UPDATE: The FBI has now created a one-stop portal for anyone with information about Wednesday’s riots. Submit any information you have via https://t.co/JrFTyQM8g2 . Thank you. We must all defend our democracy when it is under attack.
BREAKING: The chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says the violent mob that stormed the building wielded metal pipes, chemical irritants and other weapons against law enforcement. Steven Sund said protesters “actively attacked” police officers. https://t.co/USH5bEwnST
Please remember that you're watching this unfold because brave reporters spent today in danger at the Capitol complex, making sure the public knows what's happening.
I've covered wars oversees. I lived in Cairo during the revolution and the aftermath. Watching what happened today at the Capitol was eerily familiar to scenes I've seen take place across the world. I want to lay out a very rough timeline here from my reporting today. Thread.
I don't care how you voted, this attack on our Capitol and our Constitution is unconscionable and must be uniformly condemned. There is no place for mob violence or anarchy. If Christ followers can't unite on that, then we are not Christ followers.
John Daniszewski, AP's standards editor, issued detailed guidance this evening to help AP journalists choose words carefully and wisely around events at the Capitol:
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