monster rival, the threads app now live and millions are signing up. we re going to begin this hour with that surprising announcement regarding the potential location of the man who led an uprising in russia last month. in a rare news conference this morning, belarusian leader alexander lukashenko said the head of the wagner group yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, not in belarus, despite saying last week he was in his country. nbc news cannot verify that claim. it is raising new questions, though, about the supposed deal that ended the attempted rebellion. joining us now from the presidential palace in minsk is nbc chief international correspondent keir simmons. you attended the news conference. you spoke with lukashenko, what did he say? reporter: yeah. yeah, as you can see, we re not at the presidential palace anymore. we were there. nbc news one of the few international news organizations invited to that conversation. and after an incredibly unpredictable almost two week
this morning. in just under an hour, court authorities will attempt to arraign donald trump s personal valet walt nauta for a third time. he is trump s co-defendant in the classified documents case. . and we re learning never before seen details of what led to the fbi s mar-a-lago search in the first place. look at how much is still redacted, but we ll break down what we are learning in just a moment. plus, the hottest day ever again. for the third day in a row, the earth recorded temperatures never seen before. we re pushing our ecosystems and our climate into a different place than it s been for the entirety of human civilization. we begin with that rare news conference from the president of belarus and the question, where in the world is wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin? last week the president of belarus said prigozhin, who you see there, had fled his country after the attempted armed rebellion in russia. after that rare press conference, alexander lukashenko said p
we have updates in the other special counsel s investigation. jack smith issuing more subpoenas in the january 6th investigation. this time, focusing on arizona. so let s get to it. joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent, tom winter and nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly. let s start with the top. walt nauta, finally getting a lawyer. finally pleading not guilty. walk us through what happened. it was a short hearing. the big news is he did get this lawyer, and essentially one of the reasons i think it s more difficult to find someone is because, you know, donald trump hasn t been known to pay his bills. that s something you re on the hook for down the line if, you know, no matter where this goes, once you re on the case you re stuck with it no matter what, even if there s a dispute about payment or what have you. whoever signed on for that is in for the long haul. with donald trump, a significant retainer agreement, cash up front in order to take on that
reporter: you never had an insurrectionist president before who would seek reelection. the president of harvard university resigned today weeks after her controversial testimony before congress about antisemitism. the average, came not from her academic peers, but rather from her political foes led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny. i think it s going to be very tremendous victory in iowa. i will defeat president trump, foreign square. i have no doubt about that. i m the only one who has a chance to beat trump and win the general election. you saw with our own eyes, when that mob stormed the united states capitol. everything is on the line right here, the question is what kind of century is this going to be? when a democracy is still americas separate causes the most urgent question of our time. they left weaponized government and the same threat to democracy. we all know who donald trump is, the question we have to answer is, wh
Ground there as they heard the sirens go off. Israel is now striking back. Its launched its own air strikes into gaza, where palestinians say hundreds have been killed and many, many more injured. New video from cnn shows this Tower Collapsing in gaza city following an air strike. Israel also is mobilizing troops and calling up tens of thousands of reservists. Sam kiley has the latest. Reporter Palestinian Militants celebrate the destruction of an israeli tank, dragging what appears to be a body of a crewman from the vehicle. Dozens of Gazabased Palestinian fighters have infiltrated israel under the cover of a massive rocket bombardment. In what could be the biggest Israeli Intelligence failure since arab nations attacked israel 250 years ago. Hamas brought war to the streets. Its bullets tearing into civilian vehicles. Locals on rooftops and shooting. Here the aftermath of a gun battle. Israeli civilians lie dead on the street. Close by are what are reported to be Palestinian Militant