Jan 06 Romney blames Trump for inciting violent 'insurrection' By Associated Press Romney, the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee and a frequent critic of Trump's, said the violent breach of the Capitol on Wednesday was “due to a selfish man’s injured pride and the outrage of his supporters whom he has deliberately misinformed… Continue reading
Jan 06 Acting U.S. Attorney General says U.S. Capitol insurrection an 'intolerable attack' By Joshua Barajas Rosen said Wednesday that the Justice Department has been working with U.S. Capitol Police and other federal law enforcement agencies to secure the Capitol. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 8:13 Mayhem erupts in the U.S. Capitol as Congress certifies electoral votes The nation on Wednesday witnessed a grave breach of its democratic traditions. For the first time in American history, supporters of the losing presidential candidate have forcibly disrupted the official counting of electoral votes. John Yang reports. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 12:48 Lawmakers continue vote count after violent incursion on Capitol Hill In a historic and tragic day, lawmakers returned late Wednesday to continue certifying electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election, a process that was disrupted by a chaotic scene, as protestors broke into the U.S. Capitol. One woman was fatally… Continue watching
Jan 06 Pro-Trump protesters remain out after DC curfew By Associated Press The mostly maskless crowd was forcibly removed from the Capitol on Wednesday after breaking into the building and halting the constitutional process of voting to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Continue reading
Jan 06 Photos: Scenes from the Capitol during the breach By Dan Cooney, Bella Isaacs-Thomas Photographers captured the moment when some of the violent protesters got inside the U.S. Senate chamber and took a seat at the presiding officer’s chair, where Vice President Mike Pence was sitting earlier this afternoon. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 5:22 Trump's false election claims are 'red meat' for extremist groups Hours after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, the president continued to make false claims about the election results. Mary McCord, former acting assistant attorney general for national security at the Department of Justice. She now teaches… Continue watching
Jan 06 Romney blames Trump for 'insurrection' By Associated Press The senator released a statement in which he urged his colleagues to unanimously affirm the election results, and blamed Trump for "deliberately" misinforming his supporters for the past two months. … Continue reading
Jan 06 Association of Flight Attendants president says violent protesters should be banned from flying By Emily Knapp “Their violent and seditious actions at the Capitol today create further concern about their departure from the DC area. Acts against our democracy, our government and the freedom we claim as Americans must disqualify these individuals from the freedom of… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 2:54 Democrats capture control of the Senate with victories in Georgia By PBS NewsHour In the midst of the chaos at the Capitol, we saw a shift of power in the U.S. Senate after the vote in Georgia as Democrats won both runoff elections. William Brangham has the story. Continue watching