they played the national anthem. biden and king charles inspected the troops before going inside, having tea, and one of the larger conversations about climate change. it s a topic that s near and dear to king charles heart. this is something he has been campaigning and advocating for for more than five decades. earlier in the morning, before arriving at windsor castle, he met up with rishi sunak, the prime minister of the united kingdom at 10 downing street, where the majority of the conversation was about ukraine, continuing to give weapons in the hopes they beat russia. this comes on the backdrop when president biden agreed to send cluster munitions to ukraine, and look, it s controversial. the united kingdom is just one of more than a hundred nations that bans those cluster bombs because there s the potential that they could kill civilians. nevertheless, biden says it was a difficult decision, but one that he decided to make in the end, and then of course he flew off to
have this situation where he s meeting with prigozhin, the very person who instigated this coup and talking with him, tells me that putin must have some huge fears about taking any steps that could go after prigozhin. what it confirms is that putin has been weakened by this coup, and continues to be weakened by the likelihood of having to deal with prigozhin and the wagner group. former defense secretary leon panetta. thank you for your time. a major update now on a story we brought you last week about u.s. drones. harassed by russian fighter jets over syria. officials say the same drones later carried out an air strike that killed a top isis leader. u.s. central commands says no civilians were killed in the strike but it is still assessing
a new york times investigation is raising new ethics questions for supreme court justice clarence thomas. the reporting centers on thomas s membership in an elite club shortly after he joined the bench, called the his or her horatio, friends invited him to sporting event, many of which went unreported. these elite friends financed the marketing of a pro thomas documentary in the wake of a film about anita hill s sexual harassment allegations. justice thomas gave them quote unusual access to the supreme court including hosting the group s annual induction ceremony in a courtroom. the times says justice thomas declined to respond to detailed questions from them, and nbc news has not been able to verify the times reporting. joining me is former federal