President-elect Joe Biden is expected to deliver an address reacting to the chaos at Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The U.S. Capitol was locked down in the afternoon after pro-Trump protesters broke into the building following an incendiary speech from President Trump where he vowed never to concede defeat and called on his supporters to march on Congress.
Thousands of rallygoers who had arrived in Washington to contest the results of the presidential election swarmed the outside of the Capitol, breaking past the U.S. Capitol Police and metal fencing.
The Senate and House were adjourned, with leaders rushed off the floor by their security details as the groups breached several layers of security and gained access to the Capitol chambers. Both chambers had only just broken off to debate the election results, starting with Arizona, when the chaos began to unfold.
