jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about the roub
one expert says nothing gets the jury s attention like the defendant on tape. and he will join me next. also this hour, defiant words, steps from red square, president vladimir putin s new message to military and law enforcement in the wake of the rebellion. does the west now have an opening to negotiate? and from sweltering heat to grape-sized ice shooting from the sky, tens of millions across the country are being hit with extreme weather as flights across the country are hit with massive delays and cancellations. but we begin with a key piece of evidence in the classified documents case surrounding former president trump. now available for everyone to hear. this new recording obtained first by cnn takes us inside a 2021 conversation in bedminster between trump, his staff and people working on a memoir for mark meadows. the sound putting trump s voice to the text in the federal indictment with him clear as day declaring this is secret information. take a listen. this
going to happen. dana: that s true. jesse: what did he say? bret: good evening. i m bret baier, breaking tonight. blame game over the southern border intensifies as the migrant surges. the biden administration is pointing financingsers at republicans saying the g.o.p. is are rejecting throtion add more agents. this comes as democrats call on the white house to do more. as homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faces a republican-led impeachment effort over dereliction of duty we will speak with secretary mayorkas live in moments. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas again with the latest on the ground and we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. jacqui: good evening to you, bret. right now the white house and the house are not talking. even as a bipartisan group in the senate tries to work out a border policy reform deal they hope could also pass the lower chamber and unlock funding. and right now
he s now clear of rafael nadal s total of 22 wins. the first man to win 23 grand slam titles. will have more for you later. well, let s turn our attention to other political news in the uk, and claims by the former prime minister borisjohnson that he s the victim of a witch hunt have been rejected by a leading government minister. the energy secretary, grant shapps, says the country wants to move on from the political drama surrounding borisjohnson. the former prime minister resigned as an mp after getting an advance copy of a cross party report that s expected to find that he misled parliament. meanwhile, the former conservative cabinet minister, sirjacob rees mogg, has warned the party s leadership not to try to block any future attempt by mrjohnson to return to parliament. he says any attempt to do so could plunge the conservatives into civil war. meanwhile, in the past hour, the house of lords appointments commission said it had not supported eight peerage nominees su