One notable detail from tonight's coverage was reports that as protesters advanced toward the White House Friday evening, US President Donald Trump, his wife Melania and his son Barron briefly retreated to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center - a fortified, bunker-like structure under housing.

The last time a US head of state was publicly known to have used the bunker was on 11 September, 2001, where senior members of the George W Bush administration spent that day after their west wing offices were evacuated. There are no other public reports of presidents needing to use the area since - the New York Times, which first reported this detail, says “it has not been used much, if at all” since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But it notes the area has since been strengthened to withstand the impact of a passenger jet.
The White House has declined to comment on the reports.