Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Fox News At Night With Shannon Brea

Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Fox News At Night With Shannon Bream 20210107

Hundreds of protesters stormed the peoples house, sometime after a rally headlined by President Trump. He vowed to never concede or give up. The president later releasing a recorded statement asking his supporters to go home in peace. But also continuing to rail against the election, which he said was stolen. The president tonight facing calls to resign or be removed, as we get brandnew images from inside a ransacked capitol building. The president has long deflected questions about whether he was committed to a peaceful transfer of power. And today, new anger across the political spectrum about what some are characterizing as an attempted coup, and it comes after a summer of violent riots, some deadly come across america, sparked first by the death of a black man in the custody of minneapolis police. Theres also been an increase in harassment of elected officials, called by their political opponents to go out and do just that. No doubt to make this as a shaken country, and a Nations Capital very much on edge and the bitterly divided politics. Tonights extraordinary events, as democrats take both Georgia Senate seats, giving them a 50 50 split in the senate, and with Vice President elect Kamala Harris set to be the tiebreaking vote, so, as of january 20th, democrats will control the house, the senate, and the white house. Hello, i do welcome to fox news night. Im Shannon Bream in washington. We begin with capitol hill correspondent chad pergram, he has seen all of this play out firsthand today. Lets see what is going on tonight. Good evening, chad. Good evening, shannon. As we speak from a house of representatives its getting very close to wrapping up this roll call vote, voting to certified the electoral votes from arizona. The house of representatives voting right now. There are 12 votes in flake excuse me, 11 votes and play from arizona here. Right now, weve only been 32 states, so once the house of representatives votes to align here and say, okay, arizona is all right, then the house of representatives takes a break, they bring the senate back over, and they go back into the joint session of congress with mike pence, the Vice President , presiding. Then you continue to go down the role. Arkansas would be next come alphabetically. We dont expect any problems they are. We are expecting a challenge later tonight to pennsylvania. Josh hawley, the republican senator from missouri, who said he would contest this. You need both a house petitioner and a senate petitioner in order to trigger this separate debate in the house and senate over an individual slate of electoral votes from states. Keep in mind that this is only the third time that this has ever happened in u. S. History. What happened in 1969 with one elect or from north carolina. What happened in 2005 with ohios electoral slates, and again today. We are expecting this to go late into the night here. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the house for when they came back into session. She said that today was a shameful assault on our democracy. She said it cannot, however, deter us from our responsibilities, and always knew this responsibility would take us into the night, and we will stay as long as it takes. We must show the world that we will not be diverted from our duty. Know something significant here, you talk about senators perhaps changing their tune, josh hawley says he will continue to object. James lankford, republican of oklahoma, and also steve daines from montana, they said they were for objecting, now they are not. Kelly loeffler, who for the time being continues to be a senator, she switched her position, as well. The senate voted earlier to accept arizonas electoral votes. The vote there was 936. The six republican senators who voted to block or voted against accepting arizonas slate where ted cruz of texas, josh hawley, who i mentioned earlier, cindy hydesmith from mississippi, john kennedy from louisiana, Roger Marshall of kansas, and tommy tuberville, the new senator from alabama. So on the house floor here, we should have a result pretty soon, but right now, theres 123 republicans who have voted to object to the slate of votes here. 80 Republican House members who are saying no, arizona is okay. Joining with the democrats. This is going to go down probably with more than 300 votes, just a few votes on the board yet to happen. Again, take a break, come back into joint session, house and Senate Meeting together just like state of the union except the Vice President presides. They continue to go alphabetically down the role, and probably we go into another debate, separate debates in the house and senate, when you get to pennsylvania, if there are objections from both a house member and a senate member, which is what we expect, shannon. Shannon okay, so chad, lets back up. Your cover capitol hill for decades and have seen a lot there. You know the history of the place. Tell us about what you saw today of how we should put that into some kind of context. We have never seen anything quite like this, at least we have not seen it in a long, long time. The only types of encouragement that i can ever recollect or think about here, you have to go back to when the british stormed the capitol in 1814 and burned the capitol. They had won the battle of bladensburg in suburban maryland, which is just a few miles outside washington, d. C. , and then you have to go back to when you had puerto rican nationalists who came into the House Chamber and shot up the chamber. There are still full of holes in some of the furniture up on the third floor. This was a scary scene here, and this is where, you know, the house and Senate Members tonight, they were afraid that the mob it was going to win. Thats why they wanted to come back into session, and even though its going to take a while to certify the electoral results late tonight, they want to show that the mob wasnt going to win. We had both Democratic Leaders and Republican Leaders say, look, we have our duty to get this done tonight. We are not going to be defeated. The other thing, they are going to be serious, deep questions about how this happened. How did the u. S. Capitol police not have sufficient security here to stave off, you know, a protest of his nature . You know, i used to talk to one former Capital Police chief phil morris, who now works at American University in town, the police chief there, and he said our goal is to always keep the fight outside. There is a perimeter, a balloon, a bubble around the capitol, and we keep the fight outside. They were nowhere near achieving that today, and ive had at least one member of Congress Call on the firing of the u. S. Capitol police chief, asking why there wasnt a better parameter set up. When i first, you know, was coming to the capitol about 1 00 today, i was on independence avenue, and they remembers coming back from the capitol because the Capitol Police were not even allowing members to get into the building because they were trying to secure the plaza. And i was like, my goodness, if theyre not going to allow members and, theyre not going to allow me to get in, so i went into the Longworth House Office building and went through the tunnels, but the problem with securing the building after that as they had protesters everywhere, and they werent protesters, this was a mob, these were marauders, running through the rotunda, coming in, house Speaker Nancy Pelosis office, coming in sitting in the senate chamber, the same seat where mike pence had been presiding just a bit before as president of the centage. This was a breakdown in security that is really astonishing, and this is an ignominious day in u. S. History. Shannon yeah, it was stunning to watch this and see just how far they breached come all the way into the inner sanctum onto the floor of the house and the senate. The bad thing for them and the good thing for us is that many of them happily smiled at cameras and their faces are everywhere, and we hope there will be swift accountability. Chad, thank you. Thank you. Shannon Senior Correspondent mike tobin has been tracking of elements on the ground outside the capitol all day, he us live. Mike, what is the situation at this hour . We are now well past the curfew that they set tonight. Well past the curfew and the events of today, we have an estimate from metro police that some 4045000 people participated on the chaos after we saw today. Largely, the Capitol Grounds are in control, but somewhere we saw, during the worst of it, i can tell you the southeast entrance of the capitol building. We saw bullets cars on the window, or what appeared to be bullet scars from the southeast side. Windows that were broken out. In the capitol, we have pictures now if some of the blood that is on the ground, where Ashley Babbitt was shot, she is a 14 Year Air Force veteran. She was shot at that location, and i talked with someone who witnessed her shooting. I had turned away. I heard the shot, and i can smell the gunpowder. On prior military, i know a live round. She has fallen back on the ground. She was losing with blood. Theres blood all over the floor. The two capital cops were shocked. Incidentally, i asked the witness why he had rushed inside the capitol, and he said everyone else was doing it. The crowd likely dissipated from the east side and formed up on the west side facing the washington monument, just before 6 00. Multiagency force took control over the Capitol Grounds, and police lined up a soldier to soldier with decisive force they started moving west toward the e washington monument, pushing the crowd off the Capitol Grounds within an hour, they had the Capitol Grounds cleared within about two hours they had pushed further west on pennsylvania avenue, where i am now, with the crowd has largely dissipated. Few demonstrators remain, but things are quiet here in the west of the capitol, shannon . Shannon mike tobin, thank you very much. We are learning more about the woman who died today after being shot in those protests in capitol hill. Correspondent jeff paul has the latest on that for us tonight, good evening, jeff. Good evening, shannon. The investigation into the shooting is still in its early stages, but heres what we know so far. The family of the woman killed has confirmed her identity as Ashley Babbitt of san diego. She was reportedly a 14 year veteran with the air force. We also know just the day before the shooting, she sent out this tweet in response to another. Nothing will stop us. They can try and try and try, but the storm is here and it is descending upon d. C. In less than 24 hours. Dark to light beer for the shooting happened after 3 00 p. M. Today inside the capitol, as protrump supporter stormed the building. There is video that appears to show the incident where it shows a crowd of people inside the capitol yelling. Seemingly some confusion and chaos, and then you hear a shot fired off. Metropolitan police later confirmed to fox news that the woman who was shot died from her injuries. Now a witness who recorded one of the videos that is circulating told fox news a short time ago, here is how he the scene. She hit the ground, that is when i was filming, and i stopped filming, thats why my videos are split in two, because i had to shine a flashlight on her to see if we could stop the bleeding, put hands on the neck to try and stop it, and we just watched her eyes go wide, and there was nothing we could do. Babbitts babbitts motherinlaw also told our local fox affiliate in d. C. That i really dont know why she decided to do this. What is unclear is specifically where the shooting took place inside the building. Shannon . Shannon all right, jeff paul for us tonight out west, thank you. Minutes after the president told a large crowd of supporters that he will never concede, they marched down pennsylvania avenue. Some of them stormed the capitol, and how those events played out, both he and the president elect weighed in. I call on President Trump to go on National Television now, to fulfill his oath and defend the constitution, and demand and end to this seizure. I know your pain. I know youre hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. We have to have peace. We have to have blind order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. I know how you feel, but go home, and go home in peace. Shannon by the way, we are now being told by d. C. Police that four people died today. One woman was shot, three others had medical emergencies, lets check in with white house corresponding kevin corke, reporting live on the ground for us tonight in washington. Hello, kevin. Evening, shannon. We are on the east side of the capitol, where things are obviously very quiet on this hour, in sharp contrast to unfortunately what happened inside the building. Part of a historic and memorable day here in the Nations Capital, a very sad day that actually began with the president addressing hundreds of thousands of his supporters. We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesnt happen. You dont concede when there is theft involved. President trump, Standing Firm in his belief that the election was stolen misspeaking for over an hour to thousands of his most ardent supporters on the ellipse at the same Time Congress was preparing to certify the 2020 results just down pennsylvania avenue. His own Vice President became the target of his fire. Mike pence, i hope youre going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country. And if youre not, im going to be very disappointed in you, i will tell you right now. Im not hearing good stories. Each house will deliberate separate and deliver back to the joint session. And Vice President pence did make a rare departure from the president , writing to members of congress today, it is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the constitution constrains me from unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not. Anger from Trump Supporters seemed to reach its boiling point just hours later. Some of them storming the u. S. Capital, breaking windows, gaining access to the legislative chambers, and lawmakers offices. Calls for trump to condemn the violence were quick to follow. As usual, the president took his message to twitter, saying, these are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly and unfairly treated for so long. To go home with love and in peace. Remember this day forever. Even some of the president s closest aides say the response was not enough. Former acting chief of staff and omb director Mick Mulvaney saying he can stop this now and needs to do exactly that. Tell these folks to go home. Recently departed Communications Director alyssa fara called on the president to condemn this now. And shannon, we have just learned tonight that the mayor of washington, d. C. , muriel bowser, has now extended lead for lack of a better description, the curfew in effect, in the city. I want to make sure, cecelia, you are saying this is going to last, i think 15 days now, right . 15 days. So what i am showing you and what are learning here tonight, the city is really wounded by what has happened here today, and they are trying to do the leadership right now, not just look for answers as to what happened in here, but obviously trying to keep things calm moving forward. Shannon . Shannon all right, kevin, can you clarify, tonight was set for 6 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow, so we are saying those are the hours we think will be in place for d. C. The next 15 days . Or do you know about the hours yet . Yeah, right. Here is what we understand, it is 6 00 to 6 00, between now and tomorrow morning. But for the next 15 days, they are going to have restrictions on people being able to gather and to get together here in this city. As you know, this entire city really has a foundation of protest. People love to come here. They want to have their voices heard. Weather here at the capitol or right across the street at the supreme court, this is the foundation of washington, d. C. , but the mayor is pushing back and saying we are not going to be able to allow that, especially in light of what has happened here today. Shannon okay. Well, kevin, you and i were on the air many nights this summer covering protests that were closer to the white house, and we know there was a lot of trouble managing the city at that point, too. Okay, kevin, thank you. Stay safe. Yeah. Shannon so, the house just voting to accept arizonas leftovers. So that state is done. Vice president pence returns. They are going to resume statebystate roll call. As chad pergram has its claim to us, they go alphabetically. Lets bring one of the lawmakers who has been there, chairman of the republican study committee, indiana congressman jim banks. Congressman, good to have you back with us. Good to be with you. Shannon okay, first of all, i want to start with the growing calls tonight, a number of members of congress, as far as i have seen, just democrats so far, but now a letter is circulating, there are tweets out there that call for invoking the 25th amendment to make sure that President Trump leaves office before january 20th. What is your reaction to those calls tonight . Yeah, well, shannon, what happened today was gut wrenching for so many of us, and let me say this from the outset that debate that occurred on the floor of the house today w

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