of rostov on don. the wagner mercer group have seized key sites after launching that rebellion against the army in rostov on don and there have been reports of fighting in voronezh which is halfway between rostov and moscow after the wagner group claimed a russian helicopter opened fire on a convoy of their vehicles. welcome back. we return to the developing situation in russia let s take a look at what we know so far following the dramatic escalation of infighting. prigozhin says his forces have taken the city of rostov and have seized military facilities in voroneszh which is on the way to moscow as well. there s increased security in moscow with what s being called anti terror measures the m4 motorway which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. and the russian p
you know, there s a word for what happened in new york, in a courtroom today. and that word is a latin term. it s bonkers. tonight, on laura coates live. i have been waiting to talk to you guys about this all day. what a day in court today. donald trump clashing with the judge, loudly talking during e. jean carroll s testimony. loud enough to be heard two rows away. claiming it is a witch hunt and a con job. shaking his head, throwing his hands up in the air. i do that, too. it was quite a performance. one that didn t fool the judge, not even for a millisecond or a new york minute, i guess you say. here is something you usually don t hear in a courtroom. the judge says he hopes he won t have to kick trump out of court. and trump responded, i would love it. the judge, i know you would. of course, he likely would. his goal is not maybe to win in court. it s to win at the campaign. frankly, if we re being honest, it s working with him and the polls. let s not forget. this is a
for what happened in new york in a courtroom today. and that is a latin term. it s bonkers. tonight, on laura coates live . i have been waiting to talk to you guys about this all day. what a day in court today. donald trump clashing with the judge, loudly talking during e. jean carroll s testimony, loud enough, by the, way to be heard at least two rows away, claiming its you ve heard these phrases before it s a witch hunt. and it really is a con job. unquote. shaking his head, throwing his hands up in the air oh, wait, i do that to. pulling his hands up in the air it was quite a performance. and it s one that didn t fool the judge, not even for a millisecond, or maybe a new york minute, i guess you say. because here is something you don t usually here in the courtroom. the judge saying that he hopes he won t have to kick trump out of court. and then trump responding, quote, i would love it. the judge, i know you would. of course, he likely would. his goal is actually
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we are tracking several stories tonight, including another supreme court ethics scandal, tying gop appointee samuel alito to another billionaire on a fishing trip. we ll get into that later. it s a big story. but our news program begins tonight with not only the criminal trial of donald trump, now slated to begin on august 14th buck the broader ongoing threat of right wing individual lantyism and authoritarianism. tonight we begin with a special report on that very challenge, and trump s efforts to hijack the criminal justice system that now is trying to potentially hold him accountable. we re talking about a range of actions that has prompted already fear of violence over the violent rhetoric and whether that could turn to action. we re about one week out from the federal arraignment that trump did try to prevent. we remember he was forced to sit silently in that miami courtroom. outside cameras showed a very small crowd. the scene was
eastern here on msnbc. our coverage continues right now with katy tur reports good to be with you. i m katy tur. tomorrow marks the three-year anniversary of the january 6th. in just a few minutes, president biden will give his first 2024 campaign speech marking that day, and warning americans the threat of that day still hangs over them. but what was the threat of that day? because in the years since january 6th, 2021, perceptions among some, especially republicans, have shifted. that trump wasn t responsible, that the fbi was really behind it, that it was no big deal or not that big of a deal. here s the thing, even in the best of circumstances, memory is fallible, time warps and shades it and in the world we live in, bad actors and disinformation corrupt it. let s go back for a moment to those moments to what they were really like in realtime. here s a small portion of our broadcast on that day as the capitol was breached. we re getting a report from our producer