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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 ....
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 ....