and worse. loses basic contact with his family who is keeping his name and mission alive. let s bring in dan hoffman former cia station chief served in moscow, fox news contributor. dan, why do you think the world cares so much about alexei navalny and why does his death matter? well, you know, the first thing that came to mind was chris wallace s interview with putin back during the summit asked him how come so many of your opponents end up dead? that s the way vladimir putin operates. remember, navalny had more than 6 million youtube subscribers. published a lot of material about corruption specifically related to vladimir putin. he was considered a threat to putin because he was able to mobilize public opinion against putin s autocratic kleptocracy. now, the key thing to keep in mind here is that russia is going to elections in march. even though navalny was not in a position to really to be a threat to vladimir putin from jail, from a siberian go log. putin s message is
the people have it right will be hearing from her in just a moment. welcome everyone i am david asman in for david. we begin at the white house and president biden is putting the spotlight on the economy and authorities are still investigating where the cocaine came from. lucas tomlinson is there with all the details, lucas. what s white house officials say the secret service hopes to have the investigation to this cocaine here at the white house wrapped up early next week. they are tempering expectations or they might not be producing a list of suspects. all week the white house has been dogged with questions about where did this cocaine come from? white house press secretary is a notable she could not rule out the biden family when asked the following question. i am just asking again can you say it once and for all whether or not the cocaine belong to the biden family? what sends a very clear two days ago when talking about this and going over it again as i was being aske
palestinian refugee camp. matt bradley caught in the firefight last night. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we begin our second hour of andrea mitchell reports with the gun violence epidemic in our country. according to the gun violence archive, there were 17 mass shootings in 15 states over the long july 4th weekend. leaving 18 people dead and more than 100 others injured. it brings the annual tally to 351 this year on track to surpass previous records. right now in el paso, texas, sentencing is underway in one of the deadliest mass shootings in u.s. history, the 2019 walmart shooting, where the shooter pleaded guilty to federal murder and hate crime charges for targeting hispanic migrants. family members of his 23 victims are making impact statements in court later today. the gunman is likely to be sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences. in philadelphia, a 40-year-old man has been charged with five counts of murder after allegedly opening fire
already struggling to wages war on ukraine. we have a live report what this means for the kremlin and will sit down exclusively with the key member of the senate foreign relations committee. democrat ben cardin to ask what the u.s. knows and how we should respond. plus we will ask about critics is a president biden is a bungling the u.s. relationship with china. and we will debut a brand-new survey from the reagan institute on how americans really feel about the u.s. position on the global stage. then, when you re after the dobbs decision states make bold moves on abortion and some candidates draw a line. the supreme court of the united states set roe versus wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs. former vice president mike pence calls were 2024 test on one of the nation s most divisive issues. asks for his rivals to join him. i did this call and every other candidate. for the republican nomination to support a minimum standard of 15 week band too. pence joi
undoubtedly been weakened. prigozhin announced his paramilitary fighters would pull back to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin later announced war lord could leave for belarus allegedly without penalty for his mercenaries taking hold of the critical russian city of rostov-on-don. they were going to dismantle pmc wagner. we came out on the 23rd of june to march for justice. in this time we did not 3eu8 a single drop of blood on of our fighters. now the moment has come when blood may still spill, that that s why understanding the responsibility, we are turning back our convoys and going back to field camps according to our plan. reporter: according to a spokesperson for secretary of state antony blinken, quote, support by the united states for ukraine will not change. the united states will stay in close coordination with ukraine as the situation develops. and russian officials offered this, quote: we ve warned the western countries against any hint of possible use of the domes