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
the da alvin bragg. according to a senior law enforcement source, that letter is just one of several hundreds threats bragg and his office have received in the last few weeks. this comes as the years-long hush money probe into possible indictment, which we could learn more about next the grand jury is expected to reconvene on monday. as for trump, he appears to be capitalizing on the chaos waco, texas, right now. sources tell nbc that the ex president is keenly aware of the political opportunity created by a fight with bragg. trump has repeatedly tried to downplay the investigation witch hunt carried out by a political enemy. i asked legal experts ryan goodman and andrew weissmann this investigation is serious. ex president would like you to believe. just listen to what davis, the attorney for trump s former fixer michael cohen, told my colleague symone sanders-townsend earlier today on this network. if this case goes forward and that still and if this
we begin this hour with waco, texas, the fight of donald trump s first official rally of the presidential campaign. overshadowing the possibility of criminal indictment. coming from separate investigations in manhattan. in georgia and in washington d.c.. now it is no surprise that trump continues to pacey triples investigations through nothing more than political reporting for nbc news jonathan allen writes, quote, trump s [inaudible] government run conspiracies launched with power and freedom. he s been really against government officials investigating him, with an increasingly dark warning about will happen if he is charged. trump s attacking the investigation continuing even after, even after nbc or someone sent death threats to the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. he s investigating alleged flush stormy daniels 2016 election. [inaudible] discussed trump s social media post attacking brag with reverend al sharpton. [inaudible] he posted it. answer the que
insurrectionists across the capitol while being called the most violent, racist names. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, after four days and 15 rounds of voting, kevin mccarthy is finally speaker of the house. but, what comes next for the new speaker depends on what he had to give away to win the gavel. it was chaos and drama friday when mccarthy thought he had the vote in the bag on the 14th round, only to be thwarted by congressman matt gaetz, a never kevin who voted present instead of four mccarthy, which is strange, because gaetz had already crowed that mccarthy had already agreed to every concession that gaetz had asked for. i am excited and encouraged, i am grateful that speaker doesn t give mccarthy receptive to each and every change we have demanded. and shawn, without the stage right now where i am running out of stuff to ask for. stuff like allowing one member to call for the removal of the speaker and giving seats on the rules comm
tonight on the reidout we have got to get to proceedings. there has to be somewhere we can maintain the sense that people have that there is some security or some confidence that government can function and that we can elect a president of the united states. it s been exactly two years since the january 6th insurrection. and watching nancy pelosi s leadership in a crisis is a stark contrast to how we currently have no speaker of the house at all. and while kevin mccarthy may have gained votes today, he has now lost the speaker s race 13 times. not exactly inspiring confidence, and another glaring example of his failures as a leader. and on january 6th, we would be remiss if we didn t mention mr. fist pump, josh hawley, lucas kuntz, the democrat who announced he s running against hawley, joins me tonight. and we begin tonight with the two-year anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. when 64 days after election day a mob of donald trump loyalists stormed the