a russian lieutenant who fought in ukraine has fled putin s army and he s out front to talk about it. the lack of equipment, training, boiling rabbits for food, the atrocities he says were committed by russian fighters. you won t want to miss this interview. breaking news, the pentagon right now is tracking a chinese spy balloon flying over the u.s. president biden asking for military options. what are the chinese doing? plus, fbi agents investigating congressman george santos for allegedly scamming a veteran out of thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog. that veteran is out front tonight. what did he tell investigators about santos? and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, a russian officer speaks out right here. constantine served on the front lines for three months and is now telling all. the former lieutenant is the most senior russian officer to speak publicly about what he saw and did in ukraine. you re going to see that interview in just a moment. he
thank you so very much for your time. the pentagon right now tracking a chinese spy balloon that is flying over the united states. this is not a balloon, as you may envision it, it s the size of three buses spotted by a commercial plane. what the president and his military advisers are doing about it tonight. plus, update to a story first out front, the fbi investigating congressman george santos alleged scheme to thousands of dollars from a veteran, meant to save his dying dog. the veteran is back with me. what did he share with the fbi. the sky camera that captured the fatal beating of tyre nichols. we ll take you inside that sky cop operation and talk to the man who placed that camera in just that exact place that captured the brutal arrest. i remember when i first started flying,