BREAKING: At least 1 person has been shot outside the U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Dept. says.
BREAKING: Capitol Police: "USCP is responding to the North Barricade vehicle access point along Independence Avenue for reports someone rammed a vehicle into two USCP officers. A suspect is in custody. Both officers are injured. All three have been transported to the hospital."
BREAKING: After striking 2 US Capitol Police officers, the driver jumped out of the car with a knife and was shot by Capitol police, 2 law enforcement officials tell @NBCNews.
At least two Capitol Police officers injured in security incident at U.S. Capitol, @kasie reports.
"It's just another incredibly difficult blow for a force that has just been stretched to the absolute breaking point."
"We've been attacked," one Capitol Police officer tells @jonallendc.
BREAKING: U.S. CAPITOL LATEST
• Vehicle rammed barricade at Capitol
• After striking 2 Capitol Police officers, driver jumped out of car with a knife and was shot by Capitol police
Senate Minority Leader McConnell: "Praying for the United States Capitol Police officers who were attacked at the Capitol. We are still learning what’s taken place. Grateful to all the USCP and first responders who are on the scene."
BREAKING: Suspect involved in vehicle ramming at US Capitol has died, @PeteWilliamsNBC reports on @MSNBC.
After striking 2 US Capitol Police officers, driver jumped out of the car with a knife and was shot by Capitol police, according to law enforcement officials.
BREAKING: Suspect involved in vehicle ramming at US Capitol has died, @PeteWilliamsNBC reports on @MSNBC.
WATCH: @JulieNBCNews describes a "chaotic" scene at the US Capitol following a security incident where a suspect rammed a barricade with a vehicle and at least 2 officers were injured. on.msnbc.com/3uk1d86
Rep. Ro Khanna describes his experience during security incident at U.S. Capitol: "I got frantic calls from my staff saying there's been another incident."
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Testimony in the third day of the trial resumes with Genevieve Hansen, the off-duty firefighter who was at the scene of George Floyd’s death, returning to the witness stand.
@mehdirhasan Myth 1: “The border has been taken down just months into Biden’s presidency.” — Andrew Sullivan, conservative writer
MH: Pres. Biden has continued fmr. Pres. Trump’s Title 42 policy, allowing CBP to expel migrants before they make an asylum claim in the name of public health.
@mehdirhasan Myth 2: “They’re now finding people from Yemen, Iran, Turkey. People on the terrorist watchlist, they are catching, and they're rushing in all at once.” — Rep. McCarthy.
MH: The fact that migrants have names that “match those on the terror watch list” is meaningless.
“We might have to work with a combination of reducing the weight by removing containers, oil and water from the ship, tug boats and dredging of sand,” says Peter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch company Boskalis, one of the maritime service providers currently trying to free the ship.
"We can't exclude it might take weeks, depending on the situation," Berdowski added.
NEW: In early Dec., Biden transition officials began sounding alarm on need to increase shelter space for migrant children, but Trump admin. didn't take action until days before inauguration, according to two Biden transition officials and a US official. on.msnbc.com/3ciyHgH
"They were sitting on their hands," one of the transition officials tells @NBCNews, who does not currently work for the Biden admin. and spoke on the condition of anonymity. "It was incredibly frustrating."
@NBCNews It was not until Jan. 15 that former HHS Sec. Azar issued the Request for Assistance, which started the multi-week process of surveying and choosing new sites.