prayer session. that s all been planned for next week. but the justice department has spent the past year charging over 700 rioters in the biggest criminal investigation in our country s history. now the first trials are actually slated to get under way in february. among them a colorado man who climbed through the first broken window moments after it was smashed with a stolen police riot shield and then battled with officers in the building. also an alleged rioter from texas who spoke of dragging lawmakers out of the capitol by their ankles. capitol police report that threats against members of congress, they ve more than doubled this year compared to where we were last year. and earlier this month a new hampshire man was sentenced to 33 months for threatening to hang three senators and three members of congress if they did not, quote, get behind trump. while many of the january 6th rioters in those threatening members of congress are being charged, it is significantly much, much hard
house librarian as well as a prayer session. that s been planned for next week. the justice department has spent the past year charging over 700 rioters in the biggest criminal investigation in our country s history. now the first trials are actually slated to get under way in february. among them a colorado man who climbed through the first broken window moments after it was smashed with a stolen police riot shield and then battled with officers in the building. also an alleged rider from texas who spoke about dragging officers out by their ankles. threats against members of congress have more than doubled this year compared to last year. earlier this month a new hampshire man was sentenced to 33 months for threatening to hang three senators and three members of congress if they did not, quote, get behind trump. while many of the january 6th rioters in those threatening members of congress are being
several new videos were just released by the department of justice from january s attack on the u.s. capitol. they were part of court exhibits in the case of alleged proud boys member charles donahue of north carolina. the prosecutors say i video show him in the mob breaching the police line on the east front of the capitol. the circles and arrows used here to highlight donahue in the crowd were added by the doj, not by nbc news. donahue is seen carrying a stolen police riot shield, according to court documents. again, nbc news did not edit or add the blurs to the video. all this woke on msnbc, we ll be examining the future of policing in this country. today we ll look at morale which officers say is at an all-time low. they ve seen a surge of retirements and resignations. here is gabe gutierrez. reporter: night after night