says will quote, end a painful chapter. the new details on the tentative but huge civil settlement between doj and victims of the 2017 sutherland springs church mass shooting. why intelligence officials are keeping a close eye on russia and china right now after trump s indictment what they re trying to stop from happening. and republican house speaker kevin mccarthy threatens alvin bragg with action on the hill. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments i want to go first to nbc s ali vitali who has been following the threats from house republicans against bragg. we heard what donald trump had to say last night with alvin bragg, now speaker mccarthy is jumping in what s his angle. reporter: look, for mccarthy, it s more of what we have seen from him even before the trump indictment became official, we watched mccarthy mobilize here on the hill three powerful committee chairman from oversight, judiciary, and administration, all asking alvin bragg
solidifying, at least for the last few days, his role as the front runner now, look, i mean, you can t beat someone with nobody and the silence around, you know, the desantis camp, the haley camp, pence camp, other than complete deference to, you know, the overreach, the weaponization, all of the watch words dejour, you know, has been pretty telling in that, look, it looks like the third consecutive presidential cycle, they seem more than willing to roll over for him and let the damage sort of play out as far as, you know, another potential electoral defeat, which has been kind of a bad track record for trump over the last several, you know, years. so look, i mean, again, i think this is another potential off ramp, another overused term, and it looks like, again, the instinct to ral i ly around and roll over is going to continue. i was a little surprised when i saw what you sent out, which
irresponsible for the vice president not to be prepared to be president. he is the next in line. some people would say that it would be irresponsible for him not to be. then when the media tries to make a story out of this other than just reporting it, but reporting it with a little jab. is there a problem there? that s what the consumers of media may have a problem with. howie: pence wasn t at the top of the piece. butted the pence camp believes such key facts were left out as a former governor he needed a pac just to pay for his travel. and was introduced by ivanka trump. cathy: he was saying the republicans are coming up with a
irresponsible for the vice president not to be prepared to be president. he is the next in line. some people would say that it would be irresponsible for him not to be. then when the media tries to make a story out of this other than just reporting it, but reporting it with a little jab. is there a problem there? that s what the consumers of media may have a problem with. howie: pence wasn t at the top of the piece. butted the pence camp believes such key facts were left out as a former governor he needed a pac just to pay for his travel. and was introduced by ivanka trump. cathy: he was saying the republicans are coming up with a
president not to be prepared to be president. he is the next in line. some people would say that it would be irresponsible for him not to be. then when the media tries to make a story out of this other than just reporting it, but reporting it with a little jab. is there a problem there? that s what the consumers of media may have a problem with. howie: pence wasn t at the top of the piece. butted the pence camp believes such key facts were left out as a former governor he needed a pac just to pay for his travel. and was introduced by ivanka trump. cathy: he was saying the republicans are coming up with a