20,000 National Guard troops to defend the Capitol amid threats of violence during inauguration week

There are 20,000 National Guard troops in Washington to prepare for any possible threats before next week's inauguration. This comes after an angry mob stormed the Capitol last week. NBC's Washington reporter Shomari Stone reports. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi

National Guard troops protected Congress on Wednesday as the House of Representatives moved to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting a violent mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol complex a week earlier.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi personally thanked a group of the troops standing at attention in the front of the Capitol, as the California Democrat’s colleagues inside debated procedural motions that will end with the impeachment vote later in the day.

Pelosi gave each of the troops a so-called challenge coin, marking their mission of protecting the seat of the legislative branch of the American government, which was surrounded by rioters on Jan. 6 after Trump urged attendees at a rally to help him fight to block the confirmation of Joe Biden as the next president by Congress.

Pelosi later took the floor of the House.

“He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love,” she said.

“The president much be impeached and, I believe, the president must be convicted by the Senate, a constitutional remedy that will ensure that the republic will be safe from this man who is so resolutely determined to tear down the things that we hold so dear,” Pelosi said.

Referring to the rioters, she said: “Those insurrectionists were not patriots. They were not part of a political base to be catered to and managed.”

“They were domestic terrorists. And justice must prevail,” Pelosi said.

Pelosi tweeted Wednesday about her speaking to the National Guard troops.

“Even during this dark time in the history of America, we find reasons for hope,” she wrote. “It was my privilege today to personally thank members of the National Guard who are working protect our nation’s Capitol. Thank you for your commitment to our American democracy.”

Earlier Wednesday morning, a photographer captured a striking image of Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., walking past guard members camped out in the halls of Congress as he headed to the House floor.

The acting police chief of Washington said more than 20,000 National Guard troops are expected to be in the District of Columbia on Jan. 20 for Biden’s inauguration that day.

The show of force came in reaction to the hours of chaos last week, when thousands of rioters rampaged through the congressional buildings, killing a Capitol Police officer, beating and pepper spraying other officers, toting Confederate battle flags, carrying zip ties as they hunted for members of Congress, occupying the Senate chamber, and smearing feces on the walls.

During debate Wednesday, Hoyer and other outraged members of Congress decried Trump’s rallying cry to supporters shortly before the riot.

Trump also had delayed deploying forces to protect the Capitol after it was overrun despite the pleas of members of Congress.

“Rep.[Liz] Cheney from Wyoming, a conservative Republican, said this: ‘The president of the United States summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,’” Hoyer noted on the House floor of Cheney, who will support Trump’s impeachment.

“That is not some irresponsible new member of the Congress of the United States,” Hoyer said. “This is the daughter of the former Republican whip and former vice president of the United States of America. She knows of what she speaks.”

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