testimony to special counsel jack smith as his probe into january 6th zooms ahead. exclusive reporting from nbc news s julia ainsley says this, quote, about half a dozen secret service agents have testified before the grand jury that will decide whether or not to indict former president donald trump for his alleged role in the january 6th 2021 riot at the capitol, and efforts to interfere in the peaceful transfer of the presidency. that s according to two sources familiar with their testimony. roughly five or six acts have appeared in compliance with subpoenas they received. while it s unclear what testimony they provided, we do know that trump s secret service agents are very much in a position to corroborate some of the most stunning testimony of the star witness of the january 6th select committee. the meadows aide who pulled back the curtain on the inner workings and private conversations of the trump-directed coup plot. we are talking about cassidy hutchinson. hear is s
continue to pull out of russian cities. the nation now reeling from a weekend of turmoil. what the u.s. and russian governments knew ahead of time, as former russian allies did an about-face, squaring off against each other. plus, brutal fighting on the ground as ukraine tries to take advantage of the confusion. and late word of a possible russian plot to blow up a ukrainian nuclear plant. ian pannell and patrick reevell in ukraine and elizabeth schulze at the white house. also tonight, the severe weather outbreak. 64 million americans in the storm zone. tornado watches in multiple states in the midwest, as the threat moves east. the south is sweltering with no end to the heat wave in sight. rob marciano times it all out. were warning signs missed before the deadly implosion near the ruins of the titanic ? a submersible expert tell us what he heard during a 2019 dive that raised concerns of a serious flaw in the titan s design. letters containing a suspicious powder
u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken telling jon karl on this week he doesn t believe we have seen the final chapter. it s still a moving picture. and i doubt we ve seen the last act. but i think we can say this much, but first, we ve seen some very serious cracks emerge. reporter: historically, prigozhin has been a longtime putin ally, taking his armed mercenaries around the world, fighting and securing business interests for russia and himself. most recently, they were instrumental on the front lines in parts of ukraine, where they were accused of terrible war crimes. but his relationship with russia s senior military leadership broke down to the point where he suddenly declared an armed revolt. 10:15 p.m. friday. prigozhin announces his troops started a march of justice, crossing the border
blackmail attempts to produce unrest will fail. this is a story about a villainous war criminal, and a more villainous until their dramatic bust up this week was basically putin s military fixer carrying out brutal acts on the battlefield. ambassador mcfall, former ambassador to russia described them on saturday as events were unfolding as quote, two thugs. one of them, the leader of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin released a message today claiming he did not intend to overthrow the putin regime. the washington post adds this reporting, quote, prigozhin said in his video message that the rebellion, which he refers to as a, quote, march of justice, came after orders that would have resulted in the absorption of wagner mercenary forces in ukraine into the conventional military beginning july 1st. one of the biggest questions right now, what does it all mean for the largest land war in europe since world war ii and the biggest foreign policy