hi there, everyone. i m nicole wallace, thanks for being here with us. we ve got a lot of places you get your news today, we re glad you re joining us. four pm in the east, it s 11 pm in moscow. we re following breaking news this hour, with the latest on the revolt unfolding in russia. and we see news is confirming, yevgeny prigozhin is the head of the wagner group, which is a private mercenary army in russia, that s done a lot of the fighting in the war in ukraine. he has called for his moscow bound convoy to stand down for now. that s only after advancing to within 120 miles of the city of moscow. in the biggest threat to russian president vladimir putin s grip on power that we ve ever seen. prigozhin sent a voice note, signaling that the forces would stand down, saying the group understands, quote, the responsibility for spilling russian blood on one of the sides. we are turning back our convoys, and going back to field camps, according to the plan. this comes just hours a
russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin cause of his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. roadblocks to stop his wagner forces are filled in as the crisis is a diffused. after a direct threat to his leadership, the questions over vladimir putin s future. forces in ukraine assess how the turmoil will affect the progress of the war. also this morning, the public tolls they can now call 999 after a technical default. labor calls for mandatory help for homeowners struggling to meet rising mortgage payments. good morning, the rebellion by the russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin appears to be over. the russian president, vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people, and said his forces were but a deal has now been negotiated by belarus and the kremlin, so that the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country, and his fighters will not be prosecuted. our moscow correspondent diane mcenany reports. yevgeny prigozhin, cheered by supporters after bringin
donald trump fans the flames of resentment in a message to his supporters, telling them he expects to be arrested within days. vladimir putin makes a surprise appearance in occupied ukraine. this coming just a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president for alleged war crimes. chinese leader xi jinping headed to moscow in the coming days to meet with putin. we ll break down what the two leaders are expected to discuss. former u.s. president donald trump is responding to a potential indictment in new york with the same angry rhetoric he used before the 2021 insurrection. in a social media post, trump said he expects to be arrested on tuesday, and he urged his supporters to protest and, quote, take our nation back. the case is related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels over an alleged affair which trump denies. while trump s attorneys believe he will be indicted soon, they still haven t confirmed
putin s tv addressed 12 hours earlier, threatening punishment for criminals, launching armed mutiny. translator: we are fighting for the life and security of our citizens and our territorial integrity. it is an attempt to subvert us from inside. this is treason in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a stab in the back of our troops and the people of russia. wagner forces have seized the city of rostov-on-don, a crucial launchpad for russia s offensive in ukraine. ben, it followed chaos and confrontation. translator: prigozhin declaims of on the hunt for justice, accusing russia s military chiefs of killing his men. an explosion shook a second city, if they don t ash, and a missile narrowly missed a military helicopter over there, an oil decker was also set on ways, with a convoy of wagner fighters headed to moscow. authorities scramble to build roadblocks to slow their
on him and is marching to within 120 miles of moscow. what do you make of what we are not seeing? absolutely there is a period here of uncertainty. this is the most vulnerable period, in my opinion. if you take a look at this, there is two big things that are glowing red now within russia. number one there s distrust from the putin administration all the way down to the troops in the trenches. there s a lack of morale throughout as well. and there is a lack of teamwork throughout as well. so when you put all of that together, you can t trust, on your left, on your right, or wherever they may be in russia. whether or not you are going to be totally behind this war. that is what we are seeing here. it was an indicator, when you saw the wagner group headed to moscow.