A mob of Trump supporters have stormed the Capitol after attending a rally in Washington. Some are armed, and some have been involved in physical clashes with the police, while others have been able to enter the Senate and House chambers.
A former DC police chief has said “this is as close to a coup attempt as this country has ever seen”.
Trump has called on his supporters to “remain peaceful” despite instructing them to march to the Capitol at the rally earlier today.
The Democratic governor of Virginia said he is sending national guard troops and state troopers to Washington.
The vice-president Mike Pence, who was evacuated from the Senate chamber after the Capitol was breached, said the violence and destruction taking place “must stop and it must stop now”.
The White House said National Guard troops are on their way to the Capitol, after the building was breached by a mob of Trump supporters.
A spokesman for Larry Hogan, the Republican governor of Maryland, said he was also sending National Guard troops and state troopers to Washington amid the violence at the Capitol.
The Nato secretary general expressed shock at the images coming out of Washington, as a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol.
At least one improvised explosive device has been found on Capitol Hill grounds.
