now. our second hour star welcome . i m yasmin vossoughian, if you just running, as welcome. if you re sticking with, us we re thankful for that. we have got a lot of developments in russia, as the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, says his mercenary group is turning back and abandoning s march towards moscow. he made that announcement after the president of belarus claimed he held talks with prigozhin. i want to bring in nbc s met in standing back and trying. this math, you heard this thing firsthand. talk us through what you heard from prigozhin, the revelation of this, quote unquote, deal. thank you, yasmin. obviously, very shocking development, after what has been, as we ve discussed, very astonishing 24 hours in russia. we had another audio message from prigozhin. he speaks very intensely, always, part of his charm, for lack of better word. we saw that again in this latest message, also a little bit taking a step back. he s admitting that he stepping down
mounting a mutiny gain ground. we will go live to kyiv for the latest overnight developments. here at home, one year later, today marks the full year since that supreme court set reproductive rights back 50 years by overturning the landmark roe v. wade ruling. congresswoman barbara lee and join us live to discuss the ongoing fallout. interlinks is. special counsel jack smith filed motions to delay trump s mar-a-lago classified documents trial, as a high-ranking trump 2020 campaign official talks to the january six grand jury. i am jonathan capehart. this is a special edition of the saturday show. we begin with breaking news on a pivotal turning point in putin s war on ukraine. internal military rebellion in russia is revealing a new threat to vladimir putin s ongoing 485-day war. nbc news reports russian generals are ordering the arrest of yevgeny prigozhin, the former putin ally and leader of the brutal wagner mercenary group now accused of trying to mount a armed pl
and the consequences for the rest of the world. kremlin spokesperson says, the leader of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, will not face charges for actions russian president vladimir putin described as treason just hours ago. spokesperson also saying, prigozhin will head to neighboring belarus, with wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted. this comes after prigozhin ordered his forces to turn back, return to their bases, abandoning an armed rebellion that had them heading toward moscow. we are looking at new video into us taken from the city of rostov near the ukrainian border. as all these new developments come in and we get these new images, the question remains, how do we get here this fast? the wagner group was what russia calls a, quote, private military company. over the u.s. calls the group a proxy force that had been fighting on russia s behalf in ukraine. on friday, prigozhin accused russia s defense minister, ordering a rocket strike on wagner s camps
afternoon, i m yasmin vossoughian, on a very busy saturday afternoon. coming on the air today following an ongoing military conflict inside russia. we are now learning moments ago, you give guinea prigozhin, the leader of the wagner mercenary group is standing down. , this after escalation late yesterday as the group started making its way towards moscow, threatening vladimir putin s grip on power. the wagner group, until recently, was fighting alongside russian forces in ukraine, but yesterday accusing the kremlin of killing thousands of its soldiers based on quote unquote, false pretenses, prigozhin and his troops have taken control of the city home to the russian military headquarters for the ukraine war, we are unsure where the control stands now. in a televised address this morning, vladimir putin accused the wagner mercenaries of quote unquote treason, and vowing to punish anyone involved in a, quote, armed rebellion. we this is a criminal adventurous to campaign. , i
republicans take grievance pollacks to the house floor censuring democrat adam schiff for his role in donald trump s first impeachment. and that comes as there s drama within the house gop with two of its more outspoken members at odds over how and when to impeach president biden. and also ahead the latest on the search for the missing submersible deep in the atlantic ocean as experts suspect the five people inside may have just a few hours of oxygen left. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the classified documents case against the former president donald trump is moving forward with yet another key development. a court filing issued yesterday reveals that special counsel jack smith has turned over his office s first set of discovery to trump s defense team. this includes materials supporting the prosecution s case against trump for allegedly mishandling the documents after le