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Recognize the republican party today. >> that was bob gates. more than four months after the insurrection, national guard troops are leaving the u.s. capitol grounds. retired lieutenant generally lead the security review following the capitol riot said troops accomplished their mission of securing the building. still the capitol and surrounding area will not be immediately open to visitors because of a strain on resources. more than seventy rank and fire capitol police officers resigned and retired since january. a law enforcement force said it's likely more than the normal rate of attrition...

To the same streets in d.c. to peacefully protest racial inequality, law enforcement was out in full force. military helicopters flying low. tear gas and pepper balls deployed. the president said that he wanted to see a crackdown, he wanted to see more military presence, well, just take a look right behind me. this is the closest that any of these protesters are going to get to the white house tonight. protesters forcibly removed to clear a path for president trump's photo-op at st. john's church, holding up that bible. over the summer, the president called those protesters thugs. yesterday, c...

Together to find common ground on behalf of the american people. >> so this is what's exciting about it is not just that it's a remedy, a doc fix and about the children, it is the manner in which we recognize performance, not procedures, value, not volume. equality, not quantity of procedures as we compensate doctors for their care. >> president obama says he hopes that republicans and democrats working together becomes a habit. we'll see. a u.s. postal worker who landed a gyrocopter on u.s. capitol grounds is out on bond. he is charged with unlawfully operating an unregistered aircraft and ...

The man who flew a gyrocopter on to the u.s. capitol grounds is expected at a court hearing this hour. mailman doug hughes was apparently delivering letters to congress to clean up their campaign finances. what do we know about what's allowed and what's not when it comes to flying anything? let alone this type of aircraft around the nation's very controlled airspace? let's go to frances rivera for a deep dive on that first. >> all right. let's get right to it and show you -- washington, d.c., has some of the most restricted airspace in the united states. the federal aviation administration imp...

It is used by a lot of hobbyists. it's cheaper than helicopters and burns four to five gallons of gas an hour and runs on the same fuel to fill up your car with. i want to show you this version of a gyrocopter. this is different than what the pilot flew on capitol grounds today. this is manufactures. look how small this is. it has two seats. it has a lot of the cockpit regulations that the faa requires. these pilots here tell me it seems a lot more high-tech than what the pilot was flying today if that's any indication of his potentially unregulated a plane wour. one of the main differences be...