i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. today a man who felt direct heat from donald trump to overturn the 2020 election will speak to the department of justice. the special counsel s team meeting with georgia s secretary of state brad raffensperger. this happening as we learn that a close trump ally, rudy giuliani also had a sit-down with jack smith s team. what all of this means for that investigation and for the former president as well. plus, a double dose of wild, wild weather, storms snarling travel as canadian wildfire smoke prompts new air alerts here in the united states. also ahead, was there help from the inside? reporting from the new york times that a russian general knew about the recent rebellion before it even happened. and later on, malaria in the united states. dr. natalie azar joins us with more cases of the illness not seen here in two decades. we begin with the new legal developments surrounding the former president. at some point today georg
they ve arrested a man who they say is a spy and spotter for russia, that he was taking video of that cafe before the missile strike. now, the kremlin spokesperson, dmitry peskov was asked about this on state tv. he said we don t target civilians. we only target the military, but president zelenskyy today saying this is a manifestation of terror on the russian side. seemed as if the kremlin wanting to show force amidst what s happening domestically in their country right now. ambassador, i want you to weigh in on this wall street journal reporting as well, right, this idea that prigozhin set out to capture shoigu and ga ros move, two big military leaders inside moscow. these are the two named in that initial video before his advance on moscow. what do you make of this? it seems plausible to me. i mean, mr. prigozhin, that s what he all of his ire, all of his criticism of the russian state was at them, never about