stories that we're hearing from law enforcement officials here is that it's the d.c. metro police that came in and essentially saved everyone inside that capitol. the capitol police overwhelmed. they called for the d.c. police to come in, and within minutes, they arrived. and one of the key things that they were able to do was they were able to give time to the capitol police to move many of the lawmakers out of harm's way. it's very clear that many of them were targeting the lawmakers. evidence is starting to emerge that indicates as much. but so many law enforcement officials that we've talked to say that it is the work of the d.c. metro police that saved many of the lawmakers' lives, saved the building. and the other thing i want to bring up is that video, law enforcement officials who have seen video from inside the capitol say what they have seen is shocking. the battle, the hand-to-hand combat between these officers and the vicious mob is just really shocking and unreal to see. hopefully that will become public at some point. but that story is yet to be told. but cert

you see behind me lines of d.c. metro police and they gradually push the protesters and rioters back that's what they have been doing for the last hour or so as we creep closer and closer -- i don't know what time it is, but we are getting closer to 6:00 p.m. with this police line behind me, they have been pushing the protesters and rioters back for the last hour or so. more and more rioters disperse we have gone from thousands and thousands of people on the mall to a couple hundred. they are getting in the face of the d.c. police, confronting them, angry with them, but the police are maintaining calm. >> from msnbc reporting there in front of the capitol now about 14 minutes until the curfew begins. here on cnbc, a quick market update as the country was in chaos, the markets were soaring at a brand new high today, but i do need to report this first. nbc news chief justice correspondent williams said there was a shooting at the capitol and that in fact the shooting vick tomorrtim has died we don't know who shot the bullet

national mall the national mall is basically all this area is what's called the red zone it's in the d.c. metro area it is all locked down the streets the bridge is the tunnels it's been like this for basically a week but it's really over the last 24 hours you know the amount of security the amount of intensity has ratcheted up you can see just yesterday when we were out here as i mentioned earlier it was pretty quiet couple media people like myself out here doing reports but now there's actually national guard members troops standing on the street you know information and that's the case behind me here you see the white tent that's one of the many checkpoints the way this works is in the red zone all the streets you have to go through checkpoints and what's in the national mall down the road in the distance here it increases with the amount of security intensity presumably tomorrow will be going to the national mall for this checkpoint in following the war through their secret service police will have to show our media credentials more than likely will have they'll check our bags that kind of

my last count 22000 but there's expected to be 25000 troops on the ground here in the washington d.c. metro area and so we're at the corner 14th street and street just just down the just south of here is the national mall so basically all of this area has been shut down the streets the bridges the tunnels as we get closer to our gratian day and the fencing that you see behind me right there this is throughout the area basically every street has this. and if you follow me as i walk out on the street there are no vehicles only security vehicles only police vehicles but just over my shoulder here as you look south you see the concrete barriers and then you see a white tent well in order to get through into this area you have to go through various checkpoints along the way on the major surface roads here on the major streets you have to show your i.d.'s in some cases they're checking bags i didn't have that issue when i came from my hotel which by the way is full of national guard members i'm not going to say which one for security reasons but that's really the case here bus loads of them comin

capitol so all of this as the security intensifies here in the d.c. metro area and we continue to take a look and see you now have how things are going to progress as we get closer to wednesday and earlier we spoke with for mommy captain roger hill says that the additional vetting of troops is unwarranted i think it's a form of censorship this is just a step towards that or troops and i think it's just a prequel to. what we will see with this new by the ministry if if we knew that these patriots who swore to take an oath just like i did for the 13 years that i served to support defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic . what do they have to be afraid of and we also we all swore an oath to do so why the loss of trust in that at this point in time. there is a wave of big tech censorship shows no sign of relenting with apple now under pressure to remove the messaging app telegram from a store it's recently seen a surge in users amid the exodus from what's up but a washington based campaign group is suing apple for hosting it saying a te

. >> reporter: d.c. metro police officer michael fanone was in the group of officers at the west front entrance of the capitol as rioters forced their way in. they eventually pushed them outside into the crowd, where fanone says he was tasered several times. >> i remember guys were stripping me of my gear. and some guy started getting ahold of my gun and they were screaming out, you know, kill him with his own gun. at that point, you know, it was just like self-preservation. you know, how do i survive this situation. >> reporter: while trapped, the 40-year-old says he thought about using his gun to fight back. >> that would definitely give him the justification that they were looking for to kill me, if they already didn't have made that up in their minds. so, the other option i thought of was, you know, try to appeal to somebody's humanity. and i just remember yelling out that i have kids and it seemed to work. some people in the crowd started to encircle me and try to offer me some level of protection. a lot

. >> reporter: d.c. metro police officer michael fanone was in this group of officers at the west front entrance as rioters forced their way in. they eventually push him out into the crowd where fanone was tasered several times. while trapped, the 40-year-old thought about using his gun to fight back. >> some guy started getting a hold of my gun, and they were screaming out, you know, kill him with his own gun. at that point, you know, it was just like self-preservation. how do i survive this situation? and i thought about, you know, using deadly force. i thought about shooting people. and then i just came to the conclusion that, you know, if i was to do that, i might get a few, but i'm not going to take everybody and they'll probably take my gun away from me and that would definitely give them the justification they were looking for to kill me if they already didn't have -- made that up in their minds. so the other option i thought of was try to appeal to somebody's hu humanity. and i just remember yelling ou

president-elect joe biden to offer a statement to the nation, presumably a call for calm we know that the d.c. metro police and capitol hill police are mounting an effort to clear the demonstrators from the capitol. we know that a number of demonstrators are being treated. we know that d.c. has reported -- has, quote, unconfirmed reports of one person being shot. we know there was an armed standoff we have a report from a u.s. congressperson that she heard flash bangs in the hall outside her door and said so in a shaky voice on our sister network. it is worth considering how this must look to the rest of the world. i mentioned a short time ago that in these times in years and cycles past, as the united states passed the torch from the leader of one party to the leader of another in a peaceful proce process, it was in each instance as the sun begins to set on washington, fledgling democracies around the world that this is how you do it showing united states as that shining city on the hill of which reagan spoke, the light for democracies and fledgling republic republics around the world of how this i

is blocking and counseling all reservations in the washington d.c. metro area during the week of president elect joe biden's inauguration that also includes bookings made to its subsidiary hotel tonight security forces are on high alert after supporters of president trump stormed the u.s. capitol last week. here in germany a parliamentary inquiry is looking into the conditions that a live discrete fin tech giant wire card to commit one of the biggest accounting frauds in the country's history the firm went bankrupt last june after admitting it had almost 2000000000 euros in invented funds on tuesday a high ranking german government official defended the decision to lobby on behalf of wire cards during a visit to china according to the financial times germany's comments bond warned the country's financial watchdog about money laundering with early 2020 that speak to daniel baez he's the spokesperson for the german parliamentary inquiry into wire card mr baez the wire cross gondola has cost germany's financial regulation in a very. reporting today that come

is blocking and canceling all reservations in the washington d.c. metro area during the week of president elect joe biden's in on curation that also includes bookings made through its subsidiary hotel tonight security forces are on high alert after supporters of presidents trump stormed the u.s. capitol last week. social media app parlor favorites platform for rights when voices might not come back into service says its c.e.o. the site has been cut off by major service providers including apple google and amazon they accused car of playing a role in connection with last week's storming the risk capital. of a governing coalition in italy is on the brink of collapse after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party's ministers from the cabinet francis at the government's coby $1000.00 economy relief plans where in adequate prime minister just half a continent now needs to cobble together a majority or face a new confidence vote. and what does that mean for italy's economy let's ask our financial markets. in frankfurt. what does this mean actually fo

>> reporter: d.c. metro police officer michael fanone in this group of officers at the west front entrance of the capitol as rioters forced their way in. they eventually push him out into the crowd where fanone says he was tasered several times. while trapped the 40-year-old says he thought about using his gun to fight back. >> some guys starting getting ahold of my gun and they were screaming out, you know, kill him with his own gun. at that point, you know, it was just like, self-preservation. how do i survive this situation? i thought about, you know, using deadly force. i thought about shooting people. and then i just came to the conclusion that, you know if i was to do that, i might get a few but i'm not going to take everybody and they'll probably take my gun away from me, and that would definitely give them the justification looking for to kill me if they already didn't have, made that up in their minds. so the other option i thought of was try to appeal to somebody's humanity. and i -- i just remembe

historian and charles ramsey, a former philadelphia police commissioner, formerly police chief of d.c. metro police and cnn law enforcement analyst. good to see both of you. tim, you first. democrats seem determined to impeach this president again. and what do you make of this second possible attempt to impeach in light of what just transpired early this week. >> well, think about what happened during the week. a week ago, we learned that the president was putting pressure on the state of georgia to commit fraud and recalculate the numbers and find 11,700 votes. that didn't work. he invited his supporters to come rally on the day of the certification. the rally happened. he put pressure on the vice president to do something unconstitutional. and the vice president wouldn't do it. he then unleashed his mob and for two hours, nearly two hours, we heard nothing from him in any way suggesting that he wanted them to leave the capitol. and then when he did issue a statement, i think shamed to do so after president-elect biden issued a statement, he made it clear to the mob that he loved them. and

. >> reporter: d.c. metro police officer michael fanone was in this group of officers at the west front entrance of the capitol as rioters forced their way in. they eventually pushed him out into the crowd where he says he was tasered several times. while trapped, the 40-year-old said he thought about using his gun to fight back. >> some guy started getting a hold of my gun. and they were screaming out, you know, kill him with his own gun. at that point, it was just like self-preservation. how do i survive this situation? and i thought about using deadly force. i thought about shooting people. and then i just came to the conclusion that, you know, if i was to do that, i might get a few, but i'm not going to take everybody and they'll probably take my gun away from me and that would definitely give them the justification they were looking for to kill me if they already didn't have -- made that up in their minds. so, the other option i thought of was try to appeal to somebody's humanity, and i just remember yell

ahead of this event, d.c. metroing demonstrators that firearms are illegal in d.c. and also within 1,000 feet of what they call a first amendment i event. roger or stone, alex jones, george papadopoulos and bernard carrick are speaking tonight. bernard said he may not make it back for his slot to speak tonight. demonstrations this summer turned violent out here. with that in mind, the mayor is encouraging people, particularly if they disagree with the message here, to stay out of downtown. >> we're asking residents and people who live in the region to avoid confrontations with anybody who's looking for a fight, and the best way to do that is to avoid the area. >> reporter: at the center of the friction last month was the far-right group, the proud boys. their chairman admitted to playing a role in towering down and destroying one of the black lives matter posters that were pulled down from two historically black churches in d.c. metro police arrested him for destruction of property. further, metro police say he had

whi chief sde anor hel the d.c. metro police. about 100 officers responded immediately.tched battle. >> sund: there was a pitched battle that went on for hours. for hours, that you know, both capitol police, metropolitan police defended that door with everything they got. >> whitaker: with the mob battering the door, sund called on the national guard. he says it took him a half hour to make his way up the chain of command to the office of the secretary of the army, which controls the d.c. national guard. >> sund: i was pleading, absolutely pleading for national guard assistance as quickly as possible with the-- with the secretary of army's-- representative, telling him "i need boots on the ground now." he kept saying, "i don't like the optics of national guard standing in line with the capitol building behind them. >> whitaker: and this is while the siege is underway? >> sund: this is while the siege is underway. >> whitaker: what's going through your head? >> sund: i'm begging, literally begging for support for my men and women, and that's what i'm hearing. >> whitaker:

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they're not taking any chances at this point so all this as the security intensifies here in the d.c. metro area and we you know continue to take a look and see you know have how things are going to progress as we get closer to wednesday. john hardy earlier we spoke to former u.s. army captain roger hill hussein's the additional vetting of troops is on warranted i think it's a form. of censorship this is just a step towards that for troops and i think it's just a prequel to. what we will see with this new by the ministry if if we know that these patriots who swore to take an oath just like i did for the 13 years that i served to support defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic . what do they have to be afraid of and we also we all swore an oath to do so. why the loss of trust in that at this point in time. ok moving me program or no apple is under pressure to ban the increasingly popular messaging app telegram a campaign group is suing the tech giant for failing to remove telegram from its store claiming the service is being used to spread extremist content telegram

the ranks that are going to create a problem so all this as the security intensifies here in the d.c. metro area and we you know continue to take a look and see you know have how things are going to progress as we get closer to wednesday. particularly are of u.s. army captain roger hill and the ses the additional vetting of troops is on warrant it. i think it's a form of censorship this is just a step towards that for troops and i think it's just a prequel to. what we will see with this new by the ministry if if we know that these patriots who swore to take an oath just like i did for the 13 years that i served to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. what do they have to be afraid of and we also we all swore an oath to do so why the loss of trust in that oath at this point in time. let's move from the east to the west coast of america where the corona virus pandemic continues to run page indeed across the u.s. but concentrating on california which has become the 1st state the top 3000000 cases that has tripled the number of infections compared to jus

is blocking and canceling all the reservations in the washington d.c. metro area during the week of president elect joe biden's inauguration that also includes bookings made through its subsidiary hotel tonight security forces are on high alert after supporters of president trump stormed the u.s. capitol last week. and social media parlor favored platform for right wing voices might not come back into services says its c.e.o. the site has been cut off by major service providers including apple google and amazon they accuse pilar of playing a role in connection with last week's violence and washing out. amid a major logistics subsidiary of deutsche bahn will no longer accept goods for transport to the united kingdom the company cites significant problems caused by post breaks to dredge tape or the decision adding that only about 10 percent of goods it had been commissions to ship were accompanied with the correct customs documents things aren't running smoothly within the u.k. either the island of britain is no longer part of the european union single market a

national mall the national mall is basically all this area is what's called the red zone it's in the d.c. metro area it is all locked down the streets the bridges the tunnels it's been like this for basically a week but it's really over the last 24 hours you know the amount of security the amount of intensity has ratcheted up you can see just yesterday when we were out here as i mentioned earlier it was pretty quiet couple media crew people like myself out here doing reports but now there's actually national guard members troops standing on the street you know information and that's the case behind me here you see the white tents that's one of the many checkpoints so the latest works is in the red zone all the streets you have to go through checkpoints and that's already happening in a lot of these checkpoints in fact my photographer rode 17 miles incredibly from this coast this morning he wasn't allowed to bring his bike in 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 th

there are still questions a big one is why why wasn't the national guard called an early where were d.c. metro police why were some officers the opening doors for the maga mob and taking selfies and giving fist bumps some congressional black caucus members have called out police forces for potential involvement in the insurrection house majority whip jim clyburn commented somebody on the inside was complicit in letting rioters in the building. in an interview with c.b.s. cliburn pointed to a few reasons why he thought rioters were assisted by the cops. he set up a group they knew where to go staff are saying that they saw people being allowed into the building through side doors somebody on the inside of those buildings was complicit in this. under fire several u.s. capitol police officers have been suspended for their actions during the attempted coup the announcement came on the heels of representative tim ryan's comments but the officer featured prominently in selfies with rioters and another who wore a maga hat while directing the rioters were both suspended. 10 to 15 more officers are hav