>> reporter: yeah, i mean, downtown harrisburg is a beautiful old downtown. the businesses have all closed. there was a coffee shop that we went to that was only open for a few hours. but as it stands now in downtown, you see police on horseback and press. that's it. there's a few people that will come by, maybe a jogger or just someone walking their dog. but it's all press and all police. >> sreenivasan: have you had a chance to speak to kind of any of the locals around there? i mean, how do they feel about what's happening and what the threat is to them? >> reporter: we have spoken to a number of locals, a gentleman who is jt here just before we started to talk, kind of shook his head and said, i've never seen downtown harrisburg this quiet. and you have seen people kind of come out of churches and look at basically all the press in the capitol and the police show of force. and everyone seems to be kind of just shaking their heads, shrugging and walking away. >> sreenivasan: and what are the capitol police or anybody concerned about? is it just today or is

harrisburg, the state capitol, is right in the downtown of harrisburg so police are talking about closing down roads like these, surrounding the capitol, exterior roads as well. they will be bringing in officers on horseback, there's going to be a bomb squad present as well as airborne surveillance like helicopters and drones. so they are pulling out all of the stops in preparation for this weekend, although they say there hasn't been any specific threats to the capitol complex. i want to note i've covered some of these rallies here in harrisburg. this entire street behind me, the steps around the building, were completely filled with people during reopen rallies, look to go reopen small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, same when the presidential race was called for president-elect joe biden. so the harrisburg police are familiar with rallies like these, like dash is that mentioned pennsylvania is also an open carry state but that hasn't been banned here. harrisburg police they say they're prepared from past experience but are encouraging people to come peacefully, protest, air

the hill, dasha burns in lansing, michigan, maura barrett is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. tom, let me start with you. we confirmed a few hours ago that all of these security concerns, i mean, there is going to be a delay in a weekend inauguration rehearehearsal. i was down at the capitol yesterday doing some work. it is unbelievable. it is just striking to see these national guards troops posted up everywhere you look. >> reporter: yeah, 21,000 national guard troops will be here by inauguration day. now, according to the commanding general. to give you a sense of where we are, the capitol right behind me and we have gotten multiple layers here, multiple streets and layers of security. concrete barriers, national guard troop carriers on every single block and as we showed you yesterday and as we've been shooting for the last couple days national guard troops carrying their semi-automatic weapons, m-4s as well. this is the strictest security we have ever seen in washington, d.c. for inauguration. in fact, i will tell you that

law enforcement in harrisburg warning residents here to expect a heavy police presence in harrisburg today. and then moving on from that, they are more than prepped in their emergency alert status to have officers on horseback, more barricades around road closures and surveillance with helicopters and drones. airbnb is work with governor tom wolf's office to monitor any recent reservations with any association with hate groups. they haven't had to cancel any reservations yet but that's something we've seen added in the last 24 hours and become aware of. and it's also interesting because there's this uncertainty leading up to today, right, guys? because police are telling us they haven't been able to monitor these protesters in the way they have in the past because of those bans on social media. usually they can watch what people are talking about, get a sense of where they'll be and when but that's an added thing here that lawmakers -- or law enforcement just don't have a strong sense on. that's why they have to be extra prepared out of an abundance of caution. >> exactly. clint van

what's the security plan in harrisburg? >> local and state police are on emergency alert status here in pennsylvania. while they say there is not a specific threat made to the capitol complex in harrisburg they're cautious because of that fbi warning talking about potential armed marches at all 50 state capitols across the country. that said, the governor tom wolf here issuing a statement saying he does not want to see what happened in the nation's capitol happen here in pennsylvania. so he chose to activate 450 members of the pennsylvania national guard here in the state. some of them will be at the capitol. he also sent 2,000 members of the national guard in p.a. down to d.c. to support efforts as well. pennsylvania has the nation's second largest national guard, so they're pulling out all of the stops in order to prepare here locally the capitol complex and district offices across the state are closed. they set up barricades here. and the state and local police are also working in tandem to be able to provide extra suppo

the capitol police in harrisburg as well as other guardsmen are guarding harrisburg. i was there earlier this meek on tuesday there were national guardsmen roaming freely with automatic weapons. a much different vibe or energy than it was just one week ago before the uprising and revolts in capitol hill on wednesday. and furthermore, you have a situation where the governor closed down our state capitol complex, all this week. so whatever protests are going to go, they're going to be playing to an empty house, and there's going to be a minimal risk of any kind of activity that would be breaking in or they certainly aren't going to be interrupting any hearings or any official government proceedings. >> how do open-carry licenses play into the state planning here? >> the simple fact whether you can carry or whether you are going to be concealing is the real issue there, and i also want to be clear. i'm not anticipating anything here, and one of the main leaders, if you will, of this, of this movement or uprising, whatever you call it, one of our own state senators, doug

they're not entirely sure protesters will come, but the capitol here in harrisburg will be shut down sunday through thursday. they put up some barriers, but they haven't fenced it off like other capitols around the country. one thing they will do here is shut these streets in front of the capitol to traffic. they are concerned about people open carrying, bringing long guns and other guns to these protests. pennsylvania is an open carry state. they have had several protests throughout the last year, both against covid restrictions and then against the outcome of the election. one thing authorities are very concerned about is a counterprotest erupting and mixing it up with pro-trump protesters. >> i'm natasha chen in atlanta. there are barriers wrapping all around the georgia state capitol and the sidewalks on many sides of it are closed. you can also see armored vehicles and a strong law enforcement presence. the georgia building authority says no one has requested permits to protest at this time, but that may not stop groups from still trying to gather here. the republican lieutenant

in pennsylvania there will be 450 national guard protecting the capitol in harrisburg. the lieutenant governor is john feferan a he joins me -- me now. welcome to the program. what's the threat that pennsylvania failingses and what are you doing to protect your capitol? >> the threat isn't necessarily a specific one and the governor happened taken the preemptive steps to close the capitol complex all next week so if they do have a protest -- as long as it's peaceful, that's, of course, their constitutionally protected rights to do so and in the event that it does get out of hand, which i don't expect that it would, there is a robust presence there that would de deter anything along those linings. when i was just at the capitol this past tuesday, we had armed guards with automatic weapons and there's a much different vibe and energy than there was just one week ago when i was there when it was a very casual, laidback atmosphere, even though there are were a couple of hundred angry protesters there on the front steps. >> are you getting enough freshman help? >> i can't sp

i want to go now to harrisburg, pennsylvania, where we have miguel marquez. is security ramping up there? >> reporter: much the same. you have everything from federal officials, states, county and city police here in harrisburg all pitching in. the governor has sent a thousand pennsylvania guardsmen to d.c. there were 450 that will be for the commonwealth of pennsylvania in case anything happens here in harrisburg or elsewhere in the state. i'll show you what the capitol looks like right now. they're not fencing it off but they have orange barriers saying no access beyond that point. it will be closed from tomorrow through thursday, through the inauguration. they are concerned. seeing what happened on the 6th, they're not sure what's going to happen here, but they're preparing for just about everything. the streets in front of the capitol and on the back side, they will be closed off to cars and expect there will be protesters possibly. they've had a long history of protests here. it's an open carry state. a lot of those protesters carry guns. they had them f

i can speak directly to harrisburg. the tuesday before the capitol uprising in d.c., i was in my office, and there was a large protest right there where that image you were just showing and we didn't have any specific security. it was a usual day, and it woul protesters would have done what they ultimately did in washington, d.c. i returned this past tuesday, and we had national guardsmen with automatic weapons, and it was a much different, much more secure situation. so i know that we are prepared, and i thought governor edwards said it well. we are not overreacting or underreacting. we want to make it clear that we want you to protest in a manner that is constitutionally guaranteed, but not in a manner that would result in the loss of life, violence or destruction of property. >> do you believe president trump still has the power to reduce this threat of violence? if he were to come out and publicly acknowledge he lost the state of pennsylvania, lost the election to joe biden, how much of a difference do you think tha

from harrisburg, pennsylvania, where the capitol is closing tomorrow out of an abundance of caution. let us begin this hour in georgia, in atlanta, where authorities are preparing for armed protests. >> reporter: i'm natasha chen in atlanta. there are barriers wrapping around the georgia state capitol, and the sidewalks on many sides of it are closed. you can also see armored vehicles and a strong law enforcement presence. the georgia building authority says no one has requested permits to protest at this time, but that may not stop groups from still trying to gather here. the republican lieutenant governor jeff dub duncan acknowledged to cnn president trump's words have made georgia less safe. he said he cannot fathom seeing such heightened security to ward off potential threats from people in his own party. >> reporter: i'm matt rivers outside the capitol building in austin, texas, the scene for small protests saturday, a handful of protesters showed up, all was peaceful. now the attention of the public safety authorities here in austin, texas, goes to sunday. we know the departmen

and msnbc's maura barrett is in harrisburg, pennsylvania, where law enforcement officials are also preparing for potential protests this weekend. so, garrett, good morning to all of you. let's start with you, garrett. talk about the sheer scope of the security right now that we're seeing. how much of a difference is it now from what it was january 6th? >> yeah, look, i mean, for folks who live in washington, d.c., you're not going anywhere right now. the city is almost completely locked down. if you've ever been here as a tourist, any of the places you visited on the mall, the monuments, the capitol, the white house, you can't get there right now, and you probably can't get within ten blocks of it. i mean, the city is completely shut down in the downtown areas with checkpoints, national guard, officers from a variety of different police departments. this is a city that's not moving, and it's soon going to get worse. they're going to close the bridges from virginia into d.c. at some point in the next few days. so, an enormous security presence, far different from anything i saw not only on ja

in pennsylvania, there will be 450 national guard soldiers protecng the state capitol in harrisburg. to discuss that, i'm joined by pennsylvania lt. governor john fetterman. lieutenant governor john fetterman, welcome to the "newshour". what's the threat that pennsylvania faces and what are you doing to protect your capitol? >> well, i mean, the threat isn't necessarily a specific -- (indiscernible) -- and the governor had taken the preemptive steps to close the catol complex all next week, so if they do have a protest, which, of course, as long as it's peaceful that's, of course, their constitutionally protected right to do so, and in the event that it does, you know, get out of hand, which i don't expect that it would, there is a robust presence there that would deter anything that go along those lines. when i was just at the capitol this past tuesday, we had armed national guardsmen with automatic weapons, and there's a much different vibe and a much different energy than there was just one week ago when i was there, when it was a very casual, laid-back atmosphere, even though the

that being said, you know, harrisburg, there's a protest tomorrow, which let's hope it will be peaceful. i expect it will be peaceful. and extraordinary measures have been taken, travel restrictions have been implemented, national guardsmen, including sealing off and closing down the capitol complex. so appropriate steps have been taken and also those that are really at the forefront of the protest here in pennsylvania, like our state senator, he has also told his followers not to participate in counterprotests and simply just pray for the country. >> who do you blame for this extraordinary security threat that's under way right now, the pro-trump mob that stormed capitol hill nine or ten days ago, and what's going on right now? >> i just -- i just don't understand the time that we live in right now. we had three -- three instances of voter fraud in pennsylvania, all of which of course went for the president. but out of 7 million ballots -- but voter fraud is a serious threat and the election was rigged. meanwhile, we will have lost 400,000 of our fellow americans by the end of this mon

a question coming in about the transition of capital cities from places like harrisburg and charleston. to what extent does the state of the occupation of these cities lead to the removal of these places in these states? >> i've never really thought of it that way, but tear versus establishment, the movement of capitals, harrisburg, charleston and columbia to atlanta and places like that but it may have something to do with it as well. again, i'm not sure if the timing of that so i will have to look into that question but that is really interesting. >> thank you. [laughter] a question is coming in about yorktown and jamestown, she's curious about the cities and the british occupation of what you could argue yorktown at the end of the war and northern virginia occupied at the beginning of the war and basically burned by patriot leaders to prevent by governor done more but they tended to be too small to worry about that. it's one reason, i mentioned this in the book as well, it's not a coincidence the cities and talking about, boston, new york, savannah and charleston were the biggest ci

we can go to patty and harrisburg, pennsylvania. a democrat. >> caller: good morning. pennsylvania proud. we have voted for joe biden and very proud of that. i think trump is so out of control. they really should vote for the 25th amendment because you has 26 days. i was shocked but not shocked when i saw the news and her the news, his threatening people in georgia. he lost. what more does he want? he really doesn't want to be president because he just wants the power. that's an ego thing. i think he is a very dangerous man. >> host: jacqueline alemany? >> guest: you know, you did make a valid point, there's been quite a bit of reporting over the past really six years since the president started running for this office, for this position that he actually wasn't all that interested in the role of the presidency, but more of the process and then the title. we do note that the president himself was quite surprised when he did win as with the people around him. i think at the tail end of his for years we are seeing him relinquish the role that he did not enjoy playing. you

>> reporter: yeah, look, harrisburg and capitols across the country are stepping up security. i'll show you what's happening right now. they've closed off the capitol. it will be shut tomorrow morning from 10:00 a.m. through the inauguration. as they're hearing in washington, lots of concern but nothing specific. they're shut down to traffic, state and third street here. and they expect protesters to show up possibly in the thousands, but they don't really know. this protest, this 50-state protest was talked about and circulated before january 6 and since january 6, a lot of the groups involved in them may not want to come out in as big numbers. so it's a moving target for officials here. they're not really sure what to expect. they have everything from federal resources, state resources, county and city. the national guard. 450 national guard members of the pennsylvania national guard have been called up for across the commonwealth, not just here at the capitol building. so they will see. one of the biggest concerns they have is that they'll have protesters, knows for the pre

especially in states like pennsylvania which were crucial in the presidential election, now more from harrisburg, good morning. >> reporter: those potential apartments and marches that the fbi warned about sunday didn't come to fruition here in the state capital of pennsylvania but didn't stop law enforcement showing a strong show of force outside the capitol with the capitol state police working with the national guard, roads surndsing the -- surrounding the capitol building closes as well as on horseback and a drone, we may have seen five or six protesters, the media strongly outnumbering that, looking ahead to inauguration day, this state capitol in particular will remain closed and lawmakers have been told to work-from-home >> will be a tense couple days, thank you. >>> president trump may be planning one last pardoning spree in the midnight hour of his administration three people familiar with the matter told cnn the president is preparing to issue 100 pardons in his final full day in office. trump allies are collecting ten of thousands in fees from wealthy felons seeking last-minute clemen

let's go to nbc's sa mora barrett, who is in harrisburg for us. officials there say they are ready, but what are actually expecting? >> officials are on emergency alert status, meaning they put all of those emergency preparations in place but they have not received any specific threats to the capitol complex. we've seen a few people today circling the capitol wearing trump supporting gear, maga 2020, that kind of thing. but other than that, it's pretty quiet today. they're looking ahead to a potential march today, the one the fbi warned about. we spoke with police officials on thursday evening as they prepped the media for what they're looking at. take a listen to what the state superintendent said about how they're prepared for a long haul just in case. >> we expect citizens to protest peacefully, however, there's no excuse for the disgraceful and dangerous behavior displayed by those who riots in d.c. last week, so those actions should be condemned by all and never condoned and they will not be tolerated here at the capitol. our job is make sure

the fact, republicans unhappy here with the result and so what we're seeing here at the capitol in harrisburg, obviously, these barricades that have been put up are more of a visible barrier than a physical one, and we saw just yesterday an increased presence of capitol police, armed capitol police, standing outside the capitol, some of them have been walking around the grounds today, but as you can see, it is relatively quiet as anything is probably expected, possibly tomorrow. the thing is, police pointed out, it's trickier to plan for protests because they don't have that access to those conservative social media platforms where people normally are talking about their plans, like parlel, before it was banned so that's been one thing that they've had to deal with and they're kind of just planning everything they can coming out in full force. i covered several rallies here over the summer with the reopen rallies through the coronavirus pandemic, and this road in front of the state capitol was completely filled with people, yasmin, and so law officials here saying they're prepared to shut dow

we're live in harrisburg, pennsylvania running down the story. what can you tell us? >> good morning. the search for riley june williams is now over. the 22-year-old from harrisburg arrested yesterday in the middle district of pennsylvania. she is being investigated for possibly stealing house speaker nancy pelosi's laptop during the capitol riot on january 6. now, the stolen laptop allegation is coming from an ex-romantic partner of will yaments who told the f.b.i. that friends had video of williams taking a laptop computer or hard drive from pelosi's office. the exclaims she intended to send the computer device to a friend in russia who planned on selling it to russia's foreign intelligence service. however, the sale alleged by fell through and she still had the device or destroyed it. the search for williams began after the ex called the f.b.i. telephone tip line in days after the riot recognizing her in a series of videos of the attack as the woman in the green shirt, brown jacket wearing a zebra print bag. did she steal the laptop? we don't know. we do know on ja

laptop or hard drive but the sale to russia criminal complaint says that the woman fled her home in harrisburg. >>> also breaking overnight, new details on security for joe biden's inauguration on wednesday. all national guard troops are being personally vetted because of concern of military involvement in a potential attack. some inauguration events are already kicking off. abc's elizabeth schulze has the latest. >> reporter: with joe biden's swearing-in just two days from now, is the star-studded inaugural events are now getting under way. >> the celebration of inauguration of joe biden and kamala harris. >> reporter: last night, a virtual concert featuring james taylor and cher. ♪ i hope you find what you're looking for ♪ >> reporter: the president-elect addressing viewers with a message of unity. >> know that times are tough and because of you we're filled with hope. >> reporter: rehearsals for biden's inauguration are set to begin today after being delayed due to security concerns. up to 25,000 national guard troops will be on the ground in washington and every national guard member i

and what weound was that while a lot of president trump's speeches in areas like bethlehem, harrisburg, other places, talked about the return of heavy indtry and hearken ck to the old steel day. the region had really moved on. you know, in the lehigh valley, where wnge did a lot of repor there is a new economy that has to do with e-commerce, biotech, meds and eds. >> sreenivasan: you and i worked on a story for a special, an upda on race and policing. remind our audienceohat that was ut, and maybe even what's happened since then. >> reporter: ye, so, you know, in the beginning of the summer, when the black lives matter protests were going on in almost every city in america, we decided s to docial on policing. and one of the issues that you and i foced on was facial cognition technology being used by police. the resame week that we that special, i.b.m., microsoft and amazon all put, you know, a sliding scale of restrictions on what they would do in terms of selling facial recognition to this has continued to be a major issue, as elected officials look to answer the call that black lives

good morning to new jersey, florida, harrisburg, san francisco, and internationally, watching from some paulo, brazil, cairo, egypt. good morning to el salvador, peru, and stockholm. will ask you to post your questions in the comments section. we have a sense of how it played out for a couple of college students who could relate on a personal level as jews. how do american athletes grapple with the question about whether to compete or not? dr. thomas: a difficult question. for african-americans, the olympics and sports have been a primary vehicle through which african-americans sought to fight against racial discrimination, by embodying the idea that the mature athlete, they saw themselves challenging notions of race and racial oppression. some were also concerned about whether they would face discrimination in germany, so they had legitimate concerns and worries, but many solve this as an opportunity to compete at the highest level of their sport, then to use their success as a way to speak to african-americans. at the time in america but there was the notion that intellectual capacity

good morning to you new jersey, florida, harrisburg, pennsylvania, san francisco, and internationally, glad to have you with us, watching from sÃo paulo, brazil, cairo, egypt, good morning to you in el salvador, peru, and in stockholm, sweden. i will ask you to post your questions in the comments section so damian and danny can answer them. damian, danny gave us a sense of how it played out for a couple of college students, who could relate on a very personal level as jews. how did african american athletes grappled a question of whether to compete or boycott? >> a difficult question, because for african americans, the olympics and sports have been a primary vehicle for which african americans sought to fight against racial discrimination, by embodying the ideal of the amateur athlete. they saw themselves as challenging notions of race and racial oppression. some of them are also concerned whether they would face discrimination in germany. so, they had legitimate concerns and, words but all of them saw this as an opportunity to compete at the highest levels of sport, and to use their

bike pants is planning to attend inauguration of president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect, harrisburg president trump announced on twitter before his account was primarily suspended he would not be attending. biden later saying he is one of the few things we agree on. i'm lauren blanchard and now back to "the greg gutfeld show." greg: is she enjoying the glory of the stolen story? kamala harris really likes telling this tale. >> i was and the stroller. i was in the stroller so i was out there and it's a very funny story. kamala what do you want and i said freedom. >> oh come on. greg: that's adorable. >> there's a funny family story about my mothers marching and this is back when stroller's didn't have armrests or seatbelts and i think it was michael freddie the look down and looked in the stroller which is empty. and said where is kamala? apparently they left me a block away. i had fallen out of the stroller. my mother said one day was fussing and it's much cuter when she would tell the story. she looked down at me, low what do you want what do you want and i've looked up at her and

here in harrisburg. the 22-year-old faces multiple federal charges, including knowingly entering a restricted building, the capitol, violent entry an disordinarily conduct for her role in the capitol riot. now, the fbi began searching for williams after her ex-romantic partner called the fbi tip line several times, recognizing her in online videos as a rioter. she was wearing a green shirt, brown jacket and zebra print hand bag. the ex-lover also alleged to the fbi that friends of williams had shown a video in which they showed williams stealing a laptop or hard drive from house speaker nancy pelosi's office. in this, the ex claims she intended to send this computer device to a friend in russia, who was then going to sell the device to the russian foreign intelligence agency. according to this act, that fell through and they don't know if she has the device or destroyed it. this is a wild allegation and the fbi has yet to charge her specifically related to this theft. but we do know, according to a tweet

senator toomey providing leadership on the floor, yet harrisburg blows up. explain the divide in pennsylvania and what it means for the future of the president of the u.s. kevin: there were members of the house who voted in objection to certify pennsylvania. senator toomey was one of the first republicans, not running for reelection, one of the first -- congratulate joe biden one of the first to congratulate joe biden. it was the last and of conservatives. lisa: there is a question of how much the republican party of trump. that has been the narrative a long time. how much does this change the narrative? -- i: it is the party think, based on the conversations i had in the past 24 hours, it is the party of, what do the parties stand for? that is where both parties are. i am hesitant to say it is the party of trump or the party of any other republican. i think there is a real understanding right now, when you had republicans last night who were planning to file objections, case in point, senator kelly loeffler, who lost in georgia, reversing her decision to fi

. >>> i'm miguel marquez in harrisburg, pennsylvania. i want to show you what it looked like all day on sunday, empty. not a single serious protester showed up. that's a very good result for authorities here who prepared heavily to protect the capitol. the capitol will remain shut for the rest of this week, at least through the inauguration of joe biden, but the state of pennsylvania, like many, have issues going forward with extremism. there are ten republican members of the congressional delegation, eight of them voted against the electoral college going forward in favor of joe biden. this is not going to end today. authorities going to be on watch this week and certainly the months and years ahead. >>> i'm josh campbell in lansing, michigan, outside the state capitol. you see members of the national guard and state police protecting this building. this following the warning about the fbi about protests with armed members across the country. on sunday we saw a small group here, about 25 people. some of them armed including some self-de

we will do that tuesday in harrisburg. of course, it is illogical. so is carnival barking. it never stopped them before. >> what is the effect of this? it is remarkable this continues. you think after a few lawsuits they would get the point. it has been more than 50 lawsuits. none where they granted relief except recounts. this is pointless and it continues. the effort will continue to washington on wednesday when the president is, in fact, inviting people to come there for a rally to protest the mundane counting of the electoral votes. >> i think it is wonderful, personally. it will all conclude with the supernova of completion for the gop. i hope they investigate. i'm concerned. how did the president secure 100% of the dead mom vote in our commonwelt commonwealth? i think we will have a lot of clarity. it is a mathematical certainty what will happen on the 6th. everybody knows that, including the president. if you want some sad piece of performance art before you go out, that is up to them. i hope they all vote for it, frankly. like i said, it is going to be a supernova o

hello to you in troy, new york, harrisburg, pennsylvania, and south carolina, and welcome to our international viewers running us from brazil, mexico, sweden, italy, and a good afternoon to our guest from israel. we have a far-flung audience. as you said, your law training and unusually deep knowledge of war crimes trials was called upon when you were helped to establish the u.s. army's first war crimes branch. can you tell us about that and in particular, when you traveled with liberator's were collecting evidence as they traveled the nazi camps? what did you see when you were there? mr. ferencz: i would say first of all, the colonel who gave me the assignment had no idea what war crimes meant. they thought it meant conduct unbecoming a gentleman. what i saw was really horrible. i wrote somewhere that i compared it to hell. hell was never as bad as that. anybody flying on the ground, starving people scrounging in the mound of garbage hoping to find a piece of bread or something -- the people of cells looked like skeletons. the crematory was still going. the bodies of people waiting to be crem

this person is riley williams from the harrisburg, pennsylvania, area. this is her driver's license photo. basically what they said is this former romantic partner talked to them, left several messages on their tip line and essentially said, craig, that she told this person that she intended to take this computer or hard drive that was taken from speaker pelosi's office, send it to russia and there a friend would pass it along to the svr, which is kind of the american equivalent of the cia. there's no indication here that the laptop has left the united states. they say that according to their investigation, it appears the computer device has been destroyed or at least has not left the country. the fbi says this matter is still under investigation. it's not clear whether williams is in custody. it's not clear, according to the fbi, why she didn't end up shipping this laptop to russia. it also isn't clear whether or not the person in russia had some sort of direct connection to the svr or was going to drive up and hand it over. a lot more information needs

miguel marquez is in pennsylvania's capitol city of harrisburg for us. what about over there, miguel? how are officials preparing for potential threats? >> reporter: they've called in a lot of security forces from the federal government to the state government and 450 national guard members across the entire commonwealth is what they have on tap. part of it to protect this building here because while there's lots of threats, there is nothing specific. they are not blocking off. all they have are the orange barriers, no access beyond that point. it will be closed tomorrow through the inauguration. one thing they will do is close these streets down right in front of the building to cars. so that protesters can come out here. pennsylvania, an open carry state like michigan. they are very accustomed to having protests here over the last year. there's been tons of protests over covid-19 restrictions and then over the election and the outcome there. many people do carry long guns and other guns to these protests. one thing officials are concerned about is a co

inauguration obvious of the big news, but here are some of the other headlines from today. 22-year-old harrisburg, pennsylvania, woman is now officially accused of stealing nancy pelosi's laptop during the capital riot. a proceeding against riley williams includes new charges of theft and obstruction, both felonies carry potential sentences of up to 20 years of prison. antiracism organizer in california is facing serious charges tonight. tatyana turner is accused of trying to run down counter protesters as they were declared unlawful assembly spirit also accused of beating two people with a metal rod and deploying pepper spray. amazon is offering to help with the u.s. mass vaccination effort. the world's largest online retailer says it has an agreement with a health care provider to administer vaccines at its facilities. an offer not given to the trump administration. president biden's first day was a big day on wall street with a new record close across the industries. the dow gained 258 today. the dow 500 was up, the s&p 500 was out. they surged to 60 today. inauguration ceremony is over, but t

and check out pennsylvania state capitol in harrisburg, deemed more at risk since it is one of the states where the trump campaign contested the election results. facebook says it has seen online signals indicating the potential for more violence, one security official tells cnn the online chatter is off the charts. and ken cuccinelli acknowledges the chatter but says the threats are not specific. >> there is a good deal of online chatter, but not just about washington by the way. there is also conversations about state capitols though very radar, what is the threat on the inauguration and beyond? joining me to discuss the cnn national security analyst, author of the book "united states of jihad, who are america's homegrown terrorists and how do we stop them photo photo. y >> you anticipated most of them. it transcends donald trump, true? >> the attack before 9/11 was carried out by timothy mcvay and it killed 168 people. again, the oklahoma city bombing i think really undercut that movement for a while but didn't go away. now it's come back with a vengeance and i think that you can almos

atlanta, georgia, austin, texas, harrisburg, pennsylvania, some of the cities where there are planned protests. so far, no reports of major violence across the country. the fbi issued a bulletin earlier this week warning that far right groups were planning to march on state capitol grounds. potentially mimicking the riot at the united states capitol on january 6th. in lansing, local reports say some militia groups planned on showing up today but they were urged not to, after they learned they were ramming up security which is something we're seeing in lansing. it's a cold, snowy day so far. that might keep people home as well. eric. eric: let's hope all protests remain peaceful. matt fin in lansing, thank you, matt. arthel. arthel: as you know, presidential inaugurations are always designated a national special security event. this year, the designation will be extended to january 21st. that's the day after president-elect joe biden is sworn in. and 25,000 national guard troops, thousands of local law enforcement officials from different states and hundreds of fbi agents will be on th

this was today in federal court in harrisburg, pennsylvania. federal magistrate judge named martin c. carlson was presiding. ready? here we go. the judge. ms. williams. i want to note for you that one of the reasons you are going home today is because, in a desperate time, in the glare of -- of public scrutiny, your mother has stepped forward and promised to serve as a third-party custodian. and you heard my questions to her, did you not, ma'am? the defendant, i did, your honor. the judge, and you heard that

let's go to harrisburg pennsylvania. mora, what are you seeing? >> this afternoon it has been incredibly quiet, law enforcement saying preparing for today they were going to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. we did see that show of force from law enforcement state police, local police, and the pennsylvania national guard working in tandem. in total over the day we have seen maybe five total protesters here. just before we came on the air with you there was a line of capital police behind this pair indicated. we also saw officers on horseback, maybe a dozen park trolling the downtown neighborhood. roads were blocked off and thereof even a drone surveilling the overhead area. so they definitely were prepared for anything to happen. but frankly, the 50-plus members of the media outnumbered any of the activity of any of the protesters we saw here. i want to note, law enforcement were nervous leading into today because they didn't know exactly what was going on. they didn't have access to social media where they typically can watch where the

it was biden harrisburg joe bite was put on probation at the university of delaware for what he called a prank. that was in the 1860s when they first invented pirate signatures. we call that water back then. eric question number two you ready? >> yep. kennedy: which ticket contains the candidate who once hosted their own radio show? >> this is true but pence. kennedy: kate michael starr hopkins bruce vectra pence. kennedy: and jason. vectra pence. twenty-four all right very good michael and jason which had to cathing you have one. mike pence launches political verse the host of the mike pence show. bernie also question number three are be ready michael let's do this you can answer first. which ticket contains a candidate who's voted ladies man by his peers in his high school yearbook? michael. >> i'm going to with biden harris. kennedy: jason? spectrum pence. kennedy: katherine? vectra pence. so far look at that michael and katherine outside with two apiece. jason to start himself into delete it donald trump named a ladies man by his peers at new york military academy. suspected he get

let's go now to harrisburg, pennsylvania. miguel, what are you seeing and hearing from officials there? >> reporter: i can't say there was a single, serious protester out here the entire day. officials really brought out everyone from the state level, county, city, the federal, and the national guard here at the capitol which has been the focus of lots of protests over the last many months. this protest today was circulating before. long before january 6th. january 6th in those extremist groups, they saw showing up today as basically a trap. does this mean it's over? no. it is a very good result for law enforcement. they had drones here. they had their own cameras here. anybody who showed up here was probably going to get on the radar of law enforcement. that is something these individuals certainly didn't want. going forward pennsylvania will be dealing with lots of issues. there are ten republican members in their congressional delegation. audio eight of them vote add gens allowing the electoral college to go forward. only

beher from harrisburg, pennsylvania. in matthew neil. minneapolis, st. paul. steve gruber, host of the steve gruber show. washingtonn's journal. discussionjoin the with your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. coming up friday, new year's day, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the national constitution center hosts a debate on whether the u.s. should ratify the equal rights amendment. protections equal for all americans. the senate returns for debate in the overwrite of the presidents veto. c-span3, american history tv. we visit the smithsonian .merican art museum >> as the year comes to a close, congress continues in session. the whether to add more dollars to covid relief. a new congress. at 117th convened sunday noon. join us as they swear in six new members. at noon eastern time. watch the house and the senate. what's online at c-span.org. or listen on the c-span radio app. representative peter king was interviewed weeks before retiring from the house after a ineer spanning 14 terms three decades including years atop the homeland security committee. he talks a

paul, minnesota, harrisburg, pennsylvania. so far this afternoon no reports of violence in any of those cities. the fbi did eshoo a bulletin earlier this week warning that far-right groups were planning to march on state capitols. and here in lancing, michigan, i spoke to the mayor today. he said that the city was very well prepared for any type of unrest or violence. and as you can see, law enforcement was heavily beefed up today, and the mayor said he's very happy with how things turned out. it was also a cold and snowy day which might have kept people home sure. arthel: let's hope it remains peaceful. matt finn, thank you. eric? eric: well, the inauguration of a u.s. president is always designated as a national special security event, but of course this year security at unprecedented levels after that horrible, deadly attack on our capitol on january 6th. right now around 25,000 national guard troops will be deployed joining secret service, police and others for the event in washington d.c. a special or security designation

the 22-year-old woman from harrisburg, pennsylvania that is accused of stealing nancy pelosi's laptop in the capitol hill riots is now in custody. investigators say someone claiming to her ex-boyfriend said she was going to sell to it russia but the deal fell through. the fbi is not confirming that story at this point. more than 400,000 people have now died from covid-19 here in the united states according to the studies by johns hopkins university. there's more than 24 million cases in this country. president-elect joe biden has big plans for faster citizenship here with people living in the it illegally. he will shorten the 13 year wait down to eight years. we expect to hear more about that in his speech team in the first 100 days push of the biden administration. the a.p. plan says there's no more border security. the live look at delaware where president-elect joe biden is set to depart for joint base andrews in maryland. he begins to embark on his move to the white house where he will call home for the next four years. we're watching that movement with white house correspondent k

joining us from wisconsin, indiana, iowa, the state of north carolina, hello to you in troy, new york, harrisburg, pennsylvania, and south carolina. a welcome to our international viewers joining us from brazil, mexico, sweden, italy, and a good afternoon to esther from israel. so we have a far-flung audience, ben. >> i am very flattered. >> so, as you said, your law training and your unusually deep knowledge of war crimes trials was called upon when you were helped to establish u.s. army's first war crimes branch. could you tell us about that, and in particular when you traveled with liberators who were collecting evidence as they entered the nazi camps. what did you see when you were there? >> well, i would say, first of all, the colonel who told me my assignment had no idea what war crimes meant. they thought it meant conduct unbecoming a gentleman. what i saw is really indescribable. i wrote somewhere that i had peered into hell. hell was never as bad as that. dead bodies lying on the ground. starving people scrounging in the mounds of garbage hoping to find a piece of bread or something to m