group s rebellion. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. and just a matter of hours, yevgeny prigozhin and his band of mercenary rebels were able to overrun a key russian city, shut down several military aircrafts and leave the kremlin scrambling to defend the nation s capital. now, a day after that revolt abrupt resolution, we seem to be left with more questions than answers. especially concerning russia unpleasant veterans increasingly unsteady grip on power. here as u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken. i think we ve seen more cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go. and when they get there. certainly, we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address. one of those questions, how exactly did a group of armed rebels manage to get within 120 miles of moscow. today nbc news confirmed that u.s. intelligence agencies were aware of prigozhin s plans. congressional leaders on it more brief last week. acc
talking about russia and how it affects us domestically, tom. how could this situation in russia reverberate in our 2024 elections? on one hand you have president biden s forceful condemnation of putin s actions. he s been steadfast in this commitment to defending ukraine despite the calls from some republicans to cut loose and pull out and no longer support ukraine as kevin mccarthy has. and on the other side you have donald trump and some republicans who you could argue are putin sympathizers if not prudent supporters. in so far as policy matters at all to the republican party these days one interesting outcome of this could be that the people who have argued that we have to putin, he s large and in charge and a strongman and totally running russia the way trump talks about him. the way lot of people on the right admire him, a strong authoritarian leader. what happened over the weekend is a lot of that image just got blown up on national
with impunity. in fact, so much impunity that, in the, and they are allowed to leave and to go back to where they came from, at least for the moment, to belarus. it has seriously led people to ask who is in charge and control. i think that putin is sitting there and wondering who is with him at this moment? who can you trust, who is out to have him and take him out? . that is a very worrying and dangerous situation. let me put up on the screen for our viewers something you tweeted out yesterday. some of your thoughts on the political position. it s a little nod to history, for those of you who may not remember. former soviet leader by hail gorbachev survived the attempt and identity one. he was only in power for four more months. you wrote the coup underscored his essential weakness. you go on to say that you think that he will likely survive for
television. that he is not a strong authoritarian leader, that he has people in his own, among his own ranks who really hate him. and hate the people he s with. but he might not be the long term leader of russia. so again, in so far as foreign policy is going to matter to anybody voting for donald trump or within the republican party. but it will make it interesting during a republican primary. but i think it s opportunity for the democrats to say look, this policy of slow and steady pressure has been working. i m just wondering how long before donald trump says i knew along that putin was a weak man, , i never thought he was a genius, he s a weak man, i m sure he ll be saying that at some point. tom nichols, david rothkopf up, they get both of you, appreciate it. and thank you for making time for us to make sure to catch a man back here on msnbc saturdays at eight sundays at nine follow us on twitter tiktok and instagram at eamonn msnbc. i m ayman mohyeldin from new york.