hurricane fiona continues its dangerous march forth as it churns past bermuda. right behind fiona is a storm that could become a major concern next week. we ve got an update on all of that for you ahead. and the pressure on former president trump is mounting on multiple fronts. now the special master, who trump himself requested to review material seized from mar-a-lago is again putting his legal team on the spot giving the trump team until next friday to back up trump s name the fbi planted evidence during search of his private estate last month. we begin this hour with the growing backlash to russia s first draft since world war ii. joining me now, jay gray from kyiv, ukraine, also former u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor. he s vice president of russia and europe at the u.s. institute of peace. welcome all of you. jay, to you first. we ve seeing these emotional images from russia. families are parting, they re drafting men, boarding buses, heading to face a war an
i ll see you tomorrow night on nbc nightly news on saturday. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. please follow the show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. alex witt picks up with more news right now. a very good friday morning to all of you. i m alex witt live from new york. right now growing unrest in a dramatic escalation in russia s war in ukraine. the russian government has begun the first of five days of voting to annex kremlin-controlled parts of the independent nation it attacked. it s a referendum that critics blast as a sham. while inside russia, emotional scenes are playing out as many of the nation s men are rushing out of the country to avoid being drafted to fight in this war. the backlash vladimir putin is now facing by his own people. plus in the atlantic,