christian dog ran, nbc news. teamwork making the dream work. and on that note, i wish you a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. it s really good to have you here. before he became the editor of the most important english language magazine and the world, david remnick was a moscow correspondent for the washington post. he in fact won the pulitzer prize for his landmark 1993 book about the last time russia fell apart at the end of the soviet union. david remnick is gonna be here joining us live in just a few minutes, as we all try to make sense of this latest news that burst out this weekend. everybody in the world trying to figure out whether russia may be falling apart again, whether vladimir putin may be teetering, after 23 years consolidated, increasingly dictatorial power in russia. again, david remnick will be joining us live on that story in just a moment. we a
taming inflation. the very thing that is weighing on the u.s. economy. the worry, of course, is that the fed could tighten too much and plunge the u.s. economy into a recession. it s really a delicate walk for the federal reserve, but at this point, the market wants to see the fed try to get out ahead of this because many believe the fed has been behind the curve for so long. alison kosik, thanks so much. turning to our politics lead and the january 6th committee laying out damning evidence that former president trump was told over and over and over again that his claims of election fraud were not rooted in fact. he was told by members of his campaign, he was told by members of his legal team, he was told by even his own attorney general, bill barr. when i went into this and would, you know, tell him how crazy some of these allegations were, there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were, in my opinion then and my opinion now is that the electio
plus cnn has learned from two federal law enforcement sources, investigators are reviewing a white supremacy manifesto in connection with the alleged gunman. ten people were killed and three injured following the attack saturday. moments ago local authorities did not mince words as they described this case. this is an absolute racist hate crime. it had been prosecuted as a hate crime. this is someone who has hate in their heart, soul, and mind, and there is no mistake that that s the direction this is going in. this will be completely geared toward securing a conviction for the individual. our detectives, agents, deputies, everybody standing before you, will work this tirelessly for as long as it needs to go. and it s done by a person, again, who does not live in our community, who brought this kind of hate to our very close knit buffalo community. we will not tolerate this. we will show how strong we are and all the members of our police department, the sheriff s departmen
Intended to return our russian citizens, not to demilitarize or denazifying ukraine. someone telling the truth like that from his position in russia seems indelible. the prospect that putin left moscow when wagner troops were marching on to moscow s indelible. and the other thing that is indelible here is the fact that it s left unresolved what happened to the mutiny ring forces that prigozhin appears to have maybe brought with him to belarus. those who participated in the armed revolve are at large and we don t know what happens to this small military force right now. i think you ve nailed it. i think you nailed it entirely. look at the contrast between the way zelenskyy reacted to an invading russian army. what did he do? remember his line? i don t need a ride. i need arms.
Topping our world lead, the white house says vladimir putin, quote, absolutely has weaponized food, as ukraine and others continue to accuse russia of blocking shipments of grain from leaving ukraine, an acquisition putin called a bluff in an interview with russian state media. now, after a weekend of patriotic celebrations in russia, putin s bigger end game seems clearer than ever. fred pleitgen reports from moscow where the president of russia has shifted from his initial rhetoric of denazifying ukraine to an openly imperial takeover. a display of patriotism on russia day. russian president vladimir putin handing out medals just days after he likened himself to peter the great, claiming like czar peter 300 years ago, in