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Law enforce cement can t let th guard down. as we know from history and experience of extremist violence across the country, you don t have to have a large crowd to cause trouble and create unsafe situations. reporter: matt brainard is organizing rallies in at least 13 states. he s calling for supporters to head to state capitols across the country if they can t make it to washington. we ve reached out to officials in several states but many tell us they haven t heard from bay ever brainard or seen him apply for permits but will be ready nonetheless. thank you very much. i want to bring in a lawyer representing seven capitol police officers who are suing the former president trump to hold him accountable for the january 6th insurrection. so ed, i appreciate your time tonight. i know that you re trying to hold trump accountable for the january 6th insurrection. so when you hear what is happening now, do you see his fingerprints all over saturday s rally, as well? well, it s im ....
Requesting the national guard to help for the rally. the temporary security fencing around the capitol is expected to go up in the next half hour or so. jessica schneider is outfront to talk to just who is behind this upcoming rally. reporter: as washington ramps up security ahead of a september 18th rally. organizer matt brainard is on the defensive down playing the concern from law enforcement that his event at the capitol saturday could spark violence. we learned that law enforcement is preparing for some people on saturday to be armed. what are you doing to ensure there is no violence? we got a largely peaceful crowd. we ve had two events in washington d.c. so far at the department of justice and at the prison and there are no incidents so far. no one is going to be bringing a weapon part of our crowd. i can assure the police of that. reporter: capitol police requested national guard assistance for saturday and cnn learned d.c. police will be fully activated and now the ....