On monItorIng some IranIan nuclearfacIlItIes In talks descrIbed as constructIve. We remember the fIrst racIally motIvated Hate CrIme the murder of BalbIr SIngh SodhI In the backlash agaInst the September 11 attacks. And also In the Programme And RussIas DannIIl Medvedev wIns the Us Open, shatterIng djokovIc S Dream of nettIng four Grand Slam tItles In a year. LIve from our studIo In sIngapore. ThIs Is Bbc News. Its newsday. Its 8am In sIngapore, and nIne In the mornIng In pyongyang where North Korea claIms to have carrIed out successful long Range CruIse MIssIle tests over the weekend accordIng to State MedIa. The report saId the mIssIles flew 1,500 kIlometres before hIttIng theIr targets. Pyongyang has contInued to develop Its arsenal despIte beIng subject to strIct InternatIonal sanctIons. Lets cross lIve to seoul and speak to the bbc s laura bIcker. She has been followIng the story follows sacha she has been monItorIng thIs for us. Talk about how sIgnIfIcant that Is In comparIson to
We will tell you about that new reporting just ahead. Good Morning And Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, June 23rd, along with joe, willie and me, we have Msnbc Contributor Mike Barnicle in New York and here in Washington Columnist and Associate Editor for the Washington Post David ignatius, New York times Washington Bureau Chief Elizabeth buh miller, national political reporter for axios Jonathan Swann and white House Correspondent for Politico And Coauthor of the Playbook Eugene daniels. Willie, you all had a Mayors Race in gotham. There was a Mayors Race, no talk of suing snl or yanked off the air for mean impersonations they may have done. Yes, the vote was in, ballots have been cast and the primary race for new York City mayor but we are not going to know for a couple weeks who won. The ranked Choice Voting System prevents us from telling you who won exactly but for now we know that new York City Police Officer Eric Adams is the early leader with 32 of the first voice vote,
Into our offline discussion. Were out of time, and sacha, thats the only reason aaron got the last word. Thanks for joining us tonight. Okay, sacha did get the last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Well, good evening once again. Day 44 of the Biden Administration, and the president s plan to slow the spread of a virus thats killed over half a million of our fellow citizens, wiped out about 10 million jobs is now up against a full on assault from republicans in the u. S. Senate. Bidens nearly 2 trillion relief bill is being read aloud right now on the senate floor. That would be 628 pages of it to a mostly empty chamber being read by the clerk at the request of Wisconsin Republican senator and conspiracy theorist ron johnson who made good on his threat to lead his partys effort to drag out the process of getting to final passage. This all got under way earlier today after Vice President harris broke the 5050 tie on the vote to begin debate of the bill. Marathon readin
Coming closer . Two men waiting and pushes one month said, shoot him. An attack on the expert helping us in the story. People say, all, this is not gonna happen. I know that i cannot be here, because i happened to my husband. Alone or come to dateline. Former russian agent alexander clinical was a vocal critic of the russian government. But in his world, accessed information could make you a very rich man or aided one. His murder set off an International Investigation to discover who wanted him silenced. Heres richard angle with a spy games. A former russian agent poisoned. A multimillionaire found that dennis bathroom. And Investigative Reporter executed in front of our home. Their lives have been interconnected. But what about their deaths . Random acts . Or as some suspect, part of an International Murder conspiracy . That stretches across two continents and several world capitals. Well investigate who wanted them that, and why. The case will take us from moscow, to rome the london.
Early stages of a reinforcement effort. They are trying to organize themselves better for a now more geographically can find and more specific set of target objectives, now in the donbas specifically and the south. And ukraines president says russia, now amassing Tens Of Thousands of troops for its next offensive. Putin is also reportedly tapping a new Ground Commander to lead his forces in ukraine, a general who oversaw troops in syria and who has a history of using ruthless cruel tactics well targeting civilians. Some have referred to him as the butcher of syria. Theres no question about this individuals brutality, this has already been a Brutal Campaign in ukraine, and we could expect to see more of it. Russias continued assault on mariupol is a big part of it strategy to try to change the direction of the war. Nbcs gutierrez is on the ground in ukraine for us tonight. This Body Camera Video shows a firefight in the besieged Southeastern Seat of mariupol, or ukraines president zelen