[national anthem] if. will: we begin this morning with a fox news alert, the wagner chief who threatened a march toes moscow, an open rebellion, has how now backed down. pete: belarus reportedly brokered the deal that will allow jeff again withny prigozhin to go into exile and end that internal conflict for now. rachel: alexandria hoff is live in washington, d.c. with the latest. good morning. reporter: well, good morning. prigozhin has been paired of the criminal mutiny charges that were against him, and russia avoided a rebellion that was on rack to spark a possible civil war. the wagner group had made it within 125 miles of moscow before prigozhin announced the group would pull back to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin later announced the warlord could leave for belarus without penalty for his mercenaries, and speaking out against russian military leadership. prigozhin formalized the withdrawal. translator: they regarded to dismantle pmc wagner. this a day we wa
reportedly going to the exile. i don t know what that means after you ve challenged a dictator rachel: in belarus. pete: how long you with live, what s the future of that group, how does he consolidate his power, vladimir piewrnghts a lot of questions inside russia. will: i understand the that it appears to be a grievance, but it simply does not add up. pri prigozhin was not, is not a man with, i would suspect, flights of fancy. he commands an army of well over 2525 the ,000 25 the ,000 soldiers across the globe who s been on the front lines for russia for quite some time. i just don t see how he would momentarily take up and we know that he didn t, because u.s. intelligence knew a week or two beforehand this was going to the take place take up and drive to moscow with no aerial support, take on minimal fire, there may have been some loss of