eugene goodman didn't hesitate. he joined his comrades. odman was then hit in the face with bear spray, and inadvertently got caught in a cloud of tear gas, deployed by law enforcement, causing him to run inside the capitol to throw up. when he returned outside, he saw a crowd of what looked like thousands climbing the scaffolding and scaling the capital exterior. then, he overheard that the senate side of the head had been breached. goodman ran back inside to protect who he could. one of the people he protected, you could see the video here will, senator mitt romney. as you can see here, goodman, in this now famous video, told romney to run the other way. just as the mob broke through. rioters kept coming. now, the mob was inside the building. goodman recalled and later testimony that rioters antagonized him. here he is, antagonized him. questions like, where the f art that members at? before a man jabbed him with a confederate flag. at this point, goodman was on his own. said the capital police radio system was working poorly. he had a ri

fortunately, officer eugene goodman stood between the tip of the mob and the evacuating senators. is well actions that day were critical in providing enough time for the senate to be completely evacuated. [indiscernible] >> the senators were successfully removed from the chambers before them up to trap them. other members of the mob went to the stairs and found a room in the center of the building called the crypt. [indiscernible] >> as you can see, the mob was able to make quick work of the few officers trying to form a line to protect the crypt. from the stairs of the crypt, the crowd reached the centerpiece of the capital, the conic rotunda. those who entered from the west side of the building ultimately joined with those who entered from the east side of the building. the few officers who were in the rotunda had no chance at controlling the mob as it descended on them. some members of the mob that passed through the rotunda had it from there to the direction of the senate, joining the members of the mob who had climbed the stairs that were closer to the senate wing door. the e

rioters who may become a love news coverage maybe we know, he was part ofeu the model that chased eugene goodman up the stairs, very memorable imagery. what their specific case that chose to focus on and how did you choose which case to focus on out of the house and plus the been brought in the book? >> guest: some of itpo just dependent upon what was available and what was most interesting stories and one i think ended up any podcaster was really well done was called will be wild was danny rodriguez, you know, taser prick as his first nicknamed the guy who drove the stun gun into we identified about a month before he was arrestedau and because of the wy that case played out and because there was a challenge about the miranda warning that he gotten what he was properly advice about his rights. we ended up with video audio transcript just of him spilling his guts to the fbi, and it was just fast dating. the same thing with jensen. that also came out through the court process. we just have these raw materials they give an insight into what these people were thinking was a good way of sort tell the

writers who maybe got a lot of news coverage, maybe we know he was part of the mob that chased eugene goodman up the stairs very memorable imagery. were there were there specific cases that you chose to focus on and how did you choose which cases focus on? of the 8000 plus that have been brought in the book? yeah, you know, i mean, i think some of it just depended upon what was available and what were the most interesting stories. and, you know, the one i think of with that which ended up in a in a podcast that was really well done, i think was called will be wild was danny rodriguez the the you know, taser -- as he was first nicknamed, the guy who drove the stun gun in who we identified about a month before he was arrested. and he just because of the way that case played out and because there was a challenge about the miranda warning that he got and whether he was properly advised about his rights. we ended up with this video audio transcript just of him spilling his guts to the fbi and it was just fascinating. and the same thing with jensen. right, that also came out through the court proce