Paul welcome to the journal editorial report, im paul gigot. The Supreme Court on wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump should be immune from prosecution in his federal election interference case. Dealing a blow to special counsel jack smiths effort to try the former president and likely 2024 republican nominee before with no. Oral arguments are now set for late april with a decision expected by late june. A timetable that could push the trial originally set to begin this monday close to election day and possibly beyond. For more on the political and legal implications of the justices decision to take the case, im join ised by Wall Street Journal columnists Dan Henninger, kim strassel and bill mcif gun. So, bill, the bill mcgurn. If Supreme Court didnt have to take this case the Supreme Court didnt have to take this case, and theres an argument for dodging it because they could have let a d. C. Circuit opinion that denied immunity stand. Now they take this, t
jon: it is perhaps the most serious challenge to the vladimir putin s authority, although at this moment it appears the challenge has edged. yevgeny prigozhin has turned his forces around and is said to be heading back to belarus. let s check in with our greg palkot who s covering the story from that part of the world. greg. reporter: jon, it looks like we re back on the brink in russia just across the border from where we are right now in kyiv, but it also looks like a lot of damage was done. it was the biggest risk to russian president vladimir putin s more than two decades of rule, attempted coup, an armed uprising. the man responsible, evgeni pregoes telephone, complaining friday about the war, then pulling his fighters out of ukraine and into the russian city of rostov-on-don with where, with little trouble, they took over the place. and, yes, prigozhin sent forces towards moscow, within 120 miles, the kremlin bracing for an attack, vladimir putin branding the actions
he called the country a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that is ever truer at this moment. president biden came out a short time ago to deny that there was any u.s. involvement in the attempted coup over the weekend. we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west or nato. we made clear that we were not involved. we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within the russian system. martha: whatever will happen next, we know that this is just the beginning. there will be shifts that come in this very volatile situation. it could change ultimately the world that we live in. geo politics and how it shakes out. we have not seen putin, as i just mentioned. we re told that there may be a statement coming from him shortly, whether it s live or a press statement. we re not sure yet. we ll stay on top of that. there s his rival who at one time was the caterer and they were good friends. they worked his way up with this wagner group. he basically rocke
Texas finally in custody after being discovered hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry, and hes not the only one whos been arrested. More on that coming up. But we begin with those explosive allegations from the kremlin claiming ukraine attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin in an overnight drone attack. Video released on social media and russian state tv purports to show the roof of the kremlin on fire as well as flying objects shot down over moscow. In a statement today, russia placed the blame squarely on kyiv saying, quote, we regard these actions as a planned Terrorist Attack and an attempt on the president. The russian side reserves the right to take retall toir measures where and where it sees fit. Volodymyr zelenskyy addressed the allegation at a Press Conference about an hour ago. Listen. We dont attack putin or moscow. We fight on our territory. We are defending our villages and cities. Nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is following the story from london
texas finally in custody after being discovered hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry, and he s not the only one who s been arrested. more on that coming up. but we begin with those explosive allegations from the kremlin claiming ukraine attempted to assassinate vladimir putin in an overnight drone attack. video released on social media and russian state tv purports to show the roof of the kremlin on fire as well as flying objects shot down over moscow. in a statement today, russia placed the blame squarely on kyiv saying, quote, we regard these actions as a planned terrorist attack and an attempt on the president. the russian side reserves the right to take retall toir measures where and where it sees fit. volodymyr zelenskyy addressed the allegation at a press conference about an hour ago. listen. we don t attack putin or moscow. we fight on our territory. we are defending our villages and cities. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is following th