Stunned. Just stunned.

“If I walked into my place of work tomorrow and I saw this, I’d be stunned myself,” one National Guard soldier tells me after I expressed my shock in some impolite terms

Rep. Andy Kim, who worked in Afghanistan, stood with me for a few minutes and took in the scene.

“How did it get so bad here? How did we get to this point as a country?” he asked

“One for the history books. We haven’t seen this in over 160 years, since the Civil War,” a National Guard soldier says to his buddy

There are at least a thousand, probably more, National Guard troops all over the Capitol Visitor Center, Emancipation Hall, and surrounding hallways. They’re sleeping in reception areas, the cafeteria, the entrance to the building. Everywhere.

Protesters have breached the Capitol. They’re outside the Senate chamber

This is happening

Police officers are holding them steps away from the Senate chamber, which is locked. Senators are inside. I see a few confederate flags.

Some sort of gas has been set off. I’m not sure by whom. Police seem to be trying to deescalate and talk to them.

“If we don’t get justice, this will never stop,” one protester yells

I count about 10 protesters by the Ohio Clock