See the difference with olay. officials have recently been the victims of swatting attacks at their homes. meaning that police responded to false claims that a life-threatening crime was in progress. only to discover that the call was a hoax. of course, these are hoaxes that put innocent peoples lives at risk. given that police are misled into conducting massive raids he fse pretense that they are confronting violent criminals. and given the political climate, it s no surprise that a majority of the recent victims are people trump has called out by name. people like special counsel jack smith, judge tanya chutkan, maine secretary of state shenna bellows, and most recently, judge arthur engoron, among others. the perpetrators of these swatting calls maybe lone wolves, their actions fit a disturbing pattern. their choice of targets, as well as the prevalence,
Smith, also judge tanya chutkan have now come under dangerous swatting attacks. in these latest attacks, raising new questions about the safety of public officials in the country right now. nbc s ryan reilly has the latest on these swatting attempts. also with us is former present congressman from florida and msnbc political analyst david jolly. ryan, swatting attacks have been a tactic we have seen often lately, unfortunately. walk us through the latest use against chutkan and smith. reporter: yeah, unfortunately and pretty predictable. we have two high profile individuals like this, they re going to be targets and we have seen rhetorical attacks from donald trump on the two individuals. in the case of jack smith, it happened on christmas day itself. in the case of judge chutkan, it happened on sunday night. and there was an np response to her home. from the police report, it indicates they spoke with someone, unnamed at the scene
Typically over water or an unpopulated stretch of land, with the plane at least 8,000- 10,000 feet up. but flight 89 dropped fuel as low as 2,300 feet. i have never heard of this happening in 35 years. it s highly unusual. reporter: norah, you want that extra altitude so the fuel has time to dissipate before it gets to the ground. that didn t happen here. delta tells us they re still working to fully understand what did happen here. pilots are given a lot of leeway in responding to an emergency. the focus here, was getting the 165 people on that plane on the ground safely. o donnell: all right, thank you. a 19-year-old man accused of being part of a nationwide ring of white supremacists appeared in federal court in virginia today. he is charged in a wave of swatting attacks. that s making false 911 calls prompting swat teams to move in on unsuspecting victims. here s jeff pegues. reporter: john kelly was charged with being part a right wing group that engaged in
He would not be there. filed a motion allowing him to not be there. you re right. he s in jail. he could come, he would be wearing a jail jump suit, has chosen to remain in confinement. keep close. house republicans aiming anger at the man who oversees the special counsel investigation, the one that ensnared paul manafort. talking deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he was not afraid to fire back. a congressional confrontation turning testy. you re using this rod rosenstein, swatting attacks from republicans directing their red hot anger with the justice department at the man who oversees the special counsel investigation. whatever you got, finish it the hell up because this country is being torn apart. for hours, lawmakers laid into both the deputy attorney general and fbi director chris