this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in ukraine and called for our march for justice. against the russian military. the man who posted these messages, the name you have certainly heard a lot through the past few days, yevgeny prigozhin. he is the leader of the russian private mercenary army known as the wagner group. a group that has been on the frontlines of russia s war in ukraine. now the wagner mercenaries are known to be some of the most brutal forces fighting in ukraine. they have recruited fighters in russian prisons, they have s
non-violent offender. and that s it for us today. the lead with jake tapper starts right now for the first time in the history of the united states of america and immediate family member of the current president is a convicted felon, believed starts right now hunter biden, guilty on all charges in the federal gun case against him, his father s speaking at the gun safety event just hours after did he say anything about it? now, biden, the president is rushing to delaware to be by his son side. so we ll hunter biden now had the prison and for how long? plus trump has a gun situation of his own sources telling cnn the former president fessed up about his weapon in florida, which he is legally not allowed to possess as a convicted in felon, but does donald trump plan to hand the gun over cnn s digging into what he might face if he does not. plus leaked messages reported from the leader of the terrorist group hamas, revealing that he thinks hamas is benefiting from the deaths
russian saying, listen here leaders don t care about you, they re fighting amongst themselves while you are being asked to fight and die in the trenches here. and that kind of taunting and bravado is not really an option for president biden where that he likes it or not. vladimir putin s appear of his as a leader of another nuclear arms nation. and it s been very noticeable of president biden has been at camp david huddling with his national security officials he has not appeared in front of the cameras. he s not offering any type of commentary about what is going on inside of russia. in the biden administration they are very cautious not to be seen to be cheering for instability inside the country that owns about half of the world s nuclear warheads not to be seen to be cheering for the boss mercenary group which is a group that is sanctioned by the united states so those presidents watching what s happening in russia very closely by taking two different approaches. thank you for yo