a matter of hours they took control of a key military base in southwest russia. they got as close as 120 miles from the russian capital. their leader struck a sudden deal agreeing to go into exile in belarus and avoid prosecution. antony blinken calls the weekend s events extraordinary. we haven t seen the last act. we re watching it closely and carefully. 16 months ago russian forces were on the doorstep of kiev in ukraine thinking they would take the city in a matter of days and thinking they would erase ukraine from the map as an independent country. now over the weekend they have had to defend moscow, russia s capital of mercenaries are putin s own making. it raises profound questions and shows cracks. putin has more to answer for in the weeks and months ahead. sandra: a former russia ambassador said it is a fresh reminder of a long-held nuclear fear. he is known quantity. hardened adversaries of the united states. the alternative could be worse. i think the biden a
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m katy tur here from new york. and i m chris jansing with special coverage on what is happening inside russia. for the first time, we are still waiting to hear from vladimir putin. now, we haven t heard anything since his former ally and the head of the ruthless mercenary wagner group attempt add revolt, and this new video released by russia, is it new or just something put out by the kremlin? who knows when it was taped. we can t say. and where is the man responsible for the dramatic weekend events, yevgeny prigozhin. right now we still don t know and he hasn t been seen since saturday when he decided to turn his forces back after marching toward the kremlin. and seemingly agreed to live in exile in belarus. so now russia, a country armed with more nuclear weapons than any other nation led by a man desperate to proclaim the old soviet union glory is at a crossroads. and while the world watches, ukraine is acting. ukrainian forces
let s get right to it. at this hour, adding to the horrific humanitarian crisis in ukraine, filthy water putting people at risk. plus, in just under 60 minutes, john durham set to testify in front of the house intelligence committee. expect a lot of questions about his scathing report on the fbi and doj s handling of the trump russia probe. the judge sets a date for former president s trial in his classified documents case. and the breaking news that charges filed against the president s son, hunter biden, mean he ll plead guilty to federal tax charges as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that plea deal for hunter biden. ken dilanian joins us now. my understanding, ken, is the judge still needs to approve this so what happens next and what more can you tell us about the terms of this deal? that s right. we expect hunter biden to appear in the coming days at this courthouse behind me
it got a prigozhin, the leader of the wacker group, abruptly called off his armed rebellion. mid march to moscow. after agreeing to a mysterious deal reportedly brokered by the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko. prigozhin may have a problem back down for now, but he has exposed some very real cracks in putin s power. it s hard to imagine things going back to where they were. over the next, hour we re going to continue digging into a number of the big questions around the events in russia over the last 48 hours. what is going on in moscow, what does it all mean for putin, ukraine? we re going to start on the ground, joining us live from moscow s kier simmons. i know you ve only been there for a short period of time, here, but what is happening on the ground right now? what are you seeing on the ground around you? i just arrived in moscow, jen, you can see for yourself. behind me. one of the main thoroughfares in moscow, and it looks like ordinary life. you might eve
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