we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
tonight, we begin with breaking news out of russia. a major twist in that country s war against ukraine. vladimir putin forced to confront a rebellion within his own borders. just hours ago, we learned that if guinea prigozhin, the owner and the head of the wagner group and mercenary force that has been fighting alongside the russian military and ukraine, halted his advance on to the country s capital. that announcement came shortly after prigozhin claimed he and his fighters had captured the city of rostov-on-don home to the russian military headquarters for its war in ukraine. since their invasion last year, moscow has become dependent on the back in a group to support the war efforts as they re dwindling russian forces struggle to make significant gains inside ukrainian territory. in december, the u.s. said it believed the group had an estimated 50,000 personnel inside ukraine alone. it made up of about 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts that were recruited from inside
goal. spend less and we achieved that coal. ~ . , spend less and we achieved that oal. ~ ., , , goal. was it everything i wanted? goal. was it everything i wanted? no. goal. was it everything i wanted? no. but- goal. was it everything i wanted? no. but sitting| goal. was it everything i - wanted? no. but sitting with one house, a democratic senate and a democratic president who didn t want to meet with us, i think we did pretty darn good for the american public. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal joins me from capitol hill. tell us about some of the reactions you have been hearing after this bill passed? after this bill passed? when the bill passed, after this bill passed? when the bill passed, there - after this bill passed? when the bill passed, there was i after this bill passed? when the bill passed, there was a | the bill passed, there was a sigh of relief in the chamber, certainly by the moderate democrats and republicans who were glad it finally cleared
nomia, tell us some of the reaction you have been seeing to the vote having passed? fix, to the vote having passed? huge sigh of relief, really, by those members of the republican party and democratic party who were somewhere in the middle and glad this has now past this hurdle before it gets to the senate. the numbers are really interesting. 71 republicans opposed the bill. some are not surprising. 46 democrats also voted against. again, some of those members were not surprising. but what is interesting, ultimately more democrats supported, 165, than republicans, 149. now the next big battle is the senate. find big battle is the senate. and what can we big battle is the senate. and what can we expect - big battle is the senate. and what can we expect in the senate, nomia? what can we expect in the senate, nomia? well, the democratic senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, - senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, chuck i democratic party, chuck schumer, the demo
bowls clay travis smart with an attitude not like bill hammer but won t touch until the seg the start in arizona this weekend i m looking around i m seeing game and sensing game in the festivities around it it is become to record heights so people are here. i m thinking how great it is to have a common focus as a country the super bowl only two cities they re in got it but we re also into this at every level at some level. yes america we can all agree that the super bowl is a great all american event. and excuse to get together and to watch to cheer and just party and just be with family and friends. and whatever you do, give politics a rest. that applies to fox fans and fox anchors. but when this game is done and coaches shake hands at mid-field we ll have a bigger gimme play a game we have to win, think about it you descroangt to tell chief or eagles who they re competing against but i think it is time for our nation to realize we have opponent too who doesn t just want