deepens. the president of belarus tonight claiming yevgeny prigozhin who led the rebellion against putin has returned to russian. where s the proof? this as a raid of prigozhin s house have turned off gold bars, weapons, a collection of wigs, and a giant stuffed alligator. a special report on that. and a subpoena tonight. the office of the arizona secretary of state confirms to out front they ve been subpoenaed in the investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the election. the arizona secretary of state will be out front. and a story you ll see first here on out front, a dangerous skin rotting drug taking over the streets leaving users with open wound and amputated limpbes. it s devastating across the country and we have a special report on the epidemic this hour. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight the mystery deepening. where is yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the armed rebellion against putin? in a rare press conference today the
agenda. back here at home, dive teams are trying to rescue people after torrential downpours in the northeast. the flooding turning deadly in new york. and more cases of malaria are being found in the united states. what you need to know to stay safe. we begin with breaking news from russia where there is a surprising twist related to last month s failed uprising. the kremlin says russia s vladimir putin met with the head of the wagner group and its top commanders just five days after the attempted rebellion, but the whereabouts of the wagner group s leader are still unclear. this comes as president biden makes his way to lithuania for a hike-stakes nato summit where the war in ukraine will be high on the agenda. but the president says ukraine will not become a nato member state, at least not for now. i don t think it s ready for membership in nato. i don t think there is unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment i
today on inside politics , new and exclusive reporting reveals the special counsel is asking questions about an oval office free for all, and the free yeo who pushed donald t trump. plus, hiring is solid, but new numbers fall short. does it all point to another rate hike from the fed that could crunch your credit? and the freedom caucus purges marjorie taylor greene from its ranks over questions about where her loyalties lie, to the hard right or to the house speaker. i m abbey philip in for dana bash. let s go inside politics . up first, the screaming patch at the center of the special counsel s investigation. exclusive cnn reporting gives new insights into jack smith s months long focus on that december 18th 2020 oval office meeting. the people inside that room and ses brat and legal ideas that then pushed donald trump. and cnn s caitlin pollonz is part a that report. what does this tell us about where jack smith is in the process? this reporting from a keep of us led
democracy. the only way you can stop him is by voting for nikki haley, as much as you might disagree with her. and while there might be many voters who agree with that sentiment, are there enough? and what happens now that donald trump can train the full force of his machine against her. attacks on stage and online and in ads, coupled with endorsements from one-time haley allies now turned rivals. haley has gotten sharper taking on trump s age and mental fitness. polls show trump handily is in the lead. if so, are there still enough people out there who think that their vote will actually make a difference. joining us at the big board, nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki, in manchester, new hampshire, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, in franklin, nbc news correspondent ali vitali who just caught up with nikki haley a moment ago, and in hollis, nbc news correspondent garrett haake. all right, steve, have the numbers moved at all? well, we do hav
city. nikki haley is making it clear no stopping now, defiant against calls she get out and in it for her home state of south carolina, despite her loss to donald trump in new hampshire. with one month to make a move up, what s her plan? and moments from now, president biden is expected to speak at the uaw conference with a potential endorsement from key union allies for 2024, all as two top staffers jump from the administration to his campaign. plus, the shocking new audio upending the arizona gop, what appears to be the voice of the state s party chair. is this him offering a bribe to republican kari lake to get out of the senate race? i actually wish you d just give me a counter offer that was big. give me a counter. i can t be bought. come on. what lake told nbc news about that bombshell call coming up. but we begin with the critical next 31 days for nikki haley as she tries to close the gap with donald trump, she s already back in her home state of south ca