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inside russia. right now vladimir putin is still in charge. in fact, he might have just spoken for the first time since the attempted rebellion over the weekend. we ll tell you what he said and why there are questions about when and where this new video of putin the kremlin released this morning has come from. it has been a confusing and volatile 72 hours. longtime ally yevgeny prigozhin began and quickly called off an attempt to overtake the military leaders. how close did he get? why suddenly did he turn around? putin is known for viciously crushing dissent. why exactly did he let prigozhin go? the warlord hasn t been publicly seen or heard from since he apparently fled on saturday. we have reporters in moscow, ukraine and the white house along with experts on russia, putin and prigozhin. whatever happens in russia will have a profound impact not just on the stability of that country, but far-reaching consequences for the war in ukraine and well beyond that. it can ....
roe v. wade was overturned the justice department says the high court needs to weigh in again to iron out the details of its decisions to give the issue back to the state. doj has filed an emergency application asking the justices to strike down a texas ruling that essentially band the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide we re going to explain what doj is arguing and how soon the court might decide on hearing the case and what happens if it does not decide immediately. we ll also get into what happened overnight in florida. governor ron desantis signed a bill making abortion illegal after just six weeks well before many women, as you know, have any idea they are pregnant desantis s new ban did not come with fanfare, no news conference, no on camera pats on the back the only announcement was this photo right here, posted to social media at 11:04 p.m. the politics of abortion have not been a winner for the gop, and polling suggests it will be an albatross around governo ....
failed within three days of each other. that led credit for moody s to downgrade its outlook for the entire u.s. banking sector. and those worries skyrocketed today because of troubles facing the global investment company credit suisse. the saudi bank failed to rule out giving funding to the already embattled company that combined with the recent u.s. issue sent stocks falling. i want to bring in business reporter rahel solomon, rahel, walk us through what happened today. well, jake, basically the mood for investors, as investors search for the next sign of weakness. to be clear, i think the nasdaq actually closed slightly higher which is interesting. but this is really just a confidence issue at this point. you can see that reflected very clearly in some of the bank stocks. i want to point your attention to some of the regional stocks, jake, you and i have talked about already. first republic bank off 21%, pac-west off 5% on top of the losses. it s been a rough go fo ....
soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walk ....