Good morning, I'm Charlotte Freeland from the Washington Post, and this is the Daily

202 for Wednesday, February 24th.

In today's news, the Biden administration is preparing to sanction Russia for solar

winds hacks and the poisoning of an opposition leader, and Canada's Justin Trudeau conveys

relief in a meeting with Biden, but sticking points remain.

At first, the big idea.

Three top officials responsible for security at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, testify before

a joint Senate committee Tuesday.

Capital police chief Stephen Sun, House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, and Senate Sergeant

at Arms Michael Stenger have all since resigned from their positions and hope to minimize their

responsibility for the violence at the Capitol.

The post-Mike DeBonis and Karun's emerging say the men pointed to intelligence failures

that led to the attack, which resulted in five deaths.

They each explained how they were caught off guard by the scale and ferocity of the pro-Trump

crowd, saying the event escalated from a relatively peaceful protest to a violent mob

in a span of hours.

The former Capitol police chief said none of the intelligence they received ahead of that

day correctly predicted would actually occur.

He said they properly planned for a mass demonstration with possible violence, but what

they got was a military style coordinated assault.

Tuesday's hearing is one of several efforts planned to determine what went wrong on the

day the rioters stormed the Capitol.

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