[♪ THEME MUSIC ♪] >>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS ON ARIZONA PBS, ON AN EXTENDED EDITION OF "ARIZONA HORIZON," THE AFTERMATH OF YESTERDAY'S VIOLENCE IN OUR NATION'S CAPITOL.

AND WE'LL TALK ON WHAT THE ATTACK OF THE U.S. CAPITOL MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY AND WHAT WE SAW IN THE U.S. CAPITOL YESTERDAY.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THIS EXTENDED EDITION OF "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

IT'S THE DAY AFTER ONE OF THE MOST UNSETTLING DAYS IN U.S. HISTORY.

IT WAS A BLOW TO AMERICA'S IMAGE AS A BEACON OF DEMOCRACY AND IT HAS RESULTED IN QUESTIONS RANGING FROM SECURITY OR THE LACK THEREOF AT THE CAPITOL TO SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FITNESS FOR OFFICE.

CHUCK SCHUMER SAID TODAY, QUOTE: IT'S A SENTIMENT SHARED BY OTHERS ON CAPITOL HILL.

>> IN CALLING FOR THIS SEEDY HOUSE ACT, THE PRESIDENT HAS COMMITTED AN UNSPEAKABLE ASSAULT ON OUR NATION AND OUR PEOPLE.

I CALL ON THE VICE PRESIDENT TO REMOVE THIS PRESIDENT BY IMMEDIATELY INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

IF THE VICE PRESIDENT CAN OR DOES NOT ACT, THE CONGRESS MAY BE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPEACHMENT.

THAT IS THE OVERWHELMING SENTIMENT OF MY CAUCUS.

>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS CHALLENGED EVERY NORM, AND NOW HE HAS GONE TOO FAR.

AND IT IS A GENUINE QUESTION WHETHER HE CAN KEEP OUR COUNTRY SAFE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT LEAVE, BE KICKED OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY WITH THE 25TH AMENDMENT, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN.

HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS BECOME A COAT LEADER, AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET ARE PARTICIPANTS WITH HIM.

THEY HAVE STOOD BY, BEEN COMPLICIT AND EVEN PROMOTED HIS BEHAVIOR FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

>> REPRESENTATIVE BASS WAS ALSO AMONG THE MANY NOTING THE LACK OF SECURITY.

>> IT IS SO DEMORALIZING, THOUGH, FOR PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO COULD EVEN IMAGINE IF 10S OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG, OLD, AFRICAN AMERICANS ATTACKED THE CAPITOL LIKE THAT, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

>> WASHINGTON POLICE DID ANNOUNCE 68 ARRESTS WITH MOST OCCURRING ON U.S. CAPITOL GROUNDS.

AND THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE PUBLIC'S HELP.

>> WE HAVE COLLECTED NUMEROUS IMAGES OF PERSONS OF INTEREST THAT WE ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US IDENTIFY.

THESE DEPICT INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN ACTS OF VIOLENCE OR PROPERTY DESTRUCTION, AND WE HAVE MADE THESE IMAGES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.

>> AMONG THOSE WAS A 32-YEAR-OLD VALLEY MAN WHO HAS APPEARED AT A NUMBER OF LOCAL POLITICAL EVENTS, AND ANNOUNCED HIS SUPPORT FOR QANON-.

AUTHORITIES ARE OFFERING REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS.

>>> DESPITE THE ATTACK AT THE CAPITOL AND THE SUBSEQUENT DELAY, THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS DID CONTINUE.

>> JOSEPH R BIDEN, JR., OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE HAS RECEIVED 306 VOTES.

DONALD TRUMP OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS RECEIVED 232 VOTES.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE STATE OF THE VOTE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SHALL BE DEEMED A SUFFICIENT DECLARATION OF THE PERSONS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, EACH FOR THE TERM BEGINNING ON THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2021.

>> HERE IN ARIZONA STATE EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD TO WORK FROM HOME AND AVOID THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY.

PPS ALSO ERECTED A CHAIN-LINK FENCE AROUND THE CAPITOL GROUNDS.

THE DAMAGE WAS MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL IN WASHINGTON AS THE CAPITOL WAS RANSACKED AND VANDALIZED.

LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEMED UNPREPARED FOR THE MOB, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CLEAR THERE WOULD BE A MAJOR PROTEST WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING OUT AHEAD OF TIME THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE WILD.

>>> KEVIN THANKS FOR JOINING US.

JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, I NOTE THAT YOU HAVE A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT EXTENDING OVER 3 6 -- 36 YEARS.

I UNDERSTAND YOU ACTUALLY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE CAPITOL POLICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THE D.C. POLICE DEPARTMENT?

>> YES, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A 16-WEEK EXECUTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM, AND I WAS -- HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A SESSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE AS WELL AS THE D.C. METRO POLICE, AND IN TURN WE WORKED ON VARIOUS PROJECTS AND WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES WHILE WE WERE BACK THERE.

SO THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE I WAS SELECTED TO GO THROUGH THE FBI EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE WHERE I WAS PARTNERED WITH EXECUTIVES FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALONG THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

>> AND DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR CAREER WITH THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT, DID YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES OR EXPERIENCES WITH THE KIND OF SITUATION THAT ERUPTED AT THE CAPITOL YESTERDAY?

>> CERTAINLY NOT AT THAT LEVEL OR THAT MAGNITUDE.

BUT, YES, WE DEALT WITH OVER MY CAREER, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH LARGE-SCALE PROTESTS, JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SOME PEOPLE WOULD REFER TO THEM AS CIVIL UNREST SITUATIONS, BUT REGARDLESS, I HAVE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.

>> AND WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF HOW THE CAPITOL POLICE -- HOW THEY HANDLED YESTERDAY'S SITUATION?

>> WELL, I THINK THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD WITH WHAT THEY HAD.

AND I THINK THEREIN LIES WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE THE MILLION DOLLARS QUESTION THAT IS GOING TO BE ASKED.

WHY WEREN'T THEY PREPARED FOR WHAT WAS AN OBVIOUS LARGE GATHERING.

MY ASSESSMENT IS THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD WITH WHAT THEY HAD, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO POINTED OUT THAT THEY -- THEY SEEMED -- SOME OF THEM, AT LEAST TO BE LETTING DEMONSTRATORS IN TO THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

THAT SOME OF THEM SEEMED TO BE VERY FRIENDLY WITH THE PROTESTS.

AND SOME WOULD SAY THEY DIDN'T DO THE BEST THEY COULD.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT ARGUMENT.

AND NOT HAVING ALL OF THE FACTS, I'M HESITANT TO BE TOO CRITICAL OF THEM.

MAYBE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DEESCALATION TACTIC, JUST TRYING TO REMAIN, AT LEAST CONVERSATIONAL WITH THE GROUP.

BECAUSE THE OFFICERS KNEW WHAT THEY HAD BEHIND THEM.

THEY KNEW HOW MANY FOLKS WERE ON DUTY.

THEY HAD A SENSE OF WHAT THEY COULD OR COULD NOT DO.

SO I'M SURE THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON OVER THE AIR ABOUT REINFORCEMENTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AND SO THEY MAY BE HAVE TRYING TO BIDE SOME TIME.

AND THAT IS JUST SPECULATION ON MY PART.

AND IT'S HARD FOR THE CASUAL OBSERVER TO SEE THAT, AND TO TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF WHY WOULD A PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSON, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THEM TO GET SUCKED INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I JUST MAKE THAT CAUTIONARY TAIL.

>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PREPARATION ISSUE.

EVERYBODY KNEW THIS WAS COMING.

AT LEAST IN THE SENSE THEY KNEW THERE WERE GOING TO BE PROTESTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR THE CERTIFICATION THAT WAS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE IN CONGRESS.

THEY KNEW THAT -- CERTAINLY THAT THERE WAS A LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD BE AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED AND YOU SEEM TO INDICATE THAT YOU THINK THE SAME THING.

>> YEAH, I DO.

THE CASUAL OBSERVER, THE DAY BEFORE, YOU SAW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING IN FOR THIS.

YOU KNEW THE RALLY WAS BEING HELD ACROSS THE WAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

YOU KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE A LARGE GATHERING, AND WE KNOW IT'S A SHORT 15, 20-MINUTE DOWN TO THE CAPITOL.

SO THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS A BIG DEAL, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING.

>> AND WHAT WOULD THAT SOMETHING HAVE BEEN?

>> MAKING SURE YOU HAD ADEQUATE PERSONNEL, ADEQUATE BARRIERS IN PLACE, ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO, AND I HAVE SAID BEFORE, THAT THE D.C. POLICE AS WELL AS D.C. METRO POLICE AS WELL AS THE CAPITOL POLICE, THEY DEAL WITH PROTESTS ON A DAILY BASIS, 365 DAYS A YEAR.

THIS ISN'T NEW TO THEM.

AND THEY ARE NORMALLY VERY GOOD AT DEALING WITH LARGE-SCALE PROTESTS.

THEY ARE USUALLY VERY GOOD AT IT.

WHY THIS HAPPENED, I -- I -- IT BOGGLES MY MIND, AND BASED ON THE TEXT MESSAGES AND MESSAGES I HAVE RECEIVED FROM FRIENDS AROUND THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE SAME QUESTION.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

>> ANY CRITICISMS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE D.C. POLICE?

>> NO, I THINK D.C. POLICE -- OBVIOUSLY IT WAS THE CAPITOL POLICE'S JOB.

THE D.C. POLICE WERE THERE WHEN THEY WERE SUMMONED, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET EVERYONE IN PLACE, EVERYONE WITH THEIR PROPER GEAR, SO I THINK EVERYONE DID WHAT THEY COULD BASED ON THE TIME -- THE TIME ELEMENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED, AND THEY GOT THERE, AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE BACK THE CAPITOL, PUSH THE CROWDS BACK, AND TO DEAL WITH THINGS MORE EFFECTIVELY.

>> LAST QUESTION.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTARY ABOUT -- WHETHER -- THE WAY THIS WAS HANDLED, WHETHER THE CAPITOL POLICE WOULD HAVE ACTED DIFFERENTLY IF THESE WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR?

>> I THINK THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.

ANY TIME YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS GOING ON, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF HOW THEY WERE PREPARED FOR THOSE PROTESTS EARLIER -- OR LAST YEAR IN THE SUMMER, ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT WERE THERE, HOW THEY WERE PREPARED.

HOW THEY DEFENDED THE CAPITOL, AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, SOMEONE DROPPED THE BALL SOMEWHERE, AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLM GROUPS, AND WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE HARD QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.

>> KEVIN ROBINSON THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, LORI ROBERTS TALKS ABOUT WHO IS REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR YESTERDAY'S UNREST.

♪♪ >>> YESTERDAY'S SIEGE OF THE U.S. CAPITOL BY PRO-TRUMP SUPPORTERS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS EVERYTHING FROM AN INSURRECTION TO A RIOT.

ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RATIONALIZE THE UPRISING.

WE TALKED WITH ABOUT THIS WITH LORI ROBERTS.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

LET'S GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY?

>> BOY OH BOY OH BOY.

WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT ONE COMING.

I WAS WATCHING REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR WHO WAS ON THE FLOOR AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TELLING A LIE ABOUT ARIZONA'S ELECTION, SAYING MORE THAN 400,000 BALLOTS HAD BEEN SWITCHED -- AND LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS LIE, YOU COULD SEE THINGS STARTING TO HAPPEN, AND PEOPLE RUSHING FOR THE DOORS, AND THEN WE KNOW ALL WHAT HAPPENED.

GEE, DO YOU THINK LIES LIKE THIS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS MIGHT HAVE HELPED FUEL THIS FIRE.

>> YES, AND HOW MUCH DO YOU BLAME THE LIES, THE INACCURACIES, THE CONTINUED CLAIM BY PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT HE NOT ONLY WON, HE WON IN A LANDSLIDE, AND IT WAS ALL STOLEN BY MACHINES?

>> I THINK WHAT IS TOTALLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

HIS IRRESPONSIBILITY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE REPUBLICANS FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY KNEW THIS WAS A LIE, BUT DIDN'T SPEAK OUT ABOUT IT, AND OTHERS WHO KNEW IT WAS A LIE CONTINUED TO PERPETUATE IT.

THEY KNEW THIS WAS NOT TRUE, BUT THEY CONTINUED TO SAY IT ANYWAY.

WHETHER IT WAS TO PLEASE TRUMP AND FURTHER THEIR OWN POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS.

I DON'T BLAME TRUMP SUPPORTERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE BELIEVING WHAT THEIR LEADERS ARE TELLING THEM.

THE PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE, IT'S TIME FOR THEM -- IT WAS TIME A LONG TIME AGO -- BUT IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO SPEAK UP.

GO BACK AND READ SOME OF THE THINGS THAT JEFF FLAKE SAID BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE.

READ THE PLEAS THAT JOHN McCAIN IMPLORED BEFORE HE LEFT.

IT IS WAY TIME FOR THOSE LEADERS TO STEP UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN THIS STATE.

>> AND IN THIS STATE, WE HAD RESPONSE RANGING FROM THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN IGNORED AND CONGRESS REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE RAM -- RAMPANT FRAUD.

>> YES.

THEY ARE JUSTIFYING WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

AND THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATIONS.

WE CAN DISAGREE VEHEMENTLY, BUT WE DO IT IN A CIVIL FASHION, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT ALSO FROM A STAND POINT OF ACCEPTING, HERE IS A SET OF FACTS.

AND WE CAN'T EVEN AGREE THAT FACTS ARE FACTS.

THAT'S NOW OUR FAKE NEWS.

AND HOW CAN WE EVER DEBATE ANYTHING, IF WE CAN'T EVEN AGREE ON WHAT THE FACTS ARE.

AND THE FACT IS, FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS PEOPLE LIKE KELLY TOWNSEND AND KELLI WARD HAVE MISCONSTRUED THE FACTS.

>> WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT US AS AMERICANS IN ARIZONA.

THESE FOLKS ARE MAKING THESE CLAIMS.

THEY ARE BASELESS.

THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH THE DOOR IN A COURT.

THE SUPREME COURT WANTS NO PART OF THEM, YET, SO MANY AMERICANS ARE WILLING TO BELIEVE THIS.

>> BECAUSE THE WELL HAS BEEN POISONED.

WE HAVE GOT TO GET BACK TO A COMMON LANGUAGE HERE WHERE WE CAN AGREE THAT THESE ARE FACTS.

BUT WHILE YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SAYS UP IS DOWN AND BLACK IS WHITE, AND YELLOW AND BLUE AND RED, AND YOU HAVE HIS LOYAL SUPPORTERS, WHO UNTIL RECENTLY, OUR OWN GOVERNOR, WHO DON'T CALL HIM OUT FOR WHAT IT IS, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, AND SAY YOU ALL HAD A PART IN THIS.

WENDY ROGERS IS PUTTING OUT THERE -- FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, HERE WE GO AGAIN, SHE IS SAYING SHE CONDEMNS THE VIOLENCE COMMITTED YESTERDAY AT THE NATION'S CAPITOL BY ANTTI ANTTI -- ANTI-FA.

COME ON.

>> YEAH, YOU MENTION ANTIFA HERE.

RIGHT-WING RADIO, SOME FOLKS ON FOX NEWS, THEY ARE SAYING THE FOLKS WHO COMMITTED THE VIOLENCE WERE PART OF THE PROTESTS OVER THE SUMMER AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

THIS IS NOW -- HOW MUCH DO YOU BLAME THE MEDIA?

>> I DON'T BLAME THE MEDIA.

I THINK WE HAVE BEEN TELLING IT STRAIGHT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO START TODAY FRESH AS A COUNTRY.

LET'S START WITH THE SET OF FACTS.

AND THE FACT IS THAT WE HAD A PRESIDENT YESTERDAY WHO INCITED HIS SUPPORTERS TO MARCH PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND FIGHT FOR HIM AT THE CAPITOL.

WE HAVE HIS OWN ENABLER RUDY GIULIANI TALKING ABOUT THIS IS TRIAL BY COMBAT.

THERE WAS ALREADY TRAGIC LIFE HERE, BUT THIS ONE IS ON THEM.

>> LAST QUESTION.

SHOULD DONALD TRUMP BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S A SNAP IMPEACHMENT, OR THE 25TH AMENDMENT?

>> WELL, THERE IS CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THAT HAPPENING.

I WONDER IF THEY CAN DO THAT, THAT QUICKLY, AND I WONDER IF IT MAKES IT WORSE THAN BETTER.

I THINK WE SAW THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, AND I HOPE THE TRUMP ERA END YESTERDAY WITH A SHEBANG.

I THINK YOU JUST LET IT GO, AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD.

THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.

BUT WE'LL SEE.

>> WE WILL SEE.

LORI, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

♪♪ >>> ARIZONA'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THE EVENTS OF THE CAPITOL YESTERDAY.

INDEED, REPRESENTATIVE PAUL GOSAR WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPEECH WHEN RIOTERS STORMED THE BUILDING.

>> WE MUST BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT OUR ELECTIONS ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN VOTER.

THE DEBATE IS TO THE LEGITIMACY OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED BY THE LEFT AND THE MEDIA TODAY.

THE COURT IGNORED THE OBLIGATION AND RIGHT TO CHOOSING THE ELECTORS AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 261.

AS A RESULT, MORE THAN 32000 PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO -- >> THANK YOU.

I RISE IN ON SITUATION.

TO CONTINUE THIS THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY MAKES NO SENSE.

BECAUSE THERE IS NO VIABLE CONSTITUTIONAL OR LEGAL PATH TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION.

ARIZONA AND STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB TO ENSURE THAT THE 2020 ELECTIONS RAN SMOOTHLY.

MR. HICKMAN, THE REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY, THE LARGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA SAID, NO MATTER HOW YOU VOTED THIS ELECTION WAS COMMITTED WITH INTEGRITY AND AUTHORITY.

>> DO NOT COUNT THESE ELECTORS UNTIL AND UNLESS THE SECRETARY OF STATE ALLOWS AN AUDIT OF THE ELECTION.

A REQUEST HE HAS DENIED REPEATEDLY.

>> EIGHT CHALLENGES WERE BROUGHT TO FEDERAL AND STATE COURT.

ALL EIGHT WERE WITHDRAWN OR DISMISSED, INCLUDING A UNANIMOUS RULING BY THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE WROTE.

>> TODAY THERE WAS TREASON IN THIS HOUSE.

TODAY THERE WERE TRAITORS IN THIS HOUSE.

THAT MAN AT 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WILL FORGET YOU.

HE WILL USE YOU, AND HE WILL DUMP YOU TO THE SIDE.

AND WHAT WILL BE LEFT WILL BE THE STAIN, THE STAIN OF DEMOCRACY YOU CAN ENGAGING IN RIGHT NOW.

LISTEN TO YOURSELVES.

>> SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR THIS PROCESS TODAY?

FEAR?

A LOCKDOWN?

VIOLENCE?

AND REGRETTABLY AND SADLY DEATHS.

>> IN ARIZONA THIS PROCESS WAS ADMINISTERED AND OVERSEEN BY PARTIES FROM BOTH PARTIES.

THEY CONDUCTED RANDOM HAND-COUNTED AUDITS OF MANY PRECINCT PRECINCTS.

THEY CONFIRMED THERE WERE NO ERRORS TO CHANGE THE RESULTS.

NOW IS THE TIME TO COME TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.

>> LATER ANOTHER SOBERING DEATH COUNT IN TODAY'S COVID-19 REPORT, AND WE'LL LOOK AT HOW HOSPITALS ARE DEALING WITH THIS LATEST COVID SURGE.

AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, HOW MUCH OF A ROLE DID SOCIAL MEDIA PLAY IN THE SIEGE ON THE U.S. CAPITOL?

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