Experts Surprised by Protesters Ability to Storm Capitol
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Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the nation’s capitol Wednesday.
Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the nation’s capitol Wednesday. Joining us to talk more about today's events at the capitol are Tom Mockaitis, a security and terrorism specialist and a professor of history at DePaul University, and University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, director of the Chicago project on security and threats.
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Experts Surprised by Protesters Ability to Storm Capitol
Clip: 1/6/2021 | 9m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the nation’s capitol Wednesday. Joining us to talk more about today's events at the capitol are Tom Mockaitis, a security and terrorism specialist and a professor of history at DePaul University, and University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape, director of the Chicago project on security and threats.
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