from april 26th to april 30th, metropolitan police arrested over 1,000 law breakers.rocessed. collateral or personal bond was posted. and the demonstrators released. many would be arrested again in other mayday demonstrations. during this period, the west potomac park camp site became the command, communications, and training center for all mayday activities. initial mayday tactics called for headquarters in rock creek park, a rugged, wooded, 1700 acre park that runs through the heart of washington. recognizing the surveillance and logistics problems with such a site, the departments of justice and interior limited their assembly permit to the more confining west potomac park area. although the permit prohibited camping, the mayday manual advised people to bring tents, blankets, food, and communication equipment. the list of essentials also included wire cutters for fences, water bottles for tear gas, and dope to share with fellow demonstrators. by early saturday morning, may 1st, armies of blue denim and khaki had streamed into west potomac park. collegians, hippies,

a challenging and difficult assignment for the metropolitan police force.for a top secret, pre-done trip to west potomac park. all at 6 am, the announcement was made to the slumbering and surprised@3gu crowd, that their kñzrevoked andn 8o they must vacate the area or face arrest. >> everyone off the ground quickly. those would not leave the area are in violation of the law will be arrested. all those wishing to leave the area and avoid arrest will be given time to do so. >> the may day manual had counseled the demonstrators, to keep communication, prevent panic, and not allow themselves to be chased out of town. instead the opposite happened. the demonstrators offered almost no resistance. >> attention this is the metropolitan police department. everyone is supposed to be leaving now. >> so what you're saying is you may arrest people now if they do not leave. >> this is possible but not probable. we're still 10:25. >> within hours, nearly 45,000 youths were cleared from the campsite. most who left the park, also left the city. others who might have stayed,

metropolitan police department as well as the capitol hill police. at present, we have over 150 personnel up on the capitol grounds, and we will have 850 on the capitol grounds by noon today. this morning, we began erecting a seven foot non-scalable fence from constitution independence and first avenue, right in front of personnell so these and these security measures will be in place on the less than the next 30 days. and we will be keeping all of these support mechanisms in place and in constant coordination with the capitol police and the mayor's office. thank you. >> thank you, mr. secretary. we should have also noted that we are joined by the deputy mayor, roger mitchell, as well as chief donnelly, the chief of d.c. fire and ems, and they are available for questions. reporter: [indiscernible] >> do we have anything available? you.get back -- ok, thank >> mayor bowser, given yesterday -- >> can you introduce yourself? >> i am with cnn. i saw mpd making arrests for curfews, out at the capitol. it seemed like mpd was out in numbers but capitol poli

chief of police for the metropolitan police department. but they have also engaged with the virginia state police as well as the maryland state police. and i think that will be beneficial. one thing they have to do right now, bill, they have got to get the capital clear. so they will send out signals to the capital sagging comic hey, you have a certain amount of time to move over these grounds and if you don't move, we will lock you up. so as a result of that, i hope a lot of people will leave the capitol or they will be locked up and then they will put a curve human plays. that will be very significant. bill, that may help to quell the crowd and the problems that may very well take place in washington, d.c., and that have not occurred yet. speak to chad, that looks like that is what is happening. did you see your picture, people moving away at the moment? i keep coming back to the question, where have you been? >> well, you know, that is a very good question to ask, but i think to be honest with you, bill, law enforcement and capital polic

the metropolitan police department carefully planned for resources for this event and the additional resources that will enable mpd to provide the great level of quality and professional police service to our communities. all of our officers will be on hand to participate in and sharing a peaceful day, both for inaugural events and throughout our great city. mpd continually collaborates with federal partners and monitors services for information regarding possible threats to d.c. at this time, i would like to echo the comments of our mayor for people to really enjoy this virtual event. we are working hard, not only to secure the event itself, but also working very hard to reassure the communities of the district of columbia that we are prepared for this event. thank you. mayor bowser: ok, with that, we will take some questions. i think susanna is going to help us get people acknowledged. if you could just state your name and organization. >> this is michael with "the washington post." for the people who live and work downtown and the district, what's the protocol for them if they need

metropolitan police department as well as the capitol hill police at present we have over 150 personnel up on the capitol grounds and we will have 850 on the capitol grounds by noon today. at 9 am this morning we began erecting a 7 foot non-skilled fence which will be from constitution independence and 1st avenue to the in front of the pond right there in front of the capitol that road right there so these personnel in this security measures will be in place for no less than the next 30 days and we'll be keeping all of these support mechanisms in place in consequence of nation with the capitol police and the mayor's office thank you thank you mr secretary we should have also noted that we are joined by the deputy mayor roger michell as well as chief donnelly the chief d.c. fire e.m.'s and were available for questions. in behalf. that we have anything available with the president can we get a pretty good look at that thank you very bad as a given yesterday i mean i was out of the streets i thought and it's introduces that i for one team of c.n.n. i thought m.b.t. making arrests for the c

also chief conte of the metropolitan police department, or d.c. police. kevin donahue, the city administrator for the district of columbia as well. chief donnelly, who is the chief of the d.c. fire and emergency medical service. we may be also joined by representatives of the d.c. national guard, who we have invited to join us as well. let me start with a brief situational update, and we will then hear from our guests. i want to reiterate my request to americans to enjoy this 59th inauguration of the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states from home. enjoy it virtually on january 20th. our tradition, in fact, our constitutional mandate that the transition of power occurs by noon on january the 20th will happen right here in the district of columbia, and we want everybody to enjoy it and enjoy it right in their own states, in their own living rooms, and with their own families. we know that this is the right request for our public safety and our public health. the national park service is of course the steward of our nati

thent to once again thank men and women of the metropolitan police department and d.c. fire and ems. when the u.s. capitol police called us for backup, they performed heroically. they were called a lot of names in 2020, today a seat rightfully calls them heroes. i want to also think our neighbors in maryland and virginia for the support of their hard in law enforcement on january 6, both jurisdictions supported -- provided support at the state and county level or law enforcement which will aid request. them helped of clear the capitol building and we know that other states answered the call as well and we are grateful to them. now we are all focused on preparing for the upcoming presidential inauguration. our goals right now are to encourage american to and topate virtually protect the district of columbia from a repeat of the violent insurrection experienced at the capital and its grounds on january 6. over the weekend, we continued our planning. i sent a letter yesterday requesting that the president declare a pre-emergency disaster for the district of columbia. d.c.

the metropolitan police in d.c. and the capitol of police. you can see them with their riot gear on as they create a surrounding of the capitol, we are told appear that may take a couple of hours as night has fallen in d.c. you can see the capitol dome in the background quite a distance away. now the job of clearing the capitol inside to make sure there are no other people in there before they can go through, sort through, make sure it is safe. the presumption, we believe, the electoral college certification efforts today. let's bring in matt schlapp chairman of the american conservative union amy walter for the political report, byron york chief political respondent of the "washington examiner" and fox news senior political analyst brit hume. >> you have seen a lot in washington but we have not seen anything like this. but what about the president's reaction and what does this day really mean? >> brit: i don't think there is much doubt, bret the president's actions and his entire conduct postelection or what led us to this point. he -- if yo

metropolitan police department as well as the capitol hill police. at present we have over 150 personnel up on the capitol grounds, and we will have 850 on the capitol grounds by noon today. at 9:00 a.m. this morning, we began erecting a seven-foot non-scaleable fence which will be from constitution to independence and first avenue to in front of the pond right in front of the capitol, that road right there. so these personnel and these security measures will be in place for no less than the next 30 days. we'll be keeping all of these support mechanisms in place in constant coordination with the capitol police and the mayor's office. thank you. >> thank you, mr. secretary. we should have also noted that we are joining by the deputy mayor, roger mitchell, as well as chief donnelly, the chief of d.c. fire and ems and we're available for questions. >> [ inaudible ]. >> do we have anything available with it printed? can we print that? we'll get that to you. thank you. >> mayor bowser, given yesterday -- >> the you just introduce yourself. >> pete mon tee

the metropolitan police department has carefully planned for resources and personnel for this event and the additional resources will enable npd to provide the same great level of quality and professional police service to our communities. all of our officers will be on hand to participate in ensuring a peaceful day, both for inaugural events and throughout our great city. npd continually collaborates with our federal partners and monitors various intelligence sources for information regarding possible threats to d.c. at this time i really would like to just echo the comments of our mayor for people to really enjoy this as a virtual event. we are working hard not only to secure the event itself, but also working very hard to reensure the communities of the district of columbia that we are prepared for this event. thank you. >> thank you. with that we'll take some questions, and i think susannah is going to help us get people acknowledged. if you could just state your name and your organization. >> yes, this is michael rice adler with the "washington post." my first question is for the p

andmately what the men women of the capitol police did along with assistance from the metropolitan policeartment of washington, swept the agent of both people and declared dead of any devices they may have brought in and they were able to those chambers, get the constitutional officers back in and conduct their business. they ultimately did what we wanted them to do, what america needed them to do. that will spend time as appropriate. certain -- the chief was, i am certain as we follow up, willfully explore what happened. take partviewers well in this conversation in just a second but first question for you chief gainer. there were questions about whether there were calls to the national guard, calls to the metropolitan police department. what is the process and what is your understanding about why and how it took so long for the capitol police to be reinforced by the national guard? guest: we do not have the data to do that. -- ispectation are data-driven policing to that is how we make decisions. i know because i have worked with these people. by that i mean the capitol police. were doi

what you're looking at there is metropolitan police from washington, d.c., those are the ones in the green vests. we have d.c. national guard, we learned the entire d.c. national guard has been mobilized. they're in the middle of the crowd. you can see them with tall plastic riot shields. they are engaged in what is essentially a standoff with remnants of this protest, of this riot. i would say it is the more hardcore element because these are the ones defying law enforcement's orders to leave, defying the mayor's orders to go home. so there's still a significant contingent of them out here more than an hour after the curfew has gone into effect. i should also say the fbi is out here as well. it has been relatively peaceful since the curfew went into effect. there had been tear gas-fired, but we have not seen the kind of violent reaction from the law enforcement side we saw during the george floyd protests, during black lives matter protests, when we saw lots of tear gas-fired, lots of pepper spray, pepper balls. so it has been a much lighter hand put on the protesters here this afte

>> well, i mean, i was horrified but first of all, that's a metropolitan police officer. not a capitol police officer. that particular platoon came after the riots started when eventually got around asking for assistance. there was a platoon of metropolitan police officers given the assignment of protecting that particular door and that's where the officer is from. i contacted the chief conte this morning. he was injured but not life-threatening. he'll be out for a while. very sore but that's a m metropolitan police officer. they did a tremendous job. they never breached that door. >> glad to have that update he's going to be okay. the riot in the moments before a woman was shot by a capitol police employee. >> when the whole country hates you. >> there's a gun, there's a gun. he's got a gun. >> from your expert eyes, what do you see in that video, chief? >> that use of force, i don't have the return, so i didn't see that one specifically, although i believe i saw it earlier in the day. this is when the capitol police officers fires at the crowd. well, that's a use of forc

and an important intervention from the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick who said it woulders clarified the guidance, anything that brings clarity, she said, and made her offices' jobs easier would be welcome. that indicates police rna very difficult position trying to enforcement all at the moment. ministers are keen not to make the lockdown in england any more strict thanit lockdown in england any more strict than it is at the moment, but whether that remains the case will depend on whether people follow the rules and ultimately how much coronavirus cases increase in the coming weeks. thank you, jonathan blake. and the home secretary, priti patel, will be leading today's coronavirus news briefing at downing street at five o'clock this afternoon. you can watch it live on the bbc news channel. last year saw the largest increase in deaths in a single year in more than 70 years — that's according to provisional figures from the office for national statistics. let's speak to our head of statistics, robert cuffe. the headline reads that this is the biggest increase since the se

you have the capitol police, the metropolitan police of washington, d.c., the fbi was obviously here, the national guard, and later on this evening, the atf, as well. we are hopeful that this is an anomaly. this is something we will never see happen again, and i think i speak for all americans when i say this is a day we won't soon forget. john? >> john: it was an awful day, and the scenes were quite repulsive. thanks very much, kevin corke, reporting live outside the u.s. capitol building. gillian? >> gillian: lots of americans anticipated to showdown on the hill today over electoral college vote counting. but no one could have foreseen a violent mob would penetrate a joint session of congress. leaving four americans dead and many more injured. mike tobin has been on the scene literally all day long. he joins us live from the streets just outside the capitol. hi, mike. >> hi, gillian. we know now come of this work of people who died in the chaos out here, you had that one woman who was shot, the chief of the metro police has confirmed she was shot by a capital police officer. her nam

unit that works with the metropolitan police. but listen, it would just appear at first blush that they have initially been outnumbered and lost control of the building. there is nothing positive i can say about that. but there is a lot of things that i know a combined force of well equipped well armed individuals can do a complete sweep of that becoming with k-9s and officers just like you would in an active the shooter situation, although i'm saying i've not heard one thing about any weapons being discharged other than some of the things that the police department is doing. so they need to begin, and i'm confident are the midst of retaking the building. >> did they need the national guard right now? >> they need more personnel. and if d.c. is tied up doing what d.c. needs to do to prevent whatever was going on downtown, i would think at this moment the national guard to take control of the east and west front would be helpful to calming the situation. >> how quickly can they get there? >> well, like you said, the ones that are

government's operations, metropolitan police department traffic box and that request was approved by ionally as i understand it, i will turn to the secretary to speak to this directly, the united states capitol police department requested additional guard support today. so let me go to the, to the secretary. >> this is ryan mccarthy. when we were working through the additional request there was, sorry, confused. there was additional requests that came forward from the capitol police and for to us truly understand the specifics behind their request and how we would support the operations a lot of questions were asked. a little bit of confusion. but as we worked through it we ultimately made the determination about a half hour later to mobilize the entire d.c. national guard. it has been incredibly fluid. but i have to go through the secretary of defense. ultimately get the final approval to mobilize personnel as well as to conduct operations in cooperation, coordination with local authorities. >> [inaudible]. >> ali, wamu. >> ali, wamu. >> the citywide curfew, mayor, that can't apply t

secret service, the capitol police, and the metropolitan police department of washington, d.c. all four requests have been approved. the municipal requests by myself. the national guard service members will provide a variety of support, including security, communications, medical evacuation, logistics, and safety support to these organizations. support the metropolitan police department will continue through the end of january and first week of february respectively with about 500 supporting municipal police department, about 550 supporting -- that's backward. roughly 600 will be supporting the secret service. approximately 5000 will be supporting the capitol police. national guard members will be postured up to and including protective equipment and arming if necessary. i would now like to turn it over to the general. >> good afternoon. i am dan i want to thank you for the opportunity to give you an update on what the soldiers are doing at home and around the globe. as i speak, there are approximately 13,000 national guard men and women in the district of columbia primarily co

was one of the people that storm the capital was shot, wounded, and the capitol police, the metropolitan police of d.c. did confirm just recently that she did sustain life-threatening injuries and she did die at the hospital. there were several capitol police that have been injured. the extent of their injuries we are not sure. there were journalists as well that were injured, not too far from where we are standing right here. many of the journalists had to take cover. there were injuries, but of course the one death is now confirmed at this hour. >> the house speaker nancy pelosi saying they are hoping to resume their session later today once the building has been secured. do you anticipate that will happen today, that they will be able to resume their debate on certifying the election victory of biden? >> if they want to, yes. nancy pelosi has said she is waiting for the justice department, for the fbi, and for the capitol police to give her the ok that she can summons back the congresspeople to the capital so they can carry on with their work throughout the evening as they had planned. what

we are at least we have capitol police we have metropolitan police there should have been layers upon layers upon layers of people before you even got that close right and i'm and i'm the thing is i'm very opposed to over policing i'm very. i've said many times my belief is that we need to roughly 90 percent fewer police because most of what police do is walk around neighborhoods just harass people and destroy people's lives however in the case of protecting our our so-called government from a mob that's the one that's one of the few times you should have some sort of presence yeah one of things i heard on the radio today is that like some of the agencies were saying local we didn't know that they were going to be this violent or we didn't know that they were going to cause a structure and what were you paying attention the mission again like that was their task like don't tell me that there aren't f.b.i. agents that are roaming parlor or anything like that where they said they were going to kidnap to go to kidnap and yeah i mean yeah exactly and i'm like you didn't think you didn't t

are also chief conti of the metropolitan police department or d.c. police kevin donahue who is the city administrator for the district of columbia as well as she donnelly who is the chief of the d.c. fire and emergency in a merge of c. medical service we may be also joined by representatives of the d.c. national guard who we have invited to join us as well let me start with a brief situational update in we will then hear from our guests we i want to reiterate my request to americans to enjoy this 59th in argue ration of the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states from home enjoy it virtually on january 20th our tradition in fact our constitutional mandate that the transition of power occurs by noon on january the 20th will happen right here in the district of columbia and we want everybody to enjoy it and enjoy it right in their own states in their own living rooms and with their own families we know that this is the right request for our public safety and our public health. the national parks service is of course th

the restraint and making him walk whilst barely conscious the metropolitan police accepted the jury'smily. in his memory we want to see accountability... ..and real change, notjust in training but the perception and response to black people by the police and other services. the jury was not asked to consider if race played a part in kevin's death. i didn't need to spell out to the jury that race was a factor. to my mind, race was the elephant in the room. sometimes you don't need to spell out the obvious. there's no evidence to suggest in this case, certainly not - that i've seen, that race - or any concern that has been raised from anywhere outside of the family environment... i now, that doesn't mean to say that racial stereotyping - or concerns around that weren't necessarily a factor. _ i don't know. but what i can say is that, individually, the officers. at the time have to make - an assessment on what they're faced with. are you 0k? the family of kevin clarke believe he was treated differently by police because he was black. the public inquiry into the death of sheku bayoh is ex

i have fully deployed the metropolitan police department, my, the d.c. police department to assist the u.s. capitol police. our police have entered the building and will establish a perimeter and enforce our curfew. >> i have to say, i'm surprised that these rioters were able to get into the capitol to begin with. they were breaking windows, there was blood spilled. i know that the capitol security is the responsibility of u.s. capitol police and they don't report to you, they report to congress, but what's your best understanding about why this was able to happen? >> well, certainly we are there to assist the u.s. capitol police with any and all requests. i think you know the very significant perimeters we established around d.c. strees s and we're right there to support them and now to enter the building to make sure we have control and maintain control in order in the district overnight and over the next days. >> do you think, if this was a black lives matter protest, they would have been able to get into the capitol and wreak the havoc that these pro

dc metropolitan police officer michael pinone spoke with cnn. you can see him fighting against the mob that surrounded him. here's how he describes what he was up against. >> i was just, you know, trying to fight as best i could. i remember like guys were stripping me of my gear. these were rioters pulling my badge off my chest. they richd my radio off my vest. started pulling like ammunition magazines from their holder on my belt and then some guy started getting ahold of my gun and recall they were screaming out, you know, kill him with his own gun. at that point it was just, you know, like self-preservation. how do i survive? >> we've heard from daniel hodges. the next video is graphic. hodges is the officer in that awful video you may have seen that we're showing you here. he's being crushed in a doorway. here's what he told us. >> guy ripping my mask off. he was able to rip away my baton and beat me with it. he was practically foaming at the mouth. these people were true believers in the worst way. the absolute zealotry of these people. the

well the curfew just went into effect in the metropolitan police d.c. police are scanning cars breading out throughout the area telling any last stragglers that are here that they need to go home or they will be arrested for the most part call has been restored to the u.s. capitol and i can tell you this is why primarily because just in the last few minutes or so several bus loads of national guard troops have been brought here to help secure the capitol presumably overnight we're not quite sure where they were earlier in the evening but they just arrived and now we also have the metropolitan police watch that are here on the capitol grounds as well these are much much different scene than what we saw for the last several hours and what really the world saw here for the last several hours when it was incredibly tense situations when even members of the media journalists ourselves briefly came under attack by some of the trump supporters. earlier this this evening so i mean this is been really clearly without to use an overused word unprecedented scenes t

was one of the people that stormed the capital was shot wounded in the capitol police or the metropolitan police of d.c. did confirm just recently that she did sustain life threatening injuries and she did die at the hospital there were several capitol police that have also been injured. the extent of their injury we're not quite sure yet there were some journalist as well that were injured when some journalists were. not too far from standing right here during the tense moments were attacked by some supporters as well many of the journalists had to take cover so there were some injuries but obviously the one death is is now confirmed at this hour the house speaker nancy pelosi saying that they're hoping to resume their session. today once a building has been secured do you think do you anticipate that will happen today that they'll be able to resume debate on side to find biden today. if they want to yes and nancy pelosi has said she is waiting for. the justice department for the f.b.i. and for the capitol police to give her the ok that she can summons back to congress people back here to the c

as you are just introducing all of this, the police department and metropolitan police department, washingtond.c., they are moving in here right now. major, major police activity. these officers -- okay, we are being told to leave now because of the curfew. that curfew is at 6:00 o'clock eastern. we are beyond that. excuse me, officers. we are going to head out. metropolitan police officers, they are enforcing washington, d.c. law. the mayor came out this afternoon and said, 6:00 p.m., people have to be inside. that is what these folks are enforcing right now. what these officers are talking about right now. you had earlier today, lou, you had thousands, tens upon thousands of people who flooded this entire area. they came from the area closer to the white house, about a mile and a half from here, after the president's speech earlier today , flooded into this area. capitol hill police after the mob stormed the interior of the capitol, congressional office building and several other places. >> go or you will be arrested. let's go. [inaudible] >> capitol hill police, metropolitan police tried -

metropolitan police officer now a criminal justice lecturer ronald hampton millions are unemployed now and financially desperate and we're reading about stepped up support degas and convenience stores and gas station ronald what is your advice for saying staying safe when we are out and about. well who allan about i think we need a bit set a task of randomness we need to be as we are walking doing what it is that we do what we need to be paying attention to where we are where one who is behind us who is in front of us we also need to be. less of a target if we go shopping we need to take and put out a shopping gift in our trunk rather didn't put it in the car because people are walking around looking in cost testing condos alternately we need to make sure that we are making last even more of a target in your break because of the times and say instead of one on stress that individuals and families of children have a result of cold but then we're going to seem people who are victims of been victimized by the stress and other things that are happening you're going to we're going to see ce

metropolitan police department, secret service, capitol police, national guard.d to me, i served four and a half years on the bureau, it sounded like the fbi was trying to say this is how we did it right. why weren't the other people on the podium to explain their perspective? because i'm guessing the capitol police might have a different perspective, erin. >> very fair. quickly before we go. u.s. attorney michael sherwin talking about what happened in the capitol. he said there was open handed combat going on between -- you know, with capitol hill police and metropolitan police and these rioters. he said people will be shocked at some of the egregious contact that happened. what do you make of that? >> two pieces of this very quickly. the first is the fbi will want to get out along with other law enforcement to deal with this quickly. the second is there's a lot of people, a lot of footage, a lot of complicated charges, including sedition charges. there's no reason to rush to judgment on people they can't find or they can't charge now. i would bet that there's g

also that several organizations provided support, including the washington metropolitan police to helpl. >> so we know the police are still searching for the people who breached the capitol, went inside the building. what's your degree of optimism that they'll be able to find them? i know they've already arrested some. >> so i think that in conjunction with the fbi, the washington metropolitan police and 56 field offices across the united states for the fbi, i have high optimism, actually. the fbi and others will need help and that's the reason they're publishing the pictures for the public. there's rewards out there. the robust resources are working not only with the joint terrorism task forces but with the violent crimes task forces across the united states. i'm very confident they will bring those people to justice. >> i want to listen here to what president-elect biden had to say about the upcoming inauguration in 11 days. >> i have great confidence in the secret service. i have great confidence in their ability to make sure that the inauguration goes off safely and goes off withou

. >>> more than 50 capitol and metropolitan police were injured in the violence on wednesday.them is an mpd officer crushed as the chaos unfolded. brian todd has more on what happened and that officer's condition. again, we warn you, some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: a rioter sprays a chemical at police. then, it gets worse. this was the horrifying scene on wednesday, inside an entrance on the west side of the capitol. at one point, a rioter tries to pry the gas mask off an officer's face. the rioters organize their push, even chanting in unison. then, sheer terror. >> help! >> reporter: an officer, crushed against a door frame, pleading for help. we spoke with a photojournalist for a media outlet called status coup who recorded this video. >> there was no -- absolutely no talking to them. nothing fazed them, and there was no one, main person, one main leader, that could have calmed that mob down. >> reporter: rioters ripped shields and batons out of officers' hands and seemed to get more organized as they went along. >> people were hurt, and being crushed. so, w

you also are seeing yellow jacketed mpd, that's the metropolitan police department of washington, d.c. and capitol police starting to clear that space. i can tell you over the last hour or so the entire alphabet soup of local and federal and adjoining state law enforcement agencies have begun to arrive here. the state of virginia sent straight troopers in their national guard, the state of maryland is sending their state troopers. the streets outside the capitol, constitution avenue in particular where i am, completely clogged with law enforcement vehicles. so while it doesn't look like it from these pictures you're getting a sense that some order is starting to get restored. i can also tell you this, i've been talking to a bunch of different lawmakers who are in their secure locations around the capitol who are telling me there is a bipartisan agreement that they are going to finish this electoral vote count tonight before they go home. these folks are angry, this he do not want to see their work disrupted by the mob. so jeh johnson's comment from earlier, there's nothing that says t

mayor morial about his or as well as other officials from the metropolitan police department and they're just giving an update on the deadly capitol hill riots that took place on wednesday when asked about the capitol police is response the mayor had this to say she said that's obviously it is a failure or then you wouldn't have had police lines breached and she also flat out blamed the president himself for the riots saying the president is responsible for the violence adding also it's just not the president who must be held accountable so too must the quote domestic terrorists who stormed the capitol and threaten members of congress and the mayor also describing the riots according to her textbook terrorism she did say so she's calling on the joint terrorism task force to investigate arrest and prosecute any individual who entered the capital destroyed property or incited acts and she did question as well why the federal law enforcement response was much stronger during the black lives matter protests that took place over the summer and she says she's demanding answers let's bring in j

metropolitan police made only 61 unrest related arrests on january 6th. u.s. apitol police arrested just over a dozen. many capitol police executed with honor. officer gene goodman offered rioters away from the offices. another officer directed them around the building and donned a make america great hats. january 6th may be an egregious example, but certainly not the first. over and over again in the eyes of far too many law enforcement officers, black people are considered a threat simply for existing, while violent white people are cosseted, protected, pampered and indulged. even the author of the fbi report warning about murderous intent worried that a show of force might encroach on the rioters free speech rights. lieutenant general walter e. piak director of the army staff rebuffed requests for national guard assistance because he didn't like the visual. a concern nowhere in evidence during black lives matter protests, civil rights protests, or any other protests that african-americans and other people of color have been engaged in to protect our rights o