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joining us tonight is doug wead, adviser to two presidents, presidential historian. , first i want to get your reaction to those demonstrators, those protesters and in some cases violent rioters who have descended upon the capitol and have for most of the day controlled, apparently, most of the afternoon, i should say and evening to this point, been in control of the capitol. your reaction. >> yeah. it's disappointing. it's also disappointing to see the news media sensationalize coverage of this. [laughter] i mean, in 1954, for example, we had puerto rican nationals break into the capitol with semiautomatic weapons and fire them from what was then called the ladies' gallery in congress, the house of representatives. lou: right. >> and if you'll remember, in 2017 we had a bernie sanders supporter open fire on american senators and congressmen who were republicans who were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game, and an evening news anchor said that it was somewhat self-inflicted meaning if you're a republican, you should be murdered. [laughter] it was --