we have updates in the other special counsel s investigation. jack smith issuing more subpoenas in the january 6th investigation. this time, focusing on arizona. so let s get to it. joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent, tom winter and nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly. let s start with the top. walt nauta, finally getting a lawyer. finally pleading not guilty. walk us through what happened. it was a short hearing. the big news is he did get this lawyer, and essentially one of the reasons i think it s more difficult to find someone is because, you know, donald trump hasn t been known to pay his bills. that s something you re on the hook for down the line if, you know, no matter where this goes, once you re on the case you re stuck with it no matter what, even if there s a dispute about payment or what have you. whoever signed on for that is in for the long haul. with donald trump, a significant retainer agreement, cash up front in order to take on that
one of international news organizations invited to the presidential palace here in minsk, the capital of belarus to question the autocrat, president lukashenko to find out a little bit more. he surprised us with the answer because remember, he s the one who did the deal to end the insurrection with the agreement that yevgeny prigozhin would come here to belarus. now he says he s not here. he says he s a free man in russia, and even suggests that prigozhin and his fighters may never come here as you can imagine, we try to get more detail. take a listen. . thank you very much for the conversation, can i encourage you as a conversation to give us more detail. what have you discussed, yevgeny prigozhin and with president putin about what happens next
yevgeny prigozhin. it depends who you ask. according to the kremlin, he s in belarus. but according to belarus, he s in russia. according to social media he s in disguise. joining me from minsk in belarus, is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons to try to sort it all out. here s what lukashenko, the president of belarus said about prigozhin s whereabouts today. translator: yevgeny prigozhin, he is located in st. petersburg. where is he this morning? he could have gone to moscow or somewhere else but he s not on the territory of belarus. forgive me, keir, i m very confused. i thought lukashenko said last week that prigozhin was in belarus. reporter: yeah, and maybe he was at that point. it is hard to get your head around, something of whiplash for everybody.
i said justice department, i should have said special counsel s office since they operate under the department of justice but separate. thank you so much, lisa rubin, for joining us, appreciate it. where in the world is yevgeny prigozhin, what belarus s president told keir simmons about the wagner chief s whereabouts and what that could mean for vladimir putin. plus an nbc news exclusive what a group of former senior national security officials including a friend of the show are doing in secret talks with russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov. and what a first of its kind medicine will mean for the estimated million people with early forms of the disease. we re back in 60 seconds. we re back in 60 seconds