a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putin s war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] there was a mutiny against vladimir putin s armed forces. it is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. he had raised prigozhin and empowered him. prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. he does not exist without putin. this is a frankenstein-like scenario. i ve been following prigozhin s extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the one-time, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. it
testimony to special counsel jack smith as his probe into january 6th zooms ahead. exclusive reporting from nbc news s julia ainsley says this, quote, about half a dozen secret service agents have testified before the grand jury that will decide whether or not to indict former president donald trump for his alleged role in the january 6th 2021 riot at the capitol, and efforts to interfere in the peaceful transfer of the presidency. that s according to two sources familiar with their testimony. roughly five or six acts have appeared in compliance with subpoenas they received. while it s unclear what testimony they provided, we do know that trump s secret service agents are very much in a position to corroborate some of the most stunning testimony of the star witness of the january 6th select committee. the meadows aide who pulled back the curtain on the inner workings and private conversations of the trump-directed coup plot. we are talking about cassidy hutchinson. hear is s
hello and welcome. this is verified live, free hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we will have the latest on the bad search that is going on for the submarine in a moment or two, that i want to go straight to breaking news of the last little while from the united states. news aboutjoe biden s son, hunter, and that news coming into is that hunter biden has agreed to plead guilty on two federal tax charges and enter a third pre trial diverging agreement on one a firearms charge. that is apparently in a deal with the justice department, according to court documents that have been published. the details emerging all of the time. there is bound to be a lot of political reaction, the president s son has been in the focus around various investigations for such a long while. but this, the latest detail that there are going to be tax charges, two guilty pleas on those federal tax charges. in deferred pre trial diverging agreement, that is what it is desc
about. alexandria hoff joins us. it was virginia, maryland, people in d.c. what the heck was that noise. yeah, there was a bit of panic. you saw it social media on social media. people captured it on their home cameras in the d.c. area there can be reason to be concerned when you hear something like this. let me say, this is a story that would have been heart breaking all the same had this this plane simply and quietly crashed in central virginia. pilot list flight thousands on the ground they heard that boom and knew something had gone wrong. [explosion] some say that it shook their home. according to norad the sound came after f-16 jetsy scrambled and authorized to travel at super sonic speeds. intercept a private aircraft began to breach the airspace around 3:20 p.m. the pilot of the cessna unresponsive crashing before 4:00 p.m. in central virginia according to state police. now here is fox news jon scott also a licensed pilot speaking to the plane s unusual flight pa
trump were seen at the department of justice. also, the mysterious sonic boom heard around washington, what we know about the investigation into the scrambling of f-16 fighter jets after a private plane was flying off course and into protected air space above the capitol. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to start in washington with the latest on that plane crash and nbc s tom costello. tom, what s happening right now? reporter: investigators are now on the scene. ntsb investigators are on the scene of this remote plane crash in virginia. in a very thick, wooded forest. there is nothing left of this private plane, a citation cessna that went down midday yesterday. you can see the charred remains. investigators say it literally is decimated there on the ground. it s so remote it takes hours to hike in. this will not be a quick or a fast or an easy investigation. this all started, of course, with a flight that seemed to be really