massive damage are banned by more than 120 countries around the world because of their risk to civilians. president biden defending his decision. james longman in ukraine. new images coming in. the massive cargo ship fire now burning for nearly 48 hours at one of america s largest ports. two firefighters killed battling the smoke and flames. the blaze kicking up and spreading to more decks. the ship now listing, raising concerns it might sink. aaron katersky at port newark. the urgent manhunt at this hour for a murder suspect who escaped from jail in the northeast. the dangerous fugitive accused of multiple violent attacks last seen in the recation yard. how he got free. where were the guards at the time? the record-shattering heat. the earth reaching its hottest temperature for the fourth day in a row. extreme heat across the u.s. from coast to coast. temperatures well into triple digits in california and arizona. severe storms moving from colorado all the way east thi
now, we do have new reporting on where yevgeny prigozhin was shortly after. the story keeps getting weirder. the only sort of bright spot for vladimir putin is ukraine s counter offensive has been slow. will cluster munitions change that, and how much blow back will president biden get for that. one nation against it is the uk, we have the latest on the president s stop in london this morning. there s a lot to get to. let us start with the reporting. joining me now, nbc news correspondent ali arouzi, and from kyiv, nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella. let s get to lithuania, the president has just gotten there. what s the agenda for tomorrow? what s on the table? reporter: well, the summit really kicks off in earnest tomorrow, and president biden will be meeting other leaders of nato countries. he ll be very various bilaterals. there will be a nato family photo, and then a dinner at the presidential palace, where they will be able to discuss various issues that th
from california to florida, many states hitting triple digits. phoenix now reaching ten consecutive days of 110-degree temperatures. also developing as we come on the air tonight, the images coming in now, the massive landslide destroying at least nine homes and counting in los angeles county. the ground shifting 20 feet overnight, sending homes into a ravine. matt gutman on the scene for us. president biden on the world stage tonight. he has just arrived in lithuania for the high stakes nato summit. and already, major news tonight. sweden to join nato, and president biden is asked, should ukraine be allowed to join, too? elizabeth schulze traveling with the president. the news from the kremlin tonight. moscow now claiming that just five days after that attempted revolt, vladimir putin claims he held a three-hour meeting with yevgeny prigozhin, who led that failed attempt to march on moscow. james longman late reporting from inside ukraine tonight. here in the u.s., t
states hitting triple digits. phoenix now reaching ten consecutive days of 110-degree temperatures. also developing as we come on the air tonight, the images coming in now, the massive landslide destroying at least nine homes and counting in los angeles county. the ground shifting 20 feet overnight, sending homes into a ravine. matt gutman on the scene for us. president biden on the world stage tonight. he has just arrived in lithuania for the high stakes nato summit. and already, major news tonight. sweden to join nato, and president biden is asked, should ukraine be allowed to join, too? elizabeth schulze traveling with the president. the news from the kremlin tonight. moscow now claiming that just five days after that attempted revolt, vladimir putin claims he held a three-hour meeting with yevgeny prigozhin, who led that failed attempt to march on moscow. james longman late reporting from inside ukraine tonight. here in the u.s., the disgraced former usa gymnastic
man who threatened his grip on power, yevgeny prigozhin. but why? and did that meeting actually happen? plus tonight, major movement in the trump investigations. the doj going after trump s longtime aide in the classified documents case, while another grand jury is about to be selected. will it bring a third indictment against trump? and a massive manhunt tonight in pennsylvania. a suspected murderer with survivalist skills escapes from prison using a bed sheet. is someone tonight helping him stay alive and away and armed from police? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin, the not-so-strong man. the kremlin revealing tonight that putin met with yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of that armed rebellion just five days after the attempted coup. the kremlin is giving some details. they re saying it was a nearly three-hour meeting. they re saying it happened on june 29th. so a lot of details there, including putin s spokesperson dmitr