of arms to request assistance of the national guard and mr. irving stated he was concerned about the guard being deployed. >> that is correct. on the fourth, it wasn't a phone call, it was an in person visit to his office where i requested that national guard. >> could you clarify, when you use the turn, maybe you could talk about this, the optics of the national guard, could you elaborate on what you meant by that? ... he had received an offer from the national guard and when we include mister steiger we discussed a specific issue as to whether the intelligence warranted the proof and the answer was number then mister steiner, his recommendation was to have been on standby and my recollection was mister son was satisfied with that and he believed the following day he was satisfied and i'd heard no concern anytime thereafter >> were you concerned and his use of the word optics, what it would look like to have the guards for mister son s testified was a concern on january 4. there was a reluctance because of the appearance. was there something,

you know, we've talked a little bit about the deployment or lack of deployment of the national guard. and one of the questions for mr. sund or chief contee, in the fact that we -- the district did not have the ability to bring the guard to the table because of frankly marian bowser was not treated in a totally fair fashion in this. this may be outside your lane, but her inability to bring the guard to the table and actually any on the panel, you know, that to me is a reflection of the disempowerment of the district. on a going-forward basis in terms of preparing the national guard, should the mayor of the district of columbia have the power to do that in terms of the hurdles for the federal checklist? >> yes. i absolutely agree with that. >> anybody else want to -- continue answer that question as well? >> we have an established process or the capitol police do to make the request through the capitol police board that is equally as effective. >> i feel like the long-term discrimination against the district, we've seen it in some of the legislation where they did not receive the same k

i have questions about the national guard. the secretary mentioned we are trying to prioritize the vaccine for those service members who are on the front lines or performing functions in which they might have exposure. are the members of the guard being appropriately prioritized who are serving their communities in the covid response, such as serving and food banks, serving in vaccine supply, assisting communities in ways in which they are part of the covid response? are they being a properly prioritized -- appropriately prioritized? >> i do have to state i am in ohio guardsmen. first of all yes, we are in , lockstep. we have been fully integrated in the dod priority schema for vaccination. we receive our allotment of vaccines and follow down the list. in that top list of the one a are guardsmen serving in covert -- in covid operations, so they have the ability to get the vaccine. we have been pushing it out weakly to the states so they can get vaccinated. >> i have one more follow-up. this question is based on information i ha

the use of the national guard. we know after 9/11, the national guard helped for quite a while. we also know that we have to have a plan going forward as well as consider what happens when we need a greater number of national guard in a crisis and how those approvals are made. those are just some of my takeaways. i'm sure many others will have more. but i do want to make it clear that there are some items of agreement between most of us on this committee. i don't think we should let the words of a few become the story here, because i think this has been a very constructive hearing. and i want to thank our witnesses for coming forward as they did. and i want to thank senator peters. and we look forward to more hearings. thank you. >> well, thank you, chair klobuchar. i have enjoyed this hearing. it's been good and working with you and your entire team with rules and administration committee. i want to thank ranking member blunt and portman and all of the members who came here today to work in a bipartisan way to ask tough questions and to get answers. i want to thank captain mend

yes, the national guard is on the way. yes, the national guard are being restaged from traffic posts to respond. the response was more asking about the plan, what was the plan for the national guard, and the response was more focused on in addition to the plan, the optics about how this looks with boots on the ground on the capitol. and my response to that was simply, i was just stunned that i have officers that are literally fighting for their lives and we're kind of going through what seemed like an exercise to check the boxes and there was not an immediate response. when i asked specifically, steve sund, chief sund, was he requesting national guard and was that request being denied. the response was no, we're not -- from the u.s. department of army, was no, we're not denying the request, but they were concerned, they did have concerns so again i was just stunned at that response. >> thank you. >> senator blunt. >> chief sund, if i have your testimony correct this morning, i think what i'm hearing you say is based on int

the use of the national guard. we know after 9/11 the national guard helped for quite a while. we also know that we have to have a plan going forward, as well as consider what happens when we need a greater number of national guard in a crisis and how those approvals are made. those are just some of my takeaways. i'm sure many others will have more. but i do want to make it clear that there are some items of agreement between most of us on this committee, and i don't think we should let the words of a few become the story here because i think this has been a very constructive hearing and i want to thank our witnesses for coming forward as they did. >> thank you, senator klobuchar. it's been good working with you and entire team and rules administration committee. certainly want to thank ranking members who came here today to work in a bipartisan way to ask tough questions and to get answers. i want to thank captain mendoza, certainly a very i formative way -- informative way to start this hearing. and the witnesses who came here today willingly and be willing to be asked the to

national guard. and chief, you were stunned by the tepid response. can you clarify that and tell us how the conversations went? >> there was a phone call that was convened between several officials. chief sund was on the call, literally pleading. there were several army officials on the call. i don't know them all by name. several officials from district government were on the stage. chief simons was pleading for the deployment. national guard. in response to that, there was not an immediate yes, the national guard is responding, yes, the national guard is on the way, yes, the national guard are being restaged from traffic posts to respond. the response was more asking about the plan, what was the plan for the national guard. the response was more focused on, in addition to the plan, the optics, about how this looks with boots on the ground on the capitol. and my response to that was simply, i was just stunned. i have officers out there literally fighting for their lives. we're kind of going through

national guard during an emergency. that's one of the reasons i've worked for years with congresswoman to support the national guard washington, d.c. next question, chief contee, in your testimony you highlight a request for d.c. national guard assistance at the d.c. capitol on january 6 would have had to have been made by the u.s. capitol police with the consent of the u.s. department of defense. would you take a minute to explain that process and why mayor bowser is not able to request d.c. national guard assistance when federal property as well as human lives are threatened in the district that she leads? please go ahead. >> thank you for the question. so the mayor does not have full authority over the national guard to include their activation or deployment. when the mayor makes a request to the district of columbia, we send that to the federal government. ultimately the secretary of the army who sees that request, there is a whole approval process that that request has to go through in order for national guard reso

yes, the national guard is responding. yes, the national guard is on the way. one thing that did not come up in today's hearing but has still not been explained about that desperate phone call the d.c. police described, that the pentagon initially lied about one of the military officers who was on that call. the "washington post" reporting last month that after trump's disgraced national security adviser mike flynn told president trump he should use military force and martial law to seize power despite election results, mike flynn's brother was at the pentagon and on that call. the call where the pentagon allegedly slow walked approving deploying the national guard. mike flynn's brother, lieutenant general charles flynn, has denied that his relationship with his brother was any sort of factor in the response to the capitol attack. but the army has not explained why they repeatedly lied when they insisted multiple times that general flynn's brother had nothing to do with it. that he was not on the call when in fact he was. so to have one of the central figures i

irving in his office making the first request to the national guard to say i don't think the intelligence supports it if we needed them on wednesday is there a way to beep report on - - prepare for a request? at that .125 national guardsmen supporting if we needed a response quickly he could repurpose them to get them to the armory and to get them to us as quick as possible the next day i met with mr. stinker he came for the video call i posted with those officials and we spoke about it briefly there as well as i passed on to mr. irving later that afternoon. >> i understand you have some disagreement with that characterization about the concern of the optics to relay your best recollection on january 4th. >> my best recollection was a phone call indicating he had received an offer 125 on armed guards as we followed up the three of us engaged in a conversation we left at the light of the existing intelligence the intelligence did not warrant the national guard and that intended that discussion rather than the offer should we perform any follow-up and he recommended they were placed on stan

we talk about the deployment our lack of deployment of the national guard. and one of the questions is the fact the district did not have the ability to bring the guard to the table because frankly they were not treated in a fair fashion. this may be outside your lane but with that ability to bring the guard to me is a reflection. but on a going forward basis sent the mayor of the district of columbia do that in terms of a checklist. >> and anybody else is a question as well. >> and for the capital police it is included and against the district we have seen it's they did not's we see the same level of support that other states did that we saw that play out on january 6th from the previous administration i have concerns that the deployment of the guard. i hope that we in the congress see that move forward but even short of that that the mayor has appropriate powers going forward with the fbi in coming out of the outfits if they could ever fully relate to all of you individuals. but katie talk more generally about the fbi sharing of intelligence? i had a number

, the national guard is on the way, yes, the national guard is being restaged from traffic post to respond. the response was more asking about the plan that, you know, what was the plan for the national guard. the response was more focused on, in addition to the plan, the optics of how this looks with boots on the ground on the capitol. my response to that was simply, i was just stunned, that, you know, i have officers that were out there literally fighting for their lives and we're kind of going through an exercise to really check the boxes and it was not an immediate response. when i asked specifically steve sund, chief sund was he requesting the national guard and was that request being denied the response was no, we're not -- from the u.s. department of army was no, we're not denying the request, but they were concerned, they did have concerns. i was just again, stunned at that response. >> thank you. >> senator blunt? >> thank you, chairman. chief sund, if i have your testimony correct this morning, i think what i'm hearing you say is based on the intelligence you saw on january the 3

i suggested he reach out to the national guard commander for a couple of reasons. one of them was i had read in the paper or heard on the news that the national guard in d.c. was rather reticent to engage because of the issues that had arisen in the white house demonstrations of a month ago and that we need to make sure that the national guard was engaged in this and that they would be willing to -- >> do you think you did make sure they were engaged and would be willing? i want to go to one more question here. did you think they were engaged and would be willing if called on? >> yeah, that's what i think i asked the chief to do coming from the general. >> mr. irving you said in your testimony that when asked fosh national guard assistance you approved it. mr. sund stated that he asked for the national guard assistance at 1:09 and you approved -- it was approved at 2:10. why would it take an hour to approve national guard assistance on your part in that moment of crisis? mr. irving. >> senator, from my recollection, i did not receive a request for approval for nati

national guard. the scope of the request by the mayor must be limited to supporting the district's local jurisdiction and authority, which excludes entities, federafederal entities. and since a public health emergency last march, the district has not issued permits for any large gatherings. although the district take pride in exercise of first amendment right by all groups regardless of their breliefs, none of january 6th were issued permits. mpd was prepared to support our federal partners with a first amendment assembly primarily on federal land while continuing to patrol and respond to calls for service throughout d.c. based on our experience, with prior demonstrations after the election, we recognized that there was a possibility of violence, especially after dart as smaller group of protests gathered with malicious intent on our city streets. to be clear, intelligence pointed to a large presence of some of the same groups that had contributed to violence in the city after demonstrations in novem

national guard. the scope of the request by the mayor must be limited to supporting the district's local jurisdiction and authority which excludes entities -- which excludes federal entities and property. third, since mayor bowser declared a public health emergency last march, the district has not issued permits for any large gatherings. although the district and mpd take pride in facilitating the exercise of first amendment rights by all groups regardless of their believes, none of the public gatherings on january 5th and 6th were issued permits by the city. on the morning of january 6th mpd was prepared to support our federal partners with a first amendment assembly that was held primarily on federal land while continuing to patrol and respond to calls for service throughout d.c. based on our experience with prior demonstrations after the election, we recognize that there was a possibility of violence, especially after dark and smaller groups of protesters gather wd malicious intent on our city str

yes, the national guard is on the way. yes, the national guard are being restaged from traffic posts to respond. ghee at the response was more asking about the plan that, you know, what was the plan for the national guard? the response was more focused on in addition to the plan, the optics, you know, of how this looks with boots on the ground on the capitol. and my response to that was simply, i was just stunned that, you know, i have officers that were out there literally fighting for their lives and we're kind of going through, you know, what seemed like an exercise to really check the s boxes and it was not an immediate response. when i asked specifically, steve sund, chief sund, was he requesting the national guard and was that request being denied, the response was, no, that's -- the u.s. department of army was, no, we're not denying the request - but they did have concerns. so i was just stunned at that response. >> the capitol police captain describing what it was like to i be in the thick of the devastating battle

trump was reportedly and i quote completely totally out of it he made no attempt to reach the national guard and it was vice president pants still under the threat for his life who reportedly spoke to the guard president trump's conduct confirms this too and at no point on january 6th did donald trump even reference the national guard the only thing that we heard connecting the president to the guard was from his press secretary who tweeted about the guard being deployed at the president's direction over half an hour later at 3 36 pm and we have seen what donald trump does when he tries to take credit for something and yet even when the national guard was finally deployed he didn't even acknowledge it. in fact he didn't say a word about the national guard the entire day think about that the bloodiest attack we've seen on our capital since 812 and our president couldn't be bothered to even mention that help was on its way these insurgents had been attacking our government for over 4 hours by that point and we may have been the target but it was the brave men and women who protect our capital

and why the national guard -- it was so slow in getting the national guard to the capitol. i think that's another chapter of the story that involves high levels in the administration and the vice president, former vice president and former president. i think we have a lot to learn about that. >> yeah, and there are going to be other opportunities, right. this is the first in a series of hearings we expect many, many, many more questions to be answered. gloria, peter, charles as well. really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> all right. >>> i want to reset for our viewers if you're just joining us now what we're following is breaking news coming off of capitol hill. this is the first senate hearing about the deadly insurrection on january 6th. he today we heard hours of testimony from the current and former security officials who were in charge that day. >> we will provide you a quick overview why i think it was a coordinated attack. one, these people came specifically with equipment. you bring in climbing gear to a demonstration. you're bringing explosives. you're bringing c

ation we knew that the mayor 2 days before before had been offered to have federal troops or national guard deployed beef up security here in capitol police i was offered so somebody had to have an inkling into some and my question is who ignored it and why if an investigation or don we would know the answer to that to thank you. the house have 2 and a half minutes 1st if defense counsel has exculpatory evidence you're welcome to give it to us we would love to see it you've had an opportunity to give us evidence that what is culpa take the president haven't seen it yet everyone in the defense counsel wants to bring everyone else except the person who is most responsible for what happened on january 6th. and that's president trump donald trump and he is the person who foresee this the most because he had the reports he had access to the information he is well had we all know how he is an avid cable news watcher he knew what was going to happen he cultivated these individuals these are the under spirited facts the national guard was not deployed until over 2 hours after the attack i heard ref

the national guard is responding. yes, the national guard is on the way. the response was more asking about the plan, what was the plan for the national guard. the response was more focussed on in addition to the plan the optics about how this looks with boots on the ground on the capitol. and my response to that was simply, i was just stunned that, i have officers that were out there literally fighting for their lives and, you know, we're kind of going through what seemed like an exercise to really check the boxes. and there was not an immediate response. >> let me be clear, optics as portrayed in the media played no role whatsoever in my decisions about security. and any suggestion to the contrary is false. safety was always paramount when making security plans for january 6th. we did discuss whether the intelligence warranted having troops at the capitol. that was the issue. and the collective judgment at that time was no, the intelligence did not warrant that. >> there's so much to go through there, mika, but i just want to go back to the staggering nu

even the civilians followed what the air force and national guard directed.nd that, that response, that communication saved thousands of people's lives. a lot of what you see in this exhibit is photographs. because a lot of the things that we have from the flood are photographs. you know, people's lives got decimated. if they didn't lose somebody, they lost their house, they lost their belongings. so a lot of what we have left are photographs. a lot of the photographs behind me are hard-hitting photographs, that show not only the tragedy, but it shows the cooperation of air force and the national guard, or air force and the fire department. the other thing i have up here are quotes. these quotes are taken from the "rapid city journal," on different days of the journal. one of the quotes we have that is probably the hardest-hitting, where it says, "we just don't have enough hearses to go around." and they didn't. they didn't have enough coffins and hearses, and they were digging graves every day, for days. after the flood happened, there was a big push to chan

at no point on january 6th did donald trump even reference the national guard. only thing that we heard connecting the president to the guard was from his press secretary who tweeted about the guard being deployed at the president's direction over half an hour later at 3:36 p.m., and we have seen what donald trump does when he tries to take credit for something, and yet, even when the national guard was finally deployed he didn't even acknowledge it. in fact, he didn't say a word about the national guard the entire day. think about that. the bloodiest attack we've seen on our capitol since 1812, and our president couldn't be bothered to even mention that help was on its way. these insurgents had been attacking our government for over four hours at that point and we may have been the target, but it was the brave men and women who protect our capitol who were out there combatting thousands of armed insurgents in a fight for their lives and that's who donald trump left entirely unprotected. >> hold the line! hold the line! >> push! >> hold the line! let's go! [ expl

in response to that, there was not an immediate yes, the national guard is responding, yes, the national guard is on the way. i was just stunned that, you know, i have officers that were out there literally fighting for their lives, and we're kind of going through what seemed like an exercise to really check the boxes. >> mr. sund, do you know when you asked for national guard assistance? was it 1:09 or was it 2:00 p.m.? >> it was 1:09, sir. >> senator, i have no recollection of a conversation with chief sund at that time. >> it took hours to get that response. also, a disagreement over whether the pentagon held off on deploying the national guard for fear of optics of armed troops at the capitol. it was a delay that lasted, as i said, for hours as capitol and d.c. police officers waged a battle of hand-to-hand combat, beaten and pummelled by insurrectionists. the finger-pointing conflicting accounts, and blame game today were enough to make your head spin. the one big thing they did agree on today, the attack was planned, it was coordinated, and it was unlike anything they had ever seen

is it not a fact that when the request for national guard -- when there was a request for national guard, the capitol police -- the board said that the optics wouldn't be good or we don't need this or the request denied. you -- there doesn't appear to be -- what is its -- what is its real role? does it have a role in oversight of the capitol police? i know it does a lot of ceremonial things, and i appreciate that. everybody has to be taken care of. but this board and its -- where was the board, and how did it function prior to january 6th and on january 6th? >> so, ma'am, if i could answer that question as it relates to capitol police, prior to january 6th, i think it's important to note that by statute, in order for u.s. capitol police to have the national guards on its grounds in a law enforcement capacity, the capitol police board must first declare an emergency. so, in order for us to -- >> capitol police, your responsibility was to declare an emergency before the capitol police board could respond? no? >> no, ma'am. >> okay. >> so, by statute, in order for the u.s. capitol police to

he made no attempt to reach the national guard. and it was a vice president pence, still under the threat for his life that reportedly spoke to the guard. president trump's conduct confirms this too. at no point on january 6 did donald trump even a reference the national guard. the only thing that we heard connecting the president to the guard was from his press secretary who tweeted about the guard being deployed at the president's direction over half an hour later at 3:30 6:00 p.m. we have seen what donald trump does when he tries to take credit for something. even when the national guard was finally deployed, he did not even acknowledge it. in fact, he did not say a word about the national guard the entire day. think about that. the bloodiest attack we've seen on our capitol since 1812 and i were couldn't be bothered to even mention that help was on its way. these insurgents have been attacking our government for over four hours by that point. emily may have been the target. it was a brave men and women who protect our capitol wh

at no point onjanuary the 6th the donald trump even reference the national guard. hour later at 3:36 p:m.. we have seen what donald trump does when he tries to take credit for something, and yet, even when the national guard was finally deployed, he didn't even acknowledge it. in fact, he didn't say a word about the national guard the entire day. think about that. the bloodiest attack we seen on our capitol since 1812, and our president couldn't be bothered to even mention that help was on its way. these insurgents have been attacking our government for overfour attacking our government for over four hours by this attacking our government for overfour hours by this point, and we may have been the target, but it was the brave men and women protect our mac capitol, who are out there in a fight for their lives —— our capitol. that's who donald trump left entirely unprotected. this is hard to watch, but i think it's important we understand what the capitol police were facing, how severely they were outnumbered, while our commander—in—chief, whosejob it was while our co

the assistance of the national guard and mr. irving stated that he was concerned about the optics of having the guard deployed, is that correct? >> that is correct, on the fourth it actually was a phone call it was an in person visit over to his office where he went in and requested the national guard. >> mr. irving, could you clarify when you use the word optics and may be your recollection is you didn't, so maybe you can speak to that, are you concerned about the optics of the national guard and can you elaborate on what you meant by that? again, this is monday january the 4th now. >> yes, monday january 4th, senator, safety was always the deciding factor of making security plans, and the issue on the table was whether the intelligence warranted troops at the capital, and the conversation with mr. sund was not, i did not take into request, he was merely informing an aide that he received an offer from the national guard when we included mr. stenger we discussed the specific issue as to whether the intelligence warranted the tr

— responsibility of deploying the national guard? at the end of the da , the national guard?ment _ national guard? at the end of the day, the department of— national guard? at the end of the day, the department of defence l national guard? at the end of the . day, the department of defence does have two support the deployment of the national guard. it is a question and i think it is a legitimate question as to whether there was a need for the national guard. most of the serious riots in washington, dc had faced in december and even very early january had faced in december and even very earlyjanuary had had faced in december and even very early january had involved had faced in december and even very earlyjanuary had involved riot police which they are early january had involved riot police which they are far too few anyway, to me, it is not entirely clear that there were necessary here. there was any a significant number of riot police to deal with these individuals. at number of riot police to deal with these individuals.— these individuals. at one point it sounded almost _

when exactly was the national guard requested?> senator, from my recollection, i did not receive a request for approval for national guard until shortly after 2:00 p.m. >> mr. sund, do you know when you asked for national guard assistance, 1:09 or 2:00 p.m.? >> 1:09. >> from whom did you ask for assistance. >> mr. herbie. >> the chief conversation in that time frame, 1:28, 1:30. and in that conversation, he indicated that conditions were deteriorating. he might be looking to -- for national guard approval. >> all of this confusion and lack of clarity in the time line, raising the stakes even more for next week's hearing. that one focusing on the defense department and delays in employing the national guard. cnn's jessica schneider reports from washington. >> reporter: laura and christine, this is the first time we've heard directly from the officials who made the decisions on that fateful day, we're now learning they did not have all of the crucial details. they knew there could be violence, but they weren't prepared for the beati

we are protecting the teachers but not the national guard?put in that parking garage with one outlet and one restroom to share. and dozens of them ended up getting the virus. who is going to ask questions why they are still there in those sort of numbers. until there is a pushback of are we a country where you can call in the military in that kind of numbers to prove a political point. we are not sure. the lack of answers without any sort of credible threat to justify that kind of force is something we as americans should not tolerate. the perpetual occupation of american cities with military without this credible force is not something we should accept. judge jeanine: charlie kirk and leo terrell. thanks for being with us tonight. coming up, the d.c. swamp rises again and you are not going to like this. we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is

the mayor of washington dc called for additional national guard troops. i won't go through all of the details of the violence that unfolded. you just saw that but as we walked through what the commander-in-chief did that day, let me be very clear about exactly what was happening here at the same time. for 40 minutes our buildings were cleared and pipe bombs found and supporters were literally breaching the perimeter of theal capital and you saw theto violence occurrin. we heard nothing from the president of the united states. we didn't hear anything from donald trump until 1:49 p.m. while all of this is unfolding president trump sent out amp . tweet. this is the first thing he did when he learned the united states capital his own vice president was under violent attack. what was the tweet? nearly hours after they breach the perimeter donald trump released a propaganda real of the save america speech had given one hour before. let me be clear. the event i just described, breaching the capital, attacking law enforcement, broadcast all over the television fo

maybe 126 national guard might be able to come help. when we are at a significant likelihood of attacks. and however we tier that f.b.i. report, it fed into right into what you knew already. i see my time is done. we have white supremacy feeling the violence, that fueled the big lie about our elections. do you believe that institutional racism, the culture of white supremacy -- and i am not saying any specific person or one action -- do you believe that played a role in the discrepancy between the intelligence received, the assessment of the likelihood of violence and the preparation that left our officers really at the mercy of the mob? chief pittman: so as the first black and female chief of this department, i take any allegation of any equitable policing extremely seriously. i can assure you that under my command, the uscp will continue to police equitably. with that said, i have no evidence whatsoever that suggests that there was any discrepancy based on our security posture and as it relates to making enhancements or not based upon

"national police to have national guard personnel on site to supplement the national police force.one? >> i'm still serving in the national guard and i can appreciate that these men and women were yanked out of their homes, their jabs, their jobs as away from their family for a true emergency that was january 6th. now going forward i have asked for what's the threat? what threat is so dire that we have to have more in our afghanistan. going forward what's the plan to lee them there with an open-ended mandate not knowing what the mission is, not knowing what the threat is. is it fair to those soldiers 'and we have gotten zero answers. nothing, silence. i have talked to the acting secretary of the army and the pentagon and, you know, basically they're responding to the capitol police and pelosi requests. what's driving that number and what's driving this length of time? i have seen nothing that demands such a large force to be there indefinitely and away from their families. todd: you think they would give you an answer. you are one of the congressman but i digress. meantime, you hav

is it not a fact that when the request for national guard -- when there was a request for national guardtol police -- the board said that the optics wouldn't be good or we don't need this or the request denied? there doesn't appear to be -- what is it its real role? does it have a role in oversight of the capitol police? i know it does a lot of ceremonial things. i appreciate that. everybody has to be taken care of. this board and its -- where was the board and how did it function prior to january 6th? and on january 6th? >> ma'am, if i could answer that question as it relates to capitol police prior to january 6th, i think it's important to note that by statute, in order for u.s. capitol police to have the national guard on its grounds in a law enforcement capacity, the capitol police board must first declare an emergency. in order for us -- >> capitol police, your responsibility was to declare an emergency before the capitol police board cou

the national guard is on the way. the response was more asking about the plan, you know, what was the plan for the national guard? my response to that was simply -- i was just stunned about that. you know, i have officers that were out there literally fighting for their lives. >> today's testimony did not hold everyone's attention. ted cruz, back in the senate after his one-day cancun getaway spent some of the hearing on his phone. the senate is also trying to get through confirmation hearings for biden cabinet nominees. right now, three of his picks are facing some significant head winds from republicans, particularly, though, budget nominee neera tanden. the white house is hoping to get at least one republican senator to crossover and support her. javier becerra and deb haaland, nominated for secretary of interior. both had their hearings today, and republicans were not inclined to give them an easy time. here's mitch mcconnell on becerra's nomination. >> i'm hard pressed to see any way such a radical and underquali

and i want to thank the national guard coming from near and far to keep our city safe, they have leftily in a pandemic to work to make us safer. as i stated in my previous briefing, the surroundings january 6th was problematic. it is finding needles in a haystack. on january 6th there was a failure to gather or disseminate intelligence and there were indications that the intelligence was muddled or contradictory. for example, the january 3rd intelligence assessment from the capitol police was including information that makes it clear that january 6th would become violent. however the document also states that the protesters rallies were expected to be similar to the previous million maga march rallies in november and december of 2020 which drew tens of thousands of individuals. as we know now, the events of january 6th were not like the previous marches or any other rallies that we've had on capitol grounds. the intelligence provided to the capitol police and other law enforcement did not anticipate a coordinated attack. warnings should not be qualified or hidden. bad information, con

have the appropriate riot gear that they would need for a crowd there's also question of the national guard one the police chief is a former police chief is saying i asked day in the days in advance from the national guard the security heads for the senate the house said no they were and then they responded saying look he didn't really request it we just talked about it and then there's a question about when on the day they wanted the national guard in who made that call the former police chief is saying at one o 9 he called the house security had in the senate he security had was there in the they're saying well we don't remember that call this close to 130 so a lot of finger pointing but i think one of the more controversial statements from the former police chief is when he said that they never prepared for anything like this have a listen. no civilian law enforcement agency to include the united states capitol police is trained or equipped to repel an insurrection of thousands of individuals focused on breaching a building at all costs. i'm proud and appreciative of the capitol police o

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that's where i made the first request for the national guard. he had indicated that, "i don't know if i like the optics." >> desjardins: capitol police cannot request the national guard. they answer to a board, dominated by the sergeants at arms, and they didn't think the guard was necessary. irving says that was based on intelligence, not optics. then, on the day of the attack, those wires crossed again, sund says, delaying another national guard request at a critical hour. >> mr. sund, do you know when you asked for national guard assistance? was it 1:09 or 2:00 p.m.? >> it was 1:09, sir. >> 1:09. and who did you ask for assistance at 1:09? >> it was from mr. irving, i believe. >> no. i did not get a request at 1:09 that i can remember. georgia senator jon ossoff summed up the issue. >> the capitol police board, so there is no individual who has rsonal responsibility for the serity of the u.s. capitol complex. >> that's the way i interpret it, yes. >> desjardins: another failure? an f.b.i. intelligence report the night before the attack clearl

guard at once. many are being housed in hotels in the nation's capital. apy dogs are brought in to cheer up the troops. not all lawmakers do not want them to stand guard. mike waltz says all the things that happened have repeatedly pulled the guard from their jobs and families causing tremendous stress on the force. lawmakers continue to be left in the dark on actual threat assessments. the u.s. military is barred from collecting intelligence on u.s. soil but leave it to local law enforcement. >> bill: we're still waiting for answers what they knew prior to. >> dana: not only do we not have answers but members of congress with top-secret security clearances don't have answers, either. it leaves people to wonder and question and you fill the vacuum with speculation when you don't know. both sides laying out strategies for next week's senate impeachment trials. democrats say president trump is responsible for the riot. defense saying it would be unconstitutional to convict a president after he left office. let's bring in attorney trusty. what did you think o

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thousands of national guard troops are. beg to differ day in washington d.c. until mid march as the over concerns of possible on the rise in coming weeks we'll have that story a bit later in the program. the corona virus pandemic has pushed italy's most vulnerable to the brink with many facing a daily decision of whether to feed themselves or take care of their medical needs in 2020 the number of people on the bread line in italy grew by 173000 or just under one 3rd of italians are now at risk of poverty as according to the organization for economic cooperation and development we heard our tally ins are coping with the pandemic. on several troll boy picture articles on the we are my situation has worsened due to the pandemic i'm a small cross man who worked in fairs and since everything is now closed due to the curve it i don't know how to go on i have to pay for some medicines but without anyone's help i often can't afford them between eating in treating myself i choose the former you don't know what you have to pay for 1st between pain the house bills and me

and mark med dadows saying thate president trump act quickly to deploy the national guard is not trued that is according to multiple people that cnn spoke with who said that on that day on january 6, president trump initially resisted those calls to deploy more national guard staff including the white house counsel's office had to get involved in this effort. and you see there meadows point to the former acting defense secretary chris miller saying that he can help back this statement up. but miller on that day issued a statement about what had gone on amid the calls about whether or not president trump was involved in this and he said that he had spoken to house speaker pelosi, then mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer, steny hoyer, several others and of course mike pence. but he made no mention of actually speaking to president trump about this decision to deploy the national guard. so meadows there pointing to him on that day we should note miller made no mention of trump. and then one other thing, he was talking about how he got a call from the d.c. mayor asking to have more national gu

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of national guard troops are expected to stay in washington d.c. until mid march over concerns of possible unrest in the coming weeks that story and more after this break. and. join me every thursday on the elec simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for indication let it be an arms race is off and spearing dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. nations human beings to change mentions or think you know this i think is one of those last person to think there's going to make me more uneasy. peace force a good time just because major cities are not. supposed to be in your brain when we could choose the. comeback the coronavirus pandemic has pushed italy's most vulnerable to the brink with many facing a daily dilemma of whether to feed themselves or take care of their medical needs in 2020 the

when there were calls on radio, national guard, national guard, trump is the one that didn't do it. facilitated the decision to send troops to the capitol, according to a source. jessica schneider has more. >> reporter: new revelations from capitol police that an fbi report warning of violent war at the capitol january 6th was relayed to capitol police headquarters one day before the violent insurrection, but it was never seen by the department's leadership. >> how could you get not got that vital intelligence on the eve of what's going to be a major event? >> i know that's something that's going to be looked at. i think that information would have been helpful to be aware of. >> reporter: washington post said they quoted individuals saying be ready to fight, go there ready for war. we get our president or we die. steven sund who stepped down as capitol police chief days after the insurrection said he was only made aware of the report yesterday. sund stressed it was raw intelligence, but the d.c. acting police chief said more should have been done to alert officials at the capitol.