Civil rights leader calls for 25th Amendment action

Associated Press

Published on Jan 6, 2021

National Urban League President Marc Morial is among those urging lawmakers to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from the White House after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. (Jan. 6)

Rep. Bush: Black people would have been ‘laid out’

Associated Press

Published on Jan 6, 2021

Newly elected Democrat Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri activist who protested against police brutality, says the protestors who stormed the US Capitol were treated differently because of their race. (Jan. 6)

Pence condemns insurrection: ‘Violence never wins’

Associated Press

Published on Jan 6, 2021

Vice President Mike Pence condemned the mob of violent protesters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday, saying “violence never wins.” Pence spoke in the Senate Chamber more than six hours after the siege on the Capitol that forced lawmakers to flee. (Jan. 6)

WATCH: Senate will not be intimidated by ‘thugs, mobs or threats,’ McConnell says

PBS NewsHour

Published on Jan 6, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the electoral votes will be counted despite being interrupted by a pro-Trump mob storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, as a joint session of Congress began to count Electoral College votes supporting Joe Biden’s win. He said the Senate will not be intimidated and kept out of their chambers by “thugs, mobs or threats.” “The United States and the United States Congress have faced down much greater threats than the unhinged crowd we saw today,” he said. “They tried to disrupt our democracy, they failed.” He noted the importance of the voice of the American public in shaping the nation’s democracy, and said the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden, will be certified.

Anti-Trump protesters stage demo in Times Square

Associated Press

Published on Jan 6, 2021

Scores of protesters staged a demonstration against US President Donald Trump in New York’s Times Square on Wednesday. (Jan. 6)

Biden calls on Trump to ‘demand an end to this siege’

Guardian News

Published on Jan 6, 2021

President-elect Joe Biden denounces the violence at the Capitol, after a mob of Trump supporters storm the building. ‘This is not dissent, it’s disorder, it’s chaos, it borders on sedition, and it must end now,’ Biden said. He then called on outgoing US president Trump to publicly ‘demand an end to this siege’ Trump tells mob that stormed Congress ‘we love you’ as Biden condemns ‘siege’ – follow live ‘Trump blows up US democracy’: the world watches on in horror

Senate Dem slams Trump for unrest at Capitol

Associated Press

Published on Jan 6, 2021

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen slammed President Donald Trump about chaos at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, decrying the lockdown and calling it “unprecedented.” (Jan. 6)

AP reporter describes chaos during Capitol siege

Associated Press

Published on Jan 6, 2021

AP congressional reporter Mary Clare Jalonick was in the House Chamber Wednesday when a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol Wednesday, forcing lawmakers into hiding. She recounts the moments she calls “total chaos.” (Jan. 6)

Violence in Washington DC as pro-Trump supporters storm US Capitol – BBC Newsnight

BBC News

Published on Jan 6, 2021

US President-elect Joe Biden has blasted the “insurrection” of pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol and he demanded an end to their “siege”.

Democrats capture control of the Senate with victories in Georgia

PBS NewsHour

Published on Jan 6, 2021

In the midst of the chaos at the Capitol, we saw a shift of power in the U.S. Senate after the vote in Georgia as Democrats won both runoff elections. William Brangham has the story.