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
weekend, but while we watched the advance on moscow, it was perplexing to see prigozhin not really meet any barriers as he made his way and seemed somewhat preplanned. what do you make of this reporting? well, lots of things ask lots of questions, right? first that the kremlin says it s just speculation. that s not a big denunciation, they didn t say this is poppycock, this is crazy, this is speculation. the general in question has been the main interlog tor with prigozhin for a long time. that s been well-known. at the beginning of this mutiny he got on a video and said lay down your weapons, and one other general did too, but then hours later, you know, showing it right now, one of those other generals right to mr. per prigozhin s right, he s one of the people that said lay down