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
happened in the wagner group said they were strong supporters of mr putin. with more details, here s bbc editor. 3 putin. with more details, here s bbc editor. , putin. with more details, here s bbc editor. , , putin. with more details, here s bbc editor. i, , , ., editor. a very surprising turn of events, editor. a very surprising turn of events. the editor. a very surprising turn of events, the statement - editor. a very surprising turn of events, the statement from - editor. a very surprising turn of| events, the statement from the kremlin spokesman. let me recall at the very start of this apparent mood mutiny. he was somewhat rattled and vowed to punish the people he called traitors and as far as we know, that has not yet happened. and days after the mutiny by wagner group fighters, he sat down with dozens of their commanders as well as the chief yevgeny prigozhin himself. that meeting, according to the kremlin spokesman, they discussed the war on ukraine which they
agenda. back here at home, dive teams are trying to rescue people after torrential downpours in the northeast. the flooding turning deadly in new york. and more cases of malaria are being found in the united states. what you need to know to stay safe. we begin with breaking news from russia where there is a surprising twist related to last month s failed uprising. the kremlin says russia s vladimir putin met with the head of the wagner group and its top commanders just five days after the attempted rebellion, but the whereabouts of the wagner group s leader are still unclear. this comes as president biden makes his way to lithuania for a hike-stakes nato summit where the war in ukraine will be high on the agenda. but the president says ukraine will not become a nato member state, at least not for now. i don t think it s ready for membership in nato. i don t think there is unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment i
ability to overcome them than be anywhere else in the world. we begin tonight with growing presidential primary field. will hurd, former texas congressman and former cia officer, has thrown his hat in the ring. re-election was a tough fight, and he served on the house intelligence committee. why is he running for president? will he sign the pledge and support the nominee no matter who he or she may be? what will he do if he were president? let s find out. congressman will hurd, thank you for joining us. thank you, and amen, i agree, we are lucky to live where we live. trey: what did you see when you surveyed the existing candidates that led you to say, i m jumping in and going to run to be leader of the free world? sure, there is a path for a dark-horse candidate like me. i recognize the challenges i have ahead, the reality is, we are faced with generational-defining challenges, everything from china trying to surpass united states as global superpower to inflation that i
our challenge is coupled with our ability to overcome them and be anywhere else in the world. we begin tonight with the growing presidential primary fields. a former texas congressman and a former cia officer. congressman hurd represented a border district where reelection was always a tough fight. signing the so-called unity pledge and supporting the so-called nominee no matter he or she may be. what would he do if you were the president. let s find out. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. happy early july 4 to you. thank you, mr. chairman. it s good to be on with you. we are lucky to live where we live. alrighty. what did you see when you surveyed the existing candidates that led you to say i am jumping in. i will run to be the leader of the free world. i recognize the challenges that i have ahead of me. the reality is we are faced with a number of defining challenges. everything from china trying to surpass us as a global superpower to persisting. that wil