russia left reeling after an attemptedrebellion putin calling the movement a betrayal ukraine capitalizing on the chaos. and now we're hearing directly from the mercenary's leader himself. the decision deadline inches closer every day

cases on the docket set to impact american life the largest gas station in the world is open for business buc-ee's fans are flocking to tennessee. experts are calling the findings mind-boggling we have the skinny on a new weight loss drug and your favorite slice might taste a bit different. new environmental laws are set to impact pizzarias, why the traditional woodburning ovens could be thrown out. early today starts right now good tuesday morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. as russia reels from aborted rebellion, president zelenskyy is relishing in what he sees as big gains on the battlefield he claims his forces have advanced all along the front lines in the latest counter offensive push zelenskyy said it is a joyous

day. i wish for more days like this for our troops nbc news could not immediately verify zelenskyy's claims, but so far the ukrainian counter offensive has only amounted to a few villages in the east >> and the sides of the power struggle in russia are speaking out. vladimir putin giving an angry speech on tv but yevgeny prigozhin defended his actions saying he neffver intended to overthrow the putin regime we understand there were high expectations ahead of vladimir putin's speech yesterday >> reporter: that's right, jessica. and despite his defiance and anger, it was still kind of a murky response to everything that happened. he did say any kind of blackmail, any attempts to create internal turmoil are doomed to failure but ultimately praised wagner's decision to

turn down, turn around and stand down the march on moscow and but saying had they continued the russian military would have crushed them anyhow but he did say their decision to turn around avoid bloodshed. but he didn't mention prigozhin by name but kept saying that the organizers would be brought to justice, and continuing to call them traitors, he did say that he'd keep hais promise to wagner fighters that they could join the regular russian military or seek to move to belarus for some kind of amnesty like prigozhin has chosen to do in that deal brokered by lukashenko still a murky response >> a lot of people wondering what did prigozhin hope to achieve if it wasn't to topple putin. >> he said he did want to address that question. he said he was marching on moscow as a march of justice, to

point out mistakes made by defense ministers. he was never going to topple elected leaders, but he also was upset that wagner recruits were going to have to sign contracts with the russian m.o.d., which he has been very critical of during this whole conflict in ukraine, saying that they've withheld ammunition and haven't supported their fighters but we have to see how this plays out. it's still early days in this conflict between the two people. >> likely a lot more fallout to come chap m chap mp, thank you the bombshell 2021 audio of donald trump discussing classified documents has been obtain and released by cnn >> declassify, as president i could have declassified it, now i can't. >> now we have a problem >> isn't that interesting? >> the former president pleaded

not guilty to 37 federal counts over handling of classified documents. this is one mentioned in jack smith's indictment trump called the recording an exoneration and said smith illegally leaked and spun the tape now to annsnbc news exclusie nearly half a dozen secret servicing as sr. service agents have testified before the grand jury regarding january 6. this comes neerm nearly a year after the testimony from cassidy hutchinson it's not yet known what information the agents may have provided to the grand jury a spokeswoman for the secret service declined to comment.

ofrnt after smmonths of spaex, the supreme court is expected to release decisions this morning what are the latest few cases the court is considering >> reporter: as is tradition in the last week of june, the nation's highest court is expected to issue a number of highly-anticipated rulings as its term comes to an end while the court is considering ten outstanding cases, three have caught the eyes of the american people. one of these cases concerns the fate of affirmative action on college campuses nbc news reported on monday that officials at higher education institutions are waiting with bated breath for this decision while some have said they've been preparing for the end of affirmative action for years, one administrator said a ruling that ends the policy would be devastating for college admissions americans are also waiting to hear how the court rules on another education-related case the fate of president biden's student debt forgiveness proposal

the president's plan, which would forgive up to $20,000 a year for certain borrowers was challenged immediately by several states upon its introduction in august as pride month comes to an end, the court will also rule on a case out of colorado on whether a business has the right to restrict service from bt people due to religious beliefs. they did dismiss a number of pending challenges the court said they would not reconsider a lower court ruling that allowed students of the ohio state university to sue the school over sex abuse allegations. e court also dismissed a dispute over whether democratic members of congress could per use a lawsuit over obtaining documents related to former president trump's or the former trump international hotel in washington, d.c.

this came shortly after trump's election in 2016, but democratic lawmakers voluntarily dismissed the case this month leading to the high court's decision on monday >> brie, thank you also on monday, supreme court dismissed an appeal from louisiana over the state's congressional map, sending the issue back to a lower court. this move was widely expected after the high court's ruling earlier this month in a case out of alabama that court ruled that alabama's maps must be thrown out after they were found to be in violation of section two of the voting rights act. louisiana will now most likely redraw their congressional maps to include two majority black districts ahead of the 2024 election hofrge there is a new drug from eli lilly that could do more for weight loss than any other drug on the market. it helped people lose nearly a

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