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Last week, many asked whether the assault on the Capitol, fueled by President Trump and his many political and media enablers, was the start of something or an end.

You're watching the Capitol building on lockdown. Supporters are present from flooding that building.

It is neither, of course. It is a moment when we each get to decide how we want to proceed.

It's Tuesday, January 12th. This is your Politico Playbook audio briefing. And this?

I'm repeatedly asked whether I will make a film about this moment in time.

This is Ken Burns, today's playbook guest author.

Yes, the legendary historical filmmaker, Ken Burns.

18-hour documentary on the Vietnam War, Ken Burns,

who says that while America's current events do look like

something right out of a movie, the answer is no, or at least not now.

Rats.

I'm in the business of history. So rather than 16 hours on President Trump, who has only

appeared in passing in one of our films, the editors of Politico have allowed me to share some thoughts

and film clips on how I think history can help us in this our moment of crisis.

We've got some can't-miss analysis from Burns at the end of today's briefing. Stay tuned.

But first, Speaker Pelosi's got the votes to impeach President Trump for a second time, and this

time it's personal. Our Heather Kegel and Sarah Ferris report this morning, when the speaker

was reunited with her staff hours after last week's deadly siege at the Capitol, she didn't

even have to ask. She could see the terror reflected in their eyes. Pelosi views the invasion of

the Capitol as more than just an attempt to overturn the election results by a pro-Trump mob.

For her, it was also an attack on the people she calls her family, the lawmakers, support staffers

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