The US Capitol is on lockdown days before the inauguration due to a security threat.
Rehearsals for the swearing-in of Joe Biden has been evacuated, according to eyewitnesses on the ground.
Videos of the Capitol appear to show smoke towering above the Washington DC building.
A loudspeaker system can be heard warning people of an ‘external security threat’.
BREAKING: Happening now at Capitol. Smoke and emergency announcements. pic.twitter.com/eIcn5WD1LN
— @amuse (@amuse) January 18, 2021
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