man who threatened his grip on power, yevgeny prigozhin. but why? and did that meeting actually happen? plus tonight, major movement in the trump investigations. the doj going after trump s longtime aide in the classified documents case, while another grand jury is about to be selected. will it bring a third indictment against trump? and a massive manhunt tonight in pennsylvania. a suspected murderer with survivalist skills escapes from prison using a bed sheet. is someone tonight helping him stay alive and away and armed from police? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin, the not-so-strong man. the kremlin revealing tonight that putin met with yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of that armed rebellion just five days after the attempted coup. the kremlin is giving some details. they re saying it was a nearly three-hour meeting. they re saying it happened on june 29th. so a lot of details there, including putin s spokesperson dmitr
erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, trump s pressure campaign, the former president wants nikki haley out calling her bird brain and questioning her fancy clothes and says he doesn t get mad. he gets even. haley is defiant and is live at this hour. 14 people on board a plane killed and questions behind who was behind that crash, and a passenger notices missing boards on a plane of a wing that was board that had was ready for takeoff. tells the crew and the flight was cancelled. why didn t the airline notice it first? he s my guest. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight, trump bullying haley. trump calling her a bird brain who can never lead and is bullying on gop leaders is working. they are all getting on board. listen to the chairwoman of the rnc who had once vowed to stay neutral in this race. i m looking at the math and the path going forward, and i don t see it for nikki haley. and that just follows repu
world. i m christine romans. we begin with this senseless tragedy in louisville, kentucky , a 25 year old bank employee opening fire at his workplace, live streaming his own attack that killed four people in minutes. one of the nine others hurt in the early moments later died of those injuries. cnn s omar jimenez has more from louisville. in just moments. four people were killed in nine others injured at this bank in louisville, kentucky. officers were on scene within three minutes. the suspect shot at officers. we then returned fire and stop that threat. police revealing the shooter was an employee at the bank and had livestreamed the attack. suspect was live framing. and unfortunately, that s that s tragic. to know that that incident was out there and captured enforcement source telling cnn the shooter had also learned he was going to be fired and wrote a note to his parents and a friend indicating he was going to shoot at the bank. among those injured in the attack. two po
are not meant. to go through these types of tragedies. american people go through this again and again, this time for innocent people killed nine innocent people injured and yet another community in horror. today after a mass shooting in louisville, kentucky, after a lone gunman opened fire in his workplace, a bank the governor himself, says he knew one of the victims killed. plus emergency moves by the justice department and a drug manufacturer today trying to hit the brakes on the ruling from a texas judge, appointed by trump that effectively would ban the availability of a popular abortion pill. and classified pentagon documents leaked online , revealing top secret information on allies and adversaries. this leak different from previous ones because of how fresh the intel is speak with the house intelligence committee chairman who was said to be briefed on the matter just moments ago. welcome to the lead . i m jake tapper. it is another emotional day we start with our nati
we should point out nbc news has not yet verified that reporting half what we do have this afternoon is new reaction from a spokesperson for mark meadows. joining me now, luke broad january broadwater, matt miller, and joyce vance. luke, who exactly could be picking up these legal fees for at least it seems a dozen witnesses testifying before the january 6th committee? well, there are two funds that are funding witnesses lawyers. one is the save america pac which is run directly connected to donald trump. the other is the cpac first amendment fund which its director says consults with donald trump and donald trump s allies directly to decide which witnesses it will cover. so these are they offer both free legal advice to the witnesses and then also will pay for their attorneys fees if needed. this came to a head this week when cassidy hutchinson said she had to switch attorneys because she felt only with a new attorney could she be more forthright and testify publicly a