make a safe return home miguel almaguer, msnbc news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, new details in the growing story coming out of the doj that we just broke on msnbc minutes ago. what we know about the two people arrested for operating an illegal overseas police station of the chinese government right here in lower manhattan. plus, inside a massive prisoner swap in ukraine a live report on the ground where more than 100 prisoners of war were just released as part of the major exchange with russia what kevin mccarthy calls a ticking time bomb. the republican leaders no holds bars speech on the country s debt before the new york stock exchange plus, the white house responds a very different view of the problem by the biden administration and their take on the upcoming debt ceiling battle our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments let s begin with house speaker kevin mc
d.c. it is what it is, people know what it is and next right that is the question, chris, and that is why these members of congress were allegedly holding this hearing in the first place. there was one moment of the hearing that stood out to me in particular, which is where congresswoman madeleine dean quoted the episode of succession last night, and logan royce hanging what royce said, if these people are not you are not serious people, and that if republicans were serious about doing something about violence, they wouldn t necessarily be holding this hearing, but they would be engaging in legislative fixes. she named gun violence and federal gun control laws, including universal background checks and an assault weapons ban that is currently on the table in the u.s. congress which republicans have historically not supported. but republicans on the other hand, have called more attention
all of the victims family members who were in attendance it was open to the public as well in the afternoon, and then the bells rang out on saturday marking the exact times when those bombs went off but 30,000 runners representing more than 100 countries, but even those who were not directly impacted by the bombings, they felt compelled to run. they say that the stories of perseverance, grit and resilience encouraged them to enter this year s race take a listen. it just brought back a whole bunch of memories from boston strong, and, you know, it s really emotional knowing that the martin family is here and with the two memorials, it s more than running to me. it s more than running but it makes you want to run more it inspires you. reporter: so, chris, once again, we are seeing a wave of finishers. we re told we re kind of at the
at this point, as the plan stands for tomorrow, we will see the jury selection process finalize first, and once the jury is seated, we ll go into open arguments, dominion will lead that and then fox will follow i ll add this in the theme of last minute changes in a new filing from fox, its lawyers say they believe dominion actually kicked back its damages claim, the original one, by about half a billion dollars. fox has said that dominion has inflated its damages estimates dominion disputing that and saying that it has not reduced its claim, something that we could learn more when things get underway tomorrow, chris. joyce, do you read anything into this, if indeed the judge said and it wouldn t be unusual, try one more time, sit down, see if you can settle this doesn t mean either side is serious about it or could it mean that? it s not unusual at all sometimes parties will feel more pressure as trial draws closer, and it s worth giving it a second look.
tracy, visited the wrongfully detained wall street journal journalist, evan gersh kovich fr the first time ever. russia accused him of espionage and he s facing 20 years in prison nbc senior white house continue kelly o donnell has more details on the visit this is something that the u.s. government has been wanting to do for the weeks, now two weeks, more than two weeks he s been detained what did we hear from the ambassador good to be with you, chris, and this is a significant development because this allows the united states government to have had one-on-one direct contact with evan gershkovich and to see how he s doing in confinement. he s wrongfully detained as the united states has declared that, and that s after a very careful assessment of his background, determining that he is, in fact, an accredited reporter this was an inappropriate and