tonight, breaking news. the stunning images. the plane falling from the sky in russia. onboard, the leader who tried that revolt against putin. that march to moscow. now, he's dead. rudy giuliani's mug shot just in tonight. and in pittsburgh, the shootout and siege lasting hours, shooting at officers and police drones. first tonight, that chilling video from moscow. the jet falling from the sky. plunging 28,000 feet. a trail of smoke in the air. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, among the ten people killed tonight. he was the leader commanding thousands of fighters for russia in ukraine. tonight, russian state tv saying he's now dead. the clues already in the wreckage. tom soufi burridge with late reporting for us. also breaking tonight, rudy giuliani's mug shot just coming in, booked in atlanta. jenna ellis and sidney powell, the lawyers, also surrendering, as well. and what rudy giuliani is now saying tonight. and what to expect when donald trump arrives at that jail tomorrow. aaron katersky in atlanta. for hours today, the shootout. the neighborhood under siege in pittsburgh. the suspect opening fire on deputies, the gunman also shooting down multiple police drones. s.w.a.t. on the scene, rescuing people from neighboring homes. there is late word coming in tonight the suspect dead. trevor ault on the scene. more than 100 million americans facing sweltering temperatures. in chicago alone today, the heat index, the feel-like reading, 116 degrees. rob marciano is here. tonight, in new york city, the young woman who shoved a beloved 87-year-old broadway singing coach down to the ground, later dying. tonight, that suspect in court. will she go to prison? what happened today. the first republican debate. eight candidates in their first showdown. donald trump a no-show. rachel scott in milwaukee. newly released body camera video tonight. police say a teacher arrested on the first day of school, accused of being drunk in the classroom. what she claimed was in her cup. tonight, india landing on the moon. and america strong. you have to see the baby giraffe in tennessee, now making global headlines tonight because of what's missing. and what happened today. good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. several major stories as we come on the air this evening. rudy giuliani, his mug shot just released. booked in atlanta. donald trump tomorrow. and then, of course, the surreal and deadly scene playing out over russia. a jet falling from the sky, onboard, the leader who was behind that attempted revolt against vladimir putin, that march to moscow. now, that leader is dead. video showing the plane registered to that mercenary leader, yevgeny prigozhin, falling to earth from 28,000 feet. behind it, a trail of smoke. russian state tv reporting tonight that he was on board and that he was killed in the crash. the plane plummeting, erupting into a fireball. ten people in all onboard. no one survived this. prigozhin, once close to vladimir putin, leading the wagner mercenary group, russian forces fighting for russia in ukraine. but growing critical of russia's military. yev genk ny leading that attempted march on moscow. that's the major story overseas tonight. but then of course here at home, also just in, from the fulton county sheriff's office in atlanta, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, donald trump's longtime personal lawyer, surrendering, arrested, booked. released tonight on $150,000 bond, and what rudy giuliani is now saying. we have it all covered, but we do begin with the chilling scene in russia, the deadly jet crash and the leader who stood up to putin's regime now dead. abc's tom soufi burridge now leading us off from ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, a stunning twist. the man who lead a rebellion against the kremlin said to be onboard this plane, plummeting to the ground. the private jet, which went down not far from moscow, belonged to yevgeny prigozhin, the boss of the notorious wagner mercenary group. another angle, seen here in video circulating online, showing the plane suddenly plunging from its cruising altitude of 28,000 feet. russia's state aviation agency saying prigozhin was onboard. pro-wagner sources saying he was one of ten people killed. video circulating online from the crash site showing what appears to be puncture marks in the wreckage. experts saying this points to the likelihood of a missile strike, not a bomb blast. >> if it had been a bomb on board, we would've seen deformation that would have been expanding out of the aircraft. right now, we're seeing the puncture holes that are a signature of a surface to air or air to air missile impacts that aircraft. >> reporter: president biden today asked if he thought putin was involved. >> i don't know for a fact what happened, but i'm not surprised. there's not much that happens in russia that putin's not behind. >> reporter: prigozhin, a billionaire and a one-time close ally of president putin. thousands of his wagner soldiers were fighting in ukraine. but prigozhin fell out with russia's ministry of defense, and then mounted a rebellion, taking control of a key russian city, threatening to march on the kremlin. putin calling wagner traitors, but then reportedly cutting a deal. with the powerful mercenary boss then saying his fighters were moving next door, to belarus. prigozhin last seen in this video, released two days ago, bragging he was back to business in africa, where his group is accused of murdering and torturing civilians. but with questions swirling about the fate of prigozhin's last flight, president putin tonight at a concert. wagner's failed mutiny made him look weak. tonight, the russian leader smiling and seemingly at ease. >> david: so, let's bring in tom soufi burridge, live in ukraine tonight. of course, it's still very early, but tom, any word from u.s. intelligence tonight, and will the u.s. and nato ever really be able to determine on their own what really happened, yevgeny prigozhin and the other nine people on this jet? >> reporter: yeah, david, it's still not clear what brought the plane down, but if it was a missile, it's likely western intelligence already knows the type of the missile, and where it came from. david? >> david: tom soufi burridge leading us off from kyiv tonight. tom, thank you. back here in the u.s. tonight, rudy giuliani's mug shot just in, arrested, booked in atlanta in the sweeping case against donald trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators, who allegedly tried to change the results from georgia for donald trump. prosecutors charging giuliani using a very similar statute giuliani once used to go after mob bosses in new york. well, here are the mug shots tonight. from left to right, lawyer jenna ellis, then giuliani, of course, and then lawyer sidney powell, who authorities say pushed the conspiracy theory that voting machines were controlled by venezuela on election night, by leader hugo chavez who, by the way, was dead. all of them booked and charged today in fulton county. tomorrow, donald trump will turn himself in, after asking the secretary of state in georgia to find the 11,780 votes for him. here's our senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky in atlanta tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the man once known as america's mayor swarmed by reporters as he left the fulton county jail after he had his mug shot taken like a common criminal. >> this indictment is a travesty. >> reporter: today, many asking what happened to rudy giuliani. >> people like to say i'm different. i'm the same rudy giuliani that took down the mafia. >> reporter: but giuliani is now charged with the same crime he used to pursue the mob as a crusading u.s. attorney in new york -- racketeering. the former mayor, who is said to be nearly broke, arrived in atlanta aboard a private plane. he is now free on a $150,000 bond, the biggest after former president trump's. >> i'm being prosecuted for defending an american citizen, who i do as a lawyer. >> reporter: the indictment says giuliani did much more than that, peddling lies about election fraud. >> our votes are counted in germany and in spain, by a company owned by affiliates of chavez and maduro. >> reporter: and falsely accusing poll workers shaye moss and ruby freeman of stealing votes. >> quite obviously passing around usb ports as if they are vials of heroin or cocaine. >> reporter: today, giuliani ignored questions about the lies he told. >> i will tell you -- >> do you still believe the election was stolen? >> reporter: giuliani's fellow lawyers also surrendering today. sidney powell, who pushed the outrageous conspiracy theory that voting machines were controlled by venezuela. and jenna ellis, who falsely claimed ballots were manipulated. tomorrow, it's trump's turn. the accused leader of the alleged criminal conspiracy saying, "i will proudly be arrested tomorrow afternoon in georgia." >> david: so, let's get right to aaron katersky, live again tonight in atlanta. and aaron, what can we expect tomorrow when the former president arrives at the fulton county jail there? >> reporter: sheriff's deputies will be waiting here, david, to report trump's height and weight, fingerprint him, and take his mug shot. unlike his other three criminal cases, here in georgia, trump is not going to have to immediately enter a plea in court. instead, the d.a. wants him back here in two weeks for arraignment, if the judge agrees. there would be cameras in court for that. one other note, david, and it's about trump's former chief of staff mark meadows. he's been trying to move this case into federal court, and while a judge today did not immediately rule on that, he did say tonight, it should not keep meadows from surrendering, so, he is due here to turn himself in noon on friday, something he had being trying to avoid. david? >> david: aaron katersky in fulton county tonight. aaron, thank you. meantime, yet another alarming story we were watching all day long here, in pittsburgh. a neighborhood under siege. deputies trying to serve an eviction notice, met with a firestorm. hundreds of rounds of gunfire. the suspect in that neighborhood aiming at officers, taking down multiple police drones. a massive show of force, including the fbi. s.w.a.t. teams rescuing people from neighboring homes. a very tense and dangerous situation all afternoon. a s.w.a.t. team in an armored vehicle rushing this next door neighbor to safety, you can see it right there. and then late this afternoon, the report came in, the suspect is now dead. trevor ault on the scene for us. >> reporter: tonight, the sound of gunfire. hundreds of shots raining down on a pittsburgh neighborhood, under siege for hours. the incident erupting around 10:30 this morning. >> we have multiple shots fired. multiple shots fired. >> reporter: deputies from allegheny county sheriff's office trying to serve an eviction notice in the garfield neighborhood, met with a barrage of gunfire. the suspect firing repeatedly at officers, even shooting down police drones. >> a tremendous police present. s.w.a.t. vehicles, multiple -- dozens of police vehicles, . s.w.a.t. vehicles, multiple -- dozens of police vece. s.w.a.t. vehicles, multiple -- dozens of police vehicles, actually, surrounding about a four-block area. we have seen multiple shots fired from inside one of these row houses along broad street. actually knocking a drone out of the sky, as the police tried to get that drone inside the home. >> reporter: authorities trying to safely rescue bystanders in the crossfire. heavily armed s.w.a.t. officers pulling this resident out of the home next door into that armored vehicle. 12-year-old christopher, outside with his cousin, running for cover. >> one of the cops gave them a sledgehammer to break down the door. right after that, they just started to fire. police knocked on the door and came to get us. and so, we were all the way down there and then we had to run all the way up there. >> how are you doing right now? >> i'm just a little, you know, i'm scared, because i thought i could be safe here and i can't. >> reporter: the rounds continued to fire well into the afternoon. >> here we go. here we go. more gunfire. this is unbelievable. this is what we hear every 15 or 20 minutes. >> reporter: abc affiliate wtae speaking on the phone with the son of the man believed to be inside the home. that son making this plea. >> please surrender. please give up. you have children and grandchildren that love you dearly. please stand down. >> based on what we were talking about earlier, does he believe that this house rightfully belongs to him? >> yes. very much so. >> reporter: late today, officials confirming the suspect is deceased. >> we certainly didn't expect what we were up against. >> reporter: wtae identifying him as 63-year-old william hardison. and david, the sheriff says his office knew this eviction could be particularly challenging, they even strategized a specific plan, and they brought seven deputies to execute it. that's far more than usual, but he still says they had no idea the suspect would be armed, and this was far worse than anything they anticipated. david? >> david: glad everyone in that neighborhood is safe tonight. trevor ault, thank you. we turn now to the dangerous heat from louisiana all the way up to the upper midwest. more than 100 million americans tonight. and this evening in chicago alone, a heat index, a feel-like reading of 116 degrees. let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano, tracking it all again for us tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, david. 80-degree dew point there, that is insanely humid. 121, the heat index in peoria. that sets a record. and we're looking for another day of this heat before it breaks. excessive heat warnings are expanding to the east and to the north. tomorrow, measuring without humidity, 102 in st. louis, 100 potentially in chicago. that will be the first 100 in over a decade. fold in the humidity and we get dangerous, 115 in st. louis. but again, short-lived. a bit of a break for the midwest after tomorrow, but not for the south. dallas, new orleans, tampa, well up and over 100. 110 in some spots. dangerous heat for those folks through the weekend. david? >> david: rob, thank you, as always. here in new york city tonight, the young woman who shoved a beloved 87-year-old broadway singing coach down to the ground, and then leaving her, she later died. today, that suspect in court, pleading guilty. she'll now go to prison for this. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, a somber ending to a tragic story of senseless violence in new york. lauren pazienza today pleading guilty to manslaughter, admitting that she shoved beloved broadway voice coach barbara gustern in a fit of random rage on a new york city street in march of 2022. gustern fell, hitting her head, dying days later of a fatal brain injury. new yorkers were shocked at the insanity of the story. pazienza was apparently angry after being asked to leave a manhattan park, where she was having wine with her fiance. she apparently grew furious, threw dinner at her fiance, leaving, only to encounter ms. gustern a few minutes later. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg today releasing a statement, saying that the 28-year-old aggressively shoved barbara gustern to the ground, and walked away as the beloved new yorker laid there bleeding. here is pazienza walking the street that day. she reached a deal in which she will spend eight years in prison. and the story of a life lost for no good reason. gustern's grandson told "the new york times" today that he wished the case had gone to trial. he also said he wanted a stiffer sentence. just a terrible story. david? >> david: terrible, indeed. pierre thomas, thank you. in philadelphia tonight, police say they are preparing now to fire the officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop. surveillance video of the incident contradicted what police claimed happened. police say eddie irizarry got out of the car and lunged at them with a knife. but doorbell camera video now released by the family showing he slowly parked his car, but not getting out. police then pulling up, no sirens. officer mark dial seen getting out of his patrol car, firing multiple shots in less than six seconds. the victim's car door was closed and his window was up. we turn now to the race for the white house tonight. the first republican debate this evening, eight candidates. front-runner donald trump will be a no-show. rachel scott in milwaukee. >> reporter: tonight in milwaukee, a pivotal moment in the republican primary. eight candidates taking the debate stage for the first time. but the man dominating the field, the undisputed front-runner, donald trump, will not be there. >> he didn't have the guts or the respect to show up on that stage and defend his record and advocate for the future of america. >> reporter: with trump skipping the debate, all eyes will be on his closest rival, florida governor ron desantis, who has been trying to revive his campaign after several stumbles. he says he is the only candidate on that stage with a real shot at the white house. >> i'm not running to be vice president. i'm not running to be in the cabinet. and i'm not running to be a contributor on cable news. we're running to win. >> reporter: but others are hoping for a breakout moment, like entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy, a fierce defender of trump, now rising in his own right. his rivals hoping to blunt his momentum. the former president has pointed to his commanding lead in this race as a reason to skip the debates entirely. but trump has been back and forth on all of this and could still change his mind as the campaign continues. david? 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