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
coast. we have a new special report for you right now, focusing on the specific plans for the bloodless coup during the postelection period after trump lost in 2020, as president elect biden prepar to take power, few people knew then how this coup plot wa working. the new report details a comprehensive effort, much o it unseen by an unknown to the general public to overturn the votes. the idea was to do it throug politicians, not violence. and that trump would attempt t stay in power in a way tha might have worked. had enough officials gone alon with the plot. winning candidates don t nee to change results when the have a victory trump and his team had a loss. this report is new testimony from trump s campaign manage or - as the ap called the race fo biden, i think some surroundin the president looking for thes different avenues to pursue. that s when he remembered th first time the concept o having to overturn - came up. a white house aide was pushing a truly bananas plan
So, putin can say that, he can gin up the meeting machines say that, while he said, that he is going to be looking over the shoulder, who s the next person they re going to run on me? and while he s going to say, that was going to be discussions on russian telegram and russian houses about what did we just see? where is this all going? i think that is the question that remains to be seen in the coming weeks and months. you cannot undo the remarks that he had to make on saturday. you can t make people on see. that ben rhodes, thank you for drinking sparkling water on this last day of your weekend to do an hour of television with me. i deeply insincere you appreciate your analysis in all this. that is it for the special sunday night addition of the show. stay tuned for msnbc continuing coverage of the crisis in russia, coming up after a break, a special sunday edition of the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle. tephanie ruhle our heritage is ingrained in our skin.
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His undoing with the republican base was a young congressman names newt gingrich who s own rise was fuelled in part by the anger over that. but it did sort of lay some of the building blocks. president clinton has well to do some things to reduce the deficit. karen tumult and jonathan allen and jonathan alter. thank you for being with us. karen stay with us. msnbc continuing coverage of the passing of america s 41st president. we ll be back after the break. so i don t need to make any more statements. i m not writing a biography. let the historians decide what i screwed up and what i got right. i hope it comes out in favor of the latter category but who knows and who cares because history is going to do that any way.