nick served 30 years in the secret service. helped protect five presidents including president trump. worked on large-scale events such as world leader summits and post 9/11 they traveled with president bush including secret trips from iraq and afghanistan that you'll hear tonight. if nick looks familiar, you talk about being on the field at yankee stadium as president trump threw out the first pitch before game three of the 2001 world series, what a moment. also pleased to have us as moderator, the former deputy assistant to the president for operations and advance at the white house under president bush and in that roll spence oversaw the integration of dozens of military you are skecurity and operational agencies all involved in presidential travel including the u.s. secret service. today it's the global director of business development for show call inc., a production company. we had planned to have with us tonight, we had kathleen flatly and due to a health issue, kathleen is not able to be here. i let's welcome spence and

for the mayor and secret service. rest with the mayor or mpd, what can you tell us about the use of curfews, car searches, roadblocks, bridge closures? we already saw one bridge closed temporarily today. what is being planned as far as that that you can give us any indication of what we might see in the coming days? mayor bowser: sure. we put up on our first slide, and we can go back to it, road closures in place as of this morning. i will ask residents to stay alerted by signing up for one of our alerts because that is subject to change. i am aware that the united states secret service is considering some other closures inbound to washington, and i think they will announce those when those decisions have been made. as it relates to a curfew, we will continue, as we do, with every event to evaluate the use of a curfew as a tool. >> possibility of people's cars being searched when they come into washington, d.c., or come into any of the areas near the perimeter? mayor bowser: let me ask the secret service, agent miller

secret service.helped protect five presidents including president bush. worked on large-scale events such as world leaders summits, he did a lot of post 9/11 travel with president bush, including secret trips to iraq and afghanistan that you will hear about tonight. and if nick looks familiar, you may have seen him in a documentary or two talking about being on the field at yankees stadium as -- pushed throughout the first pitch before game three of the 2001 world series. what a moment. also pleased to have us tonight is the moderator, spencer geisinger, the former deputy assistant to the president for operations and events in the white house under president bush. in that role, spencer oversaw the integration of dozens of military security and operational agencies all involved in presidential travel, including of course, the u.s. secret service. today he serves as the global director of business development for a show called, -- inc. international premiere company, we had planned to have with us toni

closures released this morning by the national park service in cooperation with the united states secret service. we continue to ask anyone who doesn't absolutely need to be out and about or in those restricted areas to avoid them. earlier this week, metro announced service adjustments that went into effect today and will be in place through thursday, january 21st. and includes 13 metro stations and 26 bus routes. you can learn more about those adjustments at wamata.com. additionally, streetcar service in the district is suspended, and you can continue to find updates on that at inauguration.dc.gov. we also know that residents are eager to do what they can do to keep our city safe, and we certainly appreciate it. so we want you to be vigilant, look around yourselves when you're out and about, and if you see something, absolutely say something. and you may report anything that you think is out of the norm by calling 911. you may report suspicious activity at 7279099. you can go to mpd's i watch d.c. dot-org website or text tips to 5411. we are recommending that businesses download, print, and dis

working with the chief and secret service, we have to ensure we have safety for our customers, while at the same time providing service for those who need it outside of the security area. what the customers will see is a stepped up transit police presence. we also have reached out to our brethren at other transit agencies, and you will see police officers for baltimore, new york, new jersey, chicago, new orleans, houston, denver, and san francisco also throughout this week. there are 11 rail stations already closed today and two , more tomorrow, and 26 bus lines will be impacted. the best information is on our website, wmata.com. these closures and diversions will stay in effect until thursday, the 21st. in closing, i know this is inconvenient for customers, and for elective the businesses in the region, but it is necessary for their safety as well. so thank you, mayor, for your leadership on this. mayor bowser: i want to introduce now the law enforcement agency for the district, and chief robert conte to speak for mpd, and we will be available for questions , members of my entire tea

get secret service protection as well. if a president declines secret service protection, will get $1 million and the former first lady would get $500,000. host: let's see if we can squeeze in a couple more quick calls. gloria is from maryland on the democratic line. caller: good morning. god bless america and god bless c-span. i appreciate this discussion. i am an 83-year-old, totally blind gospel preacher who is also an activist. i probably look at this from a slightly different point of view. trump asked a long time ago -- i am also black -- what do you have to lose? i lost three children, a house, and, for a brief time, my voice. but i want to point this out, america. trump is going to need his civil service protection because apparently those crooked people who followed him did not realize -- trump is not normal. i will not go into that. i am a pretty well-educated counselor though. we should learn from this disaster. go back to the days when character mattered. america put into office -- not by all those line numbers

working with chief cante and the secret service, we basically make sure we have safety for our employees and our customers, but at the same time providing service for those who still need it outside of the security area. what the customers will see is a stepped-up transit police presence. we also have reached out to our brethren at other transit agencies and you will see police officers from baltimore, new york, new jersey, chicago, new orleans, houston, denver and san francisco also in our system throughout this week. as the mayor mentioned, there are 11 rail stations closed today and two tomorrow, and the stations will be impacted again. the best information for that is our website, wamata.com. these will stay in effect until thursday, january 21st. i know this is inconvenient for our customers and all the b businesses in the region, but it's necessary as well. thank you, mayor, for your leadership in this. >> and i want to introduce now the law enforcement agency for the district, of course, and chief robert cante to speak for npd, and we will be available for questions, members of my

secret service.mer secret service agent says this transition is anything but typical. >>> the u.s. secret service is making changes to its staff as to transition from president trump to president-elect joe biden. the staff changes come amid intense political tension as president trump continues to falsely claim that his second term is being stolen while biden prepares to take office. to better understand these changes and the impacts they have for the incoming president, let's bring in jonathan, former secret service agent and cnn law enforcement analyst. good to see you, jonathan. happy new year. >> happy new year, fred. >> so, first start off by sharing what is a typical transition like for the secret service? is it unprecedented for an incoming president to ask for personnel changes or not? >> well, listen, i think what we're seeing here is specific to the presidential protection division. some of the changes are reflective of what we refer to as a regular order of change in manpower. that means a

secret service. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to talk to you about the depths of our plan. it's been going on for many months. these things are borne out of experiences we all endured in 199 in atlanta, the bombing there. it was realizeds that there was a gap between federal, states, and local when it came to securities planning and crisis response. in an effort to remedy that, there was a bit of legislation and we've ended up with this for about 22 years now. the three agencies that take the lead here, fema, f.b.i. and secret service and as he mentioned, the secret service is man dated to serve as the lead for execution, planning and development. i think the general public is familiar with our policies when it comes to foreign policies but with the n.s.e., wear talking about ensuring the security of everyone. just want to make sure the general public is aware of that. the three lead agencies get together well before the event takes place. we begin preparing for the next one once one ends. that includ

for example, the super bowl after 9/11, and political conventions. >> the secret service leads it, buthere's available to them, 10-20,000 security personnel. >> reporter: ken is acting deputy secretary of the department of homeland security which oversees the secret service. he told us inauguration security planning has been going on eight months. on social media, the terrorists seem to see the attack on the capitol as a win. and i wonder if you are picking up intelligence that they are emboldened by that? >> there's a lot more online chatter, if you will, that has come up since january 6th, but i would point out a lot of the chatter isn't capitol, nation's capitol focused it's more general across the country. >> reporter: has the suspect who planted two pipe bombs during the attack on the capitol been caught? >> as you and i sit here speaking, the answer on that is no. >> reporter: so you have him to worry about. >> of course. yes. >> reporter: is tsa intercepting known suspects before they get on planes for washington? >> if they identify an individual like you describe, they will ke

marshal service secret service park police metropolitan police and a number of other agencies that are ready to move in at a moment's notice and also discussions between the secret service and the department of defense so you can see that they're trying to leave no stone unturned we know that on thursday there was a paper exercise which was carried out essentially the bosses all thinking of every possible scenario that could come their way and seemed to be relatively relaxed that they had the numbers available and of course with some of those who were involved in the incident last wednesday finding themselves on the no fly list they will find it incredibly difficult to get into washington d.c. a state a city that has some of the toughest gun laws in the united states and you had media oboes a reference that saying that it's up to businesses to put up signs saying no guns welcome here and to report to police anyone they see carrying weapons or island folks who are television the in washington d.c. . let's move on now ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says the military has raided his

secret service for many years. he was formally -- formerly the top law enforcement senior advisor to secretary of homeland security janet napolitano. second, i will turn to michael mcgarrity, vice president of global risk services at global guardian, a security consulting firm. it was the fbi's former assistant director for counterterrorism after a distinguished career in law enforcement at the fbi. i'll then turn to undersecretary frank taylor, currently executive fellow at the global policy initiative of the university of notre dame, formerly undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the department of homeland security. he was also the former coordinator for counterterrorism for the state department in the days, weeks, and months during and after 9/11. prior to that, he had a distinguished career in law enforcement in the u.s. air force. and finally, mary mccord. mary is currently a visiting professor of law and a legal director for the institute of constitutional advocacy and protection at the prestigious

is it all secret service or is it something more than that?> well, by statute it's still the department of homeland security. they will need to get signoff from them on any major decisions. day to day decisions are made by the secret service and the plan for inaugural security is not something they've whipped into shape here recently. it's been in place for months and months and months. they have been making changes in response to two things, basically, this stream of invective in social media about people wanting to come here and commit violent acts and then what you saw last week at the capitol. >> and we know that -- all right, actually i've got to stop crow there. pete, i have about 17,000 more questions but chuck schumer is speaking in new york city. we're listening in. thank you, sir. >> as quick as we can you're all together. we know that many stormed and breached the capitol just days ago and then they traveled afar. they're on airplanes. and some were arrested when they arrived at airports. one person was arrested as far away as hawai

on the third attempt the secret service says there is no choice, we're leaving. hallie, there is one other key time point, if you don't mind. >> yeah. >> at 1:09 which is an hour earlier, there is an emergency declared outside because the capitol police conclude they can't keep this mob back from the building. so a full hour and 15 minutes and change there is an emergency outside. the capitol police chief has asked for emergency reinforcements from the national guard and the secret service and the lawmakers' own protective details don't appear to know that this is happening. if the president had been there it seems to me impossible to imagine he would not have been evacuated after 1:00. >> can you talk, carol, for people who don't live and breathe this stuff, what is the typical kind of detail that the vice president travels with? what was he traveling with on this day? and then what the secret service has said to you as far as any comment, i know you requested comment for the story. >> the secret service has declined to say anything about the details of what hap

there are more secret service agents on the ground, walking around. you can see that and we're starting to see the increase in national guard troops. that is becoming very apparent as we walk through this area here in downtown dc, wolf. >> stand by. i want to go to matt rivers. he's in austin, texas. give us a sense of the security situation at the texas capitol today. we're hearing reports that protesters are on the scene, that some of them have guns. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? >> reporter: we have seen several people like that throughout the day. not unusual in the state of texas where it's legal to carry. not the grounds of the capitol but here on the street where we are. you can see on the street behind me, a couple of protesters but really, it's been quite calm all day long but not to say they're not taking this seriously. in a normal time, you could walk into the capitol grounds here. this is the capitol building behind me. normally, this is open to the public. but right now, it's not. it's going to be closed. i can show you the

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

chad wolf was indirect control for the i controls the secret service. what has happened before office. he is resigning but has stepped up the security around the inauguration from the two days around the inauguration to start immediately. what this means is that the secret service will take over as point organization for security during this inauguration period and the secret service will coordinate with the federal government to ensure security and have clearly much greater planning into this inauguration than there was for what happened last wednesday where very clearly there was very little planning in terms of the threat that had been posed online and by various organizations even before those events took place at the capitol. anchor: ar political strategist says that even president trump's closest allies are questioning his recent behavior. >> this is a moment where one's loyalty to party and country were questioned. i'm a long time party over country. and not voting for president trump made me the culprit in today arepublican party. people labeled

unfortunately, it cost the secret service -- secret service agents. a job or two.eally the bat actions of them trying to get attention, or getting attention. really affected a lot of lives. >> allay,0n there was a production company trying to start the real housewives of washington d.c.. and a couple, the gate-crashers wanted to get on the show. they were trying to impress the producer by saying we got invited to a state dinner. the woman dressed in a sorry, it was in state dinner, the whole plan was to get inside, get some photos, and leave before the dinner started because they would have been discovered them because they had no seats. and a washington post reporter was watching people come through, saw them, and that it at some of the staff, but they did not have time to focus on it. until the next morning when they posted these pictures on facebook. people realize what had happened. it was inconceivable that any white house could have any foreseen somebody trying to do this, they did not particularly care about coming to the white house, they could ever getting

so it was always scared to get those calls from the secret service. the other thing that would happen a lot is people would be stuck at the gates. and i would try to figure out what it was that went wrong, how did the information got mixed up. and they would usually say to the secret service or something, ok, i was actually born in 1953, but my husband thinks it's 1958. so they had to resubmit the information. [laughter] lea: i had a particularly bad day when we had an official from the chinese president. and i will only tell you the very last part of the horror. it was just as the luncheon was about to begin. and i was approached by a state department employee who said the chinese always try to push the american translator out of the way. president bush has to have his own translator, so make sure that does not happen. so i walk over to the president's table, and people are just slowly starting to come. i see a chinese woman sitting in the american translator's seat, and the american translator is kind of nervous and trembling and says, she will not

the fbi, secret service, metropolitan police. everyone is going over video, doing all they can to try to identify the people that were involved in this intrusion the other day. so right now, it's 17 but the number will grow every day, believe me. >> derek evans, he was among the rioters. we know he was arrested and was released on his own personal recognizan recognizance. the state for other charges. by definition, what took place could be considered domestic terrorism. what do you make of these people being released until their next court hearing? >> well, certainly up to the courts to decide whether or not they can be released and they can trust to come back to court. but the bottom line, they're facing some very serious charges and hopefully wind up doing some time in the penitentiary. that's what they need, prison time. nothing short of that will be satisfactory. >> here's what i don't understand. they get to walk free between court hearings. other people facing lesser and less serious charges are oftentimes held, aren't they

secret service is denying this report.y tell nbc news they were not denied access and they do not request access to facilities at private residences but this report, what do you make of this? does it seem possible, given the ivanka and jared you know, at least the tenner of the report? >> the moment i read this story, i texted a friend of mine in secret service, remember, i've served in the white house twice, 20 years of being associated with secret service members and having great relationships with these folks. first of all, the report of their behavior -- their behavior is appalling. but this story is true. i mean, let me just tell you, secret service members are so ticked off about this, because they were not just barring them from the house, but they were kind of, you know, mean about it. and acting as if the secret service were just the help and they didn't want the help going to utilize their facilities. and that's just shameful. >> the help charged with protecting their lives. okay. omarosa, always glad to see you,

secret service is in the lead.nts have taken place here safely in our nation's capitol. gives great encouragement to us and to any american that would be looking on today. and to the acting secretary, thank you for fema's role in this important work. i look forward to a further discussion, but i want to say to each and every one of you on behalf of the president and on behalf of the nation to remain vigilant. the american people deserve a safe inauguration on january 20th. i encourage you to convey to all of the members of your teams to continue to lean forward, to ensure that we achieve just that. i welcome the words of confidence. i think secretary gainer, he said confidence is high. the american people can be confident that our administration will continue to work every day between now and january 20th to ensure an orderly transition and we'll continue to work with all of the agencies represented here and the tens of thousands of men and women that are working around the clock to ensure a safe inauguration for o

malcolm, the secret service has changed the secret service detail to bring back obama-era secret serviceing. we heard democratic members were reminded they could use government money to buy bulletproof vests. it sounds like everyone is on very, very high alert. how do you catch these people if they are americans? they have first amendment rights. if they can hide in plain sight, as the hairdresser and the florist down the street? how do you stop an insurrection that's launched by american citizens? >> you know, the week after the election, i was on bill maher's show and talked this very point. we have just entered insurrection. next week, we are going to leave insurrection. we are going to be an insurgency. an insurgency is where they will go underground and they will operate in a clandestine manner. their political body will be above ground trying to delegitimize people. how do we deal with that environment in the united states is essentially, you know, occupied iraq in 2003. it's simple. there are two factors that these people are afraid of the most. one is the efficiency of u.s. law e

secret service. the fbi and other agencies are assisting with security here around 25,000, national guardsmen and women have been tapped to be on duty for inauguration day in washington, d. c. mike tobin fox news. the mayor of washington, dc, also said today that she is concerned about the threat posed to residential neighborhoods in the days leading up to the inauguration. what you're showing is really the federal enclave of washington, d. c. not where the 700,000 of us lived. soro police department working with our federal law enforcement partners in the united states army, quite frankly, also has a plan to give it if we have any attacks in our neighborhoods. mayor about mauser also says moving forward washington d c will likely need added protection and security well after president biden is sworn into office to protect the city from the threat of domestic terrorism, in addition to the u. s capitol and state capitals, federal authorities have locked down federal prisons ahead of the inauguration o

secret service has oversight over the inauguration at this point.se surveillance tools, how will they be used over the coming days to make sure that wednesday isn't like january 6th? >> well, john, good morning. what the secret service has done under the national special security event structure, the nsse, is they've put forth a protective intelligence structure that brings together all of the key stakeholders in intelligence, the fbi, local officials, coordinating with the secret service to ensure that this clear and present danger, the threat that we're actually mitigating right now with all of the ramp-up of law enforcement and the national guard, that we're keenly focused on pre-attack indicators and that we're identifying those with a high likelihood that they could launch an attack either in dc. but it's broader, we want to take a whole of government approach to make sure that the entire national capitol region is protected and then we're seeing the warnings go broader. we're seeing all 50 states right now, law enforcement is telling them that

which mean there's is also a significant secret service presence here. capital police deal with this all of the time. they will not let anyone get near the vice president of the united states. i'm as proprotest as anyone. i'm pretty strongly on the record about that but if you get in this building and you threaten people, you're butting your life and others in danger. the secret service doesn't play. >> and we should say garrett from our vantage point, you're looking at a picture, the russell building just across constitution avenue, but the capitol steps are now jammed with flag bearing people. they were as katy tur was reporting egged on by the president's speech. they have taken hold of those steps. i don't know how they clear that out. something is happening -- >> yeah, in the senate, what's going on here? >> let's hear sound, please. we're getting no audio. they just cut -- looks like -- >> it seems like they just ushered mike pence out very quickly. they ushered mike pence out. they moved him fast. i saw the motions, too. >> the vice president has

former secret service agent jonathan, and former washington d.c. police chief charles ramsey.d wolf the latest cabinet secretary to resign. what is the impact on that during, you know, one of the most fraud security situations in washington's history. >> i don't think we know yet, anderson. i mean, this is the former head of the department of homeland security. we are in the midst of a national crisis here and an emergency so severe that the fbi is sending out warnings that you just spoke with shamone about. i think psychologically that affects every person not only living in washington, d.c., not only the people whose lives were threatened in the government and the united states capitol but all over the country when you hear that your elected officials, your hearts of government are going to be under attack. so when you don't have the head of homeland security there and you have handed it over to the head of emergency management, every -- i think the logical question to ask is who is piloting the plane here? who is going to make sure that there is a peaceful transfer of power

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unfortunately, it cost secret service agents a job or two. was really the bad actions of them trying to get attention. or getting attention really effected a lot of lives. >> the house folks of l.a., miami, etc, there was a production company trying to start a real housewives of washington d.c.. at the time the couple worked gate-crashers trying to impress the producer by saying that we got invited to a state dinner. the woman dressed in a sorry because it was india state dinner and their whole plan was to get inside. get some photos. leave before the dinner started because they would have discovered it because they had receipts. a washington post reporter who was watching people come through saw them and thought that it was very odd, and asked some of the staff, but they didn't really have time to focus on until the next motor earning when they had posted these pictures on facebook. and people realized what had happened. it was inconceivable that any white house could have ever forcing someone trying to do this. they didn't particularly care

you spoke with the secret service agent in charge of the operation. here's part of that conversation. >> well, you need to make changes in the security plan. for example, will you need to say push the barrier out further, bring in more law enforcement, that kind of thing? >> well, rather than get into specific means and methods to our protective operations, what i would say is when an incident of that size happens, obviously there are lessons that can be learned from it. we're constantly looking to evaluate intelligence, constantly looking to refine and enhance our security plan, and i'm comfortable with the level of resources and planning that's gone into this process. >> what lessons did you learn from it? >> the lessons that we learned from it is that this is a poignant reminder of what can happen and that's exactly why we spend over a year planning for these events. >> pete, we also had a disturbing report from "the washington post" of a secret service agent who had posted comments, really radical comments, on facebook, accusing lawmakers who form

in this case united states secret service. that is the amount that they required for inauguration. post inauguration old pen on the -- will depend on the conditions that are provided. but we could put 6200 on early so there would at least be a residual element here if it was necessary. and now, as we go in the days following here, we will stay in close coordination with all the federal law enforcement agencies to make sure we meet their requirements. if we have excess capabilities and capacity of course we will get those soldiers and airmen home as soon as we can. >> quick follow-up question there is also were was chatter among q-anon website suggesting that some members wanted to put on national guard uniforms and there was concern about that. there's also concerned that national guard are concerned people are taking video and pictures of them at the capitol. can you address that? is that accurate? was there law-enforcement warning of someone wanting to put on national guard uniforms? >> absolutely. we are in close coordination with the fbi and any and all things they come up with

secret service will begin special security arrangements for the january 20th presidential inauguration earlier than planned. for the get this is al jazeera live though also coming up the outgoing trumpet ministration puts cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism 5 years after it was removed plus facebook shuts down accounts of some ugandan government officials ahead of thursday's elections. will begin in the united states where the final days of president ronald trump's presidency of being marked with historic political action and unprecedented security challenges the u.s. house of representatives is deduced an article of impeachment against president trump for his role in inciting a mob that stormed the capitol building last week i was here as how did joe castro has more on the growing calls for trump's removal. this is the insurrection that president trump is accused of fueling as alleged. in the single article of impeachment introduced to congress on monday incited by president trump the article reads members of the crowd he had addressed unlawfully breached and vandaliz

cbs news has confirmed, secret service agents whisked mr. into an office off the senate floor just one minute before rioters stormed up a nearby stairwell, in what some are calling a stunning breach of secret service protection. as we come on the air, the nationwide manhunt to arrest and detain some of the most violent rioters is expanding, as concern grows that some of them might now be planning more attacks pls during next week's inauguration. there's also this: investigators say there is mounting evidence the insurrection may have been carefully planned, pointing to videos and eyewitness accounts of groups wearing military-style gear and using swat-style hand gestures. tonight, sources tell cbs news a new intelligence bulletin is warning domestic extremists now pose the highest threat to president-elect biden's swearing in, and the intelligence community now believes foreign adversaries are trying to exploit that threat and spread disinformation online. and, here in d.c., the city is now completely locked down by police and the national g

get secret service protection as well.a president declines secret service protection, will get $1 million and the former first lady would get $500,000. host: let's see if we can squeeze in a couple more quick calls. gloria is from maryland on the democratic line. caller: good morning. god bless america and god bless c-span. i appreciate this discussion. i am an 83-year-old, totally blind gospel preacher who is also an activist. i probably look at this from a slightly different point of view. trump asked a long time ago -- i am also black -- what do you have to lose? i lost three children, a house, and, for a brief time, my voice. but i want to point this out, america. trump is going to need his civil service protection because apparently those crooked people who followed him did not realize -- trump is not normal. i will not go into that. i am a pretty well-educated counselor though. we should learn from this disaster. go back to the days when character mattered. america put into office -- not by all those line numbers tru

you watch the secret service opening the cabinets and grabbing very large guns. and passing them on. it was like a movie. that was stunning to me. when the day was over, i did then take notes that day. , which were subpoenaed. but it was okay with me, i didn't write anything secret. moreover i was shaking so much, , i didn't even know i was. they are barely legible. but i did not miss those. at the end of the day, we flew in a helicopter to camp david. and when you are lifted off the south on, you can see the pentagon. you can see the fire burning. and i couldn't help but think of the burning of washington in madison's time. washington, of course then was a , small village. this was of much greater but it consequence. but it certainly is a day lodged in memory. susan: what was alike like after that because you go to an undisclosed location. karl: think about that for one moment. the decision is made that the threat is so unknown and so dangerous that the president and vice president of the united states cannot be in the same place unless absolutely essential. the

come through and now hopefully will see that picture once again but as it opens up you see the secret service inside of the capitol pointing their guns at the protesters who are trying to come in all of this they are there is that picture they're trying to stop the breach but they were unable to we should tell you there was one woman by the way who was injured. we believe that she was shot with a rubber bullet as she was trying to get in let's take a look at this picture let's go sound up. ok there's the video of the injured woman. the disk the story we're getting is that the woman was shot. she may have been somebody who had breached the grounds of the building we don't know that is the assertion at this point. there you can see the wound and there you see her now being taken out of the building. again a woman who according to reports had breached the building they had to take they shot we assume that they used a rubber bullet which a lot of people don't know but those rubber bullets can cause a lot of problems so so here's what we have the bigger picture and this is the one that i think we

. >>> coming up on this busy night, new reporting on what's keeping the secret service up at night.h one week to go until the inauguration. that when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪ in a year of changes. don't take chances on your taxes. be 100% certain with jackson hewitt. we'll get your taxes done right, guaranteed. ♪♪ california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. we'll get your taxes - ( phone ringing )ranteed. - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. now california phones offers free devices and accessories for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. >>> we're looking at significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy. these are significant charges that have felonies with prison terms of up to 20 years. in addition to that, we're looking and taking a priority with cases in which weapons were involved and cases in which destructive

this is at the request of the secret service. any moment now the justice department will hold a briefing about last week's insurrection at the u.s. capitol. but federal documents are now confirming that some rioters were planning to murder lawmakers. these trump supporters plotted to, quote, capture and assassinate elected officials according to the trump justice department. >> hang mike pence! hang mike pence! hang mike pence! >> here you can see on camera some were chanting "hang mike pence." we have some breaking details from the "washington post" revealing just how dangerously close the violent mob came to reaching the vice president. the "post" is reporting that had the rioters arrived just seconds later to the location of the senate floor, they would have been in contact with the vice president. the fbi has identified more than 200 suspects. as federal authorities continue to investigate and arrest suspects in last week's insurrection, the nation's capitol has been largely shut down in advance of the inauguration next week.

to the federal law enforcement officers and national guards and secret service. and all the other professionals who help subdue the criminals and secure the capitol on the sixth and working together to protect peace and order. and tomorrow the president and vice president will swear their oath of office and they will also do so safely and securely because so many brave men and women have sworn their own paths -- oaks to support and defend our great nation. we salute you all. >> the senate returns to session today for what will be a very busy and consequential period. tomorrow we will celebrate one of democracy's core attributes, the peaceful transfer of power, albeit under much different circumstances than most americans are used to. rioters, insurrectionists, white supremacist, and domestic terrorists tried to prevent the transfer of power. they were incited by none other than the president of the united states. they have failed. though they have made the transition of power anything but peaceful, democracy's oldest and most revered tradition, the peaceful passi

his own brother is a secret service agent who used to protect michelle obama. plus, dr.eborah birx, a former member of the white house coronavirus task force becomes the latest trump official trying to change the narrative about her role in the disastrous pandemic response. see how her story has changed. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> new evidence suggests the uk variant of coronavirus may have a higher death rate than other variants, and it's also easier to spread. that has u.s. health officials on alert. in an interview this morning the president's chief medical adviser dr. anthony fauci talked about the data. >> when they looked at it it did not look at on a case-by-case basis that is was actually more virulent is the word used namely more likely to make you seriously ill or kill you. when they went andular and look became conventioned it is in fact a bit more virulen

on board my photographer robbie and i counted about five secret service agents. time we left the airport here in d.c. there are three times the number of national guard troops here than there have been for other inaugurations. some of them from the bay area, although we have not been able to pinpoint any of them. we keep asking though being very pesty with the national guard troops this morning. but lots of law enforcement as well and we saw border patrol here. we talked to some border patrol agents here from san diego as well. so we know lots of law enforcement here. we are about to go get some extra credentials we're going to need for tomorrow to get closer to the inaugural events and then we'll be gathering some content for our reports coming up at 5:00 and 6:00 today. laura and scott? >> we look forward to it, kris and talking to you tomorrow as well. >>> coming up on the "today" show in her first ever network television interview, ashley biden, the only daughter of joe and dr. jill biden opens up about the family through thoughts heading through the momentou