Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin hosted a series of events this week marking Pride month.

- A contractor working on a $25 million tunnel that will connect Virginia's Capitol to a nearby legislative office building "inadvertently" poked through the ceiling of a subterranean Capitol extension earlier this year, causing debris to fall into the visitors center cafe, a state official said.

Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin is slated to be sworn in as Virginia’s next governor on Saturday, Jan. 15.

Democratic lawmakers said the rally wouldn't impact their plans to pass gun-control measures, including universal background checks and a one-handgun-purchase-a-month limit. “The Democrat Party in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia are working hard to take away your 2nd Amendment rights," he tweeted. The Virginia State Police, the Virginia Capitol Police and the Richmond Police had a heavy presence, with officers deploying on rooftops, patrolling in cars and on bicycles. Law enforcement officials faced scathing criticism for what both the white supremacist groups and anti-racism protesters said was a passive response. Police limited access to Capitol Square to only one entrance, and a long line formed to get into the rally zone.

Northam said that he believes in the right to assemble and the right to bear arms but that there have been threats of violence made on the Virginia Capitol. And if that is your group or your intention on Monday, then you are not welcome," said Col. Gary Settle, the superintendent of Virginia State Police. Streets immediately surrounding Capitol grounds will be closed and there’s going to be additional fencing around the Capitol building. “It makes no sense to ban every other weapon and allow firearms, when intelligence shows a threat of armed militia groups storming our Capitol," Northam said. The public can sign up to get weather, traffic and emergency incident email or text alerts through the Virginia State Capitol Alert Network.