a russian lieutenant who fought in ukraine has fled putin s army and he s out front to talk about it. the lack of equipment, training, boiling rabbits for food, the atrocities he says were committed by russian fighters. you won t want to miss this interview. breaking news, the pentagon right now is tracking a chinese spy balloon flying over the u.s. president biden asking for military options. what are the chinese doing? plus, fbi agents investigating congressman george santos for allegedly scamming a veteran out of thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog. that veteran is out front tonight. what did he tell investigators about santos? and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, a russian officer speaks out right here. constantine served on the front lines for three months and is now telling all. the former lieutenant is the most senior russian officer to speak publicly about what he saw and did in ukraine. you re going to see that interview in just a moment. he
those are things that are keeping me up at night like most americans. we run the risk here of trying to make a point and not make a difference if we just focus on these small ground squirmishes around committee assignments. as a republican, we need to push back on statements like marjorie taylor greene s statements. you know, we ve got to make sure we push back on both sides. thank you very much. i appreciate your time. thank you. geoff duncan, former lieutenant governor of georgia. next a story you ll see first outfront. we ll take you behind the technology that captured that horrific overhead footage of tyre nichols beating. the camera was put here to deter crime and to capture crime. and it did what it was supposed to do. plus, see how two brothers who fueled america s addiction to painkillers were making nearly a million dollars a week. by creating what they called the disneyland of pain clinics. humpty dumpty doeses it with a great fall.