Timeline: this is how a violent mob stormed the Capitol

CNN correspondent recounts the assault from within 1:45

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Order turned into chaos on January 6 at the United States Capitol.

As a joint session of the newly installed Congress counted the electoral votes for the 2020 election, a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol.

Several hours of chaos ended with the deaths of four people.

We recount how this historic day of upheaval unfolded in the country's capital.

1:10 pm ET

When the demonstration ends, Trump asks his followers to "walk down Pennsylvania Avenue."

(Credit: Jacquelyn Martin / AP)

As Congress begins the process of affirming the victory of President-elect Joe Biden in the Electoral College, President Donald Trump encourages his supporters to protest in the United States Capitol.

Despite promising to join them, Trump drove back to the White House in his truck and watched on television the acts of domestic terrorism unfolding on Capitol Hill.

“We are going to walk to the Capitol.

And we will cheer for our brave senators and congressmen and women.

And we are probably not going to be cheering so much on some of them, because they will never recover our country with weakness, they have to show strength and they have to be strong, "Trump said at his rally.

Upon concluding, Trump again affirmed that he would join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol.

"We'll walk down Pennsylvania Avenue," he said.

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Shortly after 1 p.m. ET

The mob breaks barriers in the Capitol

Shortly after 1 p.m. ET hundreds of pro-Trump agitators push the barriers set along the perimeter of the Capitol.

They then got into a fight with officers who had full riot gear.

The agitators called the officers "traitors" for doing their job.

Shortly after 1:30 p.m. ET

US Capitol Police Alert Staff About Suspicious Package, Begin Evacuating People

Capitol Police are ordering personnel to evacuate the House Cannon Building and the James Madison Memorial Building, which is part of the Library of Congress, due to police activity, multiple sources told CNN.

The Capitol Police send an alert to staff about a suspicious package.

Later, law enforcement agencies confirmed to CNN that homemade bombs were found at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) and on the Capitol grounds.

All the devices were safely detonated by police, the source said.

Shortly after 2 p.m. ET

They close the Capitol

The US Capitol is now on lockdown.

- Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 6, 2021

Around 2:30 p.m. ET

Pro-Trump mob smashes Capitol windows

Agitators forcibly entered the US Capitol 1:40

Shortly before 2:30 a.m., the Capitol Police requests additional help from law enforcement.

Violent protesters climbed the walls outside the Capitol, clashed with police and pushed through the building's barriers.

The mob managed to enter the building after passing in front of the police, with some windows broken to enter.

Around 2:30 p.m. ET

Pro-Trump rioters storm Capitol Hill

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After entering the Capitol, the rioters begin to roam the halls of Congress.

Many wore red

Make America Great Again

hats

while taking pictures inside the Captolio building, right off the floor of the House of Representatives.

"I've never been to this place, have you?" A woman yelled to the crowd.

“That's right, we are the owners.

We are owners!

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2:30 pm ET

Capitol Police orders evacuation of legislators

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Vice President Mike Pence is evacuated from the Senate, along with Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa. As president pro tempore, Grassley is third in line to the president, behind Pence and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

The police also begin to evacuate other legislators and staff present for the Electoral College vote count.

Upon leaving, the employees took the boxes of Electoral College ballots to take them to a safe place.

Shortly after 2:45 p.m. ET

The mob enters the office of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi

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Ichard "Bigo" Barnett sits in the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, on January 6.

(Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images)

After entering the Capitol, some Trump supporters may enter Nancy Pelosi's office.

You pose for a photo and leave a message on your desk that says "WE WILL NOT GO BACK."

CNN has blurred parts of the second image to protect people's personal information.

Shortly after 2:45 p.m. ET

The agitators invade the floor and the Senate bench

A protester is seen hanging from the balcony of the Senate floor amid riots at the Capitol.

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As chaos descends on the Capitol, rioters enter the Senate chamber, with several posing for photos behind the podium.

2:48 pm ET

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser Announces Citywide Curfew

In response to the escalating mob situation on Capitol Hill, Bowser announces a citywide curfew for Washington from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m. the next day.

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3:13 pm ET

Trump calls on agitators to "stay in peace"

I am asking for everyone at the US Capitol to remain peaceful.

No violence!

Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order - respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue.

Thank you!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021

In his second tweet about the riots, Trump asked his supporters, who protested on his behalf and whom he had encouraged to march to the Capitol, to "stay in peace" and "respect the law."

He refrains from telling them to go home.

3:15 pm ET

Ivanka Trump says mob on Capitol are "American patriots" in tweet

While retweeting her father, Ivanka Trump refers to the rioters as "American patriots."

Then he deleted the tweet.

3:21 pm ET

First reports come out that a woman was shot dead in the Capitol

A woman is reported to be in critical condition after being shot in the chest on the Capitol grounds.

She is transported to the hospital, but later dies from her injuries.

Three other people die from medical emergencies, according to Washington Police Chief Robert Contee.

Around 3:25 p.m. ET

The Senate floor is cleared of the mob

More than an hour after rioters storm the Capitol, police can clear the Senate floor.

The rioters move away from the wing of the Senate building and move toward the Rotunda.

3:36 pm ET

Trump finally sends in the National Guard

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Several hours after the rioters raided the Capitol, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted that Trump sent the National Guard to Washington, along with "other federal protective services."

Trump initially resisted doing so on Wednesday when his supporters breached the building, a source told CNN.

Trump had deployed more than 17,000 National Guard members to at least 23 states and Washington last summer in response to protests demanding justice for George Floyd.

Earlier in the day, Pence had been on the phone with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, according to another source, and had encouraged a much faster deployment of the National Guard on Capitol Hill to help put down the rioters who were breaking through security barriers.

and overwhelming Capitol Police.

Around 3:44 p.m. ET

Reports of various officers injured

Several officers are injured in the violent mob, and at least one is transported to a hospital.

4:15 pm ET

Biden says American democracy is under "unprecedented assault" and asks Trump to "step forward"

Biden on mob on Capitol Hill: "This is not a protest, this is insurrection" 7:37

Speaking in Delaware, Biden asked President Donald Trump to appear on television to "demand an end to this siege."

"Right now, our democracy is under unprecedented assault, unlike anything we've seen in modern times, an assault on a citadel of freedom: the Capitol itself," Biden said.

This is not dissent, it is disorder.

It is chaos.

It borders on sedition and must end now.

I call on this mob to step back and allow the work of democracy to advance.

4:17 pm ET

Trump tweets a video where he repeats false statements

Trump asks rioters to go home 1:29

In a short video in which he repeats a series of false statements about the elections, the president tells the agitators: “You have to go home now.

We have to have peace.

We have to have public order.

Twitter removed the tweet for "repeated and serious violations of our Civic Integrity Policy."

Twitter said it had blocked Trump's account for 12 hours and warned for the first time that he could permanently suspend it.

6:27 pm ET

Congressional Leaders Announce They Will Continue Counting

After police cleared the Capitol and the 6 p.m. curfew began, Pelosi issues a statement that Congress intends to reconvene that night to finish affirming Biden's election.

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