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Jim. >> reporter: thats absolutely right. wolf. this is what the president said a short time ago on the remarks on the mall when he was talking. he said -- were going to try to give our republicans the weak ones, because the strong ones dont need any of our help. were going to try to give them the kind of pride and boldness they need to take back our country. so lets walk down pennsylvania avenue. the president indicated a couple times during his remarks earlier today, he would go down to the ca...

>> it looks dangerous. you said some of this is prot t protesters gone inside. >> good question, wolf. reporters, attach members, people who work in the capital building, they are the only ones allowed -- the fact we have many protesters suggested they breached the security that the police officers guarding the exit, somehow they got in -- got passed the security, the

Off the lawn of the capitol. and they seemed to be the final few people at least from what we can see on our side, the trespassers to be evicted from the lawn. but as you can see here, wolf, a whole lot of people, whole lot of maga hats. all these people who supposedly love the police do not want to comply with the police orders tonight. and things as we approach this curfew, we may see some movement in the next few minutes. wolf? >> yeah, this curfew is going into effect in a few seconds from n...

Hes told his supporters, this is the opportunity to overturn the election when we know its simply not going to happen. theres just too many people who oppose taking such an unprecedented action and defy constitution, and he has told his supporters something else, that this is the time where they can win, and hes revved them up. theyre angry. they want congress to act, and its not going the way they expect, so we expect this to play out all day today. well see how long the demonstrations last, be...

So jake, bit of good news, the capitol building is now secure and they can hopefully go on, go forward with the business and well see how quickly theyre able to do it. no word yet how those individuals, senators who want to object will continue to do so. but clearly pressures building after this chaotic day to show some unity here on capitol hill, jake. >> yeah, its surreal. i feel like im talking to a correspondent reporting from bogota. the capitol has been secured. wolf? >> yeah, its a dramat...

Capitol police and law enforcement. they are truly on our side. stay peaceful. its odd that he said stay peaceful given this crowd is not peaceful, so there is no way they can stay peaceful, they have already stormed the capitol. what would you want president trump to tweet right now to deidentify he de de-elde de-escalate this? >> i want the president to get out of the way and get out of there. hes like a cancer. if hes not going told the right thing and tell them to get the hell out of the cap...

To zoom in as theyo by. you can see some government vehicles parked at the foot of the stairs here on the east side. now, in the last couple of minutes, we have seen some protesters make their way down the stairs. theyre taking their time going down, so they really do not believe theyre being pushed away by any law enforcement, and, christine, puif you can pa to your left there, you can see the capitol hill police on the left side of the balcony there. theyve been standing there for several minu...

It. a few moments ago we saw marines stationed outside the west wing, thats usually an indication that the president is in the oval office. you can almost take it to the bank, jake, that the president of the united states is watching all of this unfold, watching what he egged on unfold, and is essentially watching the world burn just two weeks before he leaves office. this is the kind of situation, jake, where the president should be going into the briefing room -- you know this all too well -- ...

There, wolf. >> and we were bracing for this yesterday, the day before, all over downtown washington, k street, every place else. all these buildings were being boarded up big time out of fear these protesters would get violent and there was enormous concern by the mayor muriel bowser, others, get ready, this is awful. who would have thought this was going on? we see these protesters. we dont know if theyre armed or not armed. theyre actually engaging in breaching the u.s. capitol and their insi...

Described as a standoff. its been a bit of a status quo for about the last hour here. what youre looking at there is the northern side of the capitol, hundreds of rioters, insurrectionists, as weve been calling them, gathering on the edge of the capitol building. we did hear a number of bangs just a short time ago that did sound like flashbangs and movement from these rioters, which would indicate that they are to some extent and to a very small extent, wolf, getting pushed back by law enforceme...