actually, after injuring his leg playing basketball. he appeared in the media area this afternoon on crutches. but will be on the debate stage tonight. correspondent bill melugin is here in milwaukee tonight with the final countdown to the big event. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. here we go. candidate walk throughs are officially done. all of them are getting ready for tonight in their own unique way. some of them are listening to music, trying to get fired up others are trying to stay relaxed and loose. they know what is on the line tonight. they know it s a huge opportunity, and they are looking to shake up this race. north dakota governor doug burgum on crutches in the spin room with a torn achilles tendon. he doesn t plan to let the injury stop him from debating tonight. if you are going to lead this country you ought to be able to stand on one leg for two hours. it s not dancing with the stars. i moan, come on. meanwhile, vivek ramaswamy ho
happened in the wagner group said they were strong supporters of mr putin. with more details, here s bbc editor. 3 putin. with more details, here s bbc editor. , putin. with more details, here s bbc editor. , , putin. with more details, here s bbc editor. i, , , ., editor. a very surprising turn of events, editor. a very surprising turn of events. the editor. a very surprising turn of events, the statement - editor. a very surprising turn of events, the statement from - editor. a very surprising turn of| events, the statement from the kremlin spokesman. let me recall at the very start of this apparent mood mutiny. he was somewhat rattled and vowed to punish the people he called traitors and as far as we know, that has not yet happened. and days after the mutiny by wagner group fighters, he sat down with dozens of their commanders as well as the chief yevgeny prigozhin himself. that meeting, according to the kremlin spokesman, they discussed the war on ukraine which they
now. our second hour star welcome . i m yasmin vossoughian, if you just running, as welcome. if you re sticking with, us we re thankful for that. we have got a lot of developments in russia, as the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, says his mercenary group is turning back and abandoning s march towards moscow. he made that announcement after the president of belarus claimed he held talks with prigozhin. i want to bring in nbc s met in standing back and trying. this math, you heard this thing firsthand. talk us through what you heard from prigozhin, the revelation of this, quote unquote, deal. thank you, yasmin. obviously, very shocking development, after what has been, as we ve discussed, very astonishing 24 hours in russia. we had another audio message from prigozhin. he speaks very intensely, always, part of his charm, for lack of better word. we saw that again in this latest message, also a little bit taking a step back. he s admitting that he stepping down
and the consequences for the rest of the world. kremlin spokesperson says, the leader of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, will not face charges for actions russian president vladimir putin described as treason just hours ago. spokesperson also saying, prigozhin will head to neighboring belarus, with wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted. this comes after prigozhin ordered his forces to turn back, return to their bases, abandoning an armed rebellion that had them heading toward moscow. we are looking at new video into us taken from the city of rostov near the ukrainian border. as all these new developments come in and we get these new images, the question remains, how do we get here this fast? the wagner group was what russia calls a, quote, private military company. over the u.s. calls the group a proxy force that had been fighting on russia s behalf in ukraine. on friday, prigozhin accused russia s defense minister, ordering a rocket strike on wagner s camps
to hear her first here outfront. plus, the collapse of the second largest bank in american history that happened in the span of 48 hours and is affecting the entire banking industry and perhaps beyond. i ll speak to the ceo of a company whose money was with that bank, got a call from a panicked investor to get out now. you ll hear what happened. and the president of a little known group of islands calls out china s xi jinping accusing china of bribery, personal threats to his safety, all over xi s potential invasion of taiwan. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, executed by russian soldiers. her son s death was seen around the world. she had to watch it herself, and the mother of that ukrainian soldier is now speaking out for the first time. the video of his death difficult to watch, but important to show the depravity of what s happening on the front lines. it sparked global condemnation. the ukrainian was executed after he said glory to ukraine. an