1 00:00:01,233 --> 00:00:04,833 Announcer: The following is a CNN Special Report. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:06,966 --> 00:00:10,400 [ All chanting "Fight for Trump!" ] 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:10,466 --> 00:00:12,333 We have been told by Capitol police 6 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,133 that the Capitol is in lockdown. 7 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:17,933 Woman: They broke the glass? 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,733 Woman #2: Everybody stay down! Get down! 9 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:21,900 [ Gunshots ] 10 00:00:21,966 --> 00:00:23,666 Man: Gunshots rang out, 11 00:00:23,733 --> 00:00:25,333 and the the rioters actually start trying 12 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:26,833 to ram the doors down. 13 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:28,066 [ Indistinct shouting ] 14 00:00:28,133 --> 00:00:30,233 Tapper: We are watching an attempted sedition. 15 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:31,900 We are watching an attempt 16 00:00:31,966 --> 00:00:34,266 at a bloodless coup in the United States. 17 00:00:34,333 --> 00:00:36,433 [ Screaming ] 18 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:39,700 Acosta: This is a bonfire of the insanities that we're watching 19 00:00:39,766 --> 00:00:41,333 in the nation's Capitol right now, 20 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,066 and it all flows from Trump. 21 00:00:44,133 --> 00:00:46,733 Haberman: His initial reaction was not horror, 22 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,733 which was almost everybody else's reaction. 23 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,566 His initial reaction was to watch the show." 24 00:00:52,633 --> 00:00:55,900 I heard multiple conversations loudly and publicly. 25 00:00:55,966 --> 00:00:58,466 Find the vice president. Hang the vice president. 26 00:00:58,533 --> 00:01:01,333 [All chanting "Hang Mike Pence!" ] 27 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,266 Tapper: There is a very real possibility that 28 00:01:03,333 --> 00:01:07,066 we will see aggrieved members of his base at the inauguration, 29 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:08,433 conducting protests. 30 00:01:08,500 --> 00:01:12,133 What we don't know is whether those will turn violent. 31 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,133 Tonight, a first draft of history in the making. 32 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,466 A revealing look inside the Trump insurrection. 33 00:01:18,533 --> 00:01:20,533 Thousands of angry true believers, 34 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,033 triggered by lies and calls to battle... 35 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:24,866 Woman: This is our Capitol! 36 00:01:24,933 --> 00:01:29,200 ...attempt a coup that left five people dead so far. 37 00:01:29,266 --> 00:01:31,233 A mob that came armed 38 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:34,066 with conspiracy, hate, and weapons, 39 00:01:34,133 --> 00:01:36,366 overwhelming undermanned police 40 00:01:36,433 --> 00:01:37,866 and shocking a nation. 41 00:01:37,933 --> 00:01:40,533 Even though the president and his followers 42 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,733 have long made it clear they would not believe 43 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,433 they were losers in the election. 44 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:48,566 And now a CNN Special Report. 45 00:01:48,633 --> 00:01:53,933 "The Trump Insurrection: 24 Hours that Shook America." 46 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:58,500 They say I have the most loyal people. 47 00:01:58,566 --> 00:01:59,833 Did you ever see that? 48 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:01,833 Where I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue 49 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:04,333 and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? 50 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:05,700 It's, like, incredible. 51 00:02:05,766 --> 00:02:09,866 [ All chanting "We Want Trump!" ] 52 00:02:09,933 --> 00:02:11,533 And I'm afraid the election's gonna be rigged. 53 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:12,800 I have to be honest. 54 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:14,900 Well, this started back in the 2016 campaign, 55 00:02:14,966 --> 00:02:16,566 when we would be at the rallies, 56 00:02:16,633 --> 00:02:19,800 and he would refer to the press as the disgusting news media, 57 00:02:19,866 --> 00:02:22,366 the dishonest news media, liars, scum, and so on, 58 00:02:22,433 --> 00:02:24,266 and he rolled that into the Oval Office. 59 00:02:24,333 --> 00:02:25,600 Stick with us. 60 00:02:25,666 --> 00:02:27,933 Don't believe the crap you see from these people. 61 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,500 The fake news. 62 00:02:29,566 --> 00:02:31,633 What you're seeing and what you're reading 63 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:34,433 is not what's happening. 64 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:36,233 And the coronavirus pandemic, 65 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:38,133 I think, is a perfect example 66 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,533 of how Trump's corrosive effect on the truth, 67 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,933 on what we consume in the news media, 68 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,933 what that can do to the country. 69 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:48,800 Looks like in April, in theory, 70 00:02:48,866 --> 00:02:51,900 when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. 71 00:02:51,966 --> 00:02:52,900 Hope that's true 72 00:02:52,966 --> 00:02:55,366 COVID's just a made up government... 73 00:02:55,433 --> 00:02:56,633 [Chuckles] thing, you know? 74 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:58,633 I've read the facts. 75 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:00,466 I don't listen to... 76 00:03:00,533 --> 00:03:01,700 the news. 77 00:03:01,766 --> 00:03:03,066 I'm not worried about the pandemic at all. 78 00:03:07,233 --> 00:03:11,766 Voting by mail is wrought with fraud and abuse. 79 00:03:11,833 --> 00:03:14,066 They're gonna try and steal the election. Look at this crowd. 80 00:03:14,133 --> 00:03:16,566 Haberman: He talked about the the lack of security 81 00:03:16,633 --> 00:03:18,133 around mail voting. 82 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,000 It created a real sense of unease for voters 83 00:03:22,066 --> 00:03:23,700 with their own system in the country. 84 00:03:23,766 --> 00:03:26,700 The only way we're gonna lose this election 85 00:03:26,766 --> 00:03:28,700 is if the election is rigged. 86 00:03:28,766 --> 00:03:30,033 Remember that. 87 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:31,966 It's the only way we're gonna lose this election. 88 00:03:32,033 --> 00:03:33,466 Take a look at the top-line vote. 89 00:03:33,533 --> 00:03:35,900 There has been record turnout throughout the country. 90 00:03:35,966 --> 00:03:38,433 After four long tense days, 91 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:41,666 CNN projects Joseph R. Biden Jr. 92 00:03:41,733 --> 00:03:44,066 is elected the 46th president 93 00:03:44,133 --> 00:03:45,333 of the United States. 94 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,666 Talking to my sources, 95 00:03:47,733 --> 00:03:49,666 you know, the president understood 96 00:03:49,733 --> 00:03:52,400 in the days after the election that he had lost, 97 00:03:52,466 --> 00:03:56,433 but he was willfully misleading, lying to the American people, 98 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:59,033 telling them, telling his supporters 99 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:01,100 that he had, in fact, won the election, 100 00:04:01,166 --> 00:04:03,433 and that it was a rigged election. 101 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:05,866 Blitzer: No evidence of fraud has emerged. 102 00:04:05,933 --> 00:04:09,400 The election was not rigged. 103 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:11,566 Haberman: His allies, his supporters, 104 00:04:11,633 --> 00:04:13,066 some formerly within the campaign, 105 00:04:13,133 --> 00:04:14,333 some outside of it, 106 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,466 filed a number of legal challenges 107 00:04:16,533 --> 00:04:19,800 to try to overturn the results. 108 00:04:19,866 --> 00:04:21,500 There have been 60 lawsuits 109 00:04:21,566 --> 00:04:23,500 brought by the president and his allies 110 00:04:23,566 --> 00:04:25,666 to try and challenge the election results 111 00:04:25,733 --> 00:04:27,133 throughout the country, 112 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,733 and in 59 out of 60 of them, they lost. 113 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,000 So, one thing that they started talking about 114 00:04:33,066 --> 00:04:35,466 after the lawsuits started seeing trouble was, 115 00:04:35,533 --> 00:04:39,533 "Can we get pro-Trump electors in various states 116 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,600 and have those certified instead 117 00:04:42,666 --> 00:04:44,133 and sent to the Electoral College. 118 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,866 Those efforts also failed. 119 00:04:45,933 --> 00:04:49,133 Blitzer: On December 19th, President Trump tweeted, 120 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,066 "Peter Navarro releases 36-page report 121 00:04:52,133 --> 00:04:54,533 alleging election fraud more than sufficient 122 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,466 to swing victory to Trump. 123 00:04:56,533 --> 00:04:58,833 A great report by Peter. 124 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:02,200 Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election. 125 00:05:02,266 --> 00:05:05,200 Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. 126 00:05:05,266 --> 00:05:07,466 Be there, will be wild!" 127 00:05:07,533 --> 00:05:08,800 Kovler: His supporters understood that 128 00:05:08,866 --> 00:05:11,133 as the call to action that they'd been waiting for 129 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,000 since Election Day, 130 00:05:13,066 --> 00:05:16,066 who genuinely believe not only that he'd won the election, 131 00:05:16,133 --> 00:05:17,900 but that he would remain president 132 00:05:17,966 --> 00:05:20,533 by proving through that the election was fixed 133 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,766 or maybe various other ways to stay in power. 134 00:05:23,833 --> 00:05:25,966 Blitzer: Political consultant Arieh Kovler, 135 00:05:26,033 --> 00:05:28,233 who's based in Israel, says he was following 136 00:05:28,300 --> 00:05:30,300 Trump's supporters' message boards. 137 00:05:30,366 --> 00:05:33,566 and tweeted this warning on December 21st. 138 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:35,500 "On January 6, 139 00:05:35,566 --> 00:05:37,166 armed Trumpist militias 140 00:05:37,233 --> 00:05:40,233 will be rallying in D.C., at Trump's orders. 141 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:43,133 It's highly likely that they'll try to storm the Capitol 142 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,833 after it certifies Joe Biden's win. 143 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:48,333 I don't think this has sunk in yet." 144 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,000 Kovler: There were groups of people 145 00:05:50,066 --> 00:05:51,900 who were absolutely making plans, 146 00:05:51,966 --> 00:05:53,600 some of them quite detailed. 147 00:05:53,666 --> 00:05:57,233 Things I saw included a map of the district around the Capitol, 148 00:05:57,300 --> 00:05:59,533 including all of the congressional buildings 149 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,866 and how they're connected by the underground tunnels 150 00:06:01,933 --> 00:06:04,300 and a discussion about whether or not, 151 00:06:04,366 --> 00:06:05,800 given how many people that they are, 152 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:08,666 they could set up a blockade 153 00:06:08,733 --> 00:06:10,100 around the congressional district 154 00:06:10,166 --> 00:06:11,733 to stop congressmen from fleeing. 155 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,900 If average citizens looking at the Internet could see this, 156 00:06:14,966 --> 00:06:16,033 that raises the question, 157 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:17,900 why didn't law enforcement catch this? 158 00:06:17,966 --> 00:06:19,233 ...has taken a momentous... 159 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:21,166 Blitzer: A number of Republican politicians 160 00:06:21,233 --> 00:06:23,466 spread their own lies and disinformation 161 00:06:23,533 --> 00:06:26,000 to support and abet President Trump's efforts 162 00:06:26,066 --> 00:06:28,033 to overturn the election results 163 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:30,066 and incite supporters. 164 00:06:30,133 --> 00:06:32,733 The bottom line is, the court is saying, 165 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,700 "We're not gonna touch this. 166 00:06:34,766 --> 00:06:37,100 You have no remedy." 167 00:06:37,166 --> 00:06:39,600 Basically, in effect, the ruling would be 168 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:41,300 that you got to go to the streets 169 00:06:41,366 --> 00:06:44,266 and be as violent as Antifa and BLM. 170 00:06:44,333 --> 00:06:48,433 We will not go quietly into the night. 171 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:50,433 We will defend liberty 172 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:51,966 into the future, 173 00:06:52,033 --> 00:06:57,233 and we are going to win." 174 00:06:57,300 --> 00:06:59,833 It is very clear in looking at the record 175 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:01,333 that not only President Trump, 176 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,400 but other elected officials, his allies, 177 00:07:03,466 --> 00:07:05,566 were out there trying to whip up anger, 178 00:07:05,633 --> 00:07:07,633 trying to get people to believe 179 00:07:07,700 --> 00:07:09,466 that an election had been stolen. 180 00:07:09,533 --> 00:07:10,900 Cooper: President Trump will be speaking in front 181 00:07:10,966 --> 00:07:13,233 of thousands of supporters who've gathered in Washington 182 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:16,933 for a so-called march to save America rally, 183 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,600 protesting the legal results of the November election. 184 00:07:19,666 --> 00:07:21,100 Sanchez: Anderson, it is very difficult 185 00:07:21,166 --> 00:07:23,266 to secure a crowd of this size. 186 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:24,933 It is enormous 187 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,333 and more people are continuing to show, 188 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,000 and they are angry. 189 00:07:29,066 --> 00:07:32,100 There's an animosity in the air in this crowd 190 00:07:32,166 --> 00:07:34,133 Today, is the day 191 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,033 American patriots start taking down names 192 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:38,566 and kicking ass! 193 00:07:38,633 --> 00:07:40,166 Do you believe -- Do you accept 194 00:07:40,233 --> 00:07:41,800 that Joe Biden won the election? 195 00:07:41,866 --> 00:07:43,233 Both: No. 196 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:44,400 O'Sullivan: What do you think happened? 197 00:07:44,466 --> 00:07:46,033 Fraud. 198 00:07:46,100 --> 00:07:47,533 All these Trump events I've been going to, 199 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,500 I just hear the same thing over and over again. 200 00:07:49,566 --> 00:07:51,000 Why did you come here? 201 00:07:51,066 --> 00:07:52,533 All this fraud, 202 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,866 and I can see it all over the line -- online. 203 00:07:55,933 --> 00:07:58,633 And it's not made up. 204 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:00,133 People were amped up. [ Horn blaring ] 205 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,766 They were raring to go. 206 00:08:01,833 --> 00:08:03,933 I was standing on the Mall with them, 207 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,100 and I said, "Here in two weeks time, 208 00:08:06,166 --> 00:08:07,766 Biden's gonna be inaugurated." 209 00:08:07,833 --> 00:08:09,433 They said, "No way. 210 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:11,366 It's not happening." 211 00:08:11,433 --> 00:08:12,833 Blitzer: As the crowd got amped up 212 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:14,166 for the president's appearance, 213 00:08:14,233 --> 00:08:16,833 he and his adult children were all backstage, 214 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:18,933 giddy with excitement. 215 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,133 Ivanka at her focused father's side, 216 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,800 Eric celebrating his birthday. 217 00:08:22,866 --> 00:08:24,766 Man: Happy Birthday, Eric! 218 00:08:24,833 --> 00:08:27,500 And this seemingly lighthearted namesake. 219 00:08:27,566 --> 00:08:30,833 Shout out Mark Meadows, an actual fighter. 220 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:32,400 [ Laughs ] One of the few. 221 00:08:32,466 --> 00:08:34,400 Turning to anger on stage. 222 00:08:34,466 --> 00:08:37,733 If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, 223 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:38,966 we're coming for you, 224 00:08:39,033 --> 00:08:41,033 and we're going to have a good time doing it! 225 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:44,033 [ Cheers and applause ] 226 00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:46,700 All of us here today do not want to see 227 00:08:46,766 --> 00:08:48,566 our election victory stolen 228 00:08:48,633 --> 00:08:51,366 by emboldened radical left Democrats. 229 00:08:51,433 --> 00:08:52,766 We will never concede. 230 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:53,933 It doesn't happen. 231 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:57,466 You don't concede when there's theft involved. 232 00:08:57,533 --> 00:08:59,133 [ Cheers and applause ] 233 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,133 Our country has had enough. 234 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,800 We will not take it anymore, 235 00:09:03,866 --> 00:09:06,166 and that's what this is all about. 236 00:09:06,233 --> 00:09:09,666 You'll never take back our country with weakness. 237 00:09:09,733 --> 00:09:11,000 You have to show strength, 238 00:09:11,066 --> 00:09:12,700 and you have to be strong. 239 00:09:12,766 --> 00:09:15,100 I know that everyone here will soon be marching 240 00:09:15,166 --> 00:09:17,400 over to the Capitol building 241 00:09:17,466 --> 00:09:20,233 to peacefully and patriotically 242 00:09:20,300 --> 00:09:21,900 make your voices heard. 243 00:09:21,966 --> 00:09:24,233 The day started with President Donald Trump, 244 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:25,833 his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, 245 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:27,933 his son Donald Trump, Jr. 246 00:09:28,033 --> 00:09:30,366 at a rally, whipping up people into anger, 247 00:09:30,433 --> 00:09:31,800 whipping up people into fear. 248 00:09:31,866 --> 00:09:33,300 If we're wrong, 249 00:09:33,366 --> 00:09:36,133 we will be made fools of. 250 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,133 But if we're right, a lot of them will go to jail. 251 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,800 [ Cheers and applause ] 252 00:09:41,866 --> 00:09:43,166 So... 253 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,533 ...let's have trial by combat. 254 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,033 He just said trial by combat 255 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:54,033 [ Laughs ] 256 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:56,266 I'm ready. 257 00:09:56,333 --> 00:09:59,100 Campbell: The day ended with this violent mob 258 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:01,800 attacking the United States capitol. 259 00:10:01,866 --> 00:10:05,000 [ Crowd chanting "USA!" ] 260 00:10:07,233 --> 00:10:09,633 [ Crowd chanting "USA!" ] 261 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:13,100 ♪♪ 262 00:10:13,166 --> 00:10:16,000 Let's walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. 263 00:10:16,066 --> 00:10:20,466 Axelrod: He basically had a match and a can of kerosene, 264 00:10:20,533 --> 00:10:22,466 and he lit it. 265 00:10:22,533 --> 00:10:26,300 [ All chanting "Fight for Trump!" ] 266 00:10:26,366 --> 00:10:28,166 And the manifestation of that 267 00:10:28,233 --> 00:10:31,833 were these folks streaming down Pennsylvania Avenue 268 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:34,633 headed toward the Capitol. 269 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:37,266 The people that came to this rally were not 270 00:10:37,333 --> 00:10:39,200 the run of the mill Trump supporter. 271 00:10:39,266 --> 00:10:41,100 Yeah! 272 00:10:41,166 --> 00:10:42,600 They were the hardest of the hardcore -- 273 00:10:42,666 --> 00:10:45,566 extremely radicalized, extremely angry group of people. 274 00:10:45,633 --> 00:10:47,400 Do you accept that Biden won the election? 275 00:10:47,466 --> 00:10:48,933 Absolutely not. 276 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,033 ♪♪ 277 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:55,200 Kovler: So, the gap between that group of people 278 00:10:55,266 --> 00:10:58,200 having a rally and listening to the president speak... 279 00:10:58,266 --> 00:10:59,833 Man: Bring out the traitors! 280 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:02,000 Kovler: ...and turning into a mob that will march on Congress 281 00:11:02,066 --> 00:11:03,333 is already very small. 282 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,000 [ Indistinct shouting ] 283 00:11:05,066 --> 00:11:07,900 O'Sullivan: We walked from the White House 284 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,433 with the Trump supporters who were marching to the Capitol. 285 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:12,433 Just as we got 286 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:16,600 to the west side of the Capitol, 287 00:11:16,666 --> 00:11:18,466 there was a very small line of police 288 00:11:18,533 --> 00:11:21,466 and just sort of one set of barriers. 289 00:11:21,533 --> 00:11:23,633 And all of a sudden, 290 00:11:23,700 --> 00:11:25,600 we heard a bit of commotion. 291 00:11:25,666 --> 00:11:29,466 [Crowd cheering] 292 00:11:29,533 --> 00:11:31,600 And next thing we just saw 293 00:11:31,666 --> 00:11:34,533 these Trump supporters streaming through the barriers 294 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,366 and onto the lawn 295 00:11:36,433 --> 00:11:38,366 of the U.S. Capitol. 296 00:11:38,433 --> 00:11:39,866 And... 297 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:43,233 I just got the sense that this was about to get out of control. 298 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:45,400 [ Indistinct shouting ] 299 00:11:45,466 --> 00:11:46,700 What are you doing? 300 00:11:46,766 --> 00:11:48,366 Raju: I was inside the Capitol 301 00:11:48,433 --> 00:11:50,233 as these protesters were gathering, 302 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:51,933 and we were getting reports 303 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,566 about how much more unrest there was outside. 304 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:59,733 The extent to which, members of Congress, aides, 305 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,233 people in Capitol Hill could be in danger was certainly -- 306 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:05,600 did not even come close to the radar 307 00:12:05,666 --> 00:12:08,833 of virtually anybody in Congress. 308 00:12:08,900 --> 00:12:10,666 Haberman: Before all the chaos erupted 309 00:12:10,733 --> 00:12:13,100 during the joint session of Congress to certify 310 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:15,400 the Electoral College vote, 311 00:12:15,466 --> 00:12:19,533 Mike Pence was preparing to preside over the proceedings. 312 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,233 ♪♪ 313 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:24,066 Raju: The Republican movement to, essentially, throw out 314 00:12:24,133 --> 00:12:27,000 the electoral votes was essentially all fed 315 00:12:27,066 --> 00:12:29,766 by President Trump's disinformation, 316 00:12:29,833 --> 00:12:31,000 his conspiracies, 317 00:12:31,066 --> 00:12:32,833 frankly, the lies that he told 318 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:37,200 the American public about the election. 319 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:40,633 What does it say to the nearly half the country 320 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:42,633 that believes this election was rigged. 321 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:44,066 Raju: Despite the objections, 322 00:12:44,133 --> 00:12:47,200 President Trump was not gonna be President Trump anymore 323 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:50,233 come January 20th. 324 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:51,866 Blitzer: Mitch McConnell, 325 00:12:51,933 --> 00:12:55,266 despite being a pretty loyal Republican through all of this, 326 00:12:55,333 --> 00:12:56,600 was just saying, "No, 327 00:12:56,666 --> 00:12:58,100 he was not going to have it." 328 00:12:58,166 --> 00:13:00,966 If this election were overturned 329 00:13:01,033 --> 00:13:05,800 by mere allegations from the losing side... 330 00:13:05,866 --> 00:13:08,433 our democracy would enter a death spiral. 331 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:10,100 ♪♪ 332 00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:12,066 Haberman: Mike Pence had made clear to President Trump 333 00:13:12,133 --> 00:13:14,466 he was not going to do what President Trump wanted, 334 00:13:14,533 --> 00:13:17,633 which was overturn the results somehow. 335 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:19,766 The president refused to accept that. 336 00:13:19,833 --> 00:13:22,900 Acosta: It just goes to show you how detached from reality 337 00:13:22,966 --> 00:13:24,766 the president had become. 338 00:13:24,833 --> 00:13:26,433 He thought that his vice president 339 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:30,033 could march up to Capitol Hill and carry out some kind of coup. 340 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:33,033 Mike Pence was essentially telling the rest of the world, 341 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:34,366 "I'm not in on this. 342 00:13:34,433 --> 00:13:36,500 It's over for Donald Trump." 343 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:39,000 That, of course, set the president off, 344 00:13:39,066 --> 00:13:41,166 sent him into this tirade. 345 00:13:41,233 --> 00:13:42,333 And that is part of the reason 346 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,066 why you saw the president down on the Ellipse, 347 00:13:45,133 --> 00:13:46,900 charging up the crowd. 348 00:13:46,966 --> 00:13:49,566 Trump: We're not gonna let it happen. 349 00:13:49,633 --> 00:13:51,333 Campbell: Although President Trump told 350 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,333 that rally, that crowd, 351 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,233 that he was prepared to join them 352 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:56,400 in marching to the Capitol, 353 00:13:56,466 --> 00:13:57,633 that never happened. 354 00:13:57,700 --> 00:14:01,533 [ Indistinct shouting ] Man: Fight for Trump! 355 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,366 We have been told by Capitol police 356 00:14:03,433 --> 00:14:05,466 that the Capitol is in lockdown 357 00:14:05,533 --> 00:14:08,233 and that people cannot leave the building. 358 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:10,433 [ All chanting "Fight for Trump!" ] 359 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:12,733 Marquardt: When I got to the Capitol, 360 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,933 You will not tell us where to spend our money! 361 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,033 Marquardt: ...you could tell that there were 362 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:17,833 different factions 363 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:19,966 and energies within the crowd. 364 00:14:20,033 --> 00:14:21,200 Blitzer: Alexander Marquardt is there 365 00:14:21,266 --> 00:14:22,866 right in the middle of all of this. 366 00:14:22,933 --> 00:14:25,033 Marquardt: There were some people who just wanted 367 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:27,833 to be there and wave flags. 368 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:29,566 There were other people, who were much more aggressive, 369 00:14:29,633 --> 00:14:32,166 and those were the people who were really at the front. 370 00:14:32,233 --> 00:14:35,466 ♪♪ 371 00:14:35,533 --> 00:14:39,200 Reeve: With a mob, like, logic goes out the window. 372 00:14:39,266 --> 00:14:42,933 Mob mentality doesn't even begin to cover 373 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,433 what it feels like. 374 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:46,700 There's just this energy 375 00:14:46,766 --> 00:14:50,033 and no sense of personal responsibility. 376 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:54,000 So, you see people who look like your parents, 377 00:14:54,066 --> 00:14:56,000 like a suburban soccer mom, 378 00:14:56,066 --> 00:14:58,166 like, scrambling over a wall. 379 00:14:58,233 --> 00:14:59,700 Man: Start pulling them this way! 380 00:14:59,766 --> 00:15:01,466 Marquardt: The protesters were able to rush through, 381 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:03,233 rush up the stairs, 382 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:04,700 rush up into the upper area. 383 00:15:04,766 --> 00:15:06,533 And suddenly, I was looking up, 384 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,866 and they were just everywhere. 385 00:15:07,933 --> 00:15:10,433 They had swarmed the Capitol building. 386 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:11,866 [ Crowd chanting "USA!" ] 387 00:15:11,933 --> 00:15:14,100 Neumann: I was on the phone with a reporter on a different issue, 388 00:15:14,166 --> 00:15:16,033 and somebody said, like, they breached the perimeter, 389 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:17,133 and I was like, what? 390 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:17,900 You know? 391 00:15:17,966 --> 00:15:19,533 How does that even happen? 392 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,833 [ Indistinct shouting ] 393 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:25,366 I was shocked because the police were overrun 394 00:15:25,433 --> 00:15:27,600 so easily and quickly. 395 00:15:27,666 --> 00:15:29,800 Man: You better run, cops! 396 00:15:29,866 --> 00:15:32,466 Officer: Disperse! [ Indistinct shouting ] 397 00:15:32,533 --> 00:15:34,633 And just the sheer number of people... 398 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,166 Man: Fuck those pigs! 399 00:15:36,233 --> 00:15:38,333 Johnson: ...in this mob of insurrection 400 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,666 was easily able to breach the Capitol. 401 00:15:40,733 --> 00:15:42,666 [ Indistinct shouting ] 402 00:15:42,733 --> 00:15:44,000 Marquardt: It was just mayhem. 403 00:15:44,066 --> 00:15:46,000 It was total chaos, 404 00:15:46,066 --> 00:15:49,033 and I kept looking around for law enforcement, 405 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:53,200 thinking, "How on earth is this possible?" 406 00:15:53,266 --> 00:15:55,266 Campbell: There should have been a larger police presence there. 407 00:15:55,333 --> 00:15:57,166 There should have been more fencing. 408 00:15:57,233 --> 00:15:58,866 There should have been all the things that 409 00:15:58,933 --> 00:16:00,466 law enforcement typically does 410 00:16:00,533 --> 00:16:02,000 whenever you have a large crowd 411 00:16:02,066 --> 00:16:05,000 gathered inside the United States capital. 412 00:16:05,066 --> 00:16:06,266 Blitzer: The now former 413 00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,200 United States Capitol Police chief said 414 00:16:08,266 --> 00:16:11,533 the police responded "valiantly." 415 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,033 Get out of here, motherfuckers! 416 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:14,366 Marquardt: Let's go. 417 00:16:14,433 --> 00:16:18,533 There was a moment that the crowd clocked onto us, 418 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,866 And it became hostile very, very quickly. 419 00:16:21,933 --> 00:16:23,800 Man: Hey, this guy's with the media! 420 00:16:23,866 --> 00:16:25,800 This guy's with the media! 421 00:16:25,866 --> 00:16:27,466 [ All booing ] 422 00:16:27,533 --> 00:16:30,300 Marquardt: Just to watch the crowd turn on us... 423 00:16:30,366 --> 00:16:33,633 [ Crowd chants "CNN sucks!" ] 424 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:36,133 ...was really, really unsettling, 425 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,800 and luckily, we got out of there unscathed. 426 00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:42,566 All of us -- 427 00:16:42,633 --> 00:16:45,100 and we're all quite experienced -- 428 00:16:45,166 --> 00:16:46,666 were pretty rattled by it. 429 00:16:46,733 --> 00:16:49,833 [ Indistinct shouting ] 430 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:53,600 Marquardt: I've been in a lot of riots and protests, 431 00:16:53,666 --> 00:16:56,766 and this was... 432 00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:59,433 the most hostile crowd 433 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:01,666 that I think I've ever been in. 434 00:17:01,733 --> 00:17:03,833 ♪♪ 435 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:05,366 Campbell: There have been many descriptions 436 00:17:05,433 --> 00:17:07,200 of what took place at the United States Capitol, 437 00:17:07,266 --> 00:17:08,866 some calling it violence, 438 00:17:08,933 --> 00:17:10,700 some calling it lawlessness. 439 00:17:10,766 --> 00:17:12,133 This was terrorism. 440 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,766 The definition of terrorism is 441 00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:15,966 violence in pursuit of a political goal. 442 00:17:16,033 --> 00:17:17,800 The Supreme Court's not helping us. 443 00:17:17,866 --> 00:17:19,466 No one's helping us. 444 00:17:19,533 --> 00:17:21,466 Only us can help us. 445 00:17:21,533 --> 00:17:23,033 Only we can do it. 446 00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:24,533 What we saw take place, 447 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,200 in an unprecedented way, 448 00:17:26,266 --> 00:17:27,900 was domestic terrorism. 449 00:17:27,966 --> 00:17:29,100 What are you gonna do? 450 00:17:29,166 --> 00:17:32,533 Whatever we have to do! What do you think 1776 was? 451 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,033 [ Indistinct shouting ] 452 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:36,200 Kovler: I never thought that the protests 453 00:17:36,266 --> 00:17:38,433 would actually get through the door, 454 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,066 and it was scary. [ Crowd chanting "USA!" ] 455 00:17:40,133 --> 00:17:42,400 It wasn't clear how it was gonna end. 456 00:17:42,466 --> 00:17:44,233 [ Indistinct shouting ] 457 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:45,966 Campbell: Would the United States Capitol Police 458 00:17:46,033 --> 00:17:49,333 be prepared to hold back an angry crowd 459 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,366 from entering the United States Capitol? 460 00:17:51,433 --> 00:17:53,200 [ Indistinct shouting ] 461 00:17:53,266 --> 00:17:55,800 Of course, we know in hindsight the answer was no. 462 00:17:55,866 --> 00:17:57,966 ♪♪ 463 00:17:58,033 --> 00:17:59,500 [ Indistinct shouting ] [ Glass shattering ] 464 00:18:02,233 --> 00:18:06,166 ♪♪ 465 00:18:06,233 --> 00:18:09,866 [ Crowd chanting "USA!" ] 466 00:18:11,533 --> 00:18:13,733 Campbell: Once the crowd makes their way inside, 467 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,866 past law enforcement into the building, 468 00:18:15,933 --> 00:18:18,666 it's total chaos. 469 00:18:18,733 --> 00:18:20,366 What you see is this mob 470 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:22,566 storming the building... 471 00:18:22,633 --> 00:18:24,733 [ Indistinct shouting ] 472 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,233 ...going floor by floor. 473 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:28,733 [ Indistinct shouting ] 474 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,833 You want a fight, you better believe you got one! 475 00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:35,100 [ Indistinct shouting ] 476 00:18:35,166 --> 00:18:36,966 They encounter law enforcement. 477 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:38,966 -This is our house! -Let them in! 478 00:18:39,033 --> 00:18:40,633 Man: Let them in! 479 00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:44,000 Campbell: In certain instances, they push forward, pass them. 480 00:18:44,066 --> 00:18:47,900 Some officers step aside and allow them by, 481 00:18:47,966 --> 00:18:50,833 but what you see is just this constant building and building, 482 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:53,666 more people coming, more people coming... 483 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:57,366 [ Indistinct shouting ] 484 00:18:57,433 --> 00:19:01,866 ♪♪ 485 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:04,533 Man: Let 'em in! Let 'em in! Let 'em in 486 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,200 [ Indistinct shouting ] 487 00:19:07,266 --> 00:19:11,533 [ Shouting continues ] 488 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,300 Raju: So the way they got into the Capitol was, 489 00:19:13,366 --> 00:19:16,966 rioters, looters, and the mob walked up the steps, 490 00:19:17,033 --> 00:19:19,800 the west front steps of the Capitol... 491 00:19:19,866 --> 00:19:21,466 [ Pounding ] 492 00:19:21,533 --> 00:19:24,000 [ Glass shatters ] 493 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:27,866 ...broke the windows 494 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:30,533 on the first floor of the Senate side... 495 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,366 ♪♪ 496 00:19:32,433 --> 00:19:33,366 ...opened the door, 497 00:19:33,433 --> 00:19:35,366 and floods of these rioters 498 00:19:35,433 --> 00:19:38,033 walked in through the first floor of the Capitol. 499 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:40,866 Hey, we're home! We're home! 500 00:19:40,933 --> 00:19:43,733 [ Indistinct shouting ] 501 00:19:50,433 --> 00:19:51,833 At that point, 502 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:54,433 many of them walked towards the Senate side of the Capitol, 503 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:56,500 and they were immediately confronted 504 00:19:56,566 --> 00:19:58,666 by one police officer. 505 00:19:58,733 --> 00:20:01,166 Back up! 506 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:03,966 I heard a commotion and some yelling, 507 00:20:04,033 --> 00:20:05,666 and I ran downstairs, 508 00:20:05,733 --> 00:20:08,700 where I encountered this lone police officer 509 00:20:08,766 --> 00:20:10,800 courageously making a stand 510 00:20:10,866 --> 00:20:15,100 against a mob of 20 or so Trump supporters. 511 00:20:15,166 --> 00:20:17,033 You could see him trying to 512 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:20,366 but ultimately failing to prevent them from moving in. 513 00:20:20,433 --> 00:20:22,533 A shocking moment because at that point, 514 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,533 nobody really knew that there had been an intrusion 515 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,533 into the capitol itself. 516 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,533 Leave now! 517 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:30,700 [ Indistinct shouting ] 518 00:20:30,766 --> 00:20:35,000 This is my fucking house! It's my country! 519 00:20:35,066 --> 00:20:37,500 USA! 520 00:20:37,566 --> 00:20:39,500 ♪♪ 521 00:20:39,566 --> 00:20:41,366 Marquardt: It is hard to say 522 00:20:41,433 --> 00:20:42,866 what the police presence is out here. 523 00:20:42,933 --> 00:20:46,366 I cannot see any sort of law enforcement. 524 00:20:46,433 --> 00:20:49,533 I'm just thinking, where's the law enforcement? 525 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,033 Where are the reinforcements for the Capitol Police inside? 526 00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:56,366 Why hasn't MPD, the D.C. police, shown up? 527 00:20:56,433 --> 00:20:58,866 Why hasn't the National Guard shown up? 528 00:20:58,933 --> 00:21:00,366 [ Indistinct shouting ] 529 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:02,200 Woman: Where are the bastards! 530 00:21:02,266 --> 00:21:04,700 We got tear gas. 531 00:21:04,766 --> 00:21:08,933 The vice president and the United States Senate. 532 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,633 Crow: One thing I did notice was that the security seemed lighter 533 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:15,833 than it did earlier in the session, 534 00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:17,166 actually last year, 535 00:21:17,233 --> 00:21:19,833 when the BLM protests were going on. 536 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:21,833 [ Gavel bangs ] Man: The House will be in order. 537 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:24,100 Blitzer: House members were meeting in a joint session 538 00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:26,466 to consider the electoral votes. 539 00:21:26,533 --> 00:21:28,400 There was about probably about an hour of debate 540 00:21:28,466 --> 00:21:31,800 before we realized that the mob and the riot 541 00:21:31,866 --> 00:21:34,233 was fighting with the police outside 542 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:35,733 and that they had broken through. 543 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,866 [ Crowd chanting "Stop the Steal!" ] 544 00:21:38,933 --> 00:21:41,033 Tapper: We are watching an attempted sedition. 545 00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:43,000 We are watching an attempt 546 00:21:43,066 --> 00:21:45,033 at a bloodless coup in the United States. 547 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:46,500 Trump supporters, 548 00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:49,300 stopping the constitutional process, 549 00:21:49,366 --> 00:21:51,633 the counting of electors. 550 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:53,300 The chamber went into lockdown. 551 00:21:53,366 --> 00:21:55,133 Mike Pence was ushered out 552 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,533 of the Senate chamber where he was presiding. 553 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,800 Most of the Senate was still in the chamber 554 00:21:59,866 --> 00:22:01,400 waiting for their instructions. 555 00:22:01,466 --> 00:22:02,500 Man: Look at this. 556 00:22:02,566 --> 00:22:05,400 These protesters are inside Statuary Hall. 557 00:22:05,466 --> 00:22:07,566 This is a legendary place. 558 00:22:07,633 --> 00:22:09,833 It's hard to believe what we're seeing. 559 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:11,200 Woman: I've never been in this house. 560 00:22:11,266 --> 00:22:12,066 How about you? 561 00:22:12,133 --> 00:22:13,866 -No. -You [bleep] own it! 562 00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:15,400 Woman #2: That's right. We own it. 563 00:22:15,466 --> 00:22:17,233 We own you! 564 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:20,400 [ Indistinct shouting ] 565 00:22:20,466 --> 00:22:22,233 Campbell: At one point, you have a crowd of rioters 566 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:23,566 approaching a doorway, 567 00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:25,733 but they're blocked by Capitol Police. 568 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,100 It appears as though the officers 569 00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:28,400 are going to keep them back. 570 00:22:28,466 --> 00:22:30,100 But then inexplicably, 571 00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:31,766 the officers suddenly step aside. 572 00:22:31,833 --> 00:22:34,100 Man: Let's go! Get that shit! 573 00:22:34,166 --> 00:22:38,266 [ Indistinct shouting ] 574 00:22:38,333 --> 00:22:40,766 Man: Let's fucking go! 575 00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:42,233 Campbell: The mob begins using objects 576 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:44,066 to crash through the door. 577 00:22:44,133 --> 00:22:48,733 ♪♪ 578 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,466 We then see what those officers have done is leave in jeopardy 579 00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:54,300 their colleagues behind the doors, 580 00:22:54,366 --> 00:22:56,800 which were essentially the last line of defense. 581 00:22:56,866 --> 00:22:58,233 They try to grab everything they can -- 582 00:22:58,300 --> 00:23:00,233 chairs, desks, furniture 583 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:02,166 to try to block the way. 584 00:23:02,233 --> 00:23:04,300 [ Indistinct shouting ] 585 00:23:04,366 --> 00:23:06,766 Acosta: This is a bonfire of the insanities 586 00:23:06,833 --> 00:23:09,133 that we're watching in the nation's capitol right now, 587 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,066 and it all flows from Trump. 588 00:23:12,133 --> 00:23:14,700 I could not have imagined that in my wildest dreams. 589 00:23:14,766 --> 00:23:16,866 To see Trump supporters 590 00:23:16,933 --> 00:23:19,366 carrying the Confederate flag 591 00:23:19,433 --> 00:23:22,066 through the halls of the US Capitol, 592 00:23:22,133 --> 00:23:23,966 it's traitorous. 593 00:23:28,166 --> 00:23:30,733 Tapper: President Trump could stop this with one tweet, 594 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,133 but instead he's on Twitter, 595 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,266 attacking Vice President Pence 596 00:23:34,333 --> 00:23:36,100 for refusing to go along 597 00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:39,466 with his attempt at a coup. 598 00:23:46,533 --> 00:23:48,533 Bourg: It was just such a constant. 599 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,100 Hundreds of people at the top 600 00:23:50,166 --> 00:23:52,266 of the east front steps of the Capitol, 601 00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:54,566 chanting that for quite some time. 602 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:57,700 I heard multiple conversations loudly and publicly. 603 00:23:57,766 --> 00:23:59,633 Not anything people were trying to hide, 604 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:02,133 discussing, what are we gonna do with the vice president? 605 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,200 "We should go in and find the vice president." 606 00:24:04,266 --> 00:24:07,966 You know, "We should hang the vice president." 607 00:24:08,033 --> 00:24:10,133 Axelrod: Donald Trump put a price on the head 608 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,866 of his own vice president. 609 00:24:11,933 --> 00:24:14,733 The message was very clear that somehow Pence could 610 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,400 overturn the results of the election 611 00:24:16,466 --> 00:24:17,733 and hand it to Trump. 612 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:18,933 They believed it. 613 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,766 Well, we came this far. What do ya say? 614 00:24:21,833 --> 00:24:23,100 Man: Drag 'em out! 615 00:24:23,166 --> 00:24:25,133 Drag 'em out! 616 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,400 Axelrod: And so it's not surprising 617 00:24:26,466 --> 00:24:29,200 that some would go hunting for Pence 618 00:24:29,266 --> 00:24:30,633 when they went over the Capitol 619 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,966 after he announced that he wasn't going to play that role. 620 00:24:34,033 --> 00:24:37,500 [ Indistinct shouting ] 621 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:42,233 Blitzer: The president has broken his silence. 622 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:44,100 The president tweeting just a few moments ago. 623 00:24:44,166 --> 00:24:45,733 He is not telling these protestors 624 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,333 to leave the Capitol. 625 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,800 Tapper: It's odd that he said stay peaceful, 626 00:24:49,866 --> 00:24:53,800 given the fact that this crowd is not peaceful. 627 00:24:53,866 --> 00:24:57,800 [ Indistinct shouting ] 628 00:24:57,866 --> 00:25:00,700 Haberman: There had been efforts imploring him 629 00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:04,566 to send out something to calm down his supporters 630 00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:07,333 over the course of the, at that point, hour and a half 631 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:08,933 that it had been going on. 632 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,066 What that tweet was 633 00:25:10,133 --> 00:25:11,733 was something that said stay peaceful, 634 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,400 but did not acknowledge that things had 635 00:25:13,466 --> 00:25:15,233 absolutely spiraled out of control 636 00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:17,966 and was not the condemnation that folks were hoping for. 637 00:25:18,033 --> 00:25:20,800 [ Indistinct shouting ] 638 00:25:20,866 --> 00:25:24,466 Raju: As these rioters had approached the House floor, 639 00:25:24,533 --> 00:25:26,633 there was a deadly incident 640 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,633 They were warned to step away. Man: He's got a gun! 641 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:31,700 Blitzer: A warning that this video contains 642 00:25:31,766 --> 00:25:33,366 some disturbing content. 643 00:25:33,433 --> 00:25:35,200 Tapper: A pro-Trump supporter, 644 00:25:35,266 --> 00:25:37,300 later identified as Ashli Babbitt, 645 00:25:37,366 --> 00:25:40,466 tries to make her way through a window. 646 00:25:40,533 --> 00:25:41,633 [ Gunshot ] 647 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,633 Raju: There was a shot. 648 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:45,466 [ Indistinct shouting ] 649 00:25:45,533 --> 00:25:48,266 That person, immediately after she was shot, 650 00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:50,100 was given medical assistance, 651 00:25:50,166 --> 00:25:52,933 was taken to a nearby hospital, and died. 652 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,766 This was a terrifying 653 00:25:54,833 --> 00:25:56,433 and tragic scene 654 00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,866 that was unfolding steps away 655 00:25:58,933 --> 00:26:02,133 from the halls of freedom on Capitol Hill. 656 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,533 I was right there with her. 657 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,033 It was me or her! 658 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:06,566 And they shot her. 659 00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:08,000 Campbell: CNN spoke to her mother 660 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,400 who said that she was the type of person 661 00:26:10,466 --> 00:26:12,600 who would be willing to die for her beliefs. 662 00:26:12,666 --> 00:26:14,733 Blitzer: Ashli Babbitt's social media feed 663 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,833 was flooded with posts supporting President Trump 664 00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:20,733 and QAnon conspiracy theories. 665 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,400 [ Indistinct shouting ] 666 00:26:22,466 --> 00:26:24,466 One thing is clear -- this was not a protest. 667 00:26:24,533 --> 00:26:26,133 This was not a demonstration. 668 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,633 This was a violent mob, 669 00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:29,300 intent on causing destruction. 670 00:26:29,366 --> 00:26:31,133 This was a violent insurgency. 671 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,300 This was not a protest. 672 00:26:33,366 --> 00:26:35,733 Man: Occupy. Do not destroy. 673 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:36,733 Blitzer: Ahead, 674 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:37,933 more violence. 675 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,500 Woman: They broke the glass? 676 00:26:39,566 --> 00:26:41,833 Woman #2: Everybody stay down! Get down! 677 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:44,700 Lawmakers under siege. 678 00:26:44,766 --> 00:26:49,000 ♪♪ 679 00:26:51,633 --> 00:26:59,066 ♪♪ 680 00:26:59,133 --> 00:27:00,266 Blitzer: Around 3:00 p.m. 681 00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:02,533 on Wednesday afternoon, January 6th... 682 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,133 Woman: Everybody stay down. Get down! 683 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,800 ...this shaky video tells the story 684 00:27:08,866 --> 00:27:10,766 of shaken nerves. 685 00:27:10,833 --> 00:27:13,166 Woman #2: Oh, my God. They're gonna fire on them. 686 00:27:13,233 --> 00:27:17,200 The House members who were on the first floor of the House 687 00:27:17,266 --> 00:27:19,366 had been evacuated already. 688 00:27:19,433 --> 00:27:20,666 but there were members 689 00:27:20,733 --> 00:27:23,433 in the upstairs gallery part of the chamber, 690 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:26,633 and those members were particularly scared 691 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:30,066 about what would happen. 692 00:27:30,133 --> 00:27:32,900 Crow: I saw the Capitol Police 693 00:27:32,966 --> 00:27:34,466 locking the doors 694 00:27:34,533 --> 00:27:35,966 and starting to stack furniture 695 00:27:36,033 --> 00:27:38,366 and barricade us in the chamber. 696 00:27:38,433 --> 00:27:40,933 And it was at that point that I realized that we were trapped 697 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,300 and that we were gonna try to protect ourselves 698 00:27:43,366 --> 00:27:44,400 within the chamber. 699 00:27:44,466 --> 00:27:46,700 Kuster: We had a shelter in place order. 700 00:27:46,766 --> 00:27:48,933 They told us to use the gas masks 701 00:27:49,033 --> 00:27:51,033 that are under the seats. 702 00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:52,700 [ Indistinct shouting ] 703 00:27:52,766 --> 00:27:55,033 Being asked to put on masks. 704 00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:57,066 Checking the door to make sure its locked. 705 00:27:57,133 --> 00:27:58,933 Woman: They broke the glass? 706 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,333 Crow: I heard the sound of breaking glass 707 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,733 and gunshots rang out. 708 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,566 [Gunshot] 709 00:28:05,633 --> 00:28:08,266 And then the rioters actually start 710 00:28:08,333 --> 00:28:10,100 trying to ram the doors down. 711 00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:11,466 [ Ringing ] 712 00:28:11,533 --> 00:28:13,433 Wild: I thought, I really should call the kids, 713 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:16,700 and I was on with them, telling them what was going on 714 00:28:16,766 --> 00:28:19,800 and that we were waiting to get out, 715 00:28:19,866 --> 00:28:21,366 that I was okay. 716 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:24,066 At one point my son said, "What do you mean you're okay? 717 00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:25,966 I can hear gunshots." 718 00:28:26,033 --> 00:28:30,300 I was frightened that it would be a mass casualty incident, 719 00:28:30,366 --> 00:28:33,700 that if they had automatic weapons, 720 00:28:33,766 --> 00:28:38,266 they could have killed hundreds of members of congress. 721 00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:40,533 I was preparing myself to make a stand 722 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,433 and potentially have to fight our way out. 723 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:44,400 My heart was pounding out of my chest. 724 00:28:44,466 --> 00:28:47,733 I was really getting very, very upset. 725 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,233 And at that point, 726 00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:53,633 Jason Crow reached out and took my hand, saying, 727 00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:56,200 "You're going to be okay. Everything's going to be okay." 728 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:02,766 [ Indistinct shouting ] 729 00:29:02,833 --> 00:29:04,266 He was like the perfect person 730 00:29:04,333 --> 00:29:05,266 to be in the foxhole with. 731 00:29:05,333 --> 00:29:07,600 He's a former Army Ranger. 732 00:29:07,666 --> 00:29:11,433 You want a fight, you better believe you got one! 733 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:13,500 Blitzer: Outside the House floor, nearby, 734 00:29:13,566 --> 00:29:16,166 lawmakers were hunkered down, hiding. 735 00:29:16,233 --> 00:29:19,966 Within about 10 or 15 minutes the room that I was in, 736 00:29:20,033 --> 00:29:22,933 I started hearing a lot of stomping 737 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,733 and chanting right outside. 738 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,566 [ Indistinct shouting ] 739 00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:31,933 And I realized that they were literally right outside my door. 740 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,400 And so I was really frightened. 741 00:29:33,466 --> 00:29:37,400 I moved a lot of furniture that I was physically able to 742 00:29:37,466 --> 00:29:41,000 and tried to barricade the door. 743 00:29:41,066 --> 00:29:42,433 Blitzer: Across the Capitol, 744 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:45,033 protestors were entering offices. 745 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:47,933 People climbing the walls, breaking windows, 746 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,366 breaking into doors, 747 00:29:49,433 --> 00:29:51,466 in the Parliamentarian's office. 748 00:29:51,533 --> 00:29:53,266 Raju: This is a breach of national security 749 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:55,433 because the Senate Parliamentarian's office 750 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:56,633 is a critical office. 751 00:29:56,700 --> 00:29:59,133 That is what ensures the Senate can function 752 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,666 where all the papers are kept. 753 00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:03,366 Blitzer: A video posted online 754 00:30:03,433 --> 00:30:06,266 shows rioters looking for the House Speaker. 755 00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,733 Nancy Pelosi's office is one of the most 756 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,166 heavily-guarded offices on Capitol Hill. 757 00:30:20,233 --> 00:30:22,600 You cannot just walk into Nancy Pelosi's office, 758 00:30:22,666 --> 00:30:25,033 but that's exactly what some 759 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:26,366 of these demonstrators did. 760 00:30:26,433 --> 00:30:30,033 There is a photo of one rioter 761 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,033 sitting there with his feet up. 762 00:30:41,866 --> 00:30:44,166 Here you go. Here you go, brother. 763 00:30:44,233 --> 00:30:46,633 The rioters even took away 764 00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:50,900 the name plate that is on top of her suite. 765 00:30:50,966 --> 00:30:53,400 Haberman: Lots of other pictures of these rioters sitting 766 00:30:53,466 --> 00:30:55,900 at desks they should never be sitting at 767 00:30:55,966 --> 00:30:57,033 on the House floor, 768 00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:58,133 on the Senate floor. 769 00:30:58,200 --> 00:30:59,500 This is something that is not done. 770 00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:01,466 You don't walk into the Senate floor, 771 00:31:01,533 --> 00:31:03,633 and that is a place where the senators gather, 772 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:05,166 where their aides gather. 773 00:31:05,233 --> 00:31:09,533 But these rioters had gone into the Senate chamber 774 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,166 and in a stunning image 775 00:31:12,233 --> 00:31:15,266 was sitting where the presiding officer sits, 776 00:31:15,333 --> 00:31:16,700 where Mike Pence, 777 00:31:16,766 --> 00:31:18,466 as the president of the Senate, 778 00:31:18,533 --> 00:31:20,500 sits while presiding 779 00:31:20,566 --> 00:31:22,566 over the chamber. 780 00:31:22,633 --> 00:31:24,266 Blitzer: While chaos reigned, 781 00:31:24,333 --> 00:31:25,933 authorities made sure those members 782 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,433 in the House gallery got out safely. 783 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:30,700 Wild: While we were all crouched down 784 00:31:30,766 --> 00:31:32,633 in those final minutes, 785 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:36,000 Jason Crow told us all to take our pins off 786 00:31:36,066 --> 00:31:37,900 so that when we got out to the hallway, 787 00:31:37,966 --> 00:31:39,233 if there were perpetrators there, 788 00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:41,166 they wouldn't know we were members of Congress. 789 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:42,666 This identifies me as a member 790 00:31:42,733 --> 00:31:44,866 of the 117th Congress. 791 00:31:44,933 --> 00:31:46,400 Crow: When we went out through that door, 792 00:31:46,466 --> 00:31:48,900 there was a line of SWAT officers 793 00:31:48,966 --> 00:31:50,866 with their guns drawn 794 00:31:50,933 --> 00:31:54,033 that were holding back protesters 795 00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:56,066 They took us to the underground tunnels, 796 00:31:56,133 --> 00:31:58,566 to Longworth, 797 00:31:58,633 --> 00:32:02,666 and then had kind of fortified Longworth with police 798 00:32:02,733 --> 00:32:05,166 and additional security. 799 00:32:05,233 --> 00:32:07,100 The speaker came in at one point 800 00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:09,100 and gave some short remarks 801 00:32:09,166 --> 00:32:13,400 just to reinforce our resolve 802 00:32:13,466 --> 00:32:16,066 and most importantly, make a commitment 803 00:32:16,133 --> 00:32:18,533 that we were going to return that night. 804 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,000 Blitzer: As both House members and Senators stayed 805 00:32:21,066 --> 00:32:24,233 locked down in the Capitol, fearing for their lives 806 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:27,133 and vowing to return to finish verifying the votes, 807 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,300 the president and his personal lawyer 808 00:32:29,366 --> 00:32:31,933 were trying to stop that from happening. 809 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,200 President Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, 810 00:32:34,266 --> 00:32:35,433 both tried reaching out 811 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:39,833 to newly-elected senator Tommy Tuberville 812 00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:41,600 to try to convince him 813 00:32:41,666 --> 00:32:44,266 to delay the certification in some way. 814 00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:46,500 The was all as this violence was taking place. 815 00:32:46,566 --> 00:32:49,533 The concern was not about whether Tuberville was safe. 816 00:33:04,433 --> 00:33:05,866 In Giuliani's case, 817 00:33:05,933 --> 00:33:10,200 he left a voicemail on the wrong person's phone. 818 00:33:10,266 --> 00:33:11,733 In the president's case, 819 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,233 he called Senator Mike Lee 820 00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:15,400 thinking that he was calling Tommy Tuberville. 821 00:33:15,466 --> 00:33:19,400 [ Crowd cheering ] 822 00:33:19,466 --> 00:33:21,200 Woman: Inside sources tell CNN 823 00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:23,133 that during that deadly insurrection, 824 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,133 the president was "borderline enthusiastic" 825 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,666 about the attempted coup. 826 00:33:29,733 --> 00:33:32,433 His initial reaction was not horror, 827 00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:35,833 which was almost everybody else's reaction. 828 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:38,700 His initial reaction was to watch the show. 829 00:33:38,766 --> 00:33:41,666 I call on President Trump 830 00:33:41,733 --> 00:33:46,000 to go on national television now 831 00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:48,500 to fulfill his oath 832 00:33:48,566 --> 00:33:51,333 and defend the constitution 833 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,100 and demand an end to this siege! 834 00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:58,033 I know your pain. I know you're hurt. 835 00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:02,100 We had an election that was stolen from us. 836 00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:03,766 But you have to go home now. 837 00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:04,766 We love you. 838 00:34:04,833 --> 00:34:07,966 You're very special. 839 00:34:08,033 --> 00:34:10,133 I know how you feel. 840 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,400 But go home and go home in peace. 841 00:34:13,466 --> 00:34:16,566 When you're telling your violent supporters 842 00:34:16,633 --> 00:34:18,066 that you love them, 843 00:34:18,133 --> 00:34:20,566 what kind of message does that send? 844 00:34:20,633 --> 00:34:22,933 I mean, it sends a message of approval. 845 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,700 We learned later in the afternoon 846 00:34:25,766 --> 00:34:28,200 that the mayor of D.C. had imposed a curfew 847 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:29,566 starting at 6:00 p.m. 848 00:34:29,633 --> 00:34:30,766 So I thought, "Okay. 849 00:34:30,833 --> 00:34:33,600 At least we know that at 6:00 p.m., 850 00:34:33,666 --> 00:34:35,933 the cavalry is probably going to show up 851 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,800 and get all these rioters out of here. 852 00:34:38,866 --> 00:34:42,833 And sure enough, as dusk started falling, 853 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:44,866 we did see a huge number 854 00:34:44,933 --> 00:34:48,500 of Washington, D.C. police show up, 855 00:34:48,566 --> 00:34:50,333 National Guard showed up. 856 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,166 And then we saw, also, a contingent of FBI. 857 00:34:53,233 --> 00:34:54,600 -You were up there? -Yes. 858 00:34:54,666 --> 00:34:56,266 I was, um... 859 00:34:56,333 --> 00:34:59,933 up on the left side at the very top 860 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,866 before they threw out a flash bang 861 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:04,900 and started spraying tear gas. 862 00:35:04,966 --> 00:35:07,800 Why did you decide to come here today? 863 00:35:07,866 --> 00:35:10,066 Uh, to represent my country. 864 00:35:10,133 --> 00:35:13,066 To fight for what I believe in and what I know to be true. 865 00:35:13,133 --> 00:35:14,933 Which is? 866 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,100 Which is that trump won, 867 00:35:17,166 --> 00:35:21,433 and that there are people in high places 868 00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:24,600 trying to take advantage of everybody in lower places. 869 00:35:24,666 --> 00:35:25,933 Blitzer: Their beliefs, 870 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,266 their uprising, 871 00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:30,033 came with a heavy price. 872 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:32,866 Campbell: At one point, you see an officer trapped in the door, 873 00:35:32,933 --> 00:35:35,466 as he's penned in, screaming for help. 874 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:38,833 [ Screams ] 875 00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:40,166 Campbell: That's one of the many officers 876 00:35:40,233 --> 00:35:41,766 that were injured on that day. 877 00:35:41,833 --> 00:35:44,433 We know, of course, another Capitol police officer 878 00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:46,000 would later die from injuries. 879 00:35:46,066 --> 00:35:48,233 ♪♪ 880 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,933 Blitzer: Dozens of officers were injured 881 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,766 in mob violence like this, 882 00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:55,666 sticks and poles, 883 00:35:55,733 --> 00:35:58,200 even American flags raining down on police 884 00:35:58,266 --> 00:36:00,200 who were trying to keep the rioters 885 00:36:00,266 --> 00:36:02,533 from entering the Capitol. 886 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,600 ♪♪ 887 00:36:09,266 --> 00:36:13,866 ♪♪ 888 00:36:13,933 --> 00:36:15,033 [ Gavel bangs ] 889 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:16,233 Pence: The Senate will come to order. 890 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:19,400 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night, 891 00:36:19,466 --> 00:36:20,600 they came in, 892 00:36:20,666 --> 00:36:23,300 and they kicked off a pretty somber moment. 893 00:36:23,366 --> 00:36:26,100 For even in the wake of unprecedented violence 894 00:36:26,166 --> 00:36:28,666 and vandalism at this Capitol... 895 00:36:28,733 --> 00:36:30,333 [ Indistinct shouting ] 896 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,033 ...the elected representatives 897 00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:35,233 of the people of the United States 898 00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:37,100 have assembled again 899 00:36:37,166 --> 00:36:39,900 on the very same day 900 00:36:39,966 --> 00:36:41,533 to support and defend 901 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,033 the constitution of the United States. 902 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,266 We will not be kept 903 00:36:46,333 --> 00:36:48,400 out of this chamber 904 00:36:48,466 --> 00:36:51,166 by thugs, mobs, 905 00:36:51,233 --> 00:36:53,133 or threats. 906 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,666 There's no question that when the Congress returned 907 00:36:55,733 --> 00:36:57,833 after this siege 908 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:01,333 to their vandalized chambers 909 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,500 to finish the work that they started, 910 00:37:03,566 --> 00:37:05,566 there was a different atmosphere. 911 00:37:05,633 --> 00:37:08,733 I have never lived through or even imagined 912 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,800 an experience like the one 913 00:37:10,866 --> 00:37:14,000 we have just witnessed in this Capitol. 914 00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:15,300 Today was heartbreaking. 915 00:37:15,366 --> 00:37:16,933 [ Indistinct shouting ] 916 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,100 Axelrod: It was a cold shower for a lot of people, 917 00:37:20,166 --> 00:37:22,633 and it changed the tenor of the debate. 918 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:24,633 It didn't change everyone's mind. 919 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:26,800 We do need an investigation 920 00:37:26,866 --> 00:37:28,800 into irregularities, fraud. 921 00:37:28,866 --> 00:37:31,366 We do need a way forward together. 922 00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:34,900 Some politicians decided to back off the objections 923 00:37:34,966 --> 00:37:37,833 in the aftermath of the violence that we saw. 924 00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:42,700 Josh Hawley of Missouri still went forward with his objection. 925 00:37:42,766 --> 00:37:44,866 [ Indistinct shouting ] Man: He's got a gun! 926 00:37:44,933 --> 00:37:47,633 Raju: His critics said he was helping incite the passions 927 00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,000 that led to the violence. 928 00:37:50,066 --> 00:37:52,666 ♪♪ 929 00:37:52,733 --> 00:37:55,400 Those who choose to continue to support his dangerous gambit 930 00:37:55,466 --> 00:37:59,733 by objecting to the results of a legitimate democratic election 931 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,400 will forever be seen 932 00:38:02,466 --> 00:38:04,233 as being complicit 933 00:38:04,300 --> 00:38:07,433 in an unprecedented attack against our democracy. 934 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,766 I don't think that the 147 935 00:38:09,833 --> 00:38:12,933 who voted to overturn the results of the election 936 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,733 ever believed that they were gonna be successful. 937 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:17,933 Joseph R. Biden Jr. 938 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,100 of the state of Delaware 939 00:38:19,166 --> 00:38:21,433 has received 306 votes. 940 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:22,766 Axelrod: They were doing it 941 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:25,800 to posture for the president, 942 00:38:25,866 --> 00:38:28,800 but, more importantly, for their base. 943 00:38:28,866 --> 00:38:30,933 There is abject fear... 944 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,866 USA! 945 00:38:32,933 --> 00:38:37,200 Axelrod: ...of the Trump base among some Republicans. 946 00:38:37,266 --> 00:38:40,033 We will never give up. We will never concede. 947 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:41,200 It doesn't happen. 948 00:38:41,266 --> 00:38:44,700 You don't concede when there's theft involved. 949 00:38:44,766 --> 00:38:46,366 [ Cheers and applause ] 950 00:38:46,433 --> 00:38:49,200 ♪♪ 951 00:38:49,266 --> 00:38:52,333 Man: Donald Trump has posted a new video on Twitter. 952 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,033 I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack 953 00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:57,400 on the United States Capitol. 954 00:38:57,466 --> 00:39:00,800 Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence. 955 00:39:00,866 --> 00:39:02,800 [ Indistinct shouting ] 956 00:39:02,866 --> 00:39:05,333 It took a while for the president's advisers 957 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,900 to get him to agree to shoot this video message 958 00:39:08,966 --> 00:39:12,366 A new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th. 959 00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:14,600 My focus now turns to ensuring 960 00:39:14,666 --> 00:39:17,933 a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power 961 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,866 Haberman: Among the things that his advisers did 962 00:39:19,933 --> 00:39:21,500 to get him to do that 963 00:39:21,566 --> 00:39:24,333 was Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel, 964 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,700 told the president he had legal exposure, 965 00:39:26,766 --> 00:39:28,366 potential legal exposure anyway, 966 00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:30,000 over what had happened 967 00:39:30,066 --> 00:39:32,333 in terms of him speaking to this rally of people 968 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:33,833 before they became a mob 969 00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:36,333 and urging them to fight and whipping up the crowd. 970 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,600 Others told him that he faced 971 00:39:38,666 --> 00:39:41,733 mass resignations of his cabinet members. 972 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,400 So he agreed to do this video. 973 00:39:43,466 --> 00:39:46,800 And then, as we have seen over and over with the president, 974 00:39:46,866 --> 00:39:50,233 he regretted it within 16 hours, 975 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:52,233 12 hours, 14 hours. 976 00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:54,466 He told some aides that he wished he hadn't done it. 977 00:39:54,533 --> 00:39:56,633 Well, I thought the message was 978 00:39:56,700 --> 00:40:00,000 as persuasive and sincere as a hostage tape. 979 00:40:00,066 --> 00:40:01,933 [ All chanting "USA!" ] 980 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,133 Trump: And we fight. 981 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:04,466 We fight like hell. 982 00:40:04,533 --> 00:40:06,133 And if you don't fight, 983 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,466 you're not gonna have a country anymore." 984 00:40:08,533 --> 00:40:10,300 [ Indistinct shouting ] 985 00:40:10,366 --> 00:40:12,733 Axelrod: This was a manmade disaster. 986 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,433 And while he had a lot of people abetting him in this project, 987 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:19,466 the man was the president of the United States. 988 00:40:19,533 --> 00:40:22,100 [ Indistinct shouting ] 989 00:40:22,166 --> 00:40:24,433 These people who were at the capitol 990 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:27,766 were really radicalized by Donald Trump. 991 00:40:27,833 --> 00:40:29,700 The government did this to us! 992 00:40:29,766 --> 00:40:32,366 We were normal, good, law-abiding citizens, 993 00:40:32,433 --> 00:40:34,300 and you guys did this to us. 994 00:40:34,366 --> 00:40:36,066 What's really called for here is, 995 00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:39,200 yes, the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked. 996 00:40:39,266 --> 00:40:41,333 If you incite a mob to violence 997 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,933 and they commit violence and people are killed, 998 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,266 you're guilty. 999 00:40:45,333 --> 00:40:46,666 You're guilty of a crime. 1000 00:40:46,733 --> 00:40:49,066 Do you think President Trump has blood on his hands? 1001 00:40:49,133 --> 00:40:50,833 I think he does. 1002 00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,633 If the Vice President and cabinet do not act, 1003 00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:55,133 the Congress may be prepared 1004 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,100 to move forward with impeachment. 1005 00:40:57,166 --> 00:41:00,233 With less than two weeks left in this presidency, 1006 00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:02,766 how on earth could you invoke the 25th Amendment 1007 00:41:02,833 --> 00:41:04,433 and get that done 1008 00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:06,033 before the end of this term? 1009 00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:09,333 How on earth could you have an impeachment process 1010 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,666 that results in a Senate conviction 1011 00:41:11,733 --> 00:41:14,433 with less than two weeks to go? 1012 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:16,800 Haberman: The president is not happy 1013 00:41:16,866 --> 00:41:18,200 about another impeachment call. 1014 00:41:18,266 --> 00:41:20,166 The president didn't like being impeached the first time. 1015 00:41:20,233 --> 00:41:23,500 He could be the first president to be impeached twice, 1016 00:41:23,566 --> 00:41:25,800 and he is well aware of that. 1017 00:41:25,866 --> 00:41:27,566 But he has been more consumed 1018 00:41:27,633 --> 00:41:30,366 with the fact that his Twitter feed was taken away. 1019 00:41:30,433 --> 00:41:33,666 Acosta: They were worried about plans for a future armed protest 1020 00:41:33,733 --> 00:41:35,466 that have already begun proliferating 1021 00:41:35,533 --> 00:41:36,933 on and off Twitter, 1022 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,366 regarding some sort of planning 1023 00:41:39,433 --> 00:41:41,033 for potentially a secondary attack 1024 00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:44,800 on the U.S. Capitol on January 17th of this year, 1025 00:41:44,866 --> 00:41:46,400 right before the inauguration. 1026 00:41:46,466 --> 00:41:49,300 We have a man who has proven 1027 00:41:49,366 --> 00:41:51,400 that he's willing to do just about anything. 1028 00:41:51,466 --> 00:41:53,766 And if he gets back to that place 1029 00:41:53,833 --> 00:41:55,366 where he just wants to burn it all down, 1030 00:41:55,433 --> 00:41:56,866 he will look for opportunities 1031 00:41:56,933 --> 00:41:58,933 to cause damage to the United States. 1032 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,366 Woman: Today, he's announcing 1033 00:42:00,433 --> 00:42:02,700 that he will not attend Joe Biden's inauguration, 1034 00:42:02,766 --> 00:42:04,866 one of the country's most symbolic acts 1035 00:42:04,933 --> 00:42:06,933 for a peaceful transfer of power. 1036 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,233 I think it's still unclear what we are going to see 1037 00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:10,500 on Inauguration Day. 1038 00:42:10,566 --> 00:42:13,500 [ Crowd chanting "Stop the Steal!" ] 1039 00:42:13,566 --> 00:42:15,333 So, there is a very real possibility 1040 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,100 that we will see aggrieved members of his base 1041 00:42:18,166 --> 00:42:19,466 at the inauguration, 1042 00:42:19,533 --> 00:42:20,800 conducting protests. 1043 00:42:20,866 --> 00:42:23,566 What we don't know is whether those will turn violent. 1044 00:42:23,633 --> 00:42:24,733 [ All chanting "Fight for Trump!" ] 1045 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,100 O'Sullivan: What did all of this achieve today? 1046 00:42:27,166 --> 00:42:29,266 We'll see. 1047 00:42:29,333 --> 00:42:30,766 I think the people have spoken. The day isn't over yet, 1048 00:42:30,833 --> 00:42:33,866 and the week isn't over yet, the the time isn't over yet. 1049 00:42:33,933 --> 00:42:36,066 There's still much more evidence that will come out. 1050 00:42:36,133 --> 00:42:38,466 To all of my wonderful supporters, 1051 00:42:38,533 --> 00:42:40,600 I know you are disappointed, 1052 00:42:40,666 --> 00:42:42,400 but I want you to know 1053 00:42:42,466 --> 00:42:46,633 that our incredible journey is only just beginning. 1054 00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:50,000 [ Indistinct shouting ] 1055 00:42:50,066 --> 00:42:51,800 Axelrod: It was striking how easily 1056 00:42:51,866 --> 00:42:54,200 these insurrectionists, these terrorists 1057 00:42:54,266 --> 00:42:57,033 were able to penetrate the Capitol. 1058 00:42:57,100 --> 00:42:59,033 And you have to ask yourself the question, 1059 00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:00,366 "How did that happen? 1060 00:43:00,433 --> 00:43:03,033 How could that possibly be?" 1061 00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:05,333 And then you contrast it 1062 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,800 with what we saw last summer 1063 00:43:07,866 --> 00:43:10,433 when there was a Black Lives Matter march 1064 00:43:10,500 --> 00:43:12,366 in Washington. 1065 00:43:12,433 --> 00:43:15,200 You saw mass arrests as these crowd members 1066 00:43:15,266 --> 00:43:19,033 engaged and encountered police officers. 1067 00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:21,700 You saw a president using law enforcement 1068 00:43:21,766 --> 00:43:23,433 to clear a street 1069 00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:27,100 in order to hold a photo op in front of a church. 1070 00:43:27,166 --> 00:43:30,266 Compare all of that with what we saw on January 6th 1071 00:43:30,333 --> 00:43:31,766 at the United States Capitol. 1072 00:43:31,833 --> 00:43:33,766 We didn't see mass arrests after the fact. 1073 00:43:33,833 --> 00:43:36,900 What we saw were law enforcement officers opening the door, 1074 00:43:36,966 --> 00:43:39,333 letting these criminals leave the building. 1075 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:40,500 Those cops are very cool. 1076 00:43:40,566 --> 00:43:41,700 They're like, "Hey, guys. Have a good night." 1077 00:43:41,766 --> 00:43:43,533 Some of them. It's just crazy. It's really weird. 1078 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:45,266 You can see that some of them are on our side. 1079 00:43:45,333 --> 00:43:47,666 No one can tell me 1080 00:43:47,733 --> 00:43:48,866 that if it had been a group 1081 00:43:48,933 --> 00:43:51,566 of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, 1082 00:43:51,633 --> 00:43:55,433 they wouldn't have been treated very, very differently 1083 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:57,600 than the mob of thugs 1084 00:43:57,666 --> 00:43:59,600 that stormed the Capitol. 1085 00:43:59,666 --> 00:44:00,766 ♪♪ 1086 00:44:00,833 --> 00:44:03,266 Axelrod: I sat on the set 1087 00:44:03,333 --> 00:44:04,866 on Wednesday night, 1088 00:44:04,933 --> 00:44:07,900 and I watched these scenes from our Capitol, 1089 00:44:07,966 --> 00:44:09,566 and I cried. 1090 00:44:09,633 --> 00:44:12,566 ♪♪ 1091 00:44:12,633 --> 00:44:14,000 I love this country. 1092 00:44:14,066 --> 00:44:16,433 [ Voice breaking ] I believe -- I believe in this country, 1093 00:44:16,500 --> 00:44:18,933 I believe in our democracy 1094 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,966 with all its imperfections. 1095 00:44:21,033 --> 00:44:22,766 Woman: Everybody stay down! Get down! 1096 00:44:22,833 --> 00:44:24,666 What happened 1097 00:44:24,733 --> 00:44:27,166 in the United States of America 1098 00:44:27,233 --> 00:44:30,266 was devastating, 1099 00:44:30,333 --> 00:44:32,266 and I hope 1100 00:44:32,333 --> 00:44:34,933 that feeling is pervasive, 1101 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,766 and I hope that it causes all of us 1102 00:44:36,833 --> 00:44:38,600 to do some thinking 1103 00:44:38,666 --> 00:44:40,533 about where we go from here 1104 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:41,900 and how we prevent such a thing 1105 00:44:41,966 --> 00:44:44,400 from ever happening again. 1106 00:44:44,466 --> 00:44:46,733 ♪♪ 1107 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,800 More than 100 arrests have been made 1108 00:44:48,866 --> 00:44:51,133 in the days following the domestic terror attack 1109 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:52,733 on the United States Capitol 1110 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,766 which resulted in multiple deaths, 1111 00:44:54,833 --> 00:44:57,100 including a Capitol Hill police officer 1112 00:44:57,166 --> 00:44:59,400 who died from injuries he sustained 1113 00:44:59,466 --> 00:45:01,666 fending off the insurrectionists. 1114 00:45:01,733 --> 00:45:03,766 The president has been banned permanently 1115 00:45:03,833 --> 00:45:06,766 from his preferred mode of communication, Twitter, 1116 00:45:06,833 --> 00:45:10,400 which cited the risk of further incitement of violence. 1117 00:45:10,466 --> 00:45:11,966 Perhaps the president will find 1118 00:45:12,033 --> 00:45:14,333 another way to temper his followers 1119 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,833 and prevent any further tragedy 1120 00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:18,666 in the days ahead. 1121 00:45:18,733 --> 00:45:23,066 ♪♪ 1122 00:45:23,133 --> 00:45:27,466 ♪♪