but even if the threat is over and it s not at all clear that saturday s turn around was, in fact, the end, what did the flash of descent do to russia itself, not the government or security services but the people. what message did russians get over the weekend? what did they see when yevgeny prigozhin s tanks move toward the capital? what did they feel when his troops reportedly shot down several russian helicopters? that s according to ukraine s air force. what did they hear when vladimir putin called prigozhin a traitor and compared his threat to 1917. we re going to ask masha gessen of the new york. the russia public saw something extraordinary, a choice, it will something that changes russia even if it doesn t alter putin s control in the short term. let s get our reporting and the news from russian tv that vladimir putin will speak tonight. joining me now from moscow is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. so keir, this news that he s going to speak,
taking direct aim at president biden s open border policies. in a new video desantis is promising to secure the border, stop the cartels, build the wall, and stop the invasion. right now governor desantis is getting ready to meet with potential voters in eagle pass, texas as you look live there. we will he will deliver remarks and take questions there, we re told. here is some of what he had to say yesterday about president biden s immigration policies. the parolee is doing is unconstitutional. we sued him on things like catch and release. he is abusing the law to change the law to allow people to have an open border. we ll deputize state and local officials to also enforce immigration laws. dana: bill melugin is live in eagle pass, texas. what did you find out? good morning to you. this is governor desantis first trip to the texas border as a presidential candidate. as you can see behind me in a matter of moments he will be meeting with potential voters here in eagle
i don t think vladimir putin is going to tell me about that at this point, yeah. when it gets to those cheers you just saw. this as the mercenaries were leaving. the residents not applauding the fact that the fighters were departing but the fact that they came in the first place. the wagner group led the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s power in his 23 three rule. prigozhin to leave for belarus that city is now quiet and so is russian president vladimir putin. he has not been seen publicly since delivering an emergency message on saturday where he urged his citizens not to support the wagner group s rebellion. secretary of state anthony blink says this shows cracks in putin s authority. listen. the rising storm of prigozhin inside of russia is something that many people have seen over months now. direct challenges to the military leadership. powerful criticism of russia s conduct of its aggression against ukraine. and now questioning the very premises of the war.
emphasizing the west had nothing to do with the russian revolt. matthew chance is inside russia tonight amid this seismic shift. he s there. reporter: this is the last time we saw the wagner leader, departing the russian city he had essentially taken over on the weekend, amid cheers from supporters. [ cheers and applause ]. reporter: now yevgeny prigozhin is speaking out for the first time since agreeing to call off the armed rebellion that shook the correkremlin to core n. an 1minute recording, prigozhin denies aiming to challenge the russian president. translator: the purpose of the march was to prevent the destruction of wagner and the prosecution of those who made a huge number of mistakes in the course of the special military operation due to their unprofessional actions. society demanded this, and all the soldiers who saw us supported us. reporter: on russian state television damage control is already in full swing after a weekend of mayhem. prigozhin s armed re
lukashenko, speaking out as prigozhin himself settles in. the wagner group leader is in belarus after a failed mutiny in russia. but he s not saying much and has no plans to. he doesn t want to, as you just heard there, speak to nobody including vladimir putin. prigozhin might want to lay low. david petraeus still recommends he be careful around open windows. the general is here. first, fox team coverage in kyiv on how ukraine is capitalizing on the chaos and jennifer griffin in washington on how the pentagon is responding to the chaos. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you. let s get to it with greg first in ukraine. greg? hi, neil. first, a reminder that russia is still very much in this war. the eastern ukrainian town slammed by a russian missile. big damage done. this as putin put a spin on it. he called the wagner mercenary group blackmail, doomed to failure. in belarus, president lukashenko who helped strike a deal in dark terms. if he said if russian