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Capitol Siege, ADVISORY

Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 3 months AGO
| January 7, 2021 11:09 AM

There is a heavy police presence at the Capitol a day after a violent mob stormed the Capitol as lawmakers were meeting to confirm Joe Biden’s presidential win and the political fallout continues, with Facebook banning President Trump from its platforms and a Cabinet-level official resigning. The AP plans the following coverage. Find our latest plans in Coverage Plan and all of our stories, photos and video on the Capitol siege and the final days of Trump's presidency here.

UPDATES: Adds BIDEN, TRUMP-SOCIAL MEDIA RECKONING-TIMELINE

CAPITOL BREACH-SECURITY — U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is defending his department’s response to the storming of the Capitol. SENT; developing.

CAPITOL BREACH-THE LATEST — Latest developments following Wednesday’s Capitol siege. SENT; developing.

CAPITOL BREACH-LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILURE — There were plenty of warnings. There was plenty of time to prepare and plenty of money to do it. But somehow, the U.S. Capitol was overrun by a violent mob Wednesday in an utter failure from a law enforcement agency sworn to protect the lawmakers inside, one that has an operating budget of $460 million and is experienced with high-security, high-stakes moments. And it raised questions over the treatment of these mainly white Trump supporters compared with the Black and brown protesters who demonstrated last year over police brutality. UPCOMING by 5 p.m.

CAPITOL BREACH-SOCIAL MEDIA — The foreboding hints that chaos would unfold at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday were posted by far-right social media users in public view for days, where they received thousands of likes and shares. Some of the tweets that employed war-like imagery were even shared by President Donald Trump himself. UPCOMING by 5 p.m.

CAPITOL BREACH-WOMAN SHOT — Authorities have identified the woman who was fatally shot inside the U.S. Capitol as Ashli Babbitt. SENT; developing.

CAPITOL BREACH-ARRESTS — Separate on arrests in Wednesday's Capitol breach. UPCOMING by 4 p.m.

CAPITOL BREACH-SCENE — Color story on Wednesday's Capitol breach. UPCOMING by 4 p.m.

TRUMP --With 13 days left in President Donald Trump’s term, a shaken nation wonders what he might do next. Out of sight in the White House, a cornered president has been silenced on his favorite lines of communication and faces the resignation of numerous aides and growing chatter about whether the 25th Amendment could be invoked to remove him from office early. UPCOMING by 5 p.m.

TRUMP'S FUTURE — Lawmakers in both parties and members of President Donald Trump’s own administration have engaged in discussions on removing Trump from power following the insurrection in the Capitol by his supporters. SENT; developing. With 25TH AMENDMENT-EXPLAINER.

TRUMP-PENCE -- They were never a natural fit, the evangelical darling and the reality TV star, but Donald Trump and Mike Pence made their marriage of convenience work politically. Now they’re both feeling betrayed by one another at the finish line. UPCOMING by 5 p.m.

TRUMP-REPUBLICANS — The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol offers a new, and perhaps final, moment of reckoning for a Republican Party that’s spent much of the past two months encouraging President Donald Trump’s false claims that the November election was stolen. SENT: 1000 words, photos.

TRUMP-SOCIAL MEDIA RECKONING — All it took for social-media giants Twitter and Facebook to even temporarily bar President Donald Trump from addressing their vast audiences was a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, fueled by years of false statements, conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric from the president. Trump and social media have long had a symbiotic relationship, one that’s given Trump enormous leeway to make personal attacks and assert exaggerated authority that no other user could get away with. SENT; developing. TRUMP-SOCIAL MEDIA RECKONING-TIMELINE.

TRUMP-ANALYSIS: The riotous mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was the product of the destructive forces that President Donald Trump has been stirring for years, culminating in the disruption of a democratic ritual that would formally end his unconstitutional bid to stay in power. SENT: 1200 words, photos.

BIDEN — President-elect Joe Biden is denouncing the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorists” and he blames President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation’s capital and beyond. SENT; developing.

CONGRESS-THE DOUBLE STANDARD — The violent breaching of the halls of power on Capitol Hill by insurrectionists represents one of the plainest displays of a racial double standard in modern history. SENT: 1030 words, photos.

ELECTORAL COLLEGE-PROTESTS — There is a heavy police presence at the Capitol a day after a violent mob stormed the Capitol as lawmakers were meeting to confirm Joe Biden’s presidential win. SENT; developing. With ELECTORAL COLLEGE-PHOTO GALLERY.

CONGRESS-ELECTORAL COLLEGE — Congress has confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner, hours after violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. The day after the Capitol was under siege, there were fresh questions — including about the president’s fitness to remain in office and the ability of the police to secure the Capitol complex from a mob. SENT; developing.

CONGRESS-ELECTORAL COLLEGE-MEDIA — Stunning scenes of President Donald Trump’s supporters storming the U.S. Capitol played out in searing fashion on national television. SENT: 810 words, photos.

CONGRESS-WORLD REACTION —Democracy is fragile. All around the world, from high officials to ordinary voters, they saw America’s institutions shaken to the core by an armed mob and many wondered how much their own could withstand. “If it can happen in the US, it can happen anywhere,” said a tech worker in India, the world’s largest democracy, who stayed up to watch the chaos unfold on television. In Germany, whose modern democratic incarnation was nurtured by successive American governments, it was the 1933 burning of the Reichstag that came to mind. SENT: 1090 words, photos.

CONGRESS-HONG KONG -- Hong Kongers in both the pro-democracy and pro-Beijing camps condemned protests at the U.S. Capitol, but for different reasons, 18 months after protesters stormed their legislature. SENT: 560 words, photos.

CONGRESS-WORLD-REACTION-QUOTES — A look at some of the reaction around the world. Sent: 500 words. Upcoming: Developing throughout the day. SENT: 780 words, photos.

CONGRESS-ELECTORAL COLLEGE-LATE NIGHT — Late-night TV show hosts expressed anger and frustration at the violence at the U.S. Capitol. SENT: 530 words, photos.

VIDEO:

AP video plans the following:

— The AP is live from inside the U.S. Capitol. Broadcast and online edits planned.

—The AP is live from Freedom Plaza.

— Broadcast and online edits planned explaining the 25th amendment.

— Broadcast edits from many countries around the world with reaction from world leaders and interviews with other people have moved. Pursuing additional reaction throughout the day.

PHOTOS:

AP photo plans the following:

— Photos from around the world have moved. Pursuing additional images throughout the day.

— Photos from Schumer, Pelosi press conferences.

— Photos from inside and outside the Capitol.

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