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U.s. capitol. they continue to break through barriers, first on the east side, reaching the rotunda steps and the house plaza. ten minutes later they broke through the final barricade on the west side and the northwest side. the entrance near the senate chamber. then having smashed the windows on the buildings south side they were in. officers tried to disperse the mob with pepper balls and house supporters fought back. the chambers were placed under lockdown, and the process of certifying biden...

Those officers will testify to a fierce clash with him and how they tried toshoot ing pepper balls and chemical spray. lets start with the department? hes a member of a military group in texas. allegedly brought a gun to the capitol and xlashd with police. >> this story for guy reffitt prosecutors are putting forth, his children are set to testify. it is a situation where this has ripped apart a family. january 6 ripped them apart after reffitt returned to texas. his son turned him in to the fbi...

Stands for less lethal carrying things officers can use instead of side arms, a gun that shoots pepper balls and another firing hard foam project aisles. hard foam projectiles. >> reporter: a recent survey showed 90% of americans reported more training for police and departments nationwide are making changes. in june, the n.y.p.d. the nations largest police department announced all 35,000 officers will get new de- escalation training. and in san francisco changing training and policies lead to a...

Restrictions in some of the hardest hit covid areas. in sydney with dozens of protesters where protesters were arrested on saturday. exploding case numbers and anger converging here, whats the latest. >> thats right, ken. some of the scenes that we have there for you now are the most violent this country has seen in quite some time. on saturday in melbourne australias second largest city, 4,000 protesters turned out. the majority of whom didnt take long to turn violent. police officers having to...

Issues, for example, when the police announced we are going to clear this out. we are putting a fence in. a lot of the people asked we never heard any announcement. also, the bureau of prisons had their security team show up. nobody could figure out why they showed up. when they did show up, it was late. they never had an order to shoot these pepper balls into the crowd but somebody did. not a reflection on donald trump it was lack of coordination with law enforcement entities there was chaos ar...

Your dad. and so thats been really wonderful. >> thats amazing. well, hes on a combat tour. technology is wonderful for these things these days. look, thank you so much to both of you for your service. please pass on, sydney, our regards to your father as well. we appreciate you both being on. thank you so much. >> absolutely. thank you all so much. >> yes, thank you. and "new day" continues right now. im john berman alongside brianna keilar. on this "new day"ing president bidens message to ...

>> stefan this this report reaches a conclusion that surprised people. it says the park police made a decision to clear that square of protesters hours before anyone there had any idea that president trump was going to come through and that the attorney general barr did not order this as has been the commonly accepted narrative. by the time barr went down to the park the park police had begun its operation to clear protesters because it thought that protest was growing increasingly violent and t...

It does show it speeds up. trump made the decision to come through there. barr went down and said lets get this moving. the decision to use force against the protesters, which remains controversial, chuck, was not made according to this report because trump wanted a photo op. i may also ad this report finds fault. it finds that the park police wasnt going to use tear gas but washington d.c. officers did fire tear gas at the crowd. it finds that many members of the crowd did not hear the three wa...

8:00 curfew. police then using pepper balls to break up the crowd. some trampled in the stampede. these scenes prompting city leaders to extend the curfew and close causeways into miami beach from thursdays to sundays through mid-april. some are accusing the police of using unnecessary force on a predominantly black crowd. >> i think that the response to crowds of black people doing whatever theyre doing always tends to engender a little bit more aggression, a little bit more force. >> reporter:...

Law enforcement dispersed an “unruly” crowd of spring breakers in Miami Beach, Fla., on Friday evening by shooting pepper balls after a group gathered while officers made an arrest.