WOW: House managers now playing audio of police dispatchers during the Capitol assault. 
The moment when police declared the Capitol assault a riot, just before 2 pm.
PLASKETT is discussing Dominic PEZZOLA at the exat moment he's in court for a hearing on the charges he faces for his role in the assault.
NOW, the House shows new footage of Officer GOODMAN urgently turning around Sen. Romney moments before Goodman encountered the mob he held at bay.
Plaskett plays video and audio of a mob banging at the door where some of Speaker Pelosi's staff were barricaded during the riot.
SWALWELL now showing footage of senators being evacuated 15 minutes after the mob breached the building.
SWALWELL shows footage of SCHUMER evacuating up a ramp only to turn and run the other way after a near-miss with the mob.
ROMNEY, per the Capitol Hill pool, says he didn't realize he was as close to the mob as the video footage showed and that he didn't know it was Officer Goodman who turned him around.
Why conviction remains unlikely— Here's Sen. Blunt's reaction to the videos:
Q: Did it change your mind at all about conviction?
"Well you know, I mean, you have a summer where people all over the country were doing similar kinds of things"
Full response per Capitol Hill pool
Q: Did it change your mind at all about conviction?
"Well you know, I mean, you have a summer where people all over the country were doing similar kinds of things"
Full response per Capitol Hill pool
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