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
miles per hour. those winds caused storm surges. a major hazard for this low-lying region. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida remain without electricity. as of late yesterday, parts of the county, where i am now, where it made landfall, they did not have access to clean drinking water. many people have no running water whatsoever. it is hard to know exactly how many people are displaced right now. officials estimate that it is in the tens of thousands. at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far. 12 of them right here in lee county. after barreling through florida, you can regain strength over the atlantic ocean. it then made a second landfall as a category one hurricane in south carolina yesterday afternoon. the damage there is a fraction of the devastation that ian brought through southwest florida. you can see the aftermath. what you can see in the images are the broken lives. these are people on the margins whose homes, jobs, bodies, and he
in the russian military. they are not going to know who to trust, on the eastern front in ukraine. they are not sure and this is going to be very significant instability for the long term. we are going to have a very clear picture in protecting ourselves, our forces, and giving ukraine the capability it needs to accomplish the job. thank, you heather connally. we appreciate it so much. after the break, the u.s. secretary of state s acting to the crisis in russia and weighing in on that g7 emergency call. you don t. our sulfate-free collections smell incredible. and leave your hair touchably soft and smooth.
task at hand, which is transatlantic security, we understand that this is really a global challenge. we want to make sure that all of america s allies and partners, whether they are in the middle east, the indo-pacific, or in the western hemisphere are working together to defend sovereignty and territorial integrity. heather, thank you for your analysis and your expertise on this. obviously, it s not a conversation that two years ago of us thought we were going to be having about the expansion of nato and how we should think about it. now it becomes a crucial one to have. heather connally is the former director of the eurasia program and the center for strategic and international studies. she is the president of the german marshall fund. i ve seen it time and time again while covering these national disasters. it is the bare necessities that into being the hardest to come by. food and water. finding clean drinking water and warm food can be extremely daunting in stressful. luckily, t
aerial attacks at civilian targets across ukraine right now. we have heard of major strikes in both kharkiv and zaporizhzhia. just today, convoys of civilians trying to escape the shelling, 20 or so killed yesterday including children. we don t know the complete figures from today s strike of another convoy but it looks like it may be more than a dozen. again, children involved so that is really escalating over the last few days, that russian attack into these areas. but, the response to the annexation has been clear, we just don t accept it, it doesn t hold any standing with us here. jay, thank you my friend. jake gray in kyiv, ukraine. joining the conversation is heather connally, she is the former director of the europe russia and eurasia program, the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for being with us. our friend ian bremer posted something on social media