Fortressed DC & Nation Brace for Unprecedented Transfer of Power

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Washington, D.C., and Nation brace for unprecedented transfer of power; FBI Vetting National Guard as Pentagon Chief says "we are leaving no stone unturned in securing Capitol"; More than 80 people facing federal charges in Capitol riot, more than 300 investigations opened; Shocking new video shows Mob incited by Trump, offering fresh evidence of his culpability 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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0:00.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:01.0	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:14.0	I'm Wolf Blitzer. This is a Situation Room special report and we're following
0:18.0	breaking news. The nation's fortress capital and the country at large,
0:22.0	bracing for an unprecedented transfer of power.
0:24.8	Historic precautions are being taken ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration less
0:29.5	than 48 hours from now.
0:31.4	Among the truly extraordinary measures, the FBI is now vetting the 25,000 National Guard
0:37.3	troops assigned to secure the event.
0:40.2	Even as the acting defense secretary says there's no intelligence indicating an insider threat,
0:45.4	adding, and I'm quoting now,
0:47.0	we are leaving no stone unturned
0:49.4	in securing the capital.
0:51.2	We're also following new developments in the capital siege. More than 80. the Capitol
0:53.0	Siege.
0:54.0	More than 80 people are now facing federal charges
0:57.0	and some 300 cases have now been opened.
1:00.0	And tonight, a disturbing new glimpse inside the siege.
1:03.2	Shocking video released by the New Yorker
1:05.6	shows previously unseen images of the mob
1:08.6	incited by President Trump
1:10.5	and offers fresh evidence of his culpability in the attack.
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