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
weapons of war. i d like you to think about that because this whole conversation defies logic, and you know what, it s actually insulting. you know what, you know what, in fairness let s just take a moment to step back and think about each of their arguments and whether that is the environment that you want or that they want for their children. let s start with mental health. as far as we know there was no mental health issue with the individual who stole the futures of 19 children in uvalde, texas. governor greg abbott even said it himself before he contradicted himself. there was no known mental health history of the gunman. we would have a problem with mental health illness in this community. greg, you flipped it around. now you said mental health was the problem. okay. yet nbc news reports abbott slashed more than $200 million from the department overseeing mental health programs in a state that is already dead last in the country for access to mental health care. abb
with an ar-15 tactical gear, body armor, opening live streaming the massacre for two minutes straight. the suspect allegedly posting a 180-page manifesto online just days before the shooting. that included white supremacist ideology. right now, president biden is speaking at a medal of valor ceremony. the president traveling with the first lady tomorrow to pay their respects. after these comments over the weekend. a long gun man, armed with weapons of war and hate-filled soul shot and killed ten innocent people in cold blood. we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of america. hearts are heavy once again, but a resolve must never waiver. reporter: and we have a lot more going on across the country, following the latest developments in orange county, california, where one person is dead. and five more people are injured after another mass shooting. this one at a meeting of asian churchgoers. a 68-year-old male, las vegas resident, has
case is just getting started, so we ll have to see. right. things could always change. jordan reuben, thank you, and be sure to check out jordan s work at deadline legal blog. scan the qr code on your screen to read it. new today, prosecutors say they intend to seek additional felony charges against a january 6th defendant who was arrested near president obama s home in washington, d.c. last week in court today. prosecutors urged a judge to keep taylor taranto behind bars pending trial warning he s a threat to government officials and the public. they re honing in on one particularly strange incident where taranto entered an elementary school near jamie raskin s home on a sunday and projected a movie about january 6th on the wall. nbc s ryan reilly is following this for us, and also with us, former d.c. chief of homeland security, darnell harvin. start us off if you will and
or talking or cooperating, that is when it comes into a problem. i don t think that has been explained as the underlying issue, here. i see this being tied up next week in the final hearing, i think they will tie in people to the actual actors, roger stone and the others that were involved in this are going to be shown to be the conduits to donald trump. that is where i think this is going. nick, darnell, thank you. i appreciate both of you. he is a 76-year-old man, not an impressionable child, that is what congresswoman liz cheney is saying about donald trump arguing that he is responsible to his actions, not his advisers. stay with us.