group leader yevgeny prigozhin striking a deal to avoid criminal charges. but in exchange she was forced to leave russia for neighboring belarus. locals taken to the streets cheering as a rebel commander left for exile. they even snapped a few selfies with supporters on the way out. he was secretary of state entity blinken sees this rebellion as a site of russia is weakening. what we have seen his extraordinary pre-think about it this way 16 months ago rush up for the doorstep of kyiv in ukraine. believing they would take the capitol the matter of days and race the country from the map as independent country. now what we have seen is russia having to defend moscow, its capitol gets mercenaries of its own making. live fox team coverage on this, lucas tomlinson jeff paulson bias in this fox news contributor scanner here at the and what could happen next. first let s go live it to kyiv seen for affairs correspondent greg palko with the very latest there on the ground. hi e
press conference where he tried to convince the world everything under his leadership is just dandy. he s put at 38% approval, the lowest of his presidency so far. biden getting asked why so many americans think the country is on the wrong track, but all he could muster up was his usual nonsense on russia and bogus claims about inflation. i can understand why the american people are frustrated because of inflation, but inflation is higher in almost every other country. prices at the pump are higher in almost every other country. we re better positioned to deal with this, but we have a way to go. ultimately the reason gas prices are up is because of russia. russia, russia, russia. how long is it fair to expect american drivers and drivers around the world to pay that premium for this war? as long as it takes. russia cannot in fact defeat ukraine and move beyond ukraine. jeez louise. and the guy who helped obama get elected think joe isn t cut out for this line of work.
Happy friday, it is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial just resuming this morning with a former Trump White House aide facing cross examination. Madeleine westerhout back on the stand, shes testified about trump signing checks and Michael Cohen visiting the white house. And speaking of cohen, we just learned that the prosecutions star witness will take the stand on monday. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is outside the courthouse for us. Also with us our legal panel for the hour White Collar Defense Attorney and former federal prosecutor sarah krisoff, and criminal defense attorney bernard via low na. Vaughn, catch us up. Whats happening inside that courtroom this morning . Reporter hey, good morning, ana. Madeleine westerhout who was the trump Executive Assistant inside of the white house for his first two and a half years there is currently testifying Under Cross Examination by Susan Necheles. Theyre currently looking at an email in which a
I need to hand it off to the next hour with jose diazbalart who picks up our breaking News Coverage right now. Good morning. We begin with breaking news. Former nfl star o. J. Simpson who was acquitted in one of the most famous murder trials in American History has died at the age of 76. His Family Posting on his x account this morning saying he succumbed to his battle with cancer yesterday. Joining us Now Msnbc Anchor , Chris Jansing. What do we know about this . Well, we dont know a lot. A short statement was put up by his family that he had succumbed to cancer but the announcement o. J. Simpson has died is sure to send ripples through much of america who remember this incredibly gifted Football Hero who became a guest as the guest said in the last hour a bona fide movie star, someone on commercials, someone who was at football games. He was ubiquitous throughout america and crossed all racial lines. The idea that he might murder his wife came as the most incredible shock for anyone
This was the moment the quake struck the unesco World Heritage listed city of marrakesh prompting people to sprint for the streets. The city is reporting a lower death toll, but considerable damage to buildings survivors have been describing their experiences. Walls started shaking, Picture Frames started falling off the walls. I realised we were going through some sort of a shake, an earthquake, obviously. People started screaming, i could hear all the. My windows were open, i could hear all the neighbours screaming. I opened the door, everyone was running out of their flats, running downstairs. Lots of panic, people screaming and shouting, screaming for their families, ladies screaming for their kids, where is my son . Where is my daughter . I would say for about 15, 20 minutes, it seemed like hours. But there are huge concerns in particular for the areas outside the city. These incredible pictures show the damage to the community of taroudant. Here, soldiers and residents have been