we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
remember when rudy guliani skipped new hampshire to focus on florida? that was back in 2008. it appears a certain florida governor is doing the same thing in 2024. now didn t work out too well for rudy back then. fears things won t go better for ron now. a new poll in the granite state hints as to why desantis is doing this now. he s down to 5% support in new hampshire. a state where he was once within striking distance of donald trump. hence his new strategy to focus on a southern state of his own, not fly. try south carolina. why one of desantis backers is say it s a shrewd move. welcome. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you. let s get to it with bryan llenas and hampton, new hampshire. he s keeping up with these fast-moving developments. bryan, to you, my friend. neil, good afternoon. fox news can confirm that florida governor ron desantis is moving most of his staff out of new hampshire and instead moving them south to south carolina. former governor nikki haley s home
russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin cause of his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. roadblocks to stop his wagner forces are filled in as the crisis is a diffused. after a direct threat to his leadership, the questions over vladimir putin s future. forces in ukraine assess how the turmoil will affect the progress of the war. also this morning, the public tolls they can now call 999 after a technical default. labor calls for mandatory help for homeowners struggling to meet rising mortgage payments. good morning, the rebellion by the russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin appears to be over. the russian president, vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people, and said his forces were but a deal has now been negotiated by belarus and the kremlin, so that the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country, and his fighters will not be prosecuted. our moscow correspondent diane mcenany reports. yevgeny prigozhin, cheered by supporters after bringin
minister. this has multiple implications and curious to see how this plays out as wagner appears to be moving slowly toward moscow. neil: welcome back, everybody. moving slowly toward moscow in a surreal situation where the country would be under siege right now and its capital could be the next target. this of course, courtesy of the wagner group, a group of mercenary soldiers, paid by russia to do russia s bidding in countries all over the world and sometimes russia itself to put down protests and that sort of thing. and i say paid by russia, no longer as this group turns on russia. this happened about 18 hours ago when a fed-op, and prigozhin, the leader this have group often fought and criticized with generals and leaders back home at the defense ministry said enough is enough and making his fight in eastern ukraine in particular around the area that the russians on and off have control of, that might be in doubt given this craziness, but in part of the real nature of thi
playing l right now in russia. a legal crackdown. russian intelligence and facial is accusing him of staging a cone. there are military helicopters. the mercenary is our entering the region from ukraine. it is unclear who is in command of the vehicles. there is a criminal case against sometime. it is an armed rebellion. he accused russian military striking a camp. he said a huge number of mercenaries with their. take a look at the social media video. it is the alleged attack we cannot verify it s alleged authenticity. he claimed his troops were striped by a helicopter in russia. he wants justice. the defense minister came on purpose to have an operation. he used the artillery and helicopter to destroy us. it is a must for justice. our justice does not interfere with the troops. messages are coming in. thank you, at last there will be the justice. our last you will make them give us the ammo. this shows an increased security presence near the kremlin. they won the troops t