monster rival, the threads app now live and millions are signing up. we re going to begin this hour with that surprising announcement regarding the potential location of the man who led an uprising in russia last month. in a rare news conference this morning, belarusian leader alexander lukashenko said the head of the wagner group yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, not in belarus, despite saying last week he was in his country. nbc news cannot verify that claim. it is raising new questions, though, about the supposed deal that ended the attempted rebellion. joining us now from the presidential palace in minsk is nbc chief international correspondent keir simmons. you attended the news conference. you spoke with lukashenko, what did he say? reporter: yeah. yeah, as you can see, we re not at the presidential palace anymore. we were there. nbc news one of the few international news organizations invited to that conversation. and after an incredibly unpredictable almost two week
here. what questions do you have, though? well, the first question that i would ask is why did this officer leave his partner who has got a felony suspect according to the reports in custody, an officer safety issue , to go deal with someone recording the incident. she wasn t the only person recording out there. this wasn t about taking this woman into custody, the force was unnecessary, it was excessive, it was over the top, it was punishment. because she had the temerity to record her husband being arrested. and so all of it is problematic. i m certain this is not the first time that deputy did that. he did it too easily. he was unbothered by the others who were watching and then after the fact, i m certain, he had to manufacture probable cause for that resisting arrest, assaulting an officer charge, and i m not surprised that they were released. why? because the d.a. found out there was insufficient evidence to support those bogus charges against her. if you were working this ca
communities safe. they can t get any traction. you were acting head of ice, and you know how hard this job is it s like finding a needle in a haystack. officer safety issue. public safety issue. and law enforcement coordination issue. as a young trainee agent it s drilled in your head. have you got to cooperate and notify local law enforcement so you don t end up with a blue on blue situation and shoot an officer who is in plain clothes. and what have you now is a mayor notifying the community that there is an operation taking place that quite possibly some of these people may run number one, but number two they could be lying in wait. we have seen problems with am bushes over the last couple years and police officers. we don t want to set that up. we don t want to create that situation. so crimes committed by illegals caught up in raids. here is the list. aggravated assault. involuntary manslaughter. hit and run. i think we have the graphic. lewd acts with a minor. burglary, dui, do
communities safe. they can t get any traction. you were acting head of ice, and you know how hard this job is it s like finding a needle in a haystack. officer safety issue. public safety issue. and law enforcement coordination issue. as a young trainee agent it s drilled in your head. have you got to cooperate and notify local law enforcement so you don t end up with a blue on blue situation and shoot an officer who is in plain clothes. and what have you now is a mayor notifying the community that there is an operation taking place that quite possibly some of these people may run number one, but number two they could be lying in wait. we have seen problems with am bushes over the last couple years and police officers. we don t want to set that up. we don t want to create that situation. so crimes committed by illegals caught up in raids. here is the list. aggravated assault. involuntary manslaughter. hit and run. i think we have the graphic. lewd acts with a minor. burglary, dui, do
of jail, one of my officers has to walk on the door. any officer will tell you that is a dangerous position to put a law enforcement officer in. these are men and women that serve ice every day, leave the safety of their homes and families to defend mare community and protect people they ll never meet. so for the politicians of chicago to knowingly choose, say we re going to release the criminals. it s their ice problem. it s a bold attack on law enforcement and bold attack on the community. we look at the numbers today. i seen before i came to miami. nearly 10,000 criminal aliens that have been released rather than turned over to ice, nearly 10,000 have recommitted another crime. wow. this is a community safety issue, an officer safety issue. you know, chicago needs to wake up. what they re doing is not right. so where does it go from here? do you say look, if you re not going to comply, you re not going to get any money? well, a couple things. first of all, the president has