Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Calls for Permanent Fencing Around the Capitol

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🗓️ 29 January 2021

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The Chief is also asking for back-up forces nearby. Court documents reveal that a suspect with gun was arrested near the Capitol. He had “stop the steal paperwork,” and list of lawmakers on him. Amid threats & tightened Capitol security, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the enemy “is within the house”. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy meets with Trump after a source says he was warned against “crawling back to Trump”. Despite the stalemate in congress, Biden “continues to believe” that his stimulus bill “can be and will be bipartisan". 847,000 people have now filed for unemployment leading to the US economy posting its worst year since World War II. Biden signs executive actions expanding access to health care, undoing the changes made under Trump. US Covid deaths top 431,000 with 25.7 million cases. A study suggests that the Pfizer vaccine will be mostly effective against the UK and South African variants. A Russian court rules that Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny will remain in detention ahead of his hearing next week. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.4	I'm Will Flitzer in the situation
1:13.7	room. We're following breaking news. The acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief are now calling
1:18.8	for permanent fencing around the U.S. Capitol and backup forces deployed right nearby amid the growing
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1:29.8	That comes as we learn new details about a West Virginia man who was arrested near the Capitol,
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