Iran, Saudi Arabia will join an expanding BRICS group. Is this a serious threat to US Dollar dominance? Spanish economist Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra joins Tony with analysis. Putin the Powerful says Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead. Did Putin kill him? Hear global analysis. 

Firefighters failed in Maui. Police failed in Uvalde, TX. Discover how our last institutions are failing with deadly consequences. Biden gives Zelenskey F-16s. Hear reaction from NATO members in Germany and UK. Is the US Dollar under threat? Hear from BRICS ambassador in S. Africa.

Institutions continue to fail, division deepens and risk increases. Is there a political solution to America's crisis? In this special edition of VTA, historian Neil Howe joins Tony to discuss how violence may be necessary before functionality is restored. Kamran from Iran analyzes Biden's prisoner swap deal.

China/Russia sail significant naval armada near Alaska. War games. US exposed? Gordon Chang joins Tony with analysis. Will the US back a counter-coup in Niger? Can it afford to lose its drone base? VTA special report.