i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. today a man who felt direct heat from donald trump to overturn the 2020 election will speak to the department of justice. the special counsel s team meeting with georgia s secretary of state brad raffensperger. this happening as we learn that a close trump ally, rudy giuliani also had a sit-down with jack smith s team. what all of this means for that investigation and for the former president as well. plus, a double dose of wild, wild weather, storms snarling travel as canadian wildfire smoke prompts new air alerts here in the united states. also ahead, was there help from the inside? reporting from the new york times that a russian general knew about the recent rebellion before it even happened. and later on, malaria in the united states. dr. natalie azar joins us with more cases of the illness not seen here in two decades. we begin with the new legal developments surrounding the former president. at some point today georg
war plans against iran, with people who were at his golf club in new jersey two years ago. we re going to have expert legal analysis on this seemingly damning piece of evidence in just a moment. it comes as the justice department will meet this week with someone who stood up against trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. trump s lawyers are also busy in new york trying to get the ex-president s hush money case moved to federal court. we ll have the latest on that. we ll also get a live report from moscow for an update on that revolt against russian president vladimir putin. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, june 27th. joe is on assignment, but willie is back. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former press secretary and now msnbc host, jen psaki. founder of the conservative website the bulwark, charlie sykes. a lot going on in politics, willie, but this audio tape, of course,
speaking to a music journalist, it s monday, the 26th of june. of the most serious threat to vladimir putin s grip on power, still no sightings of two men at the center of this crisis. go get screened. fergie says she s screened herself for cancer and urges earn else to get checked. also, the health minister, on weather they ll look at review board expectations for the staff. the point is to have a process where you have expert advice. this isn t no way to run a country. they should have been sorting these out a long time ago. we should have never ended up in this position. keeping the legend alive, andy murray tells sky news he wants to play on for as long as he can. i want to keep playing for a bit longer. i know it s not going to be going on forever, but i have an idea when i would like to finish, and it s not this year s wimbledon. beyond the yellow brick road ohhhh reaching the end of his road with his final live uk performance, sir elton. what do
the lead starts right now. a city center in eastern ukraine rocked by a missile strike. why this target and why now. cnn is live on the scene. plus contrasting claims. what persuaded prigozhin, the wagner boss to stop his apparent revolt in russia. the leader in belarus has his version. and while vladimir putin puts his own spin on what went down. erin burnett is leading or coverage tonight in eastern ukraine into and donald trump lashing out after a cnn exclusive audio of the president talking about classified documents. welcome to the lead, everyone. i m bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. we start with the world lead and breaking news from eastern ukraine. at least two massive russian strikes in the kramatorsk region. one where three people were killed including a child. an eyewitness tells cnn s team on the ground they ve seen up to a dozen people pulled from the rubble after days of turmoil inside of russia. following an aetempted armed rebel group led by prig
washington i m bret baier. president biden n says neither us or nato played any part in the weekends a brief but meaningful insurrection in russia. this afternoon russian president vladimir putin thanks the nation for its unity. questions remain on how much control potent still house in the wake of the ukraine invasion and rebellion that for some time this weekend seem to be getting russian soldiers on board. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in the capital of kyiv tonight. good evening greg. hi britt. restaurant present president biden repaired met with his defense minister and top security and put a short video out on state v. with one more attempt by the russian leader to regain control of the narrative in his country which the past few days has been spending badly out of control. more follow-up from this week it s probably events in russia. the mercenary group for time saturday took over major city in southern russia. then headed to moscow only to