well that was a very unusual move by the joint chiefs of staff and one that i cannot recall having been made before where the joint chiefs of staff has to remind the members of the military what the obligations are in terms of serving and protecting the people of this country but it was significant as well that in that memorandum distributed throughout the department of defense into all branches of the department of defense throughout the united states and further afield it was stated too that joe biden will become the next president of the united states now the military leadership making very clear there that they are going to follow the constitutional provisions that they will not in any way support any form of protest against the constitutional right of the new president the president elect to formally take office on january the 20th i must mention as well so that a few weeks ago all living 10 members of the former secretaries of defense wrote a joint letter to the media in which they heavily criticized president trump making very clear that they believe that he was unfit to govern n

i think we've actually seen public statements by the secretary of the army, chief of staff the army, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, to include today, i might add, i was encouraged by acting sec def miller. they will not violate their fidelity to the constitution of the united states. it's not going to happen. now, the danger may be, though, do we see multiple insurrections around the country? there were actions today in georgia, here in the state of washington, a blue state, we had an incursion on the governor's mansion. so, you know, i don't envy the uniformed leadership of the military. we have three, four squirrely lads appointed by trump a couple of weeks ago after he sacked secretary esper, we have no idea what those people are up to and inside the white house, we're seeing the meltdown of the president of the united states, so -- mark milley, who is a superb soldier, brilliant princeton grad, big athlete, the armed forces loves him, they're under considerable scrutiny and stress until we get president biden sworn in along with vice

. >> i was also very hardened to see the joint chiefs of staff issue a statement that the united states army would be there to support the mission of a smooth transition of power. >> reporter: it's a hell of a thing for the pentagon to feel like it has to issue a statement that it is supporting the constitution. >> it is. but it is necessary. and i'm glad that it happened. but we as americans have to stop thinking that we can take for

she wrote, i spoke to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike. the situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous and we must do everything that we can to protect the american people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy.

a statement from the acton defense chief christopher miller said he and the joint chiefs of staff, spoke to the vice president, speaker pelosi, leader mcconnell, and other congressional leaders. president trump was not on those phone calls. secretary jim mattis blasted president trump and blamed him for the violence. "today's violent assault on our capital and effort to subjugate american response eddi democrac- destroy trust in our election and fellow citizens have been enabled by pseudo-political leaders whose names will live in infamy in profiles of cowardice. our constitution, our public, will overcome this stain. we the people come together again, neve never ending efforto preserve a more perfect union while mr. trump will be left a man without a country." a former officer and iraq war veteran tim condon said "it is past time for the president o accept the result of the election, quit misleading the american people and repudiate mob violence." the senators who fan the flames by encouraging the president and leave their supporters to believe their objections and reverse the election

the military's joint chiefs of staff have issued a rare joint message condemning the riot at the u.s. capitol. chair of the joint chiefs of staff general mike millie -- mark milley signed on to the letter, which reads in part -- "the rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence, sedition and insurrection." illinois congressmember brad schneider is at least the third lawmaker to test positive for covid-19 following the capitol hill lockdown, during which multiple republican lawmakers refused to wear face masks in the cramped isolation space. the house adopted a new rule tuesday which would fine lawmakers if they refuse to wear a facemask on the floor. they will face a $500 fine for the first offense and a second strike incurs a $2500 fine, which would be deducted from their pay. new jersey democrat congressmember mikie sherrill said tuesday she witnessed unnamed republican colleagues giving reconnaissance tours one day before the riot and that she would make sure those lawmakers are held accountable. meanwhile, new york congressmember alex

i used to be on the joint chiefs of staff and attend meetings at the situation room weekly, sometimes biweekly. i know the security plan. i have coordinated with the capitol police, the sergeant at arms, in discussions on how we would secure the capitol during the annual inauguration speech. i know this plan. i know the details. i know the intelligence that's collected by the fbi. i know the intelligence collected by now homeland security. they all knew that this could be a dangerous situation. when you have that many people coming to town and they fail to act. and the department of defense should have had the d.c. guard standing by. also should have been standing by is the maryland state police and the virginia state police. this is an interagency operation, sir. and the fbi support teams, they were not there. this was a crying damn shame. this was a failure in government. but what it did, it unmasked the division in this country, that there are people that's been

at 11:30 with his defense secretary, who is newly confirmed, as well as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. expect this is potentially where we might hear some of this and where this announce ment may come from. the defense secretary said this is something he would support. as long as somebody has the ability to serve and can meet the requirements, they should be able to serve openly. a number of president biden's supporters throughout the campaign, this is something he said he would do, this is something they wanted him to do, here we are seeing him weigh in on this issue as we have seen him try to follow through in these early days with other campaign promises. he is expected to reverse this ban on transgender individuals serving in the military as early as today. >> garrett, speaker pelosi sending over the article of impeachment to the senate this evening. what do we know about how the trial is going to work? what's the sense we are getting. >> reporter: we will see activity in 24 hours before most of the action moves behind closed doors. it will be brought to the senate tonight. tomorr

the joint chiefs of staff releases historic one-page memorandum. eminded there will be a new commander-in-chief and as 500,000 deaths a day in america, think early may of this 2021. bloomberg surveillance, i'm tom keene in new york. good morning to all of our team in washington set for historic day for the united states of america and all of us watching around the world. look

and she said, i am asking for the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley to discuss available precautions for preventing the president to not be used to use military codes. >> and we are saying that if incitement of insurrection is not an impeachable offense, then nothing is. >> reporter: and those who say that they could not have done it the last time around may have had a change of heart. >> if they have a process, i will consider whatever articles they move, because i believe that the president has disregarded his oath of office. >> the white house believes there is zero chance that he will resign, because he does not believe that he did anything wrong. but white house officials believe he should consider stepping down. >> they allowed this myth, this lie to take a life of its own that the election could be overturned and when the moment called for leardship, he did not do the right thing and lives were lost because of it. >> reporter: some of the top enablers are facing calls to resign like senator ted cruz and refusing to condemn the violence, and he says that we must sta

torn in the letter to her colleagues about her phone call to mark milley the joint chiefs of chaff the joint chiefs of staff chairman she's obviously a very worried about what donald trump might do in the final 12 days of his presidency. reporter for the white house thank you. for the 1st time the united states has recorded more than 4000 daily deaths from the corona virus and its top infectious disease expert is warning the number of deaths on infections is likely to keep rising specially after people traveled over the holiday season robber analysts reports from los angeles. covert 19 deaths in the us reached a new record peak on thursday with more than 4000 perishing from the virus los angeles is one of the epicenters of a pandemic that is raging out of control over 1000 is now everywhere and infecting more people than ever are test positivity rate is 21.6 percent countywide at our drive through and walk to testing set in the city of los angeles it's 25.13 percent 259 people died from cova 19 in los angeles on wednesday more than all the homicides in the city last year in all more than 11000 deaths have b

. >> impeachment or not, speaker pelosi called the joint chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley. she asked me what's being done to prevent the president from launching a nuclear weapon. she called the president, quote, unhinged. also today, law enforcement arrested several of the people who were rioting at the capitol earlier this week. among them, this man, richard barnett. he's the one that sat in speaker pelosi's office with his foot on one of the desks there. he was arrested after turning himself in to police today in arkansas. you can see him here walking into the station wearing that black jacket. the doj, department of justice, may also re-examine the actions of the speakers at that rally on wednesday before the riot. the list of speakers includes president trump himself, donald trump jr., and other lawmakers. >>> let's bring in nbc's alice barr. she's live from the white house. alice. >> reporter: janelle and raj, this is a very quickly developing situation tonight as the prospect of impeaching president trump for a second time becomes a much more concrete possibility. h

was on hand in fact she said in a letter to a colleague's this morning i spoke to the chief of the joint chiefs of staff to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities accessing the launch codes and i'm sorry to interrupt you but we're just hearing from joe biden now. for the family of a couple officer. sickening who has died the line of duty our sympathies and our concerns go out for him to his family . and the people responsible should be held accountable and they will be but today today i'm pleased to announce the latest members of our economic team with this with their announcement i'm proud to announce we have finished name in our cabinet saving the best for last year 24 outstanding women and men who will get our country moving again and who are going to restore trust in our government again and who all of whom are ready on day one to do their job this is a cabinet that i promise you and i fulfill the promise that looks like america it taps into the full range of talent we have in our nation and we have a new meds talent that is in store c

she says in a letter to colleagues that this morning i spoke to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley, to discuss available precautions preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities, accessing launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike. this situation of the unhinged president could not be more dangerous, we must do everything we can to protect the american people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy. she doesn't say exactly how milley responded. they are having a conference call right now in this hour to discuss what they plan to do in the days ahead. i can tell you, talking to multiple democratic sources that pelosi is pushing full stream ahead. she does not believe they can simply not impeach this president if vice president mike pence does not take the extraordinary measure of invoking the 25th amendment along with the presidential cabinet to force the president out of office. there's no indication pence is going to do that, invoke the 25th amendment. house democrats are drafting articles of impeachment now that includes

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff assured her that all precautions are being made that trump is not allowed to launch any sort of pretty imminent military strike that could put american people in harm's way clearly unprecedented that within 12 days of the handover of power here in the united states and the inauguration of joe biden we are at a point where the speaker of the house of the house of representatives feels the need to secure a sensually the nuclear codes out of the hands of a president gave in washington thank you let's cross over nafta christensen to me who is in wilmington delaware christine joe biden the president elect is refusing it seems to be drawn into this debate all over whether or not. he's instead trying to focus on his agenda for passage take office in 12 days. that's right he only spoke about impeachment when asked saying that he would leave it up to congress to decide as you say trying to focus on his agenda moving forward he spoke advent that was to unveil his final cabinet picks the most diverse cabinet in u.s. history he claimed with them an equal

bated breath on every word that the president has to say yet we see a memo coming from the joint chiefs of staff a general mark milley compelling and reminding service members that it is wrong to disrupt the constitutional process an unprecedented statement from the joint chiefs of staff and sends a very very important message to the american people about the state of play between elected officials and the military that is that to serve and protect the united states of america. well we have the greatest work during the world and the greatest leaders in the world here in the world i'm. so thankful that they showed this moment while on the unite together and all the while the leadership made. it we are that they are going to be committed with constitution not any. one who is nation of our military worst thing that we can. kind of slowly have over the years not military but from politicians. i'm very proud of our military leadership coming out and you know you should know. mark i mean it's good to get your insight and thanks very much for your comments appreciate you joining us from maryville in te

representing our mighty military services is the joint chiefs of staff. ed by the nine black robed justices of the united states supreme court. former president herbert hoover and an outspoken champion of the eisenhower administration, governor and mrs. tom do we. leonard hall, chairman of the republican national committee. now accompanied by the members of the joint inaugural committee, the vice president of the united states, richard nixon, takes his place on the platform. the moment everyone has been waiting for has now arrived. the president of the united states steps interview, and a tremendous ovation resigns across the capital from the thousands who have gathered here from near and far to witness his solemn oath of service to the american people and to assume the leadership of this great country of ours for another four-year term. an expectant hush envelops the throng. >> the oath of office will be an administered to the vice by senator william nolan of california. -- the oath of office will be administered to the vice president by senator william n

. >> i was also very hardened to see the joint chiefs of staff issue a statement that the united statesrmy would be there to support the mission of a smooth transition of power. >> reporter: it's a hell of a thing for the pentagon to feel like it has to issue a statement that it is supporting the constitution. >> it is. but it is necessary. and i'm glad that it happened. but we as americans have to stop thinking that we can take for granted that every american has pledged allegiance to the constitution. what we saw in plain view, too many americans who have pledged allegiance to donald trump. >> reporter: the military has taken the decision to give combat weapons to the national guardsmen who will be providing security for the inauguration. are you glad about that or worried about it? >> it's a place in our history that i'm sad that we have come to. american troops should not have to be armed against their fellow americans. but what we saw was an unprecedented on our democracy in the cradle of that democracy. >> reporter: the secret service is in charge of what the government calls a na

tonkin, and during their deliberations while mcnamara was talking with the members of the joint chiefs of staff naval intelligence provided mcnamara with a batch of intercepts with north vietnamese radio flashes that vinced mcnamara that yes, a second attack had taken place. to this day there's no evidence that a second attack has occurred. i've read a lot of analyses, probably too many of the tonkin gulf incident or incidents. i'm absolutely confident in asserting that the second alleged incident was an illusion. the best study of this controversial episode says that for a long time secretary of defense mcnamara and others suggested that intercepted north vietnamese radio messages referring to compart between north vietnamese patrol boats and u.s. destroyers proved that there was a second attack. but when the national security -- national security agency finally declassified the full set of its tonkin gulf intercepts in 2005 and 2006 it became clear that there were some glaring translation and dating problems with the august 4th messages. those messages were describing the combat on august 2nd

around the country getting ready for trouble ahead of inauguration day now i've also had the joint chiefs of staff whining in the small. right so we're looking at america's most senior military members or leaders of the military so when she said she said there who released a statement condemning the interaction at the u.s. capitol last week it really reminded their service members of their obligation to support and protect the constitution that clearly notable because usually these military leaders go out of their way to avoid doing anything that could be interpreted as political so this comes amid reports that several violent rallies are being planned cross the country notably on january 17th but also you know really in the immediate days leading up to inauguration on january 20th it also comes amid pressure on security forces across the country to really protect the country political leaders and also political institutions. the washington post reporting yesterday that an internal f.b.i. memo shows that you know the f.b.i. was very much aware of this threat and actually issued a story a stark war

how speaker pelosi called the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley to inquire about the status of the nuclear arsenal. pelosi saying "this morning i spoke to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley, do discuss available precautions from preventing an unstable president from accessing the launch codes and ordering nuclear strikes. the situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous. we must do everything we can to protect the american people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy. "defections from the admin's ration continued last night with the education secretary betsy devos issuing a scathing condemnation of the president for inciting wednesday's riot. in a statement, saying that the behavior was unconscionable. no mistaking the impact that the rhetoric had on the situation." deevos' recognitio resignation . elaine chao will step down as of monday. other administration officials who departed as a result. the president intends to remain a political force in future which he could if he's not impeached. the president tw

the speaker has spoken with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the president's access to nuclear codes this morning. in a letter to fellow lawmakers pelosi, who is third in line to the presidency, did not name trump by name when talking about nuclear weapons but said she talked with the general about unstable presidents and their access to nuclear weapons. the general acknowledges they spoke about the issue but did not expand on the conversation. legally only the president of the united states has authority over america's nuclear arsenal. >>> well, to say there's a lot happening in washington is an understatement, i promise we will have full coverage of all of that in a minute. in the meantime, people in california are suffering and governor newsom says families need more money as they struggle under the crush of the pandemic. kris, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, hi there, scott. as you've said, this pandemic has been a crushing blow to so many californians trying to keep their families and their businesses afloat and so the governor's proposed budget reflects that for sur

as former vice director of -- for operations of j3 with the joint chiefs of staff, his focus was military support to civilian authorities. and he has experience with the national capitol region's security. house leadership has brought the general and seen up close and personal his excellent leadership at the time of katrina. rep. clyburn was the head of our katrina task force and he and i and others know full well how fortunate we are that general has accepted and is willing to do this. members are moving forward with strong oversight from committees, of course, to have after action review. there is strong interest in the congress in a 9/11 type commission, an outside commission, to conduct that after action review. in the meantime, i am very grateful to general honore, for taking on this responsibility. i find this to be a very emotional time. i have said to the members, we are very passionate in our reaction to this assault, on our democracy, on this temple to democracy. we are very passionate about our reaction. but we must be very dispassionate in how we make decisions to go forward,

people try to make that argument but the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff had just said that wasn'tright. i mean, i was frankly the day we won even though an obama a lot ofof leaders had to invest a lot of difficult effort and elbow grease but that really was when admiral mullengr made those gret remarks. >> valerie, let's talk about president obama's role in all of this. you mentioned in your opening statement how there are a lot of people who were not happy with the president and administration in terms of the pace. people wanting it immediately but the president insisting on a clear process that would take time and he thought he wasn't moving fast enough but president obama gave a speech telling activists to quote, make me do it. gives them leverage so to what extent did president obama the need that leverage push the appeal forward? >> not only did he needed to push the appeal forward for "don't ask, don't tell" but he needed it for the higher agenda. he started his career as a community organizer on the south side of chicago. he believed in the power and being vested in the peo

>>the joint chiefs of staff of also issued a memorandum condemning the january 6th attack saying the rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence sedition and insurrection. >>3 democratic congress members they have tested positive for covid-19 following the insurrection at the capitol and they're blaming republican colleagues for not wearing masks during last wednesday's riot. illinois representative brad schneider is the latest to test positive new jersey's body. watson coleman and washington state's paul they have tested positive for coronavirus and because this house democrats they are proposing a fine for any member of congress who and if they are now wearing a mask to be fine while on the grounds of the u.s. capitol lawmakers there say $500 for the first offense and $2500 for the second time they don't wear a mask. the fines to will be deducted from their paycheck. >>kaiser health care under more scrutiny now after another kaiser hospital here in the bay area has been cited for violating coronavirus protocols they may recall an infl

>> it doesn't help anyway and it to the chairman of the joint chief of staff's and talks about nuclear code and publicizes that conversation. then she engages in this impeachment without any investigation. we think we know some of the things that happened during the day, but we don't know all the things that happened. we don't know who ordered the national guard to come in. who ordered them not to come in before hand. there are a lot of questions that need answers before we can make an intelligent decision on who is culpable and how culpable people are. >> martha: and democrats from rhode island, here is how he sees it, watch this. >> there are some people that think oh, the president is leaving in ten days. let's overlook it. look, we took an oath to defend and protect the constitution and democracy. that responsibility falls to us. we have no other choice. congress is obligated under our oath of office to move forward and impeach this president. >> martha: what do you say to that argument? >> i serve on judiciary committee with the congressman and have respect for him but he is wrong

she has talked to the joint chiefs of staff to remote the nuclear codes to the president she's silentresponse may have been to that the trick is there's no constitutional way to remove the president as authorities of command are in chief while he's still serving as commander in chief. that is, if he's not removed from office, there's no way unthe constitution, that i know of, that you can remove some o . the president's authority. it very d it's very cascary stuff. she says she and other leaders have called pence and hope to hear from him as to whether he and the cabinet will honor their oath of the constitution of removing the president from office clearly she prefers that pence and the cabinet remove the president and not congress that's what she's leaning on here back to you. >> developments are coming quickly. thanks for keeping us posted >> before we go, we also want to get to this enormous rise in bitcoin. still above 441,000 kate >> it broke through in about 24 hours and is up about 40% this year some of those factors are the same driver that pushed bitcoin over 10,000. we talk

amy: on friday, house speaker pelosi spoke to chair of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley about waysrevent trump from launching nuclear weapons in the closing days of his presidency. this comes as senators lisa murkowski and pat toomey have become the first republican senators to call for trump to resign. murkowski has also suggested she may leave the republican party. meanwhile, calls are growing for republican senators ted cruz and josh hawley to be expelled or to resign for supporting trump's effort to overturn the election and fanning the flames ahead of last week's insurrection. authorities are warning about more right-wing violence ahead of inauguration day on january 20. over the weekend, federal investigators arrested a number of trump supporters who stormed the capitol, including two men who were photographed wearing tactical gear holding plastic zip tie handcuffs -- a sign the domestic terrorists may have been intending to take lawmakers hostage. federal agents have also arrested a georgia man named cleveland meredith for sending a text message threatening to kill nancy pel

military service, another fair question, if both the secretary of defense and the chairman of joint chiefs of staff are from the same service and have the similar military experiences, would the president get the necessary diversity of opinion and expertise required to ultimately address tough national security problems? it's also reasonable to ask whether the appointment of two generals to political divisions in four years will increase the politicalization of the senior military officer's corps. over the last few years we've seen the involvement of retired general, officers in political matters, including endorsement of political candidates, grow and accelerating pace. by possibly making it the rule rather than the exception to grant a waiver, do we undermine the current norm of apolitical senior military leadership that has served this nation so well? fundamentally, is this the decision involving civilian control of the military alongside the president's desire to nominate a cabinet member in whom he places great trust? so we need to assess. number one. what makes general austin uniquely qualifi

a memo was sent today from the joint chiefs of staff to all members of the military, reminding them thaton is to support and defend the constitution and, also, confirming for them that their next commander-in-chief will the 46th president, joe biden. norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. the president went to the white house to mark completion of a small section of border wall but he could not escape dwindling support among republicans and cr >>eporter: defiant until the end... >> we're going to walk down to the capitol. >> reporter: ...president trumpp now claims there ai week that incited the assault on the capitol. >> it's been analyzed and people thought that what i said was totally appropriate. >> reporter: that is obviously not true, given democrats are set to impeach the president and many members of his own party say he is at least partially responsible for what his supporters did after he told them this: >> we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: president trump is taking no responsibility. >> be careful

so nick, we heart in lisa's reporting that spieker pelosi did call the c oairmthe joint chiefs of staffay. teleus what that was all about? >> yes, the speaker applied the political concerns tha been foisting about the president and applied them to national security. she told her caucus that she called chairman mille, he may initiate hostilities one way ore an he's so unstable. we're talking about military hostilities or launching codes for military strike. i asked if there were safe guards in place. ve butler, a spokeman for chairman mille, he answered her cesstions regarding the pro of nuclear command authority. it is extraordinary that the president's sole autrity to launch a nuclear weapon would be ised and the chairman of the joint chiefs would acknowledge it was disssed. judy, the last time we know that senior officials had conversations like this was the end of the nixon administration. >> woodruff: it is fetraordinary. nick there are ards in place that would prevent nuclear strike? from ordering a i mean, our speaker pelosi's concerns warranted? >> the president has sole authorit

>>the joint chiefs of staff issued a memorandum condemning the january 6th attack saying the rights ofech freedom of speech i should say an assembly don't give anyone the right to resort to violence sedition and insurrection. >>the u.s. attorneys says that initial charges related to the capitol riot last week are just the tip of the iceberg. officials are looking now at significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy. the fbi says it's investigating to find all those who were involved in criminal activity. even if you've left the sea. agents from all local field offices, we knocking on your door. if we find out that you're part of the criminal activity at the capitol. so far the fbi is investigating at least a 170 people for their roles in the capitol riots. >>the military's top leaders, they are issuing a written remind all service members of the deadly insurrection of the capital was anti democratic and a criminal act and that the right to free speech gives know when the right to commit violence memo signed by all members of the joints chief of staff also reminded military m

and nimitz and admiral leigh he was almost always forgotten but this was the chairman of the joint chief of staff and a very low profile figure that was immensely important in this time of american history. >> wrote some of the greatest memoirs of our time. >> i agree. >> let's get to the strategic talk but before we move away from the politics tell us about macarthur in 1944. there was moved to macon president and how badly did he want to get to the oval office in 1944? >> macarthur flirted with the presidency many times throughout his career beginning in 1920, his name had been floated in republican circles and as you say in 1944 he allowed his supporters in the states, powerful members of congress and in the republican party, certain conservative media owners and various other figures on the american right who so macarthur is potentially their only chance to defeat fdr in a wartime election and so they essentially started this dark horse campaign with macarthur's implicit connivance and did not lead anywhere and reason for that is essentially because the governor of new york tom dewey locked u

and so i think that it is incredibly important that the joint chiefs of staff and speaker pelosi have these unthinkable conversations about ensuring that in his final 12 days, the president of the united states is not able to do further damage to our democracy and the state of world affairs than he has already done. >> and also asking you about -- and our condolences as well to the family, the friends and colleagues of the capitol police officer, isn't this the result of a failure of leadership, leadership in the security, leadership perhaps in the city, leadership from certainly the president of the united states? >> i think there is an absolute failure of leadership, certainly it starts at the top. it starts with the president of the united states rallying his supporters in anger and with vitriol and with conspiracy theories to go march on the capitol, to go to the capitol, denying the election that occurred, the results of the election, within the capitol police and within the security apparatus. certainly there's a failure to prepare for what we saw. but i will say this, for those

. >> i was very heartened to see the joint chiefs of staff issue a statement that the united states army would be there to support the mission of a smooth transition of power. >> it's a hell of a thing for the pentagon to feel like it has to issue a statement that it is supporting the constitution. >> it is. but it is necessary. ( ticking ) >> what we saw on january 6th in d.c., in some ways, may have been the most predictable terrorist incident in modern american history. >> it was a day no american will ever forget-- when a frenzied mob broke into the capitol, halting the electoral vote count, chasing legislators from their constitutional duties, leaving five dead and more than 60 injured police officers. right there at the archway entrance to the capitol there was a pitched battle. >> there was a pitched battle that went on for hours. for hours. >> could this happen again in washington or in state capitols around the country? that's our story tonight. ( ticking ) >> sometimes athletes do remarkle nothing to do with sports, and the comeback of alex smith fits that description like few

conference and also admiral only he almost always forgotten but this is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> and the greatest memoirs as well. >> so before we move away from the politics talk about macarthur and how bad do you want to get to the oval office in 1944? >> and then to allow those supporters and the answer and conservative media owners. and then to say in a wartime election. and with the star course campaign and it didn't lead anywhere that in the primary process. would you like to become president? and then in the pacific that essentially evolved have macarthur's command with the northern half in the southwest pacific as a way to settle the rivalry between the army and navy will macarthur gain supreme command and then with the northern island one - - the island so these were his goals maybe this which is simply a way to support pressure saying that the war changed him and in the presidency he would be joshing with the reporters were know the birthdays and the children were having both days. >> i will at the outset of the current president's administration of the "washington