within, it s more questions he has to find answers for. confusion and uncertainty in russia this morning after a failed revolt by the head of the wagner mercenary group. this was the most significant challenge to vladimir putin s authority in decades. we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the ongoing war in ukraine. plus, despite mounting legal challenges, new polling shows donald trump expanding his lead in the 2024 republican primary. we re breaking down the new numbers straight ahead. and special counsel jack smith asks a federal judge to delay trump s upcoming classified documents trial. what we re learning about the possible new timing for that. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with this weekend s developing news out of russia where the head of the mercenary wagner group launched the most
me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports, search crews and loved ones fearing the worse for the five people on board the small submersible with the coast guard discovering a debris field within the search area. i ll speak to former u.s. commander in just a few moments. a district judge is about to unseal documents revealing just who paid the $500,000 bond to keep disgraced congressman george santos out of jail after he turned himself in on federal criminal charges, including money laundering and wire fraud. and president biden is scheduled to hold a joint press conference with india s prime minister modi as the administration hosts a controversial leader, an ally they hope could be a military and economic counter weight to china, but closely tied to russia, accused of widespread human rights abuses. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington, we ha
it s 4:00 in the east. a stunning comprehensive brand new piece of reporting that really amounts to a first drafrt of history for merrick garland s justice department a piece of reporting that answers questions we ve been asking for years now questions that have dogged doj for many many months why did it take so long for d.o.j. to investigate? the first formal step into probing the campaign to overturn the 2020 election. the criminal inquiry now into the fate of electors did not take place until april 2022 more than a area after the insurrection and well after the january 6th select committee had begun to uncover a complex multipronged plot and democracy with donald trump in the driver s seat. the washington post is reporting in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th insurrection, acting u.s. attorney michael sherwin, senior justice department officials and paul abbate quashed a plan in the u.s. attorney s office to directly investigate trump associates for any links to
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank with us. official assurances that all is safe near the site of that ohio toxic train derailment aren t playing well with many area residents tonight, not with people experiencing physical symptoms and fish dying by the thousands in nearby streams. it has been almost two weeks since the train jumped the tracks in eastern ohio near the pennsylvania border spilling tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals. after a controlled burn meant to avert a catastrophic explosion, officials signaled it was safe for evacuated residents to return, but tonight there is worry, skepticism, and anger about what is really happening and about what people are being told ron allen is covering it for us tonight. reporter: tonight outrage growing less than two weeks after that massive train derailment and the controlled burn of hazardous chemicals sent up a toxic plume of black smoke in east palestine, ohio. it doe
distinction, actually goes to the heart of the difference between the u.s. and and israel on this. israel s fear is that by the time iran actually got to a nuclear weapon it would be too late to stop it so they have been conducting sabotage operations, assassination toss slow the enrichment of uranium. president biden has said and said again today a diplomatic solution is the best way to get this done. that s why he s trying to restart the 2015 agreement. the problem is he s been trying that for 18 months now and the iranians aren t playing and it s not clear at this point whether there s really any hope left that they would get into that agreement. very significant moment right now, the concern that the u.s. and israel and some of the other states in the region, the saudis, the united arab emirates have as far as iran is concerned hovering over these talks. very important. kaitlan collins is our chief white house correspondent. you were there in the room. what was your t