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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 agains...

At different points, where they brought the country together when we had a crisis. >> i was talking to doug during the break. doug, we -- last night we played, you know, a collection of ronald reagan talking about the challenger, bill clinton talking about oklahoma city, george w. bush talking about 9/11 from a mosque in the days after. and you hear them speak, you know, somewhere on teleprompter, george w. was impromptu and they were eloquent. their emotion was real and their honesty came forward. it stands in stark contrast to the abilities of this president rhetorically. >> if you go to -- ...

Thumbs up, it's just so outside what is acceptable. >> yeah. kristin powers, thank you, doug brinkly, as well. why retired military officers are speaking out against assault weapons on american streets. ♪ relaxing guitar male announcer: it's a familiar feeling. the first chill in the summer air, and each day shorter than than last. this is what you live for. it's your season. so head to bass pro shops and cabela's fall hunting classic sale and event. at t-mobile, for $40/line for four lines, it's all included for the whole family, starting with unlimited data. use as much as you want, when...

Listening to them and they're adding words that they can. the fact that -- i was giving the president credit that there weren't cameras inside. he seemed to think that was a bad thing. >> yeah, one of the most remarkable and troubling things about donald trump is his utter lack of empathy. and that's what we see here is that he cannot get outside of himself and think about other people, even in the most dire of circumstances. where there's just no other way to look at it. and, you know, the picture of them holding that baby with the thumbs up, it's just so outside what is acceptable. >> yeah. ...

It's certainly been a difficult week, as we said, two shootings, two cities within hours of one another. in the past, presidents have tried to console and inspire and listen to the victims, their families. that did not happen this week. i want to get some perspective from cnn presidential historian doug brinkly and kristen powers. this whole tradition of presidents going and being consoler in chief, has that always been in our history. >> no. when theodore roosevelt had to deal with the san francisco earthquake, he couldn't go to san francisco. walter cronkite would be the person, by linden jo...