4 people have been killed in clashes that broke out when donald trump supporters stormed the capitol in washington the president elect and the incumbent reacted to the violence in different ways. threatening the safety of the duly elected officials it's not a protest it's insurrection we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. we love you. after the interruption

congress reconvene to try confirm joe biden as the winner of the 2020 election it's a try they didn't continue with those proceedings as i speak. world leaders of expressed deep shock at events in washington condemning the violence with some branding the scenes a disgrace to democracy. you're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was some but nana republic. very good morning to you and thanks for joining us on this busy news morning here on r.t. international. 4 people have died i mean clashes that erupted when donald trump supporters stormed congress debated certifying joe biden's victory they gathered in

washington for a last ditch stop the steel rally in support of the defeated president. the events unfold on capitol hill. well the atmosphere out here is absolutely incredible right now as you can see president trump is speaking addressing a huge crowd which is over by the white house but we're all backed up all the way to the washington monument. we know that people were storming into the capitol we know that tear gas was fired and we also know that rubber bullets were fired but i was just showing video a minute ago it from inside the capitol of a young woman on a stretcher bleeding pretty proof usually she had a lot of blood on the side of her head on the side of her neck and a. number of police the secret service were saying get back get down get out of the way she did leave the car and as we kind of raced

up to grab people pull them back they shot her in the neck and she fell back on me and started saying she's fine it's cool and then she started kind of like moving weird and blood was coming out the mouth and neck and nose just behind me there are thousands of people there on the other side of me there are thousands of people so you know when when those folks moved from the from the trump rally and speech where we were before down at the washington monument and they began to move this way it's a sea of people. way up at the top of this building apparently there are still people attempting to break into the capitol building they are banging on the windows up there.

what we're seeing are a series of flash bangs that keep going off it's the upper part of this this platform area over on the left hand side back towards the bill. young woman who was shot in the neck or head area apparently was part of a 1st wave of people who pushed and you hear those why the way more of those flashes going off. so things are about to get a little bit rough here let's just pan over here next so we have the capitol police are coming through we've got to move on ok we're being told we have to move on by capitol police. it's a much quieter minus the police sirens here right there there are very few people

out right now no you know last time we came to you all we got cut off because capitol police were moving everyone out what was happening at that moment was we saw the capitol police come essentially with their right shields. correspond to joins me in the studio to get the very latest 1st of all but it is amazing considering those chaotic scenes that we've witnessed police managed to clear out congress and their locations are actually still working out what to do in the morning that time well of the job needs to be done and joe biden's victory had to be certified at the end of the day so no matter how unprecedented shocking and eye opening wednesday's scenes were they didn't the rail the system even such crowds didn't we but. still the capital is back to work so

even if the system is not down what does that do to the image of america as an ideal democracy that is. centuries old comparisons with banana republic status something special so that image has definitely been dealt a serious blow which perhaps isn't something pleasant to hear for house speaker nancy pelosi who said that the senate will keep going until it needs to bend on the other hand vice president mike pence who's from a completely opposite the completely opposite side of the political spectrum told the protesters that they didn't win. to those who wreaked havoc in our capital today you did not win violence never wins freedom wins may god bless all who serve here. and those who protect this place. and may god bless the united states of america

but to get back to work speaking of those speaking of who won and who didn't win i can tell you that the pro from riot shock was so strong that some of the republicans who were heading to the capitol hill to object decided to change their mind after they saw what was going on so what's that from a point of view point if not shooting themselves in the foot. mr president when i arrived in washington this morning i fully intended to object to the certification of electoral votes however the events that have transpired today have forced me to reconsider and i cannot now in good conscious object to the certification. of these electors so many times so many different people regardless of their political views have been saying that america is divided that the society is polarized and wednesday's events in d.c.

are clearly an indication that what is this if not a combination. is in times of crisis i would say like this society would look to leaders leaders in this case for some kind of guidance reassurance just how presidential were incumbent presidents and the president elect while looking at donald trump's behavior on wednesday his reactions his messages to the supporters that's a tricky one because i don't know what to say he was after you playing some sort of game there and what's really important to point out is that the riots followed donald trump speech initially and the question is did we hear words of encouragement from the outgoing president when he was speaking to his supporters perhaps the answer would be yes some of it did sound like encourage mint and he even told them remember this day that video though was eventually blocked by

platforms like you tube twitter and facebook and it comes to facebook and twitter the even issued a temporary ban for donald trump with a warning that he could get a complete ban if he continues to violate the rules but then we heard joe biden calling donald trump to go on national t.v. and stop as supporters which perhaps 'd affected him in some way maybe not but at the end of the day donald trump agreed that washington has seen too much that he agreed with joe biden that clearly the tone of their messages was absolutely different. stormed the capitol to smash windows to occupy offices. the floor of the united states senate rummaging through desks on the capitol on the house of representatives threatening the safety of duly elected officials it's not protest it's insurrection the world is

watching like so many other americans we don't want anybody hurt it's a very tough period of time there's never been a time like this where. such a thing happened where they could take it away from all of us from me from you from our country this was a fraudulent election but we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace so go home we love you you're very special but if you think that the pro biden supporters were silent that's not the case in the streets of the big apple we saw demonstrators by them thank god no violence there that happened in times square and also inside from tower and what these people want is not only the donald trump leaves the white house but they also won indictments for the outgoing president but again if you look at all this chaos on the capitol hill

disorder furniture being thrown around window smashed this is really something that we're going to remember for years and years and that is happening in the capital of a country that we're used to seeing them teach other countries how to build their democracy and they clearly like i said this protest didn't over on the system joe biden's perhaps still going to become president but still this day will definitely go into history books along with the images from washington d.c. yes indeed so many thanks for the latest updates with me in the studio as really said. remarkable scenes chaotic scenes and that made quite an impression including a poem will lead is a high ranking politicians of given their response to events in washington. in the eyes of the world american democracy tonight appears on the siege this is an unseen assault on us democracy its institutions and the rule of law this is not america

the election results of the 3rd of november must be fully respected to scenes in washington d.c. this is not acceptable assaults on democracy peaceful and orderly transfer of power must be ensured the violent acts against american institutions are a grave attack against democracy i condemn them the american people squeal and vote must be respected this graceful scenes and u.s. congress the united states stands for democracy around the world that it is not vital that there should be a place for orderly transfer of power distressed to see news drugs in the violence in washington d.c. orderly and peaceful transfer of must continue the democratic process cannot be allowed to be subverts it's through unlawful protest i definitely disagree with the president elect of saying that this is not us this is not america this is exactly what america is it started with colonization of indigenous land genocide of indigenous people pillage of african bodies forced to work on stolen land continued

with jim crow and then of course perfected with the southern strategy of barry goldwater lee at. water richard nixon a new king and manifested today in the form of trump is and this is so called america this is exactly who we are and it is a call for us to really get introspective and to look at ourselves before we even have the temerity to go anywhere else on this planet to preach ideas of democracy and justice and righteousness we're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was some banana republic and so the scenes are very very troubling but i have to say unfortunately not too shocking. well wait they said if occasion of election results members of congress continue to busy work ahead with that in the main todd vonte scale of more pain will break down events for us that lead to that showdown that unfolded in washington. how did we get to

this point of all the chaos we've seen today on capitol hill well it started with the fact that the u.s. congress was scheduled to certify the presidential election results and set things in motion for joe biden to be inaugurated and donald trump called for a big rally of his supporters in washington d.c. to protest against that and perhaps try to stop that from happening at donald trump gave a speech to is supporters telling them that the election was rigged this is donald trump addressing his supporters just hours before chaos broke out on capitol hill does anybody believe that joe had 8000000 votes the 80000000 computer votes democrats attempted the most brazen in outrageous election set theft in this 7 a thing like this is so pure theft we will never give up we will never get to see trump supporters or certainly the talk of the town the center of the action today but if you look at the alliance of forces in the country they seem to have the decks

pretty solidly stacked against them we're in a situation where as the chaos was happening the final results in georgia came in and the 2 senate seats in georgia have gone to democrats democrats have won control of the senate and so now for the 1st time since 2009 democrats will control both houses of congress as well as the executive branch that's a situation where the democratic party has a pretty solid grip on power meanwhile a lot of mainstream republican voices have been denouncing donald trump and opposing what happened today on capitol hill we have a situation where it seems like the country has been effectively polarized now polls among regular republicans show that among republicans 70 percent of republicans do support donald trump do want their elected officials to be more like trump however among the population at large that's pretty clearly not the case and we've got a polarization where the countries. pretty solidly opposed to donald trump and that

polarization has favored the democratic party the democrats at this point are set to be pretty solidly in control of both houses of congress and despite some pretty chaotic events on capitol hill it looks like for the moment as congress reconvenes and will go ahead and certify the election results donald trump and his movement has been defeated however it is unlikely that this will be the last thing we hear from donald trump or his supporters let's bring you more reaction democratic strategist liberal jones says that donald trump should be denounced for his actions in washington only did he encourage them to go to the capital here's where you know that it seals the deal after the capitol was reached after this woman was shot he's been makes a video and he said on twitter we chose them i'd love i would love to go home peacefully but i'm not he has absolutely supported and promoted these actions and

then when day if and follow through he gave them an a plus this is the most un-american thing that i have ever seen and this president has to be brought to task it's time for it would look to be his term is over but this has to be denounced particularly by those congressional members who were supporting him in objecting that look tauriel college should be the very 1st ones to quickly and clearly denounce. everything that has happened and pull their support from trump on that action. however journalist and commentator chadwick moore believes that the supporters were merely adopting the same tactics used by liberals over the past 4 years. one of the ways people vent a little at their grief obviously the country is very tense it's very tense up it's very tense for a while but that's been agitated of course by economic shutdowns by lockdowns and you have at least 80000000 voters who truly believe the election was stolen from them who believe that it was fraudulent and so they came to washington and they're

storming the admiral they're venting this is obviously somebody fairly new for conservatives and for the right and for chuck supporters to gather in mass and behave such as this but you know the other side for doing this for 4 years let's not forget that just 2 years ago when justice would always be confirmed by the senate liberal stormed the supreme court so and of course obviously the liberal parades marches started with a with an operation a before and then kind of reach of beaver pitch this summer with george in the black lives matter stop and keep a stop so are we seeing i don't think that we're going to see this sort of along to behavior from the right the way that we do with the left and where we have with kids with the with the liberals you know people are upset they're venting and conservatives are immune from an emotional ashit response particularly when they truly believe that this election was illegal and that they had it stolen from.

them to many guests and they share their insights into the unfolding political crisis in the u.s. . this is sit decision this is an act to overthrow the us government people died this is beyond crazy this is a criminal act this is unprecedented i don't know that any point is certainly in recent american history has a group of has a mob essentially tried to storm the capitol during a basically a routine procedure i mean this is not the election this is the vote certification which normally gets basically no media coverage it's just routine and to see this level of iron this level of of anger and hate and passion really shows that things have kind of got off the rails in american politics this is not normal behavior in american politics this is honestly not all behavior in any politics to see this

kind of violence happening on sort of a routine you know certification process there actually is great precedent or of this we look back in history we would realize that the date and the documents 'd that were style next week of the declaration of independence those are merely contracts signed by each who agreed to be governed a certain way and when they decided that they were no longer a group the way you know mr glover as americans i actually believe that the contract allows us to say we have you know how we don't like how things are going and we want a change we don't need to change we voted our vote is not the heart and that's how the people you know you have a right to make their voices heard and actually is honor courage back if you read the fine print oh the declaration where it says that if you don't agree and there comes a time when you need to other people out of your government that you may use that

this is a carefully planned political strategy listen if you are seen as the loser in a contest you don't have the same spirit behind you as if you're seen as someone. was wronged in a legal hearing and trump has very cleverly brilliantly shifted the narrative from basically i lost an election to i was wronged by the evil system trump is just getting started i cannot imagine that this is the end of it this is the midpoint if anything i expect that trump supporters who are loyal to trump who want the rest of the republican party to be more like trump they don't want trump to be more like the rest they want the rest to be more like trump i don't see this as as as as calming down any time soon i'm going to i imagine that the next 4 years you're going to see a lot more rallies a lot more potential violence unfortunately we're going to see a lot more ire and i do believe that trumps political career is very far from over everything that we are a hasn't purchased through more people to people saying we do not consent to being

done reading this right and what you see right now is every history you see people standing up and say oh i don't like where this country is headed i don't agree with the principle i or eat that it's me governing the democratic way that isn't that what you see right now it's not about treason it's about people more american citizens saying that this is not what they signed up for facebook and twitter aren't just just censoring the president they're censoring basically anybody with a with a position that doesn't go along with the silicon valley narrative do they have the right to do it sure because does the government have a responsibility to cease any involvement with facebook definitely and most importantly do we as a as a as a community have the responsibility to say yeah i'm not going to be part of a organization that censors people absolutely and so this is incumbent on us as people to say we will not be part of any kind of organization that censors people up to and including the president of the united states i'm not defending mr zucker

here trust me i'm not but he owns the real estate i'm walking on his lawn he's not walk. being on my lawn if he decides that you've got to wear green hat on my lawn that i have to wear green hat or i get kicked off his lawn if he wants to charge me for being on his lawn then i might have an expectation of privacy or protection or freedom of speech but i'm on his lawn his rules. and the scenes of violence witnessed in washington somewhat reminiscent of what's been seen throughout the year 2020 despite the pandemic was marked by large aggressive protests auntie's done holkins takes a look back. 2020 has been the most surreal relentless and chaotic year in modern memory but despite social distancing law the town's masks and curfews and global discontent still spilled out onto the streets that's right not even the strictest

rules of stop protests which are actually growing in numbers compared to last year so which ones will go down in the history books what did they achieve and what's next. george freud suffocated after minneapolis police officers knee was placed on his neck for 9 minutes months of us protests ensued racial tensions and riots in america are nothing new but this movement is different previously limited in scale and geography these involved millions of people of all creeds and ethnicities in all corners of the united states not to mention dozens of other countries around the world.

aside from some symbolic statue toppling multiple police departments and states and outs reforms and police tactics funding and accountability time will tell if the protests will be a real turning point or just another line in an endless list of race related flare ups. across the pond mainland europe also had its fair share of protests and i'm not just talking about the perpetual yellow vests before the summer better roofs would have meant little to most in the west in august president lukashenko claimed the landslide victory and a 6th in office while the opposition cried foul what happened. it was unprecedented in better russian history.

to go i want to. be too much of it was little yeah he said i mean. hundreds of thousands took to the streets and declared strikes across the whole country using messenger apps to avoid police crackdowns looking shango holds firm while the opposition also refuses to back down. as demonstrations last laments of the briefly stunned security forces went back on the offensive the but there was protests became a classic case of i'll stop it will force meeting an immovable object while smaller

rallies do continue however historic they've been a change in the status quo seems ever more distant. if protests could get a one to watch award this would be it since march over 30 major lock down protests have taken place in more than 20 countries. thank you. thank. you.

they've lacked the scale of the black gloves man of the movement and the grit of the protests that people are tired of the pandemic seems never ending and the only thing to stop it vaccines for many are still unavailable or undesirable as governments bring in tough measures to tackle 2nd 3rd or is that already 4th waves vaccine passports fines and crackdowns on dissenters global frustration is set to rise and as we head into the new year hoping for a better 2021 how hard can that be with any luck the next 12 months will just pick up from where 2019 left off let's just hope we stay safe and healthy whatever next year may bring ok up to date i will be back with another look and the very latest events from washington d.c. in about 30 minutes time meanwhile you can check out more analysis of our biggest stories by heading to our website at watty dot com.

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a tough gig for minority parties even the format of the commons chamber is designed as if there were only 2 parties in mind that's over recent decades they've only been a handful of big all preterists in small parties 2 exceptions to this rule alex's guest today 1st we speak to servants capel former leader of the liberal democrats i'm one of the few months to see party and peace to make an impact prime minister's questions and then to baton weekly of canards and dafydd weekly as was former leader of the welsh nationalist company he was once described as the most people friendly welsh politician since lloyd george but 1st to vince cable alex asked him how he got started this in politics. a little bit university but you're forced electoral contests were for the liberal party under the scotland of the far right to take you on the road don't.