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Witness. >> reporter: its really shocking ha were seeing this right now, and its a result of the president who instigated this from the very beginning, when months ago he refused to say he would support a peaceful transfer of power, this is the moment that would come into play where he can say, i lost the election, joe biden will be the next president, evacuate the capitol right now. he wont say it. but whats also really notable about watching this scene, a few months ago in washington where we ...

Protest. some of them are shocked, even scared. >> were told there is an armed standoff outside. its unclear exactly how that has been resolved at the moment. there are members outside the house chamber. its been locked. other members have been vac wait -- evacuated to other parts of the park complex. others have evacuated as well, others locked in their offices and told not to leave. were also told that the members who are in the house, they have been told that there is tear gas in the rotunda ...

Throngs of protessor climbing the step off western side of the capitol. they have reached onto the terrace of the capitol. i can see at least half a dozen protester scaling, literally climbing the walls of the capitol to get up to where their fellow protesters are, in response. in response, the police have fired tear gas. weve had several rounds of tear gas. theyve had protesters choking and their eyes streaming. wolf, it is hard to say what the police presence is out here. i cannot see any sort...

What he can and cant do. those objections may lead to brief chaos and go nowhere. they might impress the president but will fail. >> thanks very much, phil. brian todd is watching the protesters here in washington d.c. brian? >> reporter: lots of energy on the east front of the capitol and the crowd is building and we know it will grow significantly in the next couple as people where the president has spoken come up here and thousands of people down there near the white house, many make the way ...

Why that wasnt there and readily available. but as i told you, my one law enforcement source i spoke to said, we are stretched thin. we do not have enough people. >> and i want to show our viewers that picture, whats going on in the senate. list look at this, john king. you and i have covered this for a long time. a protester is sitting there on the senate floor where normally the president of the senate, which happened to be the vice president a second ago, a protester is sitting there in the w...

Proceedings. >> as far as im concerned, you do what you have to do to clear the capitol. we cant have this. >> im not comparing what happened to vietnam protesters, those people were trying to stop a war and these people are trying to start one. >> but i think what youre saying, because were both old enough to remember, those are protesters that did get out of hand, it got very violent on both sides, both from law enforcement and from protesters. so i havent seen anything like it since then. it ...

Library of congress, was also asked to be evacuated president capitol police we are investigating what was believed to be a suspicious package, which has now been cleared, but the united states capitol building is where youre seeing the debate and also on the house side, the building itself is in lockdown, so reporters, staff members and others are not allowed to leave the building at the moment because of what is considered to be a pretty tense situation with supporters, many trump supporters, ...

Attention to yourself, theyre saying, because they dont know who the individuals are, if they have any firearms or their intenti intentions. >> its an absolutely shameful, disgusting situation that we are witnessing here, but eminently predictable, with the outgoing president refusing to concede defeat, ace tacking every rpg who gets in his way, including his own vice president. pamela brown, tell us more. >> reporter: i can tell you right now, jake, there are discussions about evacuating the vi...

Inside the capitol and on the steps of the capitol building. the d.c. chief of police was out a little earlier. normally they work very well together with the park police, with the secret service, with the metropolitan police who are the d.c. city police. clearly something was missed here. this demonstration was planned. the mayor had asked for national guard implementation to protect areas of the city. this is under the jurisdiction of the united states congress and capitol police, and they oft...

Office buildings where a lot of their staff are now, and theyre concerned about the safety. thats where a lot of the demonstration is, as i said, on the east side of the capitol, the southeast side of the capitol, thats where the house buildings are. so kevin mccarthy making that statement, it will be important also for the president to urge his demonstrators to engage in civil discourse outside. so uncertain what will happen, wolf, but clearly capitol police recognize how serious of a situation...