. >> the riots in portland and the violence in portland recently, there was some discussion earlier about the january 6 writers being reviewed by the dni about domestic violent extremists. are the riots in portland also being viewed in the same lens, or is that something different? >> you and i talked about this yesterday and conveyed that all violence happening around the country will be reviewed as part of the tasking that was done by that national security team. i don't have anything to preview on it. >> reporter: on covid relief, we've heard republicans come out in opposition in broad brush strokes at this point, but in terms of the conversations brian drease is having, the president or anyone on that team, has the president come forward to give you an alternative? what is happening with these negotiations? what are they telling you they want? to go, to stay? what alternatives are they giving you. >> well, cecilia, you have the benefit of having covered congress for quite some time, and you know none of them are quiet about what they like and don't like, and they often say it publicly

we have a live report on the ground in not so peaceful and unified portland. but first, liberty over unity that's the focus of tonight's angle. today you might have heard is a day of firsts, first woman of color as vice president, first socially distanced inauguration first time a sitting president left washington before a new president was sworn in. >> i think we should take this moment just to realize how historic this is. >> such a historic day especially for a historic do well. >> true historic first day in the white house. >> the first female vice president, the first black south asian dissent -- this is a very big deal as we are watching her walk down pennsylvania avenue. >> laura: there was another important first that was largely overlooked by politicos in the media. china's top news agency celebrating trump leaving offense, good riddance donald trump! china couldn't care less about historic firsts or diversity or lady gaga or her song performance but they do know with trump out of the white house, well they are poised to soar past the u.s. in wealth,

tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, portland's my hometown, and i think anybody who's been to portlandd in portnows how central powell's books is to the city. ital's hard toabout a store being a major cultural inhastitution, but ts exactly what powell's is. for decade the center of >> you know, when people come to visit portland, visiting f thel's is at the top list.you know, when you go to a city-- when you go to paris, you want to see the eiffel tower. you go to portland, you want to go to powell's bookstore. >> reporter: samiya bashir, a poet, and a profess at portland's reed college, says powell's is special for reader and for writers. each year powell's' 500-or-so readings draw an estimated 36,000 people-- big numbers in >> reporter: it became very scary when covid hit and it looked like powell's might cl se. they'll hanging on now. they've closed a couple of powell's locations in the city. they had one at portlans airport thatw closed. they had one devoted to books about home and gardening that is now closed. the main store is still open. i talk oed to one portland the phone the

it's time for the people of portland and seattle to it do better. they deserve better so so many hardworking people like you there. jason, thank you for speaking up and speaking out. >> thank you. brian: coming up next hour amongst our guests senator david perdue one of the people of the hour. look at those others. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. what is that? xiidra, noooo! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda approved treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. one drop in each eye, twice a day. don't use if you're allergic to xiidra. common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. don't touch container tip to your eye or any surface.

they overturned a car with people in it in portland.or tom cotton criticized no matter what side the violent mob is on this all has to stop, what do you say. >> absolutely. i don't see how that is a democrat republican issue. violence is violence at the end of the day. we saw people condemn violence when trump supporters did it. we should absolutely see people condemn violence when it is left-wing groups like antifa. unfortunately i would say that is not going to happen. elizabeth: the media silence gives agency to it. that is the issue. jerry nadler, democrat, he also said antifa is just an idea. is it just an idea? >> no. i think there is plenty of evidence that shows it is far more organized than a lot of these people are saving. it is an idea, that's correct. but it is also a group. we see the people come out night after night. they are dressed in black bloc. they have equipment. they have trained to riot essentially and to fight back against police. it is more than just an idea. and it is so obvious, if you just look at the footage

sandy is not far from portland, oregon.eo the riots, the looting that happened in portland, oregon for the last 10 months or so. tell me how sandy has seen different things happening, what has happened and beyond. >> all of this watching more as the violence and distraction has taken over the city of portland. this is what the defend the police movement looks like. we have mayor ted wheeler who is punched in the face by a citizen and earlier in a segment on this very show, close to having pepper spray others. this is what the culture of criminality looks like and lack of consequences just inside for violence. >> you have seen similar where you are obviously. this summer. >> we had our own problem but recently, 3 miles from us had significant problems, a couple buildings burned down, lots of violence, lots of broken glass and burning and it bodes well for taking a serious look at the defend the police movement and understanding going west to east is the wrong direction to take. >> my city the sheriff last week's budget was,

todd: what does portland need right now?at we need is a new top cop and our top copies currently our mayor and -- cop is currently our mayor. he's not qualified to do his job. we need a commissioner that is not a politician, whose sole job is to come in here and re-establish liveability, re-establish an area of lawlessness and really give us what we need and that's liveability and peace back in the city. todd: i don't know if you can see the video we're showing, they're burning a biden flag. it just shows that republicans, democrats, are the target of a lot of the folks there in the pacific southwest. something needs to be done to stop it, otherwise you'll lose an entire region. thank you, sir. carley: the time is 26 minutes after the hour. president biden's decision to torpedo the keystone xl pipeline project is leaving a lot of americans out of work. congressman brian styles says hundreds of wisconsin residents are losing their jobs. he joins us next. plus -- ♪ carley: would you look at that? a star is born. the high-flyin

the homeless problem in portland could be everyone's problem.ey: plans to set up camp across the city. want to sell the best burger in every zip code? add an employee. or ten... then easily and automatically pay your team and file payroll taxes. that means... world domination! or just the west side. run payroll in less than five minutes with intuit quickbooks. jillian: glory of foods trying to silence the ceo over political views. that distancing efforts. i thought they were doing well following the brouhaha over the summer. >> reporter: things have changed. goya foods silencing the ceo according to the new york post, the 67-year-old did openly question the result of the presidential election but in remarks after the january 6th capital riots that caused this move. the vote by the 9-member board means he needs their permission to do any media, goya board member is third generation owner and said he does not speak for goya foods, the family has diverse views on politics but politics is not part of our business. political points of views are irrel

writer julio was in portland during the right and explained what is motivating the angry mob. >> they want total abolition, don't want any president, they hate biden, they made it clear yesterday, they hate the united states and everything it stands for. jillian: democrats condemned the violence of the capital they are being asked to address this as well. chuck grassley tweeting i'm waiting for president biden to condemn the violence, looting, arson, the last two days in oregon, washington state. >> if you want to root out the mystic terrorism you go after antifa instead of pretending it is a mythical group created by the right or simply an idea his ideas are so damaging that building end of collapsing once they order them. absolutely ludicrous. >> reporter: trump and the media declines to an all-time low. according to reports shared by ask he is 57% of democrats and 18% of republicans trust traditional media sources. todd: dana lash is condemning political violence, she can't understand why democrats won't do the same. >> when joe biden was giving his inaugural address and got to the

towns of all.com's senior writer was in portland during the ride and explained what is motivating the angry mob. >> they want total abolition, they don't want any president, they hate biden, they made it abundantly clear yesterday. they just hate the united states and everything it stands for. they believe it is evil and irredeemable. >> democrats have condemned the violence that took place on capitol hill, they are now being asked to address this as well. iowa senator chuck grassley tweeting i'm waiting for president biden to condemn violence, looting, arson, last 2 days in washington and oregon. >> if you want to route at the mystic terrorism you go after antifa instead of pretending it is a mythical group created by the right or simply an idea whose ideas are so damaging that building end up collapsing once the other them. it is absolutely ludicrous. >> trust in the media has declined to an all-time low. according to a report shared by axial this 57% of democrats and 18% of republicans trust traditional media sources. >> newt gingrich as democrats need to speak up and take antifa m

it's really bad, it is still happening in portland tonight? the protests?that remains to be seen. this has got no attention. we've had four riots in portland. >> laura: since new year's eve? >> yes. the targeting of the county courthouses, police stations, businesses, all of it. >> laura: it's now a lost city. portland becomes a lost city. it's like a ghost city, lost city. it doesn't count. people put up with that, that's what they are going to yet. an update to what we are seeing live on the house floor in moments plus texas lieutenant governor in a missive he wrote about last week's event that's going viral. stay there. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold their policy to help pay for their medical bills and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help with our retir

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why seen it kind of bleed over from portland into other parts of the country but, that's just it. i don't know how these people eat or how they survive. do they work in shifts? how do you take time off from your job for that long to go and bust up other people's businesses. we know they kindergarten, we seen that chas top thing and they can't grow food so i don't know what they are doing for money in order to sustain themselves. what is behind this? it can't be zeal because at some point you just tire out. and the nation gets tired with you. >> so think about this angle. the capital is already rebuilt and restored, the cleaning crews come in and as horrific as january 6th is it's almost back to normal. minneapolis is not back to normal, kenosha is not back to normal in seattle has never been normal. the people there that want to keep their delis open in their restaurants driving even during the pandemic can't do it because the place has been destroyed. in some of the cities the owners have to pay to get their building back and they have to pay rent and at least. this is america, m

we did it in portland and we did it in washington, d.c. the reason we continue to see it go on, to your question, because so many in the media, not you, so many in the media and politics have tolerated it up to now. maybe one of the outgrowth of yesterday is we all finally agree that violence has no place in political discourse. >> one would think that that would not even have to be set in the united states in 2021. it is outrageous. what we do not know is why we have reached this stage. in am sure there are social scientists working on this. suddenly, there is a reflex for officers and law enforcement to reach forap guns in the nation's capitol. i would have to tell you i was stunned to see yesterday the capitol police draw weapons at unarmed protesters, even those inside. that is, to me, i have to tell you, that is outrageous. for this young woman to be shot, and io believe, i have to beliee it was entirely by accident, but that weapon was out of the holster and it was pointed notad only at her, but the others that had become members of

that's a high number for portland police.y normally don't arrest them, they certainly don't prosecute them. the president-elect, by the way, we have not order him condemn those riots or antifa, and that is the situation as we find it in america on this, this 7th of january, 2021. joining us now is ken cucinelli are, acting deputy secretary for the department of homeland security. ken, thanks for being with us. >> sure. lou: i think one of the last times you and i talked was about sending in federal forces to secure -- >> yes. lou: -- the courthouse there, and here we are in 2021, expect situation remain -- and the situation remains the same. your thoughts, first of all, about why violence continues and much of it against federal buildings in various places, in democratically-managed and governed cities. >> well, for one, lou, as you have pointed out numerous times, because it's tolerated. because it's encouraged. and, you know, we've had six months of primarily left-focused violence across the country overwhelmingly. yesterda

antifa activists from portland, oregon, reportedly among those who took to the streets in tacoma, washington, last night. this in response to a police officer who drove his squad car through a crowd of illegal street racers after the crowd surrounded and banged on his cruiser. authorities say rioters vandalized numerous buildings and set fires, including the burning of the american flag. at least to kill police cars also reportedly were damaged in all of this. a mob surrounded a jail, as well. watch. [crowd chanting] protesters there were trying to break through a sense, demanding all prisoners be released, and reportedly they were breaking windows of the bail bond office and the county building. this comes one day after people were targeting the i.c.e. facility in portland demanding an end to deportation and borders. >> this is a declared an unlawful assembly. anyone trespassing on federal property is subject to arrest. >> harris: all right, see so you go from one title, protesters, from an unlawful assembly. you are easing your way into rioting. president biden has yet to condemn the far l

capital under the watchful gaze of thousands of national guardsmen and women violence erupting in portlandtook to the streets attacking the city's democratic party offices, fires and protests in seattle and denver. live report on the new unrest straight ahead. day one of the biden administration features rapidfire roots from centralization of power, federal and global, executive orders on a mask mandate in federal buildings and beyond, turning to the world health organization despite its ties to china, the united nations congratulating president biden for returning to the paris accord on climate change. a freeze on the trump administration's rollback of federal regulations plus plans on that still a -- vaccinations that is with the help of amazon hitting resistance at the state level. >> not everyone wants to go to a central location, not everyone can go to a central location. elderly may not be able to drive an hour to go through a drive-through site. we want to define ways to get closer to home so we have been working for several weeks. shannon: president biden believes the federal gover

a portland resident reacts next.n a long time coming, coming ♪seeming like we all been running, running♪ ♪feeling like the wild west, gunning, gunning♪ ♪listen to our elders shunning, shunning♪ ♪all we see is faces, color, color♪ ♪all the other races, other, other♪ ♪why can't you just be my brother, brother?♪ ♪we don't have to kill one another, kill one another♪ ♪all around the world, we are one, we are one♪ ♪all around the world, we are one♪ ♪so where did we all go wrong?♪ ♪woo ♪where did we all, where did we all go wrong?♪ ♪love, love, love, love ♪love, love, love ♪(love is our only hope) ♪love, love, love ♪where did we all? jillian: good morning, welcome back. portland starting the new year reeling from a violent protest. merited wheeler finally saying enough is enough. >> it's time the to push back harder against those who are set on destroying our community and to take more risks in fighting lawlessness. jillian: but is it too little to late for the mayor to get tough on antifa. joining me to discuss, attorney j

>> we have several protests on the way in portland. about a hundred far left anti-police protesters dressed all in black marched through the northeast part of the city along the way they smashed windows of the building that houses the oregon democratic party, and carried signs saying, we are not governable and a new world from the ashes. several maps were made, we can confirm that. more protesters have gathered for a rally called and now curate justice, defend a black lives. it's unclear arrests have been made there. use the this screen, we've been watching live and taped images of between 50 and 75 protesters also dressed in black. for a while, they stood in the middle of an intersection blocking traffic in downtown seattle. they have since moved on. our producer on scenes as the protests started at an immigration court but quickly moved up the road, chanting and breaking windows at an amazon go convenience store. you know police converged on one or two of the protesters and told them down. we do not know why. we will bring updates on

places like portland, they're going to skip all of the steps.they're going to enforce the police department because the netlist wonder of a mayor in portland, ted wheeler, is now saying oh gosh i don't like these writers anymore. even though he tried marching with people and no one likes it because his local politician. you're not included criminal justice reform. going to scoot right past that is resolve the capitol and 25 national guard troops is the response, your thoughts. >> you know i think both of these gifts are antigovernment. where they were far right or far left. you have people that were attacking the democratic party building or whatever in portland. and then you have people saying we want revenge. it's like which site are they on question but they're not on the side of government. they are not on the -- i hate will be politicize some of these organizations. what happens is they tend to be attached to to like black lives matters movement but of these organizations such as black lives matter have been infiltrated by people like this

hours after biden's inauguration, federal agents use tear gas in portland.y is about the federal agents using tear gas. here's how they describe the protesters when they got to that point. anti-fascist and racial justice protesters. the people carrying the violence are racial justice protesters. why isn't the media calling them radical anti-police fascists? radical anti-police antifa. this is why there's not a quality and coverage and this is why when republicans have been consistent about condemning at the capitol are not the democrats are not and the media is complicit with it. >> molly, i don't understand how they can categorize the protesters using ari's words. but it's obvious that post sides are stealing tactics from each other. ultimately with the same goal, which have to tear down the power structure. so if you're going after the capitol rioters with full force, i don't -- i still don't understand the rationale. how do you think the biden administration should deal with these things going forward? >> we can look at how the biden campaign handled this

. >> shannon: after a peaceful transition of power, violence erupted tonight in portland rated riotersreets, attacking democratic party offices. seattle and denver too. a live report on the unrest straight ahead. day of the biden administration expected rapid fire moves of federal and global executive orders and beyond. returning to the world health organization despite its reported ties to china. the united nation congratulating president biden to returning to the paris accord on climate change. plus, plans to have centralized vaccination centers with help from amazon. >> not everybody wants to go to a central location. not everyone can go. elderly may not be able to go, drive an hour to go through a drive-through site. so he wanted to find ways to get it closer to home. so we've been working with public staff for several weeks. >> shannon: president biden believes the federal government needs to step in at a time of dire need planning to send mobile vaccine units to rural areas as well. but republicans say the executive order signed tonight are typical of the modern left which they s

the portland leftists carrying a sign, "we don't want biden, we want revenge," and on they rioted.et the radical dems and the national left-wing media remain silent, tacitly endorsing once again leftist violence. not a word from the white house. we'll have a report for you from the ground in seattle in just moments. president trump has left office, but the trump agenda remains strong among republican party voters. but the establishment rino leaders trying their best to ignore the former president's 74 million supporters who cast their votes for mr. trump. among our guests tonight are three republican office holders who have embraced and defended president trump and his agenda throughout and who recognize that the republican party is the party of trump irrespective of congressman mccarthy and senator mcconnell may think. and they know trump must remain the focus of the party's future. joining us tonight, congressman jim jordan, congressman matt gaetz, congressman andy biggs. and president biden swearing in his political appointees, and the president taking some time to reminisce of

speaking of portland tonight, portland's democratic mayor is defending his decision to pepper spray ated him about not wearing a mask while dining in a restaurant. ted wheeler says that he feared for his safety. she of course by the jonathan hunt in los angeles with the story tonight. >> for nearly nine months, portland has dealt with riots in the pandemic of the democratic mayor ted wheeler has been front and center, the face of a city in turmoil. tear gassed by federal agents as he stood with black lives matter protesters. later criticized by some of those same protesters for not doing enough to tackle police reform. criticized too restrict pandemic lockdowns, targeted by others for not doing enough. >> you having a good night on the town? i think you need to do your job as a >> by this past sunday, it seems like the mayor had had enough and apparently fought back. there was an audio recording of the confrontation, but no video that we have a scene of yet. we were told police he was confronted by a man outside a restaurant and berated by that man for not wearing a mask inside the re

more federal law enforcement that i can tell you in portland they've done a fantastic job they've been there 3 days and they really have done a fantastic job in a very short period of time no problem they grab them lot of people in jail their leaders these are advocates these are not protesters people say protests and these people are america's these are people that hate our country and we're not going to let it go forward and i'll tell you what the governor and the mayor and the senators out there they're afraid of these people so do you want him knowing everything about you where you're going when you're going who you're talking to what you're planning on the can we do about it we're joined by in exciting panel of guests today to talk about exactly that and i'm going to ask them to introduce ourselves themselves and begin with silky in london. hi yes i'm so call i'm the director of big brother watch with a privacy and civil liberties organization. yeah i think silky i appreciate that and claire in washington d.c. hi i'm claire garvey i'm a senior associate with the center on privacy

>> the mayor is just one piece of portland. pretty liberal out here and so, we decided that somehow this antifa group is part of the liberal movement. they're actually not. they're radicals and when you, it is like parroting, bad parenting 101. did continues to get out of control when you don't enforce boundaries. pete: sure. >> portland has been allowing so much anarchy out here in addition to you know, again, i say this not lightly, unequally applying laws. this is what has been going on out here. you know, it depends on certain groups are allowed to get away with certain things while other people are not. pete: angela you described it as the oppression olympics woke culture. talk to us, what does that environment like? what does it create? >> this idea if you are pressed in any kind of, you can check off of a box in social justice, then you have different rules than the rest of everyone else. and you know, laws are one of those things that if we can just agree with that baseline is, then, we're going to have a better place.

the threat is in portland and seattle.ne: charlie, isn't it also an issue of reminding americans what happened on january 6 and cause trump supporters visibility to be locked down, isn't that their subliminal message? >> we are in charge and we'll show you we are in charge by mobilizing 20,000 troops to washington, d.c. sanity would be one of the most unbelievable displays of force. why doesn't joe biden call on the national guard to go to chicago. chicago had 700 homicides. nearly a 52% increase from the year before. over 4,000 shootings in chicago. they demonstrated they can occupy a major american city. a major american metropolitan city and say within a couple block radius there will be no crime. there are families in chicago who would love for the national guard to say, we are going to have a couple weeks with no crime. january 6 is a tragedy. no doubt. but the reaction now and the display of force has gone way beyond any sort of rational reaction. and they have to answer why they are not using that display of force t

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there were 150 antifa members there in portland according to reports.ome of the signs read abolish ice and protests for law enforcement and protests for joe biden. will: joe biden was one of those who you just referenced who said antifa was simply an idea. after january 6th. i remember sitting in the living room of my mother's house and she was talking about the reverent she had for the national capitol and what it shame it was to see what happened to the nation's capitol. , she is right. i would say for many of us and specifically including me, i have a similar, if not greater reference for all the small businesses and downtowns and places that have been burned, looted and rioted in up toes across this country interest kenosha to detroit to chicago to new york city, they represent the american dream. they represent people's blood, sweat, and tears. and if we are going to call out and we should what happened in the nation's capitol, can we at least have some measure of similar outrage for the men and women the americans who are losing their lively hoods

they just hate america in general. >> in portland police and protesters clashing, teargas was deployeddeclared after riders damaged an ice facility and smashed windows at dnc headquarters, eight people were charged with a litany of crimes ranging from position of a destructive device reckless burning. police confiscating several weapons, experts say it may look chaotic but the riots are brazen and well-planned. >> they don't hide their organizing. there's been a lot of conversation about right-wing violence on parlor but these folks are on facebook on twitter, putting out flyers basically saying what they are going to do and they always follow through with it. if you are shocked at this you are not looking at what is right in front of us all. they don't hide it. >> in seattle a mom opposing biden and police burned a flag and marched through downtown damaging and amazon go store at a starbucks and terrorizing motorists and anyone else who refused to take part in the mayhem. todd: three national guard members killed in a helicopter crash in upstate new york, the military says medical eva

and still happening in portland like tonight, the violence with the protest? >> that remains to be seen, but we've had a full instance in portland. >> laura: since new year's eve? >> yes. the targeting of the county court houses. state businesses. >> laura: it is like a ghost city. and people put up with it and that's what they will get, sadly. andy, thank you so much what we see live on the house floor plus x as governor dan drake on trump's visit today and the piece he wrote about last week's event that is going viral. stay there. ♪ ♪ >> laura: live at the house floor where lawmakers voting on a resolution calling for vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment and remove president trump president trump from office. now vice president pence has said there is no way he is picking this up, referring to it not consistent with the constitution and he says he won't engage in the political games that house is playing. the latest updates we will bring u.s. we get them. and also over the weekend, the governor of texas dan patrick sent a letter to supporte

at kenosha and chicago, seattle and portland. the other side of the aisle members of their conference are talking about defunding the police. when the majority leader took to the floor today hoyer, he compared the people who came to the capitol today to al-qaeda attacking on 9-11. it will be helpful for them and their party to understand a lot of americans feel like this government is not hearing them. we don't want people to take all of these different matters into their own hands. i am in the rotunda which is filled with fbi and other law enforcement. this is not just about the president of the united states. this is about people on the left. and their double standards doing the right thing and supporting law enforcement 365. >> laura: thank you very much tonight. tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of trump supporters came to d.c. the majority of them. more than 99% were peaceful. because of a small contingent of loons, these patriots have been unfairly maligned. joining me now is molly and chris. molly, had we saw at

day, we'd like to share a story of progress inside a school in portland, oregon.re a pair of first grade teachers so rare, they call themselves unicorns. our nbc affiliate kgw shared its video with us so we could share the story with you. woodlawn elementary in portland, oregon, may look like any other school, brick building flarnged by playgrounds and ballrooms, but inside something different is happening. you guys refer to yourself as unicorns. why is that? >> i came up with that name for us because i don't think you'll find two black teachers in first grade in the state of oregon. >> reporter: lionel and anthony lowery now they're a retire breed across america. just 2% of public school teachers are black men but at woodlawn, it's 18%. why do you both think it's important to have black men in the classroom? >> firmly believe that, again, sometimes just that connection of having someone that looks like you give these kids the trust to be able to come to me and speak to me about things maybe they're having problems with. >> for a white kid, i think it's also impor

, protests in portland.e said protesters who vandalize or damage our federal courthouse in portland or any federal building, he threatened them with a minimum ten years in prison. >>> coming up, a historical perspective on these stunning events. >>> plus, the president is suspended from posting on both twitter and facebook as many of his critics say it's about time. >>> later, the correspondent who got caught up in melee. giving us an inside look at the storming of the u.s. capitol.

>>but up next new year's eve of turned violent in portland. the aftermath of more riding not clear why this is still happening. >>and mayor ted wheeler is directly calling out what he calls antifa and anarchists after more violence broke out during a riot in downtown portland to ring in the new year 80 to a 100 people gathered outside the justice center downtown surrounding businesses were also damaged. police say fireworks molotov cocktails rocks and bricks were thrown while some of the crowd apparently tried to break into the justice center. there were no injuries to portland police but some of them were reported from other agencies that responded a number of fires were set in the streets. a cross walk sign was destroyed the portland mayor is calling on the state legislature to increase penalties for multi time offenders of vandalism team is also asking law enforcement from local state and federal levels to work with the mayor to deval clear plans to stop what he calls an darkest violence, new video tonight shows the moment a woman attacked

thanks. >> dana: that city is portland. a city on edge.d police declared an unlawful assembly after violence erupted last night. the situation there dissolved into chaos and protestors damaged an immigration facility belonging to ice. they were carrying pepper ball guns, fireworks and weapons similar to stun guns. some arrests were made. not clear how many. we'll have more on this later in the show. first back to our top story on his first full day in office president biden is reaching out to heal the nation urging everyone to put aside partisan division and stand together. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. 24 or 48 hours? >> dana: this week feels like a month but it is a good one. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. president biden promising to be a leader for all americans and calling for national unity saying it is the one elusive thing we need to overcome, the many challenges that lie ahead. >> president biden: in a democracy, unity requires us to come together in common love that def