erin incredible details talking about firing rifles and, worse, the harsh reality in stark contrast to what we saw from putin today. breaking news. a top trump ally appearing before the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago classified documents as we learn tonight that trump's former white house counsel testifies. another major investigation involving the former president. a couple trying to vote in arizona allegedly filmed and photographed by a group accusing them off being a, quote, mule. this is beginning of a terrible and ugly election? let's go "outfront." tonight, i wouldn't let any of us out there. those are the brutally honest words from a russian soldier sent to the front lines in ukraine. in a phone call with his sister, the soldier revealing the pathetic state of vladimir putin's army. it's important to hear his voice. >> translator: whatever we wear here, we bought ourselves. they're forcing us to go on camera to encourage the mobilized not to be afraid to come out and fight. we're spending up to 60,000 to 7,700,0 70,000 rubles on our own gear and it's rusty. i repainted so you couldn't see the rust. soon they will ask us to buy our own grenades. no one is supporting us. to be honest, i wouldn't let any of us out there. they give you blank ammo cartridges, which, when shot, simply fall to the ground. they trained us how to handle weapons, artillery, but it took the group just once to demonstrate how to use them. half the group didn't understand. some did. whatever knowledge we have is thanks to what we learned on our own. >> now, we can't independently investor the authenticity of the call. but he says half his group didn't even understand with training they received. i mean, it's incredible. i wouldn't put -- i wouldn't let any of us out there. and i want to note something else the soldier said because it's important in this context because we have the whole conversation. he says he's not declining to fight. in fact, at one point he said, quote, i'm happy to fight. this is not some anti-war dissenter who tried to flee mobilization. this makes his words damning because the harsh reality he details is the polar opposite of the propaganda image and lies that putin puts out. today putin making a rare visit to a military training center in western russia with his defense minister by his side. putin met with soldiers and visited a shooting range to do this. putin firing a sniper rifle for show for a photo as the young men he sends into battle are painting their guns to cover the rust. there he is having a good time. putin putting on this show as he's on the verge of broadening his war in two major ways. one, another possible invasion. there's increasing fear tonight from ukraine that russian soldiers will soon reinvade from the north through belarus a. military official says russian mig fighter jets have been spotted on airfields in belarus and 10,000 troops are in the country for exercises. you're looking at exclusive video our fred pleitgen filmed at the time. the second way putin is expanding his war tonight is bringing another country into it. tonight we've learned putin isn't just buying drones from iran, but he also may soon get iranian missiles, say u.s. sources. while russia is denying using iranian-made drones in recent attacks, the u.s. says there's abundant evidence they're from iran, with the country putting military members, ukrainians, on the ground to train russian pilots. >> the fact is this. tehran is now directly engaged on the ground and through provision of weapons that are impacting civilians and civilian infrastructure in ukraine, in fact, that are killing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure. >> even as putin makes moves to make this war bigger, ukraine continues to move the front line closer to putin. just look at this new drone video tonight. what you're looking at here is a ukrainian rocket strike. it takes out a russian convoy, which is trying to hide in a forest near luhansk. at least five russian vehicles were obliterated in that strike. fred, putin is finding more ways to escalate the war, even as we hear the audio from that soldier, the military is woefully unprepared and faltering on the front line. >> reporter: absolutely right, erin. the ukrainians believe that vladimir putin is trying to find even more ways to escalate things further if, in fact, his troops continue to get pushed back, especially down in the kherson region. tonight the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, said the ukrainians have information that the russians mined the strategically dam on the river, that it could flood an entire region, including-0 villages and the town of kherson and pose a serious threat also to the biggest nuclear power plant in europe, the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. they continue to push that counteroffensive in the south. here's what we're learning. as ukrainian forces press their counteroffensive in the country south, russia is resorting to what appear to be increasingly desperate measures in the kherson region. thousands waiting to be evacuated by boat. the puppet authorities installed by moscow claiming they have already taken 15,000 out of kherson city. why did you decide to evacuate, the reporter asks. i have a small child to take care of, the woman answers. russia says it's ferrying these people to safety. the ukrainians say these are little more than deporttations. the russians say they are increasing the intensity of their mobilization effort. russian president vladimir putin visiting soldiers outside moscow and himself even firing a sniper rifle. and putin's continued aerial assault on ukraine's energy infrastructure is starting to take a toll. ukraine's authorities announcing the need for partial blackouts in most of the country as intense strikes on power plants continue using cheap kamikaze drones that they say iran has provided to the russian army. this spokeswoman rejecting the allegations. >> translator: this is nothing more than a collection of unsubstantiated inferences that br britain and france are trying to build into a structure and it collapses front of everyone. >> reporter: on russian tv , this military expert and defense ministry adviser seemed to admit the origin of the drones, not realizing his mic was hot, he tells the host -- >> translator: let's not shake the boat too much. we all know that they are iranian, but the authorities did not admit that. >> reporter: but the russians are now admitting things are not going well on the battlefield. the top commander acknowledging his force's position in ukraine's south is, quote, tense. erin, that's one of the reasons why it could be quite significant that vladimir putin was seen today at that base, at that training place to get with his defense minister because shoigu has been on the side. also the man who's actually pressing russia's offensive where i am, that would be from the private military country. there seems to have been a power struggle going on. it certainly something up in the air, erin. >> fred, thank you very much, reporting on the ground from kramatorsk. as putin and his defense chief met with the troops and, who knows, possibly plotting the attack from belarus. we're covering both angles tonight. retired air force colonel cedric leighton is standing by at the magic wall. i want to go to douglas london, former cia counterterrorism chief. he spent three decades in the cia's clandestine service, pursuing russian intelligence officers, also fluent russian speaker. thank you very much for being with me. he's also the author of "the recruiter: spying and the last affirmative american intelligence." this image today, putin with the sniper rifle inspecting troops with the defense minister in a very rare joint public appearance. what does this signal to you? >> i think fred had it right. putin needs to show continued control, continued strength, and there's been squabbling among his inner circle which clearly appears to be the case. as fred noted, it was the media chief that the russians recently arrested, and he was spearheading a lot of the online and media attacks. by standing with the russian draftees, he's demanonstrating there's no daylight between us, i'm in charge and my people are behind me. >> obviously not the truth, but that's the image he's putting out there. but let me ask you on this front because there's something you pointed out. putin recently named the commander of russia's air force as the person in charge of the overall war in ukraine, the ultimate commander. he replaces an army general. of course the air force is not doing that much in ukraine. you think that is is signific significant. >> i don't think he makes a decision on a senior position without considering what does this do for me, what is the threat and the advantage. i don't think merit is really primary in his deliberations. so the current chief, he started out of the ground forces. he spent time there and went to the air force later in his career. ve typically in russian history it's about storming the castle if they're launching a coup. an air force chief is going to be challenged to do that and would make putin feel safer. >> the army would be what would be involved in a coup. if he's putting in the air force, it's significant perhaps even to show his thinking. on that front, you spent decades dealing with the kgb. you see multiple signs of what you say is, quote, infighting within putin's core. do you think he's at risk of a coup. >> i think we're far away from a coup. there's certainly fissures and they can grow worse depending on how things go on the battlefield, but how things go internally. folks in his inner circle have invested their lives in standing with him, and there are those who needs to count on, his national security adviser, the head of the fsb, people who make the difference in terms of his inner security. if things get worse, if he doesn't find means to seize control once again, there could be a problem for him down the road. >> amazing to watch. when there are fissures, breaks there, they're there, and that's notable on its own. doug, thank you very much. as russia puts soldiers and weaponry inside belarus, i want to talk to retired air force colonel cedric leighton. colonel leighton, a senior military official says a russian attack on ukraine from belarus, that they believe it can happen. they think it's likely and that this time it would originate in the west, which is obviously different from russia's attack. the west would be all the way by poland. that senior ukrainian official says this all could be targeted at nato supplies coming over those two main border crossings with poland, and that obviously risks great escalation in this war. what is the significance of this? >> it's hugely significant and here's why. when you look at this border crossing point here, it's right on the potential/ukrainian border. this is where the volume of all the material that the ukrainians get from the nato countries, from the united states, from other countries. that all goes through that crossing point and a couple other crossing points. but that is one of the main ones right there. so when we dealt with the earlier invasion, we were talking about something that came down this way. but if we're dealing with something that would go into the west, which would basically be designed to cut things off, it would be coming in this way and it would potentially serve to isolate this city from the rest of the ukraine and cut them off from poland, potentially if it gets down far enough, slovakia and romania. it would prevent possibly the effort to resupply the ukrainian armed forces at the most critical juncture of their fight against the russians. >> obviously along the border is where ukrainians fled you'll have massive civilian impacts and the possibility of a direct conflict with nato. we have the air base near there as well on the polish side. i want to play the sound from the newly drafted russian soldier detailing a shockingly unprepared military. this is a kid who says that he's happy to fight, but this is the problem what he was handed. here's the audio. >> translator: whatever we wear here, we bought ourselves. they're forcing us to go on camera to encourage the mobilized not to be afraid to come out here and fight of the we're spending up to 60,000 to 70,000 rubles on our own gear, and what they are giving us, the ammunition, cartridges, et cetera, are all rusty. i repainted the rifle they gave me so you couldn't see the rust. we're buying everything. soon they will ask us to buy our own grenades. no one is supporting us. to be honest, i wouldn't lets any of us out there. they give you blank ammo cartridges, which when shot simply fall to the ground. they trained us how to handle weapons, artillery, but they took the whole group just once to demonstrate how to use them. half the group didn't understand. some did, whatever knowledge we have is thanks to what we've learned on our own. >> colonel, of course we can't independently verify the authenticity of that call, but what's your reaction to what you heard? >> what a complete and utter disaster. what a disservice to those troops. as a former commander and a former leader of soldiers and airmen and marines and sailors, i looked at that particular tape and said this would never fly in anything that i was a part of. so what it shows us is the russians are really not taking care of their troops. they're not resupplying them. they have a major problem with actually getting all of the things that they need to the front. if those kinds of soldiers are coming to the front, they are definitely not ready to conduct movements like this, either the one they did before which targeted kyiv, or the one they're planning to do now, allegedly, which could potentially cut the west of ukraine off from the rest of europe. >> all right, colonel. thank you very much. 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>> there's lots of grand jury activity. so last week a reporting team at the federal courthouse in washington, d.c., we noticed kash patel there. he was there all morning at the courthouse and he was -- we can confirm now -- speaking to a grand jury under a subpoena demanding information to part of the mar-a-lago information. this is mar-a-lago information, obstruction of justice, mishandling of federal records potentially. what this shows is that the justice department is still looking at witnesses and potentially criminal charges in this probe. now, kash patel is not just anybody in this. he is a person who's very close to donald trump. he's an adviser, he's a former administration official with the defense department, the national security community. this summer he was appointed the less than a to the national archives for donald trump, and he's been publicly out there saying that he wants documents declassified that trump doesn't want to have keeping secrets. he's a very significant individual. that is very significant step, and it confirms that the grand jury is active and pulling in people to this grand jury now. >> thank you very much. that's what boots on the ground reporting does. ryan goodman and former special counsel at the defense d. they're outside the courthouse watching, they see kash patel go in, they figure this out. this is grand jury in the mar-a-lago case. what does it mean to you when you hear kash patel is there for such an extended period of time? >> i think it is -- it does mean it's not just heating up, but they're going after somebody in trump's inner, inner, inner circle when it comes to the mar-a-lago documents. just as described, he really is the front player for trump a, a he's been out there. to get somebody like that under oath, under penalty of perjury of law and to say to them was that the plan? there were multiple statements over multiple times that trump ice idea was to release it, was it the plan? that would be very damaging. >> right. trump said all i like to do is think about documents. he even claimed what kash patel said about declassification. that is obviously the mar-a-lago grand jury. let's talk about fulton county, the grand jury there. big developments on that one. that's trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. federal appeals court rules lindsey graham can be subpoenaed. we know that can be significant because he made multiple calls to the georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger who had the 44-minute conversation with then-president trump where he said just get me 11,870 votes. and former republican senator kelly loeffler and pat cipollone have both testified. we're learning all those things. sorry this is long, but yesterday we reported on that federal judge who said there's evidence, there's an email that shows trump knew the georgia data was a lie and he signed under oath a legal document attesting to it anyway. does this lead to trump himself now? >> absolutely. and i think two of the most significant ones are the cipollone testimony and then also the federal judge, both of them going at the lawyers. because we know from cassidy hutchinson that their plan of the false slate of electors is illegal. that's what they're criminally investigating. and then the judge is actually handing another piece, which is a lawyer actually saying trump should not be saying this or signing this document because he knows it's false. he's been made aware that it is false, and that's handing it off to the district attorney. >> trump adding another lawyer who represents other january 6th witnesses. who does that say that he's adding to his team? >> tii think it's about the subpoena from the january 6th committee, but it's unclear which way it plays. it might mean he's doing it because he's fighting the subpoena, but it might mean he's saying he wants to actually go before the committee and use the platform and then he wants a lawyer that will assist him had " -- in doing that. >> ryan, thank you. next, the democrat running for governor in arizona will not debate her opponent. republican kari lake has made it right now the absolute centerpiece of the entire campaign. biden in pennsylvania hoping to help senate candidate ferment john fetterman defeat dr. oz. this is a very competitive race. is the president's presence a liability or benefit? 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they want to win, and lake wants to stand next to a winner. it is why youngkin is heading there in michigan. but then he's heading to georgia to campaign with brian kemp who also kept trump at a distance and has famously battled with him. what they have in common is they want to win. >> interesting the star power of kari lake and glenn youngkin, certainly, in national republican politics. bakari sellers and conservative radio host eric erickson, host of "the eric erickson show". this issue with the mules accusation, this ballot drop box issue in arizona. we're only two weeks away from election day. how worried are you that this is just the beginning and things will get a lot nastier and uglier? >> i mean, things will get a lot nastier. things will get a lot uglier, but i'm not worried. i mean, the fact is people oftentimes throughout history have had to overcome obstacles. masters and kari lake have absolutely no backbone. the reason they're popular in magaland and with the republican party is they stand for absolutely nothing. for them to say they're pro-democracy or stand with the united states of america, it's just -- it's oxymoronic to say the least. these individuals who are running for office right now are unqualified to hold any seat. yes, they're going to put a militia on the ground and use voter intimidation, but really believe that voters in arizona are willing to overcome all of those things to elect people who deserve to be in office. and kari lake and blake masters are clowns who don't deserve nobody office because fundamentally they don't stand for anything. >> which may be true. there's many who would say that's what most politicians want. i guess to that point, eric, what kari lake seems to have is energy and star power. is that enough? >> she's got energy and star power. she's also got 4 of the last 5 polls in arizona showing her winning. she's definitely doing something right. katie hobbs' refusal to debate her reinforces that hobbes is scared. i wasn't a fan of either republican candidates on the ground in the primary, but kari lake has shown herself to be a very adept politician with years of media training being in the media and it's working to her advantage. >> i want to asking about what he just mentioned, the debate, the lack thereof, right? katie hobbs when she started running was hailed as a hero across the country because she counted the ballots fairly in the state of arizona. but now even many democrats are criticizing her for refusing to debate kari lake. kari lake has made this the centerpiece of her campaign. she calls out hobbs for this every chance she gets. >> why is it that katie hobbs will not debate? what is she trying to keep you from? what is she hiding? >> the people of arizona will never support and vote for a coward like katie hobbs who won't show up on a debate stage. >> i'm doing a debate on sunday and i'm inviting katie hobbs to show up on sunday. i hope she will. did somebody say chicken? i didn't say that. somebody said it. >> how does her refusal to debate hurt hobbs? >> very much so. i don't know who is advising her. i'm sure if the dga is advising her, someone needs to be fired. it's a terrible decision to make. you should get on the stage with people. there's no reason why you can't debate kari lake. she doesn't deserve to represent the citizens of arizona and katie hobbs needs to stand on stage, take the questions, whatever criticism there is, but blast her opponent and let people know what she stands for and why herr opponent doesn't want to be there. me and aeric don't agree on muc, but she needs to debate and that's something we agree on. >> eric, you heard what kyung lah said about governor youngkin. he has had glowing praise for kari lake. she shows up with her on the campaign trail yesterday. here's what he said. >> you need a fighter and you've got one. that's what you've got. [ cheers ] you need a leader who's going to understand that she works for you, and let me tell you, i think you should hire her. >> okay, eric, here's the thing. the one thing she has stoold stood for is she denies the integrity of the 2020 election. that is something that glenn youngkin has vocally been on the other side of. so he said that about kari lake. you got to hire her, she's so amazing. he's also said these things. >> joe biden was legitimately elected our president. he took the oath and was sworn in. >> i said there wasn't material fraud, and i believe the election was certify bly fair. >> how can he back kari lake? >> in trying to make politicians consistent over time with what they stand for when they all just want to win is kind of a losing battle here. to bakari's point earlier that lake isn't fit to serve or she's not qualified, the problem here is democrats really do care about january 6th. they care about the election nihilism. i actually care about it. i think they're wrong that the mules is garbage and left people in lurch, but at the same time you got a really bad economy, you got all these other issues out there that republicans are focused on and closing in. voters care more about the price of gas and groceries than they do about the 2020 election, more so than any of us do. that's what's winning the elections and glenn youngkin wants to be tied to that. >> glenn youngkin may have bigger ambitions, so he wants to get everybody -- >> right, absolutely. >> thank you very much. next, in one of the biggest battleground states, voters say they are ready for a change. in the past i was independent, but it's become clearer and clearer i need to vote democratically. it was supposed to be a joke, but then it became reality. a head of lettuce outlasted the british prime minister's time in office. we're live in london. there's no mess oror stress. bath fitter. it just fits. visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation. ♪ ♪ age-related macular degeneration may lead to severe vision loss. and if you're taking a multivitamin alone, you may missing a critical piece. presvision. preservision areds 2 contains the only clinically proven nuient formula recommended by the national eye institute of moderate to advanced amd progression. 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>> reporter: erin, you will remember during the 2020 campaign biden was here all the time as the democratic nominee, and that has continued throughout his presidency. it wasn't a surprise that he would come back here to flechld, a democratic stronghold, to help john fetterman as he tries to become next senator from pennsylvania. this was a private, closed-door fundraiser and receptionist. they didn't see him with the crowd, but it was an opportunity for fetterman to be seen with the president. we typically see him in his signature hoodie and shorts. this time we saw him in a suit and he flew in air force one. this is as this race continues to tighten here in the commonwealth. it is very likely that it will determine who has control of the u.s. senate, so there's a lot of eyes on this, a lot of pressure from both sides. there are key counties that both of the candidates have zeroed in on, the suburbs outside of philadelphia. they've got suburban women who are quite independent. take a look. >> i'm dr. oz, i approve this message. >> reporter: as ads for the hotly contested pennsylvania senate race flood the airwaves in the final weeks of the campaign, it's the philadelphia suburbs where women may end up deciding the outcome. >> oh, i am fired up. >> reporter: the four so-called collar counties, the suburbs that surround philadelphia, are home to some of the state's most affluent and educated female voters. and they have a big independent streak. >> we know these voters have moved in recent years towards democrats, but they have a long tradition of voting for republican candidates. >> reporter: most of the women we talked to have voted or considered voting for someone in both parties. >> in the past i was independent and i would vote on either side, but it's become clearer and clearer that i need to vote democratically. >> in 2016 i realized that there needed to be a change, and so at that point i decided that i was going to become a republican. >> reporter: they have studied pennsylvania voter trends for years. >> it's really going to be an interesting push/pull between these concerns that voters have about the economy and inflation, and then concerns about abortion rights. >> reporter: in bucks county, pennsylvania, women we spoke to named three key issues swaying their decision -- the economy, crime, and abortion rights. >> i'm voting based on our economy and based on the crime. >> reporter: sharon ejections s. >> oh, my god this cost me $250. oz offers more to me and has more to offer to our state. >> reporter: for others, abortion rights remain top of mind, and they plan to vote cardiology. >> john fetterman, because i care about reproductive rights. >> reporter: is that the biggest issue for you? >> it is. there's a lot of other issues, but right now i've become a single-issue voter. >> i'm afraid of the abortion issue, whether or not my own personal opinions of that, it's nobody's business. >> reporter: the candidates are targeting these suburban women in different ways. >> women are the reason we can win. don't piss women off. >> reporter: while oz released an ad this week emphasizing political moderation. >> extremism on both sides makes things worse. we need balance, less extremism in washington. >> reporter: both candidates signaling they understand the potential impact of these voters. in a race where the result could determine control of the senate. >> reporter: we learned just tonight that fetterman's really doubling down on these collar counties, erin. he will be holding a smaller, more intimate gathering with senator amy klobuchar and congresswoman chrissy houlahan. they will talk about gun rights, abortion rights, gun safety, economic issues as he tries to zero in on those voters, erin. >> thank you very much, jessica. next, could boris johnson be prime minister again? 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>> well, city columnist with the opposition labor party, you would expect him to say that. i think it is true. in recent years the quality of the leadership of the country, the quality of politics has really collapsed and it ended up in an utter shambles this week and utter disaster, really. liz truss is now on the way out, though. and then we have to consider who might come in and try to sort out this mess. not just an economic crisis, but a political crisis. the two front-runners tonight, if you speak to politicians in parliament, erin, are rishi sunak to the left of the party. he lost out to liz truss. he is also the man hated by the right of the party because he is seen as the man that brought down boris johnson's premiership. so what's going to happen? well, the talk is it will be rishi sunak versus the pinup still of the right of the party, who is boris johnson. it looks like they are going to go head to head. but is this the right solution? everyone really is looking for a compromise candidate here. and both these two figures are very divisive. so perhaps a third figure could come through. but it really rushed this process up. they want it cleaned up in a week. and they're talking about potentially on monday having a solution. if that's the case, the rishi sunak and boris johnson camps need to come together and try to find some sort of a solution. i just can't see how they're going to work it out, erin. we'll find out next week. >> all right, well, max, thanks very much for that honest report. we have the same issues with politics here. next, kevin spacey's court victory. who puts care into everything he does. it's a deodorant that really protects my skskin. it's comfortable and d lasts a long time. dove men. goeses on dry. clean feel all day. i was born here, i'm from here, and i'm never leaving here. i'm a new york hotel. yeah, i'm tall. 563 feet a 2 inches. i'm on top of e world. i'm oking for someone who likes to be in t middle of it all, but also likes some peace and quiet. you hungry? 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