electoral ballots. >> in fact, this hallway people might recognize because they've seen the footage of officer goodman saving senator mitt romney. guiding him away from the angry mob. >> exactly. mitt came out of this chamber when we were told to leave. he came out this way and office gerriman saw the rioters coming at him and of course, mitt was a target. and officer goodman again put himself between the rioters and the senator, and the senator escorted the senator out to safety. >> of course, earlier in the program, house speaker pelosi said that she thought the mob, a lot of them were trying to get at these boxes in here. why don't you tell us what these are. >> sure. so these are the mahogany boxes. and since 1877, the electoral ballots have been ceremonially placed in these boxes. >> from all 50 states. >> all 50 states. the biggest is for some of the states have bigger ballots.