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2:15 PM: Matt /aslo of #TheNewsBStation
tweets a video “They breached the Capitol.”2:15 PM: Sarah '. Wire of the Los Angeles
Times later writes “...I headed up the stairs
and into the >+ouse side@ press ofɿces to
see if I could learn more. The ofɿceŠs emer-
gency radio crackled to life. Then came a
womanŠs voice, one that seemed panicked
“'ue to an external security threat located
on the West )ront of the 8 .S. Capitol
Building, no entry or exit is permitted at
this time...stay away from exterior windows
and doors. If you are outside, seek cover.”
“...It was 2 15 p.m. After typing out
an update for my editors, I looked over
the railing into the chamber and noticed
+ouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi...second
in line to the presidency, was gone...
“...Then police shut and locked the
doors. Police interrupted the proceed-
ings to announce that tear gas had
been deployed in the rotunda.”2:16 PM: Bobic of +ufɿngton Post tweets
scenes of protesters inside the Capitol
building. A number of 8 SCP ofɿcers are
seen, as are members of the news media.SPECIAL REPORT2:10 PM: The Washington Post reports
that +ouse Sergeant at Arms Paul Ir-
ving calls 8 SCP Chief Steven Sund and
provides formal approval to him to seek
assistance from the '.C. National *uard.
2:11 PM: (lijah Schaffer of The Blaze
tweets “...Trump supporters have
breached the Capitol building, tearing
down layers of security...ɿghting fed-
eral police who are overrun. This is the
cra]iest thing IŠve ever seen in my life.
Thousands, police canŠt stop them.”
2:11 PM: 9 ice President Pence is removed
from the Senate chamber by his Secret Ser-
vice detail, under personal protection pro-
tocols and Continuity of overnment rules.
race Segers of CBS News writes “Sen-
ate gallery staffers were shouting şlock the
doors,Š and it was clear that the situation
was serious. Reporters were ushered into
the press gallery above the Senate chamber,
and the doors were locked. We could hear
the mufʀed sound of the rioters outside.”
PBS reports “At ɿrst the commotion
outside the Senate chamber sounded like
a routine disturbance to the members
inside, the kind of small-scale protest
that often takes place at the Capitol.
“Then a Senate aide burst through
a door into the chamber.”
“As senators seated at their desks
watched with surprise, the aide raced
down an aisle towards the dais, where 9 ice
President Mike Pence was presiding...In
a matter of moments, the vice president
gaveled a recess and was whisked away.”
8 SCP Chief Sund accompa-
nies Pence to a “secure location”
within the Capitol complex.
Though Vice President Pence would be
held and protected in a secure location,
he never left Capitol Hill on January .
2:14 PM: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, second in
line to the presidency, is removed from the
+ouse chamber under Continuity of *overn-
ment rules, and rushed to a secure location.
2:14 PM: (verett of Politico tweets
“ 2 h my goodness we are shelter-
ing in place in the Senate.”
Ali =aslav of CNN tweets “The
Capitol is on lockdownŜwe are
staying in place inside.”