How Nancy Pelosi Responded as Jan. 6 & Its Aftermath Unfolded | Pelosi's Power | FRONTLINE

[Music] [Applause] [Music] hello [Music] oh yeah [Music] [Music] it was like a monster movie or like a horror film nancy where's nancy [Music] that was pretty ominous [Music] i knew that we really had a problem can i speak to pelosi that was an intent to harm in the voices check this out we are inside her nancy pelosi's office i asked her if that made her afraid nancy said that they would have had a fight on their hands they would have had a battle on their hands because she's a street fighter and then she lifts up her foot and you know she always wears those four inch stiletto heels and she points at her shoe and says besides i could have used these as weapons [Music] the national guard has been called in to the capital the capital is secure now tensions are still high following the chaos at the capitol our nation's capital under a state of emergency under a city-wide lockdown law enforcement has surrounded and secured the u.s capitol nancy understood that it was the defilement of the tabernacle of our democracy busloads of national guards outside the capital order has been restored the security perimeter has been put back up approximately 1800 troops are deployed around the capital perimeter to prevent any more violence there is to her a real sacredness to it and everything that she knows in life january 6 up ended that a president in the united states is responsible for an insurrection [Music] good afternoon my friends we are in a very difficult place in our country as long as donald trump still sits in the white house she really saw him as so reckless and dangerous it was such a white knuckle moment whatever the rules said you just had to hold down the fort and make sure this thing didn't get further out of hand alarmed pelosi called the top general at the pentagon mark milley unexpectedly millie's executive officer came into the office and passed him a handwritten note speaker pelosi would like to speak to you asap when you read that transcript you're taken into a moment of pure crisis in america and history it is an amazing historical moment to be in on the call with pelosi in milli what precautions are available pelosi asked to prevent an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or from accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike pelosi at her core is a realist she believes the country needs to be protected she was going to do something he's crazy and what he did yesterday is further evidence of his craziness madam speaker millie said i agree with you on everything pelosi takes charge she goes to schumer and she says we need to get pence to invoke the 25th amendment um we thought he didn't belong as president and so our goal was to reach the vice president and ask him to invoke the 25th amendment which allows the cabinet to replace the president under dire circumstances this was dire and they call up pence the phone rings and rings we asked for the vice president we were waiting there for 20 minutes on the phone pence won't take the call our thoughts were the vice president was scared and ducking it and not living up to his responsibility pelosi turns to schumer and says if he's not going to take this call we need to move toward impeachment there was a total void of leadership in our country at that moment nancy pelosi was the one leading the country in that moment she had to be the one dealing with this crisis and that's what she did she found herself in a singular position of power with a singular responsibility at this crucial and dangerous moment and that was not an accident that was a long time coming you

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Published: Tue Mar 22 2022