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National guard to serve as somewhat of a quick reaction force. that's critical, john, because that was something that was desperately needed on january 6th. we know it didn't happen. we know the availability of a quick reaction force was something suggested in a sweeping review of the security failures that day. so certainly taking an early lesson learned and teurning it into a material action. in addition to the 100 members of the national guard, capitol police say that law enforcement partners in the area will also be available to assist. as you mentioned, we have this capitol fence up aroun...

It becomes too hard and they go. then there's nobody left except for the trumpy people. it's like a self-cleansing situation in a way. i don't mean to use that word lightly. >> this is the first of those. -- it's not the first republican who clashed with trump to exit. we saw a huge numb of republicans either retire or decide not to run for reelection. >> and so you see some up there. these are trump republicans who have been hurt by the impeachment vote. john catko. was rolled by the republican leadership because they were mad. they've all been hurt. they're standing and there are primary cha...

Levels. the angry trump cloud hovers over any pence political ambition. our panel is back. it's great reporting. you're the vice president. you're out of power. the election cycle is coming. you're hiring staff and expanding your operation. going to raise money and go to the early states, except donald trump has made quite clear mike pence is no longer his friend. let's get right to it. this is in the new book "peril". they're talking about pence is refusing, telling the president i cannot block the election results or block certifying the electoral college. no, you don't understand, mike. you...

Groups. those folks are probably under very close surveillance in the days leading up to the rally. some of them may be contacted to discourage them from traveling to the capitol if they have those plans. there's a lot going on which you don't see. all of it is important to keeping the capitol safe. >> dhs posting a warning. so you have the warning out there. where's the line? do you have to have -- for law enforcement officials to track somebody, let's say there was somebody online saying i'm going to washington and going to cause travel. there's a first amendment right to say that. where's t...

You see the capitol fence is back up. you see beyond that smaller fencing, concrete barriers. you see law enforcement officials already and hear the department of defense is ready. the metropolitan police are ready. the capitol police are ready. lessons learned, what don't we see in what's happening from an intelligence and surveillance perspective in advance of the rally? >> sure, john. what you're not seeing is the very close person to person coordination in command posts at the fbi's washington field office, at the capitol police department where you actually have intelligence professionals...