The officers are trained to keep protesters off the Capitol’s marble outdoor steps, to protect the complex like a citadel. I stayed put. Security officers piled furniture against the chamber's door and drew their pistols before helping lawmakers and others escape. Fourteen police officers were injured, Contee said. Puerto Rican nationalists attacked the US Capitol Building while members were debating a bill concerning migrant Mexican workers. Pelosi said: "Despite the shameful actions of today, we will still do so, we will be part of a history that shows the world what America is made of. As I plotted my escape, I heard shouts of “Get down!” Everyone dropped to the floor. Once they lost the steps, they lost the doors and windows, Gainer said. They came up to the Ohio Clock Corridor just outside the chamber where senators were meeting, and were yelling that they wanted to get in. In St. Paul, Minnesota, cheers rang out from demonstrators in reaction to the news that supporters of President Donald Trump had stormed the U.S. Capitol. That's a race riot. Senator Patrick Leahy, an avid amateur photographer, snapped a few frames. There was Senator Mitch McConnell, 78, the majority leader and a polio survivor, practically being carried by his security detail, their hands beneath his arms to steady him as they hustled along. Trying to keep the mood light, Senator Roy Blunt from my home state of Missouri teased that perhaps the interruption would speed up the debate. The ornate tiled floors, one of the building’s treasures, were coated in a powdery residue of fire extinguishers and pepper spray. The bomb threat was phoned in overnight, 30 minutes before detonation. “What about us?” someone near me yelled from the balcony. Below the press balcony where I stood, looking down on the room like a fishbowl, Vice President Mike Pence had just been rushed out without explanation. The police shouted for us to get to the basement. A spokesperson for the governor4s office says there was no indication of threats at the statehouse. It blew out a wall, damaged five paintings and blew doors off hinges outside the office of Senate majority leader Robert Byrd, AP reported then. Trump had called on Georgia Republicans to swarm to the polls for the Republican Senate candidates even as he warned, without evidence, of the prospect of widespread voter fraud. Here’s how they experienced it. Some besieged the House of Representatives chamber while lawmakers were inside, banging on its doors and forcing suspension of the certification debate. After defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Ross set fire to multiple government and military buildings, including the White House (then called the Presidential Mansion), the Capitol building, as well as other facilities of the US. Now we’re seeing the consequences, whipped up into a violent crescendo.”. As Congress resumed its count and night turned to early morning, I found myself wandering alone through an eerily silent Capitol, studying the remains of an abandoned occupation. The bomb went off hours later, causing damage. The two other photographers grabbed my hands and told me it would be OK, and to stay with them so they could vouch for me. By Nicholas Fandos, Erin Schaff and Emily Cochrane, [Follow our live news coverage on the protests at the Capitol and across the country.]. WASHINGTON — Something was not right inside the Senate chamber. At that point, the Capitol Police had started deploying pepper spray or tear gas, and I knew I needed to find a place to hide. I started screaming for help as loudly as I could. Democrats already control the House, and adding the Senate will make it more difficult for Republicans to block Biden’s agenda, along with his Cabinet picks and judicial nominations. Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff has won his Senate runoff election. They looted the building first, and then set the southern and northern wings ablaze, incinerating the Library of Congress. —Nicholas Fandos, congressional reporter. It comes after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters rampaged through the US Capitol. I took a bunch of photos and then went to the ceremonial doors to the Rotunda, where a single police officer guarded the door against a throng of hundreds outside. Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power. It … The attack came four years after a failed assassination attempt that targeted then-president Harry Truman (1950). Officers and doorkeepers raced around, slamming and locking the immense wooden doors. The House of Representatives also resumed its session, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi telling lawmakers they will stay "as long as it takes" to finish the certification of Electoral College votes, the final formal step affirming Biden's win. According to the administration, the action was intended as both a "humanitarian gesture to the international community" and to pave the way for the release of four Americans being detained in Cuba. Spencer Cox was sent home as several hundred pro-Trump demonstrators rallied outside the Capitol, though the demonstration remained relatively calm. Officers hauled a huge wooden chest as a makeshift barricade in front of the main doors to the House chamber — the ones Vice President Mike Pence had just walked through, the ones through which they had carried the chests with the elector certificates. Trump's account is currently locked by Twitter. “We do have an emergency,” bellowed a police officer with a neon sash who had appeared in the middle of the chamber. Climbing over? This website stores cookies on your computer. We’ll send you latest news updates through the day. Privacy Policy. The group was protesting US military involvement in Lebanon and Grenada. Frank Holt, a professor at Cornell University, was suspected of smuggling three sticks of dynamite in a suitcase into the Capitol on July 2, 1915. Protesters backing US President Donald Trump breached the US Capitol on Wednesday, forcing police to draw weapons amid chaotic scenes and causing a delay in the constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. New York Times described Holt as "an educator with a reputation among his associates as an easygoing man.” Holt was also suspected of sending a letter to a US newspaper paper under the moniker “R. Reporters from the New York Times used video from the insurrection to isolate the attack on Officer Sicknick, who died the day after the Capitol riot. Given the time of day, no one was injured in the blast, but damage was estimated at $300,000. But there are so many windows and doors in the 19th-century complex that it is difficult to defend them all, said Terrance Gainer, who served as Capitol Police chief and later as the US Senates Sergeant at Arms, its chief law enforcement officer, Reuters reported. Leftist militants, called the Weather Underground, claimed responsibility for a bomb placed in a men's washroom one floor below the Senate chamber on March 1, 1971. Cuomo said in a statement Wednesday: “For 244 years, the cornerstone of our democracy has been the peaceful transfer of power, and New York stands ready to help ensure the will of the American people is carried out, safely and decisively.”. I called my husband, who told me to stay calm and find a safer spot. They ripped one of my cameras away from me, broke a lens on the other and ran away. After that I was hyperventilating, unsure of what to do. The estimated damage was $250,000. ‘Senate Being Locked Down’: Inside a Harrowing Day at the Capitol. —Erin Schaff, staff photographer. Suddenly, two or three men in black surrounded me and demanded to know who I worked for. They attacked democracy. The window entering the Speaker’s Lobby, where I’ve spent hours cornering lawmakers was shattered. The bombing was called in ahead of time by a group identifying itself as the “Armed Resistance Unit”. It was ruled a suicide. In Georgia and Oklahoma, some demonstrators carried guns. Obama says it should not have come as a surprise, and that for two months “a political party and its accompanying media ecosystem has too often been unwilling to tell their followers the truth.”, He says “their fantasy narrative has spiraled further and further from reality, and it builds upon years of sown resentments. Hundreds of mostly unmasked people people gathered outside capitols on Wednesday with Trump flags and “Stop the Steal” signs. Lawmakers react to injured officers attacked at Capitol 0 shares Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was among those who sent his prayers to the police officers injured in a deadly Good Friday attack at the Capitol. Apparently not. "And this is still the people's house.". Despite those rumblings of danger, the Capitol Police force did not request advance help to secure the building from other federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, according to one senior official, Reuters reported. Walking out to her balcony facing west toward the National Mall, I saw a mass of people covering the inaugural stage. Both on your website and other media. While events such as a presidential inauguration involve detailed security plans by numerous security agencies, far less planning went into protecting the joint session of Congress that convened on Wednesday to ratify the results of the 2020 presidential election, the officials said. She said that every four years the ritual provides an example to the world of American democracy. Three New York Times journalists were at the Capitol when it was breached. Trump loyalists incited by President Trump storming into the Capitol building on Wednesday during a joint session of Congress convened to formally tally the results of the election. ... we’ve come to learn a lot about the mob that ripped through the building that day. Pearce”, expressing opposition to the US selling arms and munitions to Germany's enemies as the First World War progressed. I could hear protesters on the first floor of the Senate side of the Capitol, so I went downstairs, following the noise. Trump had publicly called on Pence to overturn the will of the voters, but Pence’s constitutional role in the process was only ceremonial. Pro-Trump demonstrators massed outside statehouses across the country, forcing evacuations in at least two states. "A pickup truck parked at the United States Capitol and bearing a Three Percenter militia sticker on the day of the Jan. 6 riot belongs to the husband of freshman U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of … In an unprecedented step, Twitter suspended the account of President Donald Trump for 12 hours Wednesday after he repeatedly posted false accusations about the election after his supporters stormed the Capitol following a Trump rally. Known as the Capitol Building, the United States Capitol is the meeting place of the US Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the US federal government. and Police said both law enforcement and Trump supporters deployed chemical irritants during the hourslong occupation of the Capitol building before it was cleared Wednesday evening by law enforcement. His victory gives Democrats control of the Senate for the opening of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency. This section is about Living in UAE and essential information you cannot live without. Several members of the Weather Underground served prison time for other attacks and activities, no one was ever arrested for the 1971 bombing. "As we reconvene in this chamber, the world will again witness the resilience and strength of our democracy," Vice President Mike Pence said as he reopened the Senate session. Four nationalists — Lolita Lebrón, Irvin Flores Rodríguez, Rafael Cancel Miranda and Andres Figueroa Cordero — carried out their attack in D.C., on March 1, 1954, from the gallery of the House of Representatives. Inside the House chamber, lawmakers, staff aides and journalists were told that tear gas had been deployed and to grab an emergency hood from under his or her chair. There have been several attacks in the past on the iconic building - made by the British, Puerto Rican nationalists, a Harvard professor and Communist radicals. Ducking under? Washington, DC – Newly-released video footage captured the moment when rioters attacked U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Officer Brian Sicknick with a chemical spray shortly before a mob busted through the barricades and stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6. Four people died, a woman who was shot and three other people who suffered “medical emergencies” related to the breach, Washington, D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee said. Republican Vice-President Mike Pence certified the Electoral College count of 306 electors in favour of the Democrat against 232 in favour of outgoing Republican President Donald Trump. Pence, long a loyal aide to the president, defied Trump earlier Wednesday, tell him he didn’t have the power to discard electoral votes that will make Democrat Joe Biden the next president on Jan. 20. Terms of Use I ripped at the bag, struggling to pull out the hood, a sort of hybrid gas mask with a tarp, which made a loud whirring noise and had a flashing red light. Security initially was handled almost entirely alone by the US Capitol Police, a 2,000-member force under the control of Congress and dedicated to protecting the 126-acre Capitol Grounds. ... what happened on that day and why it was such a uniquely dangerous … But then would I be more exposed if people started shooting? The chaos inside the US Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law enforcement officials called a catastrophic failure to prepare. 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In stark contrast, those agencies were aggressively deployed by the Trump administration during last summer’s police brutality protests in Washington and elsewhere in the United States. At least four people were killed in this terror attack. The floor was empty, except for staff aides yelling at everyone in the gallery to get out. I knew I needed to get away from the mob and hide my broken camera so I wouldn’t be targeted again. On the first floor, I found a handful of syringes and a defibrillator spent on someone — I wondered who — and left behind. Suddenly, it seemed as if every lawmaker had a duffel bag in hand, pulling out aluminum bags and emergency hoods, and staff members were distributing them out to reporters. I stayed, deciding I should keep my eyes on the senators I was there to cover, no matter what came next. But it turned out the suspect was neither Holt nor Pearce, but Erich Muenter, a German who was a Harvard professor suspected in the poisoning death of his wife in 1906. Seven people said to be affiliated with the group, many who identified as Marxists or communists, were arrested beginning in 1985 for the Capitol Building bomb attack as well as a Brinks truck robbery and bombings at military installations. Was it worth scuttling down a few steps to see if the TV equipment provided more cover? The tally followed a joint session of the House and Senate that was interrupted by supporters of the president who stormed the US Capitol, bringing violence and mayhem to the seat of government. It was part of the push for nationhood for Puerto Rico and a push back at US colonialism. When the Left Attacked the Capitol Fifty years ago, extremists bombed the seat of American democracy to end a war and start a revolution. Tear gas had been deployed in the Rotunda, an officer said, and everyone needed to grab an emergency hood from under his or her chair and prepare to put it on. Police said 52 people were arrested as of Wednesday night, including 26 on the Capitol grounds. Here's an explanation of some of the major related events. I found a spot to hide my camera in there, then stood watching the crowd from the balcony and filming from my phone, which was all I had left. The 33-year-old Ossoff defeated 71-year-old Republican David Perdue, who held the seat for the past six years and had the strong support of President Donald Trump. I didn’t know where I could go since I no longer had my congressional credentials. Many politicians, members of the press and international leaders reacted with horror and incredulity to images from the Capitol. British forces tried to burn the Capitol in 1814. They will join law enforcement from Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey who are also coming to D.C.’s aid. No one came. I thought about how stupid I was to have left my bag at my desk on the opposite end of the Capitol, and asked to borrow someone’s computer charger just in case. Police struggled for more than three hours after the invasion to clear the Capitol of Trump supporters before declaring the building secure shortly after 5.30pm. The next day, the same suspect proceeded to the Long Island home of financier J.P. Morgan Jr., — who he pegged as a war profiteer — injuring him with two shots before being subdued by Morgan's butler. Now everything had ground to a halt and I had about 10 seconds to decide whether to run out or get locked in myself. Five congressmen — Republicans Alvin Bentley and Ben Jensen, and Democrats Clifford Davis, George Hyde Fallon and Kenneth Roberts — were injured by gunfire. Former Vice President Mike Pence was a perhaps unlikely hero of Day 2 of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial — unlikely because the people lauding his courage and extolling his patriotic fulfillment of duty to God and country were the fairly progressive Democrats prosecuting the case that Trump incited an insurrection on Jan. 6. A bomb planted just outside the Senate on November 7, 1983 exploded but did not lead to any casualties. Remain inside and calm, he instructed. I looked down the hall to the Rotunda and saw what looked like a hundred people running around, yelling and pulling around a podium. Police said at least one person was shot inside the Capitol" their condition was not immediately known. One rioter was captured by a photographer casually shouldering a large Confederate battle flag as he strode inside the Capitol. © Al Nisr Publishing LLC 2021. The building's design was selected by President George Washington from a number of competition entries in 1793. Biden held his own rally Monday to urge his coalition to turn out for Ossoff, a former congressional aide and journalist. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again.". Looking left, we saw a stream of senators snaking out ahead into the narrow subterranean tunnels that connect the sprawling Capitol campus. Here’s a look at some of them. "To those who wreaked havoc in our Capitol today, you did not win. The building is one of America's most iconic buildings, and a prime example of 19th-century neoclassical architecture. Trump earlier encouraged his supporters occupying the U.S. Capitol to “remain peaceful,” but he did not call for them to disperse. The district's police chief said at least 13 people were arrested, and five firearms had been recovered during the pro-Trump protests on Wednesday. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), for … New York Times video shows officer Sicknick attacked in Capitol Riots March 24, 2021, 12:15 PM New video released by the New York Times shows what might have happened to U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick before he died. A brief scuffle between pro-Trump demonstrators, who included members of the Proud Boys, and counterprotesters broke out in Columbus, Ohio, but there was no immediate threat to the Capitol. Pelosi made her comments as the House reconvened after being shut down for hours Wednesday by unruly pro-Trump protesters. Face down behind an auditorium chair, I could see a few officers with guns drawn at the barricaded chamber doors. "We must and we will show to the country, and indeed to the world, that we will not be diverted from our duty, that we will respect our responsibility to the constitution and to the American people.". I sent a few “I love you” texts, otherwise frozen on the ground. I ran to the third floor, opened the first door I saw and hid in a hallway. And National Guard reinforcements, summoned by the city’s mayor, were not mobilised until more than an hour after protesters had first breached the barricades. I’ll never forget their kindness in that moment. Later, after the Capitol had been cleared and secured, we retraced our steps, along with staff aides who carried two mahogany boxes containing the Electoral College certificates. With the two Democratic victories, the Senate will have a 50-50 seat split between the parties. As Congress gavelled back into session after violence and chaos to resume the process of certifying Joe Biden's presidential election victory, Vice President Mike Pence insisted that ‘violence never wins’. Washington, D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee said the dead on Wednesday included a woman who was shot by the US Capitol Police, as well as three others who died in “medical emergencies.”. [Events were detailed in the 2014 book by Howard Blum, Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America.]. Cuomo, a Democrat, said 1,000 troops would be sent for up to two weeks at the request of US National Guard officials. Senator Amy Klobuchar blurted out that shots might have been fired. He had fled to Mexico and returned with an alias. Benches were upturned. ... 30 minutes before detonation. Lebrón received a 50-year sentence, while the men received 75 years in prison for attempted murder and other charges. “This will be the start of a civil war revolution,” a man next to me said. Violence never wins, freedom wins," Pence added. In the other race, the Rev. The staff of Utah Gov. For reasons that remained unclear as of early Thursday, other arms of the US federal government’s vast security apparatus did not arrive in force for hours as rioters besieged the seat of Congress. I didn’t know what might happen. FBI releases video of ‘most violent’ suspects from Capitol riot. Cancel Miranda, the last surviving member of the group, died in March 2020. The Capitol is a short walk from where Trump in a speech railed against the election just before the riot began, calling the vote an egregious assault on our democracy and urging his supporters to walk down to the Capitol in a Save America March. A hush fell over the room and sirens wailed outside. “Senate being locked down,” I texted my editor. But then the police found me. The body man for Senator Chuck Schumer of New York had a firm grasp on his suit behind his neck. I started thinking about how I really wasn’t shielded behind this chair. I just wanted them to know. Representative Markwayne Mullin, Republican of Oklahoma, was trying to reason with whomever was banging on the door. Trump said in a statement tweeted by his social media director Dan Scavino, "Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. The footage, which was originally recorded by Here And There Media, was released after being obtained […] Soft drinks littered the halls. They drew their guns, pointed them and yelled at me to get down on my hands and knees. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The FBI has released new videos showing 10 new suspects seen assaulting officers during the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January. As I lay on the ground, two other photojournalists came into the hall and started shouting “She’s a journalist!”, The officers told us it wasn’t safe to leave, and helped us find a room to barricade ourselves in. You could hear banging outside, so I crouched behind a desk, the reality of the chamber being breached sinking in. Register to read and get full access to gulfnews.com, By clicking below to sign up, you're agreeing to our Lawmakers were yelling. They threw me to the floor, trying to take my cameras. Rioters forced their way past metal security barricades, broke windows and scaled walls to fight their way into the Capitol. In addition to its use by Congress, the Capitol is a museum of American art and history. New Mexico state police evacuated staff from a statehouse building that includes the governor’s and secretary of state’s offices as a precaution shortly after hundreds of flag-waving supporters arrived in a vehicle caravan and on horseback. Pro-Trump whites afraid of being replaced attacked the Capitol. The counting of the electoral votes of the presidential election by Congress, normally a formality, was preceded by weeks of threats in social media that planned pro-Trump protests could descend into violence. At this point, I thought I could be killed and no one would stop them. Three New York Times journalists were at the Capitol when it was breached. I dashed to grab my laptop and plunged with a handful of reporters down three floors, where a lone officer held back a pair of doors leading to the Capitol Visitor Center, built after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as an underground fortress of sorts. Here’s how they experienced it. People just watched. I told them that I was a photojournalist and that my pass had been stolen, but they didn’t believe me. I was shocked they’d made it inside, and thought this would be the big moment of the day: a small group of protesters having breached the Capitol building. ", New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is sending 1,000 members of the state’s National Guard to Washington, D.C., to help “the peaceful transition of presidential power.”. I just kept updating my story, needing something to keep me distracted. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress' certification of President-elect Joe Biden's election win will show the world it won't back down. There was a banister separating the area into sections and we struggled to climb over. That lapse came despite glaring warning signs of potential violence by hardline supporters of President Donald Trump, who are inflamed by Trump’s claims of a stolen election and hope to block the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Reuters reported. Editorial: The Capitol rioters didn't 'love this country.' Pro-Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, forcing lawmakers to hide for hours. Four people died as supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the US Capitol. 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