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Department has been on the phone both with the israelis and the palestinians. >> retired lieutenant general twitty, great to hear from you. appreciate your time. still ahead, it's been one year since the deadly mass shooting at a july fourth parade in a small town called highland park, illinois. we're going to speak with one of the survivors a year later. plus, what the secret service is now saying an the suspicious white powder that prompted a short evacuation at the white house. and we're tracking severe weather in parts of the united states threatening july fourth plans. what you have t...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and retired Lieutenant General Steph Twitty join Andrea Mitchell to discuss President Biden’s upcoming trip to Europe for the NATO summit as Ukrainian forces make incremental progress in their counteroffensive against Russia. “It has been slow going, but we must understand this is war,” says Twitty. “ I think you're talking about months, perhaps years, before they're actually able to make some significant gains here.”

Will be dropped, the kremlin says the wagner forces will not be prosecuted. joining me now, retired u.s. army lieutenant general steph twitty, nbc news and msnbc military analyst and former deputy commander of the united states european command. lieutenant general twitty, thank you for coming back to the show this morning. just as a tremor, the wagner group, how does this operation differ from the russian military? >> yes, jonathan. great to be with you this morning. as you know, the wagner group was this missionary -- mercenary group which stood up, to support the -- ukrainians in ukraine. th...

The russian military has already been infested with this distrust. now you will just make it worse, and try to integrate these two, and the last point i will mention is that these soldiers are extremely loyal to prigozhin. we have seen this yesterday, he said go to moscow, they went to moscow. he said back off, all of them back off. it's another still an element of that which putin has to worry about. >> last question for you, lieutenant general. what does this mean for the war, russia's war in ukraine? can zelenskyy take advantage of the chaos which is happening with vladimir putin? >> what i...

See this small progress, and it is going to get tougher and tougher as they go along here. again, opportunities in terms of the russian conflict is going on right now. forces move from ukraine to be able to support the internal defense of russia. there will be opportunities there that will present themselves to the ukrainians that they should exploit. >> all right, lieutenant general steph twitty, i want you to stay with us, we're gonna take a quick break and come back, because i do want to talk to you more about the ukrainian counteroffensive when we come back. and still to come, the world is...