Japanese we should be able to beat the houthis. Secretary austin and the Biden Administration is failing our troops in the field. I admire him, he is a patriot, but he is not doing a good job protecting the soldiers. Without iran there are no houthis. The houthis are completely backed by iran. Molly forces in israel are expanding their Ground Operation in gaza. Trey yengst is live in tel aviv with the latest on these escalations. Trey, to you. Good morning. Threats from iran and its proxies are increasing amid concerns about the possibility of a broader regional conflict. Yesterday alone we understand that 12 attack drones, three antiship Ballistic Missiles and two Cruise Missiles were shot down by the american Eisenhower Carrier Strike group from the houthis and lasted for ten hours. An American Service member remains in Critical Condition following a drone attack against the Erbil Air Base that drew an american response. Zooming in on the ground, israeli Chief Of Staff announced tues
include controversial cluster bombs in its next round of military aid to ukraine. it follows months of debate over whether to supply the munitions as ukraine s stockpile of weapons runs low. some democrats oppose the decision. president biden justified his decision to approve the transfer. we re in a situation where ukraine continues cto be brutaly attacked by these cluster munitions that have dud rates that are very, very high that are a danger to civilians, number one. number two, the ukrainians are running out of ammunition. they call them 155 millimeter weapons. this is a war relating to munitions and they re runnning out of those. the bombs are canisters that carry anywhere from dozens to hundreds of mini bombs. ukraine and russia are already using them. sometimes the bomblets don t explode and can later pose threats to civilians. the white house announcement on the cluster munitions comes as ukraine continues its counteroffensive against russia. ben wedeman is in ea
Challenge to russian president Vladimir Putins iron grip on the country. This weekend, one of his closest allies Yevgeny Prigozhin leader of the Wagner Mercenary group turned against him, staging a 24hour revolt. Prigozhin mobilized his army of soldiers for hire to March On Moscow and suddenly he turned around and called it. Off and be Sears Kier Simmons is in moscow with the latest. Years in russia tonight, State Television is not showing these stunning images. Russians cheering for the leader of this weeks aborted rebellion. His soldiers as they leave the city of rostovondon. Their mutiny is bringing the country to the brink of chaos less than 24 hours ago when Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the wagner group had a March To Moscow and response to what he called an attack on his fighters. Tanks and mercenary troops took to the streets, moving within 120 miles of the russian capital. Before unprecedented deal with President Putin, it was brokered by another president , belarusian lead
revolt retreat, an astonishing 24 hours in global history. russian president vladimir putin staves off the biggest threat ever to his quarter century leadership as his one-time ally yevgeny prigozhin abruptly calls off a rebellion as his marches closer to moscow. prigozhin has agreed to leave russia for belarus. the wagner insurrection revealed major cracks and put his armor at home, now the world watches to see how it will impact a 16-month war on ukraine. good morning, and welcome to a special edition of the sunday, show i m jonathan katie phang who you normally see at this hour as the weekend off. we start with a sobering realization, we may truly never know how close the nuclear armed nation of russia came to a full blown civil war. the toughest test ever, putin s presidency is over, for now after brokering a truce with belarus, wagner leader if ghani prigozhin, called off a just hours after his mercenaries took control of the military headquarters in south of russia.
video of him leaving rostov-on-don, where he had taken control of a key russian military facility. the kremlin says, he is now heading to neighboring belarus, wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted. again, all of this is from the kremlin and unverified by nbc news. new reporting from the washington post reads, quote, while putin seemed to avert his greatest prices crisis in more than 23 years as russia s supreme political leader, grief armed rebellion, presented the starkest evidence yet that his brutal invasion of ukraine could backfire. leading to instability at home and exposing his growing isolation from reality and weakness as a leader. joining us now from kyiv, nbc news correspondent kelly cobiella, nbc news white house correspondent and on capitol hill, and pc news correspondent julie adjuster. kelly, let s start with you. how is the kremlin trying to explain what s unfolded over the past 24 hours? well alicia, it s interesting. they re not trying to explain, it t