The US Army and National Guard are deploying in numbers to Washington DC ahead of the upcoming presidential inauguration, with the possibility of being armed with lethal weapons at the discretion of their commanders. In Washington DC and in most jurisdictions around the world, non-lethal weapons are de rigeur when dealing with civil disturbances, but given the recent events of Wednesday, it is felt that more caution is in order. David Wood and other high-ranking military officers also manifested that they were already planning to make such a deployment in advance of the inauguration of Joe Biden planned for Jan. 20, but recent events have caused them to advance that deployment more rapidly. Because Washington DC is a district and not a state, the final authority to call in the National Guard rests with Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, who will have full command over the units under his control in coming days, and has also iterated that the use of lethal force is not off the table.

Police attempting to clear the boardwalk of antifa protesters, who have been scuffling with, pepper spraying and chasing away pro-Trump protesters.

San Diego, CA -- ‘Proud boy killa’ shout Antifa militants as they assault and pepper spray a small group of Trump supporters in San Diego. Assaulted by a mob over political differences.

San Diego Police Department: Rocks and bottles are being thrown at officers. Pepper spray (OC) from the crowd is being sprayed towards officers.

Philadelphia Police: On December 28, 2020, at 8:20 pm, an unknown male operating a dark colored sedan pulled up to the drive-thru window and placed an order at Checkers located at 3500 Aramingo Ave. When the suspect pulled up to the pickup window a second unknown person in the rear passenger grabbed the cashier's wrist and pointed a black handgun at her. The cashier was able to free herself and run to the back of the store. The driver then exited the car armed with a handgun and reached in to the drive-thru window and unsuccessfully attempted to gain access to the register. The vehicle then fled and was last seen south on Aramingo Ave.

If you see these suspects do not approach, contact 911 immediately. To submit a tip via telephone, dial 215.686.TIPS (8477) or text a tip to 215.686.TIPS (8477). Use this electronic form to submit a tip anonymously. All tips will be confidential.

If Biden halts border wall, it could cost taxpayers billions, CBP chief warns.

Joe Biden is promising that border wall building won't continue under his administration, but with hundreds of miles under construction, the head of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is warning that shutting down construction could cost taxpayers billions.

The Trump administration this week marked 450 miles of wall built at the southern border, and acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan told reporters earlier this week that a total of 800 miles is funded.

"So in addition to the 450 that we’ve already got on the ground, we’ve got funded 350 miles of wall system to go in the ground," he said. "The overwhelming amount of those miles, that funding, the contracts have already been awarded."

However, the wall faces a grim future under Biden, who has promised that not "another foot" would be built. It seems unlikely, therefore, that he will allow a new 350 miles - nearly equal the amount of wall built under his predecessor.

But Morgan warned that canceling projects at this point would cost the U.S. taxpayer.

"It’ll cost taxpayers billions of dollars, billions of dollars in settlement fees," he said. "We’re going to walk away from areas of the wall that have already been constructed."

"There are going to be some areas where, let's say we’ve already started to dig a trench and put some rebar in there, we’re actually going to have to stop and pay extra to have them remove the rebar and fill in the trench," he said.

He added that there is another 270,000 tons of steel bollards that have either been produced or are being produced.

"We’re either going to have to pay them additional money on top of the money we’ve paid for the materials to either destroy what we paid them for already or to store it," he said.

He also warned that it would cost thousands of jobs for workers if the brakes were put on the project.

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