, yes. >> just an unimaginable situation in the white house right now. >> something has to be done, period. >> the question of accountability is on the table right now. >> the accountability. >> there are members of congress talking about impeachment. there are only 13 days left but discussions are happeng ght now inside the white house in the capitol, and we'll have much more on the chaos still ahead. including that massive security breach, how it happened. why weren't the capitol police prepared? there's a manhunt under way right now, and there's discussion of the charges that rioters might be facing. and we're also learning more about the woman who was shot and killed inside the capitol building, but first, let's go to ginger. good morning, ginger. good morning, michael. let's get to those warm cities sponsored by carmax.

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then all hell breaks loose. >> as the demonstrators approach the united states capitol grounds there was a noticeable change in their demeanor. they breached the fencing along the u.s. capitol grounds and confronted police lines surrounding the building. >> reporter: some of them came prepared for violence. >> it was clear that the crowd was intent on causing harm to our officers by deploying chemical irritants on police to force entry into the united states capitol building. >> reporter: but instead of standing their ground, images show capitol police removing the barriers turning, walking away. protesters pressed forward eventually breaking windows and forcing their way into the capitol. inside chaos, a mob and here one capitol hill police officer facing off with the angry crowd quickly moving to higher ground. protesters all over the building showing no respect, standing inside the well of the senate chamber and sitting on a chair in house speaker nancy pelosi's

office. police say they also recovered two pipe bombs near the scene as well as a long gun and molotov cocktails found in a cooler. just blocks away though suspected explosive devices were discovered at the republican and democratic national committee headquarters and authorities are still working to determine whether the devices were functional bombs or only appeared to be like explosives. one photo obtained by abc news. as the chaos unfolded some trump supporters blaming the scene on antifa activists, a claim for which there is yet no evidence, but authorities and civil rights officials were concerned that proud boys and other far-right extremists were going to show up at the rally. the trump administration admitting their surprise that the capitol doors were breached. >> all of us in law enforcement in the washington capitol area have been planning for this for a couple of days. >> reporter: but critics calling for answers as to how police were so unprepared.

especially since there was growing intelligence documenting social media posts pointing to potential acts of violence for the rally. one online extremist watchdog group including in a december 29th report that one right-wing activist wrote, quote, i really don't care if people break into congress and drag these politicians out in the streets. >> this is all going to get analyzed. it really has to be looked at. >> reporter: an apparent stark difference in terms of preparedness when black lives matter protesters were in town last summer. typically at large-scale events, there's significant shows of force as deterrents and this morning questions about the president's response including whether he resisted efforts to bring in the national guard. the investigation continues. the fbi is asking the public for help identifying any of those involved in violence and they want to know everyone who broke into the capitol. they want any information including photos and videos, some of the mob may have slipped

away. the hunt for them ongoing, robin. >> and the public also remembers as you alluded to lafayette square park, how peaceful protesters demonstrating for racial equality were met with such force by law enforcement. pierre, how do you explain such a stark contrast from what we saw yesterday? >> reporter: it's hard to explain, robin. a lot of colleagues, law enforcement officials have been talking to me in the last 24 %-ps matter protesters were greeted with a great show of force. law enforcement officials talking about how they were not going to tolerate any kind of violence, and yesterday they seem to not want to believe that that crowd was capable of coming to the capitol and doing what they did. >> chief legal analyst dan abrams joins us now. let's talk about accountability. starting with the rioters and starting with the mob. what could they face? >> well, they face a range of

possible crimes, starting from misdemeanors to much more serious. the misdemeanors could be something like trespassing or entering a restricted government building. those seem easy. the next level up would be some of the felonies, talking about assaulting a police officer, there's a specific federal crime on the books which prohibits entering the capitol by force or with violence. that would be a serious crime and then the next level up would be when you're talking about sort of insurrection, rebellion, et cetera, i don't know that we're going to get there but i do think that there are going to be a lot of people here who are charged with something. >> and there's also the question of accountability for the president. you've got democratic members of congress drawing up articles of impeachment right now. there have been discussions inside the white house among cabinet members question don't know serious they are, about invoking the 25th amendment.

>> well, and i don't know how serious they are either. the 25th amendment is much easier with regard to a president who's got two weeks left because there what you would need is you'd need the vice president, you'd need the majority of the cabinet members who basically say this is a president who's unable to discharge his duties. in theory, the president could fight that. it goes to congress, but that takes weeks. so it would have an immediate impact. the reason i don't think it's going to happen is, "a," because that amendment was enacted really in the wake of john kennedy's death. to talk about someone with literally physical incapacity. someone who's in a coma, et cetera, but the language is broad enough in the 25th amendment that it's led to discussions. the second reason is of course, you need the political will of the vice president and the others in the cabinet to do something like that so i think that it is more likely it's the sort of thing people talk about rather than they actually do. >> especially with 13 days to go. at the same time you have the double standard, the president, our reporting is that he rebuffed calls to call in the

national guard yesterday. was pushing for it all through the summer, that is one of the questions that has led people to say we need accountability here. we also have 13 days left. one of the president's powers is the pardon power. could he pardon himself against any future prosecutions? >> he could certainly try. there are two ways he could do it. number one would be to simply say, i am pardoning myself, and then would have to wait to see if it's challenged. if it is, then that would be resolved by the courts. the second way that some have talked about which now would seem even more unlikely would be the day before the end of his the idea of sort of resigning the day before the end of his term, having mike pence give him a pardon, which would make it, you know, sort of much more typical if there is such a thing when it comes to pardons, but because of everything that's happened i think that's unlikely. look, it's never been done before. the answer is anyone who tells you that 100% i know the answer as to what would happen if he self-pardons is overstating it.

most believe he shouldn't be able to do it. that's not what the pardon power was enacted for, but that there would certainly be a legal challenge. >> right, that granting a pardon is something you must do for someone else. you can't do it for yourself. that's the argument at least. dan abrams, thanks very much. michael. george, we're going to turn now to what we're learning about the woman who was shot and killed inside the capitol building by capitol police. let's go to rachel scott in washington who saw a paramedic trying to save her life. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: michael, good morning. d.c. police are not revealing her identity this morning, but there are several reports out there claiming that she was a u.s. veteran who was a big supporter of the president's. we were there. we saw her being rushed out onto that stretcher. we saw that she was severely injured and bleeding and we watched as paramedics fought to try and save her life only to learn later that she lost it. police are confirming that she was part of that mob that stormed inside of the u.s. capitol.

they say one of their officers did fire their weapon. we are also learning that three others were killed amid those massive demonstrations here, and there's still so many questions about how this building, the united states capitol was left so vulnerable when thousands were taken to the streets. it took hours for the situation to get under control, robin. >> all right, rachel, we know it was difficult for you and others to witness what you did yesterday. thank you. coming up, we're going to have much more on the unprecedented assault on the capitol, next the other crisis our country is facing, of course, we won't forget. the u.s. surpassing 21 million confirmed covid-19 cases. the effort to speed up vaccinating americans. confirmed covid-19 cases. the effort to speed up vaccinating americans.

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we're back now with the other major crisis the country is facing, the coronavirus emergency. the white house task force pushing states to speed up vaccinating americans. victor oquendo joins us from hard rock stadium in miami where one of the largest testing sites will now also be administering vaccines. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. despite the rocky start to the rollout here in florida, plagued by confusion and scheduling glitches, the governor is expanding the vaccination efforts here so this line you see behind me is now a combination of people here for testing and the vaccine which will likely lead to longer wait times. this morning, as the u.s. surpasses a staggering 21 million confirmed covid-19

cases, the white house coronavirus task force is calling on states to speed up vaccinations, particularly among senior citizens. >> we see governors who are leaving vaccines sitting in freezers rather than getting it out into people's arms. >> reporter: so far, 5.3 million people have been vaccinated. that's just a fraction of the more than 17 million available doses. with a growing number of health care workers declining the shot, azar saying that those priority groups are just recommendations and should not get in the way. >> by all means you ought to be opening up to people 70 and over, 65 and over. you ought to be making sure that the nursing home patients are getting vaccinated. >> reporter: in north carolina, seniors are waiting up to five hours to get the vaccine, cars lined up for miles. in places like california, where hospitals are overrun, those vaccines can't come soon enough. in l.a. county, it's ambulances that are lining up. our kaylee hartung on the front lines with emts. >> how long have you had to wait with patients in the parking lot today? >> five, six hours. >> yeah. >> but yesterday i was at a

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they have been temporarily shut down, as well as a video being removed from both of those platforms as well as youtube, a video the president posted yesterday afternoon praising rioters at the capitol, repeating unfounded claims about the election telling his supporters he loves them. that video has been removed from all of the platforms and they have now called this an emergency. that's the language facebook is using based on what occurred yesterday at the capitol. they are removing other posts from other individuals who are inciting violence who are posting pictures of their activities inside -- their illegal activities inside of the capitol. >> rebecca, how long will be the president be shut out of his accounts, and could it be permanent? >> reporter: well, twitter has said it will be 12 hours, facebook has said 24 hours, he has not posted anything since those bans.

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good morning. local republicans are condemning what happened yesterday at the capitol. >> there are people the there that made the choice to go act this way. it's really disgusting. >> now many people are saying that the president and the republican party fueled the riot but these local gop members don't agree. the san francisco republican party said they believe there were irregularities in election. important to note there's no proof of voter fraud or illegal election tampering. our meteorologist has a look at our forecast. >> thank you very much. hi, everybody. let's look at future radar for tonight from 11:00 to 5:00 tomorrow morning see flight moderate showers hitting all of our neighborhoods unlike yesterday's storm up to a third an inch of rain is possible.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. break overnight, the defiant congress certifies joe biden as the president-elect. vice president mike pence makes it official just before 4:00 a.m. this morning. this comes after that un-american assault on the nation's capital. the mob of angry rioters incited by the president. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. >> thousands smashed through barricades, stormed into the capitol building breaking down door, shattering windows forcing lawmakers and staff to barricade themselves inside the house chamber. police held the line with guns drawn. >> rioters invading the senate chamber ransacking offices including nancy pelosi's. we'll hear from eyewitnesses there as it happened. one congressman barricading himself in his office. the chaos in the hallways of the

capitol. rioters chasing after capitol police. a woman shot and killed. more than a dozen officers injured. pipe bombs and suspected explosive devices found. and the big questions now over the massive security breach. how was this violent mob able to enter the capitol so easily? and overnight, several white house staffers resign. the stunning report the president purposely delayed the call for the national guard to help stop the chaos. his new statement as cabinet members are now reportedly discussing removing trump from office with only 13 days left. and the international reaction as the world watches. it's a special edition of "good morning america." good morning, america. it's a difficult morning for our country and we have more ahead of the disturbing events that took place yesterday at our

nation's capital. >> let's look at some of the photos. these were taken in the capitol building after the mob was cleared from the building. you just see the remnants of an unprecedented riotous day. our democracy has always been defined by the peaceful transfer of power. yesterday we saw something different, we saw domestic terrorists incited by the president trying to take over the capitol. >> we'll hear from witness, eyewitnesses right at the center of it all including the reporter who shot this particular video. this is a mob chasing hi police officer up the stairs in the capitol building. overnight, though, congress reconvened. they rye supered counting electric tort votes and confirmed joe biden's victory. >> after 3:00 in the morning, here was the moment. >> the votes for president of the united states are as follows, joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes.

>> our congressional correspondent mary bruce covered it all. let's go to mary. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is a disturbing and ugly book end to the trump administration but unfortunately not entirely surprising. for months the president has refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power sfoou spewing conspiracy theories will the election and yesterday encouraged supporters to march to the capitol inciting this mob and then silently standing by. >> they're breaking the window. >> reporter: it was nothing short of a siege. hordes of trump supporters breaching barricades storming the capitol as members of congress inside worked to officially certify joe biden's victory. rioters quickly overwhelming police and overtaking the hallowed halls. some in tactical gear. others waving confederate flags battering the door to the house floor. >> they broke the glass. >> reporter: some members

whisked away while others sheltered in the chamber diving under desks instructed to have their gas masks at the ready as the chaplin prayed over them. a line of officers holding back the intruders, guns drawn. in the senate one rioter reaching the podium falsely declaring president trump had won the election. washington, d.c. declaring a state of emergency but the president sources say initially rebuffed bringing in the national guard. the self-proclaimed law and order president only relenting after aides talked him into it. the demonstrations turning fatal. at least four people have died including one woman who was shot by police inside the capitol. the mob's march on the hill incited by the president himself just moments before. >> we're going to walk down to the capitol because you'll never take back our country with

weakness. >> reporter: more than three hours after the coup began trump eventually told them to back off but it was half hearted. in a brief video posted to social media the president telling his followers to go home but also heaping praise on them saying, quote, we love you and you're very special. and trump repeating his false claim that the election was stolen from him seeming to justify their violent response. now, in a sharp contrast, the president-elect, joe biden, delivering somber remarks calling this attack an assault on democracy and making it very clear that he thinks the president is to blame saying the words of a president matter. george. >> they certainly do. we saw that yesterday, mary, thanks very much. michael. >> george, congress regrouped after the capitol was secured and worked through the night to certify joe biden's victory. let's go back to cecilia vega with the very latest. good morning again, cecilia. >> reporter: michael, good morning again.

1448 days since president trump took office but it took an insurrection at the capitol for some of his most loyal allies to finally break ranks and push back. just before 4:00 this morning, it finally happened. >> the chair declares the joint session dissolved. >> reporter: vice president mike pence closing out the ceremony after one of the saddest days in this country's history defying the president's pressure campaign putting his duty to the constitution above his loyalty to president trump. it took a mob of trump supporters overtaking the capitol for congress to finally come together and officially certify joe biden as the next president of the united states. >> those who strove to deter us from our responsibility, you have failed. >> the united states and the united states congress have faced down much greater threats than the unhinged crowd we saw today. >> reporter: most republicans who planned to launch challenges to the vote returning to the

chamber with a change of heart after hiding for hours from that insurrection. >> we're headed towards tonight towards the certification of joe biden to be the president of the united states. and we will work together. >> reporter: ultimately these are the only two senators who officially objected still trying to subvert the results of a fair election, their colleagues swiftly voting them down. it was a moment of reckoning for republicans and a stunning break for one of the president's most loyal allies, senator lindsey graham who after defending president trump through so many controversies finally stood up to say, enough is enough. >> trump and i, we've had a hell of a journey, i hate it to end this way, oh, my god, i hate it. all i can say is count me out. >> reporter: now, in the end in the early morning hours through an aide because his own twitter account is shut down president trump delivered a statement and he committed to a maseful transfer of power on january 20th, george, something he had not done until now.

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>> still so much to discuss. >> yeah, a lot to discuss and this morning, robin, we are going to bring in igor bobic, a politics reporter for huff post on the scene as the pro-trump mob stormed the capitol and showed us the chaos as it happened. good morning to you, igor. thanks for joining us. could you please tell us about the very first moment that you knew something was wrong. >> thanks for having me. i was in the middle of reporting on this electoral vote version that happens every four years very routine when i heard a commotion and some yelling and i ran downstairs to the first floor of the senate building where i encountered this lone police officer courageously making a stand against a mob of 20 or so trump supporters who were -- who breached the capitol itself and were trying to get upstairs and you could see him in that video that i posted online trying to but ultimately

failing to prevent them from moving in. you can see him drawing his nightstick but not his weapon and not wearing any sort of tactical gear trying to get them to stop from advancing before they actually made it all the way up the stairs and steps away from the senate entrance. really shocking moment because at that point nobody really knew that there had been an intrusion into the capitol itself. >> i mean shocking indeed. you could feel the tension in just watching that video. you say you heard them yelling. were you able to hear what they were saying to the officer. >> they were yelling traitors. we want justice. this is our america. if we don't stop this now we won't get justice. trump won. at one point they actually even managed to get inside to the chamber itself to rappel down to the senate floor to one man eventually got on to the dais where vice president mike pence was presiding only moments

earlier to take photos to say trump won this election. it was just surreal, surreal and sad, a sad day. >> yeah, i can agree with that. what was going through your mind as you watched this because you could feel the tension but this was potentially dangerous not only for officers but for you, as well. >> it was definitely dicey. there were moments where i thought maybe, maybe i should get out of here, maybe this isn't a good idea because if this police officer wasn't able to control the situation i don't know what would happen, but, you know, instinct kicked in and i just kept recording. >> you took these images of them -- taking over the halls of the building with confederate and pro-trump flags banging on senate office windows but did you get a sense that any of these people had a plan or was this just random? >> i don't -- i didn't get the sense they had a plan. a lot of them were roaming the capitol hallways asking where the "f" are these guy, the senators looking for them going

door to door. at one point one of them asked me for directions and where to find the senators and i happily declined, but it did not seem like they had a plan. >> you were right in the middle of that and asking you where the senators are. did you ever feel in danger? did you ever think they might turn on you? >> absolutely. i've seen and i've, you know, reports of trump supporters going after reporters so that was definitely in the back of my head. >> igor, we appreciate you bringing us a firsthand account and thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> robin. >> all right, michael, thank you. now we'll talk to texas congressman michael mccaul who was there when all of this happened and, sir, we're glad that you are okay and we know that it was a very, very, very long night, early morning for you so we appreciate the time that you're spending with us. you're on your way to the house chamber when all of the violence broke out, sir. so tell us what you saw and what

you did. >> well, i saw the mobs growing in the morning and i went to my office. i was getting ready to go to the house floor and at that point the alarms started to go off in the capitol complex warning us to lock down and so we did in my office and watching it just on television live seeing terror strike in the state's capitol, a dark chapter in american history, a real threat to our democracy itself, but seeing the mob climbing the walls of the capitol, going into the senate chamber, taking over the president's chair, speaker pelosi's office and then trying to break into the house chamber where members had to put masks on, gas masks when tear gas was used, you know, that's when the shootings took place, but at the

same time we heard the mob outside my office, we barricaded the door with all that we really had, that was a big couch and we locked it, but we could hear outside it rattling. we were very concerned they were going to break the doors down and we didn't really have any protection because that's what the capitol police does for us so i grabbed a baseball bat and then we heard other noises and according to an eyewitness, the mob had paramilitary uniforms on and the capitol police confronted them and had blood all over their uniforms, they really assaulted our capitol police. i give them great credit for stopping this but i really think the national guard should have been implemented as part of the strategy earlier on. >> yeah, congressman, i mean that scene you described is certainly surreal. you've got a baseball bat in your hand. you're hearing the mob outside and you are barricaded in your own office as you're watching it

unfold on television. how did we get to this point? why? why were you not and your fellow lawmakers better protected given these rallies that they knew were going on? >> well, you know, the capitol police has about 1800 people, officers. there were tens of thousands of protesters and i think perhaps it was underestimated. they were just simply overwhelmed. the sheer volume of people. i think the flash point, amy, yesterday was when the mob, you know, i think -- i criticize some of our public leaders for raising this false expectation that congress is going to somehow reverse this election and overturn the electoral college, which under the constitution we don't have the authority to do that. but because of these public messengers, that's what the mob thought. they thought they were coming to d.c. to watch the election be overturned and give it to donald trump and when they found out

from the vice president's statement that he was not prepared to do that, that's precisely when the violence began and that's when they started storming the united states capitol, something we haven't seen since the war of 1812 when the british invaded the capitol. >> sir, no one is disclaiming that part of what you said absolutely played a role, but also when you hear the rioters repeating the words of the president, repeating the false claims of the president, when you see the president that morning saying we're going to march down to the capitol and in his own words he said, the president, he said that they were not going to take our country -- you're never going to take our country with weakness, who else other than what you're talking about public leaders should be held accountable for what happened yesterday? >> well, i think rhetoric has consequences. it certainly did in this case. it got this mob into a frenzy.

i think there are others, the charade on the house and senate floor that we would somehow overturn these states and the election was a false premise altogether and i think that's what led to a lot of the violence. i think words do matter. you know, the good news is we went back to work. you know, we finished at 3:00 in the morning last night and we certified the election. and that's what congress is supposed to do. we're not supposed to second-guess or, you know, overturn these elections. we certify the ballots. that happened last night and for the first time i heard the president say we will have a peaceful transition of power. that's what makes this country great is that we always had a peaceful transition of power throughout this country's history and i was glad to hear the president say that last night or this morning. i wish it had been said before. >> i believe he said orderly. he didn't say peaceful transition. he said an orderly transition

and it's a shame and i'm -- that it took a siege of the capitol for this to be the case, congressman mccaul, again, in all sincerity, so glad that you and others are safe and agree with what you said about giving credit to the police force that was there that is there with you daily for what they did and putting their lives on the line to save you and to save others so thank you, sir, very much. >> oh, thank you, robin. >> take care. >> it was an unrest, there was death involved in this before that was ever even said and, you know, the world was also intensely watching the storm of capitol hill. the shocking scene sweeping front pages around the globe including "the times" of london writing u.s. capitol under siege. let's go to martha raddatz with more. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. our allies are expressing shock and dismay, our adversaries and enemies nearly fleeful. the iranian president saying the siege on the capitol proved what a failure the western democracy

is saying donald trump has blemished the dignity and reputation of the country. the uk's prime minister boris johnson who's been a staunch supporter of president trump not directly criticizing the president but calling the scenes disgraceful and calling for a peaceful transfer of power. but angela merkel of germany pointing the finger right at president trump saying, i very much regret the president is not admitted defeat since november and even yesterday those doubts about the election outcome were stoked. and, michael, the russians, they called it an internal affair of the u.s. >> big words there, martha. martha, you reported from all over the world in some very tense and dangerous situations. we saw you right in the middle of everything happening at the capitol yesterday. how do these experiences compare to what you experienced yesterday? >> reporter: michael, in a way there's really no comparison

because when you're overseas and you're in a conflict zone whether you're in afghanistan or iraq, the u.s. military is there by your side. you are with them. they are helping protect you. yesterday it was americans attacking american democracy. americans attacking americans and that is what was so shocking to me standing there seeing fellow americans do what they did, storming that capitol. it was truly a heartbreaking moment, michael, especially after what i've seen around the world when we try to promote democracy. >> i'm sure something that many of us thought we would never see. martha, thank you for bringing that to us right from the middle of it all and we're glad you're okay. thank you. > thanks. >> now let's go to ginger. >> michael, severe weather not taking a break for all of this. you got to see this picture out of texas. damaging winds, severe reports

of 40 to say 70 miles per hour and possible tornadoes. you can see some of the rotation in a time lapse from storm chasers there. from houston, downtown where you could see gusts blowing through to vicinitien, louisiana, you had jackknifed trailers because of the winds on highways and accidents then, on the northern end of it. that's deer, arkansas, and there is a risk today, tampa bay, ft. myers clowe included there, bradenton, nor good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist approximately dealing with fog and showers tonight through tomorrow morning. dangerous surf tomorrow morning through saturday morning and then possibly up to two weeks of dry weather with warmer than average temperatures. tonight will be mild once again with most of us back into the 50s. my seven day forecast mid-to-upper 60s by next week.

coming up, mitch more on the crisis of the capitol. chris christie joins us live and the impact yesterday's events are having on the markets. we'll be right back.

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and welcome back to "gma" on this thursday morning. a very difficult morning across this country. we want to get right to chris christie with more on what's happening in the white house right now after that unprecedented crisis. governor, good morning. thanks for being with us. we know you were trying to reach the president yesterday in the middle of all of this. did your message get through? >> you know, i'm not really sure, amy, whether it did or it didn't. i did get some feedback from the white house but whether it got directly to the president i don't know. but in the end i felt like it was my obligation to get on the phone, try at least to get on the phone with him and tell him that he had to unequivocally stand up and tell those people to leave the grounds of the capitol and to get out and let congress do their work and, you

know, i think the video that he put out was wholly insufficient to get that done. it was better than nothing but only slightly better than nothing. >> governor, you know now that there are many who are calling for invoking the 25th amendment. is that being considered at all among republicans? >> well, listen, i haven't spoken to anybody who has said that although i said last night that, you know, everybody who is in the administration, whether you're a commissioned officer in the white house or whether you're a member of the cabinet, takes a separate oath, you take an oath yourself about defending the constitution and everyone has an individual obligation who is in the government and i'm sure they're all -- at least i hope they are -- all searching their conscience this morning to determine what the best course of action is for them personally and whether that means taking action themselves by resigning, making other statements, i think they all should be searching this morning what they need to be doing to make very clear that

we are a government of laws and a constitution and that no person can place themselves above that and that's exactly what the president did yesterday at that rally on the ellipse and it's unacceptable. >> would you support invoking the 25th amendment, removing him from office? >> listen, you know, i'm not with the president every day so i can't make an evaluation of the things that you'd have to evaluate under the 25th amendment. but what i would say, amy, is that it is easy to see from where i sit that his conduct yesterday was selfish and self-centered and didn't take into account the responsibilities that he has as president of the united states to all the people in the country and that's a shame and completely, completely violates his oath and unacceptable for someone who sits in the highest office our country grants. >> governor, are you concerned about what inauguration might look like? how do we prevent this from happening again?

what can president trump do, if anything, to stop more problems, more violence going forward? >> well, he can be very clear renouncing the violence yesterday which he has not done and be clear to say to those who came to the capitol yesterday and other supporters who might want to come that they should not and if they do, that they should come only to do peaceful protesting. you know, we saw the difference between that this summer. you know, when folks of the black lives matter movement and those concerned about social justice in our country protested peacefully, that's fine. but when others became violent, looting and hurting folks and destroying property, that was unacceptable and i said it at the time. well, if you say it at the time yesterday has to be just as unacceptable for people in our country and the president should be saying that. he was very vocal over the summer about those violent acts. he needs to be just as vocal about those to send the same

message and bottom line is i'm not concerned about the inauguration. i think the inauguration will represent a new day for the country and i think, you know, it'll be a celebratory day for the peaceful transfer of power in our democracy. >> do you believe anyone should be held criminally responsible for what happened yesterday and if so, who? >> well, you bet. i mean, listen, i think those people who committed violent acts yesterday and apparently we have a good amount of videotape and photographs, those people should all be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and prosecutors will look at this, i am confident, both at the local level in washington, d.c., and at the federal level in the u.s. attorney's office in d.c., and i'm confident having been a veteran of the justice department for seven years of my career that those prosecutors will look at all the evidence, work with the fbi and the other law enforcement agencies to bring those folks to justice because committing those kind of

acts of violence are just not acceptable in our country and certainly put a stain on our democracy when they do it up on the capitol. >> governor chris christie, we certainly appreciate your time today, thank you. >> amy, thank you for having me. >> michael. >> thank you, amy. now let's bring back rebecca jarvis with the very latest on that social media crackdown on the president and the stock market's reaction to that siege. good morning again, rebecca. >> reporter: yeah, nice to see you again, michael. the prevailing view on wall street this morning is that while the actions that took place at the capitol yesterday were a disgrace and a shock to many, the prevailing view is that we will have a new president in 13 days, there will be a peaceful transition of power and that is why you see the markets pointing higher this morning. they ended higher yesterday in the midst of that siege on the capitol. but a number of executives have spoken out putting their name on statements, very strongly worded statements including gm's mary

barra and jpmorgan's jamie dimon, all of them strongly condemning the violence that we saw at the capitol yesterday. the national association of manufacturers' ceo going so far as to call on the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment, michael. >> that is a big statement right there. as you said earlier facebook and twitter, they both blocked president trump but what is the latest? could we hear from the president again soon? >> reporter: it is possible that we could be hearing from president trump on his twitter account. there is a 12-hour temporary limit on him posting anything because he broke the policies of twitter. he also broke the policies of facebook with his post yesterday of that video. facebook has imposed a 24-hour ban on any kinds of posts and both companies tell me that it's up to him. what he chooses to do going forward, whether he chooses to violate their policies going forward, if he were to do that,

it could result in a permanent ban, michael. >> all right, rebecca, thank you so much for that. coming up, how yesterday's shocking riot will be seen by history. ♪ ♪ digital transformation has failed to take off. because it hasn't removed the endless mundane work we all hate. ♪ ♪ automation can solve that by taking on repetitive tasks for us. unleash your potential. uipath. reboot work.

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we are back on "gma" with those shocking moments at the capitol playing out in front of our eyes and making their way into u.s. history.

we have senior national correspondent terry moran and presidential historian mark updegrove join us to put it all in context for us. gentlemen, thanks for being with us. we certainly appreciate it. >> sure. >> we're going to start, amy. >> you go ahead, robin. >> you go ahead. >> mark, i know this is so unprecedented. we've been talking about it all morning long. we have not seen anything like this since the civil war. >> that's right, amy. and even in the civil war the confederal soldiers did not penetrate the u.s. capitol. in fact, the capitol served as a hospital for union soldiers and housed union soldiers before they went out into the war so this is a symbol not only of our democracy but of keeping our union together in our most desperate hours, so to see ordinary american citizens take it by siege under the guise of being patriots is totally antithetical.

you can't claim to love america and hate democracy. the two are one and the same. >> terry, how could history look back on donald trump because of this and how he handled himself after the election? >> you know, michael, whatever the accomplishments of the trump administration, they will fade over the years. that's the way, a tax bill, trade policy, even the border, what he will be remembered for first is what he's done since november 3rd and that is attack our democracy. a sustained effort to overturn a free, fair and true election as certified by all the states and scores of courts and he did so by this campaign of lies, of ludicrous conspiracy theories and facebook fantasies and then by corrupting, trying to corrupt local officials with these phone calls where he tries to get them to betray their oaths and their states, just find me the votes, fellas, he says, and finally, by summoning and inciting and directing this mob, quote, take back our country.

no president has ever done anything like that. whatever else he's done, that's the first line in his obituary. that's the first thing that people will remember about donald trump and it's a disgrace. >> it will be very hard to forget that you're right about that, terry. mark, in your estimation, when was the last time that we've seen our democracy threatened like this? >> well, robin, we never to go back to terry's point we've never seen our democracy threatened by our own president. that's the difference here. this is our president inciting this violence. four years ago when he was inaugurated he said this american carnage will end here and will end now and yet, yesterday, we saw him inciting american carnage, very memorably at the white house. franklin roosevelt when our nation was attacked by the japanese in world war ii said it was a day which will live in infamy.

when we look back, january 6, 2021, it will be seen as a day that lives in infamy and because of the actions of our own president. >> and, terry, you just called those actions as many have disgraceful. some might say appalling. how do we as a nation come back from something like this? >> it's a long road and a hard one, first accountability for sure as governor christie was talking. we need to track down the people who did this and they need to face the law as they should. accountability for president trump. what that looks like is very, very difficult to say but i think there will be serious discussions in his cabinet, in the congress and in law enforcement offices around the country but then even beyond that we need to kind of contain this. countries can get in the habit of rejecting democracy. i think that's what was so horrifying around the world when people watched these scenes. look, americans have had protests, lots of them. they've all had substantive

battle cries, though, right, end the war, vietnam war, or justice for all americans black and white, or protect the unborn you can whatever. what was the battle cry out there. it was one word, trump, fight for trump, they chanted. this was a rejection of democracy itself and that is a virus that can be caught by democracies and is very difficult to contain. it needs to be stomped out as quickly as possible. >> wow. well, terry moran, mark updegrove, we certainly appreciate both of your perspectives on this very unprecedented situation. we appreciate it. >> thanks, amy. all right, we're going to move on to ginger. hey, ginger. >> hey, amy. i keep seeing all over the advice to take a breath and so i have something for to you take a breath and look at. a double sun halo this one captured often in the winter, because you get ice crystals up high, the refraction of the light, a gorgeous one and a display of the northern lights. never ceases to amaze me, the power of nature from fairbanks,

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we're back with how the violence in the capitol is affecting communities and families as we watch these images, so many struggling to manage anxiety and explain the chaos, especially to our children. joining us to help process those concerns are psychiatrist dr. janet taylor and parenting expert rachel simmons. both great friends of our program and we're so glad to have you with us right now.

janet, let me begin with you. what is your advice and how to handle and process what we've been seeing? >> well, as you mentioned, many communities and families have felt besieged the past four years and then we had covid and watching these images but it's important to understand that we all have the capacity to bring ourselves into balance, especially when chronically stressed, so it's important to think about recovery. getting proper sleep, eating well, exercising throughout these difficult times, really looking for evidence, truth matters, you know, the reality is most of america is not against us. this is a small percentage of people. we are safe in our homes to practice self-care, so establish what's under our control, and there's never been as important a time to be together throughout covid, to reach for each other, to understand that, you know, we can be together in suffering, but also through healing. so reach out to people, talk to your kids and help them understand and remind them of those ways that we keep each other safe, and that we can get through this.

>> well, dr. taylor, it's great to hear those words, because watching these images it can be extremely overwhelming. rachel, i want to ask you how do we talk to our children and families about the violence that we've seen and what is going on politically. >> well, first, we want to validate that these images are really disturbing. it's okay for kids to feel scared and unsettled. we're not supposed to see chaos in a place where we're supposed to see civility but the other thing is as parents we've been having this conversation for ages. we've been telling our kid, use your words and not your hands, and that's basically what we need to tell them about what we've seen happen. in this country, we have the right to peacefully protest. we don't have the right to be violent. we as the parents have tools to talk about this. >> parents, i know, that they are going to be using those tools and they need those tools that you're giving them. janet, it's not just the country that is divided. there are many families that are divided as well along -- when it

comes to political leanings, let's say. so what is your advice to families who are not seeing eye to eye and have the anxiety as well as all of us? >> well, it's important to agree to disagree. people are politically entrenched it's a hard way to shift that mind-set. but if you can align yourself on what a common purpose, a common value to talk about what's important to you, safety, loving each other, how to communicate in a way that is not violent, but you can make each other understand so just talk about family history and those dynamics that really create a bond, so it's really about aligning on a higher purpose and a higher ideal. >> rachel, the country was just glued to their television sets or at least their phones, their devices watching history unfold and a violent history happening. should parents be shielding their children from some of these images or should they be encouraging them to watch and having a conversation about it? it's a big debate which one the

right call is. >> yeah, and i think with everything it just depends who your child is. if you have a supersensitive anxious kids and kids are on edge they can sit this one out but this is also a learning opportunity, right? this is not entertainment so, if you want to show what's happening to your child, sit down with them. talk with them about what they're seeing. ask them, what do you think about this? like, what's your opinion? share your perspective as janet has been saying talk about your values, talk about what it means to live in the united states. be their guide. don't just leave them there on the couch. >> communication for sure. dr. taylor, are there different ways to help kids of children of different ages manage anxiety? >> well, i think first you have to assume our kids have anxiety anyway. they've had disruptions at school and they've seen what we're going through as parents, talk to them. ask them how they're feeling and really when kids are anxious, a lot of times they'll's shut down so just say how are you doing? this is how i'm feeling and do

some what ifs. like, what if you were in a situation where, you know, people told to you do things you didn't want to do, what could you do? make sure that our kids know that as parents we are their anchors and at times when they feel upset or feel like they're getting off their game that they can come to us and we will not judge them, we want to help them. so i look at every kid as a same age and really talk about and check in with how they're feeling. they are anxious and feeling unsettled. >> they certainly are, janet, and rachel, as a parent we want to know what the warning signs are when that anxiety goes beyond a healthy range. >> yeah, the biggest thing you're looking for is you can't engage in your normal activities. the things that made you happy don't make you happy anymore. you're not sleeping or sleeping too much. you're not eating or eating too much. all of these difficulty focusing are an opportunity to think about a reset or getting some help. >> well, thank you both so much. always is reassuring to see you and i read something recently that said what we are reaching for is different, the reasons we are reaching are the same.

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