them. tonight, how tenuous is vladimir putin s hold on power. what does russian infighting mean for ukraine s counteroffensive. and what did the u.s. and western allies know in advance. we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west and blame this on nato. good evening from kyiv, ukraine. i am ali velshi. and i am here because something unprecedented unfolded over the weekend. never in 23 years under putin s russia has this happened. thousands of armed soldiers, mercenaries, taking up arms against their own country. [inaudible] this was a scene inside russia today, explosions in cities, and a private army marching through the streets, vowing to take the fight all the way to the capital. those rebel forces previously allied with putin and the russian military, even leading many of the battles in ukraine, but then that ship suddenly violently ended. what exactly they were marching for remains unclear. the mercenaries, part of the wagner group, wer
including nadine dorries and a leading peer are expected to be censured by the committee they called a kangaroo court . the privileges committee is about to point the finger at serving mps and a peer, alljohnson allies, for contempt of parliament. nick has the story. yes, strong criticism of those parliamentarians and a process that could lead to punishment. we re joined by an ally of the former prime minister. also tonight, in the thames water bucket, they ve got a massive financial hole, as the company which supplies a quarter of the uk population is in danger of collapse. how did it happen? we are going to break the door down, it is up we are going to break the door down, it is up to we are going to break the door down, it is up to you. we we are going to break the door down, it is up to vom it is up to you. we will explain what is happening it is up to you. we will explain what is happening as - it is up to you. we will explain what is happening as soon - it is u
it can stretch over several states and last for days or even weeks at a time. the air is so hot it is like being inside an oven. that s exactly how folks in texas, mississippi, and louisiana are feeling right now. heat alerts are going beyond those states to include some 60 million americans. tens of thousands of folks are now without power. just being outside for a short time brutal. i m sweating standing here. we used to walk everywhere. now we uber or drive because it s so hot and humid. lots of water, coolers packed all the way up. loaded with ice. everybody is watching each other as back. another thing about this. sandra: we ll be talking live to a rancher about the danger to his animals and his livelihood. first team fox coverage. stacy stiegel is on the ground in dallas, texas. first senior meteorologists janice dean. it is a dangerous situation in week three in texas of temperatures well over 100 degrees and we re setting records. so heat alerts are spread
an armed rebellion. and a key piece of evidence in the documents case against donald trump is revealed and we ll play it for you. nbc news reporters are following the latest developments but i want to start there with this new audio tape tied to the classified documents case. ryan riley is here. this tape was in the indictment but now the world gets to hear it. tell us more. that s right. you know, obviously this is a really critical piece of evidence for jack smith s investigative team here and now we get to hear for ourselves what donald trump said when he was discussing these classified documents. take a listen. this was done by the military and given to me. i think we can probably, right? i don t know. we ll have to see. yeah, we ll have to try to declassify it. as president, i can declassify it. no, i can t. isn t that interesting? it s so cool. one thing that s unique is that it goes to donald trump s state of mind and he s explicitly stating what the law
stopped his advance on moscow and apparently pulled at least some fighters out of rostov-on-don. they had made to it within 120 miles of the capital when they suddenly decided to turn around. the kremlin saying they have putin s word he can go safely to belarus free from prosecution. you can see him being cheered by the folks. they even went to shake his hand. prigozhin saying he made the deal because he didn t want to shed russian blood. translator: therefore, russian blood would be shed from one of the sites we turn our column around and turn in the opposite direction according to the plan. we also see here some of his departing fighters who seem to get some cheers from residents as they stood on top of the tanks. so we have full team coverage for you over the next hour. our team of correspondents and guests. i start with nic robertson. so prigozhin has been seething at russian leadership. he s been saying for months, attacking the defense minister shoigu and others. he