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menendez. we begin tonight with what comes next after this weekend. short-lived yet startling rebellion against russian president vladimir putin. saturday s march on led by the one-time protegee did a head blow to the strongman image. he still wages war on ukraine. today, we learned president biden spoke by phone with ukraine s president on the sudden instability in russia. the white house says president biden offered his, quote, unwavering support for ukraine s counteroffensive against ukraine. the revolt is the first serious threat to putin s power in decades. secretary of state anthony blinken today said could it could change the port of the democracy in ukraine. 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 their. certainly we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. and we also confirmed that u.s. intelligence agencies knew ....
we begin this hour in washington where president biden and speaker mccarthy are rallying support for their tentative deal to extend the nation s debt. the agreement will likely need votes from both republicans and democrats to pass the house. mccarthy says the vote could come as soon as this wednesday before it heads to the senate. just moments ago, president biden said he is confident this will pass both chambers of congress. the speaker and i made it clear from the start that the only way forward was a bipartisan agreement. that agreement now goes to the united states house, and to the senate. i strongly urge both chambers to pass that agreement. let s keep moving forward on meeting our obligations and building the strongest economy in the history of the world. in the meantime, majority leader chuck schumer is alerting his conference they should be prepared for a final vote in the senate as soon as friday. mccarthy also talked with senate republicans this afternoo ....
Putin cracks down too hard, he threatens and potentially risks undermining the war effort here in ukraine. we saw prigozhin clearly has a level of support among his wagner mercenaries. we ve seen some videos today that suggest he has a fair bit of support among russian ordinary soldiers also. his wagner mercenaries have been some of the most effective troops here. so, for putin, there is a risk that if he comes down hard on prigozhin, he may reopen these cracks that he appears, at least for the moment, to have papered over. in terms of russia s military leadership. that s the push of the pole. julia, a house armed service community member today urged his fellow republicans to back more aid to ukraine. take a listen. i think we have a moral obligation to stand up here and hope ukraine i think too many republicans have tried to stay under the radar. we do best we stand for what s right, and what is truthful. i believe that ronald reagan s ....
Our team of reporters foreign correspondent raf sanchez, nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa in washington d.c., and nbc news correspondent julia jester on capitol hill. ali, what more can you tell us about president biden s conversation with president zelenskyy? yeah, alicia, we have been waiting to hear when this call between president biden and zelenskyy would take place after we learned that the president had several phone calls with the leaders of allied countries yesterday. so, the white house says in this new readout that the two talked about the situation that is currently still unfolding in russia that the president reaffirmed his unwavering support for ukraine as it continues this counteroffensive. it says that they talked about the continued support through continued security and economic and humanitarian aid. that support taking on even more of a focus now as we wait to see exactly how this is ....
Find some kind of crack that they can get through. raf sanchez, elliott rafah, julia jester, thank you so much for starting us off tonight. it is good to see you all. thank you, still to come tonight, what this rebellion means for ukraine s push to join nato. as we reported, president biden and president zelenskyy discussing just that today. last representative joaquin castro of the house foreign affairs committee on the role of congress in the wake of this rebellion. we re going to get a report from moscow on what every day russians are saying. it s a country clouded by propaganda yet as you will, here russians do wonder where they go next. first, the other big stories we are tracking this hour at msnbc. anita? thank you, alicia, a moments ago a marine board investigation into the titan sub disaster. this summer so uploaded during a tour of the wreckage of the titanic killing all five people aboard. once complete, the investigation could recommend civil or criminal charges. ....