within, it s more questions he has to find answers for. confusion and uncertainty in russia this morning after a failed revolt by the head of the wagner mercenary group. this was the most significant challenge to vladimir putin s authority in decades. we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the ongoing war in ukraine. plus, despite mounting legal challenges, new polling shows donald trump expanding his lead in the 2024 republican primary. we re breaking down the new numbers straight ahead. and special counsel jack smith asks a federal judge to delay trump s upcoming classified documents trial. what we re learning about the possible new timing for that. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with this weekend s developing news out of russia where the head of the mercenary wagner group launched the most
right now on early start, lost at sea. the all-out search under way to find a small sub that was taking tourists to the titanic. and new talks to bring americans detained in china back home. and tropical storm gaining strength, tomorrow it could be a hurricane. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. it is a race against time to find the five people aboard that submersible. contact with the craft was lost sunday. it has only about four days worth of life support aboard. a billionaire is one of the five passengers along with a father and son from pakistan. brian todd has more. reporter: an urgent search and rescue operation is under way in the north atlantic to find a lost submersible with five people aboard. coast guard has a ship and aircraft on the scene. canadian ships and planes joining the search as well. along with the polar prince, the vessel that transported the missing submersible to the site of the titanic wr
ticking down on the amount of oxygen on board this sub. there is word tonight that new equipment and resources are about to arrive on scene, but is there time to launch a new effort? retired u.s. navy captain joins us with the latest on the search and rescue efforts. first to matt fin more on the limited oxygen and last ditch efforts to find and save the titan. tonight two separate outlets reporting that banging sounds were heard in 30 minute intervals near the position where the sub went missing. those reports are separately citing an eternal e-mail and government memo. u.s. coast guard told fox news there had been no sounds heard at that hour. we will continue to confirm this information and bring you the latest. tonight the u.s. coast guard has not reported any discoveries, the sub will run out of oxygen by thursday morning. the conditions inside that sub may be considered of mic mares, titan submarine is a tube about the size of a minivan. the five passengers do not h
risen. it s the first of three today and part of a push to keep lawmakers up to date on technology with terrifying potential. bill: a major concern with the ability to manipulate and could be used to sway elections or start a war. it is advancing at break neck speed and pressure on lawmakers to get something done. there are places the risk of ai is so extreme we ought to impose restrictions or ban their use. one of my areas of greater concerns. the ability of models to persuade and provide one-on-one interactive disinformation. one of the most significant technological innovations in human history. what kind of innovation is it going to be sew like the printing press that diffused knowledge or will it be more like the atom bomb? huge technological breakthrough but the consequences are severe. dana: criminals are using ai to their advantage. a few months ago we brought you this story. scammers cloned the voice of this 15-year-old girl and used it to place a ransom call
battlefield, it looks more like this. the heart-stopping will to live. one russian soldier begs a drone to spare his life. it has caught the attention of our nation. this reporting coming from the wall street journal. this is the soldier. look into his eyes. he s a liquor store manager. he was drafted in to this war against his will. he had no interest in fighting on the front lines. never thought he would be here. he was basically told you re going to fight or you re going to prison. he left home early the morning that he had to report. his wife and his 3-year-old at home sound asleep. 6 months later, this extraordinary war-time video. look at these soldiers as they race away out of the way of drones. this is bakhmut, which you ve heard so much about. this is the front lines. this is the human experience that so many soldiers around the world in so many wars know and understand. but in this case, this man is being hunted by a ukrainian drone that is pinpointing his locatio