testimony to special counsel jack smith as his probe into january 6th zooms ahead. exclusive reporting from nbc news s julia ainsley says this, quote, about half a dozen secret service agents have testified before the grand jury that will decide whether or not to indict former president donald trump for his alleged role in the january 6th 2021 riot at the capitol, and efforts to interfere in the peaceful transfer of the presidency. that s according to two sources familiar with their testimony. roughly five or six acts have appeared in compliance with subpoenas they received. while it s unclear what testimony they provided, we do know that trump s secret service agents are very much in a position to corroborate some of the most stunning testimony of the star witness of the january 6th select committee. the meadows aide who pulled back the curtain on the inner workings and private conversations of the trump-directed coup plot. we are talking about cassidy hutchinson. hear is s
he s a leader of the wagner group, which are soldiers for hire, violent mercenaries with reputation for ruthless violence. they have fought for russia in ukraine and in conflicts across central africa in the middle east. saturday, prigozhin stage in our midst mutiny leading his mercenaries on a march that threatened to reach moscow coming within about 120 miles of the capitol. the crisis ended when prigozhin agreed to pull back his forces in a deal it allowed him to leave russia and avoid arrest. well rebellion appear to be aimed at ousting russia s military leaders, they dealt a massive brew blow to putin strongman image. we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go and when they get there but certainly we have also have new questions that putin is going to be addressing in the weeks and months ahead. this is a challenge coming from within to putin and that s where his focus has been. it s going to unfold over weeks and
michael mcfaul says russia could be coming closer to a compromise with ukraine. the idea that the only thing that we can do to end the war in ukraine is to give them a face sitting way out which usually translates to by the way giving him ukrainian tele-tory think this is a whole episode has really undermine the hypothesis. maybe putin will negotiate not when he s winning or not when he s given a gift of territory in ukraine but when he s using, as he just did yesterday. joining me now with the latest nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. what more can you tell us about president zelenskyy s conversation with president biden? well, alicia, these conversations between kyiv and washington are ongoing in regular and they are happening at all levels of government. president biden spoke to president zelenskyy but lloyd austin the u.s. defense secretary spoke to his counterpart ukrainian defense minister today also. and yesterday we saw that general mark really the ch
in africa and sub-saharan africa and its ability to generate wealth. how can we sustain that? does he still have access to that? what does it give him in russia? it s a really good question. does his use outweigh his threat to the russian president? molly mchugh, thank you, my friend. we have a lot more coming up, everybody. you re watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. a, hey, everybody. welcome back. i am yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. it s fantastic to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. we are continuing our coverage this hour with more fallout from the wagner group rebellion against russia. a deal was brokered between yevgeny prigozhin and the kremlin. it stopped mercenary troops in their tracks, averting an armed confrontation. so has the temperature come down in moscow today. how has this impacted putin s grip on power? i m going to ask in just a moment. meanwhile, back in this country, we have results
future of russia. among them what is prigozhin s next move, what concessions if any did he get to reverse course, and where is he today? this is treason. in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a stab in the back of our troops. plus, what does vladimir putin s unprecedented admission of vulnerability in a national speech mean for his hold on power and on the war in ukraine? this is just the latest chapter in a book of failure that putin has written for himself and for russia. economically, militarily. his standing in the world. all of those things have plummeted. we ll have insight and analysis this hour from former cia director john brennan, former u.s. european command deputy steph twitty, a former top adviser to president zelenskyy in ukraine, and senate intelligence committee chairman mark warner, who was briefed on prigozhin s plans in the days leading up to the weekend rebellion. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington, where pr