around the world are these new images of vladimir putin making his first remarks from the kremlin, since a military standoff inside russia over the weekend. now, this is widely viewed as the strongest challenge to putin in his 23 years of rule. tonight, what you see here is putin speaking in russia, addressing the rebellion. it s a matter so public that even this master propagandist couldn t just deny that it s happening. he is vowing in the translation that we have here to bring members of the rebellion to justice, telling fighters in this mercenary force to sign up with the military or go home. what putin is doing here is trying to rebound after russians basically waited around for what imagine if you lived there, would be quite a harrowing experience, while your nation is also at war, a once allied mercenary army group that used to be seen as really completely allied with putin was literally marching towards moscow over the weekend because its leader suddenly made a publ
voters are asking for. all right, matt duss, thank you very much. that is all in for this week. alex wagner tonight starts right now with ali velshi in for alex. good evening, ali. important point there, this isn t an either or, all or nothing, don t support israel or do support israel. it s a measure of condition that goes along with the aid that we give ukraine or any other country that says we have to prosecute this war in a different way. in fact, it s interesting one of the things that we learned, right, during the early days of the war was very intense conditions placed on ukraine about attacks in russia, specifically because of fears of blow back, of escalation. and it was, this was an active conversation, very, ve clearly. very early, and they re constantly. i m glad you brought that up. thank you, my friend. have aooweekend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. i am ali velshi in for alex wagner. last month, the united states economy gained 2
tons of smoke all landing here making it the worst thing from that country since seth rogen. but as the trees burn, another tree speaks out. john parry commemorated the 79th anniversary of d-day by comparing it to the fight against climate change. note to john. it s okay to visit the statues at easter island. just don t turn into one. he claims the climate change bite requires the same level of innovation and mobilization required to fight the nazis. but today s threat comes from all of us. if you don t recycle and by an ev, you are the new hitler. he found that funny. less, he is the last guy i talked to about the environment. a guy threw away his medals and that is littering. meanwhile east coasters are suffering witch makes them smile. nothing like human misery to pave the way for a power grab. if the smog keeps up churches will be closed and you will be only allowed allowed out for food and pride parades. aoc says the smokeout shows us how unprepared we are for the clim
i thought it would be almost impossible. we won this public narrative with the support of the american people. between president biden and speaker mccarthy, house republicans won from start to finish. lawrence lawrence president biden also praising it saying this in a tweet. i have been clear that the only path forward is a bipartisan compromise that can earn the support of both parties. this agreement meets that test. other lawmakers on the hill arguing it doesn t go far enough to curb spending. some republicans suggesting there might be an effort to oust mccarthy from his role as speaker do you think there will be discussion on the motion to vacate? stay tuned. it will be in a week or two. brian: before the default deadline set by treasury secretary yellen who obviously moves that deadline because everybody want add three day vacation for memorial day not clear when a vote will take place. ainsley: we were going to collapse. hold on, take a vacation. we will collaps
never indicted or incited an insurrection. he loves his children. he doesn t hide classified documents. vote dernald turmp, and he ll make the united states goodest, as it once one. i approve this message. i didn t know. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 21st. great to have you with us. also with us, we have white house editor for politico, sam stein, who intimidates people who work for him to say that he is their favorite. we heard that, sam. also, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. washington bureau chief for the usa today, susan page. and staff writer at the atlantic, mark leibovich. president biden made his first remarks yesterday about the colorado supreme court ruling that donald trump is disqualified from that state s 204 primary ballot because of his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. in milwaukee, biden initially refused to comment but then said this when asked if trump supported an insurrection. well, i think it