fighters will withdraw from a high profile battle in ukraine next week. the major blow to russian president vladimir putin and what it could mean for the war if they do retreat. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments here. i want to begin in ukraine with the latest commenting from the leader of russia s wagner group, threatening to withdraw from bakhmut if he s not supplied with more ammunition. this graphic video with the bodies of russian soldiers, he would draw as soon as next wednesday, significantly after victory day celebrations in russia. this is a guy trying to earn putin s good graces, the latest declaration is shocking. reporter: the words in the declaration are not necessarily so surprising because we have heard him in recent days since last week make this claim that he says russia s ministry of defense is not providing his group with enough ammunition in bakhmut. what is surprising here is the tone that he has in these videos and the
lies. donald trump lays out a platform for his re-election run, but can he get voters to focus on 2024 if he s still clinging to his lies about 2020? and the u.s. military going to war with a republican senator whose actions they say is putting u.s. national security at risk. we ll explain that coming up. but we start a little more than ten hours away from the 11:59 p.m. deadline, that s when title 42 expires and with it the ability for dhs to swiftly expel migrants at the border under that covid era health policy. we are keeping a close eye on the white house because any minute now secretary mayorkas will take that podium and outline the administration plans for the road ahead. already, though, hundreds of active duty u.s. troops are monitoring the situation at the border with more expected to come later this month. this policy shift exposing the broken immigration system and the deepened political divisions that continue to block reform on capitol hill. this influx of m
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. volodymyr zelenskyy s tour ends with a promise of more missiles and more drones but ukraine s big skiz still tbd. he wants fighter jets. plus ron desantis plays the every man in iowa while neither snow more rain nor heat does not apply when it comes to scheduling a trump rally. the former president does find a way to remind us who he is and what he believes. and real or not real. the white house sounds hopeful about avoiding a debt ceiling cliff and the president calls the negotiation a negotiation. a first for us, though, two pleas from ukraine s president to the west. the first for patience and for trust that a big counteroffensive is coming. we will be ready, you know, in some time. i won t to be honest with you, i can t share with you some days. i just don t want to prepare not for our friends, secrets from our friends, but secrets from our neighbors. the
that we have finalized by may 11th. thank you. just have a question for you, mr. secretary and a quick one for chief ortiz. we ve heard from mayors in the rio grande valley and across texas that they re not equipped to handle the number of migrants entering their streets. dhs just allocated $300 million to ngos and border communities. does the federal government have a real in standing up housing and medical care especially when hospitals and ngos and churches are at capacity and migrants are sleeping on the sidewalks and quickly to chief ortiz, can you explain geographically where troops will be located, which sectors are they staying? nicole, we are working very, very closely with city and local officials as i have expressed earlier. we re working with nonprofit organizations. this requires a community response. we are providing funding through our emergency food and shelter program. congress allocated $800 million to this program last year. we only had $150 million. we
lead up to this moment, remember, a jury had been sworn in it was seated opening statements were ready to kick off at 1 30. but then there was that mysterious 2.5 hour delay and then the judge finally came out and said the parties have resolved their issues. in fact, the judge said that had the jury not been sworn in. the party s probably would not have resolved their issues. but that was a key factor. want you to take a listen to what one of the dominion attorneys had to say to us just moments ago here at the courthouse? the truth matters lies have consequences. over two years ago. a torrent of lies. sal s across america. into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories. causing grievous harm to dominion. in the country. today s settlement. 787,000,500. represents vindication. and accountability. lies have consequences. now, jake, the dominion attorneys. they came to the podium right after court let out. but the fox attorneys, they went down the street did not take any qu