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BREAKING: Trump supporters clash with police, attempting to gain access to the U.S. Capitol building, as the Congress debate an objection to Arizona's Electoral College votes.

 Rep. Haley Stevens: "I’m sheltering in place in my office. The building next door has been evacuated. I can’t believe I have to write this."
BREAKING: Trump supporters descend on U.S. Capitol, clash with police who are protecting entrances to the building during congressional debate on certified Electoral College votes. https://t.co/fDFoVdA994
LIVE: Trump supporters storm the front of the U.S. Capitol amid violent clashes with police. https://t.co/01SywyZ7fR
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House Minority Leader McCarthy: "Thank you to Capitol Police for protecting the People's House. Protesters have a Constitutionally-protected right to be heard, but I urge them to remain peaceful."
BREAKING: U.S. Senate proceedings have been halted as Trump supporters attempt to storm the U.S. Capitol building; some lawmakers being escorted from the chamber. https://t.co/01SywyZ7fR
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LIVE: @NBCNews Special Report:

Trump supporters clash with police, storm into U.S. Capitol building. https://t.co/01SywyZ7fR
Congressional counting of the Electoral College vote is halted due to deteriorating security situation in and around the U.S. Capitol due to Trump supporters' efforts to storm the building.
Donald Trump Jr.: "This is wrong and not who we are. Be peaceful and use your 1st Amendment rights, but don’t start acting like the other side. We have a country to save and this doesn’t help anyone."
As his supporters storm the U.S. Capitol, President Trump tweets that "Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done"
Trump supporters are freely walking through Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
BREAKING: DC Mayor Bowser has ordered a citywide curfew starting at 6 p.m. ET; essential workers are not included in the curfew if they are engaged in essential functions.
A member of the US Senate tells @NBCNews that VP Pence and Sen. Grassley, the president pro-tem, have been taken to a secure location.

The doors of the Senate have been closed and locked, and senators have been told to stay away from the doors - @PeteWilliamsNBC
UPDATE: "Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!" President Trump tweets as his supporters move through the U.S. Capitol.
.@haleytalbotnbc in House chamber:

We are told to be prepared to get under chairs

“Verify every door is locked!!”

Members told to grab mask under seat, be prepared to put on.

Estimating maybe 100 people inside the chamber.
.@JoshNBCNews: The scene outside is totally uncontrolled.

We just watched one man walk calmly up to the US Capitol and urinate on it.

The chants here are taking on violent overtones, including many directed at McConnell.
.@haleytalbotnbc in House chamber:

House chamber doors are barricaded.

Glass has been broken to gallery door.

Members from the floor have been evacuated, but members in the gallery area above the floor with press are sheltering as door barricaded.

Members are praying.
DC mayor and speaker's office have requested National Guard to clear Capitol Hill of protesters, two sources familiar with the situation tell @NBCNews - @GarrettHaake
@GarrettHaake A member of the US Senate tells NBC News that senators are now in a secure location and are safe, @PeteWilliamsNBC reports.

They do not know how long they will remain there.

“We need to get back to work counting the vote,” the senator said.
Police try to hold back protesters at they storm the U.S. Capitol.
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Law enforcement guns drawn on doors of House chamber as Trump supporters attempt to breach the chamber.
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.@haleytalbotnbc:

We have evacuated the House chamber.

Lots of members wearing gas masks as moving through buildings.

Members are calling family and saying they are OK.
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@haleytalbotnbc President Trump has asked his supporters via tweet to support police and be peaceful; he has not asked them to end their violent siege of the U.S. Capitol.
The president is back at the White House and officials here say he is monitoring his supporters' siege of the U.S. Capitol, and at this point, there are no plans for him to speak - @kwelkernbc
@kwelkernbc In latest tweet, President Trump asks his supporters to be peaceful, asserting that "WE are the Party of Law & Order" as protesters carry out unprecedented illegal actions at the U.S. Capitol.
@kwelkernbc Rep. Gosar, who initiated the first objection to Arizona's Electoral College votes today:

"Let’s not get carried away here. I don’t want anyone hurt ... If anyone on the ground reads this and is beyond the line come back."

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