matthew melissa is washington doesn't expect russian officials to dissuade randy and plans. we don't have any expectations that russia is going to play a productive role in de escalate intentions. we haven't seen them play a productive role in this conflict since october 7th. they have um, for the most part, been absent. certainly, we've seen them do nothing to or to any party to take the escal towards this. would you say in the studio as my co and joins. he's associate professor of media analytics at northwestern university here in cast. nothing's against being with us . uh, 1st of all this, uh, with uh, the russian heating to around. i mean, it seems like getting more heavily involved in this. what do you make of that and how disconcerting will it be to the americans especially? well, i think in addition to the sort of diplomatic role rush, i've had to be playing it, as you mentioned being, are they getting more involved expense defense systems to iran? so in addition to kind of trying to de escalate, they obviously to show of strength they want to show the range, is that

melissa, thank you so much for that. >>> and one of the two doctors charged in the overdose death of beloved actor matthew perry appearedral court in los angeles on friday. dr. mark chavez surrendered his medical license as part of a plea agreement. he's expected to plead guilty in the coming weeks to conspiring to distribute ketamine. chavez is facing up to ten years in prison. rhiannon? >> rhiannon: there is a new twist in the long-running legal saga of adnan syed, syed, you might remember, was featured on the hit podcast "serial." the maryland supreme court upholding a decision to reinstate his murder conviction and ordering a new hearing. the court ruling that the 2022 hearing that freed syed violated the legal rights of the victim's family. syed remains free this morning. >> whit: communities across the country on alert as cases of mosquito-borne viruses are on the rise. abc's em nguyen is joining us now, and, em, these warnings are happening on a very busy holiday weekend. good morning. >> busy indeed, whit, yeah, good morning. health officials are sounding the alarm amid a rise in mosquito-borne illnesses includi