future of russia. among them what is prigozhin s next move, what concessions if any did he get to reverse course, and where is he today? this is treason. in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a stab in the back of our troops. plus, what does vladimir putin s unprecedented admission of vulnerability in a national speech mean for his hold on power and on the war in ukraine? this is just the latest chapter in a book of failure that putin has written for himself and for russia. economically, militarily. his standing in the world. all of those things have plummeted. we ll have insight and analysis this hour from former cia director john brennan, former u.s. european command deputy steph twitty, a former top adviser to president zelenskyy in ukraine, and senate intelligence committee chairman mark warner, who was briefed on prigozhin s plans in the days leading up to the weekend rebellion. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington, where pr
an explosion on a critical bridge linking russia to the annexed crimean peninsula, crippling a key supply route for russia. here at home, republican leaders doubling down on their support for embattled senate candidate, herschel walker, with two top gop senators heading there to campaign with the former football star tomorrow. and fresh reaction to remarks from tommy tuberville. they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. good day. as russia unleashes a barrage of deadly strikes across ukraine including kyiv, lviv and other cities. the explosions injurying civilians and infrastructure. people forced to take shelter in a key subway station. this for retaliation for damaging the only bridge connecting to crimea. a bridge to important to putin, he personally drove across it when it opened. on russian state tv today, putin saying he had la
iran will remove 27 cameras that have been announcing nuclear sites for the international community. i ll talk to iea chief rafael mariano about what happens next. average u.s. gas prices hit a record $5 a gallon. overall inflation hits 8.6%. 40 year high. consumers are pessimistic about the state of the u.s. economy. what does the former federal reserve chair ben bernanke think? i ll ask him. but first, here s my take. we are now living in a totally new era. that is what the 99-year-old henry kissinger said commenting on the russian invasion of ukraine. president biden vividly outlined the stakes. he wrote, if russia does not pay a heavy right for its actions, it will send a message to other would-be aggressors that they too can seiz e territory and sub yous subjugate others and catastrophic consequences the world over. in times like these, it seemed appropriate that the secretary of state antony blinken would deliver a major policy address, which he did late last month. e
and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. live from london, nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald. broadcaster and author, suzanne lipscomb. also with us, associate editor of the washington post, eugene, once the london bureau chief. to put into context, the seven decades of queen elizabeth. we expect to see her twice throughout the course of the day today. though she stepped back a bit on what she d normally be doing on an occasion like this. let s go to london where meagan fitzgerald has the latest for us. set the scene on what we can expect today. reporter: willie, i can tell you that this entire city and the country is just exploding with excitement and an sis anticipation of the next four days. right now is trooping the color. this, of course, the traditional event here, celebrating her majesty the queen. as you mentioned, we would typically see her in horse-drawn carriage, but that s not expected today. of course, senior members of the royal family will be in