tonight, we begin with breaking news out of russia. a major twist in that country s war against ukraine. vladimir putin forced to confront a rebellion within his own borders. just hours ago, we learned that if guinea prigozhin, the owner and the head of the wagner group and mercenary force that has been fighting alongside the russian military and ukraine, halted his advance on to the country s capital. that announcement came shortly after prigozhin claimed he and his fighters had captured the city of rostov-on-don home to the russian military headquarters for its war in ukraine. since their invasion last year, moscow has become dependent on the back in a group to support the war efforts as they re dwindling russian forces struggle to make significant gains inside ukrainian territory. in december, the u.s. said it believed the group had an estimated 50,000 personnel inside ukraine alone. it made up of about 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts that were recruited from inside
chris christie s formal announcement that he s running for president, which we ll be bringing to you, we have breaking news right now in the trump investigation. mark meadows is testifying, trump s former chief of staff has now testified, we before a federal grand jury investigating trump. we are learning the special counsel is now using a grand jury in florida as well. we ve got a lot of details for you tonight breaking. and disaster in ukraine now a dangerous blame game of who is behind the destruction of a crucial dam. the breach unleashing deadly floodwaters, and now threatening the largest nuclear power plant in europe. plus, the pga tour sells out to the saudis. is professional soccer about to be next? good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. trump s former chief of staff testifying. cnn confirming that mark meadows has testified before a federal grand jury investigating trump. meadows is a key figure in the two investigations related
Joining us from the United States and all around the world. A monumental week for u. S. President joe biden, as he is set to meet with World Leaders at the United Nations. And deal with challenges back in washington. Negotiators from the United Autoworkers and automakers are set to meet, as a first strike to hit all of the three drags on. And why some socalled hijacked buildings are fighting back. Well have a live report for you from johannesburg. U. S. President joe biden is in new york, where he will be meeting with World Leaders at this weeks United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Biden alived sunday night and is expected to attend two campaigns. This week, the u. S. President also plans to meet with president zelensky, who will be attending the General Assembly and pushing for more support for ukraine. In washington, mr. Biden is facing a number of challenges. Including the about of a Government Shutdown later this month and Impeachment Inquiry launched by House Republicans. We go to
voltaren. the joy of movement. the prigozhin rebellion comes on the heels of ukraine s counteroffensive efforts for the last two, weeks ukrainian troops have been carrying out an assault on russian forces on the frontlines in the southeast. however, president volodymyr zelenskyy has said that their advances are slower than they hope. for ukraine s intelligence agency proclaimed on telegraph earlier that the russian infighting is a, quote, sign of the collapse of putin s regime. and zelenskyy has said now there is so much chaos that no lie can hide it. joining me now to discuss how the rebellion and packs the war is in itself, seven ukrainian member of parliament. thank you so much for joining us. first, i would like to get your response to the extraordinary events that are unfolding. when you and your colleagues
another 2,000 were partially affected. plus, issues with drinking water in southern ukraine and crimea, as well. you also have a severe lack of agricultural water, water for irrigation systems in southern ukraine, as well. so that part is not in dispute. but in terms of what happened, who s to blame, still plenty of questions. you have the united nations saying, look, we don t have enough information to draw conclusions. nato saying they can t say t definitively either, but they re inclined to blame the russians. saying, blowing up this dam and all the flooding that ensued is not helping ukraine s counteroffensive efforts. you have the ukrainians blaming russia. they say this is based on ukrainian intelligence that suggests that there were russian bombs placed inside the dam itself. there s also an international group of legal experts that is assisting right now the ukrainian prosecutor general s office, and they say that it is highly likely that it is russia who placed explosives, bas