we can t have these conversations without you, so i know you are juggling a lot of things. but thank you very much for making some time to talk to us. we re grateful. e time to talk to us we re grateful . ,. . it to the to th according to russian state media, the criminal case against yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner group, a private mercenary army in russia critical to russia s ability to wage war in ukraine, will be dropped. that s what they re saying at least. and he will be an exile in belarus. so far, it is not clear if you will actually give up leadership or commands of the wagner group. but he sent a voice note signaling that his forces would stand down. that order comes after a day of putin back negotiations with prigozhin to avoid russian losses inside russian territory. with promises of safety guarantees for the wagner fighters. until just a few hours ago, wagner forces were marching toward moscow. appearing to be ready to wage an armed result against
calling a rebellion. not from ukrainian supporters trite russian mercenary fighters for the group claiming control the russian city of rostov on don. that is been fighting your gratings at a cost of more than 20000 russian soldiers lives. it s leader blames many of those deaths on russian military leaders. and now that later has set his sights on them. not a coup he says about a march for justice. here is what is remarkable. his troops are already 60 miles into russia. they are setting their sites much further. reason enough for vladimir putin to call for his arrest. but citizens on alert. confusing for ukraine and the turning point for a war in the world. welcome everyone i am neil cavuto. man oh man fast moving develops overnight. the latest in kyiv. we ve been tracking last 24 hours with potential ramifications for this war and maybe it much more. the biggest challenge to russian president vladimir putin during his time in power, an attempted coup, an armed uprising you na
way towards the city. earlier today, that group seized control of military headquarters in a southern key russian city. they are now on a northern track towards the capital city of moscow. about halfway. this is also a view for you this morning, moscow s mayor, just moments ago, saying a counterterrorism operation declared in the city, in moscow. this is canceling the workday, it is asking people to stay home. obviously not a common situation or request. also new for you at 12 pm eastern in new york city, vladimir putin mobilizing troops in an address to the nation vowing to crush what he calls an armed rebellion. this rebellion led by the group s leader, yevgeny prigozhin. whose forces, up until the past couple of days, we re fighting alongside russia in ukraine. today, not that day. not that way. on friday, prove goshen accused the kremlin of invading ukraine on false pretenses. putin today vowing to punish anyone who takes up arms against a russian military. that s last 24
exploit for your political purposes my opponent s youth and inexperience. if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? no i don t bernard. i think you know i pose the death penalty during all of my life. he mentioned the navy for example. we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. governor we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. i was looking at my watch to, even the simple act of checking the time can her and the debate. president bush went on to lose that to bill clinton with a little bit of help from ross perot. debates allow us to see the candidate side-by-side, to not only hear the answer but watch their facial expressions and body language. after all, we are going to be spending a lot of time with whoever wins the white house so were likely to be watching everything. the first gop presidential primary debate is less than two months away. candidates are crisscro
bases. russian ally and neighbor in belarus helped broker a deal with prigozhin, to escalate the situation. prigozhin agreed to leave russia for asylum batters, but not before getting a heroes sendoff from russian residents. [crowd chanting] [sound of gunfire] nbc news correspondent ali arouzi joins me now, live from london. ali, thank you for being here. the situation in russia has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours, what s happening there now? jonathan, it has been an extraordinary 24 hours of mayhem, mutiny. and as quickly as all of this began, it ended. in a nutshell, where are we? the wagner group probably will be incorporated into the russian defense ministry, prigozhin is in exile in neighboring belarus, and vladimir putin is still in power, considerably weaker. and it is really extraordinary what unfolded in russia. very extraordinary how it all started. look at the beginning of the day, vladimir putin made that statement on television, visibly angry, calli