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National guard to serve as somewhat of a quick reaction force. thats critical, john, because that was something that was desperately needed on january 6th. we know it didnt happen. we know the availability of a quick reaction force was something suggested in a sweeping review of the security failures that day. so certainly taking an early lesson learned and teurning it into a material action. in addition to the 100 members of the national guard, capitol police say that law enforcement partners i...

It becomes too hard and they go. then theres nobody left except for the trumpy people. its like a self-cleansing situation in a way. i dont mean to use that word lightly. >> this is the first of those. -- its not the first republican who clashed with trump to exit. we saw a huge numb of republicans either retire or decide not to run for reelection. >> and so you see some up there. these are trump republicans who have been hurt by the impeachment vote. john catko. was rolled by the republican lea...

Levels. the angry trump cloud hovers over any pence political ambition. our panel is back. its great reporting. youre the vice president. youre out of power. the election cycle is coming. youre hiring staff and expanding your operation. going to raise money and go to the early states, except donald trump has made quite clear mike pence is no longer his friend. lets get right to it. this is in the new book "peril". theyre talking about pence is refusing, telling the president i cannot block the e...

Groups. those folks are probably under very close surveillance in the days leading up to the rally. some of them may be contacted to discourage them from traveling to the capitol if they have those plans. theres a lot going on which you dont see. all of it is important to keeping the capitol safe. >> dhs posting a warning. so you have the warning out there. wheres the line? do you have to have -- for law enforcement officials to track somebody, lets say there was somebody online saying im going ...

You see the capitol fence is back up. you see beyond that smaller fencing, concrete barriers. you see law enforcement officials already and hear the department of defense is ready. the metropolitan police are ready. the capitol police are ready. lessons learned, what dont we see in whats happening from an intelligence and surveillance perspective in advance of the rally? >> sure, john. what youre not seeing is the very close person to person coordination in command posts at the fbis washington f...