they were assaulted with pipes, bats, bricks, and american flagpoles. in all, 125 capitol police officers were physically assaulted and over 70 injured. the damage extends beyond their physical injuries. from a mental health perspective, many are understandably struggling. what happened was traumatic, which is why we have ensured our officers and their families get the counseling and peer support services they need. this includes 24/7 access to peer support and professional counselors to help them process the trauma they experienced. understanding the continuous demands that have been placed on our department, we have adjusted officer shifts and communicated with a uscp police union in order to allow them time with their families and to get much needed rest. in addition to taking care of our officers, we needed to work quickly to secure the conflicts for inauguration as well as upcoming congressional events. the national guard has been working side-by-side with our officers since january 6, assisting us in securing the campus. we have taken steps to ens

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engaged in hand to hand combat, assaulted with chemical irritants, tasers, pipes, bags, bricks, american flagpoles. now the party that chose that ignore that happening, it took a month to commemorate what happened on january 6th. now the same people embrace a qanon kook. the group that was over the worst acts in that insurrection. see, it keeps getting worse. it makes everything make sense. the qanon lady. that will be the end of it. two house republicans today fined $5,000 a piece for refusing to go through security screening to enter the house floor. andrew clyde of paul george and louie gohmert of texas. so much for the party of order. this is why other members of congress are scared. the qanon kook is right about one thing. it's this. >> teaching people to hate and addicting them to it is killing our country. >> yeah. ironic. right. she would know, right. that is what she was doing and did it on purpose to bring herself into noterity. feign. infamy. what is the difference in politics. long as you are known. brought her in the warm b-- why do you think that democrats can't get a deal? why was t

that and watching someone use an american flagpole with the flag still on it to spear and pummel one of our police officers ruthlessly, mercilessly, tortured by a pole with a flag on it that he was defending with his very life. >> it was then trump's lawyers turn to speak before the senate, and as you'll hear in detail later on in the broadcast, it did not go well. while they never argued that their client was innocent, his two defense attorneys eventually got around to arguing the impeachment trial is largely politically motivated and, therefore, unconstitutional. >> let's understand why we are really here. we are really here because the majority in the house of representatives does not want to face donald trump as a political rival in the future. >> anyone truly interested in real accountability for what happened at the capitol on july 6 -- january 6 would, of course, insist on waiting for a full investigation. >> any civil officer who ever dares to want to serve his or her country must know that they will be subject to impeachment 46 long after their service in office has ended. t

you can be armed with american flagpoles. you can be armed with toxic -- noxious, toxic emchemicals. it didn't just mean a gun. jesus, what a -- oh, my gosh. these people are nuts. they're out of their minds. go ahead. >> real quick, there was polling out last week from a conservative think tank sewhowi 55% of americans say the american way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it. donald trump has reoriented the republican party to the point where its coalition is centered on hostility and resistance to the way america is changing demographically and culturally, ra racially. those are the voters who consistently in study after study express the most sympathy for anti-democratic ideas and also for the kind of conspiracy theories that feed them. and that is the challenge that republicans have. the heart of the trump base is the party of the party that is most drawn to kind of any means necessary, resistance to the way the country is changing. and republicans who want to chart a different course

officers were engaged in hand to hand combat and were assaulted with pipes, bats, bricks and american flagpoles. talk about desecration. and we've heard rioters admit again and again that they were there because of trump. >> president trump requested that we be in d.c. on the 6th. so this was our way of going and stopping the steal. >> so trump's team also arguing, quote, it is denied president trump intended to interfere with the counselling of electoral votes. that's a pretty stunning thing to say because before the rally trump himself tweeted if vice president mike pence comes through for us, we will win the presidency as in biden interfering with the electoral college votes on that day when he was on capitol hill. and at the rally as the electoral college counting was about to take place, there was this. >> we're going to the capitol. we're going to try and give our republicans the weak ones because the strong ones don't need any of our help. we're going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness they need to take back our country. so let's walk down pennsylvania avenue. >> when yo

they were assaulted with pipes, bats, bricks and american flagpoles.5 capitol police officers were physically assaulted and over 70 injured. >> cnn's brian todd is joining us right now. what are you learning? >> in addition to that acting chief pitman says they're going to change their policy and training based on internal review there. we obtained a letter he wrote to congress earlier this week. he said the entire intelligence community missed what was going to happen ahead of time. and he laid out a stark and disturbing time line of how long it took for the national guard to come and help out his beleaguered officers on that day. basically 4 1/2 hours from the time he first requested help to the time guardsman swarmed the capitol grounds and by that it was over. members of the far right militia group the proud boys and others and the conspiracy charge they face. at the height of the insurrection one rioter sent out a video of himself celebrating. >> hello from the capitol. >> reporter: prosecutors say this is nicholas oaks, the founder of the hawaii

that and watching someone use an american flagpole, the flag still on it to spear and pummel one of our police officers mercilessly, tortured by a poll with a flag on it that he was defending with his very life. people died that day. officers ended up with head damage and brain damage. people's eyes were gouged. an officer had a heart attack, and officer lost three fingers that f day. two officers of taken their own lives. senators, this cannot be our future. this c cannot be the future of america. we cannot have presidents inciting immobilizing mob violence against our government and our institutionst because they will not accept the constitution of the united states. much less can we create a new january exception in our pressured beloved constitution that prior generations have died for and foughtie for. so the corrupt presidents have several weeks to get away with ever they want to do. history does not support a january exception in any way, so why would we invent one for the future? we close

that and watching someone use an american flagpole, with the flag still on it, to spear and pummel one mercilessly tortured by a pole with a flag on it that he was defending with his very life. people died that day. officers ended up with head damage and brain damage. people's eyes were gouged. an officer had a heart attack. an officer lost three fingers that day. two officers have taken their own lives. senators, this cannot be our future. this cannot be the future of america. we cannot have presidents inciting and mobilizing mob violence against our government and our institutions because they refuse to accept the will of the people under the constitution of the united states. much less can we create a new january exception in our precious, beloved constitution that prior generations have died for and fought for, so that corrupt presidents have several weeks to get away with whatever it is they want to do. history does not support a january exception in any way, so why would we invent one for the future? we close, mr. president, and reserve our time. >> i ask unanimous consent. i ask

one rioter used a flagpole with the american flag to hit him. >> it was difficult to offer any resistance000. >> reporter: finone said he was tased at least six times by the angry mob. >> guys were stripping me of my gear. these rioters pulling my badge off my chest. they ripped my radio off of my vest, started pulling like ammunition magazines from their holder on my belt. and then some guy started getting a hold of my gun, and they were screaming out, you know, "kill him with his own gun." >> reporter: cnn has also learned one capitol hill police officer lost three fingers in the attack and another is likely to lose his eye. d.c. police officer daniel hodges was pinned and crushed by a door to the capitol as rioters pushed their way in. >> the guy ripping my mask off, and he was able to rip away my baton and beat me with it. he was practically foaming at the mouth, so just these people were true believers in the worst way. >> reporter: five people lost their lives from that riot, and there were psychological scars as well. two other officers took their own lives after that terrible day.

the flagpole with the american flag being used to ram through windows and beat police officers. trump flags on full display, literally hitting people, being used to take on and invade a co-equal branch of government. and we'll see more of that tomorrow. >> never a good sign when a comedian seems to see the issue more clearly than the senators weighing it. >> one quick procedural question and then i have a question about your disposition going forward. the procedural question is why did today happen? it is not called for in the constitution, in the senate procedural rules, why did the democrats let the republicans question what their duty was in this situation? >> well, i think you're always going to have procedural motions, questions that could have been asked at various times in the trial and i think if you look at it from a strategic position, chris, and this was a bipartisan agreement. it was very important to have that going forward between leader schumer and ranking leader mcconnell. so that was important. but the other thing is let's look at what happened today. the republ

they used, as we've been pointing out, the american flag, blue lives matter flags and flagpoles and confederate flags to beat police officers, to try to kill police officers. so, you know, that's where we are right now. in a sense his overall point, i get it. but they didn't really get the treatment that african-americans have had in this country. >> and that's a point a lot of people have made, right? what would have happened if you were to have a role reversal here? what would have happened? what would the ramifications have been? would the carnage have been so much greater? that's a very reasonable question a lot of people asked. i'm also curious what you think about something that republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin has said because he has a very bizarre take on the capitol riots. he doesn't think it was an armed insurrection. let's listen to that. >> this didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me. when you think of armed, don't you think of firearms? >> uh-huh. >> here's the questions i would have liked to have asked, how many firearms were confiscated? how many shots were fired

controls the flagpole at the palm beach county courthouse was the us flag nationwide are flying half staff because the white house earlier this week ordered to honor the half million americanshank you. some good news before we say good night. a lost postcard from a d-day hero made its way to his family 78 years later. the 1-time able seaman nail the cards of his uncle in liverpool in 1943 to tell him about his first week of training with the royal navy. caldwell and his uncle have passed the caldwell's children were thrilled to get that postcard and to learn more about their dad, one of his daughters calling it surreal. that is it for us here on fox news at night, thank you for joining us, good night from washington. i am shannon bream. with the dra. alexa, ask buick to start my encore gx. ♪ ♪ four filets. you know this dinner's for their... kids. thanks for watching them. where's the pizza? the buick encore gx. current eligible non-gm owners get nearly $4,300 purchase allowance on 2020 buick encore gx models. plaque psoriasis, the burning, itching. the pain. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 w

flagpoles. everything in the rotunda just laying on the floor. >> the rotunda? >> the rotunda. >> the pinnacle of americans stuff is there. i sat down with a good friend of mine, i said, is this america? what the hell just happened? i told him, i was called a [ bleep ] a couple dozen times today, protecting this building. is this america? they beat police officers with blue lives matter flags. they fought us. they had confederate flags in the u.s. capitol. they stormed the speaker's office. they went through their sensitive documents. they were trying to assassinate the vice president, in the capitol. >> what's the gamut of emotions? >> i've got angry. i've got sad. i've got hurt. even just during this interview, i'm getting angry now. i don't mind talking about it. that's how i get through it. >> reporter: dunn has nothing but praise for his fellow officers including eugene goodman who was seen on camera shielding the unguarded senate floor, and directing senator mitt romney away from that mob of protesters. >> there were dozens of eugene goodmans that day, dozens. eugene got caught on camera. i'm not su

flagpole at the palm beach county courthouse. all u.s. flags nationwide are already flying half-staff. that's because the white house earlier this week ordered that to honor the half million americansou, phil. and some good news before we say good night. check this out. a lost postcard from a dj hero finally made its way to his family, almost 78 years later. he mailed a card to his uncle in liverpool back in 1943 to tell him about his first week of training with the navy. caldwell and his uncle have both since passed, but caldwell's children were thrilled to get that postcard and to learn more about their dad, one of his daughters calling it "surreal." what a gift. that is it for us here on "fox news @ night." thank you so much for joining us. good night from washington. i'm shannon bream. ♪ ♪ dinner with the drakes...tonight. alexa, ask buick to start my encore gx. ♪ ♪ four filets. you know this dinner's for their... kids. thanks for watching them. where's the pizza? the buick encore gx. current eligible non-gm owners get nearly $4,300 purchase allowance on 2020 buick encore gx models. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ current elhey limu!n-gm owners get nearl[ squawks ]rchase how great is it th