One woman has been shot as Trump told MAGA supporters to 'go home' after protestors stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop Joe Biden's victory, it is being reported.
Congress are expected to validate the Electoral College votes, formally declaring Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the incoming president and vice president of the US.
But protesters clashed with police, forcing the debate to be stopped and vice president Mike Pence to be evacuated, according to Bloomberg.
The chaos came as members of Congress were meeting to vote and certify the election results.
Follow all the latest developments via our live blog below...
WHAT IS THE 25TH AMENDMENT?
The 25th amendment of the United States Constitution calls for the vice president to take office if the president should be "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."
Calls for the legislation to be invoked resurfaced after Donald Donald Trump's ripped down fences and breached the US Capitol building on January 6.
The 25th amendment states: "In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President."
In simple terms, it means that if the president is unable to do his job, the vice president will take on his role.
"The president, vice president and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
NARROW DEMOCRAT MAJORITIES IN CONGRESS COULD LIMIT BIDEN AGENDA
President-elect Joe Biden will get the Democratic Congress he sought after his party's stunning success in Georgia, but his expansive legislative agenda on issues such as healthcare and climate change cannot be assured a smooth ride.
Wins by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for the state's two U.S. Senate seats in Tuesday's runoff elections will give the party control of both chambers in Congress and the White House.
Joe Biden is due to take office on January 20 despite pro-Trump supporters storming the Capitol as Congress convened to certify the Democrat's victory.
Although the 100 Senate seats will be split with Republicans 50-50, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will serve as the tie-breaking vote on any deadlocks in her role as Senate president.
But with the Senate divided down the middle, compromise with Republicans will be necessary for Biden to get anything substantial done.
And, his most ambitious pieces of legislation may have to wait even though the party's progressives will push him and Democratic leaders to move ahead.
PROTESTERS USED CHEMICAL IRRITANTS ON COPS, POLICE CHIEF CONFIRMS
Pro-Trump protesters deployed chemical irritants on cops in order to break into the Capitol building, the police chief of Washington DC has confirmed.
Police Chief Robert Contee says officials have declared the scene a riot. One civilian was shot inside the Capitol on Wednesday.
Thirteen arrests have been made of people from out of the area.
Mayor Muriel Bowser says the behavior of the Trump supporters was shameful, unpatriotic and above all is unlawful.
"There will be law and order and this behavior will not be tolerated," she said.
A curfew will come into force at 6pm ET.
'TRUMP MUST BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE', SAYS DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE AS PROTESTERS BREACH CONGRESS BUILDING
Representative Ilhan Omar is calling for President Trump to be impeached after MAGA supporters stormed Capitol Hill - and one woman was reportedly shot.
Taking to Twitter from inside Congress, Democrat Ilhan Omar wrote: "I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment."
The Congresswoman said the President cannot be allowed to "remain in office", asserting that it was "a matter of preserving our Republic".
DOMINIC RAAB: 'NO JUSTIFICATION' FOR VIOLENCE
UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab has spoken out against violent protests on Capitol Hill, where one woman is believed to have been shot.
Mr Raab wrote on Twitter: "The US rightly takes great pride in its democracy, and there can be no justification for these violent attempts to frustrate the lawful and proper transition of power."
JOE BIDEN CALLS FOR AN 'END TO THIS SEIGE' AND CONDEMNS 'ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY'
President-elect Joe Biden addressed the riots at the US Capitol building, saying it is time to put an "end to this seige".
In an address televised on CNN, Mr Biden said: "Our democracy is under unprecedented assault. Unlike anything we've seen in modern times."
He added: "Let me be very clear. The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America. ... What we're seeing are a small number of extremists dedicated to lawlessness."
'ONE PERSON SHOT' IN CAPITOL HILL PROTESTS
A woman was rushed out of the US Capitol covered in blood this afternoon as a MAGA mob stormed the building to stop President-elect Joe Biden's certification.
The woman was taken out of the building in a stretcher and appeared to be bleeding around her neck, footage from MSNBC shows.
The bloodshed occurred amid reports that one person was shot inside the Capitol.
It was not immediately clear whether the injured woman taken out of the building was the same person who was allegedly shot.
The woman was shot in the chest on the Capitol grounds and in critical condition, according to CNN.
TRUMP INSISTS ON 'FRAUDULENT ELECTION' CLAIMS AS PROTESTERS STORM BUILDING
Donald Trump has issued a televised address to protesters insisting that the "election was stolen" while telling protesters to "go home".
In a speech full of mixed messages, Donald Trump told protesters there must be "peace" but in the same breath continued to claim the US election was fraudulent.
He said: "This was a fraudulent election but we can't play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace.
"So go home, we love you, you're very special [...] I know how you feel, but go home and go home in peace."
'UNACCEPTABLE AND UNAMERICAN'
Republican Minority Leader in the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy has branded the scenes in Capitol Hill as "unacceptable" and "un-American"
He tweeted: "What is unfolding is unacceptable and un-American. It has go to stop."
Pro-Trump protesters have stormed the Capitol building in a bid to stop lawmakers certifying Joe Biden’s electoral college victory in November.
Lawmakers have been forced to evacuate and the Capitol is on lockdown as a result.
'DISGRACEFUL SCENES', SAYS BORIS
TRUDEAU: 'I AM CONCERNED'
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern about the violent scenes in Washington where protesters stormed the Capitol building in a bid to "undo" Donald Trump's election loss.
"Obviously we're concerned and we're following the situation minute by minute," Trudeau told the News 1130 Vancouver radio station.
"I think the American democratic institutions are strong, and hopefully everything will return to normal shortly."
PELOSI AND SCHUMER CALL ON TRUMP TO DEMAND THAT ALL PROTESTERS LEAVE CAPITOL BUILDING
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have called on Donald Trump to demand that all protesters leave the Capitol and its grounds immediately.
Pro-Trump protesters have stormed the Capitol building in a bid to stop lawmakers certifying Joe Biden’s electoral college victory in November.
The governors of Maryland and Virginia say they have authorized law enforcement and National Guard resources to deploy to assist, NBC reports.
'UTTERLY HORRIFYING', SAYS SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON
STARMER: 'A DIRECT ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY'
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has branded the scenes in Washington DC as "horrendous" and a "direct attack on democracy".
Pro-Trump protesters have stormed the Capitol building in a bid to stop lawmakers certifying Joe Biden's electoral college victory in November.
Sir Keir tweeted: "Horrendous scenes from the US.
"These are not ‘protestors’ - this a direct attack on democracy and legislators carrying out the will of the American people."
CRUZ: 'VIOLENCE IS ALWAYS UNACCEPTABLE'
'DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS'
Renowned journalist Andrew Neil has condemned the scenes in DC as pro-Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill, clashing with cops.
He tweeted: "Tonight as they watch the appalling scenes unfold on Capitol Hill authoritarian leaders from Beijing to Kremlin will be rejoicing.
"This is a record low for America. Very, very sad. Democracy in crisis."
TRUMP URGES PROTESTERS TO REMAIN 'PEACEFUL'
POLICE DRAW GUNS TO PROTECT LAWMAKERS, SAYS CONGRESSMAN
Police in the chamber of the House of Representatives drew their weapons as supporters of Donald Trump tried to break in Wednesday, a congressman said.
"Chamber security and Capitol Police have their guns drawn as protesters bang on the front door of the chamber," Representative Dan Kildee tweeted.
"We have been instructed to lie down on the floor and put on our gas masks."
IN PICTURES: TRUMP PROTESTERS STORM CAPITOL HILL
Credit: AFP or licensors HOW WILL A 50-50 SENATE WORK?
Twin wins by Democrats in the two Senate runoff elections in Georgia, if confirmed, could divide the chamber 50-50 and give Democratic vice president-elect Kamala Harris the casting vote.
Raphael Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, and Jon Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker, declared victory with a narrow lead over incumbent David Perdue.
The Senate currently has a Republican majority and Mitch McConnell is currently the Majority Leader.
The Office of the Secretary of the US Senate says that it must have in hand a properly executed certificate of election from the state to swear in and seat a senator.
A 50-50 split has happened three times before: in 1881, 1954, and 20 years ago.
In 2001, the Senate was split 50-50 from January until June, when Senator James Jeffords left the Republican Party and became an independent.
He caucused with the Democrats, giving them control.
ROMNEY HECKLED IN ANOTHER SHOW OF GOP DIVISIONS
Supporters of Donald Trump heckled Republican senator Mitt Romney of Utah in an airport, exposing divisions in the GOP between Trump loyalists and those willing to accept the results of the presidential election.
Romney has been considered Trump's sharpest GOP critic and is among a group of senators who called for an end to an effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win
Video of the airport confrontation posted online Tuesday night came as Trump backers around the U.S. traveled to DC for demonstrations as Congress meets to accept the Electoral College vote.
It's being contested by some GOP lawmakers, but the effort is all but certain to fail.
Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, has a deep well of popularity in Utah, but a significant slice of the state's conservative electorate is angry with him for criticizing the president, said political science professor Damon Cann.
COPS EVACUATE CONGRESS OFFICES AMID CLASHES WITH PRO-TRUMP PROTESTERS
Police ordered the evacuation of several office buildings for the US Congress Wednesday as supporters of President Donald Trump broke down security barrricades on the steps of the Capitol.
Capitol Police sent orders for Congressional staff to leave the Cannon building and other large offices after Trump called on his followers to protest the certification of Joe Biden's election victory inside the legislature.
"Just evacuated my office in Cannon due to a nearby threat. Now we're seeing protesters assaulting Capitol Police," said Representative Nancy Mace in a tweet.
"This is wrong. This is not who we are. I'm heartbroken for our nation today," she wrote.
WARNOCK'S RISE: FROM POVERTY TO US SENATOR
The Rev. Raphael Warnock's roots showed little promise of a future that led to the U.S. Senate.
He grew up in Savannah in the Kayton Homes public housing project, the second youngest of 12 children.
His mother as a teenager had worked as a sharecropper picking cotton and tobacco while his father was a preacher who also made money hauling old cars to a scrapyard.
Warnock became the first member of his family to graduate from college and he earned at Ph.D. in theology, eventually becoming head pastor of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr preached.
The senator-elect, 51, will go to Washington as the first black senator elected from Georgia - a Southern state still grappling with its painful history of slavery, segregation and racial injustice.
MCCONNELL 'HANGS' PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT TO DRY IN SCATHING ATTACK ON FELLOW REPUBLICANS
Republican Senator and one of Donald Trump's previously loyal supporters Mitch McConnell has "hung" the President out to dry in an extraordinary speech today.
The Senate Majority leader launched a scathing attack on fellow Republicans who were challenging Joe Biden's electoral college victory, stressing it could do harm to America.
"We cannot simply declare ourselves a national board of elections on steroids.
"The voters, courts and states have all spoken. If we overrule them it would damage our republic forever," he told Senators.
TRUMP RAGES AGAINST 'BULLS*** ELECTION'
Donald Trump raged against the "bulls*** election" and urged Mike Pence to "do the right thing" as GOP allies prepare to challenge Joe Biden’s win.
Crowds gathered near the White House for the "Save America March" on the day Congress votes to certify Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US Presidential Election.
MAGA fans rolled into DC for the second day as they continued to support Trump and his baseless claims of voter fraud.
"We'll never give up. We'll never concede," Trump said.
"We will not take it anymore."
Trump insisted: "This was not a close election."
He later questioned: "Does anybody really believe Joe had 80million votes?"
The president then slammed late-night vote counting in the presidential election as "explosions of bulls***".
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