President Trump's Unscripted Rose Garden Address Amid Capitol Unrest (Full Transcript)

Speaker 1: It's no coincidence, then, that President Trump finally gave in and went out to the Rose Garden at 4.03. His staff had prepared a script for him to read, but he refused to use it. As you can see on the screen, you can see the script a stamped president has seen. The script said, quote, I'm asking you to leave the capital region now and go home in a peaceful way. The president was urged to stick to this script, but he spoke off the cuff. Eric Hirschman and Nick Luna went with the president to film the message in the Rose Garden. Let's hear what they had to say and see the never-before-seen raw footage of the president recording this video message.

Speaker 2: Ultimately, these remarks that we're looking at here in Exhibit 25 were not the remarks that the president delivered in the Rose Garden. Do you know why the president decided not to use these? I don't know, sir. No, I don't. I do not know why. Did the president use any written remarks, to your knowledge, or did he just go off the cuff?

Speaker 3: To my knowledge, it was off the cuff, sir.

Speaker 2: When you're ready, sir.

Speaker 4: Can you tell me when?

Speaker 2: When you're ready, sir.

Speaker 4: Who's behind me?

Speaker 2: He's gone. He's gone around. We're all clear now.

Speaker 4: I know your pain. I know you're hurt. We had a election. Let me see. I know your pain. I know you're hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election, and everyone knows it, especially the other side. But you have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. We don't want anybody hurt. It's a very tough period of time. There's never been a time like this, where such a thing happened, where they could take it away from all of us, from me, from you, from our country. 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. You've seen what happens. You see the way others are treated, that are so bad and so evil. I know how you feel. But go home, and go home in peace.

Speaker 3: When I got there, basically, the president just had finished filming the video, and I think he was basically retiring for the day.

Speaker 5: Was there any discussion about the president releasing a second video that day? Not that I recall. When he finished his video, I think everyone was like, day's over. People were pretty drained. Were pretty what? Drained. When we say day over, there were still people in the Capitol at that point, weren't there? There were people in the Capitol, but I believe by this stage, law enforcement, and I'd have to go back and look, but I believe law enforcement was either there, moving in, or going to take charge. I'd just say people were emotionally drained by the time that videotape was done.

Speaker 1: Emotionally drained? At the White House? Here's what was happening at the same time at the Capitol. We warn the audience that this clip also contains strong language and violence.

Speaker 4: Hey. Keep pushing. Don't lose the momentum.

Speaker 2: We have another officer unconscious at the church. What church? Everybody, we need gas masks.

Speaker 3: We need weapons. We need strong, angry patriots to help our boys. They don't want to leave.