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Some of them. all i could think was, we can't let these people in. there's going to be a slaughter inside. >> reporter: rioters beat sergeant gonell so badly, they cut his hand, and he needed foot surgery. while he fended off the attack outside, officer byron evans locked down areas inside the capitol and evacuated senators. did you ever think this might be a life-or-death situation for you? >> i remember specifically thinking it when i was on the floor. i remember thinking all that stuff like, byron, this is the day. all those times you've given thought on what you would do, you're doing it. ...

Turned against us. it was very scary because i thought i was going to lose my life right there. >> reporter: some of the most horrific video shows sergeant gonell steps from metropolitan police officer daniel hodges caught in a doorway. >> i could hear my fellow officers screaming. all i could think was we can't let these people in. there's going to be a slaughter inside. >> reporter: rioters beat gonell so badly they cut his hand and he needed foot surgery. while he held off attackers outside, they locked down the capitol and defended senators. >> did you ever think this was going to be a lif...

Screaming, the agony in some of them. all i could think was, we can't let these people in. this is going to be a slaughter inside. it hurts me that the country that i love, that i came in, that i have sacrificed so much, don't care about us. they don't. >> firsthand account from a capitol police officer inside the building and echos of what we've heard from other officers, fearing for their own lives, thinking about their families, pleading for their lives while they were being beaten by some of those rioters. jim vandehei is with us. jim, so does any of this -- i guess a rhetorical question a...

Helped on january 6. and to cnn one of the folks who was there, capitol hill police officer, had this to say about what happened, about how he sees what the republicans are saying and doing right now. take a listen. >> it was very scary. because i thought that i was going to lose my life right there. i could hear my fellow officers screaming, the agony in some of them. all i could think was we can't let these people in. there is going to be a slaughter inside. it hurts me that the country that i love, that i have sacrificed so much, don't care about us. they don't. >> they don't. ashley, i mea...

Capitol. we are here to hang mike pence. they thought we were there for them. and we weren't. so they turned against us. it was very scary because i thought i was going to lose my life. i could hear my fellow officers screaming, the agony. all i could think was we can't let these people in. there's going to be a slaughter inside. it hurts me that the country that i love, that i have sacrificed so much don't care about us. and they don't. >> in addition do the personal toll, there is also a financial cost to what happened on january 6th. in all the price tag for the destruction caused by the ri...