hi, bret. bret: this is america s newsroom. 36 hours of chaos threatening vladimir putin s grip on power. mercenary group that was supporting russia in ukraine turning against the kremlin and marching towards moscow. dana: the rebels were members of the wagner group. their leader called off the revolte at the 11th hour. not clear why. his whereabouts right now are unknown. ukrainian forces taking advantage of the chaos. they are reporting gains against russian troops in the east. russian defense minister is making his first public appearance since the revolt doing little to quell speculation that putin is in serious jeopardy. much of his longevity is tied to what happens inside ukraine. he knows full well his future is dependent on what happens in ukraine. i don t see him admitting that he made a terrible mistake here and pull all his troops out. you see a real public perception going against putin. he doesn t have a strong sense of being a strong man anymore. see
prigozhin mercenary forces have pretty much taken over that every strategic town of rostov-on-don. i that s a very strategic part of this war. the russian mercenary groups have been launching offensive strikes in ukraine from there, so they ve been key to this battle. prigozhin says they have now taken that town completely. they are now firing eight shots, and what we re hearing now is that he s mercenary forces are moving north. possibly towards moscow, which is an incredibly significant development in what s happening in the last 24 hours, and the most curious challenge to the russian state in recent memory, now, prigozhin was saying that this wasn t a crew he was trying to get rid of the defense minister, shoigu, and the head of the armed forces, but this is a direct challenge to putin s authority when you re trying to remove his top military brass during a conflict with ukraine. what key right now, jonathan, is what happens over the coming hours. the loyalty of the rus
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
candles to the wagner center. do you my prigozhin might be seen as a martyr here? maybe an unlikely inspiration to dissenters? maybe not popular dissenters but among the elite, perhaps? i m not sure among the elite because they are scared of change. they would need a lot of convincing that some postwagner figure would be the right person to replace putin. i think among the public, putin s popularity is broad and very shallow. it was striking during the coup, the failed coup, how very quickly wagner was able to take over the important southern russian city. he was greeted in the streets as a hero. and i think russians will cheer for putin. as soon as anyone else comes along, they will cheer for them, instead. they are basically fed up with the stagnant economy, with the war and the other problems of the putin regime and with putin
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu dismisses the impact of the brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group on Russia's military operation in Ukraine.