the decision was made early on to respond with national guard forces. these are folks who have other jobs, who aren't ready to be deployed. one of the things we asked is whether there are other forces in and around the capitol who could get there quicker than the national guard. that decision to rely solely on the national guard is part of what ended up taking until 5:30 or so before the first guard troops arrived at the building. >> hi senator. just a bit more on the national guard front. can you give us a bit of a tiktok. that viceerstand president pence got involved at any point? about know anything potentially the president slow walking the request for the card? aboute seen the reports the interaction between vice president pence and the national guard. there's nothing in existing protocols or statute that requires the vice president to request national guard troops to the capitol. my understanding is that currently, the request needs to be made by the mayor and corneille did through the capitol police. reports ofhe communications the vice president

national guard. this was the chief of the national guard bureau, which is kind of the umbrella. he was not called in until later in the day when they started talking about going outside of d.c., so he was brought in a little bit later and did not have a lot more information as to the back and forth between the chief and the sergeant at arms, all those other conversations. so we have gotten some work to do to tease that out. we are in the process of getting that information, but those will be key conversations. the lag in the original request , as the chief stated, and the department of army stated, and then the timeframe, the lag between when the dc national guard was able to get there and the original 340 that were activated, later the whole 1100. the lag time was completely inadequate. that is what we are trying to learn from this. how do we cut through that. a lot more national guardsmen on the ground to act quickly, to support, if needed. they will be around for that. we will make sure. reporter: to follow up, there seems to be confusion as to the guidance of the use of leth

send 400 california national guard troops to the border with mexico. the president tweeted that governor brown is doing the right thing by sending the national guard to the border.

walz served 24 years in the national guard. today, walz did not address any specifics, but criticized the criticism. >> and i firmly believe you should never denigrate another person's service record. anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, i just have a few simple words -- thank you for your service and sacrifice. >> kelly, you're also tracking new developments regarding potential cyber threats to both campaigns. >> reporter: lester, the fbi says it is investigating attempted hacking of both campaigns. today, the harris campaign said it was notified by the fbi in july that a foreign actor influence operation targeted their computer systems, but they are not aware of any breaches. on the trump side, the campaign has said iran was behind the hacking.

we have our national guard and nobody wants to use them. cities are ransacked and they're disgraced all over the world.

called title 2 authorization for all national guard personnel through may 31. so we are going to continue to partner with states as the national guard plays a vital role in testing and in cleaning nursing homes and in standing up states' response. military personnel, mr. president, we have 5,500 military personnel, and 964 medical professionals in the uniform of the united states working in 17 hospitals in seven states around the country. we are also very proud of our team at the v.a., and the v.a. has addressed its capacity issues. it has not seen cases among the veterans at its the subtleties increase, so they are deploying teams to focus on nursing homes. in massachusetts, the v.a. personnel have deployed to nursing homes and deployed 90 doctors and nurses and in florida, they were sending 16 teams to assist in nursing home operations. mentionedsident also in addition to what i saw , yesterday in madison, wisconsin, we continue to build our strategic national stockpile that is growing again with ventilators with 11,000 in supply. 901 new ventilators will be

the national guard is customary. and we have a very powerful national guard. over 300,000 men and women. and we can do pretty much whatever we want. >> why did you go to st. john's the other day? >> i went there because somebody suggested it was a good idea and i thought it was a great idea. i think everything was handled very well. i will tell you religious leaders loved it. religious leaders thought it was

to the federal law enforcement officers and national guards and secret service. and all the other professionals who help subdue the criminals and secure the capitol on the sixth and working together to protect peace and order. and tomorrow the president and vice president will swear their oath of office and they will also do so safely and securely because so many brave men and women have sworn their own paths -- oaks to support and defend our great nation. we salute you all. >> the senate returns to session today for what will be a very busy and consequential period. tomorrow we will celebrate one of democracy's core attributes, the peaceful transfer of power, albeit under much different circumstances than most americans are used to. rioters, insurrectionists, white supremacist, and domestic terrorists tried to prevent the transfer of power. they were incited by none other than the president of the united states. they have failed. though they have made the transition of power anything but peaceful, democracy's oldest and most revered tradition, the peaceful passi

gy my abilie their commander-in-chief of the national guard.ognized them easily the danger in the threat. if the president took that action to remove me as commander-in-chief of my south dakota national guard, it would be the first president paid soldiers to stand down, to not protect our country. i went to the board at the next day. i offered to bring razor wire so texas would know south dakota stands with them and i would and i wanted them to know we will defend our states rights to protect our people, protect them from a corrupt federal government. when i came home, i gave a joi address to my legislative session and that very day, our state legislature passed a resolution in support of securing our border and standing with texas. south dakota was the very first state legislature in this nation to take such an aggressive action and i am so proud of them [applause] this week, i we will deploy national guard soldiers to the border for the fifth time. this time they will be constructing a wall, a barrier [applause] a barrier to keep those who wa

donald trump speaking to the national guard association, an ideal opportunity to address what's going on with hillary clinton and poll numbers that are tight, you name it. donald trump now. >> kept our citizens safe at home and rushed into danger wherever it had threatened our people. our debt to you is eternal. yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. the national guard was sent to assist in the aid and recovery and these are serious, serious bad days for our country. the recovery efforts at ground zero in new york city, and i was there, i know what you went through. since 9/11 there are 780,000 members of the national tbaurd deployed overseas including those with multiple deployments, right now 10,000 members of the national guard are in iraq, afghanistan, and many other countries all across the world and doing an unbelievable job. members of the national guard come from all walks of life, work at every kind of job imaginable and juggle a thousand different challenges as they raise their kids, serve their states and answer the call of duty for their country. i'm given

over one week ago these brave pilots and crew members of the california army national guard embarked on a harrowing mission. as the sunset on september 5th they boarded two helicopters that are behind me. then they flew into blazing flames, raging wind and it was raging. and blinding smoke to rescued families who were trapped by the massive fire at the mammoth pool campground. while they were on their way to the campground to the crew received word from state and local officials and headquarters that it was far too dangerous to continue the mission. turn back, but they decided to continue anyway, knowing they might not return. they knew people were in danger, great danger. as knight said and they could see almost nothing through the miles of dead smoke, using their goggles and their expert navigation skill they reach the camp, they found the stranded families, many of whom who were badly burned and injured and they loaded, as many as they could onto the two helicopters. they made the flight back to the base as soon as they unloaded the passengers they risk their s and flew back into

national guard. former president trump arguing walz is too far left to win. >> he is a very, very liberal man, and he's a shocking pick, and i'm thrilled -- i could not be more thrilled. >> reporter: meanwhile his running mate, j.d. vance's plane landing at the same tarmac as air force 2 holding events near the democrats. >> and if what kamala harris has done at the southern border and if what kamala harris has done to raise the price of groceries and housing, if that doesn't bother you, then i think that you don't have a pulse. >> reporter: vance also slamming walz for these past comments calling for gun control, saying he carried weapons during war. >> and we can make sure that those weapons of war i carried in war is the only place where they go. >> reporter: walz served in the national guard but not in combat. >> i wondered, tim walz, when were you ever in war. when was this? what was this weapon that you carried into war? >> reporter: today the harris campaign said walz carried, fired, and train

upon the national guard's arrival. so easy to stop. i saw last night where these radical anarchists were trying to get into the mayor's house and lots of bad things were happening to this poor, stupid, foolish mayor. how he can be mayor i have no idea. all he has to do is call and within 10 minutes their problem will be over. as you know, they have to call and request help. all he has to do is call and the problem will end. they had tremendous numbers of people really harassing him horribly. i guess trying to break into his house. he still sticks up with them because he is a fool. only a fool would stick up for them like that. these are anarchists, these are agitators. they are rioters, they are looters, they are bad people. they are burning down portland and you take a look at that and you take a look at the scenes last night and then the fake news media will say they're friendly protestors. you people, i tell you, if we only had an honest press in this country it would be much more advanced but we have a very dishone

it is a somber day as the national guard gets called forward again for additional support. i've spoken with the governor many times, this is a mission that we as the national guard boast -- is most distasteful is where we have to come in and support law enforcement insuring the security of our communities and our state. but that is our -- that is our call. when the states ask for us, we come forward. and yesterday, we had 375 -- between yesterday and today we had 375 guardsmen of the 33rd battalion report to chicago to support both illinois state police and chicago city police department by the request of the mayor and the governor to provide that cordon around the city to the downtown area again supporting those peaceful protestors and insuring control of the downtown area. as i stated yesterday, each time the national guard is called forward, these guardsmen step out of their civilian lives. they get a call as they did yesterday at 5:00 in the morning telling them to report. they pack a bag. they tell their families goodbye. and they put their uniform on. and they lace th

in the meantime, the president has directed the national guard personnel to be deployed to the southern border. the department of defense has long supported the efforts of dhs to protect her nations border. this includes all ongoing narcotic missions, persistent surveillance operations training and aerial support throughout the western hemisphere. the poor department of defense's longtime partner of the department of homeland security and i thank them for their support. while plans are being finalized is our expectation that the national guard will deploy personnel in support of the border security mission. it will take time to have the details in place but we are beginning today and moving quickly. we are anxious to have the support. i have spoken with all of the governors and will continue these conversations. it's very encouraging that some of them have already taken dramatic steps in their own state to confront illegal immigration and to strengthen border security to prevent the criminal activity and the inflow of drugs. these leaders understand the importance of enforcement and bor

ation we knew that the mayor 2 days before before had been offered to have federal troops or national guard deployed beef up security here in capitol police i was offered so somebody had to have an inkling into some and my question is who ignored it and why if an investigation or don we would know the answer to that to thank you. the house have 2 and a half minutes 1st if defense counsel has exculpatory evidence you're welcome to give it to us we would love to see it you've had an opportunity to give us evidence that what is culpa take the president haven't seen it yet everyone in the defense counsel wants to bring everyone else except the person who is most responsible for what happened on january 6th. and that's president trump donald trump and he is the person who foresee this the most because he had the reports he had access to the information he is well had we all know how he is an avid cable news watcher he knew what was going to happen he cultivated these individuals these are the under spirited facts the national guard was not deployed until over 2 hours after the attack i heard ref

and president trump urges governors to be tougher and call for more national guards.hilly passes 100,000 coronavirus cases -- chile passes 100,000 coronavirus cases. sports fans will not be defeated by social distancing. denmark comes up with an -- innovative solution for football fans. ♪ barbara: thank you for joining us. a brother of a black man that died in police custody last week is calling for calm after the death sparked protests across the u.s. insisting on are an end to police brutality. flyers and posters cover the ground where george floyd was forced to lie for nearly nine minutes, gasping for breath as a police officer knelt on his neck. peacefully. please. brother moved here from houston and i used to talk to him on the phone. he loved it here. i highly doubt, i know that he would not want you all to be doing this. relax. is doing it, barbara: the family says an autopsy shows george died of asphyxiation from sustained pressure on his back and neck. preliminary findings for an official report found underlying health issues contributed to his death. >> the

also, if needed, we have security forces available from the air national guard and the army national guard to help in possible traffic control, securing areas and local police. as we go forward, as need to rise based on what is identified in the local areas, we will provide forces to assist our citizens down there and as always, we are in the business of helping our neighbors, because we are members of the communities in which all of us live and the guard is always ready and always there to assist the citizens of the state of alabama. i will be followed by the secretary. >> thank you, general gordon. from a leading standpoint, we are assisting other state agencies and local sheriffs, p.d.'s and with emergency evacuations and swiftwater rescue teams as the guard does as well. we are sg -- assisting with those and tarps and line trucks to get utilities back up and going. i would like to tell you one thing as the governor said, if you are wanting to travel and come up on water over the road, don't go through it. 12 inches will move a small car. you don't know if there is a power line und

trump was reportedly and i quote completely totally out of it he made no attempt to reach the national guard and it was vice president pants still under the threat for his life who reportedly spoke to the guard president trump's conduct confirms this too and at no point on january 6th did donald trump even reference the national guard the only thing that we heard connecting the president to the guard was from his press secretary who tweeted about the guard being deployed at the president's direction over half an hour later at 3 36 pm and we have seen what donald trump does when he tries to take credit for something and yet even when the national guard was finally deployed he didn't even acknowledge it. in fact he didn't say a word about the national guard the entire day think about that the bloodiest attack we've seen on our capital since 812 and our president couldn't be bothered to even mention that help was on its way these insurgents had been attacking our government for over 4 hours by that point and we may have been the target but it was the brave men and women who protect our capital

he served as a major in the national guard and commanded 2,000 national guardsmen in 2006 when president bush dispatched 6,000 national guard to the border. talk to us on why now. why is there an increase and why is the president saying i have had enough, i want to send the national guard? >> we are seeing now those shouts at the bored are let's probe and test this president. the laws are still hand cuffing our system. the catch and release was still in effect until this week. the president signed an order ending catch and release. sessions who is late to the game is pushing hard and i applaud him to that. he's sending 4,000 national guard. and i caution this whole process and this deployment. there are some who are advising the president, let's send mechanics to figure the border patrol vehicles. let's send admin support so they can do surveillance. i was the command irv those who did that worknd also far more importantly, armed soldiers. issues 120 rounds of ammunition. they were deployed directly on the bored. you had 3 to 5 soldiers with a military vehicle. we had a bank of lights th

by of the national guard coming together just by the of the national guard coming togetherjust by the building. a huge group of national guard with riot shields wearing helmets. obviously fully prepared and prepared pretty quickly getting what happened in the last 20 or so minutes to be called in and the national guard also very much in focus after they january six riots as well weren't they? absolutely. during the riots, the national guard were activated and there was a lot of concern that it took so long to get the national guardsmen deployed into the capital because of the chain of command and the secretary of the army and whether it was president trump at the time were vice president mike pence who gave the final order and approval for them to be deployed. and that adc may or may be underplayed and how much of a need there was and there was concern that having the national guard on the streets of washington, dc might be good updates after the protests where president trump had people violently moved away from the path that he could go over to a church near the white house and hold

now more national guard troops will come to town. they are bound by law to not do police work. they are not the guys who are arresting people or pushing demonstrators down the line. they are for protection of property, establishing a security perimeter. the federal authorities are the people, which you remember, who napped without insignia -- they can go around and actually nab people off the street as we witnessed in portland. if they are here coming, this governor, a democrat, by the way, in wisconsin, has to agree to it, and i guess he did. i think he feels a little bit this is slipping out of hand after what happened yesterday. brent: this is still a fluid situation. we will have to see what happens tonight when those enforcements arrive. thank you. armed militia-like groups are increasingly adding a new layered attention to public protests in the united states. in some cases, right-wing activists openly carrying weapons have been patrolling antiracism demonstrations with the protection of local law enforcement. >> target training with the armed civilian group american wolf

national guard is sent into the city. it comes after days of violent protests following the death of a black man in police custody earlier this week the officers involved in the incident have been fired and a federal investigation is under way. just like twitter we shoot the president and liability shield they show the fear is that their. platform which the us president donald trump takes aim at social media his executive order challenging legal protections for social media companies comes after twitter flagged his tweets for accuracy's trump says it was an effort to stifle free speech but his order is likely to face stiff legal hurdles. and condemnation of china after it approves a new security law in hong kong the decision is likely to further inflame tensions in the territory or protests escalated this week. i'm wearing blue cross good to have you with us the national guard has been deployed to the u.s. city of minneapolis on a 3rd straight night of unrest protests some of them violent our response. an unarmed black ma

you see the national guard and police up there. you really cannot come into d.c. from virginia on any of four bridges in this area, which is an extraordinary security measure. these are very heavily trafficked bridges, about 800,000 cars a day are going over these four bridges, and we can also show you further examples of how movement is restricted here. you've seen a couple civilians on a bike and running but other than this little area here, you can't get anywhere near the lincoln memorial. look at the fencing, another checkpoint just to the right over there. the entire national mall is shut down to civilian traffic. you cannot get really any further than that point on to the national mall here as inauguration day approaches. they're pushing the perimeters further and further out from the center of the city. movement inside the city is very, very restricted. roads are closed all over the place. again, this is an abundance of caution but you do hear about them vetting national guard members, you hear about these fbi reports that two people have been removed from

those around the security at the capitol that it will never happen again and i pledge to every national guard member that will not happen again. the minute i heard about this outrage last night we made sure it was fixed immediately. every member of the guard was found proper accommodations inside and as of this morning everyone was accounted for in taking care of. this morning i went over to the cdc and i spoke to a number of guardsmen personally to make sure they were okay. i want to thank senators hassan duckworth kellyanne heinrich for their work on this matter last night as well as senator lujan who went around late at night to make sure things were okay as well. and i want to thank all the members who were concerned and lent a hand. i also want to particularly thank acting sergeant-at-arms jennifer hemingway who when we told her about the situation patrolled the floors of the capitol complex until 3:00 a.m. to ensure that no one was left behind her were not where they belonged andac she was back at r desk first thing today to follow up. werm own enormous debt of gratitude to the men and

more state troopers and more sorry more national guard to the national god aspect of this the governor agreed i am not sure of this point is if the governor of wisconsin also agreed to mr trump sending in more federal troops yet and we know you have on the president's wrong when he says he was descended more federal agents he's talking about states that are led by democrats with guns and has a democratic governor he says those types of states where you see riots looting and murders happen i mean does to no should does it need reinforcements on the ground tonight. i'm not really in my view and that is clearly to some very last to greater degree subjective not necessarily so national guard troops can only do according to the law the following they can protect properties they can man checkpoints they step leash security perimeters they do not police work they do not arrest they do not. engage with the protesters in any active way if you will now when it comes to police that is a different scenario the local police here is when national guard troops more national guards troops come in more

the national guard and fema on the ground for days now. tonight, they're now dealing with something else. the false claims and conspiracy theories about fema and the federal help being pushed by former president trump. north carolina's republican senator knocking down the false claims. and just moments ago, vice president harris before the cameras, calling the false claims by the former president irresponsible, saying americans in the storm zone are entitled to the help. morgan norwood from north carolina tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with the death toll from hurricane helene now at 230, and massive recovery efforts still underway, federal agencies on the ground facing another obstacle -- conspiracy theories and false claims spreading about the response. amplified for days by president trump, who is falsely claiming fema disaster relief money is being spent on migrants instead of survivors. >> they're getting no help from our federal government, because they have no money, because their money has been spent on people that should not be in

national guard dated january 5th ruling those national guard restrictions. former house sergeant of arms, paul irving, concurrent resolution expressing support for law enforcement officers that explicitly have united states capital police, a copy of amendment offered in the rules committee by ranking member to the capital police, who protected the capital on january 6. a copy of the vote tally and amendment which was to needed 8-3 vote all republicans voting against, a tweet by representative matt gates december 14, 2023 he pledges to hold speaker mccarthy to his promise to release the full january 6 tapes, dated september 18th, 2023 which demands full release in exchange for funding the government, finally a letter from capital police chief, tom manger in which he renews his request to review all video footage request received by the committee addressing security sick -- concerns without objection. >> without objection, now recognize the gentleman from new york, mr. esposito. >> i just want to make it very clear that i think all of our colleagues, republica

because of the curfew, the michigan state police arriving and then the national guard arriving, some of those people were arrested on curfew, the people who were protecting stores, and then the others would not get in the streets because they did not when you get in the crossfire. and then a lot of the fires and looting began but it was initially because of the discontent that african-americans had with a lot of issues but particularly the police brutality and that is how it all began. this 12 street neighborhood was full of businesses. neighborhood, or the green around it, was filled with stores and shops. everything you need to be at your neighborhood, true community, all of those things are just about got now and they have been gone for the most part since 1967. >> can you tell us the story about black jesus or smart cards on the morning of the second day , joe nelson, a house painter who had been driving past their everyday for his job stop there. he had been seeing this white jesus at the sacred heart cemetery for years. it always troubled him that in the heart of this african-a

riot police in minneapolis ready to confront a community that fails it's been betrayed national guard soldiers have also arrived in the city requested by a man who's under pressure to bring the violence under control this was a police station in flames on thursday night as anger directed at those who swear to protect and serve escalated the. not far away more burning shops looting and violence protests have spread across the united states in denver demonstrators echoed the demands for justice already heard in los angeles and new york anger over the treatment of african-americans by the police is new but it is very role right now. in louisville kentucky the death of george who it has reopened old wounds with protesters demanding justice for an african-american woman who was shot dead by police 2 months ago. it is this video of the last moments of george floyd's life a police officer kneeling on his neck that's driving the outrage floyd's family the city's man and national politicians are calling for the officer to be charged with murder we did see a murder on t.v. and it wasn't self-de

to request approval to bring in the national guard. let me run it up the chain and i will get back to you was his response. it would be 71 minutes before that approval would finally come. between 12:58 and when i finally received approval for the national guard, i made 32 calls coordinating support for my officers including 11 frustrating cost of the sergeant at arms regarding my request to the national guard. my calls resulted in hundreds of police officers from around the national capital region and as far away as new jersey responding to assist. after i received approval to call in the national guard i had to beg the pentagon officials to send us hope. i was denied assistance by lieutenant general pi had siding concerns over optics of the national guard on capitol hill. the d.c. national guard, many of whom were standing within eyesight of the capital and whose motto is capital guardians, would not arrive until almost 6:00 p.m. after the fighting was over and the capital ground secured, the new jersey state police arrived before the

and then question something on the national guard. what about the congresswoman who tested positive for coronavirus? rep. ryan: i was in that room for a period of time and i do not remember seeing her, so i do not think i was necessarily close enough and i will get a test tomorrow, just to be sure. >> how far out are they reaching for national guard troops? ,hat issues does that bring up since we are hearing reports today that there are demonstrations planned in all 50 state capitals leading up to and on inauguration day? 300 ryan: there are over 1000 -- 300,000 throughout the country. there are adequate numbers to and otherate capitals memberss well as lind to come to washington dc. i think that all 50 states are engaged. had a that the bureau call yesterday or the day before. the states are being very generous with whatever support we would need, but they also have things in their own state. they have more than adequate horsepower to be able to take care of all of those issues. it may interrupt some of the stuff happening with the v

to come in, to bring the national guard in. all throughout the afternoon, he resisted, refused to authorize or agree to the authorization of the national guard to come in. and he was only moved to change his mind on that after the intervention of other white house officials who told him that for the sake of the country, the national guard needed to be called in and convinced him and urged him that if he did not do this, the situation would get worse. the situation would become more dire, and would spread beyond washington, d.c. and he finally agreed to do it. >> jon karl, i don't have to remind you, how many times last summer did the president call democratic mayors and governors weak for not calling in the national guard to take on black lives matter protests. >> i mean, over and over again throughout the protests after the killing of george floyd, this was his theme over and over again. if only they would call in the national guard. i'll do it if they won't do it. you've got to be tough. at one point, you remember him repeati

months, the national guard has been on the frontlines lines of the covid-19 pandemic spots in every state, territory, and the district of columbia. guard members are helping their communities fight this invisible enemy. they are supporting key functions in their communities, at testing sites, long-term care facilities, hospitals and food banks. we have delivered personal protective equipment, face masks, turning convention centers into alternate care facilities, and so much more. time, our national guard responded to civil unrest in several states and the district of columbia as part of a national call for justice in racial equality. our soldiers and airmen were there to protect our first amendment rights and preserve public safety in the communities where we live. our citizen soldiers and airmen responded to these and other events in the homeland while simultaneously meeting all overseas deployment requirements in support of combatant commands and the national defense strategy. a newesult, we reached peak earlier this month of over 120,000 citizen soldiers and airmen globalize worldwide.

army national guard. from their mission to secure the presidential inauguration day trying to vigils are reportedly tied to too far right to far right women who lives here in the united states we should note however that there was no plot against joe biden that was found this is it seems to be more of a precautionary measure but again if we're talking about the mood here in the city it's a very different washington d.c. than people are are used to but. the security perimeter continues to expand new street closures are announced every day but we haven't seen anything in the way of protests certainly not anything that we could consider to be violent protests but we have heard that authorities are prepared for any eventuality what about the people who sort of wanted to go and attend to many of the other ways a finding of watching this. we know that this is going to be very very limited there are the v.i.p. tickets they are the people that have received their invitations but unlike previous inaugurations wher

to 0. likely, that would mean the deployment of more national guard troops here in the colon, taxes, and along the us mexico border. similar to what we saw in 2019 when trump did this same thing the 1st time around. but it's interesting, you just heard him call this scene behind me, supposedly an invasion. but in reality, there's really not much going on in terms of people trying to cross, even in the last few days that we've been here. the numbers have been very low. in fact, the lowest they've been in for years. and that is a fact that trump leaves out of his speeches, frankly. but as far as the deployment of national guard troops, i've checked with the mayor of the city macallan. i've checked with border patrol here. they're saying they're still waiting to see what happens because like, like you said, it really depends on that. and you know, signing trumps name to make this order effective. but notably, i have seen some steering's around town. in fact, i saw national guard troops and during a hotel a next to where we're staying in the calendar. so this would not be their 1st time

the national guard intelligence seemingly anyone with a badge has been moved to prevent trump supporters from trying it again and everyone's a suspect even the troops stationed in washington being screened for right wing sympathies by the f.b.i. this is like something out of north korea we're continually going through the process and taking 2nd 3rd looks at every one of the individuals assigned to the suppression we need to be conscious of it and we need to put all of the mechanisms in place to thoroughly vet these men and women who would support any operations like this. and. distrust and fear are in the air hagon like like a poisonous me stab freeway and doesn't matter which way you voted people are statistically warrant this isn't the country they've lived in their entire lives i guess it's pretty. tense but they do it so they close a lot of people downtown areas to the barricades and check points that no concrete blocks everywhere so you really can't get anywhere near the national or constitutions i mean you know it's really sad. it's lived in washington for 20 more than 20 years i'v

national guard. >> i did. that's right. >> to follow on nick's question, were you surprised that a medical helicopter from the d.c. national guard was used to intimidate people who were peacefully assembling? and secondly, as this goes on, you've asked the secretary of the army to look into this who tasked the helicopter. was the helicopter under the authority of the department of justice? is that why there is this murkiness of how the helicopter -- how a medical helicopter was used in an aggressive form? >> these are the details we've had to tease out, was this at the request of law enforcement. you made a statement it was to intimidate protesters. i got a report back that they were asked by law enforcement to look at a checkpoint, a national guard checkpoint to see if there were protesters around, so there is conflicting reports. i don't want to add to that. we need to let the army conduct the inquiry and get back to see what the facts are. >> but when you looked at the video -- >> look, i think when you're

governor walt is a former member of the national guard, and i was complementing his call with the governor as he had done. it was his numbers in the guard prevented people from breaking the law. he was doing so that peaceful demonstrations could be held, so peaceful demonstrators could share their frustration and anger. that is what i was encouraging other governors to consider. in retrospect, i would use different wording as to not to distract from the more important for those hand, or not suggest we were militarizing the issue. you for doing this briefing. some of the people that criticized you for the term a battle space were some respected former generals, and they said that was an appropriate language. if i can move onto what you knew about the situation at lafayette square. that they would you strong measures and pushing back the protesters there? did you express any concern that that might not be good to make the photo option -- the photo op happening? >> i was not aware of law enforcement's plan and i was not briefed on them, or expect to be. that i felttions they thought were nece

in the early 1990s which the national guard's in a number of physicians in the united states and around the world. sometimes in more of a guarded capacity or part-time capacity. sometimes full-time and for the last eight years has been at the leadership of the national guard here in washington. were really privileged to have him today be prepared for his very well earned retirement and getting back to the rotc great country into the air force in the graduation from the program and it was 1981 so he's been serving his country long and very well despite his youthful appearance, he has been it at it quite a while. we wish him well. and we look forward to rich conversation today at the end of which we will be able to handle some of your questions if you wish to these events at the d brookings .edu protect first were going to hear from him with opening thoughts on the state-of-the-art. and also on its admirable and much appreciated help in responding to the covid-19 crisis in the united states. will not be our only topic but also an opportunity to think broadly in the nation. with the return

to this area to this red zone controlled area right now there are no specific threats but the national guard has been doing additional security screening of it's members the associated press is reporting that a dozen national guard members right now have been pulled from inauguration that just gives you an example of the intense security the national guard the army looking at its own people to make sure there is no potential problem. again i want to be clear we're not hearing of any threats but security here is high and they're not taking any chances. rallies are planned by both democratic and republican supporters nationwide in violation of anti pandemic rules and that's led to fears that a day of suppose that celebration could have disastrous consequences artie's has a story the good news is it will be a sunny inauguration for the 1st time and many many years it's about it for good news washington is on red alert had locked out no huge crowds new fans say they've even divided the city into color coded zunes like baghdad residents could move around in green zones but red zones are restricte

statement comes as minneapolis and dozens of people arrested after these nights of unrest with the national guard moving in and forcing a curfew many nights have ended with the city on fire leaving stores ravaged and looted and right here in the nation's capital a night of destruction after protesters clashed with police outside of the white house there were similar scenes in more than 100 cities here meanwhile the officer accused of killing floyd is facing 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter charges all 4 officers involved in this death were fired from the department as well so we will continue our team coverage where these protests sparked off in minneapolis that's where we find ashley banks actually. made a manila that's right you were speaking about the destruction in the looting that's taken place many outlets right now on east lake street where a lot of businesses have seen that destruction but i want to mention a few moments ago the national guard and the army were 1st trolling the streets trying to make sure that nothing was out of control and everyone was teammate and just doin

guest: i think it's appropriate in some instances to call the national guard. we seen wild instances across the country like at columbia. they've had to cancel commencement because they cannot get the students under control. they have really let this spiral out of control as appropriate to call the national guard in some instances. it's not fair that students are going to these universities in fear of their safety because of these protests. we are in full support of people protesting. i can't think of anything more american than peacefully protesting. that ends where the peace and. once they become violent, it's an approach -- it's inappropriate. host: we will take your calls for courtney hope britt of the college republican national committee. if you like to call income of the lines are by party so democrats, (202) 748-8000 republicans (202) 748-8001 an independents (202) 748-8002. what are you hearing from young republicans about mr. trump's legal problems? guest: it's not something that people are focused on right now. college republicans are mostly focused