group s rebellion. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. and just a matter of hours, yevgeny prigozhin and his band of mercenary rebels were able to overrun a key russian city, shut down several military aircrafts and leave the kremlin scrambling to defend the nation s capital. now, a day after that revolt abrupt resolution, we seem to be left with more questions than answers. especially concerning russia unpleasant veterans increasingly unsteady grip on power. here as u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken. 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 there. certainly, we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address. one of those questions, how exactly did a group of armed rebels manage to get within 120 miles of moscow. today nbc news confirmed that u.s. intelligence agencies were aware of prigozhin s plans. congressional leaders on it more brief last week. acc
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News about Americans Still trapped and gaza. Ten estimates of hundred u. S. Citizens safe passage to that rafah Border Crossing continues to face significant obstacles. Nbc news has now learned that will be a key item on secretary blinkens agenda when he lands and cairo tomorrow. U. S. Officials said that negotiated a temporary opening at that border between gaza and egypt for american citizens seeking to flee. But evacuees midway through the crossing, they found a closed. State department publicly urges americans and gaza to move south, cautioning that if the crossing opens, that window could be brief. But for those without u. S. Citizenship, that extended Evacuation Order deadline long gone. Millions of gazans now bracing for israels eminent ground invasion. Activity along the border is picking up, with the buzz of drones and fighter jets overhead. On the road, tanks on flatbeds heading right in the direction of gaza. The Israeli Defense forces its completing its preparations for a c
since. purely in terms of calculating how many hours it would take. he could very well be in valerie s by now. we had no confirmation from him or from belarus that he is actually arriving. his whereabouts at this hour, aim, and our mystery. nbc s raf sanchez, live in kyiv. raf, thank you, as always, my friend, for more on putin s weakness and what it means for the future of his regime, i spoke just moments ago with julia ioffe, eat a founding partner of the have listen. julia, thank you so much for joining us. let s start with putin s calculations over the last 24 hours. what do you make of his decision to seemingly let prigozhin, this guy who, as he, said it was a traitor, off the hook. you are someone who s following the president closely. is that out of character for vladimir putin? not necessarily. because sometimes, a lot of times, he likes to act in a way
symbolically. number of prudence because the long tables that he held over the last four years. isolating himself in a hightower, horizontal hightower, from world leaders in minions alike. look tailored this from the summit. not only are the tables the smallest putin has had that in a long time. as my friend ian webber notes, he is also literally the smallest one of the group. putin is not at the hand of the table holding court among global powers, he sandwich on a couch next to his pal from valerie s, lukashenko. at the same moment that picture was taken, as putin was standing around like that weak, isolated autocrat that he actually is, the world was learning more about the russian atrocities had ukraine. so many other ukrainian cities from to mariupol. another mass grave has been discovered. it is time in the force near the city of the zoo, officials continue to report bodies, it supposedly more than 45 of them