this year supreme court began with a feeling of hope but has been nothing more than one step forward and two massive steps back for america. ketanji john broxson took place as the first black woman to serve on the high court, a historic appointment heralded as the progress needed to make the highest court inland reflect s population. really disturbed by the court specifically by chief justice john roberts suggested an error of moderation, the conserve justice ruled with the liberal in a slew of surprising decisions, including on key issues like immigration, voting rights, and election oversight. that s where the moderation. ended the court supermajority struck down the presidents student loan forgiveness program in just 24 hours. after ending affirmative action. long used to increase the number of black, hispanic, and other under representative minorities on college campuses. the court found that these policies violated the constitution s 14th amendment promise of equal prote
i m very excited. we re allowed to do that? wait, there s news too. very excited. there s other news going on in the world. we re going to talk a lot after baseball this morning. let s get started with five things to know. transportation secretary pete buttigieg tells cnn that today, one of the busiest travel days of the holiday week is going to be a major test for the airlines. the industry has been roiled in chaos all week. united says they are all hands on deck trying to get the airline out of a multiday meltdown of their schedule. also this morning, russian president putin is set to speak this hour as fallout continues from rebellion. today there are serious questions bouncing over the whereabouts of a top general who reportedly knew about the planned insurrection. also, parts of the titan submersible have been rekcovere from the ocean floor. madonna, forced to postpone her world tour following a health scare that has landed her in the icu. we ve got the lat
we now have the crucial evidence that is at the center of the special counsel s criminal prosecution of donald trump. president i can declassify it. now i can t. this is why tapes are gold to prosecutors. it bolsters the government s claim under the espionage act. one interesting quote is not included in the indictment is that the former president said these are papers. you probably almost didn t believe me, but now you believe me. no, i believed you. it s incredible, right? no other american that does something like this that gets away with it. the president can t be any different. russian president speaking out three days after the armed rebellion led by his former ally. this is a weakened russian president and a very angry one indeed. we made clear that we were not involved. this was part of a struggle within russian system. russian officials say they re dropping charges against the wagner group for armed insurrection. also putin tried to get
after the most dramatic challenge to his 23-year rule. the mercenaries ended their march on moscow when they were about 120 miles away from the city. the revolt appears to be over for now. the fallout, likely just beginning. we don t know where the wagner mercenary group s leader is this morning, after he supposedly struck a deal with the kremlin to stand down and go into exile in belarus. these are the last images we have seen of yevgeny prigozhin, leaving a military headquarters that his troops had seized in southern russia. putin has vowed to punish him for treason. this is a look at moscow, a city that was preparing for a siege. the security measures imposed over the weekend are now lifted. meanwhile, ukrainian forces say they re making gains on the battlefield in their counteroffensive as president putin grapples with the fallout from the rebellion at home. matthew chance is live for us in moscow, tracking the latest developments. matthew, what are we hearing from the
hi there, everyone. i m nicole wallace, thanks for being here with us. we ve got a lot of places you get your news today, we re glad you re joining us. four pm in the east, it s 11 pm in moscow. we re following breaking news this hour, with the latest on the revolt unfolding in russia. and we see news is confirming, yevgeny prigozhin is the head of the wagner group, which is a private mercenary army in russia, that s done a lot of the fighting in the war in ukraine. he has called for his moscow bound convoy to stand down for now. that s only after advancing to within 120 miles of the city of moscow. in the biggest threat to russian president vladimir putin s grip on power that we ve ever seen. prigozhin sent a voice note, signaling that the forces would stand down, saying the group understands, quote, the responsibility for spilling russian blood on one of the sides. we are turning back our convoys, and going back to field camps, according to the plan. this comes just hours a