i'm nermeen shaikh. russia's wagner group says it has begun withdrawing from bakhmut and will transfer control of the devastated ukrainian city to the russian army. on wednesday, wagner's founder yevgeny prigozhin said 20,000 of the group's mercenaries were killed during russia's months-long assault on bakhmut. prigozhin also warned the invasion of ukraine could trigger a revolution in russia, blasting what he called the fat, carefree lives of russia's elite while poor and working-class russians die by the thousands. on wednesday, the commander of a self-described anti-putin russian militia spoke to reporters on the ukrainian side of the border, promising more attacks on russian territory after the kremlin said it had repelled a raid by the militia in the belgorod region. "the new york times" reports the pro-ukraine fighters used at least three u.s.-made armored vehicles known as mraps during their incursion. in moscow, kremlin spokesperson dmitry peskov cited the hardware as evidence of direct involveme

co-host nermeen shaikh. hi, nermeen. nermeen: hi, amy.elcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: former new york city mayor and donald trump lawyer rudy giuliani is coming under increasing scrutiny this week after a former associate filed a $10 million lawsuit against him alleging "unlawful abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment, wage theft, and other misconduct." the suit was filed by noelle dunphy, who says giuliani secretly hired her in 2019 off the books while promising her an annual salary of $1 million. dunphy says giuliani repeatedly sexually assaulted her. she also accuses giuliani of being constantly drunk and making racist, sexist, and anti-semitic comments, many of which were recorded. the lawsuit also alleges giuliani plotted to sell pardons for $2 million, to be split between him and donald trump, who would issue the pardons. giuliani has faced this accusation before. two years ago, former cia officer john kiriakou said an associate of giuliani offered hi

co-host nermeen shaikh. hi, nermeen. nermeen: hi, amy.welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show looking more at how a new york jury has found former president donald trump to be liable for sexually abusing and defaming e. jean carroll at a department store in the 1990's. after just three hours of deliberations, the jury ordered trump to pay carroll $5 million. on wednesday, e. jean carroll talked about the ruling during an interview on "the today show" on nbc. >> i am overwhelmed. overwhelmed with joy and happiness and delight for the women in this country. here is the astonishing thing about this win yesterday, of all the cases that this man faces, all the legal quagmires, it was -- all the prosecutors, special council, and what happened yesterday is one 5'2" blonde wily female attorney and 179-year-old -- >> i am five foot. >> advice columnist beat donald trump in court. amy: during the trial, donald trump's defense team did not call any witnesses and trump rejec

co-host nermeen shaikh. it is great to have you back. nermeen: thank you. good morning. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show looking at how the israeli government is using an experimental facial recognition system to track palestinians and control their movement. the findings are part of a new report by amnesty international titled "automated apartheid" and reveals an ever-growing surveillance network of cameras in the occupied west bank city of hebron and east jerusalem, two cities in the occupied territories where israeli settlements are expanding within palestinian areas. in hebron, a program called red wolf is used at military checkpoints to scan palestinians' faces and add them to vast surveillance databasest. this is clip from a video accompanng the new report. >> imagine you are a palestinian person from a small village in the occupied territory. you have not registered at a checkpoint or been contained. you have not given consent. let's say you visit a sick family member in hebron so