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
so these are things that have to be weighed. and if they believe they can mitigate the collection efforts and if they can make them relatively meaningless or relatively harmless, then they usually opt to let things like this fly over and let them pass on to their handlers. all right. thank you very much, colonel lleyton. i appreciate your time. you bet, erin. next, update to a story we have been following. i m going to speak to the veteran who is now talking to the fbi after accusing george santos of stealing thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog. what did he share with the agents? plus, former president trump unloading on governor ron desantis. ron desantis got elected because of me. you remember he had nothing. he was dead. so far desantis refusing to publicly take the bait by name. is it the right move? i recommend sensodyne. sensodyne toothpaste goes inside thehe tooth and calms the nerve down.