tonight, we begin with breaking news out of russia. a major twist in that country s war against ukraine. vladimir putin forced to confront a rebellion within his own borders. just hours ago, we learned that if guinea prigozhin, the owner and the head of the wagner group and mercenary force that has been fighting alongside the russian military and ukraine, halted his advance on to the country s capital. that announcement came shortly after prigozhin claimed he and his fighters had captured the city of rostov-on-don home to the russian military headquarters for its war in ukraine. since their invasion last year, moscow has become dependent on the back in a group to support the war efforts as they re dwindling russian forces struggle to make significant gains inside ukrainian territory. in december, the u.s. said it believed the group had an estimated 50,000 personnel inside ukraine alone. it made up of about 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts that were recruited from inside
reaction to the progression rebellion and the foreign policy questions it raises for lawmakers here at home. i m joined by democratic congressman ro khanna of california, he s a member of the armed forces committee. mr., con it s good to see you again. thank you for making time for us. i know it s been an eventful 24 hours and it s hard at times to know what has been happening inside of russia. but i want to get your reaction, your response broadly speaking to what we ve seen today and what this all means. today, there are three overarching principles. first, there s a good thing that there is de-escalation and resolution. the last thing that the world needs is an unstable russia, a nuclear power, that could devolve into civil war. so the fact that there is some