around the world are these new images of vladimir putin making his first remarks from the kremlin, since a military standoff inside russia over the weekend. now, this is widely viewed as the strongest challenge to putin in his 23 years of rule. tonight, what you see here is putin speaking in russia, addressing the rebellion. it s a matter so public that even this master propagandist couldn t just deny that it s happening. he is vowing in the translation that we have here to bring members of the rebellion to justice, telling fighters in this mercenary force to sign up with the military or go home. what putin is doing here is trying to rebound after russians basically waited around for what imagine if you lived there, would be quite a harrowing experience, while your nation is also at war, a once allied mercenary army group that used to be seen as really completely allied with putin was literally marching towards moscow over the weekend because its leader suddenly made a publ
it got a prigozhin, the leader of the wacker group, abruptly called off his armed rebellion. mid march to moscow. after agreeing to a mysterious deal reportedly brokered by the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko. prigozhin may have a problem back down for now, but he has exposed some very real cracks in putin s power. it s hard to imagine things going back to where they were. over the next, hour we re going to continue digging into a number of the big questions around the events in russia over the last 48 hours. what is going on in moscow, what does it all mean for putin, ukraine? we re going to start on the ground, joining us live from moscow s kier simmons. i know you ve only been there for a short period of time, here, but what is happening on the ground right now? what are you seeing on the ground around you? i just arrived in moscow, jen, you can see for yourself. behind me. one of the main thoroughfares in moscow, and it looks like ordinary life. you might eve
[cheers and applause] greg: yes! yes! yes, indeed! ha ha ha ha! happy monday, everybody. so imagine you have a big guard dog to keep an eye on your home and you depend on the dog to keep your family safe in a tough neighborhood. now imagine the dog disappears for four days. would you notice? if the answer is yes, then you re normal. if the answer is no, you re joe biden. [laughter] greg: because how the hell did he not know his secretary of defense was missing for four full days. it s not like he s hunter on a crack binge only shoaling up to ask for more cash for meth and antibiotics. this is the secretary of defense. in case you missed it and the white house hopes the world did lloyd austin was admitted to a hospital. we wish him a speedy recovery for whatever it is. knowing the military now, i hope he s not pregnant. but the fact that we don t know what the problem is, that s the problem. shouldn t the american people be told when our top defense officials in the icu
Phase of this war on ukraine. Just today, President Putin has made overt Nuclear Threats against europe. I talk with the president of finland, who knows putin well. I also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. Also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in Police Custody there. What will come of the demonstrations . I will ask an expert. But first, heres my take. Lets not play down what has happened this week. The leader of the Worlds Largest Nuclear Power publicly threatened to use Nuclear Weapons. In an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all Weapons Systems available to us to defend the country. He emphasized it. This is not a bluff. It might be. Putins threat is an addon of traditional soviet doctrine. Now they contemplate scenarios which it could use Nuclear Weapons. But putin
me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now, heightened emotions as the buffalo bills get back on the field. playing in their very first game since the terrifying collapse of safety damar hamlin. and what a way to get started. while also rallying around hamlin s recovery. taking the opening kickoff all the way in for a touchdown. the bills first opening kickoff score in 18 years. and tributes for hamlin continue to pour in. that s happening under way right now. and it happened before the game, the bills, their fans, loudly showing their support as hamlin continues to recuperate. throughout this week, the entire western new york community, nfl family, and people from around the world have been praying for damar hamlin. damar s amazing recovery has lifted our collective spirits and we are forever grateful for the love and support damar s family and friends and our organization have received. today, we celebrate damar s recovery, our love for damar, and our fwgratitude. please ris