Lets take a look at the weeks top stories. Were following new reporting involving the investigation into former president donald trump. Classify top humans that he took with him when he left the white house. Multiple sources tell cnn that federal prosecutors have obtained the 2021 Audio Recording of trump acknowledging that he kept classified pentagon documents about a possible attack on iran after leaving the white house. The existence of the recording undercuts trumps primary defense that he declassified all the documents that he brought with him from the white house to maralago. Cnn reports that july 2021 meeting was held at trumps golf club in new jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of trumps former chief of staff, mark meadows, as well as trump pays, including communication specialist, Margot Martin, who as the guardian reports, regularly taped trumps conversations with authors to make sure theyre accurately recounting his remarks. So really, this is interesting b
Challenge to russian president Vladimir Putins iron grip on the country. This weekend, one of his closest allies Yevgeny Prigozhin leader of the Wagner Mercenary group turned against him, staging a 24hour revolt. Prigozhin mobilized his army of soldiers for hire to March On Moscow and suddenly he turned around and called it. Off and be Sears Kier Simmons is in moscow with the latest. Years in russia tonight, State Television is not showing these stunning images. Russians cheering for the leader of this weeks aborted rebellion. His soldiers as they leave the city of rostovondon. Their mutiny is bringing the country to the brink of chaos less than 24 hours ago when Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the wagner group had a March To Moscow and response to what he called an attack on his fighters. Tanks and mercenary troops took to the streets, moving within 120 miles of the russian capital. Before unprecedented deal with President Putin, it was brokered by another president , belarusian lead
prigozhin accused russian defense minister sure gate shoigu of ordering a rocket strike on wagner s camps. in ukraine, but hours later after reportedly traveling some 120 miles outside of moscow, the wagner group leader ordered his forces to halt their march on the capital city, and return to their camps. in a post on telegram, prigozhin said the move was done in order to avoid russian bloodshed. now, this follows an announcement from belarus that the russian ally and neighbor had negotiated a deal to de-escalate the situation. kremlin spokesperson dimitri peskov provided some details of the compromise. russia s criminal case against prigozhin, that would be closed and he would go into exile and remain in belarus. moreover, wagner fighters who participated in today s offense will not be prosecuted. now, before we begin our reporting coverage for the hour, we want to give you some more context on this group, the wagner group. it is important to russia, its importance to the fi
eugenie prigozhin is headed to belarus after going to go into exile. the uprising exposed vulnerability to russia s forces as the u.s. turmoil continues over the weeks. i think we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian beside. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go and when they get their but certainly we have all sorts of new questions the putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. sarah ferguson s calling on the public to get checked after revealing the 63-year-old duchess of york was recently diagnosed with an early form of the disease which is detected after a routine mammograms screaming. the prince of wales is launching a project aimed at ending homelessness and assuring the issue is rare, brief, and and repeated. the five-year program brings together organizations and individuals to find local solutions a man has died after a hot air balloon caught fire and fell to the ground was to share. the uk air accidents investigation branch h
all five people, including a 19-year-old, on board a titanic tourist submerible died while diving toward the ship s wreckage. it comes as we re learning the u.s. navy may have actually picked up the implosion sounds on its underwater microphones. meanwhile, there are more prominent voices criticizing the vessel, pointing out its fatal flaws. james cameron, yeah. also ahead, we re going to go through indian prime minister modi s state visit at the white house and the impact it could have on u.s. relations with other world powers. plus, two outspoken, far right republicans trying to rewrite history on capitol hill. we ll explain. and is it possible? tomorrow marks the one year since the overturning of roe. we ll take a look at new polling on the supreme court s decision. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 23rd. good to have you with us. also with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lem