damage done to people and ideas. the wagner group mercenary fighters pulled out from the southwestern russian city which they basically took over as well as other locations that they reached including points closer to moscow. they are now headed back to their base camp in ukraine, with , it is said, their boss, pr ogosia. it has wees anger with the russian military and running of the war in ukraine that triggered this attempted upris ing as the symbols of russian power only to be diffused at the last minute in a deal brokered by belarus president with the agreement of russian president putin that saw all pretty much get off the hook for this attempted insurrection but he is being sent in exile to belarus. it s reported to the that u.s. intelligence was aware that something like this was going to happen especially as we kept a close eye on russia s nuclear arms. they wanted to keep an arms length so moscow would not accuse washington of meddling in russian internal affairs and
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
Member of congress, and i don t try to yet, you know, would not share specific [inaudible] would do. so i ll be peck late. but speculate more than that on information that, you know, i actually can observe in russia happening a too. you know, i actually can read russian and pay attention and say,ing you know, what s happening there. so is i think i just always want to warn with careful because be careful because russians very sophisticated and do in hybrid wars and their group can be underestimated ask we have to be very careful. will: right. i appreciate you entertaining all those questions. thank you for your time. let s turn cochief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: severe weather and this heat that just won t break across parts of the south. take a look at weather maps, show you what s going on. temperatures already into the mid 80s down across parts of texas, all the way up and across parts of that mid mississippi
Well, congressman waltz thanks for joining us this morning, great insight. thank you so much. pete: thank you. will: still ahead spoiler alert the mainstream media is starting to take notice of rfk jr. s primary challenge as president biden becomes more politically vulnerable. pete: as the democrat outsider gains steam will and i are going to go off the wall to breakdown some of american history s biggest political spoilers and how long shot campaigns have had major impacts on who ultimately wins the white house. ( ) you inspired the lexus es to be, well . more you. so thank you. we hope you like your work. ( )
Political spoilers. in the very real impacts they had on past presidential elections. so, when the new york times takes a little bit of notice especially inside the democrat party, it s worth pointing out. their headline is why robert kennedy jr. s 2024 bid is a headache for biden. i don t think the biden camp expected rfk jr. to come out at 20%. it s a big chunk with a famous last name but a relatively unknown member of the democratic party. will: your analysis is if mr. kennedy manages to maintain this level of support he could cause mr. biden embarrassment in the primaries. pete: part of the reason for that is joe biden moved the first in the nation primary to south carolina, a state that famously helped him out a lot in his first run. new hampshire and iowa are still holding democratic primaries. if joe biden chooses not to participate, this guy might be the only guy in the ballot, which means voters they would have to write in biden or vote for robert f. kennedy jr. and he