Ensuring the security of the inauguration like no other continues on an unprecedented scale. Tens of thousands of National Guard and security personnel turned downtown Washington, D.C. into a fortress less than two weeks after a mob of insurrectionists attacked the U.S. Capitol. Amna Nawaz spoke with former FBI special agent Tim Gallagher and extremism expert Heidi Beirich to learn more.

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