overthrow vladimir putin. and we re learning more about where yevgeny prigozhin might be at this hour. also ahead, ukraine tries to make the most of russia s crisis on the battlefield after a slow, bloody start to their counter offensive. plus, president biden s first public comments on everything that s unfolding in russia, and on capitol hill, lawmakers voicing their concerns but will that translate to more dollars and supplies for ukraine? our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin with nbc s matt bradley who has the latest on this challenge to putin s leadership. so matt, how significant is this new audio from prigozhin who has not been publicly seen since all of those people were coming around him in russia as he was getting ready to leave. well, it s pretty significant, chris, when you consider the fact that we haven t heard from this man in the past two days. it shed just a little bit more light on an episode that has really b
by early january most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington except those from michigan and wisconsin. undeterred the trump team arranged to fly them to washington and hand deliver them to congress for the vice president himself. quote, freaking trump idiots want someone to fly original elector papers to the senate president, wisconsin republican party official mark jefferson wrote to the party chairman andrew hitt on january 4th. hitt responded, okay, i see a have a call and a text from someone else. the next day trump campaign director for election day operations g. michael brown sent a text message to other campaign staffs suggesting that he was the person who delivered the fake votes to congress. after sending the group a photo of his face with the capitol in the background, brown said, quote, this has got to be the cover of a book i write one day and i should probably buy mike roman a tie or something for sending me on this one. hasn t been done since 1876 a
the ingraham angle from washington tonight. now what is going to matter more to the country? the retirement from the presidential race of chris christie, who devoted his campaign to smashing trump and polling at 3.6% nationally or retirement from college football of nick saban who won 297 games, 10 sec championships, seven championships and had heisman trophy winners? that s all. i know which will upset me most. bowing to political reality, chris christie did drop out of the gop primary race today and turns out, it is surprising and shocking to you tonight, the gop constituency is not actually watching morning joe and it doesn t hang on every thing the new york times publishes. you would see chris christie debate teachers union and know that. for someone as sharp as he is, he totally missed the obvious, republicans are fed up with the old guard for a long time, fed up with wars, with pro-china trade policy, border, the push for more immigration and big spending. why would
airstrikes, which according to the editorial board of the new york post , were much ado about nothing. quote, despite media, it tha amounted to no more than a pinprick. x five dead, six injured, and noin who the leaders even targeted. and by the way, biden did not deter iran in their proxy ward in any major way, in any minor way. and now the all important whipping channels in theannel i. they re more dangerous than ever. by the way, when are they going to confrony goint iran? without iran, the houthis don t exist. we have u.s. flag vessels that have been advised to steer clear for foreseeable future. and as for iran, therefo have been no consequencespe as per usual at all whatsoever . and as the new york post hasnt been pointing out, biden s foreign policyed, fear and escalation is a recipe for global disaster. and by the way, why didth joe allow the iranians to sell their oil again on the world market? why did he facilitate $10n doll billion to get into the hands of the i
now, what s going to matter more to the country in the retirement from the presidential race of chris christie who devoted his campaign to smashing trump and was polling at about 3.6% nationally or the retirement from college football of alabama coach nick saban who won 297 games, 10 sec championships, seven national championships and had four heisman trophy winners, that s all. i know which retirement is going to upset me the most. finally bowing to reality former governor chris christie did drop by the g.o.p. primary race today and it turns out and it is surprising, shocking i note to so many of you watching tonight. but the g.o.p. constituency isn t actually watching morning joe, and it doesn t hang on every word that the new york times plushes. pres pres publi. for someone as sharp as he is, he totally missed the obvious that republican voters are fed up and have been fed up with the old guard for a long time. they are fed up with their wars, they are fed up with their