country. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, independence and freedom will be ensured. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. of course these comments come against the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. the war on ukraine dominating those conversations. president biden is set to speak in a few hours from now. ukraine s president zelenskyy set to address world leaders remotely later today. all of this as russia occupied regions in ukraine announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissing that move as a sham driven by fear of defeat. we re covering all the elements. let s begin with barbara starr at the pentagon. frederick layton is in washington d.c. and matthew chance in london. matthew, what do we know this morning? reporter: this speech taking place at
state party convention. the line in those negotiations that he says he will not cross. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. on this monday, june 20th. we ll start with the news. a new poll finds a majority of americans, nearly six in ten, believe donald trump should be charged for his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the abc news ipsos poll conducted this last friday and saturday after the first three hears in the attack, it found 58% of those surveyed believe the former president should be charged. that includes 91% of democrats and 19% of republicans. 60% of americans believe the january 6th investigation has been fair. and then on friday, former president trump spoke at length about the public hearings for the first time since they began. addressing a crowd at a faith and freedom coalition rally in nashville, trump continued to parrot many of his lies regarding the events on january 6th including his claim that the rioters were
Israel. This is very close to gaza city. Israel is continuing to ram up up its strikes this evening in gaza. Its 10 00 p. M. In southern israel. The country extends its Ground Operations this evening. What a possible Ground Invasion might looks like. At this point its unclear. It has felt imminent the last 48 to 72 hours, really. Israeli officials today telling us that the world should expect to hunker down for a long war. They have two missions. The first is to eliminate forever the threat that hamas can present to the country of israel. So that they can never be threatened or hurt again. They say that too many of their children live in fear, go to sleep in fear at night. They want to erase the threat of hamas and the threat of what they watched unfold on october 7th. Now, secondly, and not particularly in this order because these two things obviously are very interwoven in terms of what they face right now. 229 hostages. You can see some of their faces here. We will take a look at th
so far nearly 5,000 individuals have been arrested in the united states and across the region. now just last week, eight individuals were arrested. and they allegedly smuggled hundreds, if not thousands, of people in brutal conditions. thanks to rosa flores for that. what an incredible look inside such a tragic process. it s awful. it really is. all right. ahead for us, nasa conducts a test on the artemis i rocket this morning, the one that frankly hasn t worked, before making another attempt to circle the moon. also right now, stock futures up slightly this morning. we ll take it. ahead of an announcement from the federal reserve on interest rates. we ll take you live to the floor of the new york stock exchange. stay with us.
january 6th hearings that captivated washington failed to persuade voters but pushing them in the opposite direction. it might as well be impeachment number three for donald trump said one reno retiree who had just voted in nevada s republican primaries on tuesday with her husband and the big push to get donald trump off the ballot, several nevada republicans interviewed contend that former attorney general bill barr s testimony was trash and quickly discarded former trump campaign chair bill stepien who continues to advise trump, and with a group of traitorous rhinos attempting to take out trump. joining us now co-founder of punch bowl news, john, only allowed to appear on the show the day after the yankees lose, which frankly hasn t happened very much this year. so let s move on. and talk about the committee and reports like these, the idea that instead of these hearings