Updates

All timestamps are Eastern Time in US/Canada

~4:05pm:

• President-Elect Biden addresses the nation on mob violence in the capitol: https://twitter.com/Transition46/status/1346926053462319114

• Calls on President Trump to go on TV now and "demand an end to this siege".

~4:00pm:

• Security has cleared inside of rotunda and "starting to get our arms around it" but "not under control yet" per CNN

~3:50pm:

• Multiple officers wounded with at least one transported to hospital; officers are "overwhelmed", per CNN

• Entire DC National Guard has been activated, per CNN

• "Pro-Trump Protester" breached speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, per CNN

• "The vice-president has asked Trump supporters to leave the Capitol and stop the violence" per BBC. Pence: "This attack on our Capitol will not be tolerated and those involved will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

~3:30pm:

• @GovernorVA: Per the Mayor's request, I am sending members of the Virginia National Guard along with 200 Virginia State Troopers.

~3:25pm:

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi has requested National Guard assistance, per ABC

• Woman in critical condition for gunshot wounds after being shot on Capitol grounds, per CNN (uncertain if related to below update) | @dcexaminer: WARNING. GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: A woman was shot in the neck in the Capitol building.

• Armed standoff at door of House floor, per CNN

• Windows have been smashed and protesters have breached rotunda of Capitol, per various sources

~2:55pm:

• @tackettdc AP: Members of Congress inside House chamber told by police to put on gas masks after tear gas dispersed in Capitol Rotunda.

• @byaaroncdavis WaPo: A source tells me The Defense Department has just denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol.

Live Update Links

(FOX 5 DC) PHOTOS: Pro-Trump protesters storm Capitol in DC

(ABC / AP) Shots reportedly fired in US Capitol as lawmakers evacuate, pro-Trump protesters swarm (text + video)

(USA Today) Pence evacuated, Capitol locked down as protesters push through fence, breach building

(NPR) U.S. Capitol Locked Down As Far-Right Protesters Enter The Building

(BBC) Live: Protesters storm US Capital and halt election debate

(AP) The Latest: DC mayor orders 6 pm curfew after Capitol breach

Video Streams

C-SPAN

C-SPAN YouTube

PBS NewsHour YouTube

CBS

Random YouTuber in Capitol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNJKNpAOs5k

Twitter Accounts

@tackettdc (Michael Tackett, Deputy Bureau Chief, Associated Press)

@igorbobic

@MEPFullter

reddit user with various Twitter suggestions: reddit.com/r/news/comments/krvwkf/megathread_protrump_protesters_storm_us_capitol/gic8jqm?context=3

The U.S. Capitol locked down Wednesday with lawmakers inside as violent clashes broke out between supporters of President Donald Trump and police.

An announcement was played inside the Capitol as lawmakers were meeting and expected to vote to affirm Joe Biden’s victory. Due to an "external security threat," no one could enter or exit the Capitol complex, the recording said. 

Both chambers abruptly went into recess.

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