we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
i believe it is. it remains to be seen if it will hurt him at all politically. he is still the front runner for the republican presidential primary. and trump s campaign is not slowing down at all. today he is on a stump in the south making his first speeches since the indictment in georgia and north carolina. i am simone sanders townsend and i have something to say about it all. what kind of democracy are weak? are we a mature democracy, capable of enforcing its rules and laws? or an immature democracy choosing chaos over the competition. questions after this week s historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. and if you didn t get a chance to read that damning 44-page document, or 45, i highly encourage you to do it. it is all right, because we have got you suffered. on thursday we learned the former president was indicted by the justice department and its investigation of mishandling of classified documents. and yesterday when the indictment was unse
fbi versus america that is the focus of tonight angle. ever stop during the course of your day and wonder how did things get so off-track in america customer now i m not just talk about the lousy economy are high prices either, a lot of bedrock value seems to be in short supply. respect for elders, respect for history. respect for our constitution. how about just basic decency? stupid [bleep] i m going to kill you. she is going to die. laura: the viciousness, the casual nature of the virions today seems different. at least from what i remember seeing growing up. now one thing is obvious. when we cannot expect our next generations to respect the rule of law, we certainly if our own fbi is perceived to be flouting the basic idea of equal justice under the law. operating with an obvious palooka bias as it did recently and gets next guest. a pro-life activist in pennsylvania he is until his story was all exposed today during the grilling. this is a case where a catholic
directly blaming new york governor kathy hochul saying that she failed and there is a lot more to this horrifying tragedy. david lee millers is live in the newsroom. good morning, david lee. this deadly saga began in late september. as you point out 30-year-old woman posted a video online that shows her being beaten by her husband near buffalo. after viewing the video he was charged. the charges did not give a judge discretion to require bail under new york law. he was also served and order of protection. a day after being released he shot and killed his wife after forcing her car off the road as she was driving her three young children to school. he is now behind bars and pleaded not guilty to murder and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. he had a violent past serving 15 years for adementing to kidnap an exgirlfriend. new york law does not allow the judge to take into consideration whether a defendant is a danger to the community. her mother says cashless
job in his life, trust fund brat, john fetterman. it s gone from bad to worse and it s getting hard to watch. we will play the tape. also we have an exclusive interview with congressman matt gaetz as career prosecutors are reportedly recommending no charges in the investigation that has now consumed his life for almost two years. first with just 46 days until the critical, well, inflection point midterm elections, i want to take a step back and lay out exactly what is at stake. as i ve been trying to say, this might be the most important and consequent on midterm election of our lifetime and its critical republicans be very clear with you the american people what they believe in, why they believe it, how the conservative agenda is going to deliver results for americans especially those that most need it. our country is in turmoil. we have a broken border, all caused by joe biden, surging inflation caused by joe biden, a sinking stock market caused by joe biden and the climate