great to have you with us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. kyiv has denied those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last hours, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops and the paramilitary wagner group for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counteroffensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday fo diplomatic talks touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic talks with many of the gathered heads of the g7 nations. that includes prime minist
inventory. plus, the future of the most commonly used abortion method in the u.s. remains up in the air. inside the latest legal developments as federal judges could issue a ruling over access to the pill, mifepristone, at any moment. and flooding the streets, thousands of israelis marching through jerusalem s old city in annual parade that raises tensions in a divided city. we ll have a live report on the ground. the fbi revoked security clearances of three agents who took part in the insurrection on january 6th or expressed views that raised serious questions about their allegiance to the u.s. hear what two of them had to say while testifying on the hill today. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that testimony on capitol hill from those two fbi agents who claim the government is being weaponized against conservatives. ryan nobles, you re following the story for us, what did we hear today? reporter: well, we heard a long
A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Things he did 12 years ago. Paul manafort worked for me for a very short period of time. He worked for many other republicans. He worked for me for, what, 49 days . A very short period of time. And the prosecution wrapped up its first witness today. That was democratic consultant tad divine. He worked with manafort in ukraine. They expect to call two other witnesses tomorrow, another consultant as well as an fbi agent. And of course, this isnt the only trial manafort faces. His d. C. Trial is set to start in september, all the while, hes still in jail for allegations of Witness Tampering while he awaits these other trials. Thank you. Jessica schneider reporting. Tonight, President Trump is on the Campaign Trail as he embraces a new line of defense against the Mueller Investigation. Mr. Trump now echoing Rudy Giulianis argument that collusion is not a crime. Of course, this is the same president who frequently denies t
have gone to the hiroshima peace park which commemorates the victims of his devastating atomic bomb blast to mark the end of the world war of 1916. and i am pleased to be able to talk about this without tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil. this would be the last we will get to chat like this. get to chat like this. don t make me get to chat like this. don t make me sad get to chat like this. don t make me sad laughter. | get to chat like this. don t - make me sad laughter. these two countries have make me sad laughter. these two countries have got make me sad laughter. these two countries have got a make me sad laughter. these two countries have got a very countries have got a very difficult history and plenty of bad blood between them but the two leaders have met three times in the last three months? after almost no visit by either leaders. after almost no visit by either leaders, no visit certainly by south leaders, no visit certainly by south korean leaders to japan
acting rather provocatively by moving potentially some tactical nuclear weapons to theater, and that threat of nuclear weaponry is brought into stark display as the g7 summit kicks off in a few hours here. the prime minister kishida, is hosting the summit, honoring those who lost their lives in the first atomic bomb blast in 1945, which precipitated the end of world war ii. it s that concern on the part of the japanese, yes, this is a threat to the safety of europe, but also to the threat of east asia. as we look at the provocative nature of north korea s increased missile testing, as well as china s movements potentially as it relates to taiwan. these security concerns are at the forefront of what president biden hopes to achieve here, and zelenskyy s participation at the summit itself speaks to the efforts to speak with one voice here in response to russia. mike memoli, thank you for that. rescue teams are searching