putin s rule now says he was not trying to topple the russian leader. it s the first time we re hearing from yevgeny prigozhin since he ordered a sudden stop to an armed rebellion just 120 miles from moscow. plus, what did the u.s. know and when did it know it about the plan to topple putin? the chairman of the senate intelligence committee mark warner joins me live in minutes. and ron desantis lays down a big marker on immigration, the florida governor says he will finish what donald trump started and build that wall. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. today we go behind that power grab that was that wasn t or what was it exactly? right now we re going to try to answer all of the questions that we have about the revolt inside russia, the mercenary who led what looked and sounded like a revolt is now trying to answer one of those questions. why? cnn just obtained new audio of prigozhin and he says the march to moscow was not a coup b
this counting electors required in states to send electors for the candidates who actually won and bans a retroactive change over rules when it comes to governing elections. those seem like pretty common sense reforms to me. but here s the thing, only nine republicans, yes, nine republicans in the house voted for that bill. perhaps unsurprisingly all of those lawmakers are set to leave congress next year. in the end, 203 republicans voted against a bill that was aimed at protecting and strengthening our democracy. over in the senate pennsylvania s patrick me one of the many soon-to-be gop retirees has signed on to his chamber s version of the bill as a cosponsor, he becomes a tenth republican to do so which means that if all democrats and independents sign on, they have enough votes to beat the usually fatal filibuster. there is no cause for celebration just yet, both chambers still have to work out some key differences in their bills before anything gets to the presidents de
when there are questions about what this rebellion could have, the impact it could have on the war in ukraine. but another message that was also conveyed was simply to get allies all on the same page and essentially telling them to keep the temperature low. allow the events in russia to unfold because officials did not want to give russia any fodder, any reason to try to use the united states or its allies words to suggest that they had interfered. we will see the president is about to speak on a separate topic, we will see whether he weighs in or answers any reporters questions as officials here continue to assess the broader impact not just on ukraine, but on putin s hold in power in russia. that s right. so far aside from the comment that you just talked about from the national security council, the most that we ve heard it from the secretary of state who yesterday was on state of the union saying that they have a lot more questions than answers and that they think that this s
today. he tweeted that they talked about the evolving security system in russia. the president spoke with the leaders of germany, france and the united kingdom and one that was stressed in the call is trying to ensure that the leaders keep the temperature low that they don t try and make any statements that would suggest or give any credence to any claims that the u.s. is trying to be involved in this matter. the white house has taken a very quiet strategy after the rebellion that was waged by the mercenary wagner group over the course of the past 48 hours. that a rebellion did seem to be quelled a bit in the past day but we did start to get the first reaction from the administration to the situation earlier today from secretary of state anthony blinken who called the situation extraordinary and said it has shown that there are some cracks in vladimir putin s hold on power in russia.
scary time. i think we should, all be, a little worried happening around polls, around when people vote, and to be wary of any kind of violence. we just need to take the temperature down. that is, also, quite scary. mostly, it s on the right, but we should all be thinking about keeping the temperature low. panel, please stick around, we have more to discuss after the break, where migrants, tricked into being shipped to martha s vineyard, we will investigate that. first, my friend, richard louis, is here with the headlines. hey man, good to see you. watching now, from whether. tropical storm imam, flowing over the central sea tonight. it is expected to expand to a category three hurricane, before hitting florida next week. ian will be the first hurricane to hit the florida peninsula since 2017. florida s governor, declaring a state of emergency, from an entire state on saturday.