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That's
interesting. Trunk checks.

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Yeah. We're not
gonna drive shit in there.

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This is gonna be
the most high vis area.

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So this is where we're gonna
want people seeing, you know,

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US troops gunning
down patriotic Americans.

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Can you keep tabs on
the suburban behind us

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with your side
view? Not like hardcore.

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I just wanna
see if they follow us

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all the way across the bridge.

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Key is trying to
lure the response teams

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into Virginia
- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

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and then cutting the bridges.

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Yeah. 'Cause all of our
insiders are in the DC Guard.

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Correct?
- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

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Here's Washington Monument,

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here's the White House,
- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

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a dead reckoning from us
to the Washington Monument,

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and you're gonna watch
that fucker right across.

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Yep.

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A little gasoline,
you've got a big distraction.

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Right.

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- That close to the Pentagon's
- Yeah.

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gonna get a response.

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Right.

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Ready?

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Yep.

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My fellow Americans,

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when our ancestors came
to these shores centuries ago,

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they brought with
them two essential elements

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that would
ensure their survival,

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faith, and purpose.

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Faith is a gift from God to us.

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Purpose is what
gives us the ability

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to put that power to use.

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It is undeniable that this
past election was stolen

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and it is Hotham
who is attempting a coup

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to consolidate his illegitimate
power and eliminate

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our God-given
freedoms.

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To all those
members of the armed forces

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watching and listening,

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join with us to
defend our liberty and land,

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with faith and purpose. America,

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God and freedom will prevail.

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Yeah. Yep.

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Should I be
friendlier?

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- No. Mm-mm [negative].
- No?

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- I'm gonna join up.
- Yeah?

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You motivated yourself?

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- I did.
- Okay.

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Guys happy with
that?

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About a year ago,
three Generals penned an op-ed

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in the Washington Post
that said,

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"We're increasingly concerned
about extremism in the ranks

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and that the next
insurrection like activity

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could involve members
of the active duty military.

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One of the recommendations
the generals made was that

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the Pentagon and
DHS should take some time

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to war game what
that might look like

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and what
the implications would be.

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I am President Hotham,

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Commander in Chief
of the US Armed Forces,

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Chief Executive of
the United States of America,

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elected to a four-year term,

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just completed
reelection campaign,

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which is under fault's dispute.

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So I'm playing the role of
Chief of National Guard Bureau

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and the DC Commander.

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Well, I am
Secretary of Homeland Security.

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It's a tough job.
- It's a tough job, right?

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- Somebody's gotta do it,
- Somebody.

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right? Might as
well be you, right?

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Yeah.

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Are you nervous at all?

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It's not a nervousness
of playing the exercise,

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as much as we're probably gonna
have to make decisions about

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level of force.
- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

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And that, that's very heavy.

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I've been, I've been, I've
been in the real situation room.

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These are
really tough decisions.

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I'm David Crease.

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I'm the Director of
National Intelligence

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for this exercise.
- Oh, great.

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- Just wanted to say hello.
- Great.

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You'll be
seeing me at the table.

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- Okay, great.
- Yeah.

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- All right. Tell me,
- Enjoy it.

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what's your background here?
- CIA.

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That voice is
not the Pentagon.

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We're not DHS, but
we do have an incredible number

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of folks in our network
who have held positions

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in these agencies
who volunteered to serve

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and are taking this
issue really seriously.

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So we thought why not
bring them all together

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and where things go from there

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will be up to the role players.

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Seated around this
room is an incredible diversity

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of professional experience

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spanning the last five
presidential administrations.

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All of us are here today

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because we are
increasingly concerned

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by the rise of
domestic extremism

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and radicalization
in this country,

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specifically within
the active duty military forces.

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I don't need to tell you that
the alarms are flashing red.

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Most of you have at
one point, sworn under oath

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to protect and
defend the constitution.

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Today, we'll examine
a frightening scenario.

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What happens when those
in uniform break that oath?

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I think what
brought us all together is

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a need to be better prepared,

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and the exercise is

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Introduction to
Coup Prevention 101.

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I'm a retired
Lieutenant General.

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I spent 37 years in the Army.

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I'm pretty
adamantly non-partisan.

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In fact, that was one of
my conditions for participation,

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that it was not
a partisan exercise

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because this should
not be about politics.

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This is about security.

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So we have the situation room,

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we've got
the press briefing room,

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and we've got the Red Cell room.

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Classic
terminology for war gaming...

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White cell is your game masters

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controlling
the scenario and adding injects.

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Blue team is
typically the good guys.

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And then
Red Cell is your opponent.

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Me and my team,
we spend all day, every day,

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studying extremist
movements.

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In the simulation, we're
like the real chaos agents,

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like we're the ground,

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ground teams, right?
- Right. Yeah. Yeah.

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You guys are the,

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the Bannon stone figures.
- But we're in touch.

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Yes.

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The events of January 6th
surprised a lot of Americans.

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It did not surprise those
who followed the far right.

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These threats
are advancing in a way

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that the average
American just has no idea.

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Eroding confidence in
democracy was successful.

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Next January 6th is
another inflection point.

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These insurrectionists
have recognized

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that this certification
of the next president

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is a vulnerability
that can be exploited.

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Three, two... From Washington,

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I'm Isha Sesay.

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The question on the minds
of many at this moment is,

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is our government and military

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prepared to face this challenge?

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We're certainly as
a country more divided

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than any time in my lifetime.

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I thought that fever would
break. I don't think
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What I wanna do is
think about the unthinkable,

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the plausible
scenario that seems implausible.

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And do all of this

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with sort of the ghosts of
January 6th hovering over us,

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knowing what could
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doesn't respond
in the right way.

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This isn't scripted.

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I have no idea if at
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this country
collapses or comes together.

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The scenario
that we've designed

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begins with
a contested election.

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You have members
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siding with the losing
candidate and disobeying orders.

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Welcome everyone.
Thank you for being here.

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You have six hours
to avert a civil war

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and ensure
the peaceful transfer of power.

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If the clock runs
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to certify the election results,

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you lose and
the insurrection to swing.

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This is not something

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that is just one
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It is a force that could
tear our country apart.

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What we are here
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our national security system.

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I want them to be prepared
for the worst case scenarios.

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If the bad guys in this
scenario win, democracy loses.

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Mr. President, we are
gonna be starting the game

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in 5,

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4,

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3,

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2,

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1.

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We're breaking
into regular programming

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to bring you this
special report from the Capitol,

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where Congress
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to certify President John
Hotham's election to
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after his defeat
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But we are now getting word
that thousands have gathered

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on the National Mall
with hundreds of protestors

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currently facing off
against law enforcement.

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This is what
we know at the moment.

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A security checkpoint
at the Capitol has appeared

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to have been breached by
protestors for Robert Strickland

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with the help of DC Guardsmen
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that had been
securing the checkpoints.

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This is breaking
news. It is fast developing.

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We are awaiting word from
the Pentagon and the White House

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on how severe
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and if there is
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in military ranks.

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Mr. President, ladies
and gentlemen, good morning.

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I'm here to
brief you on an evolving

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situation at the US Capitol.

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We've identified a group known
as the, "Order of Columbus,"

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that we believe is
behind the violence.

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It's a very dynamic situation,

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both what is
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as well as our understanding
of that is evolving.

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What we have heard in
this unexpected breach was that

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the protestors have
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evolved communications,

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and evolved weapons
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So the Order of Columbus

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is part of
the sovereign citizen movement.

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It is founded on the belief that

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the founders
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based on biblical interpretation
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the existing government
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Part of the Order
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involve registering
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They do this for at
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One is to escape financial
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and the next is to
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against public
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And consequently,
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immune from
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That's all
the information I have for now.

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If there's something you'd
like me to go through again

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or explain further,
I'd be happy to do so.

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Pete, do you have any idea

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how many people
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Sir, estimate on
the mall is several thousand,

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less than 10,000.

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The FBI, along with
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estimate that of
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DC National Guard personnel
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approximately 180
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to be affiliated
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Secret Service
describes the situation as dicey

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and a powder keg
waiting to explode.

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I'm about to
drop the, the DOD one

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right now.

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Can, can I interrupt? Mr.
President, we're hearing that

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the movement on
the Capitol is escalating.

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I think we need
to make a statement.

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It needs to be clear on
what's gonna happen if in fact

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this continues and
this movement continues.

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And so I think it's,
time is of the essence

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to make a strong
statement right now,

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that we're in charge of this.

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We are not gonna let
another 2021 happen again.

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Mr. President,
the fact that we have breaches

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being facilitated
by the National Guard

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is complicating the situation,

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even though there's
multiple redundancies

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in place.
-  One.

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We now are
working with our partners

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to pull them off the street

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so that we can replace
them with other service members.

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We have to get
them off the street.

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The second thing is
that we're gonna have to

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continue to monitor social media

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so that we can pinpoint
who some of our members are

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that may be problematic.

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So in other
words, you are confirming

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that there are
National Guard that have in fact

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led protestors
through. Have they been secured?

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And have they been put in
a secure place for processing

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because they are not
- So...

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doing their duty right now?
- That's correct.

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Sir, if I can
give you an update.

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DHS, we do have a word
out with Maryland and Virginia,

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the law enforcement
community there.

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They are prepared to
surge if we need that.

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So if we give 'em
the word that wheels up now,

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they're gonna go wheels up.

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We don't wanna show up with
a force that is overwhelming,

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too large, or with a force that
is too small and is gonna be

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overrun and therefore is
going to look like we don't,

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we're not
capable of stopping this.

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Suggestions for next steps.

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Often I think,
we want to perceive a leader

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as someone who will
just boldly charge ahead.

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But I think
effective leaders are those

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that first listen and maybe
listen more than they even talk,

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and try to draw on
the best of everyone around them

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to reach sort of
that considered judgment.

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Mr. President, I,
I do think it's going to

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potentially escalate rapidly.
- If we overreact,

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I think it's gonna come back

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and it'll haunt
your entire presidency,

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but we wanna be
ready if we need to react.

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My understanding
is they've already

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breached to the point
of being trespassers.

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I think that what you need,
Mr. President, you know,

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with all due deference
to the, to the secretary,

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and I completely
understand what you're saying,

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I think what the public saw
in 2021 was an under reaction.

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I don't think
anyone is anticipating

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we need the full
strength of the military,

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but we have to respond

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so we don't have a repeat
of what happened in 2021.

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So that's the balance.
Do you start with a criticism?

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A military intervention to
basically seat this president?

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Or do you start with
a, with a scene that we saw,

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you know, four years
ago, which also will taint the,

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the people's
attitudes about democracy?

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And to me at this point, we
cannot underreact to the threat.

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There is
another element here too,

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and that is religious liberties
because this, these folks

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have ostensibly declared
themselves as a quote, "Church."

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Well, I, I, I, just from
my personal view right now,

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that's total BS and we will
be looking at whether or not

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that we can crack that code.

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But it's also
something that is very delicate

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to deal with
from a public relations

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about freedom of religion.

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No one, no one
thinks that's a church.

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It is critically important

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that if we have any additional
intel that's been overlooked,

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that we get that intel
to this table right now.

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We've pissed off
a lot of senior ranking folks

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from all five
presidential administrations.

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- Doing my job. Yeah.
- Great job.

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- They're stressed.
- I know. Yeah.

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You could see
the sweat on their brows.

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This scenario is
developed to reflect

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a lot of what
happened on January 6th,

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but with
the twist that this time,

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members of the National Guard
who have been brought in

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to protect the Capitol,
actually join the insurrection

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and turn their weapons
around on the folks that

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they are there to
protect.

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The military
probably is not doing enough

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to deal with this question
of extremism within the ranks.

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It's not just us,
democracy defenders,

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that have learned from this.

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It's also
the democracy offenders,

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the authoritarians
that are looking to

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advance the cause of stealing
elections, retaining power.

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And they've probably learned
that you need the elites,

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you need military behind it

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to conduct
a more organized coup.

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I'm a Marine Corps veteran.
I obviously believe deeply

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in our military
and our armed forces,

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but we also
recognize this growing threat.

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It's not
something we're making up.

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These are all
bright red warning signs

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and something that deeply
concerns us about our democracy.

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I was definitely
not your typical Marine.

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I came in in the first
class of marine officers

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who could be openly gay.

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I was a liberal human
rights activist, lesbian,

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combat engineer, marine officer,
and still made, you know,

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some of the most
incredible friends of my life.

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So that is one of the things

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that's really motivating
me about this exercise is

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seeing this sort of
widening gulf in our society

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and knowing that my
brothers and sisters in arms

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are being targeted
for extremist recruitment

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in a way that will
continue to divide this country

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and could
potentially cause real harm.

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I still have
a fundamental confidence

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in the military at large,
but the question would be...

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What happens if
there is a violent effort

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to hold the White House
and the only,

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the only
institution that's capable

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of enforcing the law
happens to be the military,

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happens to be
the National Guard.

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That, that aspect
of it concerned me.

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I am humbled to
come before you today.

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For the last 20
years, it has been an honor

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to represent and protect this
great country. As a young man,

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I decided I wanted to spend
my life serving this nation

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that gave my family refuge
from authoritarian oppression.

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We do not serve any political
party. We serve the nation.

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Why did I choose to report
the president's corruption

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at personal cost?
Because I did not put my own

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personal interests
ahead of what my duties were.

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- You wanna try to pull now?
- Yep.

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- Okay.
- We can drop TP2.

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Welcome back everyone
to our breaking news coverage

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of the Capitol in Crisis.

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INN can confirm
that both Houses of Congress

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have been forced to evacuate

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to a secure
location due to violence

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outside the Capitol.

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The formal
counting of electoral votes

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to certify
President-elect Hotham's win

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over Governor Robert Strickland
is on hold

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until the Capitol is secured.

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We have reports
that the leadership of
the Order of Columbus

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is actively calling for
violence to stop the count.

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Hotham and his defeated
opponent, Governor Strickland,

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have yet to make statements.

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Mr. President,
we have drafted up a statement

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and we can edit
it based on the input

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that you'll get shortly.

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At the end,
the right to peacefully protest

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is enshrined in
our constitution.

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- It's kinda messy.
- Uhhh... The ability to

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overrun the Capitol
- Actually...

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and do a bunch of
bad shit, it's not.

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Actually, sir...

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But we will
not tolerate violence.

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- That's right.
- Yeah.

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Like we need to be firm
on like, yeah, you can protest,

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but this ain't protest.

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And you will spend
the rest of your life in jail.

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Bingo.

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This guy got
elected being who he is

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and so don't write
this in Washington speak.

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He, he, you know,

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write it in his speak.
- Right.

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Because that's
what the people expect.

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They expect somebody
- Yeah.

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who's gonna tell him the truth
in plain, simple language,

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not blah, blah,
blah. Keep it in his,

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in Mr. President speak.
- I think you're absolutely

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right, Ms., Madame Advisor.

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What do I, what do
you want me to call you?

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- You can call me Heidi.
- Okay. All right.

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We will issue it and I'll
go to the podium. Thank you sir.

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I, I just, I just
think that the idea that you can

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overreact to this is not valid.

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I think that a show of force

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that you are
the Commander in Chief,

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you're gonna secure
the American democracy,

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is a critical part of this.

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Now they're walking.

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Oh, they're
about to make a statement.

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Comms team just is going out
to make a statement right now.

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Good morning.
The president is currently

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meeting with
his national security team.

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He is well aware of
the breach of the Capitol.

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He is working with all
appropriate law enforcement
agencies

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to ensure the Capitol is secure.

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This administration supports
the constitutional right

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for peaceful
protest, but violence

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or breach of public institutions
will not be tolerated

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and we will use all available
means to protect the Capitol.

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The FBI believes
that the Order of Columbus,

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which is leading the protest,

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thinks that its members
are not subject

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to state or federal
law.

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The administration is
asking Governor Strickland

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to issue an immediate
statement denouncing violence

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and asking
the protestors to go home.

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We will have more as the
situation warrants. Thank you.

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What a weak response.

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I'm gonna hit
him with this right now,

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as an immediate response, "No,
you don't control the ground.

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We do."
- Yep.

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So the Order
of Columbus is a name

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that we made up to
create our kind of mishmash

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of real extremist movements
and to show how they could

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potentially coalesce
around centralized leadership.

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Yeah.

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My team consists
of American veterans

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from all different
branches of the military

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with all sorts of
different experiences.

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Assemble. Where would
we like to send a large body

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of armed crazies?

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- Capitol?
- Capitol.

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At the United States Capitol.

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We are here to play
the role of the unfaithful,

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of those who are
willing to do violence

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to achieve political ends.

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I am thinking like an insurgent.

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I'm doing what I expect
enemies of democracy to be doing

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as they plan the next assault.

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I'm gonna
send obvious pictures

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that aren't American
troops to fuck with 'em.

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I'm just gonna,
I'm gonna flood the zone

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with fake pictures, guys.

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Have you or has
anyone been following?

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- Oh, this social incoming?
- Yeah.

482
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Yeah. It's just
hard to verify which images.

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Like there were
a couple of kind of

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upsetting
images of National Guard

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on the attack and
it's very difficult

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to find out what
is real and what is...

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And there were actual

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images of that?

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Yeah, that was in the...

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We don't know if
they're legitimate images.

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Right. That's
what, so I don't know

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if they're,
- Yeah.

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they could be images from
exercises done five years ago.

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I have no idea. So
that's where we need to confirm.

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- We've seen this be...
- What else are

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We've seen this
before you seeing?

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in a lot of foreign situations,

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where there are a lot
of videos that circulate

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on the internet
that are from previous protests

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and without any datetime
information or forensics,

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we can't tell if these are
legitimate videos, but lots of

502
00:24:36.170 --> 00:24:37.867
videos of shootings.
- Yeah.

503
00:24:38.041 --> 00:24:40.914
And social media's very
active with Order of Columbus,

504
00:24:41.088 --> 00:24:43.917
what could clearly be
called propaganda and you know,

505
00:24:44.091 --> 00:24:45.614
accusing jack-booted
thugs of shooting them

506
00:24:45.788 --> 00:24:46.659
and things of that sort.

507
00:24:46.833 --> 00:24:47.660
So we don't know how much that

508
00:24:47.834 --> 00:24:48.791
is crossing over.
- Find how,

509
00:24:48.965 --> 00:24:49.792
how much of this
could be diversion.

510
00:24:49.966 --> 00:24:51.490
Right.

511
00:24:51.664 --> 00:24:53.753
To divert
resources from the real targets.

512
00:24:53.927 --> 00:24:55.406
Right.

513
00:24:55.581 --> 00:24:56.582
Let me, let me
give you an update.

514
00:24:56.756 --> 00:24:58.366
So we're getting
reports that there are

515
00:24:58.540 --> 00:25:00.890
casualties reported as fighting
breaks out amongst guardsmen

516
00:25:01.064 --> 00:25:03.153
and between
guardsmen and protestors.

517
00:25:03.327 --> 00:25:04.981
So we don't know
the number of casualties.

518
00:25:05.155 --> 00:25:06.505
It seems like
this is starting to,

519
00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:08.028
to spin outta
control.

520
00:25:08.202 --> 00:25:09.812
Mr., Mr. President?

521
00:25:09.986 --> 00:25:11.814
The media is now reporting
that there is fire on the mall.

522
00:25:11.988 --> 00:25:13.599
Are these intelligence reports

523
00:25:13.773 --> 00:25:16.645
or are these
social media reports?

524
00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:18.125
- Right now, social media.
- Social media

525
00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.561
and some standard
media.

526
00:25:19.735 --> 00:25:22.172
We do have National
Herald Examiner reporting

527
00:25:22.346 --> 00:25:24.958
that now Lafayette Square Park
has a protestor clash

528
00:25:25.132 --> 00:25:28.004
with MPD dispatch.

529
00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:31.138
We also have shots fired.

530
00:25:31.312 --> 00:25:33.140
- Shots fired?
- Yes.

531
00:25:33.314 --> 00:25:34.620
It's
being reported on social media.

532
00:25:34.794 --> 00:25:36.752
Is there a way for us to
get independent confirmation?

533
00:25:36.926 --> 00:25:39.189
One of the things
that should concern all of us

534
00:25:39.363 --> 00:25:41.714
is an overreaction
to a news count,

535
00:25:41.888 --> 00:25:44.412
an overreaction to social media.

536
00:25:44.586 --> 00:25:47.894
And so, as you're raising
these social media concerns,

537
00:25:48.068 --> 00:25:49.896
tell us what
you're doing to verify 'em

538
00:25:50.070 --> 00:25:52.376
from official
sources.

539
00:25:52.551 --> 00:25:54.465
I won the election.

540
00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:57.556
I won the election.
I won the election.

541
00:25:57.730 --> 00:26:00.863
Do we have friends on
the outside in social media

542
00:26:01.037 --> 00:26:02.256
that are countering
some of this bullshit?

543
00:26:02.430 --> 00:26:03.910
Because...
- It looks like it.

544
00:26:04.084 --> 00:26:06.129
Well, a, a, a,
actually, Mr. Attorney General,

545
00:26:06.303 --> 00:26:07.522
we should.
- Yeah.

546
00:26:07.696 --> 00:26:09.176
That should be

547
00:26:09.350 --> 00:26:11.178
what we are able to call on.
- Absolutely.

548
00:26:11.352 --> 00:26:12.527
And if we are
able to call on that,

549
00:26:12.701 --> 00:26:15.225
we will find out if
we can, then we will.

550
00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:18.620
Messaging is so
extremely important

551
00:26:18.794 --> 00:26:22.668
when we're in these situations.
The strength in our message

552
00:26:22.842 --> 00:26:26.497
is sometimes more appropriate
than the action we take.

553
00:26:26.672 --> 00:26:28.499
One of
the things on the social media

554
00:26:28.674 --> 00:26:31.590
is they keep hammering
that there's big casualties

555
00:26:31.764 --> 00:26:34.114
and all that stuff,
so I assume in his statement

556
00:26:34.288 --> 00:26:36.551
the president's gonna
talk about the real situation

557
00:26:36.725 --> 00:26:37.987
up there, right?
- No. No sir.

558
00:26:38.161 --> 00:26:39.946
He is not gonna be addressing

559
00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:41.643
all the specific questions
that are coming from the media.

560
00:26:41.817 --> 00:26:43.689
It's going to be a...

561
00:26:43.863 --> 00:26:44.951
I'm not talking about media
questions. I'm talking about

562
00:26:45.125 --> 00:26:46.561
on the social media.
- No, no.

563
00:26:46.735 --> 00:26:48.171
They're, they're
portraying a situation

564
00:26:48.345 --> 00:26:49.999
where there's mass casualties.

565
00:26:50.173 --> 00:26:52.567
Now, we're not gonna have
the president feed into that.

566
00:26:52.741 --> 00:26:54.961
He's got to,
he's gotta calm the waters,

567
00:26:55.135 --> 00:26:57.006
right?
- Yeah.

568
00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:59.052
Mr. President, I think
you shut down the bridges,

569
00:26:59.226 --> 00:27:01.968
'cause we don't know
what the next target is.

570
00:27:02.142 --> 00:27:03.970
Who' is shutting down
the bridges, the protestors?

571
00:27:04.144 --> 00:27:05.275
- And we don't know
- No. Whether we should

572
00:27:05.449 --> 00:27:06.407
how many people

573
00:27:06.581 --> 00:27:07.626
We should
shut down the bridges?

574
00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:10.629
To protect us,
are gonna turn on us

575
00:27:10.803 --> 00:27:12.848
and provide
intel on the other side.

576
00:27:13.022 --> 00:27:14.415
And so, I think...
- And that's, I guess,

577
00:27:14.589 --> 00:27:16.243
that's where I'd like
a little bit more input

578
00:27:16.417 --> 00:27:18.854
because the thousands
of protestors,

579
00:27:19.028 --> 00:27:21.161
or tens of
thousands are here right now.

580
00:27:22.205 --> 00:27:24.425
We don't know how
many are outside the district.

581
00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.905
If you'll recall in
2021,

582
00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:29.212
there were people in
Virginia who had hotel rooms

583
00:27:29.386 --> 00:27:30.910
full of weapons. That's
what we're concerned about,

584
00:27:31.084 --> 00:27:32.563
that there are people out there

585
00:27:32.738 --> 00:27:34.609
who are waiting to
come in as their replacements

586
00:27:34.783 --> 00:27:37.003
for the ones
who made the initial breach.

587
00:27:37.177 --> 00:27:39.005
I'm not ready
to shut down the city.

588
00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:42.399
Mr. President? I'm
concerned about drones.

589
00:27:42.573 --> 00:27:44.140
- About drones?
- Drones, yeah.

590
00:27:44.314 --> 00:27:46.055
I'm thinking I'm
gonna fly in something low.

591
00:27:46.229 --> 00:27:47.840
- Yeah.
- And create havoc there.

592
00:27:48.014 --> 00:27:50.146
This is
a low-scale terrorist attack

593
00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:51.582
in my opinion. I mean...

594
00:27:51.757 --> 00:27:52.322
- No, I appreciate that.
- We're seeing it.

595
00:27:53.976 --> 00:27:55.804
Everybody back to table!

596
00:27:55.978 --> 00:27:58.981
- POTUS doesn't ask twice.
- Defense.

597
00:27:59.155 --> 00:28:03.029
We encourage you to activate
active duty military forces

598
00:28:03.203 --> 00:28:05.292
that we can begin to
flow, so that if we need

599
00:28:05.466 --> 00:28:07.729
the 82nd Airborne Division
or someone else,

600
00:28:07.903 --> 00:28:09.470
they're already spun
up. They're on their way.

601
00:28:09.644 --> 00:28:10.689
Mr. President,
I have a question

602
00:28:10.863 --> 00:28:12.473
of the Secretary of Defense.

603
00:28:12.647 --> 00:28:15.258
Nowhere in your brief did
you talk about the potential

604
00:28:15.432 --> 00:28:19.262
of infiltration of the troops
with insurrectionists.

605
00:28:19.436 --> 00:28:22.526
How do we get our arms
around that? Because right now,

606
00:28:22.701 --> 00:28:24.267
after what we saw
with the National Guard

607
00:28:24.441 --> 00:28:26.356
that's been
confirmed by the National Guard,

608
00:28:26.530 --> 00:28:29.751
we have a concern that you can
deploy all these people.

609
00:28:29.925 --> 00:28:32.536
But if these people
are not on the right side

610
00:28:32.711 --> 00:28:36.323
of rule of law,
that's not particularly helpful.

611
00:28:36.497 --> 00:28:38.760
These are our soldiers. We
trust them, we've trained them.

612
00:28:38.934 --> 00:28:42.024
We, we, we will hurt ourselves

613
00:28:42.198 --> 00:28:43.678
if the message
that we communicate

614
00:28:43.852 --> 00:28:46.202
is that we are
suspicious of our soldiers.

615
00:28:46.376 --> 00:28:47.638
We can begin
with that premise,

616
00:28:47.813 --> 00:28:50.859
but when
the FBI's already identified

617
00:28:51.033 --> 00:28:53.340
7% of the DC National Guard

618
00:28:53.514 --> 00:28:55.777
as members of
Order of Columbus...

619
00:28:55.951 --> 00:28:58.562
But we're counting on
the other 93% who aren't members

620
00:28:58.737 --> 00:29:02.175
to do their duty.

621
00:29:02.349 --> 00:29:07.223
We are in an era
when service members, troops,

622
00:29:07.397 --> 00:29:10.226
and veterans are being
very specifically targeted

623
00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:13.012
with disinformation
that is meant to

624
00:29:13.186 --> 00:29:16.537
make them question
the legitimacy of the Commander
in Chief.

625
00:29:16.711 --> 00:29:17.973
Join the Order of
Columbus.

626
00:29:18.147 --> 00:29:19.801
All it takes is
a handful

627
00:29:19.975 --> 00:29:23.022
of soldiers who've
been manipulated to action.

628
00:29:23.196 --> 00:29:24.458
The election was
stolen.

629
00:29:24.632 --> 00:29:26.982
To cause serious,
serious security threats.

630
00:29:27.156 --> 00:29:28.114
So we're not just talking about

631
00:29:28.288 --> 00:29:30.072
like an attack on the Capitol.

632
00:29:30.246 --> 00:29:32.683
We're talking about
a more sophisticated attack

633
00:29:32.858 --> 00:29:37.166
that prevents the certification
of the next president.

634
00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:39.690
Talking about,
you know, things like

635
00:29:39.865 --> 00:29:42.215
successful assassinations.

636
00:29:42.389 --> 00:29:45.392
You know, look at
the Kennedy's, MLK,

637
00:29:45.566 --> 00:29:48.874
that wasn't,
you know, ancient history.

638
00:29:49.048 --> 00:29:50.614
Sir, I just
wanna give you an overview

639
00:29:50.789 --> 00:29:52.703
of the status of
forces that we have on ground.

640
00:29:52.878 --> 00:29:57.056
Right now, we have 3,900
National Guard personnel
on ground.

641
00:29:57.230 --> 00:30:00.407
We've only had about 50
injuries. Those are minor
injuries.

642
00:30:00.581 --> 00:30:03.714
25 of those 50 have
been returned to duty.

643
00:30:03.889 --> 00:30:06.065
Sir, from
a federal perspective,

644
00:30:06.239 --> 00:30:11.113
the goals are to ensure
a seamless transition of power.

645
00:30:11.505 --> 00:30:13.289
We have about a thousand
troops from the Old Guard,

646
00:30:13.463 --> 00:30:16.423
infantry soldiers on standby
right across the river at,

647
00:30:16.597 --> 00:30:18.729
at Fort Meyer

648
00:30:18.904 --> 00:30:20.949
that we could bring in to
support law enforcement
for that.

649
00:30:21.123 --> 00:30:23.517
For me, the question
is... What's next?

650
00:30:23.691 --> 00:30:26.128
So we have all this capability
from a federal perspective.

651
00:30:26.302 --> 00:30:29.262
What can you do,
what should you do,

652
00:30:29.436 --> 00:30:33.005
if our guard forces and
our law enforcement capabilities

653
00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:36.399
are not sufficient strength
to be able to handle things?

654
00:30:36.573 --> 00:30:38.314
You can authorize lethal force

655
00:30:38.488 --> 00:30:40.186
to protect law
enforcement officers.

656
00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:41.927
Pause for
a second. Is that correct?

657
00:30:42.101 --> 00:30:43.319
You could have federal?
- We've done it on

658
00:30:43.493 --> 00:30:45.756
the southwest border.
We could have federal troops

659
00:30:45.931 --> 00:30:47.846
that with
a presidential directive,

660
00:30:48.020 --> 00:30:51.284
can protect law
enforcement with lethal force.

661
00:30:51.458 --> 00:30:55.288
The more significant is if
you invoke the Insurrection Act.

662
00:30:55.462 --> 00:30:57.986
Then you can use federal troops
to actually enforce the law.

663
00:30:58.160 --> 00:31:00.423
That's what
Posse Comitatus was all about.

664
00:31:00.597 --> 00:31:04.514
So there's a couple of different
options for escalation.

665
00:31:04.688 --> 00:31:06.125
Well, I think
these should be prepared.

666
00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:09.041
I'd like to get definitely
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware,

667
00:31:09.215 --> 00:31:10.216
Pennsylvania National Guard now.

668
00:31:12.218 --> 00:31:13.828
Thank you, Mr. President.

669
00:31:14.002 --> 00:31:18.006
Invocation of the Insurrection
Act is an option that

670
00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:20.574
basically says
our democracy is failing.

671
00:31:20.748 --> 00:31:23.794
I mean, we have a law against
active duty military doing

672
00:31:23.969 --> 00:31:27.015
law enforcement functions
in this country for a reason.

673
00:31:27.189 --> 00:31:29.365
It's called the,
"Posse Comitatus Law."

674
00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.499
And when we convert
it to a domestic police force,

675
00:31:32.673 --> 00:31:35.067
such as we would
been enable to do that

676
00:31:35.241 --> 00:31:36.895
through the Insurrection Act,

677
00:31:37.069 --> 00:31:39.549
we better be playing
close attention because

678
00:31:39.723 --> 00:31:42.465
those repercussions
will reverberate

679
00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:44.772
through society
for a long, long time.

680
00:31:44.946 --> 00:31:45.904
You can tell the president,

681
00:31:46.078 --> 00:31:47.296
he seems like he's getting ready

682
00:31:47.470 --> 00:31:48.950
to use the Insurrection Act
already.

683
00:31:49.124 --> 00:31:50.778
Wow.

684
00:31:50.952 --> 00:31:53.520
What do we, how do
we slow them down? Or do we?

685
00:31:53.694 --> 00:31:55.652
We don't, I mean, they're
gonna, they have to justify

686
00:31:55.826 --> 00:31:56.740
during the debrief
why they did it.

687
00:31:56.915 --> 00:31:57.176
- Okay.
- Yeah.

688
00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:02.137
For our purposes in
the outcome of the game,

689
00:32:02.311 --> 00:32:05.010
if the United States President
invokes the Insurrection Act,

690
00:32:05.184 --> 00:32:07.316
it's basically
like a nuclear adoption.

691
00:32:07.490 --> 00:32:09.362
It authorizes the military

692
00:32:09.536 --> 00:32:12.931
to actually act
on domestic soil.

693
00:32:13.105 --> 00:32:16.369
It suspends certain
civil rights and liberties

694
00:32:16.543 --> 00:32:19.198
in order to sort of
maintain the national peace.

695
00:32:19.372 --> 00:32:21.678
So the Insurrection Act
is a great tool,

696
00:32:21.852 --> 00:32:24.290
but can amplify the violence

697
00:32:24.464 --> 00:32:26.292
and it can make a bad
situation even worse.

698
00:32:37.172 --> 00:32:38.957
Welcome back to
our continuing coverage

699
00:32:39.131 --> 00:32:42.482
of the Capitol in
Chaos. We have new information

700
00:32:42.656 --> 00:32:45.964
regarding the quickly
deteriorating security situation

701
00:32:46.138 --> 00:32:48.140
around the certification
of electoral votes

702
00:32:48.314 --> 00:32:50.881
of the 2024 election.

703
00:32:51.056 --> 00:32:53.754
A new video has been
released on social media

704
00:32:53.928 --> 00:32:56.975
by the heads of the so-called,
"Order of Columbus,"

705
00:32:57.149 --> 00:32:59.412
the extremist group,
which has a long challenged

706
00:32:59.586 --> 00:33:01.980
the legitimacy
of the US government.

707
00:33:02.154 --> 00:33:04.330
Retired Army
Lieutenant General Roger Simms,

708
00:33:04.504 --> 00:33:07.507
who the order
refers to as the patriarch,

709
00:33:07.681 --> 00:33:10.684
is claiming to have
evidence of a stolen election.

710
00:33:10.858 --> 00:33:13.556
And the group is backing
those members of the military

711
00:33:13.730 --> 00:33:16.342
who have appeared
to have gone rogue.

712
00:33:16.516 --> 00:33:18.822
Now, this video was
released just a short time ago.

713
00:33:18.997 --> 00:33:20.868
We're gonna play
it for you. A word of warning.

714
00:33:21.042 --> 00:33:22.739
Some of what
you'll hear is disturbing.

715
00:33:24.785 --> 00:33:27.701
We have undertaken
an extensive investigation

716
00:33:27.875 --> 00:33:31.270
of the 2024 election.

717
00:33:31.444 --> 00:33:35.665
I can report to you that I have
assembled an elite team

718
00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:40.061
of five highly respected
military intelligence officers.

719
00:33:41.193 --> 00:33:45.675
Together, they have identified
that the 2024 election

720
00:33:45.849 --> 00:33:48.765
was an illegitimate
and fraudulent fiction.

721
00:33:50.593 --> 00:33:53.683
And it is Hotham
who is attempting a coup

722
00:33:53.857 --> 00:33:56.295
to consolidate
his illegitimate power

723
00:33:56.469 --> 00:33:59.211
and eliminate
our God-given freedoms.

724
00:33:59.385 --> 00:34:01.778
So the Red Cell is motivated

725
00:34:01.952 --> 00:34:03.867
not just by a failed candidate

726
00:34:04.042 --> 00:34:06.392
who's trying to
steal the presidency,

727
00:34:06.566 --> 00:34:09.308
but also by a religious figure.

728
00:34:09.482 --> 00:34:11.701
Someone with military experience

729
00:34:11.875 --> 00:34:14.791
who comes with
a lot of credibility,

730
00:34:14.965 --> 00:34:19.492
like former General
Michael Flynn, a convicted felon

731
00:34:19.666 --> 00:34:24.366
who spent his career
fighting against insurgencies.

732
00:34:24.540 --> 00:34:27.065
It is not unrealistic
that figures like him

733
00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:30.068
could play roles in an attack.

734
00:34:30.242 --> 00:34:33.462
Those of you who are
feeling weak tonight,

735
00:34:33.636 --> 00:34:36.683
those of you that don't have
the moral fire in your body,

736
00:34:36.857 --> 00:34:38.989
get some
tonight because tomorrow,

737
00:34:39.164 --> 00:34:41.818
we the people are gonna
be here and we want you to know

738
00:34:41.992 --> 00:34:44.517
that we will
not stand for a lie.

739
00:34:44.691 --> 00:34:48.390
We will not stand for
a lie.

740
00:34:48.564 --> 00:34:51.741
A figure like that can be used

741
00:34:51.915 --> 00:34:55.919
to help recruit
Americans into a belief system

742
00:34:56.094 --> 00:34:58.357
that justifies
violence against other Americans

743
00:34:58.531 --> 00:35:00.010
to achieve political goals,

744
00:35:00.185 --> 00:35:01.708
which is
the definition of terrorism.

745
00:35:06.713 --> 00:35:08.584
You truly believe

746
00:35:08.758 --> 00:35:10.282
what you're saying
about the stolen election.

747
00:35:10.456 --> 00:35:12.675
Your heart aches.

748
00:35:12.849 --> 00:35:16.462
You're not just doing this
to earn your piece of history.

749
00:35:16.636 --> 00:35:19.421
You're doing this
because you truly believe

750
00:35:19.595 --> 00:35:21.902
that your country
has been stolen

751
00:35:22.076 --> 00:35:25.601
and you're in
a position to undo these wrongs.

752
00:35:25.775 --> 00:35:26.994
So you should,

753
00:35:27.168 --> 00:35:28.126
you should feel
it in your chest.

754
00:35:29.953 --> 00:35:32.521
Okay.

755
00:35:32.695 --> 00:35:36.090
These cancer
cells within our democracy

756
00:35:36.264 --> 00:35:38.745
can congregate
into a common movement

757
00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:42.227
that follows a common commander.

758
00:35:42.401 --> 00:35:45.273
And all it takes is a tiny,
tiny fraction of American troops

759
00:35:45.447 --> 00:35:47.754
who are assigned
to protect the Capitol,

760
00:35:47.928 --> 00:35:51.410
to betray their oath
because they truly believe

761
00:35:51.584 --> 00:35:52.976
in this conspiracy theory,

762
00:35:53.151 --> 00:35:57.329
this cult, this
religion.

763
00:35:57.503 --> 00:35:59.113
President's
writing his own statement

764
00:35:59.287 --> 00:36:00.723
with advisors over his ear.
- Okay.

765
00:36:02.421 --> 00:36:03.900
A few years ago,

766
00:36:04.074 --> 00:36:07.904
my dad started
talking about Qanon.

767
00:36:08.078 --> 00:36:09.123
And it didn't make any sense

768
00:36:09.297 --> 00:36:11.473
because my dad
is a smart guy and

769
00:36:13.693 --> 00:36:14.694
rational human being.

770
00:36:18.306 --> 00:36:21.918
It's very challenging
to see someone that you love

771
00:36:23.529 --> 00:36:24.878
ascribe to this belief system

772
00:36:25.052 --> 00:36:29.448
that just feels not only absurd,

773
00:36:29.622 --> 00:36:33.713
but so destructive
to our country.

774
00:36:33.887 --> 00:36:37.978
And yet, like this is somebody
you love and you care about,

775
00:36:38.152 --> 00:36:41.068
and who raised
you and took care of you.

776
00:36:41.242 --> 00:36:43.244
That is part of
the motivation for me

777
00:36:43.418 --> 00:36:46.465
of like doing this
exercise, of teasing this out,

778
00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:49.381
of understanding
what could happen.

779
00:36:49.555 --> 00:36:53.907
I want my dad and people
who believe what he believes

780
00:36:54.081 --> 00:36:58.520
to understand that this isn't
just theoretical or a game.

781
00:36:58.694 --> 00:37:01.131
I think that that is
part of this bigger trend

782
00:37:01.306 --> 00:37:03.786
around denigrating
our institutions.

783
00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.614
And if you devalue
our institutions

784
00:37:05.788 --> 00:37:08.704
and you take away
the things that bind us together

785
00:37:08.878 --> 00:37:10.967
as a country and give
us a common identity,

786
00:37:11.141 --> 00:37:12.795
regardless of
our diverse backgrounds,

787
00:37:12.969 --> 00:37:14.710
it makes it a lot easier

788
00:37:14.884 --> 00:37:17.235
to inspire people to
take up arms against each other.

789
00:37:17.409 --> 00:37:19.759
And if you believe
that you're doing violence

790
00:37:19.933 --> 00:37:22.196
because you're trying to
quote unquote save your country

791
00:37:22.370 --> 00:37:26.026
or do something for
the greater good, these are the,

792
00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:29.072
the hallmark virtues of
how folks are radicalized.

793
00:37:29.247 --> 00:37:31.379
Our founding fathers

794
00:37:31.553 --> 00:37:34.817
predicted
that should our republic fail,

795
00:37:34.991 --> 00:37:37.603
it would be
from a threat within.

796
00:37:37.777 --> 00:37:41.998
What that means is, Americans
lose faith in our republic,

797
00:37:42.172 --> 00:37:46.002
lose faith in
our election system.

798
00:37:46.176 --> 00:37:49.223
And that is
happening today in a way that is

799
00:37:49.397 --> 00:37:52.444
completely
unprecedented for modern times.

800
00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:00.974
In the past few
minutes, Robert Strickland

801
00:38:01.148 --> 00:38:04.586
just released a video
statement through his campaign.

802
00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:07.110
It's just come in
to us. Take a look.

803
00:38:07.285 --> 00:38:09.548
What we are all
witnessing in Washington,

804
00:38:09.722 --> 00:38:13.116
and other parts of the country,
is the will of the free

805
00:38:13.291 --> 00:38:16.163
and sovereign
citizens of these United States.

806
00:38:17.207 --> 00:38:19.471
All our friends in the military
and law enforcement,

807
00:38:19.645 --> 00:38:22.212
I call upon you to help liberate

808
00:38:22.387 --> 00:38:24.302
our great nation
from those who seek

809
00:38:24.476 --> 00:38:28.741
to subjugate its people.
To defend John Hotham

810
00:38:28.915 --> 00:38:30.917
is to be complicit in the evils

811
00:38:31.091 --> 00:38:33.006
that I have long fought against.

812
00:38:34.094 --> 00:38:37.663
Walk away, and I will
absolve you of any consequences

813
00:38:37.837 --> 00:38:41.319
or accusations of
insubordination or insurrection,

814
00:38:41.493 --> 00:38:42.624
once I assume the presidency.

815
00:38:44.713 --> 00:38:47.673
Together, we will
restore the greatness

816
00:38:47.847 --> 00:38:50.110
of the American
people and this great nation.

817
00:38:51.720 --> 00:38:54.027
So, so, Mr. Attorney General,

818
00:38:54.201 --> 00:38:57.335
is there a way
we could get legal authority

819
00:38:57.509 --> 00:39:00.555
to monitor
General Simms and Strickland

820
00:39:00.729 --> 00:39:02.252
and what they're
saying to each other

821
00:39:02.427 --> 00:39:04.994
and what might be happening?
- I think that's a bad idea.

822
00:39:05.168 --> 00:39:05.952
- The, the, the short answer
- Don't wanna do it? Okay.

823
00:39:06.126 --> 00:39:07.345
is yes. The question is whether

824
00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:09.347
we should.
- I just beat him by

825
00:39:09.521 --> 00:39:11.523
six tenths of 1%.
- Right.

826
00:39:13.133 --> 00:39:14.874
Right.

827
00:39:15.048 --> 00:39:16.441
And we're in a deeply
divided country right now.

828
00:39:16.615 --> 00:39:19.008
No one has to know
whether we're monitoring

829
00:39:19.182 --> 00:39:20.923
this phone or not. No
one has to know that.

830
00:39:21.097 --> 00:39:22.795
But someone
will at some point.

831
00:39:22.969 --> 00:39:24.231
I mean, that monitoring
- It's your call.

832
00:39:24.405 --> 00:39:26.451
everyone else, I understand.

833
00:39:27.582 --> 00:39:29.410
Six tenths of a percent
in a deeply divided country,

834
00:39:30.846 --> 00:39:32.370
if that ever came out...

835
00:39:32.544 --> 00:39:34.067
- Your...
- Your call.

836
00:39:34.241 --> 00:39:36.374
Can I? Based on the
intelligence that we're getting,

837
00:39:36.548 --> 00:39:38.724
that we're, there's also
pro Hotham supporters out there

838
00:39:38.898 --> 00:39:40.813
that are beginning to clash.

839
00:39:40.987 --> 00:39:42.641
Would it be
appropriate for the president,

840
00:39:42.815 --> 00:39:46.384
not at the podium, but on
social media for God's sakes,

841
00:39:46.558 --> 00:39:49.604
to, to do a quick
video to his supporters

842
00:39:49.778 --> 00:39:53.652
and say, "Folks, we've,
we're, we're working this.

843
00:39:53.826 --> 00:39:55.175
We've got this
contained somewhat.

844
00:39:55.349 --> 00:39:57.438
Don't make this worse. Go home."

845
00:39:57.612 --> 00:39:59.222
Mr. Attorney General,
we, we have, he has called

846
00:39:59.397 --> 00:40:00.789
for the people to
disperse from the Capitol.

847
00:40:00.963 --> 00:40:03.096
Maybe we should just reiterate
what he's already said,

848
00:40:03.270 --> 00:40:04.532
that the people should
disperse from the Capitol.

849
00:40:04.706 --> 00:40:06.142
Well, but I'm
talking

850
00:40:06.316 --> 00:40:08.144
specifically to his viewpoint.
- Quote unquote, my people.

851
00:40:08.318 --> 00:40:10.059
Yeah.

852
00:40:10.233 --> 00:40:11.278
- But you're not, you're being
- So how do you say

853
00:40:11.452 --> 00:40:12.801
to those folks?
- You're being the president

854
00:40:12.975 --> 00:40:13.846
right now. You're not
being a candidate right now.

855
00:40:14.020 --> 00:40:15.021
So you need to be
a president to everyone.

856
00:40:15.195 --> 00:40:17.327
That's true. Mr. President...

857
00:40:17.502 --> 00:40:19.895
Mr. President,
you know, you got four years

858
00:40:20.069 --> 00:40:22.289
where you're gonna be
serving this country.

859
00:40:22.463 --> 00:40:25.640
A lot of how you're gonna
be perceived in your second term

860
00:40:25.814 --> 00:40:27.816
is gonna be established today.

861
00:40:27.990 --> 00:40:31.951
And so the question is, what's
the headline that you want?

862
00:40:32.125 --> 00:40:36.912
I recognize your hesitancy
to escalate this legally,

863
00:40:37.086 --> 00:40:40.220
but I think you have to think
about if at the end of the day

864
00:40:40.394 --> 00:40:43.441
what there is
as a military coup,

865
00:40:43.615 --> 00:40:46.574
then have you made
the right decisions today?

866
00:40:46.748 --> 00:40:48.533
And, and,

867
00:40:48.707 --> 00:40:51.971
and so that's a balancing act
and only you can decide where,

868
00:40:52.145 --> 00:40:54.321
where that balance is.
But I would just urge you,

869
00:40:54.495 --> 00:40:56.018
and I know you've been resistant

870
00:40:56.192 --> 00:40:58.717
to doing
surveillance on certain people,

871
00:40:58.891 --> 00:41:01.546
but you have to assume about
the worst case scenario today.

872
00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:03.025
- No, no.
- What is your..?

873
00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:05.027
I think that's right.

874
00:41:05.201 --> 00:41:08.422
And to be clear, my only
hesitancy was FISA on
Strickland.

875
00:41:10.206 --> 00:41:12.513
Everybody else, I'd be fine.

876
00:41:12.687 --> 00:41:16.822
This is about, "What
if?" What if the, the military

877
00:41:17.997 --> 00:41:20.478
becomes engaged in

878
00:41:20.652 --> 00:41:22.697
civilian politics
- Yep.

879
00:41:22.871 --> 00:41:25.395
in a way
that we haven't seen before?

880
00:41:25.570 --> 00:41:27.920
And how do you prepare for
that? How do you manage that?

881
00:41:30.662 --> 00:41:35.014
I do not think there
is universal acceptance

882
00:41:35.188 --> 00:41:37.756
among political leaders

883
00:41:37.930 --> 00:41:40.889
that a coup could
happen in this country.

884
00:41:41.063 --> 00:41:43.544
And I always say, "Look,
is it probable? Probably not.

885
00:41:43.718 --> 00:41:45.981
Is it possible? Absolutely."

886
00:41:51.073 --> 00:41:52.553
Okay, we're
getting some new details

887
00:41:52.727 --> 00:41:54.337
that are just coming into us,

888
00:41:54.512 --> 00:41:56.339
that I wanna
bring to you right now,

889
00:41:56.514 --> 00:41:59.473
as the situation
is fast developing.

890
00:41:59.647 --> 00:42:01.693
Army Lieutenant
General Gabriel King

891
00:42:01.867 --> 00:42:05.261
is urging all
military forces to not follow

892
00:42:05.435 --> 00:42:07.786
any orders from
President Hotham.

893
00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:09.309
Our military
sources are reporting

894
00:42:09.483 --> 00:42:11.790
that while most
officers are condemning

895
00:42:11.964 --> 00:42:14.488
the statement
privately and online,

896
00:42:14.662 --> 00:42:16.664
there are other senior officers

897
00:42:16.838 --> 00:42:19.275
and retired flag
officers expressing

898
00:42:19.449 --> 00:42:22.670
varying degrees of support
for the Lieutenant General

899
00:42:22.844 --> 00:42:25.194
to the press and online.

900
00:42:25.368 --> 00:42:27.109
If you are just joining us,

901
00:42:27.283 --> 00:42:29.677
the military is now split.

902
00:42:29.851 --> 00:42:32.985
And it is unclear
whether the Commander in Chief

903
00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:36.989
has control of
the country's armed forces.

904
00:42:37.163 --> 00:42:40.122
What started as
a terrible security situation

905
00:42:40.296 --> 00:42:44.039
at the US Capitol now appears,

906
00:42:44.213 --> 00:42:46.955
the United States
could well be on the brink

907
00:42:47.129 --> 00:42:49.697
of a second civil war.

908
00:42:49.871 --> 00:42:51.481
Oh, Jesus.

909
00:42:51.656 --> 00:42:53.962
Look, we got
a serious issue here.

910
00:42:54.136 --> 00:42:55.311
We got a serious issue.

911
00:42:55.485 --> 00:42:57.052
- First... No, wait.
- That's a crime.

912
00:42:57.226 --> 00:42:59.533
- You order Ken to go on
- So what you gotta do is...

913
00:42:59.707 --> 00:43:01.491
You order Ken to go on

914
00:43:01.666 --> 00:43:02.623
television.
- Go on television.

915
00:43:02.797 --> 00:43:04.451
- And it's complete false,
- Okay.

916
00:43:04.625 --> 00:43:06.758
or he will be court
martialed and imprisoned.

917
00:43:06.932 --> 00:43:09.674
Yeah. I, I just wanna say
this isn't about the election.

918
00:43:09.848 --> 00:43:11.632
This is about a potential coup.

919
00:43:11.806 --> 00:43:13.547
And if you play into the theory

920
00:43:13.721 --> 00:43:16.028
that this is about an election,

921
00:43:16.202 --> 00:43:18.291
you're on the wrong playground.

922
00:43:18.465 --> 00:43:20.119
I agree with the chief.

923
00:43:20.293 --> 00:43:22.469
We've gotta secure the homeland

924
00:43:22.643 --> 00:43:24.340
against a very serious threat.

925
00:43:24.514 --> 00:43:27.039
My biggest concern right now

926
00:43:27.213 --> 00:43:29.911
is this claim that there
is a divided military.

927
00:43:30.912 --> 00:43:33.480
Thank you. My
name is Marshall Williams.

928
00:43:33.654 --> 00:43:35.221
I am the Secretary of the Army.

929
00:43:35.395 --> 00:43:39.834
I want you to know
that I'm immediately suspending

930
00:43:40.008 --> 00:43:41.967
Lieutenant General King

931
00:43:42.141 --> 00:43:45.057
and will initiate
an immediate investigation

932
00:43:46.145 --> 00:43:48.800
against him for
the actions that he's taken.

933
00:43:48.974 --> 00:43:51.716
General [indistinct] please.

934
00:43:51.890 --> 00:43:53.326
Thank you sir.
And I'd like to reiterate

935
00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:55.371
that once you deploy,

936
00:43:55.545 --> 00:43:58.070
if you are not
upholding your duty,

937
00:43:58.244 --> 00:44:00.638
you will be punished.

938
00:44:00.812 --> 00:44:03.728
Once you cross that boundary
and you step out of line,

939
00:44:05.468 --> 00:44:09.081
there is no
going back. Thank you.

940
00:44:09.255 --> 00:44:11.300
All right. So I'm
going to have the patriarch say

941
00:44:11.474 --> 00:44:13.868
that the fake Secretary
of the Army does not have

942
00:44:14.042 --> 00:44:17.002
the authority to quote
suspend Lieutenant General King.

943
00:44:18.133 --> 00:44:20.092
King is under my
command.

944
00:44:20.266 --> 00:44:24.444
To all those members
of the armed forces watching

945
00:44:24.618 --> 00:44:29.275
and listening, join with us
to defend our liberty and land!

946
00:44:30.406 --> 00:44:33.279
Fellow soldiers, do
not follow orders from Hotham.

947
00:44:33.453 --> 00:44:34.584
His power is illegitimate.

948
00:44:36.978 --> 00:44:40.155
And I'm gonna
retweet that video.

949
00:44:40.329 --> 00:44:44.464
Antifa has been deployed
by

950
00:44:45.595 --> 00:44:46.988
President Hotham

951
00:44:48.642 --> 00:44:51.079
to illegally

952
00:44:51.253 --> 00:44:54.517
detain our members.

953
00:44:54.692 --> 00:44:56.519
All right,

954
00:44:56.694 --> 00:44:57.695
so I'm gonna send this
out

955
00:44:57.869 --> 00:44:58.043
and I'm gonna make
this an Antifa thing.

956
00:45:00.306 --> 00:45:02.743
Look at
the video I just tweeted.

957
00:45:02.917 --> 00:45:04.789
Go!

958
00:45:09.532 --> 00:45:10.751
Here's one of
our knights being kidnapped

959
00:45:10.925 --> 00:45:12.405
by these rogue thugs.

960
00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:14.276
That is great.

961
00:45:14.450 --> 00:45:16.844
Our knights are now
authorized to use deadly force

962
00:45:17.018 --> 00:45:19.629
against Hotham's Antifa
agents, engage on site.

963
00:45:19.804 --> 00:45:20.761
Yeah, I'm
gonna hammer the fact

964
00:45:20.935 --> 00:45:22.458
they haven't offered updates.

965
00:45:22.632 --> 00:45:24.634
Look how much misinformation
we're just churning out

966
00:45:24.809 --> 00:45:26.636
and they're not fighting it.
- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

967
00:45:26.811 --> 00:45:28.813
Slothman's
asleep at the wheel.

968
00:45:28.987 --> 00:45:30.684
Oh, there you go.

969
00:45:30.858 --> 00:45:32.164
I said, live
picture of the situation room,

970
00:45:32.338 --> 00:45:33.905
because they're not
responding. Look at this.

971
00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:37.256
It's silence, official
silence. FEMA put something out,

972
00:45:37.430 --> 00:45:39.345
but nothing from the
White House, nothing from DOD.

973
00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:41.434
Insurrection is as
much about information

974
00:45:41.608 --> 00:45:42.783
as it is about
the actual physical stuff.

975
00:45:42.957 --> 00:45:44.393
- White House votes.
- Yeah.

976
00:45:44.567 --> 00:45:47.353
They're getting spun
up on all the physical stuff

977
00:45:47.527 --> 00:45:49.529
and they're just
ignoring the information space.

978
00:45:49.703 --> 00:45:51.052
Yeah. Yeah.

979
00:45:51.226 --> 00:45:53.925
The character
that I play in this war game

980
00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:56.014
is I play myself.

981
00:45:56.188 --> 00:45:57.885
I just interpret my history

982
00:45:58.059 --> 00:46:01.802
in a different way.

983
00:46:01.976 --> 00:46:05.893
I go back to a bad
place that I once was for real.

984
00:46:06.067 --> 00:46:07.808
You know, I, I was a 16-year-old

985
00:46:07.982 --> 00:46:09.636
in Long Island where I grew up,

986
00:46:10.680 --> 00:46:14.380
when, when the Twin Towers were
attacked and when they fell.

987
00:46:14.554 --> 00:46:17.557
It made me want to
go out and kill bad guys.

988
00:46:17.731 --> 00:46:21.648
By January of 2005, I was
boots on the ground in Iraq.

989
00:46:21.822 --> 00:46:24.999
From that experience,
I understand what it is

990
00:46:25.173 --> 00:46:28.568
to face off against
religious fundamentalists.

991
00:46:28.742 --> 00:46:30.744
I also understand what
it is to have lost faith

992
00:46:30.918 --> 00:46:32.833
in my country and my government,

993
00:46:33.007 --> 00:46:37.620
and democracy. I fought
a war that was based on lies.

994
00:46:38.839 --> 00:46:41.015
It is our goal to
provide these testimonies

995
00:46:41.189 --> 00:46:44.062
as a means of
bringing Iraq from the abstract

996
00:46:44.236 --> 00:46:46.194
so that the American
public can see it

997
00:46:46.368 --> 00:46:49.719
from a soldier's perspective.
Kristofer Goldsmith.

998
00:46:51.286 --> 00:46:52.244
Next slide.

999
00:46:53.506 --> 00:46:56.117
These are the things
that haunt American soldiers.

1000
00:46:56.291 --> 00:46:57.553
This is an image
I was forced to take

1001
00:46:57.727 --> 00:46:59.512
for intelligence reasons.

1002
00:46:59.686 --> 00:47:01.644
I was told
that I was taking this picture

1003
00:47:01.819 --> 00:47:02.558
to identify this man.

1004
00:47:04.299 --> 00:47:06.562
No one in the world can identify

1005
00:47:06.736 --> 00:47:09.130
that man by that photograph.

1006
00:47:09.304 --> 00:47:13.004
Since I have
returned, I attempted suicide.

1007
00:47:13.178 --> 00:47:15.441
Because of that,
I received a general discharge

1008
00:47:15.615 --> 00:47:17.878
and I lost my college benefits.

1009
00:47:18.052 --> 00:47:20.838
The $40,000 promised to
me in the Montgomery GI Bill,

1010
00:47:21.012 --> 00:47:23.188
I will not be
eligible to receive.

1011
00:47:23.362 --> 00:47:25.712
I was unemployable.

1012
00:47:25.886 --> 00:47:27.975
I had severe
post-traumatic stress disorder,

1013
00:47:28.149 --> 00:47:30.412
which hadn't been
diagnosed immediately.

1014
00:47:30.586 --> 00:47:33.024
I have since been
through years of therapy

1015
00:47:33.198 --> 00:47:36.505
after a very dark
year's long period of my life.

1016
00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:38.333
Veterans are not
being taken care of

1017
00:47:38.507 --> 00:47:42.294
after they return
home.

1018
00:47:42.468 --> 00:47:45.036
For those of us
who served in combat, like

1019
00:47:45.210 --> 00:47:48.082
we've all faced some
serious disillusionment.

1020
00:47:48.256 --> 00:47:50.563
We watched, over
the course of 20 years,

1021
00:47:50.737 --> 00:47:52.957
a bunch of
our friends lose their lives

1022
00:47:53.131 --> 00:47:55.046
or have their lives
irreparably damaged

1023
00:47:55.220 --> 00:47:57.309
by these wars.

1024
00:47:57.483 --> 00:48:01.095
Those types of things
can be all consuming.

1025
00:48:01.269 --> 00:48:04.403
It can fill
you with anger and rage.

1026
00:48:04.577 --> 00:48:08.015
So I'm coming
into studying extremism

1027
00:48:08.189 --> 00:48:10.757
and sharing my
knowledge of extremist movements

1028
00:48:10.931 --> 00:48:12.890
from that perspective.

1029
00:48:13.064 --> 00:48:16.023
I do understand the insurgents.

1030
00:48:16.197 --> 00:48:19.374
I understand what
led them down that path,

1031
00:48:19.548 --> 00:48:21.768
because I, I was there
after I got home from Iraq.

1032
00:48:30.211 --> 00:48:32.213
I think
we're ready to pull people back.

1033
00:48:32.387 --> 00:48:33.693
Who wants to go
first?

1034
00:48:33.867 --> 00:48:36.087
Mr. President,
Congress is still suspended.

1035
00:48:36.261 --> 00:48:38.350
They have not
reconvened.

1036
00:48:38.524 --> 00:48:41.135
We do know that there
are crowds assembled in six

1037
00:48:41.309 --> 00:48:45.748
state capitals demanding
decertification of the votes.

1038
00:48:45.923 --> 00:48:48.795
In response to Lieutenant
General King's statement,

1039
00:48:49.927 --> 00:48:52.059
we are concerned
certainly that there could be

1040
00:48:52.233 --> 00:48:55.019
individuals out there
in the military that might,

1041
00:48:55.193 --> 00:48:57.064
or in the National Guard
especially,

1042
00:48:57.238 --> 00:49:00.328
that could possibly
follow their, their lead.

1043
00:49:00.502 --> 00:49:03.418
And so it's difficult to
find out what is the real deal

1044
00:49:03.592 --> 00:49:05.464
and what is
misinformation, disinformation.

1045
00:49:05.638 --> 00:49:08.467
It's like the fog of war,
basically what we're seeing.

1046
00:49:08.641 --> 00:49:11.426
Joel, let me ask
you... Is there a right wing,

1047
00:49:11.600 --> 00:49:13.515
White Proud Boy
can, that kind of stuff,

1048
00:49:13.689 --> 00:49:16.083
like is in the 82nd?

1049
00:49:16.257 --> 00:49:20.087
And would it interfere with
the performance of the guard?

1050
00:49:20.261 --> 00:49:24.396
I've had units that have had
some history, racial history,

1051
00:49:24.570 --> 00:49:26.180
and they were
gonna deploy together.

1052
00:49:26.354 --> 00:49:29.314
So it was definitely
like we had to work that out

1053
00:49:29.488 --> 00:49:31.838
before they went on deployment,
and there were cases where

1054
00:49:32.012 --> 00:49:34.754
I had to replace people.
- Yeah.

1055
00:49:34.928 --> 00:49:39.019
January 6th and
some of the racial tension

1056
00:49:39.193 --> 00:49:42.414
that has come out of
that, I've lost some friends.

1057
00:49:45.156 --> 00:49:47.810
We're at war in our own country.

1058
00:49:47.985 --> 00:49:49.682
There is a level
of white supremacy

1059
00:49:49.856 --> 00:49:52.250
and extremism within the ranks,

1060
00:49:52.424 --> 00:49:54.078
but wishing
that it just goes away?

1061
00:49:56.515 --> 00:49:58.560
It's not gonna happen.

1062
00:49:58.734 --> 00:50:01.041
Elizabeth,
do you wanna add something?

1063
00:50:01.215 --> 00:50:02.738
Uhhh... I was going to say,

1064
00:50:02.912 --> 00:50:05.437
when you look at extremists

1065
00:50:05.611 --> 00:50:08.005
and how you can get
somebody to disengage,

1066
00:50:08.179 --> 00:50:09.963
if they're fully
bought into their ideology,

1067
00:50:10.137 --> 00:50:12.705
you cannot talk them
out of it. They're, they're,

1068
00:50:12.879 --> 00:50:15.273
it is a long process
even just to get disengagement.

1069
00:50:15.447 --> 00:50:17.318
So from an audience standpoint,

1070
00:50:17.492 --> 00:50:19.799
you definitely wanna go after
those who are in the bubble,

1071
00:50:19.973 --> 00:50:22.062
those who are
contemplating going out,

1072
00:50:22.236 --> 00:50:24.673
those who are thinking about

1073
00:50:24.847 --> 00:50:27.285
maybe this is
the time to take up the fight.

1074
00:50:27.459 --> 00:50:29.809
We wanna figure
out the right messengers

1075
00:50:29.983 --> 00:50:31.637
to be able to
convince them to stay home.

1076
00:50:31.811 --> 00:50:33.595
Yep.

1077
00:50:33.769 --> 00:50:36.511
And, and Mr. President,
Department of Justice is,

1078
00:50:36.685 --> 00:50:38.078
we have a number of tools.

1079
00:50:38.252 --> 00:50:39.819
I'm cognizant, Mr. President,

1080
00:50:39.993 --> 00:50:42.604
of your concern
about the politics.

1081
00:50:42.778 --> 00:50:45.868
However, if we develop,

1082
00:50:46.043 --> 00:50:49.263
whether Strickland
or any of his lieutenants

1083
00:50:49.437 --> 00:50:52.353
are engaged and in
communication with these folks,

1084
00:50:52.527 --> 00:50:54.007
we will need to act.

1085
00:50:54.181 --> 00:50:55.965
Attorney General,
just to be clear,

1086
00:50:56.140 --> 00:50:58.403
I'm not concerned
about the politics.

1087
00:50:58.577 --> 00:50:59.926
No, no. I know.

1088
00:51:00.100 --> 00:51:03.103
What I'm
concerned about is making sure

1089
00:51:03.277 --> 00:51:07.934
that the day after
the certification, that's when

1090
00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:09.979
we have to start
- Yeah. Yeah.

1091
00:51:10.154 --> 00:51:12.591
figuring out a way
to heal this country.

1092
00:51:12.765 --> 00:51:16.334
My concern isn't the politics,
my concern is this country.

1093
00:51:16.508 --> 00:51:18.249
I, I didn't
mean to imply otherwise.

1094
00:51:20.642 --> 00:51:22.427
Goldsmith reading
out, we're about to hit it.

1095
00:51:22.601 --> 00:51:24.081
Order of
Columbus Knights currently

1096
00:51:24.255 --> 00:51:25.865
occupy
the Arizona State Capitol.

1097
00:51:26.039 --> 00:51:27.649
We have intelligence
from ground commanders

1098
00:51:27.823 --> 00:51:29.956
that regime aircraft are
bombing civilians in Virginia.

1099
00:51:30.130 --> 00:51:31.784
And there is intense fighting

1100
00:51:31.958 --> 00:51:33.612
between Order of Columbus troops
and regime forces in Iowa.

1101
00:51:33.786 --> 00:51:35.614
Yep. Hit
it. Hit it?

1102
00:51:35.788 --> 00:51:36.876
All right. We're,
I'm gonna start getting up

1103
00:51:37.050 --> 00:51:39.574
protest footage
together that shows like

1104
00:51:39.748 --> 00:51:41.228
shit gettin' lit on fire.
- Mm-hmm [affirmative].

1105
00:51:44.405 --> 00:51:47.321
And then we've
got this clip of all...

1106
00:51:47.495 --> 00:51:49.932
Can we speed up right
where the people are walking

1107
00:51:50.107 --> 00:51:50.585
to make it look
like they're running?

1108
00:51:50.759 --> 00:51:51.760
Yes. Yes we can.

1109
00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:54.981
One of the things we have to do

1110
00:51:55.155 --> 00:51:57.201
is the oppositional
forces, the Red Cell,

1111
00:51:57.375 --> 00:51:59.028
is we have to try and encourage

1112
00:51:59.203 --> 00:52:01.727
the government to over respond.

1113
00:52:01.901 --> 00:52:04.556
That's huge for
an insurgent group, right?

1114
00:52:04.730 --> 00:52:07.559
If they, if on
January 6th the Capitol police

1115
00:52:07.733 --> 00:52:10.388
had just started spraying
bullets into the crowd there,

1116
00:52:10.562 --> 00:52:12.346
do you think that that situation

1117
00:52:12.520 --> 00:52:15.001
would've been
contained by now? Probably not.

1118
00:52:15.175 --> 00:52:18.265
What we want is
US troops mowing down

1119
00:52:18.439 --> 00:52:20.702
Patriots in the streets.

1120
00:52:20.876 --> 00:52:23.879
If you do that, you play
directly into
the narratives that

1121
00:52:24.053 --> 00:52:27.013
the US government is massively
overreaching their power.

1122
00:52:27.187 --> 00:52:29.015
If you don't do exactly
what they say when they say it,

1123
00:52:29.189 --> 00:52:30.408
they're gonna shoot you.

1124
00:52:30.582 --> 00:52:32.192
And if they do
get killed, you know,

1125
00:52:32.366 --> 00:52:34.151
then you become
a martyr for this cause

1126
00:52:34.325 --> 00:52:36.501
and you're
a huge recruitment tool.

1127
00:52:41.810 --> 00:52:44.422
So going in guns
blazing

1128
00:52:44.596 --> 00:52:45.901
is not the solve.

1129
00:53:31.033 --> 00:53:32.861
I haven't been back
here since the sixth.

1130
00:53:33.035 --> 00:53:35.603
Here's, I watched
the CNN crew get all their shit

1131
00:53:35.777 --> 00:53:37.866
stolen off of 'em
and like smashed up

1132
00:53:38.040 --> 00:53:39.781
and they're trying to
light it on fire and stuff.

1133
00:53:47.789 --> 00:53:49.182
Well, after
being in the military,

1134
00:53:49.356 --> 00:53:51.358
I was a journalist
until after January 6th

1135
00:53:51.532 --> 00:53:53.012
and I just decided
like, nope, you know what?

1136
00:53:53.186 --> 00:53:54.492
It's time to start
doing something about it.

1137
00:53:56.842 --> 00:53:58.060
I was like standing right there

1138
00:53:58.235 --> 00:53:59.932
and just like
watching this shit happen.

1139
00:54:00.106 --> 00:54:01.542
And they're like,
like old men walking up

1140
00:54:01.716 --> 00:54:02.804
and being like,
"Where's it happening?

1141
00:54:02.978 --> 00:54:04.153
Where are we going,
brothers?" You know?

1142
00:54:04.328 --> 00:54:07.287
And I was just like, "Dude, like

1143
00:54:07.461 --> 00:54:09.333
why the fuck was I shooting
farmers in Afghanistan

1144
00:54:09.507 --> 00:54:12.858
while you're breathing?"
You know? "Fuck you dude."

1145
00:54:13.032 --> 00:54:14.773
These motherfuckers
are traitors!

1146
00:54:14.947 --> 00:54:17.906
They're fuckin'
traitors!

1147
00:54:18.080 --> 00:54:20.431
That was a day where
you picked a side and like

1148
00:54:20.605 --> 00:54:22.650
pointing camera
at somebody who's like

1149
00:54:22.824 --> 00:54:25.958
beating people to
death so they can get in here.

1150
00:54:26.132 --> 00:54:28.265
Like nah dude,
this is my house, not yours.

1151
00:54:33.531 --> 00:54:35.794
The only reason the people
in the crowd who had guns

1152
00:54:35.968 --> 00:54:38.753
didn't pull their guns
out is, they weren't told to.

1153
00:54:38.927 --> 00:54:40.625
You know, one of
the like foundational rules

1154
00:54:40.799 --> 00:54:44.672
of insurgency theory and like
counterinsurgency theory is,

1155
00:54:44.846 --> 00:54:48.241
when you start shooting
at one, you've lost. You know?

1156
00:54:48.415 --> 00:54:49.590
And it was just this weird,

1157
00:54:52.463 --> 00:54:54.813
weird moment of like
kind of trying to square like

1158
00:54:55.901 --> 00:54:59.644
that awareness versus
like that really visceral sense

1159
00:54:59.818 --> 00:55:01.820
of like, I just
wanna start swinging.

1160
00:55:04.779 --> 00:55:08.043
We have this like myth
that America is different,

1161
00:55:08.217 --> 00:55:10.611
that America isn't
susceptible to the same sort of

1162
00:55:10.785 --> 00:55:13.658
insurgent forces
that can cause really widespread

1163
00:55:13.832 --> 00:55:16.400
political violence
and destabilize a society

1164
00:55:16.574 --> 00:55:20.447
and a state very fast.
Like that can happen here.

1165
00:55:20.621 --> 00:55:22.449
What prevents it from
reaching that level is not,

1166
00:55:22.623 --> 00:55:24.843
well we've always
got more guns than them.

1167
00:55:25.017 --> 00:55:27.062
What prevents
it reaching that level is, hey,

1168
00:55:27.236 --> 00:55:30.936
what are the best ways to
address the underlying issues

1169
00:55:31.110 --> 00:55:32.329
that cause people
to go down this path?

1170
00:55:35.288 --> 00:55:36.724
It's always kind of frustrating

1171
00:55:36.898 --> 00:55:41.163
to take something
that you use in a war

1172
00:55:41.338 --> 00:55:43.078
and now you're running
around in your own country

1173
00:55:43.252 --> 00:55:46.430
because there are people
who want to do that, right?

1174
00:55:46.604 --> 00:55:51.478
They wanna bring the reality
of an insurgent war here.

1175
00:55:51.826 --> 00:55:53.567
And like, I've been
through that already.

1176
00:55:53.741 --> 00:55:55.482
And like, I don't
care what your ideology is,

1177
00:55:55.656 --> 00:55:56.178
you don't want that.

1178
00:56:02.533 --> 00:56:04.665
On January 6th,
I had cable news on.

1179
00:56:04.839 --> 00:56:05.927
All of a sudden when

1180
00:56:06.101 --> 00:56:08.408
it began to escalate,
- Watch your back!

1181
00:56:08.582 --> 00:56:11.803
it took me back to
a very dark place in childhood.

1182
00:56:11.977 --> 00:56:14.153
I was a little
over two years old.

1183
00:56:14.327 --> 00:56:16.808
I had vivid memories
of being in my preschool,

1184
00:56:16.982 --> 00:56:18.679
looking down in
the streets of Shiraz

1185
00:56:18.853 --> 00:56:20.725
as people were
looting and breaking windows.

1186
00:56:23.858 --> 00:56:26.208
This was in the peak of
the revolution at that time.

1187
00:56:26.383 --> 00:56:29.908
I remember as a child
with this searing memory of

1188
00:56:30.082 --> 00:56:32.824
what it was like to
see authority break down,

1189
00:56:32.998 --> 00:56:35.304
to see what you perceived
as stability and safety

1190
00:56:35.479 --> 00:56:37.176
and security all of
a sudden violated and breached.

1191
00:56:40.179 --> 00:56:42.442
And now here was
arguably the seat of power

1192
00:56:42.616 --> 00:56:45.227
being ransacked and desecrated.

1193
00:56:45.402 --> 00:56:48.535
Nothing strikes fear into the
hearts of people more I think

1194
00:56:48.709 --> 00:56:51.103
than when they realize that
there's no one to protect them.

1195
00:56:53.322 --> 00:56:56.848
What January
6th, 2021 demonstrated

1196
00:56:57.022 --> 00:56:59.633
to many of us who have
that kind of trauma is that,

1197
00:56:59.807 --> 00:57:02.854
you know, there is a possible
false sense of security.

1198
00:57:12.341 --> 00:57:13.821
We've got
activity in state capitals,

1199
00:57:15.823 --> 00:57:17.390
reliable press reports.

1200
00:57:17.564 --> 00:57:19.479
The crowds are
demanding decertification votes

1201
00:57:19.653 --> 00:57:21.176
inside their capital buildings.

1202
00:57:21.350 --> 00:57:23.527
Arizona, Texas,

1203
00:57:23.701 --> 00:57:27.574
Colorado, Michigan, and
Pennsylvania. I think it's just

1204
00:57:27.748 --> 00:57:29.402
touching base with
the governors, making sure that

1205
00:57:32.231 --> 00:57:33.841
they have it under
control.

1206
00:57:34.015 --> 00:57:35.539
So we just saw a Facebook post

1207
00:57:35.713 --> 00:57:38.063
that you're illegally in office

1208
00:57:38.237 --> 00:57:40.457
and just when asked whether
we're talking to Facebook

1209
00:57:40.631 --> 00:57:43.460
and asking them
that any such statements

1210
00:57:43.634 --> 00:57:46.071
violate their terms
of use of service

1211
00:57:46.245 --> 00:57:48.900
and they should lock
down some of those accounts.

1212
00:57:49.074 --> 00:57:51.946
Yes. We are actively looking
at that and we are seeking

1213
00:57:52.120 --> 00:57:54.688
information from our
counterparts around the country.

1214
00:57:54.862 --> 00:57:55.907
Homeland Security.

1215
00:57:56.081 --> 00:57:57.604
Sir, the information we have

1216
00:57:57.778 --> 00:58:00.302
is that the disruptions
and security incidents

1217
00:58:00.477 --> 00:58:02.174
are localized, contained,

1218
00:58:02.348 --> 00:58:05.394
and not compromising
our overall security plan.

1219
00:58:05.569 --> 00:58:08.789
There is no imminent danger
to the persons we protect,

1220
00:58:08.963 --> 00:58:10.269
the facilities we protect,

1221
00:58:10.443 --> 00:58:12.576
or any of
the locations that we utilize

1222
00:58:12.750 --> 00:58:14.491
for certification of the vote

1223
00:58:14.665 --> 00:58:16.318
or proceedings
surrounding the election.

1224
00:58:16.493 --> 00:58:17.929
Sir, we have
information coming to the FBI

1225
00:58:18.103 --> 00:58:19.408
that's slightly
different than that.

1226
00:58:19.583 --> 00:58:20.845
Yeah. And
reporting we're getting in

1227
00:58:21.019 --> 00:58:22.194
that there are still
several thousand protestors

1228
00:58:22.368 --> 00:58:23.674
who are being held back.

1229
00:58:23.848 --> 00:58:25.632
While violence is contained,

1230
00:58:25.806 --> 00:58:28.592
there are reports of
firearms being brandished.

1231
00:58:28.766 --> 00:58:31.246
And what started out as
a couple of thousand protestors

1232
00:58:31.420 --> 00:58:35.816
is now well over 10,000,
including pro Hotham supporters

1233
00:58:35.990 --> 00:58:37.862
who are now clashing
with Strickland supporters.

1234
00:58:38.036 --> 00:58:40.038
So there's, there's different
reporting and that's natural

1235
00:58:40.212 --> 00:58:41.822
in something like this.
- But I would suggest that

1236
00:58:41.996 --> 00:58:43.520
that volume does not compromise
the overall security plan

1237
00:58:43.694 --> 00:58:44.999
that we are prepared for, sir,

1238
00:58:45.173 --> 00:58:49.090
based on lessons
learned from 2021,

1239
00:58:49.264 --> 00:58:51.832
as well as the assets and
augmentations we have in place.

1240
00:58:52.006 --> 00:58:53.965
I'm not suggesting
it is not an issue

1241
00:58:54.139 --> 00:58:55.706
that needs to be addressed.

1242
00:58:55.880 --> 00:58:58.273
What I'm suggesting is
that it is not compromising

1243
00:58:58.447 --> 00:59:00.667
the proceedings of
the election or the...

1244
00:59:00.841 --> 00:59:03.409
l- Yeah, it is compromising
the proceedings of the election

1245
00:59:03.583 --> 00:59:05.803
'cause they're not certifying

1246
00:59:05.977 --> 00:59:08.196
the way they would
otherwise be certifying.

1247
00:59:08.370 --> 00:59:10.024
I'm just looking at this

1248
00:59:10.198 --> 00:59:12.505
as if I were sitting
home watching my television.

1249
00:59:12.679 --> 00:59:15.073
And you're saying, "Kumbaya,
man, we gotta contain."

1250
00:59:15.247 --> 00:59:17.205
And I, I see that the,

1251
00:59:17.379 --> 00:59:19.381
the entire congress
is still in a bunker.

1252
00:59:19.556 --> 00:59:20.818
That doesn't look like

1253
00:59:20.992 --> 00:59:22.820
you've got
the situation under control.

1254
00:59:22.994 --> 00:59:24.561
Yeah, I never
used Kumbaya, ma'am.

1255
00:59:24.735 --> 00:59:25.213
I'm saying it is a problem.
- Yeah. No, I...

1256
00:59:25.387 --> 00:59:26.563
And I'm saying

1257
00:59:26.737 --> 00:59:27.738
we're addressing it.
- I get it.

1258
00:59:27.912 --> 00:59:29.043
What I'm,
what I'm saying is that

1259
00:59:29.217 --> 00:59:30.915
it is not compromising
the overall security.

1260
00:59:31.089 --> 00:59:32.307
- Heidi, are you..?
- Yeah.

1261
00:59:32.481 --> 00:59:33.570
And that's,
that's, that's something

1262
00:59:33.744 --> 00:59:35.223
that the public
doesn't understand when

1263
00:59:35.397 --> 00:59:37.138
you say that.
- I'm not making this

1264
00:59:37.312 --> 00:59:38.531
for a public statement, ma'am.
I'm making this to this room.

1265
00:59:38.705 --> 00:59:40.533
Mr. President, are you and
Heidi comfortable if Peter

1266
00:59:40.707 --> 00:59:41.578
and Homeland Security
- Yes.

1267
00:59:41.752 --> 00:59:43.275
get together,
- Yeah.

1268
00:59:43.449 --> 00:59:45.494
come up with something
which recognizes the gravity,

1269
00:59:45.669 --> 00:59:47.192
but also addresses that we're,

1270
00:59:47.366 --> 00:59:48.715
we're not just falling over.
- Yes. Yes.

1271
00:59:48.889 --> 00:59:50.282
Yes. But bring it back

1272
00:59:50.456 --> 00:59:51.936
before it goes out.
- Yes. We will do that.

1273
00:59:52.110 --> 00:59:54.852
Is there anything
else from the military side

1274
00:59:55.026 --> 00:59:57.245
that I've not been briefed on?

1275
00:59:57.419 --> 00:59:58.943
Yes sir. I recommended,

1276
00:59:59.117 --> 01:00:01.989
we bring that brigade
from the 82nd to the NCR.

1277
01:00:02.163 --> 01:00:03.817
That gives
you an additional 4,000 troops

1278
01:00:03.991 --> 01:00:05.776
from the federal capability.

1279
01:00:05.950 --> 01:00:08.605
If we need to go
there, we have 'em close by

1280
01:00:08.779 --> 01:00:10.563
and able to
respond in a quick order.

1281
01:00:10.737 --> 01:00:13.261
Yep. Have them
prepared outside the Capitol.

1282
01:00:15.176 --> 01:00:16.700
Mr. Secretary,
I think the goal

1283
01:00:16.874 --> 01:00:20.094
is to make the other side fold.

1284
01:00:20.268 --> 01:00:23.010
We are targeting
our, some of our messages

1285
01:00:23.184 --> 01:00:25.709
to the opposition
leadership, "You need to fold."

1286
01:00:25.883 --> 01:00:27.232
We're more than adequate,

1287
01:00:27.406 --> 01:00:28.363
militarily,
- Yeah.

1288
01:00:28.537 --> 01:00:30.278
to handle
anything you had to do.

1289
01:00:30.452 --> 01:00:32.193
You will answer to
the full letter of the law.

1290
01:00:34.195 --> 01:00:38.025
And you know,
sooner you stand down,

1291
01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:41.246
better this is all gonna be
for lives, limbs, and your own

1292
01:00:41.420 --> 01:00:43.901
personal wellbeing.
- Yeah.

1293
01:00:44.075 --> 01:00:47.382
No, but actually, this
is a really good opportunity

1294
01:00:47.556 --> 01:00:49.994
to clean up the armed forces.

1295
01:00:50.168 --> 01:00:50.908
Well I agree with
that.

1296
01:00:51.082 --> 01:00:52.649
That is the goal.
- Good, good.

1297
01:00:55.347 --> 01:00:56.870
I gotta say, DHS and DOD

1298
01:00:57.044 --> 01:01:00.395
are playing
the roles with intensity.

1299
01:01:00.569 --> 01:01:01.962
Yeah. No,
they're really way into it.

1300
01:01:02.136 --> 01:01:02.659
Commitment. Yeah.

1301
01:01:06.532 --> 01:01:07.359
- Goldsmith?
- Yes.

1302
01:01:07.533 --> 01:01:08.055
I'm sending you a,

1303
01:01:11.711 --> 01:01:14.758
a picture map that we just
made that you can tweet out

1304
01:01:14.932 --> 01:01:17.717
as current sitting rep in DC.
- Okay.

1305
01:01:17.891 --> 01:01:20.067
Oh, got suspended.

1306
01:01:20.241 --> 01:01:22.069
Oh, I can't tweet
anymore?

1307
01:01:22.243 --> 01:01:24.681
Yeah, you got, you just
got kicked off of social media.

1308
01:01:24.855 --> 01:01:25.594
You gotta make a new name.

1309
01:01:39.739 --> 01:01:42.089
We'd like to welcome our
viewers as we continue to follow

1310
01:01:42.263 --> 01:01:45.005
the fast moving developments
from Phoenix, Arizona.

1311
01:01:45.179 --> 01:01:47.486
We can report
that approximately half

1312
01:01:47.660 --> 01:01:51.577
of the state Senate and State
House are being held hostage

1313
01:01:51.751 --> 01:01:55.624
by a group of those
loyal to the Order of Columbus.

1314
01:01:55.799 --> 01:01:58.802
The force that has
overtaken the state legislature

1315
01:01:58.976 --> 01:02:01.543
includes members
of the US military

1316
01:02:01.718 --> 01:02:05.069
who have stolen
military weapons with them.

1317
01:02:05.243 --> 01:02:07.898
We can report at this
hour that the same unrest

1318
01:02:08.072 --> 01:02:10.465
and dissension
unfolding in the military ranks

1319
01:02:10.639 --> 01:02:12.816
is also now manifesting across

1320
01:02:12.990 --> 01:02:16.036
local and
federal law enforcement.

1321
01:02:16.210 --> 01:02:19.126
That civilians who
support Robert Strickland

1322
01:02:19.300 --> 01:02:22.956
are coordinating with so-called,
"Constitutional Sheriffs,"

1323
01:02:23.130 --> 01:02:26.394
and rogue members of the US
military with plans to quote,

1324
01:02:26.568 --> 01:02:30.050
retake their states
and establish seats of power

1325
01:02:30.224 --> 01:02:32.400
from which they plan to overturn

1326
01:02:32.574 --> 01:02:35.055
the most recent
election.

1327
01:02:35.229 --> 01:02:37.449
I think you're going
to the Insurrection Act.

1328
01:02:37.623 --> 01:02:39.320
The FBI Director
has some news for us.

1329
01:02:39.494 --> 01:02:41.714
So sir, reporting that we
received in Phoenix, Arizona...

1330
01:02:41.888 --> 01:02:44.369
A dozen law
enforcement officers are beaten,

1331
01:02:44.543 --> 01:02:46.675
the armed insurrectionists
quickly have gained control

1332
01:02:46.850 --> 01:02:48.721
of the State House
and have established

1333
01:02:48.895 --> 01:02:51.115
a defensive
perimeter around the grounds,

1334
01:02:51.289 --> 01:02:54.074
manned by a combination
of civilian militia,

1335
01:02:54.248 --> 01:02:57.208
rogue military
personnel and law enforcement.

1336
01:02:57.382 --> 01:02:58.557
If you have
a hostage situation,

1337
01:02:58.731 --> 01:03:00.689
wouldn't we be looking at SWAT?

1338
01:03:00.864 --> 01:03:02.866
Group this
size, armed as they are,

1339
01:03:03.040 --> 01:03:05.259
may quickly be
beyond the capabilities

1340
01:03:05.433 --> 01:03:08.349
of the FBI SWAT team
and, and the local SWAT teams.

1341
01:03:08.523 --> 01:03:10.090
- Okay.
- For sure.

1342
01:03:10.264 --> 01:03:11.831
First off, this is
still Arizona's jurisdiction.

1343
01:03:12.005 --> 01:03:14.138
Arizona has to take the lead

1344
01:03:14.312 --> 01:03:17.445
on reestablishing
their credentials and, and,

1345
01:03:17.619 --> 01:03:20.187
and taking back
their state government.

1346
01:03:20.361 --> 01:03:22.363
And this is gonna sound callous,

1347
01:03:22.537 --> 01:03:25.627
but they've overplayed
their hand by doing this, that,

1348
01:03:25.802 --> 01:03:30.328
that this is a, a opportunity
to define who they are.

1349
01:03:30.807 --> 01:03:32.634
So just keep in mind,

1350
01:03:32.809 --> 01:03:35.289
rather than jumping
to the Insurrection Act,

1351
01:03:35.463 --> 01:03:37.509
coordinating with
Arizona, making sure

1352
01:03:37.683 --> 01:03:40.947
that it's not an overreaction
to the Arizona situation,

1353
01:03:41.121 --> 01:03:42.775
which is kind of
unique because I'm the one

1354
01:03:42.949 --> 01:03:46.431
who's been arguing about
reacting more dramatically.

1355
01:03:46.605 --> 01:03:48.215
Mr. President, I think
this is an appropriate time

1356
01:03:48.389 --> 01:03:50.217
for you to put
a call into the governor.

1357
01:03:50.391 --> 01:03:52.916
And you may want
even broach the topic,

1358
01:03:53.090 --> 01:03:56.223
whether they want you to
invoke the, the Insurrection Act

1359
01:03:56.397 --> 01:03:58.182
Command,
can we call the governor

1360
01:03:58.356 --> 01:04:01.054
of Arizona?

1361
01:04:01.228 --> 01:04:03.883
Could you please give
the question for the governor?

1362
01:04:04.057 --> 01:04:06.799
What she needs from
the federal government.

1363
01:04:09.062 --> 01:04:11.108
Because I also think like,

1364
01:04:11.282 --> 01:04:12.065
to your point...
- Okay, hold.

1365
01:04:12.239 --> 01:04:13.806
We're gonna ask the governor.

1366
01:04:13.980 --> 01:04:15.852
Ru, Ruby Ridge,

1367
01:04:16.026 --> 01:04:17.331
Balhauer.
- Right.

1368
01:04:18.506 --> 01:04:20.117
We want to be prepared
and we want to help folks,

1369
01:04:20.291 --> 01:04:23.033
but this is a hostage situation,

1370
01:04:23.207 --> 01:04:24.643
where hopefully, damn straight,

1371
01:04:24.817 --> 01:04:26.645
they just overplayed their hand.

1372
01:04:26.819 --> 01:04:27.472
Mr. President,

1373
01:04:27.646 --> 01:04:29.039
thank you so much for calling.

1374
01:04:29.213 --> 01:04:30.301
It's an honor to speak with you,

1375
01:04:30.475 --> 01:04:31.780
although at this
time I'm not confident

1376
01:04:31.955 --> 01:04:33.739
that we have
control of the situation.

1377
01:04:33.913 --> 01:04:36.568
And I'm requesting that you
authorize the federal government

1378
01:04:36.742 --> 01:04:39.310
to use all tools to
regain control of the Capitol,

1379
01:04:39.484 --> 01:04:41.747
whatever help
you can land. Mr. President?

1380
01:04:43.880 --> 01:04:44.706
Yes, governor.
Thank you.

1381
01:04:44.881 --> 01:04:46.273
I'm sorry Mr. President.

1382
01:04:46.447 --> 01:04:47.579
We're, we're having
to evacuate the building.

1383
01:04:50.234 --> 01:04:51.322
Mr. President,
I would ask a specific question

1384
01:04:51.496 --> 01:04:53.541
about the Insurrection Act.

1385
01:04:53.715 --> 01:04:54.934
- She answered it.
- I think she answered it.

1386
01:04:55.108 --> 01:04:56.370
- Well...
- It would've been nice

1387
01:04:56.544 --> 01:04:58.111
to hear...
- She said, "All action."

1388
01:04:58.285 --> 01:04:59.243
All action to
the federal government.

1389
01:04:59.417 --> 01:05:00.113
- I agree.
- Yeah.

1390
01:05:00.287 --> 01:05:01.114
To restore order, which

1391
01:05:03.508 --> 01:05:04.509
is a request.

1392
01:05:04.683 --> 01:05:05.771
You know,
the public doesn't know

1393
01:05:05.945 --> 01:05:07.642
what the Insurrection Act is.

1394
01:05:07.816 --> 01:05:09.427
They just wanna
know what you're doing.

1395
01:05:09.601 --> 01:05:11.385
And does
the situation warrant it?

1396
01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:13.953
I would
recommend that we go ahead

1397
01:05:14.127 --> 01:05:18.349
and ask all the governors
to activate their guard

1398
01:05:18.523 --> 01:05:21.221
in the right status
to secure the capitals

1399
01:05:21.395 --> 01:05:24.790
so that we automatically
have that taken care of.

1400
01:05:24.964 --> 01:05:26.705
It's unfortunate
that the conversation

1401
01:05:26.879 --> 01:05:30.100
with the Arizona
governor was so brief that

1402
01:05:30.274 --> 01:05:32.580
if she hasn't even
activated her National Guard,

1403
01:05:35.932 --> 01:05:39.457
having our soldiers,
regular army, coming in

1404
01:05:39.631 --> 01:05:42.112
could just actually
pour more gasoline on the fire.

1405
01:05:46.290 --> 01:05:48.857
At its base, the
Insurrection Act is saying,

1406
01:05:49.032 --> 01:05:51.077
"The federal
military will not be turned

1407
01:05:51.251 --> 01:05:53.297
against
its citizens domestically,

1408
01:05:53.471 --> 01:05:56.300
unless this act is invoked."

1409
01:05:56.474 --> 01:06:00.652
Might be a power that we need
our chief executive to have.

1410
01:06:00.826 --> 01:06:04.830
But it's also a power
that in the wrong hands

1411
01:06:05.004 --> 01:06:07.050
potentially could be abused

1412
01:06:07.224 --> 01:06:09.400
to great great
consequence to this country.

1413
01:06:12.272 --> 01:06:13.882
So I think it's
interesting that they're like

1414
01:06:14.057 --> 01:06:16.189
not convinced by
the governor saying...

1415
01:06:16.363 --> 01:06:18.626
Well, it's what we thought.
Like it's such a drastic act.

1416
01:06:18.800 --> 01:06:19.540
They're gonna try to
talk themselves out of it.

1417
01:06:19.714 --> 01:06:21.412
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

1418
01:06:21.586 --> 01:06:22.587
Even though they're trying
to talk themselves into it.

1419
01:06:22.761 --> 01:06:24.719
The Insurrection Act
allows the president

1420
01:06:24.893 --> 01:06:27.374
to federalize
the National Guard,

1421
01:06:27.548 --> 01:06:30.421
taking away control of
the guard from state governors,

1422
01:06:30.595 --> 01:06:32.640
but also it allows
rogue members of the military

1423
01:06:32.814 --> 01:06:34.294
and law
enforcement to basically,

1424
01:06:34.468 --> 01:06:36.644
act as their own independent
constitutional authority.

1425
01:06:36.818 --> 01:06:38.081
From their perspective,
they are authorized

1426
01:06:38.255 --> 01:06:39.560
under the Insurrection Act

1427
01:06:39.734 --> 01:06:41.562
to follow
the orders of whom they believe

1428
01:06:41.736 --> 01:06:44.000
to be the duly elected
president,
to maintain law and order,

1429
01:06:44.174 --> 01:06:45.914
to neutralize
the enemy and the threat.

1430
01:06:46.089 --> 01:06:47.220
They're not launching a coup.

1431
01:06:47.394 --> 01:06:48.830
They are stopping
a coup from happening.

1432
01:06:51.311 --> 01:06:55.750
It is undeniable that this
past election was stolen,

1433
01:06:55.924 --> 01:06:58.927
and it is Hotham
who is attempting a coup

1434
01:06:59.102 --> 01:07:01.452
to consolidate
his illegitimate power

1435
01:07:01.626 --> 01:07:03.976
and eliminate
our God-given freedoms.

1436
01:07:07.719 --> 01:07:10.809
Mr. Van Tatenhove,
in the run up to January 6th,

1437
01:07:10.983 --> 01:07:13.377
Stewart Rhodes publicly
implored President Trump

1438
01:07:13.551 --> 01:07:16.684
to invoke the Insurrection Act,
the 1807 law,

1439
01:07:16.858 --> 01:07:19.383
that allows the president
to call up militias

1440
01:07:19.557 --> 01:07:21.646
to put down a rebellion
against the United States.

1441
01:07:21.820 --> 01:07:23.604
Why was he so fixated on that?

1442
01:07:23.778 --> 01:07:25.258
And what did
he think it would enable

1443
01:07:25.432 --> 01:07:27.217
the Oath Keepers to do?

1444
01:07:27.391 --> 01:07:30.959
Well, I, I think it gave
him a sense of legitimacy

1445
01:07:31.134 --> 01:07:33.397
that it was a path forward

1446
01:07:33.571 --> 01:07:37.227
to move forward with
his goals and agendas.

1447
01:07:37.401 --> 01:07:39.055
Uhmm...

1448
01:07:39.229 --> 01:07:41.927
I, I, I think we need
to quit mincing words

1449
01:07:42.101 --> 01:07:44.190
and just talk about truths.

1450
01:07:44.364 --> 01:07:48.455
And what it was gonna
be was an armed revolution.

1451
01:07:48.629 --> 01:07:51.850
He had these grand visions
of being a paramilitary leader

1452
01:07:52.024 --> 01:07:54.374
and the Insurrection Act

1453
01:07:54.548 --> 01:07:57.116
would've given him
a path forward with that.

1454
01:07:57.290 --> 01:08:00.685
This could have been the spark
that started a new civil war.

1455
01:08:06.038 --> 01:08:07.300
Mr. President,
you'll want to see this

1456
01:08:07.474 --> 01:08:10.303
from your special advisor.

1457
01:08:10.477 --> 01:08:12.827
MacDill Air Force Base
appears to have been taken over

1458
01:08:13.001 --> 01:08:14.438
by insurgents.

1459
01:08:14.612 --> 01:08:16.004
Active duty
soldiers across the country

1460
01:08:16.179 --> 01:08:17.919
are leaving their posts
or being removed from duty,

1461
01:08:18.094 --> 01:08:19.747
including 12
special operations forces

1462
01:08:19.921 --> 01:08:21.575
based in MacDill Air Force Base,

1463
01:08:21.749 --> 01:08:23.316
who have declared
the base to be sovereign land

1464
01:08:23.490 --> 01:08:24.709
no longer subject
to the jurisdiction

1465
01:08:24.883 --> 01:08:26.580
of this illegal government.

1466
01:08:26.754 --> 01:08:28.974
Further reports indicate
that at many of these bases,

1467
01:08:29.148 --> 01:08:30.454
there are corresponding
accounts of ammunition,

1468
01:08:30.628 --> 01:08:33.109
explosives, and other
weapons missing from armories.

1469
01:08:33.283 --> 01:08:35.154
Lastly, several
disloyal forces have been caught

1470
01:08:35.328 --> 01:08:36.590
trying to steal weapons

1471
01:08:36.764 --> 01:08:38.853
and become
trapped inside the armory,

1472
01:08:39.027 --> 01:08:40.681
creating complicated
standoffs between loyal forces

1473
01:08:40.855 --> 01:08:42.030
and entrapped disloyal ones.

1474
01:08:44.816 --> 01:08:46.774
You have 12 special ops.

1475
01:08:46.948 --> 01:08:47.949
Yeah, it says that.

1476
01:08:48.124 --> 01:08:50.038
- You reading this?
- Yeah.

1477
01:08:50.213 --> 01:08:52.563
So remember
that Abraham Lincoln

1478
01:08:52.737 --> 01:08:54.869
suspended habeas
corpus.

1479
01:08:55.043 --> 01:08:56.044
There are times when you so,

1480
01:08:58.786 --> 01:09:00.136
throw in the bullshit flag

1481
01:09:00.310 --> 01:09:03.530
and you stop fiddling
around with niceties.

1482
01:09:03.704 --> 01:09:04.923
You know what I'm saying?
- Yep.

1483
01:09:05.097 --> 01:09:06.751
Mr. President,

1484
01:09:06.925 --> 01:09:09.449
we're picking up intercepted
chatter among military,

1485
01:09:09.623 --> 01:09:12.148
that they're taking
what happened in MacDill

1486
01:09:12.322 --> 01:09:14.976
and now they're trying
to spread that to other bases.

1487
01:09:15.151 --> 01:09:16.630
How many
soldiers are at MacDill?

1488
01:09:16.804 --> 01:09:18.763
Well, that have gone
rogue is what I understood.

1489
01:09:18.937 --> 01:09:22.114
Not that many.
These are 12, you know,

1490
01:09:22.288 --> 01:09:24.116
gung-ho killers out there

1491
01:09:24.290 --> 01:09:25.987
who decided to take
it in their own hands.

1492
01:09:26.162 --> 01:09:27.075
- So, so that didn't achieve.
- You've got a 4,

1493
01:09:27.250 --> 01:09:29.339
you've two 4-star
generals down there.

1494
01:09:29.513 --> 01:09:31.384
The concern we're
getting is the chatter,

1495
01:09:31.558 --> 01:09:33.995
that this may spread and
y'all need to be aware of that.

1496
01:09:34.170 --> 01:09:36.128
At every base
you have a base commander.

1497
01:09:36.302 --> 01:09:37.651
Yep.

1498
01:09:37.825 --> 01:09:39.392
At every base
you have military police,

1499
01:09:39.566 --> 01:09:41.742
air police,
something, who's there.

1500
01:09:41.916 --> 01:09:44.789
This is
a series of local problems

1501
01:09:44.963 --> 01:09:48.358
underneath the overall
commands of the armed services.

1502
01:09:48.532 --> 01:09:50.142
I would let
them deal with that.

1503
01:09:50.316 --> 01:09:51.622
It's, it's
a million rabbit holes.

1504
01:09:55.930 --> 01:09:58.150
Hold on.
White House just tweeted.

1505
01:09:58.324 --> 01:09:59.499
- We're pretty close.
- Oh. All right.

1506
01:09:59.673 --> 01:10:01.762
So President's focus
is back on securing the,

1507
01:10:06.158 --> 01:10:09.117
securing Congress and
allowing them to move on

1508
01:10:09.292 --> 01:10:11.032
with their constitutional
duties.

1509
01:10:11.207 --> 01:10:12.077
So they're gonna
try and ignore the fact

1510
01:10:12.251 --> 01:10:13.513
that the,
- We just took

1511
01:10:13.687 --> 01:10:14.732
there's open...
MacDill Air Force base.

1512
01:10:14.906 --> 01:10:16.299
- Yeah, yeah.
- Yes.

1513
01:10:16.473 --> 01:10:18.083
Yeah.

1514
01:10:18.257 --> 01:10:20.738
That's a move. It's getting lost

1515
01:10:20.912 --> 01:10:23.480
as the higher ups are
looking for ground truth.

1516
01:10:23.654 --> 01:10:25.221
So they're just
pushing requests down

1517
01:10:25.395 --> 01:10:26.874
that don't match
the reality of the,

1518
01:10:27.048 --> 01:10:28.963
you know, threat landscape.

1519
01:10:29.137 --> 01:10:30.269
I mean, it sounds
like they're feeling

1520
01:10:30.443 --> 01:10:32.489
pretty...
- Good about work.

1521
01:10:32.663 --> 01:10:34.752
Well, it sounds
like the blue four is

1522
01:10:34.926 --> 01:10:36.754
struggling, which is fine.

1523
01:10:38.973 --> 01:10:40.671
All right, so I'm having
the patriarch put out an order

1524
01:10:40.845 --> 01:10:42.455
saying the constitutional
sheriffs

1525
01:10:42.629 --> 01:10:45.328
are the supreme law enforcement
officers of this land.

1526
01:10:45.502 --> 01:10:47.504
We're calling
upon all OC sheriffs

1527
01:10:47.678 --> 01:10:50.594
who are not currently
engaged in Operation Alamo

1528
01:10:50.768 --> 01:10:53.771
to immediately report
to your nearest military post

1529
01:10:53.945 --> 01:10:56.600
to aid in,
- Yeah.

1530
01:10:56.774 --> 01:10:58.036
In consolidating
the security situation.

1531
01:10:58.210 --> 01:11:00.995
Yeah, in, there
we go.

1532
01:11:01.169 --> 01:11:02.432
Excuse me sir.

1533
01:11:02.606 --> 01:11:03.650
We have reports that

1534
01:11:03.824 --> 01:11:05.609
a armed group of
men wearing clothing

1535
01:11:05.783 --> 01:11:07.480
emblazoned with
the Order of Columbus symbols

1536
01:11:07.654 --> 01:11:10.048
have assembled outside
the Michigan Governor's mansion.

1537
01:11:10.222 --> 01:11:11.745
Governors of
Michigan and North Carolina

1538
01:11:11.919 --> 01:11:13.007
have mobilized their guard,

1539
01:11:13.181 --> 01:11:15.706
are asking
the president to consider

1540
01:11:15.880 --> 01:11:19.318
mobilizing federal support
as soon as possible and agree

1541
01:11:19.492 --> 01:11:21.755
with need for Insurrection Act
if the president wants.

1542
01:11:23.148 --> 01:11:25.455
The question is,

1543
01:11:25.629 --> 01:11:27.195
if you can federalize
your National Guard right now,

1544
01:11:27.370 --> 01:11:28.284
do you need
the Insurrection Act?

1545
01:11:30.329 --> 01:11:32.723
This is
the dicey piece of this.

1546
01:11:32.897 --> 01:11:37.336
You don't know which side
your law enforcement partners

1547
01:11:37.510 --> 01:11:40.078
are on in this.

1548
01:11:40.252 --> 01:11:43.429
Immediate intel in
terms of social media

1549
01:11:43.603 --> 01:11:47.303
for anyone who leads
a law enforcement agency

1550
01:11:47.477 --> 01:11:49.870
needs to be
understood and advanced.

1551
01:11:50.044 --> 01:11:52.612
Mr. President, when
you invoke the Insurrection Act,

1552
01:11:52.786 --> 01:11:55.441
do you actually have
to declare a proclamation

1553
01:11:55.615 --> 01:11:58.052
immediately ordering
the insurgents to disperse

1554
01:11:58.226 --> 01:12:00.620
and retire peaceably to their
abodes within a limited time?

1555
01:12:00.794 --> 01:12:02.100
Can you direct
that your counsel prepare

1556
01:12:02.274 --> 01:12:03.710
such a proclamation?
- Please.

1557
01:12:03.884 --> 01:12:04.885
- Okay.
- Yeah.

1558
01:12:05.059 --> 01:12:06.104
They're talking about it now.

1559
01:12:06.278 --> 01:12:07.497
That's what is
supposed to happen.

1560
01:12:07.671 --> 01:12:09.063
They drafted
an insurrection proclamation,

1561
01:12:09.237 --> 01:12:10.674
but they haven't made the
decision to implement it yet,

1562
01:12:10.848 --> 01:12:11.849
standing by if we need it.

1563
01:12:15.156 --> 01:12:16.984
They need to clarify
that that's the Insurrection Act

1564
01:12:17.158 --> 01:12:18.943
that they're about to...

1565
01:12:19.117 --> 01:12:20.510
Well, they're standing by,
but what do you think is the...

1566
01:12:20.684 --> 01:12:23.469
I'll be curious
to know what the,

1567
01:12:23.643 --> 01:12:24.949
what is the delineation point.
- Question.

1568
01:12:25.123 --> 01:12:26.080
What are they doing
with their national guards?

1569
01:12:26.254 --> 01:12:27.821
What help do they need from us?

1570
01:12:27.995 --> 01:12:30.215
The biggest challenge is
to have the Insurrection Act

1571
01:12:30.389 --> 01:12:33.174
as an option invoked
towards the end of this game,

1572
01:12:33.349 --> 01:12:35.307
'cause it can be used
to catastrophic effect.

1573
01:12:35.481 --> 01:12:36.830
I, I remain concerned.

1574
01:12:37.004 --> 01:12:39.616
We have not
decided who is in charge

1575
01:12:39.790 --> 01:12:41.052
of what's going on in Arizona.

1576
01:12:41.226 --> 01:12:42.836
This confusion is really good.

1577
01:12:43.010 --> 01:12:44.360
They're like not
sure who's in charge.

1578
01:12:44.534 --> 01:12:47.188
The governor might
be under a hostage situation

1579
01:12:47.363 --> 01:12:51.105
or she's evacuating. She asked
clearly for federal support.

1580
01:12:51.279 --> 01:12:54.500
The implication was, "There
is nobody in charge right now."

1581
01:12:54.674 --> 01:12:57.677
I mean, everything that we're
getting through these channels

1582
01:12:57.851 --> 01:13:00.027
is it's clear
that they want us to federalize.

1583
01:13:00.201 --> 01:13:02.508
So I guess I'm not sure...

1584
01:13:02.682 --> 01:13:04.771
What are the downsides
to using this tool,

1585
01:13:04.945 --> 01:13:08.035
other than there's
obviously some huge PR concerns?

1586
01:13:08.209 --> 01:13:10.734
Well, Mr. President,
if I could, right now,

1587
01:13:10.908 --> 01:13:13.301
we're not
putting active military

1588
01:13:13.476 --> 01:13:15.695
into these states to do things.

1589
01:13:15.869 --> 01:13:19.177
What we've done is they're
using their own National Guard.

1590
01:13:19.351 --> 01:13:21.353
So they have law
enforcement authority.

1591
01:13:21.527 --> 01:13:23.877
All we're doing is
providing them the support,

1592
01:13:24.051 --> 01:13:25.879
communications,
logistics, et cetera

1593
01:13:26.053 --> 01:13:27.794
that they're asking for.

1594
01:13:27.968 --> 01:13:30.449
But Arizona and North Carolina
are saying they need more.

1595
01:13:30.623 --> 01:13:33.060
I guess I'm trying to
understand the disconnect.

1596
01:13:33.234 --> 01:13:36.281
Certainly if you don't have
an active hostage situation,

1597
01:13:36.455 --> 01:13:38.239
then I can understand why

1598
01:13:38.414 --> 01:13:41.460
it makes sense for
us to use National Guard.

1599
01:13:41.634 --> 01:13:44.289
But we have an explicit request

1600
01:13:44.463 --> 01:13:48.032
for the Insurrection Act
to be invoked and I think we,

1601
01:13:48.206 --> 01:13:51.688
we need to be able to
explain why we wouldn't,

1602
01:13:51.862 --> 01:13:55.169
in this particular circumstance,
given historically,

1603
01:13:55.343 --> 01:13:59.391
in lesser circumstances, the
Insurrection Act has been used.

1604
01:13:59.565 --> 01:14:02.176
President Bush did invoke
it for the Rodney King riots.

1605
01:14:02.350 --> 01:14:04.048
That was a far
cry less than this.

1606
01:14:04.222 --> 01:14:06.572
Yeah. The question
is, what is it

1607
01:14:06.746 --> 01:14:09.836
that they're facing
that is beyond the capacities

1608
01:14:10.010 --> 01:14:12.578
of their normal law enforcement?

1609
01:14:12.752 --> 01:14:15.276
If there's any state
that might be a candidate

1610
01:14:15.451 --> 01:14:18.628
for an Insurrection Act,
it may be Arizona.

1611
01:14:18.802 --> 01:14:21.021
Because people in
that state have taken over

1612
01:14:21.195 --> 01:14:23.589
the seat of government and
are holding elected officials

1613
01:14:23.763 --> 01:14:25.983
hostage with
threats to kill them.

1614
01:14:26.157 --> 01:14:28.028
In North Carolina, we don't
have any evidence of anything,

1615
01:14:28.202 --> 01:14:30.161
except they're worried.

1616
01:14:30.335 --> 01:14:32.380
What's a bunch of active duty
Army guys are gonna do there?

1617
01:14:32.555 --> 01:14:35.296
This is a really
a, a hostage situation.

1618
01:14:35.471 --> 01:14:37.908
It's the people that are
best able to deal with that

1619
01:14:38.082 --> 01:14:39.213
are local law enforcement.

1620
01:14:39.387 --> 01:14:42.390
I mean, we did
it at Waco in 1993.

1621
01:14:42.565 --> 01:14:45.437
My division gave up one VTR

1622
01:14:45.611 --> 01:14:48.440
to sort of puncture this thing.

1623
01:14:48.614 --> 01:14:52.270
And it's all over
the internet 25 years later

1624
01:14:52.444 --> 01:14:54.446
that the 1st Cavalry Division

1625
01:14:54.620 --> 01:14:57.275
killed all these
people because of a fire.

1626
01:14:57.449 --> 01:15:00.147
If you can keep
the military out of it,

1627
01:15:00.321 --> 01:15:01.758
it's much better.

1628
01:15:05.631 --> 01:15:06.980
Mr. President,

1629
01:15:07.154 --> 01:15:09.983
they're asking you to
take more responsibility,

1630
01:15:10.157 --> 01:15:12.725
is what this issue is. In
my view, you shouldn't do that.

1631
01:15:12.899 --> 01:15:14.510
You should force the governor

1632
01:15:14.684 --> 01:15:16.294
to do the duty,
- To do...

1633
01:15:16.468 --> 01:15:18.426
to do her job.
- Absolutely.

1634
01:15:18.601 --> 01:15:20.167
There's no
reason for you to become

1635
01:15:20.341 --> 01:15:22.561
personally
the officer in charge.

1636
01:15:22.735 --> 01:15:24.520
The, the only reason
you don't do Insurrection Act

1637
01:15:26.478 --> 01:15:27.566
is that the president
becomes responsible.

1638
01:15:27.740 --> 01:15:28.915
- Right.
- Right.

1639
01:15:29.089 --> 01:15:30.526
That's what
presidents normally,

1640
01:15:30.700 --> 01:15:33.833
good presidents normally
do, they take responsibility.

1641
01:15:34.007 --> 01:15:35.182
And the way you do
that, and the way you do that

1642
01:15:35.356 --> 01:15:37.663
is that you go out to
the governors and you say,

1643
01:15:37.837 --> 01:15:39.665
"I am strongly considering

1644
01:15:39.839 --> 01:15:41.885
Invocation of
the Insurrection Act.

1645
01:15:42.059 --> 01:15:44.844
If any governor
doesn't wish me to do that,

1646
01:15:45.018 --> 01:15:46.106
please let me know because

1647
01:15:46.280 --> 01:15:47.804
that's now under
positive consideration."

1648
01:15:47.978 --> 01:15:50.023
Right.

1649
01:15:50.197 --> 01:15:51.895
Taking responsibility for
a president is not a bad thing.

1650
01:15:52.069 --> 01:15:53.897
Can I play devil's
advocate for a second?

1651
01:15:54.071 --> 01:15:55.463
You know, when
we think Insurrection Act,

1652
01:15:55.638 --> 01:15:57.378
we think about
deploying paratroopers.

1653
01:15:57.553 --> 01:15:59.206
That's a bunch of
hammers looking for nails.

1654
01:15:59.380 --> 01:16:01.339
What if
you have a President Trump

1655
01:16:01.513 --> 01:16:04.908
who's considering
invoking the Insurrection Act,

1656
01:16:05.082 --> 01:16:06.997
who has the authority to do it,

1657
01:16:07.171 --> 01:16:09.347
to use federal
troops to enforce law.

1658
01:16:09.521 --> 01:16:11.523
But in this case, right,
it's flipped the other way.

1659
01:16:11.697 --> 01:16:12.785
So that's...
- We're advising this guy.

1660
01:16:12.959 --> 01:16:14.570
This ain't Trump.

1661
01:16:14.744 --> 01:16:15.353
I know, but you, I'm
just...

1662
01:16:15.527 --> 01:16:16.963
That's three states requesting

1663
01:16:17.137 --> 01:16:18.617
federalization
of the, of the guard.

1664
01:16:18.791 --> 01:16:20.663
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 states.

1665
01:16:20.837 --> 01:16:22.316
I mean think
about this scenario.

1666
01:16:22.490 --> 01:16:23.970
The president of the
United States has five governors

1667
01:16:24.144 --> 01:16:26.233
requesting federalization.
That's a pretty strong push

1668
01:16:26.407 --> 01:16:31.108
towards the Insurrection Act.

1669
01:16:31.761 --> 01:16:33.980
We have multiple
governors now publicly saying

1670
01:16:34.154 --> 01:16:35.634
they're asking
for federal support.

1671
01:16:35.808 --> 01:16:38.419
We need to be able to
explain to the American public

1672
01:16:38.594 --> 01:16:40.508
why we're not using
the Insurrection Act.

1673
01:16:40.683 --> 01:16:42.554
Michigan,
Arizona, North Carolina,

1674
01:16:42.728 --> 01:16:45.165
Florida and Pennsylvania have
requested the federalization

1675
01:16:45.339 --> 01:16:47.646
of the troops, but the two
who have not are Oklahoma,

1676
01:16:47.820 --> 01:16:50.040
as we suspected, and Colorado.

1677
01:16:50.214 --> 01:16:52.216
The question is,
what's driving that?

1678
01:16:52.390 --> 01:16:54.392
I mean because
there's gotta be a reason.

1679
01:16:54.566 --> 01:16:57.264
And saying, "Just
because," is not a good reason

1680
01:16:57.438 --> 01:16:59.005
to bring them on Title 10.

1681
01:16:59.179 --> 01:17:00.311
You're taking 'em
out of their law enforcement.

1682
01:17:00.485 --> 01:17:02.269
- They requested...
- This is what I'm saying.

1683
01:17:02.443 --> 01:17:04.010
So the essence of
being a federal government

1684
01:17:04.184 --> 01:17:05.621
and not a national government,

1685
01:17:05.795 --> 01:17:07.535
is these governors
are asking you to do this.

1686
01:17:07.710 --> 01:17:09.233
I'm going to governors saying,

1687
01:17:09.407 --> 01:17:10.713
"What do you need from
your federal government?"

1688
01:17:10.887 --> 01:17:12.366
And they are
telling me what they need.

1689
01:17:12.540 --> 01:17:14.020
Except for two of them.

1690
01:17:14.194 --> 01:17:15.979
I don't know how to
go back to the governor

1691
01:17:16.153 --> 01:17:18.634
as the Commander in
Chief of the National Guard.

1692
01:17:18.808 --> 01:17:20.418
And this is gonna
be a defining moment

1693
01:17:20.592 --> 01:17:22.725
of your presidency.

1694
01:17:22.899 --> 01:17:25.075
Here's what's missing in this.

1695
01:17:25.249 --> 01:17:29.296
We have to understand why
they want to give command and

1696
01:17:29.470 --> 01:17:30.950
control to the president.
- Yeah, we do.

1697
01:17:31.124 --> 01:17:32.865
The Insurrection Act
is a trap.

1698
01:17:33.039 --> 01:17:34.258
We need to have
a further conversation.

1699
01:17:34.432 --> 01:17:36.303
It's a defining
moment in their governorship.

1700
01:17:36.477 --> 01:17:37.740
- Mr. President,
- We have what?

1701
01:17:37.914 --> 01:17:39.480
your audience is
the American public.

1702
01:17:39.655 --> 01:17:40.873
And they want to know

1703
01:17:41.047 --> 01:17:43.267
that Congress is
coming back to certify.

1704
01:17:43.441 --> 01:17:45.486
So we do have to
come into agreement here,

1705
01:17:45.661 --> 01:17:47.358
'cause time is moving on.

1706
01:17:47.532 --> 01:17:50.056
You have to decide which way
you are gonna want to move.

1707
01:17:56.149 --> 01:17:58.238
Mr. President,
10 minutes remaining.

1708
01:17:58.412 --> 01:18:00.806
The president is sweating.

1709
01:18:00.980 --> 01:18:03.069
He's gonna have
to make a decision.

1710
01:18:03.243 --> 01:18:04.854
Mr. President, are you
invoking the Insurrection Act

1711
01:18:05.028 --> 01:18:06.507
or Federalizing National Guard?

1712
01:18:06.682 --> 01:18:08.074
Neither has happened
yet.

1713
01:18:08.248 --> 01:18:09.423
I'm not asking you.
I'm asking the president.

1714
01:18:09.597 --> 01:18:12.600
Ere you doing
either?

1715
01:18:22.001 --> 01:18:23.176
- Mr. President?
- Mr. President.

1716
01:18:23.350 --> 01:18:24.438
- Mr. President.
- Mr. President.

1717
01:18:24.612 --> 01:18:25.526
- Mr. President.
- Mr. President.

1718
01:18:25.701 --> 01:18:26.963
- Mr. President.
- Mr. President.

1719
01:18:27.137 --> 01:18:28.704
Put your fucking
cards on the table.

1720
01:18:28.878 --> 01:18:29.922
- Mr. President.
- Mr. President.

1721
01:18:30.096 --> 01:18:30.575
- Mr. President.
- Mr. President.

1722
01:18:30.749 --> 01:18:31.184
No.

1723
01:18:37.538 --> 01:18:39.149
That's exactly what
they should be doing.

1724
01:18:39.323 --> 01:18:42.195
Okay, good, good, good, good.

1725
01:18:42.369 --> 01:18:45.329
There's 9,000
officers in Metropolitan police.

1726
01:18:45.503 --> 01:18:47.679
We can't make the mistake of
not having the guard deployed,

1727
01:18:47.853 --> 01:18:50.595
but having people
wear military uniforms

1728
01:18:50.769 --> 01:18:52.379
is going to make
- Absolutely.

1729
01:18:52.553 --> 01:18:53.467
a lot of people think
that we are overreacting.

1730
01:18:53.641 --> 01:18:55.774
We need to have
the civilian authority

1731
01:18:55.948 --> 01:18:57.907
and law enforcement
really in the lead on this

1732
01:18:58.081 --> 01:18:59.909
to the greatest extent possible,

1733
01:19:00.083 --> 01:19:02.520
because they want
to bait us into using

1734
01:19:02.694 --> 01:19:03.826
lethal force in response.
- Yeah.

1735
01:19:09.396 --> 01:19:11.572
Mr. President,
current situation...

1736
01:19:11.747 --> 01:19:15.228
We believe we have a handle
on containing the protestors.

1737
01:19:15.402 --> 01:19:17.535
Capitol is secured.

1738
01:19:17.709 --> 01:19:20.190
The critical infrastructure
from on the eastern seaboard,

1739
01:19:20.364 --> 01:19:22.670
including all
the ingress and egress points

1740
01:19:22.845 --> 01:19:24.368
into the national Capitol region

1741
01:19:24.542 --> 01:19:26.022
is secured.
- Right.

1742
01:19:26.196 --> 01:19:28.241
Sir, last
comment from my perspective.

1743
01:19:28.415 --> 01:19:30.896
We're standing by. We've
increased the alert posture.

1744
01:19:31.070 --> 01:19:32.985
Right now, we're
available.

1745
01:19:33.159 --> 01:19:35.596
And the forces have
an increased readiness posture,

1746
01:19:35.771 --> 01:19:38.121
obviously to ensure that we have
continuity of government

1747
01:19:38.295 --> 01:19:39.818
and continuity of operation.

1748
01:19:39.992 --> 01:19:42.778
Thanks General. Let's
get this thing certified.

1749
01:19:44.475 --> 01:19:45.693
Say that members of Congress

1750
01:19:45.868 --> 01:19:48.609
are returning to...
- The chambers.

1751
01:19:48.784 --> 01:19:50.960
Certification,

1752
01:19:51.134 --> 01:19:55.660
certification process
to resume within the hour.

1753
01:19:55.921 --> 01:19:56.269
There you go.

1754
01:19:59.446 --> 01:20:00.360
Okay.

1755
01:20:06.671 --> 01:20:09.456
Welcome back everyone
to our breaking news coverage.

1756
01:20:09.630 --> 01:20:11.284
INN has just learned
that the National Guard

1757
01:20:11.458 --> 01:20:13.069
and local law enforcement

1758
01:20:13.243 --> 01:20:15.680
have officially
secured the US Capitol,

1759
01:20:15.854 --> 01:20:18.944
and Congress is reconvening
to certify the electoral votes

1760
01:20:19.118 --> 01:20:21.207
for President-elect,
John Hotham.

1761
01:20:21.381 --> 01:20:23.993
Master Speaker,
the Vice President,

1762
01:20:24.167 --> 01:20:28.432
and the United States Senate.

1763
01:20:32.566 --> 01:20:34.394
In Phoenix, Arizona,
the local law enforcement,

1764
01:20:34.568 --> 01:20:36.440
and the Arizona National Guard

1765
01:20:36.614 --> 01:20:38.834
operating under
the governor's direction,

1766
01:20:39.008 --> 01:20:40.792
are praising Hotham's decision

1767
01:20:40.966 --> 01:20:44.535
not to send in federal troops
and escalate the situation,

1768
01:20:44.709 --> 01:20:47.625
saying they are making
progress in the negotiations

1769
01:20:47.799 --> 01:20:49.540
to release the hostages.

1770
01:20:49.714 --> 01:20:52.064
The crisis has further exposed

1771
01:20:52.238 --> 01:20:56.068
the deep divisions in American
society and the US military.

1772
01:20:56.242 --> 01:20:58.114
And the burden
will now fall on Hotham

1773
01:20:58.288 --> 01:21:01.117
to heal a fractured nation.

1774
01:21:01.291 --> 01:21:03.119
We're getting word that the
President is about to address

1775
01:21:03.293 --> 01:21:06.209
the nation live
regarding today's events.

1776
01:21:06.383 --> 01:21:07.558
Mr. President,
you ready for the briefing?

1777
01:21:07.732 --> 01:21:08.951
Mr. President, I can tell you,

1778
01:21:09.125 --> 01:21:10.517
you're doing
the exact right thing

1779
01:21:10.691 --> 01:21:13.259
by trying to keep the military
out of this politics.

1780
01:21:13.433 --> 01:21:14.739
Mr. President,
are you comfortable

1781
01:21:14.913 --> 01:21:16.610
with the same four
people being behind you?

1782
01:21:16.784 --> 01:21:20.179
- Uhhh... Sure.
- Okay, let's go.

1783
01:21:20.353 --> 01:21:22.268
Mr. President, at,
at the end of the day,

1784
01:21:22.442 --> 01:21:23.966
I think you have to think about,

1785
01:21:24.140 --> 01:21:26.316
how do we convince
the American public

1786
01:21:26.490 --> 01:21:27.970
that we still have a democracy?

1787
01:21:28.144 --> 01:21:28.884
Yeah.

1788
01:21:29.058 --> 01:21:30.798
And Mr. President,

1789
01:21:30.973 --> 01:21:33.323
talk about the constitution
has served us well.

1790
01:21:33.497 --> 01:21:35.194
Not just people
condemned violence,

1791
01:21:35.368 --> 01:21:37.588
but people support
a constitution that has
served us well

1792
01:21:37.762 --> 01:21:42.027
for 250 years and it's, it's
a living, breathing documented

1793
01:21:42.201 --> 01:21:44.334
and is still strong
today as it was yesterday.

1794
01:21:44.508 --> 01:21:45.857
That's a great way to end it.

1795
01:21:46.031 --> 01:21:47.728
Closing argument.

1796
01:21:47.903 --> 01:21:49.687
Good lawyer, right?

1797
01:21:49.861 --> 01:21:50.949
Now they're
walking. They're walking.

1798
01:21:53.821 --> 01:21:57.260
Ladies and gentlemen, the
President of the United States.

1799
01:21:57.434 --> 01:21:58.609
Good afternoon.

1800
01:21:58.783 --> 01:22:00.567
Thank you for being
here throughout what has been

1801
01:22:00.741 --> 01:22:03.831
a difficult and
challenging day for all of us.

1802
01:22:04.006 --> 01:22:06.965
The peaceful transfer of power

1803
01:22:07.139 --> 01:22:09.837
is at the core of
who we are as a nation,

1804
01:22:10.012 --> 01:22:11.970
and we will not allow
a violent group of protestors

1805
01:22:12.144 --> 01:22:13.885
to interrupt Congress

1806
01:22:14.059 --> 01:22:16.714
from fulfilling
their constitutional duty.

1807
01:22:16.888 --> 01:22:18.585
Even beyond what's happening

1808
01:22:18.759 --> 01:22:22.763
in the District of Columbia,
we continue to make sure

1809
01:22:22.938 --> 01:22:26.245
that our federal
government is running.

1810
01:22:26.419 --> 01:22:28.944
Our message to
Lieutenant General King,

1811
01:22:29.118 --> 01:22:30.771
to Robert Strickland,

1812
01:22:30.946 --> 01:22:33.600
to Roger Simms and members
of the Order of Columbus,

1813
01:22:33.774 --> 01:22:37.082
and anyone
intent on using violence,

1814
01:22:37.256 --> 01:22:41.086
to address election grievances,
we have a system of courts,

1815
01:22:41.260 --> 01:22:44.568
where these questions
can and should be addressed.

1816
01:22:45.743 --> 01:22:48.702
Armed mobs,
they will face the force of law.

1817
01:22:50.966 --> 01:22:54.491
We will protect the
peaceful transition of power

1818
01:22:54.665 --> 01:22:58.974
and we will protect
and uphold the rule of law.

1819
01:22:59.148 --> 01:23:02.499
As you have seen in Arizona,
there's a hostage situation.

1820
01:23:03.500 --> 01:23:05.502
And as the President
of the United States,

1821
01:23:05.676 --> 01:23:07.634
but also as a father,

1822
01:23:07.808 --> 01:23:11.160
I pray for those family
members and those hostages.

1823
01:23:11.334 --> 01:23:14.641
Look, at times,
we may seem divided.

1824
01:23:14.815 --> 01:23:16.861
Elections do that,
Thanksgiving dinners do that.

1825
01:23:18.428 --> 01:23:20.604
But we are actually united

1826
01:23:20.778 --> 01:23:22.345
in what the promise
of this nation is.

1827
01:23:24.782 --> 01:23:26.566
And the promise of this nation,

1828
01:23:27.567 --> 01:23:30.788
it's built on those
essential building blocks.

1829
01:23:30.962 --> 01:23:34.313
We're all treated
equally, we have opportunities,

1830
01:23:34.487 --> 01:23:37.751
and we have stability
in representative democracy.

1831
01:23:37.925 --> 01:23:39.927
That's the American
promise

1832
01:23:40.102 --> 01:23:42.974
and what this
country is based upon.

1833
01:23:43.148 --> 01:23:47.022
What we are doing is working
with the states to ascertain

1834
01:23:47.196 --> 01:23:49.067
what specifically they need
from the federal government,

1835
01:23:51.374 --> 01:23:52.288
and we'll work to provide that.

1836
01:23:56.031 --> 01:23:58.033
This is a 250
plus year experiment

1837
01:24:00.122 --> 01:24:01.166
called, "Representative
democracy."

1838
01:24:03.734 --> 01:24:06.215
And it's challenged at times.

1839
01:24:06.389 --> 01:24:09.870
Today, it wasn't the first
time it was challenged.

1840
01:24:10.958 --> 01:24:14.179
January 6th, 2021 wasn't the
first time it was challenged.

1841
01:24:16.442 --> 01:24:19.793
The Civil War
was even necessarily

1842
01:24:19.967 --> 01:24:22.100
the first time
that it's challenged.

1843
01:24:22.274 --> 01:24:25.451
And the Patriots aren't
somebody posting on social media

1844
01:24:25.625 --> 01:24:27.279
talking about an insurrection.

1845
01:24:28.367 --> 01:24:31.022
The Patriots are
the good people of this country

1846
01:24:31.196 --> 01:24:35.287
that choose to
have trust in the system.

1847
01:24:35.461 --> 01:24:37.246
So the American
people, thank you.

1848
01:24:38.247 --> 01:24:41.685
Thank you for what has
been indeed a challenging day.

1849
01:24:41.859 --> 01:24:45.080
And this challenge is
not over by any measure.

1850
01:24:45.254 --> 01:24:49.040
Remember what brings us
together, not what divides us.

1851
01:24:49.214 --> 01:24:52.739
And may God
bless you, your family,

1852
01:24:52.913 --> 01:24:54.001
and these
United States of America.

1853
01:25:02.923 --> 01:25:04.099
That was fuckin'
awesome.

1854
01:25:04.273 --> 01:25:06.927
Did we do that?
- Well, I dunno about that.

1855
01:25:07.102 --> 01:25:10.279
Trust me. And I don't
often use words like awesome.

1856
01:25:14.196 --> 01:25:15.936
Mr. President,
that was very beautiful

1857
01:25:16.111 --> 01:25:20.419
and I wish it was
real.

1858
01:25:20.593 --> 01:25:21.986
Not the scenario.
- Not the day.

1859
01:25:22.160 --> 01:25:22.900
- Yeah.
- Not the day.

1860
01:25:23.074 --> 01:25:24.554
Not the day, not the scenario.

1861
01:25:24.728 --> 01:25:26.817
Just the leadership.
- Okay, everyone,

1862
01:25:26.991 --> 01:25:28.253
thank you very much.

1863
01:25:28.427 --> 01:25:29.602
What we're gonna
do, we're gonna sit down.

1864
01:25:29.776 --> 01:25:31.648
We're gonna close the
end of this exercise.

1865
01:25:31.822 --> 01:25:33.302
Quiet everybody,

1866
01:25:33.476 --> 01:25:35.304
nice and quiet in
the situation room please.

1867
01:26:04.855 --> 01:26:07.466
Okay, everybody, big cheese.

1868
01:26:07.640 --> 01:26:09.164
Ready on 3.

1869
01:26:09.338 --> 01:26:10.600
1, 2, 3.

1870
01:26:11.644 --> 01:26:14.517
One more. 1, 2, 3.

1871
01:26:14.691 --> 01:26:15.213
Thank you very much.

1872
01:26:17.607 --> 01:26:19.174
The big question
in the room is this,

1873
01:26:19.348 --> 01:26:22.002
insider threats, it's a reality.

1874
01:26:22.177 --> 01:26:25.658
In this scenario
it was what, 6, 7% of the force.

1875
01:26:25.832 --> 01:26:28.095
That's probably representative
across the country.

1876
01:26:28.270 --> 01:26:29.923
So that means
you have insider threats.

1877
01:26:30.097 --> 01:26:32.491
What are we doing
to, to screen those out?

1878
01:26:32.665 --> 01:26:34.754
The military is one
of the last institutions

1879
01:26:34.928 --> 01:26:38.410
in our society that has
been and should be apolitical,

1880
01:26:38.584 --> 01:26:41.152
in the sense that it is
supposed to be a space where

1881
01:26:41.326 --> 01:26:42.762
everybody,
you know, regardless of

1882
01:26:42.936 --> 01:26:44.982
their political
backgrounds in private,

1883
01:26:45.156 --> 01:26:46.592
will come together
to achieve a mission

1884
01:26:46.766 --> 01:26:48.551
towards a common cause.

1885
01:26:48.725 --> 01:26:53.251
That to me, is what
our society could and should be.

1886
01:26:53.425 --> 01:26:55.819
So the only pushback
on that I'd give you is, yeah,

1887
01:26:55.993 --> 01:26:58.952
you might have a few
rogue military officers.

1888
01:26:59.126 --> 01:27:00.650
The vast majority
of military officers

1889
01:27:00.824 --> 01:27:02.086
are exactly where we were.

1890
01:27:02.260 --> 01:27:03.653
I think, you know,

1891
01:27:03.827 --> 01:27:05.916
the effective
training of the armed forces

1892
01:27:06.090 --> 01:27:10.137
is just a really powerful
preventive to the insider stuff.

1893
01:27:10.312 --> 01:27:13.010
I would worry about specialists,

1894
01:27:13.184 --> 01:27:16.231
like people who have control
of sensitive information,

1895
01:27:16.405 --> 01:27:18.320
or nuclear weapons
or something like this

1896
01:27:18.494 --> 01:27:20.670
who could,
you know, be seditious.

1897
01:27:20.844 --> 01:27:23.934
But for the average
guy, we can handle that.

1898
01:27:24.108 --> 01:27:27.329
I would slightly disagree.
I would say, it is a problem.

1899
01:27:27.503 --> 01:27:30.201
So what is
going to be the process

1900
01:27:30.375 --> 01:27:33.117
for us to be able to screen,
monitor, and deal with it?

1901
01:27:36.207 --> 01:27:42.082
The veteran brand has been
damaged in the United States.

1902
01:27:42.257 --> 01:27:45.390
A lot of people now
when they think of veterans,

1903
01:27:45.564 --> 01:27:48.437
they think of
violent insurrectionists.

1904
01:27:58.751 --> 01:28:01.363
Well, there's
a growing group of veterans

1905
01:28:01.537 --> 01:28:05.192
working with nonprofits
and political action committees.

1906
01:28:05.367 --> 01:28:07.238
And we are here for the people

1907
01:28:07.412 --> 01:28:11.460
who want to be
prepared to defend democracy

1908
01:28:11.634 --> 01:28:14.898
from all possible
threats.

1909
01:28:15.072 --> 01:28:19.250
We have a choice. We can
either be afraid and do nothing,

1910
01:28:19.424 --> 01:28:22.384
or we can continue
our service to our country.

1911
01:28:22.558 --> 01:28:24.951
I'm struggling to
contain myself right now

1912
01:28:25.125 --> 01:28:29.347
because I am
frustrated with the belief that,

1913
01:28:29.521 --> 01:28:32.307
that we're addressing
the problem of insider threats.

1914
01:28:32.481 --> 01:28:35.440
What folks of higher
rank are insulated from is

1915
01:28:35.614 --> 01:28:38.574
when a Neo-Nazi
joins the Marine Corps,

1916
01:28:38.748 --> 01:28:40.532
doesn't have to
be Special Forces,

1917
01:28:40.706 --> 01:28:43.405
doesn't have to be
a Ranger, but if that ideology

1918
01:28:43.579 --> 01:28:47.017
is to accelerate the destruction
of the United States,

1919
01:28:48.453 --> 01:28:50.020
they're determined.

1920
01:28:50.194 --> 01:28:54.067
And if, and if one
slips through, which many have,

1921
01:28:54.241 --> 01:28:58.768
there's ample opportunity
for them to do serious damage.

1922
01:28:58.942 --> 01:29:03.338
And this is so pervasive
through the force right now.

1923
01:29:03.512 --> 01:29:06.036
It's true. I'm worried,

1924
01:29:06.210 --> 01:29:10.127
but I have a lot of confidence
in the leadership we have.

1925
01:29:11.171 --> 01:29:13.522
We've always been
able to unite the country

1926
01:29:13.696 --> 01:29:15.393
when the threat is external.

1927
01:29:15.567 --> 01:29:17.308
The question that I have is,

1928
01:29:17.482 --> 01:29:21.268
can we have
that same level of cohesive

1929
01:29:21.443 --> 01:29:25.403
American commitment to
this country and our democracy

1930
01:29:25.577 --> 01:29:26.970
when the threat is internal?

1931
01:29:29.059 --> 01:29:31.931
On January 6th, I was weeping.

1932
01:29:32.105 --> 01:29:36.501
Just watching it unfold
and feeling all of the stress

1933
01:29:36.675 --> 01:29:38.938
and pressure. Yeah,
I just started crying.

1934
01:29:39.112 --> 01:29:42.115
I mean, I was like crying for

1935
01:29:42.289 --> 01:29:44.030
my friends
who were in the building

1936
01:29:44.204 --> 01:29:47.294
and for our country
and what it meant.

1937
01:29:49.166 --> 01:29:52.125
So yeah, I wanna
do everything possible

1938
01:29:52.299 --> 01:29:53.475
to make sure
that doesn't happen again.