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people. they defended the very institutions and principles that define the united states. >> that was special counsel jack smith as he announced donald trump's latest indictment. here is what defending their country looked like for officers on january 6th. >> ow! >> that was d.c. police officer daniel hodges, crushed and screaming in a revolving door, crushed by a pro-trump mob in a tunnel leading into the u.s. capitol, outside a rioter pummeled another officer with a flagpole as he was being dragged down the steps of the capitol. the justice department said about 140 officers were assaulted that day. among them, caroline edwards, she testified to congress she was knocked out during the riot, only to come to and then be
the capitol steps will now serve more than four years in federal prison. a man named pretty stager was sentenced yesterday. he claims he thought the officer was a member of antifa. you can see the footage here. prosecutors ask that he get six years in prison citing stagers, quote chilling motivation and brutality of the assault. we can see him whacking away with a flagpole. the judge lowered the sentence citing stager's quote, horrible upbringing. more than 300 have been sentenced to serve time in prison. elsewhere, the department of justice is suing the state of texas after governor greg abbott refused to remove a 1,000-foot long buoy during, dividing the rio grande between the united states and mexico. nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson is in eagle pass, texas, with the latest. >> reporter: a battle over
i don't think it'll work. >> you could get pretty odds in vegas the senate will not be sticking around. cofounder of punch bowl news, jake sherman, great to talk to you. thanks for being here. still ahead here on "way too early," we'll turn to the new legal battle between the department of justice and the state of texas over a floating border barrier in the rio grande river. plus a january 6th rioter who repeatedly struck a police officer with a flagpole during the capitol attack, gets prison time. those stories and a check on sports and weather as we take a look as the sun just starting to come up here in washington. we'll be right back. come up here in washington we'll be right back. this is your moment. critics declare oppenheimer is magnificent. the new york times calls it staggering. it's utterly enthralling and one of the best movies of the century.
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have him under oath, they can talk to him in the office, and that's how it probably will be. his testimony is very persuasive. >> ryan, you just reported on another january 6th rioter being sentenced. we have video of him on january 6th, that man there, seen hitting officers, with a flagpole, will face four years now behind bars. where does the broader january 6th investigation stand right now? >> you know, frankly we're just now coming out of halftime. very early on we had an fbi official say they were in the first quarter of this, that was january 2021. you're talking about a five-year statute of limitations. we have seen a thousand arrests, more than a thousand arrests thus far. but only identifying 300 people that could face charges that day. what the justice department has been preparing the court behind me for is to have about another