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
Prigozhin s whereabouts right now are unknown? it shows that putin does not have control. putin supposedly worked out this deal where he was going to belarus. all of a sudden prigozhin s not in belarus. the sort of kremlin media empire is trashing him on tv, and then he hosts him there for coffee or whatever where he supposedly gets a job offer. it just shows how weak putin is, the fact that he does not have fundamental control over the situation, which means he does not have full control over his country. this is a situation that could get a lot worse before it gets better. so, in this context is the nato summit, which is crucial for all parties involved. and it starts tomorrow. so, i sat down with president zelenskyy in odesa last week and he gave an impassioned appeal in english, which is rare for him. but he wanted to do it in english. he wanted to tell nato and
Indefensible tonight, telling reporters, i m quoting here, my take is the press continues to politicize, attack on people engaging in peaceful free speech. there s no doubt there were tens of thousands of people engaged in peaceful free speech that they demonize falsely. like this. let me find out, pence. let me find out myself that you treasoned the country. we ll fucking drag your ass, too. just last month, ted cruz told the truth, called january 6th a violent terrorist attack and then got his head handed to him on tv by tucker carlson. i digress. there are some republicans standing up for the truth. notably mitt romney. he texted his niece who happens to be chair of the rnc to
That s what they are calling legitimate political discourse. ted cruz still trying to defend the indefensible tonight. telling reporters, and i am quoting here, my take is the press continues to politicize attack on people engaged in peaceful free speech. there is no doubt that there were tens of thousands of people engaged in peaceful free speech that the press and democrats tried to demonize falsely. peaceful free speech, like this. so, let me find out, pence. let me find out myself that you treason the country. we ll fucking drag your ass, too. and remember, just last month when ted cruz told the truth calling january 6th a violent terrorist attack. and then, got his head handed to him on tv by tucker carlson. but i will digress. there are, however, some republicans who are standing up for the truth. notably, mitt romney, who is telling cnn that he texted his
Want the best for this country. might have different opinions about what s best. ed: might be phony about it sometimes, too. ainsley: maybe. so. steve: yesterday four blocks from where we are sitting right now a hey, who is that really tall guy going into the new york times. ed: seen him on tv. steve: wearing sunglasses. holding his coat. going in with his wife and came out with his wife and took the sunglasses off. it s the former fbi director going in to the new york times building. ainsley: clearly didn t want to hide it going in the front door not the back door. he was in there for three hours. steve: the new york times spokesperson says did he not visit the new york times news room however there are other businesses in that building. also, didn t go to the newsroom. ainsley: after he admitted to leaking to his journalist friends, it doesn t look good. ed: there are reporters for the new york times we should say who are tweeting last night and this morning that there may