The US Capitol has been breached during a tense situation with demonstrators, according to Capitol police officers.
The House doors have been locked and an emergency alert from the Capitol police just transmitted the same thing:
“Due to an INTERNAL threat in the building, take shelter in the nearest office and stay quiet.”
Capitol Hill police are also blocking anyone from moving from Senate office buildings into the US Capitol building. There are underground tunnels that link the office buildings with the Capitol building that senators, staff, and journalists use to travel back and forth.
CNN’s Alex Marquardt reports from the western side of the US Capitol that throngs of protesters are climbing the steps and terrace of the building in a “significant escalation.”
“I can see at least half a dozen protesters scaling, literally, climbing the walls of the Capitol to get up to where their fellow protesters are,” he said.
Police have fired several rounds of tear gas, he reported.
Marquardt said he did not see “any sort of sign of law enforcement” from where he stood.
The US Capitol is currently on lockdown, according to Capitol police officers.
House members in chamber told they may need to duck under their chairs
The officer in the House chamber just told lawmakers they may need to duck under their chairs, adding that there are protestors in the rotunda of the US Capitol.
Lawmakers have been told to “be prepared” to relocate to cloakrooms, but “at this point in time there is no threat to the chamber.”
The doors are barricaded.
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