army, this will mark the source of the federation as a force of evil. the war of ukraine entered a new phrase only they refused to use the word calling it a war. another stage of this operation is beginning. i am sure this will be an important moment of this entire special operation. well, it certainly is an important moment. he s not wrong about that. it is important to understand the reality of this moment. these moments were captured in ukrainian s second largest city kha kharkiv, in a residential neighborhood, people were dead. these moments come to us from reuters. again, another residential neighborhood in kharkiv and again human beings, neighbors, friends, and mothers and fathers dead lying in the street from russian bombardment. it is another example one aid to president zelenskyy told cnn there is not a single place in ukraine is safe. while the war is entering a new phase, the battle we are seeing in the east, quote, are preludes to larger operations. in other w
monster rival, the threads app now live and millions are signing up. we re going to begin this hour with that surprising announcement regarding the potential location of the man who led an uprising in russia last month. in a rare news conference this morning, belarusian leader alexander lukashenko said the head of the wagner group yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, not in belarus, despite saying last week he was in his country. nbc news cannot verify that claim. it is raising new questions, though, about the supposed deal that ended the attempted rebellion. joining us now from the presidential palace in minsk is nbc chief international correspondent keir simmons. you attended the news conference. you spoke with lukashenko, what did he say? reporter: yeah. yeah, as you can see, we re not at the presidential palace anymore. we were there. nbc news one of the few international news organizations invited to that conversation. and after an incredibly unpredictable almost two week
hopefully it was a big hole because santa is heading home. soon voters start heading to th polls with an economy that look like it is they re top issue on their minds. welcome everyone and merry christmas, this is a special edition of your world. in less than a month until iowa and new hampshire, many americans aren t feeling too festive about their bottom lines . in new poll shows 78 percent of voters think the economy is in bad shape with a lot of the blame falling on the white house . will this be a key factor? let s get the read from our holiday political panel. lauren, let me start with you. everyone s talking about the economy. well, i think that voters don t just care about the economy, they care about a better life, they want a better economy and a better life, they care about healthcare prices, they care about abortion access. and they care about holding corporations accountable for price gouging and for continuin to charge high prices even as inflation comes d
hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york, i m alicia menendez, in for nicolle wallace. it is a tried and true tactic of the donald trump playbook, turn anything into political score settling. today, lawyers for the ex-president filed a motion for a mistrial in the civil fraud case against him in new york that threatens to bring down the trump organization and tarnish his brand as a business mogul. in the motion, trump s team accused the judge and his staff of bias. the motion is filled to the brim with dramatic language, saying quote, only the grant of a mistrial can salvage what is left of the rule of law. trump s lawyers also took aim at the judge s law clerk, included photos of the clerk, as well as her campaign donation history in their public filing. that is even after the judge placed a limited gag order on donald trump that barred him from commenting on court staff. trump s lawyers were then prohibited from discussing the judge s communications with his staff. the length o
Apparently aided by some in the military, some in the security services, was moving toward moscow and it is not surprising that they re now cracking down hard, trying to get to the bottom. we ll have to watch. this is a spy story taking place in real life and i want to know the next chapter. and, david, on that, nbc news reporting that former u.s. officials had back channel talks with prominent russians. how extraordinary is that that you have sergey lavrov, antony blinken s counterpart over there, the foreign minister, talking with these people and also how successful have past discussions like this, not necessarily this conflict, but historically, how successful have talks like this been? so, it is often the case that these track two dialogues, deniable, not officially sanctioned, are the preludes to real negotiations that s happened in the case of the vietnam war. many conflicts since then.