you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with remarkable new insights into ukraine s president and the desire to hit russia on home soil. the washington post said president zelenskyy has suggested bold attacks behind closed doors including blowing up a pipeline and attempting to occupy russian border villages to gain over moscow. zelenskyy made such suggestions months ago. still, the pentagon did not dispute the authenticity of the leaked materials. this comes as we re getting new signs that the long-awaited ukrainian counter offensive could be getting underway soon. sources tell cnn, ukraine has begun shaping operations and cnn s sam kyly has more details on that. reporter: there have been signs, i think, very clearly now, that there are shaping operations going on ahead of a summer offensive by ukraine to try to recapture this territory that was taken by the russians. both in 2014 and more recently last year. what we ve seen is psychologi
starts now. tonight on the reidout when honest people say what s true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. at the same time, the liars who have been trying to silence them, shrink and they become weaker. that s the iron law of the universe. true things prevail. yes, indeed. true things do prevail, tuck ems. you are repulsively racist as the guy you once played on tv. now, add hospital waiting room to the ever-expanding list of places where you can be shot and killed in gun-crazy america. senator raphael warnock is here to talk about today s deadly shooting in atlanta. and we ve got the latest on texas republicans unprecedented push to give one hand picked official the power to overturn election results in the state s largest democratic-leaning county. we begin tonight with how white nationalist receipts can get you fired. even from fox. the new york times reports, damning text messages tucker carlson sent to a producer after he watc
of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting
what would it mean for the bid to reclaim the white house? plus the biden tax policy. the president says he s saving the economy. who will voters believe? a new war in the front of reproductive rights. will a texas judge ban the abortion pill in every state in the country? good morning. welcome to inside politics sunday. buckle up for what could be an extraordinary week in the life of this nation. donald trump says he expects to be arrested on charges of hush money payments made to stormy daniels. trump wrote yesterday that the former president of the united states will be arrested on tuesday of next week. protests take our nation back why followed up with saying we can t just allow this anymore. we must save america. protest, protest, protest. both posts reminiscent of the call of coming to washington. the vice president said that he agrees that it is a politically motivated prosecution but condemned any threat of violence. i believe that people understand if they
what his doctor said today about his recovery. new details on a 6-year-old student accused of shooting a teacher in virginia. how police say he got the gun. the former president of brazil reportedly hospitalized in the u.s. a day after his supporters stormed the country s capital in echoes of january 6th. the major crackdown. more than 1,000 detained. the new bombshells from prince harry. the accusations he s leveling at his stepmother, camilla parker-bowles. the grim discovery in the massachusetts home of a missing mom as her husband appears in court. and how a tiktok video led to the gift of a lifetime for an 82-year-old veteran. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. in california nature s floodgates are wide open tonight. that series of atmospheric rivers still flowing and bringing jaw-dropping rain and snowfall totals leaving many without power, others forced from their homes. the conditions forcing high water rescuers into ac