around yevgeny prigozhin and his army of mercenaries who were until now believed to be exiled to belarus after the armed revolt in russia. keir simmons is in belarus. according to belarus s president, this is not the case after all. bring us up to speed here. reporter: well, that s right. there are two things happening right now. kind of twin track, if you like. one what we heard today. nbc news was one of the few international news organizations invited to the presidential palace in belarus. we have heard from the president of belarus. the other is those images that you showed of gold bars, stacks of dollars, of wigs, of fake passports, during a police raid on yevgeny prigozhin s home in st. petersburg. nbc news not able to verify those images, but they are all over russian media, suggesting an effort to discredit yevgeny prigozhin, just as here in belarus, as i mentioned, the president of belarus, aleksandr lukashenko asked about where he is, where this man, who he had do
insistence they never looked at gain of function research is he lab. john roberts in washington. here we go again for another excitement-packed 60 minutes. sandra: you never know where it s going to go. kentucky senator rand paul is fired up and ready to react in just moments. but first this fox news alert. we currently have five service assets searching for the tie and we expect ten surface assets in the next 24/48 hours. smack dab in search and rescue. we need to have hope. i can t tell you what the noises are but we are searching where the noises are. john: update on the desperate search to find the missing crew aboard a submersible exploring the wreck of the titanic. sandra: they have heard more noises from the search area, but equipment may not make it there in time. john: admiral john mauger, it s good to have you on with us again. first of all, jamie frederick, captain in a press conference was talking about continuing to hear these noise from underwater. i
aim at republicans yet again. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: we made it to wednesday, top of the mountain, long slide into the weekend from here. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. in a rare news conference the president said he felt yesterday s meeting with congressional leadership was productive, but speaker mccarthy proclaimed there was no new movement and warned time is running out to avoid an economic catastrophe. sandra: complete coverage begins now. steve danes is standing by. john: our senior congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. do democrats really know what republicans would cut? john, not really. congress funded veterans programs and meals on wheels late last year, that s why republicans believe democrats are trying to scare people about potential cuts. are those cuts that you guys talk about with the v.a., that s not real money, because it s not an appropriation.
we are back with the second hour of cr chris jansing report reports live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. at this hour, breaking news, we are waiting for a pentagon briefing expected any moment as we learn new details about exactly who might be behind the leak of classified u.s. intelligence documents of government secrets online. plus, in the hot seat, former president donald trump s deposition in a high stakes civil lawsuit here in new york what it could mean for the fate of the family business and days of flames, the fire at an indiana plastics recycling plant, pumping toxic black clouds into the richmond skies for a third straight day the danger and how the community is responding. plus, a 50-year flood event. we re live from fort lauderdale, florida, where officials just issued an emergency declaration after that massive rainfall. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, let s start with that breaking news officials have identified a
chamber is still the game with four critical toss-up races still neck and neck. you are watching fox & friends first on monday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: are you ready for this week? carley: it s do it. todd: the final stretch before republican the country needs to get out and vote. the democrats are scared party with good reason that everything is working against them and they are to get people have made clear that they need solutions. if they get their way, they will double, triple, quadruple down to a point we can never return no matter what to the election show. carley: ashley strohmier is live. the inflation in the economy are dominating the terms and midterms. abc washington post poll shows 80% of the economy is the top issue. and republicans over democrats to handle it by 14 points. instead of hitting up battleground states to take, the president will be in maryland to try to hold the focus on abortion. for democrats which has been t