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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Fortressed DC & Nation Brace for Unprecedented Transfer of Power

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

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3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

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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