were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: we begin with a fox news alert, armed rebellion by russian mercenary forces raging inside russia. a group that wants back in ukraine on the company s behalf claims to have control of the key russian city. will: president putin calls her betrayal as the us and the west wait to see if a move is made on moscow. rachel: alexandria is live with the latest. reporter: this focuses away from the offensive on ukraine into defending itself and the man leading this rebellion represents a striking turnaround in allegiance. former longtime valhalla mirror putin ally is promising to leave the private wegner military group into moscow, a meeting with the defense minister. he claims his group now controls the russian
oh you re no fun. [lock clicks shut] all five passengers on the missing titanic sub are suddenly dead, starting now, the titanic wreckage area, the site of yet another tragedy after debris believed to be from the missing submersible is found with the passengers feared dead and wreckage on the ocean floor. rescue operations now shift from rescue to recovery. safety concerns flagged well before the operation, one contractor that worked with oceangate says there was an experimental decision during construction of the vessel, and in the wake of this tragedy, cnn is going to examine deep- sea exploration and the inherent dangers that come along with these kinds of curious mind expeditions. welcome to the lead time jake tapper, the world lead, a tragic ending to the search for the missing sub, the missing coast guard confirmed debris has been found on the seafloor near the wreckage of the titanic, the rear admiral says the debris field is consistent with a quote catastrophic
trump-appointed prosecutor. tonight, one of donald trump s gop rivals says the former president just admitted to obstruction of justice on national television. we re following the fallout from trump s first tv interview since his indictment in the classified documents investigation. and the search for the missing titanic tour submersible is growing more urgent. the coast guard warning the five people on board have less than 40 hours of oxygen left. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitser is off. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. we do begin with the legal ramifications for hunter biden after his newly announced plea agreement with the justice department and the political implications for his father, the president. our correspondents are all standing by at the white house and on capitol hill. first cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid. paula, what more are we learning about this deal on th
i just can t believe we have a federal holiday finally recognizing the end of our enslavement. we ve come a long way, but we have a long way to go. if people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love. and it s up to us to do it. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us. we ll get to that and juneteenth. it s only been a federal holiday for two years now and what yesterday meant. and there was a big concert on cnn last night. that s right. a little bit of that throughout the show. listen, right now, though, the race is on to find a submersible that vanished while diving on the titanic shipwreck. five people were onboard. the u.s. and canadian coast guards have launched an all-out search with planes and ships and buoys equipped with sonar. it is about 13,000 feet deep in that area. as of yesterday afternoon officials estimated the passengers might have had somewhere between 70 and 96 hours worth of air left if the sub is still intact. now this w
multiple tornadoes tear through mississippi. the search for survivors. a weekend of mass shootings, some of them deadly, but when it happened twice last month in another country they took quick and decisive action richard engel is there. the new boom in building not to buy but to rent. what s behind it in our series priced out. on juneteenth celebrations across america. and a field of dreams reborn as a testament to the past. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. tonight near the site of one of the 20th century s worst ocean disasters a new undersea drama is unfolding. right now the u.s. coast guard leading the urgent search for a group of modern-day adventurers after the submersible carrying them to the titanic shipwreck lost contact with the surface yesterday about an hour and 45 minutes into their journey five people are on board the vessel, which is used to carry paying passengers to see the titanic up close. the s