scott macfarlane has been on the beat as a reporter for nbc 4 washington. start with an overview on the numbers of individuals charged and prosecuted at this point and the types of crimes they are being prosecuted for. guest: at this point we are at roughly 600 federal cases. the number is fluid because new charges are coming each day. roughly 10% of those dependents -- those defendants have reached a plea agreement. we are noticing three different tiers of cases. the lower level are those charged with misdemeanors. not accused of any damage, not accused of any assault on january 6. those who pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors have avoided prison sentences, getting probation for home detention. there is a middle tier of cases that are going to plea agreements less frequently. those are people that are accused of damage or particularly unique behavior inside the capital, say going inside the senate chamber or damaging something in the hallway. or some lower-level assault. that is the middle tier. then there is the higher tier where defendants are accused of

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scott macfarlane, nbc washington reporter is here.sm and lucky for us a national security analyst. i will take a sip of water. i want you to take me through your reporting which we read from, betsy. >> what we obtained were two new sources of information. first, i got an e-mail detailing this call that about 300 federal, state and local law enforcement officials all around the country joined on january 4th. additionally, i spoke to a person who was actually on the call who walked me through more details about what they spoke about. that person told me that a d.c. law enforcement hub was so concerned about what they were seeing online in the days leading up to january 6th that they worked to set up this nationwide call speaking with federal, state and local law enforcement officials all around the country because the folks in d.c. knew that people around the country at a nationwide level were threatening to bring weapons to d.c., to bring militia members to d.c. in an effort specifically to go after the certification on january 6th. an

scott macfarlane talk to me about what we'll see next hour. the anticipation around this hearing is finding out whether or not chansley will cooperate with the feds to help them get to other folks at the riot. >> that is the heart of the matter. does he flip and plead guilty to a felony? other defendants will watch that closely as well and perhaps follow suit. it's a distinctive case in part because of the distinctive clothes he was wearing, the horns, the head dress, the red, white and blue face paint, the lack of a shirt but also the allegations. a metal pole with a metal spearhead banging and called mike pence a vulgarity and traitor and left a note at mike pence's desk in the senate chamber that justice is coming. this is a significant case, it's a felony case. we've seen this parade of misdemeanor defendants come forward in the past two weeks and plead guilty to misdemeanors likely avoiding jail time. jacob chansley faces a felony account. acknowledge and take the felony in his plea agreement which would almost guarantee prison time and d