will set up a national command post at f.b.i. headquarters as well as in our washington field office which i know you've visited before and would recognize, as well as we're having command posts in all 56 of our field offices. those command posts bring together personnel not just from the f.b.i. but from across the government to gather intelligence, to assess potential threats, to coordinate investigations and to search resources where needed and they make it possible to share information in real time and allow our personnel to continually update those threat assessments and those command posts will be running 24/7 through the inauguration and in some cases in the days to follow. we're monetarying all leads, whether they are calls from protections or other kinds of potential athletes leading up to inaugural etc. event. when we talk about potential threats, we are seeing an extensive amount of concerning online chatter about a number of events surrounding the inauguration and together with our partners we evalwait those threats an

at the fbi, we set up a national command post at fbi headquarters as well as the command post in ourfore and you'd recognize as well as we're having command posts in all 56 of our field offices. those command posts bring together personnel not just from the fbi but from across the government to gather intelligence, to assess potential threats, to coordinate investigations and to put resources where needed. they make it possible to share information in real time and allow our personnel to continually update those threat assessments and those command posts are going to be running 24/7 through the inauguration and in some cases in the days to follow. we're monitoring all incoming leads, potential threats that grow out of the january 6 breach of the capitol or other kind of potential threats. so we're last up with our partners in that regard. when we talk about potential threats, let me say a word or two about that. we're seeing an extensive amount of concerning online chatter, is the best way to describe it, about a number of events surrounding the inauguration. together with our partne

national guards troops posted up everywhere you look. >> reporter: yeah, 21,000 national guard troops will be here by inauguration day. now, according to the commanding general. to give you a sense of where we are, the capitol right behind me and we have gotten multiple layers here, multiple streets and layers of security. concrete barriers, national guard troop carriers on every single block and as we showed you yesterday and as we've been shooting for the last couple days national guard troops carrying their semi-automatic weapons, m-4s as well. this is the strictest security we have ever seen in washington, d.c. for inauguration. in fact, i will tell you that

command post tonight for us.>> reporter: everyone from cal fire to the sheriff's department, to the national weather service is here at the command center at the cal fire headquarters in felton. they are monitoring the potential for any type of mudslide or debris flow. now the rain here has picked up dramatically within the last 15 minutes. but we are not yet feeling the winds. when i talked to the sheriff's department and cal fire earlier today they said based on the conditions that they are expecting overnight tonight, it is critical that everyone in the evacuation zones get out.>> when the sheriff puts out the call saying it's time to go, they are serious. >> james and a few other neighbors waited until the rain started falling tonight to evacuate this felton neighborhood.>> i think most are out. i don't hear any generators running. >> about 5000 people in the other burn scars are under mandatory evacuation orders. cal fire says once the heaviest rain starts falling it will be too dangerous for them to try to rescue anyone who chooses to stay. >> we need to wait until the rainfall rates come down and we get

national guard to help protect state capitols. all 56 f.b.i. field offices have set up command posts, other federal agencies told all their officers to be on standby and the u.s. marshal service is deputizing 3,000 across the country to help with the inauguration here in washington. norah. >> o'donnell: that's law enforcement all hands on deck. all right, kris van cleave, thank you. tonight f.b.i. director chris wray also has a message for those who stormed the embole building, we know who you are. 100 arrests and twice as many suspectidg about those rioters. >> reporter: this video shows the terrifying moments when the violent mob got its hands on a capitol police officer, on the ground g dragged deeper into the punches and kicks of attackerswi ag pole holding the stars and stripes. stager bragged. >> everybody in there is a traitor, death is the remedy. >> reporter: fueled by do you qn conspiracy theories, hate for president trump, five deaths. >> there's a hodge dodge of movements and ideas that came together. i think that's a classically american form of extremism. >> reporter: t

national guard to help protect state capitols. all 56 f.b.i. field offices have set up command posts.al agencies have told all of their officers to be on standby, and the u.s. marshal service is planning to deputize 3,000 to 4,000 local police officers from across the country to help with the inauguration here in washington.on. norah. norah. >> o'donnell: that's a law enforcement all-hands-on-deck. all right, kris van cleave, thank you. tonight, f.b.i. director chris wray also has a message for those who stormed the capitol building: "we know who you are." more than 100 arrests have been made, twice as many suspects identified. cbs's jeff pegues has more on what we're learning about those rioters. >> reporter: this video shows the terrifying moments when the violent mob got its hands on a he is on the grod being draggedeeper into the punches and kicks of his attackers. the f.b.i. says peter stager beat the officer with a flag pole holding america's stars and stripes. the officer survived. but stager, who has been charged with civil disorder, bragged about his actions.out his actio. >>

. >> the fbi has set up command posts to help and governor gavin newsom says he will activate the nationaluard if necessary. >>> facebook, google, airbnb and lyft are among the bay area companies freezing political donations following last week's insurrection at the u.s. capitol. airbnb got specific and is going to withhold donations from republicans who voted against certifying the election results. there were more than 120 in the house and seven in the senate. >>> it wasn't a tweet, but someone used twitter to get their message across tonight. sky 7 captures anti-trump messages projected on twitter's headquarters in san francisco. this was to show support for the company's decision last friday to permanently suspend donald trump from the platform. twitter says since friday it has suspended 70,000 accounts for sharing qanon content. >>> all right. time to turn to our weather because it is going to be changing here pretty soon, dionne. >> yes, practically feeling like spring, sandhya. >>> yes, especially when you start to see the 70s on the seven-day forecast later on this week. let's look

national forest. >> we were in our command post and a detective walked in and said that they had a case, took place in north carolina, involving a husband and wife, that the wife had been murdered in the piska national forest. >> that detective was working an unsolved case that had cops in north carolina bewildered. david mahoney, a sheriff of transylvania county, a beautiful place wan ominous name that has nothing to do with fangs dripping blood. >> we have some wonderful attractions here, all of those things along with a slower pace of life is what brings folks and keeps folks here. >> folks like john and irene bryant, who after raising a family retired here, far from the brutal winters of upstate new york and close to the hiking trails they loved. holly bryant is the youngest of their four children. >> they loved the outdoors. when they were first married, they used to go out hiking in the mountains. they would take us hiking. and as they got older, they'd take the grandchildren out hiking, too. >> the bryants had a lifetime of outdoors experience, had hiked all over the world. >> my father compl

today the "washington post" broke the news that quote the commander of the d.c. national guard said the pentagon restricted his authority ahead of the riot, requiring higher level sign off to respond that cost time as events spiralled out of control. other headlines, the senate confirmed tony blinken as secretary of state, carrying out the commitment to reverse the trump america first doctrine. and joe biden had first phone call as president with vladimir putin. white house said he pressed on the hack, the reports of bounties on u.s. troops in afghanistan and poisoning of alexei navalny, in short the kind of phone call putin hasn't had with an american president in over four years now. this afternoon a fox news reporter tried to get biden to reveal more details about the call. >> mr. president, what did you talk to vladimir putin about? >> you. >> with that let's bring in our leadoff guests on this tuesday night. philip rucker, pulitzer prize winning senior washington correspondent for the "washington post." melissa murray who clerked for sonia sotomayor on the u.s. court

the "washington post" reports that the pentagon restricted the d.c. national guard commander'sahead of the january 6 riots. major general william walker said that after criticism of the response to the protests last june, the pentagon took away his power to immediately deploy troops. so when walker received a panicked call from the capitol police chief warning that rioters were about to enter the u.s. capitol, he needed approval from both the defense secretary himself and the army secretary and it added to the delay in the response. mean while the acting chief of the u.s. capitol police told members ever congress yesterday that her agency, quote, failed to meet its own high standards as well as your. >>> and as the fbi continues to investigate the violent breach at the u.s. capitol, the agency's top federal prosecutor expects indictments to be handed down as soon as this week. the "wall street journal" reports that with the help of more than 200,000 tips, fbi agents across the country continue to build cases that some of the rioters carefully planned the attack. but these types

today the washington post broke the news the commander of the d.c. national guard of the pentagon restricted his authority before the riot requiring higher level sign off to respond as events that day spiraled out of cromwell. hopefully we'll learn more about why it took so long to act. meanwhile, more arrests day by day. among them a new york man who wore his high school varsity jacket to the capitol siege, complete with his name, name of his high school and former football jersey number which certainly made the feds' job easier. a judge ruled early this week another man known as the zip tie guy remained in custody no bail after the fbi revealed they found a safe full of guns including assault rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition. and the arrest of the man now charged with making terrifying threats to the family of my next guest. congressman hakeem jeffries of new york, chair of the house democratic caucus. great to have you on, congressman. just tell me what you know and what you're willing to say. obviously there are security concerns here about the th

national guards troops posted up everywhere you look. >> reporter: yeah, 21,000 national guard troops will be here by inauguration day. now, according to the commanding general. to give you a sense of where we are, the capitol right behind me and we have gotten multiple layers here, multiple streets and layers of security. concrete barriers, national guard troop carriers on every single block and as we showed you yesterday and as we've been shooting for the last couple days national guard troops carrying their semi-automatic weapons, m-4s as well. this is the strictest security we have ever seen in washington, d.c. for inauguration. in fact, i will tell you that we've talked to some historians who say that this is probably the biggest security clamp down in d.c. since the civil war when d.c. was an armed camp. so 21,000 soldiers expected on inauguration day and we have thousands of police officers, federal, local, state police officers who are here as well. this is, i'm going to step up just a little bit so you can see a little bit more, this is -- this speaks to the level of concern that we have in d.c. that right wing extremists may be plotting a r

command post, in preparation. they are working with washington, d.c. headquarters to identify anyone who took part in the siege on te nation's capitol. >>> an east bay city is denouncing a divisive message of the it's this. a banner reading, white lives matter. how police are responding, tonight. >>> plus, celebrating america's diversity. the biden-inaugural team holds its first virtual event as they count down to inauguation day, on wednesday. >>> and i'm meteorologist, drew tuma. it is a warm start to the weekend. the warm weather continues, tomorrow. but, so do some winds arriving, shortly. we are going to have all the details on a w when i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture, i waited to get treated. thought surgery was my only option. but then i found out about nonsurgical treatments. it was a total game changer. learn more about the condition at factsonhand.com ah, yes, the living room-slash-classroom- slash-office. it was a total game changer. observe how gig-speed internet from xfinity powers the gaming tablet, the school tablet and the extremely sticky tablet. everyone's connected at once. even mom who's upstairs working hard. mommy's not

command post in preparation. they are working with washington, d.c. headquarters to identify anyone who took part in the siege on the nation's capitol. >>> an east bay city is denouncing a divisive message. it is this. a banner readin, "white lives matter." how police are responding to it tonight. >>> also, the dangerous find inside a mobile home that forced the evacuation of a san francisco neighborhood. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. what a warm start to the weekend today. we've not only got more warm weather but some gusty winds >>> in the east bay a disturbing message found and removed. a "white lives matter" banner was discovered this morning in union city on the corner of smith and dire street. city leaders and the human relations commission have condemned the act. they say the act of vandalism is especially jarring on the weekend of the martin luther king jr. holiday, and less than a week since the attack on the capitol. a police report has been filed and officers will remain on alert for any hate-fuelled crimes or acts. >>> materials to make explosives have been found inside a man's mobile home in san francisco leading to his arrest. "abc 7

commander of the d.c. national guard tells "the washington post" that, quote, the pentagon restricted his authority ahead ofring higher level signoff to respond that cost time as the events that day spiralled out of control. joining our conversation is rick wilson, gop strategist and cofounder of the lincoln project, jonathan and elizabeth are also still here. rick wilson, let me get you in on this vote. i have zero expectations that republicans will ever get beyond their political calculations which are around whether donald trump would tweet at them if he could. what do you make of the number of senators who voted not to even have a trial? >> well, i think a lot of them -- the vast majority of them are still sunk in a swamp of complete moral and personal cowardice. they know that trump is guilty. they know that he should be held to account. they fear that some day, somehow, he will get his twitter account back and say bad things about them. fomt, fear of mean tweets, is the sole driver of behavior for the last four years, and they can't unlearn that behavior, apparently, overnight. even though it would be

command post in preparation. they are working with washington, d.c. headquarters to identify anyone who took part in the siege on the nation's capitol.ssories and military gear, leading up to inauguration day. all of this, comes after a push from senators and facebook employees, in the wake of the u.s. capitol riot. the social-media site already prohibits ads for weapons and ammunition. this new, expanded ban includes accessories, such as gun safes, vests, and holsters. facebook plans to pause those ads, at least through next friday. >>> and abc news will have continuous, live coverage of the inauguration on wednesday. all of it begins at 6:00 a.m., right here, on abc 7. >>> materials to make explosives have been found inside a man's mobile home in san francisco, leading to his arrest. the area near gilman avenue was blocked off into this morning. people were evacuated from the area, as a precaution. police identified the suspect as kyle fuom he wascuodt night, and faces multiple charges. >>> in the east bay, a flare from the chevron refinery in richmond could be seen for miles, tonight. take a look. this photo, on twitter, shows tha

national guard to be on stand by in case things do get unruly. we have pointed out portland which was the scene of unrest, the fbi set up a command post there to field intelligence or tips should things get out of control there. from what we understand, things remain peaceful. >>> joe biden won't be wasting any time once he's sworn in as president on wednesday. a memo from his chief of staff iptd cates biden will sign about a dozen executive orders on his first day alone. those orders will include rejoining the paris climate deal and ending the controversial travel ban on predominantly muslim countries. he'll also move to hold after the pandemic. biden has ambitious plans for the first 100 days. let's bring in john defterios. is there a risk here, the bar has been set too high by the president-elect due to the state of the pandemic? >> reporter: it seems so, rosemary, domestically and internationally. joe biden did pledge after the campaign and after elected he would be a man of action. i think the priority list has to be, let's take a look, that $1.9 trillion package here, stimulus package. i don't think it will remain that big by the end of the ne

"the washington post" reports that the pentagon restricted the d.c. national guard commanders protests last june, the pentagon took away his power to immediately deploy troops. so when walker received a panicked call from the capitol police chief warning that rioters were about to enter the u.s. capitol, he needed approval by both the defense secretary himself, along with the army secretary which added to the delayed response. meanwhile, the acting chief of the u.s. capitol police told members of the congress yesterday that her agency, quote, failed to meet its own high standards as well as yours. willie? >> and the major general said his trooping were just down the streets. could have been there in minutes if approved. the agency's top federal prosecutors expects indictments to be handed down as soon as this week. with the help of more than 200,000 tips, fbi agents across the country continue to build cases that some of the rioters carefully planned the attack. under intense scrutiny for their potential roles in the insurrection. those include the proud boys, the oath keepers

commander in chief two wednesdays ago when the calls for national guard were refused or not taken by the actual president, reporting suggests it was mike pence who intervened. there was reporting in "the washington post" and "new york times" that west wing aides said they would not follow trump's orders. i think there's an open question for historians and reporters at this point to answer for us about who was the actual commander in chief in the final days. >> it's an excellent point and worrying one. >> right. >> not because -- whatever you feel about the relative competence of mike pence and donald trump -- that's a fun party game -- the presidency is supposed to be -- has the power for a reason. if those powers are being carried out by someone else without the country being notified and without procedures, it's not good precedent. the same way it wasn't good when al hague tried to call himself president in a previous administration, if mike pence became de facto commander in chief without any transfer of the powers. it's not good in terms of democracy accountability and how things could go haywire in the future. it's something we can leave as a mystery. >> it's the echo and the repeated story of t