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. welcome back. we turn now to some of the morning s other headlines. russia s wagner merseinary group says it will now turn over the destroyed city of bakhmut to russia s armed forces. the group s leader says russia should not expect more help from his forces in the city, which has seen some of the worst heaviest fighting over the past year and was largely captured by the wagner group in recent days. the new york times reports a withdrawal by the group could mark the beginning of a new chapter in the struggle for that decimated city. it would put russia s official military against the ukrainian troops that have pushed back and advanced in the surrounding area around the town. to this point most of the fighting in the city on russia s side has been carried out by that mercenary group. elsewhere a six-week abortion ban is now in effect in the state of south carolina. yesterday republican governor henry mcmaster signed the new restriction into law, which says ....
Recent months after prosecutors successfully pierced his attorney-client privilege back in march. that decision was made by a judge who found that trump knowingly misled his own attorney about what classified documents he possessed. doj has not commented on the new reporting. in a statement to nbc news, a trump spokesperson called the department s investigation, quote, a politically motivated witch hunt against the former president. we ll have much more of this in the weeks ahead. still ahead, russia s wagner mercenary group says it s pulling out of bakhmut. what it means for moscow s army and the state of the war in ukraine. plus democratic senator bob menendez is the focus of a new investigation for expensive gifts he allegedly received from a new jersey business. those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. check on sports and weather when we come right back ....
Let s bring back in david ignatius. david, i don t know, maybe i m overreading this, but i m not so sure i am. you have this leader of the wagner group constantly beraid berating putin s inner circle, berating his military, by extension berating putin himself. he goes in, and, you know, they lose maybe 100,000 mercenaries going in to hold down bakhmut. then he decides to abandon it, knowing that the russian army is not going to be able to hold it in the spring offensive. so this is a guy that s talking about revolution. he s talking about how there s chaos in russia, talking about how badly things are going, how russia can lose. it is almost as if he s trying to prove that himself by his retreat. joe, it s a bizarre ....
Strength because of its brand, but it s seen competition from turning point usa and other conservative conferences. it is a question of whether cpac fades away and becomes the rc cola of conferences. okay. i love rc cola. ben jacobs, thank you so much. appreciate you being here. thank you. now to russia. man, some crazy stuff going on there. russia s wagner mercenary group now is saying it s going to abandon bakhmut. it s going to turn it over to russia s armed forces, who they say can t hold the city. the group s leader says russia should not expect any more help from his forces in the city, which has seen some of the worst, heaviest fighting the past year. the news comes as the founder and the leader of the wagner mercenary group is also warning russia could lose the war in ukraine and face a revolution similar to that of 1917. ....
Growing more bullish about ukraine s chances here. they still think crimea is probably too far. that can t happen now, but they think ukraine can make real progress in the south and east. at minimum, go into potential negotiations. zelenskyy has to make that call, but it d be in more of a position of strength. people are looking at this, you know, as maybe a victory that the russians can put in the books as a win. boy, a victory with horrific costs. over 100,000 casualties some people are estimating. they were held down. they were bogged down while the ukrainians were getting ready for the spring offensive. it seems to me, especially when you see the wagner group talking about retreating and turning it over to a group of russian divisions that aren t going to be able to hold it. it s, again, sort of the ....