that enough would vote yes, but are they sure? house democrats are going to make sure that the country does not default. period. full stop. this caucus will remain unified with the president and most importantly with the american people in this fight. house democrats stand poised to help, stand poised to be the adults in the room, and we will ensure that we put this crisis behind us. we have two house lawmakers starting us off today. a republican in mccarthy s inner circle and a democrat who voted no on the deal in the rules committee last night, and that right there is where we begin. joining me now is pennsylvania democratic congresswoman and members of the rules committee, mary guy scanlan, thank you for being with us. you voted no in the rules committee, will you vote yes later tonight? certainly that s the function of the rules committee is to bring the bills to the floor, and it s the republicans job to bring the bill to the floor. this is mccarthy s deal, mc
this was 2019 before the russian takeover. an image taken this month shows the mine has expanded dramatically, now capable of generating untraceable profits. wagner was invited into the central african republic by the government. crush a rebellion, the government quickly became dependent on russian support. wagner even provides the personal security for the president. mr. president, it s a real pleasure, richard inge. thank you very much. thank you very much. what do you say about that, that the russian forces you ve brought in to help secure it have committed abuses? translator: listen, we are a responsible government and there are laws in this country. we have set up a commission of inquiry to see if the facts reported in these reports. reporter: the government relies on wagner to survive. wagner pays itself in gold. the people are left starving. we reached out to prigozhin and
the kremlin. it makes its money here. according to two western diplomats, wagner extracts a half a million dollars a career from this country in gold, rare timber, and blood diamonds. this woman who asked us to conceal her identity for her protection lived near the village of endasima where her husband was a gold miner. she told me how russian mercenaries drove the villagers away. translator: there were people within people. reporter: when her husband and seven others refused to leave, they were executed. what do you think the russians wanted, gold, do you think it s as simple as that? reporter: yes, they came for our wealth and for ourgold. translator: today, my children don t have a father. they don t have anything of their own. reporter: working with the research group the century, nbc news reviewed more than a dozen allegations of wagner violence including here.
some of the world s poorest people. the central african republic is a failed state, torn apart by civil war. in the capital, i saw children starving to death, at the only pediatric hospital. what s it like for you as the director here to see all of these cases? it upsets me, she says, mothers don t have money to buy food, and the children fall into this state. they are young victims of africa s resource curse. desperately poor people living on land with vast untapped wealth. here, it s gold and diamonds, but they re not lifting people out of poverty. much of the riches are now flowing to russian mercenaries from the wagner group. russia s private army, known for its brutality in ukraine. wagner is led by yevgeny prigozhin. in ukraine, wagner fights for