menendez. we begin tonight with what comes next after this weekend. short-lived yet startling rebellion against russian president vladimir putin. saturday s march on led by the one-time protegee did a head blow to the strongman image. he still wages war on ukraine. today, we learned president biden spoke by phone with ukraine s president on the sudden instability in russia. the white house says president biden offered his, quote, unwavering support for ukraine s counteroffensive against ukraine. the revolt is the first serious threat to putin s power in decades. secretary of state anthony blinken today said could it could change the port of the democracy in ukraine. i think we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go. and when they get their. certainly we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. and we also confirmed that u.s. intelligence agencies knew in ad
let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
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gillian: and republicans say they are so optimistic they are spending big in deep blue districts no one saw coming. democrats say abortion rights are on the ballot and still a top concern for their voters. is that gonna translate at the polls? john: congressman tom emmer is here. john roberts in washington, good to spend another 60 minutes with you. gillian: you too, john. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. right to the races now. john: final sprint to election day, the closing pitches. gillian: the senate race is anyone s game, toss-ups in pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, and will decide which party takes control. john: control of congress could come down to a photo finish. gillian: kicking off this hour with one of the most fiercely fought races of them all, and aishah joins us from cartersville, georgia. we are in cartersville, reminds me of home, a small town people are fired up about this senate race. herschel walker is about to take the podium behind
there on the 4th of july as well. hello and welcome everyone, i m sandra smith. and look who is here. nice to see you. john has some time off, i m bill hemmer. this is america reports and good afternoon to you at home. we expect police to provide new details on the alleged plot very soon. richmond about two hours south of washington, d.c. sandra: we find our own mike emmanuel, live with us. we know in about an hour richmond police chief smith is going to brief reporters here in richmond on a plot, a tip they received related to a proposed mass shooting event in richmond on the 4th of july. we know arrests were made, weapons were seized, and beyond that law enforcement has been pretty tight lipped at this point. there was some violence over the holiday weekend in richmond, virginia as there was in many american cities, but it sounds like it could have been a whole lot worse. plans for a mass casualty attack around our national holiday and at this point it sounds li