Michael Pannone News Today

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the following is a cnn special report. >> multiple capitol injuries. multiple capitol injuries. >> an assault on democracy. >> the capitol has been breached. >> an attack on the capitol, fueled by a presidents lies. >> this election was stolen. >> trump wanted the crowd to turn into a mob. >> inspired by a delusion, an enraged mob of true believers attempting insurrection. >> you are a traitor. >> we were in a medieval battle. >> trumps soldiers. >> there is a sea of no...

Crowd. >> i got one! >> video capture pannone being tossed, pulled, beaten. his own body camera a jumble of confusion and violence. >> all getting the shc kicked out of me. yeah that was like the beating of a lifetime. >> you were in a police uniform? yes. >> the mob grabbed for his gun. someone repeatedly tased him in the neck. >> they were trying to kill me. >> pannone struggling to surviv outside the capitol was trying to defend lawmakers still trapped inside. >> we were just told that ther...

Pannone had heard the radio calls and rushed to help. >> if this is not a lot with operation peabody can catch the moment he faced a mob of thousands. >> we were in a medieval battle. this is hand-to-hand combat in its most brutal form. >> the rioters had come armed and were fighting to get inside. they hit police with bats, mystics, batons, tasers. >> guys were bleeding. these are officers i think othe normal circumstances theyd be an ambience on the way to the hospital. but they were because t...