That does it for me. Thank you so much for the privilege of your time. I hope to see you later tonight on nbc nightly news. Stay where you are, the The Katie Phang Show starts now. I am katie phang , live from Telemundo Studios in miami, florida here is the week that was. The u. S. Supreme court today unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from their ballots. They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. Racking up primary wins across the country from california to maine nikki haley said to drop out after winning one state on Super Tuesday. Budget and is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. I hope he does not. In february, 2021 shortly after the attack on the capitol building, i said i would support former President Trump if he were the nominee of the party and he obviously will be the nominee of our party. I will leave the senate at the bottom of this year. In the bottom of my heart, thank you for
A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking nonenglish] Yevgeny Prigozhin had reason to be angry. He had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. His men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians Armchair Generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking nonenglish] there was a mutiny against Vladimir Putins armed forces. It is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. Vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. He had raised prigozhin and empowered him. Prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. He does not exist without putin. This is a frankensteinlike scenario. Ive been following prigozhins extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the onetime, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. Making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. It is like, we know there is more
a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putin s war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] there was a mutiny against vladimir putin s armed forces. it is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. he had raised prigozhin and empowered him. prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. he does not exist without putin. this is a frankenstein-like scenario. i ve been following prigozhin s extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the one-time, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. it
this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s
group s rebellion. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. and just a matter of hours, yevgeny prigozhin and his band of mercenary rebels were able to overrun a key russian city, shut down several military aircrafts and leave the kremlin scrambling to defend the nation s capital. now, a day after that revolt abrupt resolution, we seem to be left with more questions than answers. especially concerning russia unpleasant veterans increasingly unsteady grip on power. here as u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken. i think we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go. and when they get there. certainly, we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address. one of those questions, how exactly did a group of armed rebels manage to get within 120 miles of moscow. today nbc news confirmed that u.s. intelligence agencies were aware of prigozhin s plans. congressional leaders on it more brief last week. acc