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The same House chamber doors where the armed standoff took place hours ago is being cleaned for members to return for the joint session:

Protesters are on the Senate floor

FBI SWAT team in Capitol complex

There's scores of protesters, we're told, not sure exactly how many, but they have been witnessed outside -- just off the senate floor, the second floor of the Capitol."

Clashes inside the U.S. Capitol building

Very intense moment at the steps of the Capital earlier this evening as police was forced to use teargas, pepper spray and other tactics to take back control of the area.

so far only 13 people have been arrested. STORM and LOOT the capitol for over an hour. have the "supporters" basically commit treason. and only arrest 13 people. B R A V O.

Here’s the scary moment when protesters initially got into the building from the first floor and made their way outside Senate chamber.

The Federal Police begin to operate on the streets of the capital. The curfew takes effect within 25 minutes

Several people got on to a scaffolding outside Senate, took it to second floor, which looked like the area where McConnell’s office is located, and started banging on windows

Republican senators are being swarmed by Trump protesters on the Hill. Here’s an exasperated @SenToddYoung saying he won’t vote against certifying the election. “I took oath under God... does that still matter in this country?”

USCP guarding broken Capitol windows keeping protestors from getting in. Smoke grenades and smell of gunpowder in the hallways

Protestors have entered the Capitol.

Senators begin to get escorted back to the Capitol

Heavy law enforcement detail escorting senators to the Capitol, the joint session is expected to resume at 8pm