Record high temperatures france experiences all time highs for a 2nd straight day and germany belgium and the netherlands as well. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with a tragedy in the mediterranean more than 100 refugees are feared to have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of libya u. N. Officials are calling it the worst shipwreck to take place in the mediterranean this year some 134 people were rescued in the accident but italy is refusing to allow them to dock until other e. U. Countries agree to take them in. These to exhausted migrants have been sent back to libya from where they had set off for europe right next to the survivors are those who did not make it. This woman sense she lost. Her 7 year old son in the boat accident shes grief stricken but also angry she says no one helped her and her family in libya. They dont know how did anyone they sent me away and they told me and my children that we had to find our own way. I just want to go ba
Failed. Marching for peace in a town the military sent into a township thats been torn apart by rival gangs well bring you a special report from our correspondent on the ground. Plus theres been plenty of missed out of this week for the 1st moon landing 50 years ago but what about the Lunar Missions of the future we need a german astronaut whos hoping to become the next man to walk on the moon. Im sumi so misconduct thank you for joining us. U. S. President donald trump says an american warship destroyed an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz on thursday trump accused iran of quote provocative and hostile action he said the drone had come within a 1000 meters of the u. S. S. Boxer and Amphibious Assault ship trump said the drone was downed after repeated warnings were ignored the alleged incident comes after iran shot down a u. S. Drone last month and after iran seized a u. A. E. Flag to tanker in the strait over the weekend now Iranian Foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif told repo
hi there, everyone. i m nicole wallace, thanks for being here with us. we ve got a lot of places you get your news today, we re glad you re joining us. four pm in the east, it s 11 pm in moscow. we re following breaking news this hour, with the latest on the revolt unfolding in russia. and we see news is confirming, yevgeny prigozhin is the head of the wagner group, which is a private mercenary army in russia, that s done a lot of the fighting in the war in ukraine. he has called for his moscow bound convoy to stand down for now. that s only after advancing to within 120 miles of the city of moscow. in the biggest threat to russian president vladimir putin s grip on power that we ve ever seen. prigozhin sent a voice note, signaling that the forces would stand down, saying the group understands, quote, the responsibility for spilling russian blood on one of the sides. we are turning back our convoys, and going back to field camps, according to the plan. this comes just hours a
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
documents case against donald trump, while also continue to go investigate the january 6th case. and on that, we have news. brad raffensperger, and rudy giuliani have now both been interviewed by prosecutors in the special counsel s office. one presumably talking about the receiving end of donald trump s alleged attempts to overturn the election results, the other the one who was allegedly help donald trump do the overturning. what could the georgia secretary of state tell jack smith s team, and what could the president sf? we imagine their versions of events are quite different. so what might be the overlap. joyce vance is here to line it up for us. she ll also help us sort through news on the documents indictment, questions on why bedminster was not searched by the fbi. and how donald trump s latest defense that what you heard in that audio tape was all bravado might hold up in court. joining me now, nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly, and nbc news correspondent vaugh