u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, former nato supreme allied commander, james to read us, and cia analyst from congresswoman, elissa slotkin. later, my sunday exclusive with house speaker nancy pelosi. get her reflections on the one year anniversary of roe v. wade being overturned in the future of abortion rights in america. over just the last 48 hours, the yevgeny prigozhin a brutal shadow commander of mercenary forces staged a short-lived attempt to seize more power in russia. briefly taking control over rostov-on-don a key military logistics have on his way to march towards moscow. in the 11th hour, a shady and mysterious deal was struck by valery gerasimov valery gerasimov a leader of belarus that led putin in power, and to prigozhin packing his bags to move to believers. we know the story is unlikely to end there. back in 1991, another russian leader, gorbachev, also survived a coup. he only relinquish power for months later. even a short-lived attempt to take
russia. another hour of christiansen reports starts right now. ight now good morning, it is sunday june 25th. i am chris jansing. velshi is in he s making his way to ukraine to report on the events of the last few days. that s where we begin this hour. an extraordinary, tell, and potentially game changing 24 hours. this morning, this leads the u.s. and the world with questions in the aftermath of the greatest threat in vladimir putin s 23 year rule. it s weakened his authority? but does it tell us about his country s defense. what might be the impact on the war in ukraine? we ve got some thoughts from today s meet the press. now what we ve seen is russia having to defend moscow, its capital, against mercenaries of its own making. this is a challenge coming from within to putin, and that s where his focus has been. our focus is resolutely and resolutely on ukraine. we saw a demonstrable crack and uproot and strength. the only real answer here is that putin is going to st
that whatever it is that motivates you to the poll, whether it is a concern about votes, whether it s a concern about voter suppression, which is still an issue that is in our country. whatever it takes, get to the barbara polls. and mcquade, basil i think that really should be the message. michaels, stevens. what a great penalty and my two hours. thank you for being here, much appreciated. that is going to do it for the special sunday edition of christiansen reports. make sure to join me tomorrow and every weekday from 1 to 3 pm eastern right here on msnbc. inside with jen psaki starts right now. an extraordinary armed rebellion and russia ends abruptly. the big questions remain. just how weekend s lattimer pond? is yevgeny prigozhin going to ride off into the sunset? perhaps most importantly, what does this all mean for the war in ukraine? joining us this hour, former