[♪♪♪] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THE LATEST ON THE GROUND IN DC AS TRUMP SUPPORTERS STORM THE CAPITOL PAUSING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATION VOTE.

>> THIS IS NOT DISSENT IT'S DISORDER.

>> YOU HAVE TO GO HOME NOW.

WE HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES A VIDEO LATER BANNED BY SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT CALLS FOR CALM AS THE CURFEW TAKES EFFECT IN DC.

>> THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL WAS A COUP ATTEMPT.

>> AND ONE-ON-ONE WITH REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER PLUS REACTION FROM MORE OF ILLINOIS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO TODAY EEVENTS.

WASHINGTON D.C. IS ON LOCKDOWN THIS EVENING AFTER AN ATTEMPTED ARMED INIS YOUR REGULATION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING.

DOMESTIC TERRORISTS AND LOOTERS STORMED THE BUILDING AS DEBATE HAPPENED OVER ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATION OF JOE BIDEN'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN.

ALL OF ILLINOIS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HAVE REPORTED OUT THEY ARE SAFE AND UNHARMED AFTER HAVING TO BE USHERED TO SAFETY.

WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE THROUGHOUT THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> AND A SKOKIE NATIVE WILL BECOME THE NATION'S TOP LAW OFFICIAL.

PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN WILL NOMINATE MERRICK GARLAND TO BE THE NEXT U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

GARLAND IS A GRADUATE OF NILES WEST HIGH SCHOOL AND NOMINATED TO THE SUPREME COURT BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BUT WAS DENIED A CONFIRMATION HEARING IN THE SENATE BY REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL.

MORE ALLEGED WRONGDOING FROM CONVICTED FORMER CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS C.E.O.

BARBARA BYRD BENNETT.

A REPORT ISSUED BIRD BENNETT STEERED A CONTRACT TO FRIENDS IN VIOLATION OF THE DISTRICT'S RULES.

BYRD BENNETT IS SERVING TIME FOR SCHEMING TO AWARD TENS OF MILLIONS OF CONTRACTS TO FRIENDS IN EXCHANGE FOR KICKBACKS.

>> ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 7500 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 139 DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE CASE LOAD NEARING ONE MILLION.

AND 17,096 DEATHS.

THE SEVEN-DAY TEST POSITIVITY RATE TICKED UP TO 9.9%.

TO THE CRISIS AT THE CAPITOL PARIS WITH AN OUTSPOKEN MEMBER OF ILLINOIS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

>> AN HOUR AGO WE SPOKE WITH CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER OF ILLINOIS' 16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

KINZINGER CALLED TODAY'S RIOTS A COUP ATTEMPT.

HE AND OTHERS WERE RUSHED TO SAFETY AS THE BUILDING WENT ON LOCKDOWN AFTER DEBATING ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATION OF JOE BIDEN'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN.

I BEGAN BY ASKING HIM FROM HIS EXPERIENCE WHO HAPPENED WHEN THAT CAPITOL WAS BREACHED THIS AFTERNOON?

>> YEAH, SO YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR WEEKS.

AND YOU KNOW, SO I WAS ON THE FLOOR AND BEGAN TO START TO SEE YOU KNOW, THE PERIMETER WAS BEING BREACHED AND I SAW SOME OF THE CHATTER ON TWITTER CALLING THIS 1776 AND WE'RE GOING TO OCCUPY THE HOUSE.

SO I LEFT THE FLOOR AND WENT TO A DIFFERENT AREA.

AND SO I WASN'T THERE WHEN ALL THAT WENT DOWN.

BUT I JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE I WAS HEARING NONLETHAL EXPLOSIONS.

LOOK IT IS A REALLY SICK DISGUSTING DAY IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

AND WE'LL GET THROUGH IT.

AND HOPEFULLY BE STRONGER SOMEHOW FOR IT.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO HANG OUR HEADS IN SHAME, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN FALSE HOPE TO PEOPLE THAT SOMEHOW CONGRESS HAD THE ABILITY TO MAGICALLY DETERMINE WHO THE NEXT PRESIDENT WAS.

>> AT THE HEAD OF THAT IS PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HAS BEEN PUSHING FRAUDULENT CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT THE ELECTION FOR MONTHS AND YOU HAVE BEEN FORCEFUL CALLING HIM OUT.

HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY DOES HE BEAR FOR THIS?

AND SOME OF THE ENABLERS OF THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES TODAY?

>> THEY AND PARTICULARLY THE PRESIDENT BEARS ALL OF IT.

BEFORE THE ELECTION HE WAS SAYING IT WAS GOING TO BE STOLEN.

THE ELECTION HAPPENED.

SAID IT WAS STOLEN.

CONVINCED PEOPLE.

OTHER G.O.P.

LEADERS DID NOT STAND UP AND COUNTER THAT IT WAS BASICALLY ME FOR GOODNESS SAKES AND THIS RALLY SOUND SOUNDED TO ME LIKE A CALL TO ARMS AND A CALL TO OCCUPY CAPITOL.

AND HE BEARS IT ALL.

AND SAYING ON TWITTER THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STEAL AN ELECTION.

IT IS THE RANTINGS OF A MAD MAN AND NEEDS TO BE STOPPED AND SHUTDOWN.

>> SHOULD HE BE REMOVED BY THE 25TH AMENDMENT OR IMPEACHMENT?

AND CONVICTION?

>> I THINK WE'RE AT THE MOMENT OF SURVIVAL NOW.

I THINK IF THOSE QUESTIONS COME UP IT'S CERTAINLY I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT.

I'VE BEEN SAYING AND THINKING AS MANY HAVE THAT WHAT DAMAGE CAN BE DONE IN THREE WEEKS AND WE SEE THAT NOW.

>> AND THE TASK AT HAND HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FINISH THIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATION OF BIDEN'S WIN.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

AND IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE OBJECTIONS THAT HAD BEEN PLANNED?

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE AHEAD AND SHOW THAT DEMOCRACY WORKS EVEN IN TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES.

I THINK SINCE IT STARTED THEY HAVE TO FINISH THE ARIZONA OBJECTION.

I WOULD NOT BE IS YOUR PRIORITIESED IF NO MORE OBJECTIONS HAPPENED.

IF YOU THOUGHT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WAS GOING TO SOLIDIFY TRUMP IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY YOU WOULD SORELY MISS THAT AS A SUPPORTER AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR A WAKE-UP CALL.

WE GET THIS DONE.

AND QUITE HONESTLY IF ANYBODY OBJECTS, THEY SHOULD PAY A SEVERE POLITICAL PRICE FOR THAT.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTS TODAY ON TWITTER, SEEMED TO POUR GASOLINE ON THE FIRE AND LIMP ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WHAT HAPPENED LET'S HEAR THAT AND PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN.

>> THIS WAS A FRAUDULENT ELECTION.

BUT WE CAN'T PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF THESE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.

SO GO HOME.

WE LOVE YOU.

YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL.

>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM A SMALL NUMBER OF EXTREMISTS, DEDICATED TO LAWLESSNESS, THIS IS NOT DISSENT IT'S DISORDER.

IT'S CHAOS.

IT BORDERS ON SEDITION.

AND IT MUST END!

NOW!

>> AND WE SHOULD MENTION THAT TRUMP VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED BY Facebook AND YouTube BECAUSE IT'S INCITING ALREADY CHAOTIC SITUATION.

MY QUESTION SITTING HERE I'VE COVERED PROTESTS SOME GOT VIOLENT IN CHICAGO WE SAW ROWS AND ROWS OF POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR, NATIONAL GUARDSMEN DEPLOYED AND IT DID NOT APPEAR WE SAW THAT.

HOW DO YOU THINK THE CAPITOL WAS ABLE TO BE BREACHED THAT EASILY?

>> THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.

I KNOW THAT DC MAYOR REQUESTED GUARDS AND GOT SOME.

I KNEW THAT THE GUARDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE STARTING YESTERDAY.

BECAUSE ALL YOU HAD TO DO IS LOOK WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ON TWITTER AND YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE BAD ELEMENTS WITHIN THAT.

AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT DID THE PRESIDENT DENY THE GUARD ACTIVATION?

AND A LOT OF ANSWERS WE WILL KNEELED.

BUT THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE CAPITOL SHOULD HAVE BEEN BREACHED AS IT WAS AND THE THING I WORRY ABOUT IT SETS A PRECEDENT.

PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN.

>> DO YOU FEAR THIS IS GOING TO LAST FOR A FEW DAYS?

OR BE REPLICATED IN STATE HOUSES OR AT THE CAPITOL AGAIN?

>> I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT STATE HOUSES I'VE HEARD IT'S HAPPENING IN PLACES.

YOU KNOW, HOW LONG DOES IT GO?

I'M NOT SURE.

I THINK WE ARE NOW FINALLY HAVING A STRONG, HEAVY POLICE AND MILITARY PRESENCE.

THEY HAVE OR ARE CLEARING THE CAPITOL COMPLEX.

I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO REST AND SIT HOME.

WILL THERE BE PEACEFUL PROTESTS?

PROBABLY.

THE BOTTOM LINE THIS NEEDS TO END AND IF ANYBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO FIGHT A HOLY WAR AND CHANGE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HAD REALITY SMACKED IN THEIR FACE TODAY.

>> WE'VE SEEN MEMBERS ACCOSTED, WE'VE SEEN SENATOR ROMNEY ACCOSTED AT THE AIRPORT.

YOU HAVE BEEN OUTSPOKEN SINCE THE ELECTION.

I'M CURIOUS YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS THAT BELIEVE THE MISINFORMATION COMING FROM TRUMP AND SOME OF THE SUPPORTIVE MEDIA.

WHAT ARE THOSE INTERACTIONS LIKE?

>> LOOK, I TRY TO CALMLY EXPLAIN THE REALITY.

BUT SOME PEOPLE YOU CANNOT GET THROUGH IT.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CULT LEADER AND THERE IS A PROCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THAT.

THEIR REALITY BECAUSE NOBODY BESIDES ADAM KINZINGER AND OTHERS HAVE STOOD UP AND CALLED OUT THIS MISINFORMATION.

IT WILL BE A PROCESS TO AWAKEN PEOPLE AND RESTORE OUR G.O.P.

AND TALK ABOUT WHAT CONSERVATIVISM MEANS IT IS NOT A CULTURE WAR THING.

IT'S WHERE WE ARE.

AND I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

PLEASE STAY SAFE AND WE'RE GLAD YOU JOINED US.

WE HOPE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON.

>> YOU BET.

>> THAT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER IN A CONVERSATION WE RECORDED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES ARE BACK IN CHAMBERS NOW RESUMING THEIR ACTIVITIES.

AND IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS PRESIDING OVER THE SENATE CHAMBER.

YOU SEE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL WHO EARLIER TODAY BEFORE ALL THIS BROKE OUT EXSCOREIATED THIS EFFORTS TO CHALLENGE THE ELECTION SAYING IT WOULD BE A DEATH SPIRAL FOR DEMOCRACY.

WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THEY PROCEED WITH THE CHALLENGES OR ACCEPT THE CERTIFICATION AND MOVE ON.

SO THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

AND MEANWHILE WE WILL DIG DEEPER INTO TODAY'S EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS AND WHAT COULD COME NEXT AND WE WILL DO THAT WITH SUSAN STOKES THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO CENTER ON DEMOCRACY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

AZIZ HUQ, PROFESS HER OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND AALVIN TILLER DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DIVERSITY AND DEMOCRACY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU BACK ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" ON THIS EXTRAORDINARY DAY.

SUSAN STOKES YOUR REACTION TO WHAT YOU SAW THIS AFTERNOON?

>> HORRIFIED.

ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED.

I HAD STUDIED DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS IN PLACES THAT IT DOESN'T WORK AS WELL.

PLACES WE DON'T WANT TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO AND IT LOOKED LIKE OR WORSE THAN WE CAN EXPECT IN THOSE PLACES.

>> ALVIN TILLER IS THERE HISTORICAL PARALLEL MOMENT OF THIS IN THE UNITED STATES HISTORY WHERE THE CAPITOL IS BREACHED AND WHAT COULD BE CALLED SOME SORT OF ATTEMPTED COUP BECAUSE WEE WE CONSIDER THE BUSINESS BEING CONDUCTED THERE?

>> THE ONLY PARALLEL WOULD BE THE WAR OF 1812 WHERE OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO FLEE THE CAPITOL BECAUSE THE BRITISH HAD COME BACK AND WERE SACKING AND BURNING BUILDINGS.

BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY.

WE'VE SEEN THIS IN STATE HOUSES IN THE 19TH CENTURY, 1874-1876, THE COUNTER RECONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT WHERE THE KLAN AND DEMOCRATIC ALLIES ESSENTIALLY THREATENED VIOLENCE AND ENTERED STATE HOUSES.

AND WE'VE SEEN IT VIOLENCE IN STATE HOUSES THIS SUMMER IN MICHIGAN AND IN PLACES LIKE THAT AS A RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.

BUT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS IN THE TELEVISION AGE AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

>> RECONSTRUCTION TUMULTUOUS DECADES.

AZIZ HUQ IT SEEMS LIKE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATION HAS RESUMED.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

AND IS THERE A DEADLINE THEY HAVE TO GET THIS DONE BY?

>> THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE DEADLINE.

ELECTORAL COLLEGE COUNTING PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY AA STATUTE.

AND THE STATUTE HAS RULES FOR WHEN CONGRESS CAN GO INTO RECESS AFTER THE COUNTING HAS BEGUN.

BUT APART FROM JANUARY 20TH, THERE ISN'T A DEADLINE IN EITHER THE CONSTITUTION OR THE FEDERAL STATUTE.

>> BEFORE THIS MOVE ON THE CAPITOL BEGAN THERE WAS A RALLY IN WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ONE OF HIS ATTORNEYS, RUDY GIULIANI SPOKE OUT.

LET'S PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

>> WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

WE WILL NEVER CONCEDE.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

YOU DON'T CONCEDE WHEN THERE'S THEFT INVOLVED.

>> THERE'S HAVE TRIAL BY COMBAT!

>> INCITING REMARKS, SUSAN STOKES.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE IS A CONSENSUS HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT BEARS RESPONSIBILITY AND HIS ENABLERS FOR THE LANGUAGE AND FOR THE FALSE CLAIMS OF A STOLEN ELECTION THAT CAUSED THIS ANGER?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK THE BLAME IS WITH THE LEADERSHIP WITH TRUMP AND HIS INNER CIRCLE AND HIS ADVISERS MORE SO THAN WITH THE FOLKS WHO BASICALLY HAVE BECOME CULT FOLLOWERS AND WHO BELIEVE EVERYTHING HE SAYS.

AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A VERY, VERY WIDE CIRCLE OF CONSPIRATORS TO FOLLOW HIS CLAIMS.

THE SUPREME COURT HAS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CONSPIRACY.

AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN STATE HOUSES AND GOVERNORS.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THIS MESSAGE COMES FROM.

HE TIPS TO INCITE -- CONTINUES TO INCITE GREAT ANGER AND FRUSTRATION.

>> ALVIN TILLER HOW IMPORTANT IS LANGUAGE?

AND WHAT DO WE CALL THIS?

COUP?

INSURRECTION?

TERRORISM?

WHAT DO WE NARROW IN ON?

>> THAT A BETTER QUESTION FOR SUSAN BUT IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS, FRANKLY.

MOST COUPS ARE NOT BLOODY.

THEY HAPPEN IN JUST THE WAY THAT Mr. TRUMP HAS BEEN TRYING TO MANIPULATE THE MEDIA IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES PEOPLE RUSH TO THE TELEVISION STATION AND ANNOUNCE THEY'VE WON.

THAT IS WHAT Mr. TRUMP DID ON NOVEMBER THIRD.

AND SO IT IS A COUP.

IT IS AN INSURRECTION IT IS TERRORISM SOMEONE WAS KILLED IN THE CAPITOL TODAY.

THERE WERE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES IN THE CAPITOL.

IT IS ALL OF THESE THINGS.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SOLEMN DAY OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

AND IT'S BEEN TARNISHED.

>> AZIZ HUQ GIVEN THERE'S RENEWED TALK OF IMPEACHMENT, 25TH AMENDMENT INVOCATION, IS THAT A REALISTIC OPTION GIVEN 14-DAYS TO GO IN TRUMP'S TERM AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK?

>> HOWEVER I PERSONALLY FEEL ABOUT IT, I BELIEVE NEITHER THE 25TH AMENDMENT OR THE IMPEACHMENT IS AN OPTION.

25TH AMENDMENT APPLIES TO A PERSON NOT ABLE TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES.

AND IMPEACHMENT IS A PROCESS THAT TAKES A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME AND REQUIRES SUPER MAJORITY IN THE SENATE IN A WAY THAT IS EVEN AFTER TODAY'S EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS, QUITE UNLIKELY TO UNFOLD.

WE ARE AT -- WE WILL HAVE PRUM PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

>> AND HE WILL NOT BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS TWITTER SUSPENDED HIM.

>> SUSAN STOKES, PART OF THE UNITED STATES STATUS OF THE SUPERPOWER IS ITS EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRACY, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.

YOU SEE SHOCKED REACTIONS POUR IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

DOES THIS WEAKEN THE UNITED STATES ON THE GLOBAL STAGE?

GIVEN THAT WE TRY TO EXPORT DEMOCRACY EVERY NOW AND THEN, AND IT'S HAVING TROUBLE WITH A PEACEFUL TRANSFER RIGHT NOW?

>> IT ACTUALLY DOES WEAKEN US AND IT IS A WONDERFUL EXCUSE FOR WOULD BE OUGHT CONTRACTS AROUND AUTO CONTRACTS AROUND THE WORLD.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE ROVING THROUGH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE CHAMBERS WITH MAKING A MOCKERY OF IT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF EFFORT AND A GOOD DEAL OF TIME TO PATCH UP OUR WORLD IMAGE AND OUR RELATIONS WITH DEMOCRACIES AND ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.

>> ALVIN TILLER YOU HAVE DONE STUDYING OF RACE IN POLITICS, I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION THAT THE BREACH WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE U.S. CAPITOL YOU THINK ONE OF THE MOST FORTIFIED BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD.

YOU DID NOT SEE A HUGE POLICE PRESENCE COMPARED TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS, PROTESTS IN CHICAGO WHERE WE SAW ROWS AND ROWS OF POLICE IN RIOT GEAR.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT THAT THIS HAPPENED AND REPORTEDLY THERE'S 15 ARRESTS?

>> YEAH, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE DOUBLE STANDARDS THAT YOU IN THE MEDIA AND MANY OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE THIS SUMMER BETWEEN THE WAYS THAT THE COVID-19 PROTESTORS WITH THEIR LONG GUNS WERE TREATED IN PLACES LIKE WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN AND THE WAY THAT PEACEFUL, 95% OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE THEY WERE PEACEFUL AND YOU THE NATIONAL GUARD WAITING FOR THEM.

THIS IS THAT DOUBLE STAN ARKED THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL YEAR ON DISPLAY.

THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO DO IS BREACH THE CAPITOL IS BE A ANGRY WHITE MAN WITH A MAGA HAT.

>> THERE ARE QUESTIONS HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN AND WHETHER THERE WERE PLANS FOR PROTESTS THAT THEY KNEW WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AZIZ HUQ WE TALKED ABOUT THE UNLIKELIHOOD OF REMOVING PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE IS THERE LEGAL EXPOSURE FOR HIS STATEMENTS FOR SPREADING FALSEHOOD THAT LED TO THIS ACTION?

>> UNLIKELY TO ME.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHICH PROTECTS THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OBVIOUSLY COVERS MANY STATEMENTS THAT HE MAKES.

I THINK INCLUDING THE FALSE STATEMENTS.

I THINK THAT THE CORE PROBLEM IS NOT ONE OF WHETHER ONE CAN PROSECUTE HIS STATEMENTS BUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A FAILURE IN THE USUAL PROCESS WHEREBY WHEN PEOPLE MAKE CLAIMS THOSE CLAIMS ARE TESTED IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE.

AND WHEN PROVEN FALSE THEY STOP MAKING THEM.

THE REMARKABLE THING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE MAKING CLAIMS IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY FACTUAL BASIS FOR THEM AND AFTER REPEATED SHOWING THAT THE CLAIMS ARE FALSE.

>> AND MANY TIMES IN THE ABSENCE OF LOGIC SO MANY PLAYERS WOULD HAVE TO BE IN ON A CONSPIRACY.

THANK YOU TO SUSAN STOKES, AZIZ HUQ AND ALVIN TILLER THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND MORE ON TODAY'S PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE.

>> PARIS, ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY IS CALLING THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL AN ACT OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT TODAY'S EVENTS ARE TOM MOCKAITIS A SECURITY AND TERRORISM SPECIALIST AND A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT DePAUL UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR ROBERT PAPE DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO PROJECT ON SECURITY AND THREATS.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

ROBERT, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE WHAT.

ARE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS WHAT WE'VE SEEN AT THE CAPITOL TODAY?

ARE YOU SURPRISED?

>> PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND OTHERS ARE SURPRISED BUT I CANNOT SAY I AM.

WE WERE ON YOUR SHOW TALKING EXACTLY ABOUT THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE PERIOD OF VIOLENCE COULD EXTEND WELL BEYOND THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AND INTO THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

ELECTIONS WE COME FROM THIS AND I COME FROM THIS FROM STUDYING THESE PROBLEMS, CIVIL WARS, UNREST AROUND THE WORLD.

AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN OBSERVING FOR MONTHS NOW HAD IT BEEN ANY OTHER COUNTRY WOULD HAVE SET OFF MANY RED FLAGS.

AND THOSE RED FLAGS HAVE COME.

AND NO, I CAN'T SAY THAT I'M SURPRISED.

>> TOM, JUSTIFICATION OPPOSED WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THE POLICE AND MILITARY RESPONSES THAT WE SAW IN PROTESTS IN THE SUMMER FOR THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS?

>> LIKE BOB I WAS NOT SURPRISED AT THE VIOLENCE I WAS SURPRISED HOW POORLY PREPARED TO DEFEND THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL WAS.

AND THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT PICTURES FROM WASHINGTON OVER THE SUMMER OF NATIONAL GUARD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AT THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND THAT HORRIFIC EPISODE OF CLEARING PEACEFUL PROTESTORS OUT OF A PARK FOR A PHOTO ON AND THE FORCE USED THERE.

AND WHEN IT IS A WHITE MOB YOU HAVE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS THE POLICE WERE NOT AS FORCEFUL AND THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH THERE.

THERE WAS NOT A SECURE CORDON.

THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH BACKUP.

THEY WERE NOT PREPARED.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT IS INCOMPETENCE OR COMPLICITY.

BUT I WAS HORRIFIED.

>> ROBERT, WHY WASN'T LAW ENFORCEMENT READY FOR THIS?

>> WE DON'T KNOW AND WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO SPEND WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS TRYING TO FIND OUT.

ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS WHO WAS IN CONTROL OF THE NATIONAL GUARD?

AND IN WASHINGTON THIS IS UNIQUE WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN CONTROL OF THE NATIONAL GUARD NOT A GOVERNOR.

SO ULTIMATELY, THAT WOULD MEAN HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE CALL ON DEPLOYMENT.

BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE SECURITY HERE GOING FORWARD.

BUT THAT IS LOOKING IN THE PAST.

THE REAL ISSUES HERE ARE GOING FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO SEE.

THIS IS NOT LIKELY TO BE A ONE-OFF EVENT HERE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

NOW, DEMOCRACY IN GENERAL, BY THE WAY, ALWAYS HAS BEEN ISSUE WHERE THERE IS A PERIOD WHERE THERE IS AN ELECTION WHERE THE PREVIOUS PERSON IS LEGITIMATE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ELECTION.

AND THEN THERE IS A PERIOD WHERE THERE'S AMBIGUITY AND THE NEXT PERSON IS THE LEGITIMATE OFFICE HOLDER.

THAT PERIOD IS A DANGER ZONE.

IN OUR COUNTRY, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A DANGER ZONE.

WHY?

BECAUSE THE LOSER CONCEDES.

WE SHOW THE CONCESSION SPEECH ON TV.

THERE'S ALWAYS LARGE NUMBERS OF SUPPORTERS FOR THAT LOSER.

THEY HAVE PUT THEIR LIVES INTO SUPPORTING THAT PERSON.

SO THE CONCESSION SPEECH IS WHAT REALLY MAKES FOR A PEACEFUL TRANSITION.

AND WE'VE HAD THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.

WE'VE THE LOSER OF THIS ELECTION STOKING THE FLAMES AND CONTINUING TO THIS MOMENT TO SAY THAT THE ELECTION HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM HIM AND SO WHY WOULDN'T TENS OF MILLIONS OF HIS PASSIONATE SUPPORTERS BE ANGRY?

>> AND I ADD TO THAT, THAT I SAID THIS A WEEK AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TENNESSEE BOMBING ON ONE OF THE LOCAL TV STATIONS THAT WHEN -- AS LONG AS THEY HAD A SHRED OF HOPE NO MATTER HOW RIDICULOUS THAT IT COULD BE REVERSED THERE WAS AN ELEMENT OF HOLDING BACK.

I PREDICTED THAT ONCE THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY TODAY, THAT THESE -- LET'S BE CLEAR THIS IS A REALLY WELL ORGANIZED, IDEOLOGICAL MOVEMENT MANY OF WHOM ARE HEAVILY ARMED.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT IN THE PHOTOS YOU HAD MEN IN COMBAT FATIGUES.

THEY DID NOT GET IN WITH GUNS BUT SOME HAD PEPPER SPRAY.

BUT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOME SMUGGLED INTO THE CAPITOL.

THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WE HAD AN INCIDENT IN ANOTHER STATE OF PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THAT.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS TAKING STEPS TO SECURE THE CAPITOL IN SPRINGFIELD.

I THINK THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT COULD BE AN UGLY PERIOD UNTIL JANUARY 20TH AND MAYBE BEYOND THAT.

>> AND I AGREE WITH TOM.

I DON'T THINK I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT AS AN ARMED INSURRECTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION OF AN ORGANIZATION AND ARMED FOR THE POLITICAL PURPOSES.

HOWEVER WE ARE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND WHAT TODAY'S ACT DOES IS ENERGIZE THE MOST RADICAL WING OF THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS.

>> GENTLEMEN, I WANT TO JUMP IN.

ROBERT, TODAY PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN ADDRESSED THE NATION IN A SPEECH.

HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

>> TODAY'S A REMINDER, A PAINFUL ONE, THAT DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE.

AND TO PRESERVE IT REQUIRES PEOPLE OF GOODWILL.

>> AND TOM YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DANGER ZONE THAT WE ARE IN.

IN THIS PERIOD OF TRANSITION.

WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS TELL YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S THE GLASS FOR ME IS ALWAYS HALF FULL.

LET'S NOT FORGET WE CAME THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL ELECTIONS WHERE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES MADE SURE THAT A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE VOTED AND THEIR VOTE COUNTED AND IN CONSERVATIVE STATES LIKE GEORGIA, REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS VEHEMENTLY DEFENDED THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY AS BOB SAID, EVEN IF THIS BRIEF STATEMENT THE PRESIDENT MADE TODAY HE THREW MORE OIL ON TO THE FLAMES BY THIS RIDICULOUS ARGUMENT THAT HE DIDN'T LOSE AND ALL IN CONGRESS WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THAT ARE COMPLICIT AND THAT IS CAUSING THIS SIGNIFICANT SUBSECTION OF THE COUNTRY TO HOLD ON TO THIS INFORMATION THAT BIDEN WILL NEVER BE A LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT AND THE FALLOUT WILL BE SERIOUS.

>> THE NATIONAL GUARD THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD SUPPORTERS TO GO HOME.

STILL REPEATING THE CLAIMS THAT THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED.

HERE IS A BIT OF THAT.

>> THIS WAS A FRAUDULENT ELECTION.

BUT WE CAN'T PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF THESE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.

SO GO HOME.

WE LOVE YOU.

YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL.

>> ROBERT, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT?

>> IT DOESN'T UNFORTUNATELY IT DOESN'T00.

WHY?

BECAUSE HE LED WITH THE TAP ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WHICH IS CLAIMING THAT THE ELECTION IS RIGGED.

THE ENERGY UNDERNEATH WHAT WE SAW TODAY THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL IS DUE TO THE BELIEF BY THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM DONALD TRUMP BY DONALD TRUMP REPEATING THAT AND DOING IT AT THE BEGINNING, THAT'S ALL THAT PEOPLE ARE HEARING.

AND THAT LEGITIMATES THEIR ACTIONS AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY UNLIKELY TO END HERE BY THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE OR EVEN BY PRESIDENT BIDEN BEING SWORN INTO OFFICE.

ONLY ONE THING THAT COULD REALLY CHANGE THIS FOR 20, 30 MILLION PEOPLE IS IF DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF WOULD CONCEDE HE LOST THE ELECTION.

ABSENT THAT UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS GOING TO GO ON.

>> NOTICE THE FACT THAT HE SAID WE CAN'T GIVE INTO THESE PEOPLE LIKE THIS IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT.

THE FACT HIS PEOPLE STORMED THE CAPITOL WAS CAUSED BY THE OTHER SIDE.

ALL THEY ARE GOING TO HEAR IS THE CONTINUED INCITE.

, I LOVE YOU YOU ARE SPECIAL.

>> WELL, WE ALL WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS ENDS.

ROBERT PAPE AND TOM MOCKAITIS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WE'RE FOLLOWING THE EVENTS UNFOLDING IN WASHINGTON D.C. >> GO HOME.

WE LOVE YOU.

YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL.

>> OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM LOOKS AT THE BREACH OF THE CAPITOL AND THE PRESIDENT'S LANGUAGE SURROUNDING IT.

>> PLUS MORE REACTION TO THE UNREST IN WASHINGTON FROM MORE MEMBERS OF ILLINOIS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

>> FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CALLED IN IN THE WAKE OF TODAY'S RIOTS AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

THE MAYOR OF DC BOWSER INSTITUTED A CURFEW FOR ALL OF WASHINGTON D.C. AFTER GROUPS BROKE IN AND LOOTED THE CAPITOL BUILDING WHILE HOUSE AND SENATE DEBATED THE STATE CERTIFICATION RESULTS OF JOE BIDEN ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN.

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER IS CALLING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMMEDIATE REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.

IN A STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE BECAUSE OF TODAY'S EVENTS INCITED BY THE PRESIDENT, I HAD TO ASK THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ENGAGED IN LIFE-SAVING MISSIONS TO REDEPLOY AND HEIGHTEN THEIR PRESENCE IN THE CAPITOL IN SPRINGFIELD.

>> FATHER MICHAEL PFLEGER MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENTS TODAY.

THIS COMES AFTER STEPPING AWAY FROM HIS MINISTRY AT ST. SABINA CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHILE THE ARCHDIOCESE INVESTIGATES ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE THAT SURVIVED FROM 40 YEARS AGO.

HE SAYS QUOTE... >> ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 7500 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

00 AN ADDITIONAL 139 DEATHS.

MAKING FOR A CASE LOAD NEARING ONE MILLION.

AND ESPECIALLY 17,096 DEATHS.

THE POSITIVITY RATE TICKED UP TO 9.9%.

A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED WHILE OFF DUTY HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST OCTOBER IN GARFIELD RIDGE WHEN 38-YEAR-OLD OFFICER JOSEPH CABRERA FIRED SHOTS AT THE VICTIM'S LEGS AFTER GETTING INTO AN ARGUMENT.

HE CALLED 9-1-1 AND SAID HE WAS ATTACKED BEFORE FIRING HIS GUN.

CABRERA HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF HIS POLICE POWERS AND FACES AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT AND WE HAVE MUCH MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND NOW, BACK TO BRANDIS WITH MORE OF OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF TODAY'S EVENTS IN WASHINGTON AND REACTION FROM LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

>> PARIS, FOR MEMBERS OF ILLINOIS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TODAY WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED AND FOR SOME SCARY EXPERIENCE.

AMANDA VINICKY CHECKED IN WITH SOME OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND JOINS US TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE PROTESTS AND RIOTING.

>> CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY SPOKE TO ME FROM A VACANT COMMITTEE ROOM WHERE HE WAS HOLD-UP WAITING TO RETURN TO WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS WHATEVER LEVEL OF NORMALCY CAN STILL EXIST.

HE DESCRIBED THE SCENE HE WENT THROUGH.

>> WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE DEBATE AND THE CAPITOL POLICE COME IN AND REMOVED LEADERSHIP FROM THE FLOOR.

THEN THEY BEGIN THE DEBATE AGAIN, AND WE HEAR NOISES, SHOUTING, AND THEY START BOLTING THE DOORS OF ALL THE ENTRANCES TO THE HOUSE FLOOR.

AND THEN THEY TELL US THAT THE CAPITOL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THAT TEAR GAS HAS BEEN RELEASED IN THE CAPITOL THE HALL NEXT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR.

NOW YOU KNOW THEY ARE THERE.

THE MOB.

AND THEN THEY STARTED MOVING US AROUND.

THEY STARTED EVACUATING AND THEY HAD US IN ONE CORNER ABOUT 20 OF US MEMBERS AND THEY MOVED US TO THE FAR CORNER, HAD US CROUCH DOWN AND TEAR GAS MASKSES AND LITERALLY CROUCHING DOWN WITH CAPITOL POLICE WITH GUNS DRAWN.

IF YOU SAW THE PICTURE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE FLOOR THERE WAS A MAKESHIFT BLOCKADE OF FURNITURE AND SIX BRAVE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS TRYING TO HOLD IT.

IT SOUNDED LIKE THE MOB WAS USING A BATTERING RAM YOU COULD HEAR AND THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A BREAK FOR IT.

>> HE SAYS CAPITOL POLICE THEN ESCORTED HIM TO THE SECURE LOCATION WHERE HE TALKED TO ME.

THAT IS WHY WE HAD HIM BY PHONE FOR SECURITY REASONS NO VIDEO.

CONGRESSMAN DANNY DAVIS WAS ABLE TO TALK OVER ZOOM FROM THE SANCTUARY AS HE CALLED IT OF HIS OFFICE ON THE CAPITOL COMPLEX BUT NOT WITHIN THE CAPITOL ITSELF.

WHICH IS WHERE LIKE MANY OF US HE WATCHED EVENTS UNFOLD ON TV.

>> IT'S QUITE HONESTLY A VERY SAD DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA.

BECAUSE WHILE WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DEMONSTRATIONS AND ACCUSTOMED TO PEOPLE FINDING WAYS TO EXPRESS THEIR DISAGREEMENTS, THEIR DISAPPOINTMENTS, BUT TO DO IT IN SUCH A DISRUPTIVE MANNER IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, IN FACT, ACCUSTOMED TO.

AND TO DO IT WITH THE IDEA THAT DEMOCRACY DOES NOT COUNT, DOES NOT MATTER.

I MEAN THAT'S THE MOST UNFORTUNATE PART OF THIS.

>> U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SEAN CASTEN SAYS NOW EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS KNOWS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO SURVIVE A MASS SHOOTING.

>> I THINK WE GOT TO A SITUATION LIKE THIS BECAUSE A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES FORGOT ABOUT THEIR OATH.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE A COUNTRY GORCHED BY THE RULE OF LAWS.

WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT IS PREDICATED ON THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE WILL CONSENT TO BE GOVERNED AND THAT'S LASTED FOR 245 YEARS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO HOLD THE JOB THAT I HAVE AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THE OFFICE IS IMPORTANT AND WE AS INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT.

AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND HE HAS USED HIS FOUR YEARS USED THE TOOLS THAT EVERY DEMAGOGUE IN HISTORY HAS USED.

HE TOLD PEOPLE IN REAL PAIN ECONOMIC PAIN, PERSONAL PAIN, PAIN FROM COVID THAT RATHER THAN LET'S WORK ON THIS TOGETHER AS AMERICANS HE HAS TOLD THEM YOUR PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY OTHER PEOPLE AND I CAN TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE AND IF YOU MOBILIZE AGAINST THEM WE WILL FIX THIS.

IT IS AN OLD PLAYBOOK.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ A LOT OF HISTORY TO KNOW HOW THAT STORY ENDS.

I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY PREDICTED TODAY.

BUT IT'S NOT OUTSIDE THE PALE OF WHAT HAPPENS ONCE YOU LET A DEMAGOGUE LOOSE.

>> THOSE ARE SERIOUS WORDS.

HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?

A PROTEST, A RIOT?

A MOB?

OR AN ATTEMPTED COUP?

>> THIS WAS BETWEEN AN ATTEMPTED COUP AND ACT OF TERRORISM.

>> HAD THIS HAPPENED IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE CALLED.

>> THE LAST TIME THE CAPITOL WAS TAKEN OVER BY PEOPLE HOSTILE TO THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY WAS THE BRITISH IN THE WAR OF 1812.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

IF WE CAN'T CONFRONT THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEN WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIX IT.

>> AS FOR HOW TO FIX IT, CASTEN SAYS THAT'S UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DO WITH EVERY OTHER PRESIDENT BEFORE HIM HAS DONE AND THAT IS ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND HE SAYS IT IS ALSO UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S ENABLERS TO STAND UP WITH THAT.

CASTEN ALSO BY THE WAY SPEAKING TO ME FROM A SECURE LOCATION IN THE CAPITOL, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE BILL FOSTER WAS AT HIS APARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS ALL MEMBERS WERE NOT ON THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME.

HE SAYS HE WAS MAKING HIS WAY TO GET THERE WHEN HIS STAFF TOLD HIM TO TURNPIKE AROUND.

>> -- TURN AROUND.

>> THIS IS WHAT MOB RULE IS LIKE.

IT IS UNAMERICAN AND THE MOB ACTION WE SAW TODAY WILL DELAY OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY BUT IT WILL NOT STOP IT.

>> I ASKED FOSTER WHAT HE MAKES OF GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S CALL FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE IMMEDIATELY IMPEACHED AND REMOVED FROM OFFICE GIVEN THAT THE GOVERNOR SAYS TRUMP'S ATTEMPTS TO ENCOURAGE A COUP REPRESENTS HIGH TREASON TO THE DEMOCRACY OUR CONSTITUTION AND ALL AMERICANS.

HE POSES A DANGER TO OUR NATION?

>> WELL THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT HE POSES A DANGER TO HIS TO OUR COUNTRY AND FRANKLY THAT IS NOT A NEW SITUATION.

THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS MOB ACTION LIES STRAIGHT AT THE FOOT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WHO ENCOURAGED IT.

AND ALSO PARTLY WITH EVERY POLITICIAN WHO HAS TOLERATED HIS LIES AND THREATS OF VIOLENCE.

AND FAILED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT.

AND I ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, SPECIFICALLY LIZ CHENEY ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, WHO SPOKE OUT FRANKLY ABOUT HOW UNACCEPTABLE TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR IS.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY WILL BE THE ONES WHO WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE.

REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS FINALLY REACHED A POINT WHERE THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE REMOVED EVEN AT THIS LATE DATE.

I MADE MY VOTE CLEAR WITH ALMOST ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE HOUSE SOME MONTHS AGO.

>> FOSTER WAS AMONG THOSE WHO IN DECEMBER OF 2019 DID VOTE TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR ABUSE OF POWER AND OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS.

NOW, AS FOR THE EVENTS OF TODAY, JARRING TO SAY THE LEAST.

BUT CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY SAYS IT LEAVES HIM WITH RESOLVE.

>> I NEVER IMAGINED THIS COULD HAPPEN.

IT'S SCARY.

FRANKLY I THINK IT MAKES ME MORE DETERMINED THAT WE CLEAR THE CAPITOL.

WE SECURE IT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE AND GET BACK THERE AND FINISH THIS JOB.

>> THAT PROCEDURE NOW UNDERWAY.

CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY, BY THE WAY, SAYS HE IS OFTEN NOW AND ASKED WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PROTECT THE U.S. FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING HE SAYS THE ANSWER IS NOT HARDENING THE TARGET.

IT'S RATHER IT IS TO PREVENT THE NEED TO HAVE THAT SORT OF PROTECTION.

AND AGAIN HE SAYS THAT THAT IS UP TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN A BIT FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, AN UNPRECEDENTED DAY OF VIOLENCE ON CAPITOL HILL ON A DAY THAT COUNTING ELECTORAL VOTES IS TYPICALLY PRO FORM MAVMENT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM IS HERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS NEXT.

JOINING ME ARE AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

AMANDA, YOU SPOKE TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

SUM UP HOW THE BREACH STARTED?

>> I'M SORRY.

ACTUALLY HAVING A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.

IF YOU COULD POSE THAT QUESTION TO ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS.

>> HEATHER CHERONE, I WILL THROW THAT TO YOU IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT.

SUM UP HOW THE BREACH STARTED?

>> IT STARTED WITH A RALLY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE AT AND HE SAID WHAT HE HAS BEEN SAYING FOR WEEKS.

BUT HE WAS ANGRY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN INFORMED BY VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE THAT HE WOULD UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND ALLOW THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN.

AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER.

WE HEARD RUDY GIULIANI SAY THAT THE PRESIDENCY SHOULD BE DECIDED BY COMBAT BY TRIAL AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.

THE CROWD MOVED UP PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND BASICALLY ATTACKED THE CAPITOL.

WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE FIRST ENTRY POINT IS.

I'M SURE WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT LASTED IN ALL FOUR HOURS.

>> AND PARIS, YOU SPOKE EARLIER WITH CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER.

HE TWEETED THIS AFTERNOON QUOTE THIS IS A COUP ATTEMPT.

THOSE ARE STRONG WORDS.

IS THAT ACCURATE?

IS THIS A COUP ATTEMPT?

AN INSURRECTION?

>> WE STOPPED WITH EXPERTS ABOUT THOSE WORDS AND TECHNICALLY THOSE ARE CORRECT WORDS TO USE.

CONSIDER THE BUSINESS LAWMAKERS WERE TAKING UP AT THE CAPITOL THEY WERE COUNTING THE STATE ELECTORAL VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN, CONFIRMING HIS VICTORY.

PART OF THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER A CEREMONIAL ACT.

AND THE ACTORS WERE TRYING TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

WHAT IS SURPRISING IS HOW EASILY THEY WERE ABLE TO BREACH THE CAPITOL.

PEOPLE KNEW THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE DEMONSTRATORS AND KNEW HOW SOLEMN THIS OCCASION WAS.

AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT A BUILDING YOU WOULD THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST FORTIFIED IN THE WORLD WOULD BE ABLE TO BE BREACHED THAT READILY AND ONLY 15 ARRESTS WERE REPORTED?

THAT MAKES NO SENSE.

WE'RE SEEING REPORTING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP REBUFFED CALLS TO SEND IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO PROTECT.

THAT MIGHT BE SOME OF THE REASONS THAT CAPITOL POLICE DID NOT HAVE REINFORCEMENTS THE.

THE PRESIDENT STYLES HIMSELF AS BACKING THE BLUE.

HE DID NOT BACK THE BLUE TODAY AMONG OTHER THINGS THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ANSWERS HOW THAT WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN.

>> AMANDA HOPING THE DIFFICULTIES HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT.

THE CAPITOL WAS STORMED BY SOME FOLKS CARRYING THE CONFEDERATE FLAG.

WE HEARD PARIS TALKING ABOUT THIS.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH CAPITOL POLICE AND SECURITY NOT BEING PREPARED AND WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO CLEAR THE CAPITOL?

>> WHAT DID HAPPEN?

I THINK THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION.

I DON'T HAVE GOOD ANSWERS UNFORTUNATELY TO GIVE AT THIS POINT.

BECAUSE AS PARIS WAS SAYING, THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THERE WERE GOING TO BE CROWDS OF PEOPLE THAT IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PROTESTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED IN CHICAGO AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

YOU WANT TO HAVE A POLICE PRESENCE THERE NO MATTER WHAT DESPITE PROMISES THAT THEY WILL BE PEACEFUL.

BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CROWD THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE.

WHY WASN'T THERE MORE OF ONE?

DC HAS HAD THAT ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS.

THERE ARE NOT AT THIS POINT ANY GOOD ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION PARTICULARLY THESE ARE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE VICE-PRESIDENT ALL IN A BUILDING THAT WAS THEN STORMED EVEN IN MOVIES, THESE ARE THE ACTORS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SORT OF ELEVATED IN OUR COUNTRY BY VIRTUE OF THEIR POSITIONS AND SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN EXTRA PROTECTIONS NOT LESS.

>> CAN I ADD IN THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF THIS SUMMER AFTER THE TEARING DOWN OF MONUMENTS AND STATUTES SAYING THERE SHOULD BE LONG PRISON SENTENCES FOR KNOWS WHO DEFACE MONUMENTS.

YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DEFACING THE CAPITOL, SMASHING WINDOWS DOES THE PRESIDENT BELIEVE THEY SHOULD FACE 10 YEARS IN PRISON?

HE BELIEVES ANYONE THAT TEARS DOWN MONUMENTS SHOULD DO THAT.

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

>> WE SAW THRONGS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RESPONSE TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS.

WE DID NOT SEE THAT TODAY?

>> WE DID NOT.

AND AMANDA IS RIGHT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS TO BE ANSWERED IS WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

BECAUSE THERE WAS CLEARLY A VERY SERIOUS SECURITY BREAKDOWN.

THE HOUSE CHAMBER WAS BREACHED.

THE SENATE CHAMBER WAS BREACHED.

WE SAW THE MOB BREACH NANCY PELOSI'S OFFICE.

THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE.

AND SORT OF TAKE SOUVENIRS OF THEIR CRIMES WITH THEM.

THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.

I THINK IT'S SO STARK BECAUSE WE SAW ALL OF THE VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS AND THE MILITARISTIC RESPONSE THAT THOSE PROTESTS CREATED NOT ON IN WASHINGTON D.C.

BUT IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP CROSSED FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO LAFAYETTE SQUARE FOR THE PHOTO-OP IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH.

THAT WAS NOT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

AND I THINK THERE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED ABOUT WHY OUR TOP ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE BASICALLY PUT AT RISK TODAY.

>> AND WE DO HAVE, BY THE WAY, GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAYING THAT ILLINOIS' STATE HOUSE IS ON ALERT.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO AS WELL BRACING FOR WHATEVER IS TO COME.

AGAIN, THIS IS A TYPICAL SORT OF THING WHEN YOU HEAR THERE IS GOING TO BE A EFFORT, THIS ACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE BUT SOMEBODY IS PREPARING TO HEAD DOWN TO SPRINGFIELD, TO GO TO THE CAPITOL WHERE SESSION IS SET TO TAKE PLACE WHERE THERE WERE PROTESTORS TODAY WHO A SMALL NUMBER, PEACEFUL.

BUT SAID THAT THEY PLAN TO COME BACK.

IT IS A FRIGHTENING.

WE A OTHER STATE HOUSES STORMED AS WELL.

I BELIEVE KANSAS EXOR EXAMPLE.

THIS IS THE SORT OF THINGS THAT CONGRESS PEOPLE SAY IT'S ALLOWED ONCE AND GIVEN ALMOST WHAT CAN BE PERCEIVED AS THE GRACES FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT IT BECOMES A FURTHER PROBLEM.

AND MORE ACTIVITY MIGHT THEN FOLLOW COPYCAT ACTIVITY.

>> IN STRONG WORDS PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN MADE IT CLEAR THAT WORDS MATTER AND THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO SPEAK OUT AND WITHIN MINUTES THE PRESIDENT TOOK TO TWITTER.

>> I CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GO ON NATIONAL TELEVISION NOW TO FULFILL HIS OATH AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMAND AN END TO THIS SIEGE.

TO STORM THE CAPITOL, TO SMASH WINDOWS, TO OCCUPY OFFICES, THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE RUMMAGING THROUGH DESKS ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THREATENING THE SAFETY OF DUALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

IT IS NOT A PROTEST IT'S INSURRECTION.

>> WE HAD AN ELECTION THAT WAS STOLEN FROM US.

IT WAS A LANDSLIDE ELECTION AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT.

ESPECIALLY THE OTHER SIDE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO GO HOME NOW.

WE HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE LAW AND ORDER.

WE HAVE TO RESPECT OUR GREAT PEOPLE IN LAW AND ORDER.

WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY HURT.

>> NOW, PARIS, THE PRESIDENT DID NOT GO ON TELEVISION ADDRESSING THE NATION.

INSTEAD HE RELEASED THAT VIDEO STATEMENT ON TWITTER.

STOKING THE FLAMES ABOUT THE ELECTION BEING QUOTE STOLEN EARLIER AFTER RALLY HE SAID WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP WE WILL NEVER CONCEDE.

AND PARIS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO EXPERTS ABOUT THIS HOW RESPONSIBLE IS THE PRESIDENT SNEER.

>> AND THAT VIDEO WAS TAKEN DOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE IT IS A LIE.

THE ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN.

WE HAVE TO BE HONEST THERE WERE MANY BAD ACTORS INVOLVED TODAY.

BUT IN THE HEART TO HEARTS OF THE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS IN THE CAPITOL, THEY TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM THEIR PREFERRED CANDIDATE.

THEY TRULY BELIEVE THAT CANDIDATE HAS BEEN GOOD FOR THEM.

AND THIS DOES NOT DEFEND WHAT THEY DID.

BUT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED.

BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO SPEW IN BAD FAITH FALSEHOODS AND THERE IS AN APPARATUS OF SUPPORTERS AND IN THE MEDIA, TALK SHOWS, SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITIES, AND MANY OF THEM ACT IN BAD FAITH NOT CARING WHETHER THIS IS TRUE OR FALSE BUT KNOWING THAT IF THEY CONTINUE TO INFLAME THE RHETORIC HERE, THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES THEY GET BETTER RATINGS THEY MAKE MORE MONEY THAT WAY AND GET MORE CLICKS ON THEIR TWITTER PAGES MORE RETWEETS.

AND THAT IS THE CURRENCY THEY BELIEVE N AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS LED TO THIS ALTERNATE REALITY TO WHERE PEOPLE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS WASN'T A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION WHEN ANY LOGIC WILL TELL YOU IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

THERE IS A NEWS LITERACY PROBLEM A PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER DAY.

BUT THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

THIS IS A LOGICAL END POINT OF BUILDING UP THIS ALTERNATE REALITY.

>> AND HEATHER WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE ELECTORAL VOTE COUNT?

ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THE G.O.P.

OBJECTIONS WE WERE HEAR BEING THIS MORNING?

>> IT'S NOT CLEAR.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS AN OBJECTION FROM A SENATOR AND A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HOUSE TO OBJECT TO A STATE'S ELECTORAL VOTES.

WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT HAPPEN YET I DON'T BELIEVE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL G.O.P.

SENATORS WITHDRAW THEIR CHALLENGES AFTER THE EVENTS OF TODAY.

INCLUDING KELLY LOEFFLER WHICH UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE LOST HER BID FOR A FULL TERM IN THE U.S. SENATE FROM GEORGIA.

SHE WILL BE REPLACED BY THE REVEREND RAPHAEL WARNOCK AND JON OSSOFF WILL REPLACE DAVID PERDUE.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE FOR TODAY.

>> IT'S BEEN A LONG NEWS DAY FOR EVERYBODY.

AND MAKING NEWS BEFORE THE RIOT AT THE CAPITOL, FRESHMAN ILLINOIS CONGRESSWOMAN MARY MILLER SPOKE AT THE SAVE AMERICA RALLY EARLIER IN THE DAY SHE INVOKED HITLER.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> HITLER WAS RIGHT ON ONE THING...

HE SAID WHOEVER HAS THE YOUTH HAS THE FUTURE.

OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING PROPAGANDIZED.

>> SO REPEAT WHAT SHE SAID.

HITLER WAS RIGHT ON ONE THING WHOEVER HAS THE YOUTH HAS THE FUTURE.

OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING PROPAGANDIZED.

WHY IS SHE QUOTING HITLER?

AND WHAT IS THE REACTION TO THIS?

>> MARY MILLER IS NEW TO CONGRESS.

SHE FRAMES HERSELF AS A FAMILY VALUES, CHRISTIAN CANDIDATE.

SHE, BY THE WAY, IS MARRIED TO REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS MILLER WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE.

AND IS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT HIS OPPOSITION TO A LOT OF THE CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS.

MARY MILLER IN OTHER PARTS OF THE SPEECH TALKING ABOUT GOOD VERSUS EVIL AND FAMILY VALUES THAT WAS HER LEAD UP TO TALKING ABOUT THAT COMMENT ABOUT HITLER AND THERE HAS BEEN BACKLASH INCLUDING FROM MANY MEMBERS OF HER OWN PARTY WHO HAVE SAID THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE, DISGRACEFUL AND ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYING SHE SHOULD APOLOGIZE.

SHE, WE DID REACH OUT AND HEARD NO RESPONSE FROM MILLER.

>> IN OTHER NEWS TODAY, THAT HAS BEEN BURIED, SKOKIE NATIVE MERRICK GARLAND IS JOE BIDEN'S CHOICE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HEATHER REMIND US WHAT MITCH McCONNELL DID BACK WHEN MERRICK GARLAND WAS PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S SUPREME COURT NOMINATION AND WHAT THE SELECTION NOW MEANS?

>> WELL, OF COURSE, MERRICK GARLAND NEVER GOT A HEARING IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE AFTER BEING NOMINATED BY BARACK OBAMA TO REPLACE ANTONIN SCALIA.

MERRICK GARLAND WENT BACK TO HIS OLD JOB AS A JOB ON ONE OF THE HIGHEST APPELLATE COURTS AND NOW TASKED BY JOE BIDEN TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

IT WAS NO MISTAKE THAT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT CAME TODAY AFTER IT WAS CLEAR THAT DEMOCRATS WOULD CONTROL THE UNITED STATES SENATE THANKS TO KAMALA HARRIS' TIE BREAKING VOTE IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR JOE BIDEN TO GET HIS CABINET PICKS CONFIRMED ALONG WITH MERRICK GARLAND WHO, OF COURSE, WENT TO NILES WEST HIGH SCHOOL IN SKOKIE AND GREW UP FOR A TIME IN LINCOLNWOOD.

AND HAS BEEN -- LED THE PROSECUTION OF OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBER TIM McVAY ON THIS DAY THAT WE SEEM TO BE TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC TERRORISM.

>> AND PARIS 30 SECONDS LEFT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT A LOT TODAY, JON OSSOFF WAS CALLED THE WINNER OF THAT OTHER SEAT IN GEORGIA.

AND HEATHER MENTIONED THIS, TELL US WHY GEORGIA IS MONUMENTAL?

>> OLGA WAS HISTORICALLY A RED STATE AND IT GIVES DEMOCRATS CONTROL OF THE SENATE UNDER JOE BIDEN AND VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS THE TIE BREAKING VOTE AND THERE'S ANGER IN REPUBLICAN CIRCLES THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT DO REPUBLICANS ANY HELP BY GOING DOWN AND INSTEAD OF CAMPAIGNING FOR THE CANDIDATES OR ATTACKING THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES HE AIRED HIS GRIEVANCES ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR KEMP AND THE REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF STATE RAFFENSPERGER.

AND A LOT OF FOLKS WONDER IF THAT MAY BE TANKED THAT ELECTION FOR THEM.

>> GREAT WORK FROM OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

HEATHER CHERONE, AMANDA VINICKY AND PARIS.

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