tech execs were accused of having blood on their hands. a parent that he apologized to is here tonight. plus, the fate of ukraine s top general up in the air this evening. could a major military shake-up be under way? we have brand-new cnn reporting on what it means for the state of the war. also tonight, a stark warning from the fbi director on major threats that are facing the united states. christopher wray says hackers in china are preparing to wreak havoc, and we aren t paying enough attention. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. it s incredibly rare these days to see any kind or shred of unity on capitol hill, but even more astonishing, what we saw today were the words that were directed at the chief executives of the five big tech companies today. meta, tiktok, snap, discord, and x, formerly known as twitter. angry members of the senate judiciary committee confronting them about their companies ties to the deaths of children, kids who were in some way
that is all for yesterday. i am john berman. thank you so much for watching. the news continues now, so let s turn over to the source with kaitlan collins, which starts right now. tonight, straight from the source, an extraordinary moment at a contentious hearing on capitol hill. mark zuckerberg standing up to apologize after he and other tech execs were accused of having blood on their hands. apparent that he apologized to is here tonight. plus, the fate of ukraine s top general of the air this evening, good major military shake up the underway? we have brand new cnn reporting on what it means for the state of the war. also tonight, a stark warning from the fbi director on major threats that are facing the united states. christopher wray s says hackers and china are preparing to wreak havoc and we aren t paying enough attention. i am kaitlan collins, and this is the source. it is incredibly rare these days to see any kind or shred of unity on capitol hill, but even mor
american troops? the strikes that we have taken in the past have definitely had an impact on degrading and disrupting the activities of some of these groups. clearly they have decided to keep conducting those attacks and now it s had lethal consequences for american troops and so we will weigh an additional set of options before us, the president will make his decision to respond appropriately. the attacks need to stop. does the president have all the legal authority he believes he needs to respond to these attacks? yes. what is the legal basis? constitution, commander in chief, self-defense of our troops. president has the authority to take the action he needs to protect our troops and our facilities overseas under article 2. thanks. the president faces a great deal of political pressure here at home with the republicans, for example, calling for direct strikes on iran. does the president feel that pressure and how much does that pressure weigh on his decision-ma
but even if the threat is over and it s not at all clear that saturday s turn around was, in fact, the end, what did the flash of descent do to russia itself, not the government or security services but the people. what message did russians get over the weekend? what did they see when yevgeny prigozhin s tanks move toward the capital? what did they feel when his troops reportedly shot down several russian helicopters? that s according to ukraine s air force. what did they hear when vladimir putin called prigozhin a traitor and compared his threat to 1917. we re going to ask masha gessen of the new york. the russia public saw something extraordinary, a choice, it will something that changes russia even if it doesn t alter putin s control in the short term. let s get our reporting and the news from russian tv that vladimir putin will speak tonight. joining me now from moscow is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. so keir, this news that he s going to speak,
important to mention that he has generally softened his stance in the last few years and on the campaign trail since he served as vice president in taiwan he has really espoused more of a pro status quo, the idea that he will inherit the foreign policy and domestic policy of the outgoing president and that suggests there will not be any radical change and we do not expect him to formally declare independence anytime soon. that said the question here is that china will believe that? policymakers in beijing are so incredibly wary of his intentions and they are also going to be smarting from the fact that this is the third consecutive victory by the dpp and so looking forward i think we can expect a lot of anxiety at least over the next few months or even years. let s talk a little about trade and what the consecutive succession under the dpp could mean for trade with china. that is an interesting dynamic to look at because as strained as the relations are under the dpp, econom