CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield January 8, 2022 17:00:00
What operational steps should the capitol police and other law enforcement have taken to prevent the violent terrorist attack from successfully breaching the capitol? >> that was a comment in a senate committee in june. senator cruz's spokesman told me that the premise of my story is false. he said of course senator cruz has in the past called people terrorists after they have assaulted cops, but, come on, as you have heard here senator cruz was using the phrase terrorist attack far more broadly than just for police assaults. that was his go-to term for the capitol riot in general. >> right. s...