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
office report. we have team coverage on tonight s top story greg palkot and kyiv lucas thomas at the white house often and just file army lieutenant colonel briggs senior affairs correspondent greg palkot in kyiv. looks like russian president vladimir putin is back from the brink after this wild weekend. there was damage done in questions unanswered. the wagner group mercenary fighters left the russian city which they had taken over. as well as going back from close to moscow supposedly heading to camps in ukraine their future unclear. their boss fence you left as well but is his anger with the russian military that is running the war that triggered this attempted armed uprising. only to be defused in the deal that all get off the hook still prigozhin had that of his complaint answer he was sent to belarus but no confirmation he is there. is also to make an appearance since the bone sees the week including hired fighters running rampant through his country seem to have da
to ringing in 2024 here in times square. this is america s city we are proud to host this major event to big. each year we handle this enormous undertaking. we do not do this alone. we are in lockstep with the federal, state, local agency partners appeared including the times square alliance to enjoy a safe and enjoyable event for all. molly: the well-prepared surrogate 2020 port new york city is ramping up its police presence with the iconic ball drop it you are looking for the times square courtesy of birth. by this time to market is expected 1 million people, yes when it million people will be packing and therefore the world s biggest new year s eve celebrations but welcome to new our fox news live i am a molly line. i rich. new york city mayor eric adams says there is no credible security threat to the ball drop but thousands of officers will be ready if for instance pro- palestinian groups threaten to storm times square purred early this month at several protesters w
but now there s news of this damning tape that s put more focus on a different jurisdiction on that federal probe in washington where trump was caught on tape admitting key parts of a crime, including stealing documents after leaving office. the tape is from after he was in the white house, 2021, and that s bad for him based on what he appears to admit, because prosecutors are already using it while gathering their grand jury testimony, and it s showing jurors how trump acknowledges and admits himself on the tape that he had classified materials. this is a total breakthrough in the evidence in this case. real talk some people might say, all right, ari we already know trump took the documents down to mar-a-lago and the feds seized them and took them back. didn t we know all that? yes, but in court to win a case like this, prosecutors must prove, one, the documents were classified. two, trump willfully took or directed action to take the documents. and three, he intended to kee
quarter appearance for the alleged pentagon leaker as new details emerge about how he got the classified documents and what might have motivated him. major payout the city of minneapolis has settled two lawsuits against the man who killed george floyd, former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. almost $9 million to two people. we have the body camera video of what happened during those arrests. bowling is facing supply, setbacks and delivery delays after revealing manufacturing issues with their 7 37 max jets how that could affect the company s bottom line and what it s doing to their stock this morning. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. this morning. we are waiting for the arraignment of 21 year old jack to share a he is the massachusetts air national guardsman arrested for allegedly leaking classified government documents online to share a is set to appear before a federal judge in boston toda