>> essentially, mpd was nowhere to be found. fires are raging everywhere.nd order had crumbled. (shouting) >> the commissioner of the department of public safety is making us evacuate this building. we are going to go in one huge team. >> jany: everyone had been ordered to pull out of the third precinct, essentially handing the building over to protestors. >> i didn't know that that would be possible in an american city, for a police station to fall. (protestors shouting) i did talk to an officer who was there that night who was forced to abandon his post. and the officers felt the same. i mean, to them it was a huge betrayal. this was their home, that's how they viewed it. and to be forced to evacuate and essentially give it to protesters was a slap in the face. (shouting, fireworks crackling) it felt like the city had been taken. (cheers and applause) >> jany: someone inside the department said that this particular precinct had long had a bad reputation as sort of a haven for cowboy officers who kind of play by their own rules. we started doing some repor

all mpd step back. all mpd step back to the upper deck. pull back to the upper deck asap. [indiscernible chanting] >> be advised that capitol police have moved resources inside. [indiscernible] >> moving resources inside. >> we have no way out. officers on the third floor, evacuate so we can secure the other side. copy? >> it is up to us people now, the american people. one more time? whatever it takes, i will live my life down if it takes it. that is why we showed up today. [indiscernible] >> we are coming in. [indiscernible] >> you backup. >> officer down, get him up. get him up. >> usa! usa! >> call for backup. >> these were peaceful people. the crowd were unbelievable. can i mention the word love? the love in the air, i have never seen anything like it. mr. thompson: pursuant to the order of the committee tonight, the chair declares the committee in recess for approximately 10 minutes. mr. thompson: the committee will be in order. i want to thank our witnesses for being with us this evening, to share their first-hand accounts of that terrible day. i know that some of t

that time when i talk about falling behind mpd's line. i remember because i had been kind of shielded away because i was holding those stairs so i wasn't able to really see what was going on over here. when i fell behind outline and i saw, i just remember my breath catching in my throat. what i was a war scene. it was something that i had seen out of the movies. i couldn't believe my eyes that there were officers on the ground. they were bleeding, they were throwing up, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people's blood. i was catching people as they fell. it was carnage, it was chaos, i can't even describe what i saw. never in my wildest dreams did i think that a police officer, a law enforcement officer i would find myself in a middle of a battle. i am trained to detain a couple oft trained. that day it was hours of hand-to-hand combat, hours of dealing with things that were way beyond any law enforcement officer has ever trained for. i just remember that moment of stepping behind the lines and it just seen

fire to the oil tanks that we had here for processing after our drone the kamikaze hit them with an mpd, they are such avengers. let's say that they use their missiles. the other thing is that the shelling has now settled all over ukraine , not only in mykolaiv. our goal is the european union, and the european union has stated its position that they are ready to accept us, ready to see us in their family, russia has always opposed this, i think that if you look at the reasons, it could also be our gradual movement not in the direction of the russian federation, despite that she waged the bloodiest war let's say it's the 21st century, we still don't change our plans . they have to be wiped from their faces. well, all their cities, because as they say, they are there, they are there, they are there, it is so easy not to defeat them, they will fight to the end. they did it volnovasi like them they did in mariupol and in other cities of ours, there are many factors. it is not clear what they have in mind, but what they took part in is exactly the fact that the shelling of the civilian popul

under the laws of the acts yes that is, again, we are talking about a monster, we are talking about mpde are all structures they must uh- eh to develop eh well, that is the work, in fact, paper is very thick if we are talking exclusively based on reality when that's all points are set above and eh then let's build a greenhouse eh and start growing something we are talking about 12 is 18 months we are talking if on an industrial scale, that is, we already have such greenhouses, in which turkish agricultural crops are grown. now, that is , our professionals already know enough professionals abroad who will be able to bring the right genetics, the right varieties, who can tell how to grow it correctly and efficiently. yes, we we can again take the experience of other countries in the regulation of the cultivation of this plant and the production of medicines from them, that is, mass examples of more than 50 countries in the world have already legalized medical cultivation in some form, serhiy rightly said that this does not mean that if tomorrow conditional green buttons will be pressed an

was a baryakhtar tb-2, then they said that it was a ukrainian-made drone made by the company ukrsyst mpdthe company sky ton ac3, but then they began to analyze the appearance of the resistance there, the post part, and so whether otherwise , they came to an assessment of the fact that in fact the drone is too expensive, the company, the ukrspecialist that manufactures pd1, made a statement that we do not want to appropriate other people's victories and it is not our drone, and one way or another, they came to an understanding the fact that this is actually a regular chinese drone that you can buy there on aliexpress, which conventionally costs from five to nine thousand dollars and it was converted directly to carry out such a strike mission, it is interesting that on aliexpress it is written about delivery to russia and precisely with the delivery to russia , this shock maneuver of a chinese-made drone was carried out, but a technical question immediately arises, eh, at such a distance, an ordinary commercial drone can perform the task simply it can't, and this means that this beer disp

. >> mpd number shut the event them because shut the event down because it appeared the event was unsafeere were several people injured as a result of their legs or ankles being trampled as they tried to run from the area. when you have large gatherings in a dense area, all it takes is one person to introduce to a situation that makes it deadly. >> ashley: more than 100 metro police officers on the scene during the event and called coachella and described as advocacy festival amplifying the culture of washington, d.c., up say the officers recovered a gun before the shots were fired up you washington, d.c., mayor muriel bowser slamming justice and calling for justice. >> we have a child who was killed today at an event that did not have any proper planning here at the chief and i will continue to make sure we have the resources we need on these corridors and all of our corridors, but we need some accountability here. >> according to the d.c. police chief officers did not fire a single round during the incident. no arrests have been made so far this morning, griff and ashley. >> griff: ash

and that was right about when mpd's officers showed up.e officers pushed the crowd back, and allowed our cdu units as well as theirs to form that line that you see, that very thin line between us and the protesters or the rioters. i fell behind that line and for a while, i started decontaminating people who had gotten sprayed, and treating people medically who needed it. >> and then you were injured again there on the west terrace, is that right, officer edwards? >> yes, ma'am. so, after a while, i got back on the line. i got -- it was on the house side of the lower west terrace. and i was holding that line for a while. there weren't many of us over there. and officer sicknick was behind me for most of the time, for about 30 to 45 minutes that i was down there. we were just, as the best we could, we were just, you know, grappling over bike racks and trying to hold them as quick as possible. all of a sudden, i see movement to the left of me, and i turned, and it was officer sicknick with his head in his hands. and he was ghostly pale, which

that was right about when mpd's officers showed up.e officers pushed the crowd back and allowed our cdu units as well as theirs to form that line that you see, that very thin line between us and the protesters or the rioters at that time. i fell behind that line. for a while, i started decontaminating people who had gotten sprayed. and treating people medically who needed it. when i fell behind that line and i saw -- i can just remember my breath catching in my throat because what i saw was just a war scene. it was something like i had seen out of the movies. i could not believe my eyes. there were officers on the ground, you know, they were bleeding. they were throwing up. i mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people's blood. i was catching people as they fell. it was carnage. it was chaos. i can't even describe what i saw. amy: capitol police officer caroline edwards who suffered a traumatic brain injury on january 6. she was questioned by republican congressmember vice chair liz cheney. that does i

and that was right about when mpd's officers showed up. their bike officers pushed the crowd back and allowed our cdu units, as well as theirs, to form that line that you see, that very thin line between us and the protesters, or the rioters, you know, at that time. i fell behind that line and for awhile, i started decontaminating people who had gotten sprayed. and treating people medically who needed it. >> and then you were injured again there on the west terrace is that right, officer edwards? >> yes, ma'am. so, after awhile, i got back on the line. i got -- it was on the house side of the lower west terrace. and i was holding that line for awhile. there weren't many of us over there. an officer sicknick was behind me for most of the time, for about 30 to 45 minutes that i was down there. we were just -- as the best we could, we were just, you know, gr grappling over bike racks and trying to hold them as quick as possible. all of a sudden, i see movement to the left of me and i turned and it was officer sicknick with his head in his han

capitol police ramping up staffing, mpd ramping up staffing, and that goes too for the jurisdictionsive. they have put, for example, in one jurisdiction, where supreme court justices live, they have put their civil disturbance unit, which is basically their r riot cops on standby. the big concern is violence back here at the capitol. >> right now, the focus is going to be right there. >> reporter: this attention, this anger, this emotion could turn toward the capitol. that's the other thing capitol police is bracing for. >> the emphasis right now and the focus right there at the u.s. supreme court, whitney wild, thank you so much. that's going to do it for me, i'm fredricka whitfield. more breaking news after this. folks, we seem to have a visitor. it looks like... looks like you paid too much for your glasseses. who? anyone who isn't shopping at america's best where two pairs and a free exam start at just $79.95.5. it's a quality exam worth $50. now, let's take a look at traffic. what are you doing? looking at traffic. two pairs and a free exam starting at just $79.95. book an exam

the mpd sounds like gave them a resounding no. their hands full that day with many different protests and rally activities going on. but it's really remarkable that they even thought about it. >> yeah, it certainly is. the u.s. attorney general merrick garland, as you well know, has faced lots of criticism for not going after the january 6 insurrectionists more aggressively. but do these most recent charges of what's called seditious conspiracy against the proud boys signal there might be more going on behind the scenes? >> they definitely do, wolf. this is a significant escalation in the government's attack on those individuals that they see as being most responsible for the violence and for the organized coordinated assault on the capitol. we've seen this already with their seditious conspiracy indictments in several of the oath keepers, and now they are expanding that approach to include the proud boys. we've known all along there are plenty of video highlights and things to bear out. the fact those two groups went up to the ca

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for full mobilization peer there's been e presence at the capitol, supreme court police as well as mpden times in my experience, these things don't typically get out of hand until after sunset and that is about to happen in the next 30 minutes or so, so we will just see what happens once it finally does get dark. >> tucker: julio, i hate to generalize on the basis of race but you are hearing so much about race, an offense to black people, et cetera. every protest i see seems to be populated almost exclusively by college-educated, affluent white people. kind of the whole foods, soulcycle set. is that true what you are seeing now? you are there. >> no, there certainly are a lot of white people. i've met some college students but there are certainly some minorities. some speakers have been predominately black or hispanic. we had a ocd calling for more people to come out into the streets. in the time here, it is been a healthy mix of races. >> tucker: interesting. julio for us at the supreme court, a man who has covered many riots. good luck tonight. you heard sandy cortez is there. if the

mpd members shot the event down because it appeared that the event was unsafe.therings in the dense area, all it takes is one person introducing a gun to the situation that makes it deadly. >> violent crime is up 12% produce a year in the district or homicides up 13% and robbery surging 33%. it's not just in d.c. in harlem. one shot and killed with eight others injured. in chicago, four people were killed, 32 injured and weekend of violence. brian, ainsley, and steve. >> steve: a moment of clarification. i remember on friday, they were closing questions of the national mall. i think he was having a big music concert or something like that. this is a very thin that. these are two separate events, right? >> that's right for this was not the big event that was permitted and planned for. this was an unpermitted event that turned into an out of control party there in the popular 14th area where you know, steve, a lot of restaurants, a lot of people gather there. the officials saying they simply had a situation that got out of control with multiple fights breaking out

there has a heavy police presence on both capitol police have been called police t and along with mpd. so, you know, oftentimes in my experience these things don't typically get out of hand until after the sun sets. and that's aboutic to happen in the next 30 minutes or so. sonu we'll just see what happens once once we finally get our who i hate to insert race into any question or generalizeu the basis of race, but we're hearing so much talk about race and this is an offense against black people a. everyy protest i have seen today seems to be populated almost exclusively by college educated, affluent white people kind of the whole foods soul cycle set. is that true? of what you're seeing now? i mean, you're there now. o, there certainly are a lot ofe. white people. i've met a few college studentse ,but there's also beene some minorities. some of the speakers have been predominantly either black oror hispanic. we had aocni out here earlier tonight calling for more people to come out into the street. so in the time that i was here , it's been it's been a healthy mix of races. interestin

and that was right about when mpd's officers showed up.d the crowd back and allowed our ceu units as well as theirs to form that line that you see, that very thin line between us and the protesters -- or the rioters -- at that time. i fell behind that line. and for a while i started decontaminating people who had gotten sprayed and treating people medically who needed it. >> and then you were injured again there on the west terrace. is that right, officer edwards? >> yes, ma'am. so, after a while, i got back on the line. i got -- it was on the house side of the lower west terrace. and i was holding that line for a while. there weren't many of us over there. and officer sicknick was behind me for most of the time, for about 30 to 45 minutes that i was down there. we were just, as the best we could, we were just grappling over bike racks and trying to hold them as quick as possible. all of the sudden, i see movement to the left of me, and i turned and it was officer sicknick with his head in his hands. and he was ghostly pale, which i figure

you know, coming onto the west front, they started overpowering us, and that was right about when mpd's officers showed up. they are bike officers, they push the crowd back, and allowed our cdu units as well as theirs, to form that line that you see on that very thin line between us and the protesters were the rioters, you know, at that time. i fell behind that line and for a while i started decontaminating people, who have gotten sprayed, and treating people medically, who needed it. >> and then you are injured again, there, on the west terrace, is that right, officer edwards? >> yes, ma'am, after a while, i got back on the line. it was on the house side of the lower west terrace. i was holding that line for a while, there weren't many of us over there and officer sicknick was behind me for most of the time, for about 30 to 45 minutes that i was down there. we were just, the best we could, we were just, you know, grappling over bike racks, and trying to hold them as quick as possible. all of a sudden, i see movement to the left of me and i turned, and it was officer sicknick with his h

. >> lorenzen wright's mother was ushered behind the crime tape by mpd investigators.ore leaving the scene. >> they had her on the news. where's my baby? screaming out, where's my baby? >> did the police let you get into the crime scene? >> for a little bit, but they wouldn't let me get all where he was. they let me get under the tape. well, i went under the tape anyway. of course they tried to stop me. >> did you see your son? >> nope. they wouldn't let me get that far. >> this area is woodsy. it's quiet. it's really remote. that area was also not very far from that shortcut where lorenzen wright once lived near his mother, the callis-cutoff. >> the callis-cutoff? that was the shortcut that lorenzen had taken hundreds of times. it was a strange place for his body to show up. was it a clue? no one was concentrating on it in that moment. >> no one was talking about the fact that, you know -- that he lived nearby. >> the body turning up there, does it narrow the scope of people who were involved in it, or does it widen it? it's still very hard to tell. >> publicly, yeah,

some of the casualties there among the capitol police and the mpd, the metropolitan police department from that day. host: thank you, we will get back to her calls in a moment. here are a couple of comments on twitter. let's hear from carl on the democrats line in alabama. caller: good morning, c-span. i would like to say that the republicans and their supporters remain in denial. they were in denial then and they are denial now. they are deplorable and despicable so hillary clinton's description was right. regardless to how much evidence -- presented to the contrary, they are not going to see it any other way. the republicans don't believe in a lot will stop they don't believe covid was a problem and they don't believe in the vaccination and they don't believe in police reform, they don't believe in climate change, they don't believe in race issues but there's three things they do believe. they believe there is a problem at the border, they believe that roe v. wade should be overturned and most certainly, they believe that donald trump won the election. host: we will let you go there

. >> mpd, back up, back up to the upper deck. the m-4 officers first. >> the door is barricaded. there is people flooding the hall wares outside. we have no way out. >> officers still remaining on the house floor on the third floor, to use the subway, it is time to evacuate so we could secure the members on the other side. copy. >> it is up to us people now, the american people. one more time? whatever it takes, i'll lay my life down if it takes. absolutely. that is why we showed up today. >> we're coming in if you don't bring her out. you [ bleep ]. you back up. don't even try. you officer down. get him up. >> get him up. >> usa, usa. [ crowd chanting ] >> they were peaceful people. these were great people. the crowd was unbelievable and i mentioned the word love. the love in the air, i've never seen anything like it. it. bipolar depression. it made me feel trapped in a fog. this is art inspired by real stories of bipolar depression. i just couldn't find my way out of it. the lows of bipolar depression can take you to a dark pla

that time when i talked about falling behind mpds line holding those stairs, i was unable to see what was going on over here. when i fell behind that line and i saw, i can just remember, my breath catching in my throat because what i saw was just a war scene. it was something like i had seen out of movies. i couldn't believe my eyes. there were officers on the ground. they were bleeding, they were throwing up and they had -- i mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in peoples blood. i was catching people, as they fell, i was -- it was carnage, it was chaos. i can't even describe what i saw. never in my wildest dreams did i think that, as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer, i would find myself in the middle of a battle. i'm trained to detain a couple of subjects and handle a crowd, but i'm not combat trained. and that day, it was just hours of hand to hand combat. hours of dealing with things that were way beyond any law enforcement officer has ever trained for. and i just remember, i just remember that moment of stepping behind the line and jus