won t last. the rain will travel eastwards through the day and it will turn increasingly humid. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, 27thjune. president putin has made his first public comments since the mutiny by the wagner mercenary group ended, saying any attempt to stir up turmoil in russia was doomed to fail . during a tv address, mr putin said the leaders of the uprising would be brought tojustice, but regular wagnerfighters could join the russian army, return to theirfamilies or go to belarus. graham satchell reports. vladimir putin has not been seen since saturday, but late last night he called a meeting of his security chiefs. in an address to the nation he thanked the russian people for standing up to what he called treachery. translation: it was the patriotism l of our citizens, the consolidation l of the whole of russian society, that played the decisive role in these events. this support helped us overcome the most difficult challenges that our motherl
as imperious as always, he emerged today if he s going to take any questions to defend his departments actions lea via president trump yuri to speak on my role is to be completely consistent during the special counsel regulations. following the regulations. laura: let s be very clear here. the issue is are you acting in good faith or part of a political operation to get a conviction of trump by any means necessary? 81% of republicans believe this about this is all about politics and protecting one of the more destructive presidents the united states has ever had joe biden. and they are right. consider the situation this way. no one believes that merrick garland would still be ag if he didn t, hadn t green light a special prosecutor in this case. everyone at msnbc and cnn believed that merrick garland s trying to put trump in jail. no matter where the facts leave. otherwise, they would be calling tonight for his removal. it s really not that complicated. any of the lawyers
second hour of a man. the obvious and flailing republican smear campaign against president biden. one gop senator this week, admitted that he didn t care about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m phil ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an honest reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no matter how desperate merit-less or in saying their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bri
as the republican primary field continues to expand, i can t help but wonder are we about to see a 2016 repeat, with trump gliding to the gop nomination? blas, former labor secretary and top economist robert reich is here to help us understand the new debt limit deal, and whether democrats can get behind it, whether they should get behind it. and, democratic presidential candidate marianne williams will also join us live to discuss her 2024 run, pushing president biden to the left and what she thinks this candidacy will end differently for her. good evening, i m mehdi hassan. crisis averted, or so they say. earlier this evening, president biden addressed the nation detailing the debt limit deal brokered in principle between his administration and top congressional republicans. the agreement prevents the worst possible crisis, a fish default, for the first time in our nation s history an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated millions of jobs lost. also predicts
to avoid a monday default, simple majority needed in the house and senate. this is a two-year deal, that is hope, dream and handshake you will commit to spending caps. nobody gets everything they want in negotiation. take two trillion savings. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. good morning. lucas: good morning. more time to watch more racing. debt ceiling deal only passed by a single vote, it needs 218 to pass. speaker mccarthy is confident it will. see where things stand. one democrat, aoc and third of know ares are against the bill. here is some speaking out against it. sending one person into a room with another person and no cameras and they come out and say up or down, take it or leave it, that is not a good process. this is about increasing the credit card for prospective spending. this bill is smoke and mirrors, never are we talking about interest on existing debt. 32 trillion, one trillion is 30 billion. lucas: americans are over trilli