stories breaking. former president donald trump picking up a key endorsement just four days away from the new hampshire primary. one of his most dedicated pursuers meantime in court is facing new allegations of impropriety. controversial georgia prosecutor fani willis is blaming the estranged wife of her alleged lover for accusations she was she has engaged in an improper relationship with him. willis is the prosecutor leading the election-related case against former president trump. now she is facing conflict of interest allegations herself. correspondent steve harrigan is following this has details tonight from atlanta. good evening, steve. steve: bret, things are really getting complicated, bitter and personal even ahead of a february 15th hearing that will try to determine if there was an improper relationship between the d.a. and the prosecutor she hired and also to determine whether the two misspent public money on vacations for themselves. now, the prosecutor, nath
whole world on a nerve s edge? yevgeny prigozhin out of sight. this is the last-known image of the wagner leader fleeing, striking a deal to go to belarus after leading an armed rebellion over the weekend. but is there a deal really? what does it say about his motive in that new audio recording? plus, the kremlin scrambling pro project control, releasing new video of vladimir putin today. we hadn t seen him in more than 48 hours since releasing a short statement during the most dramatic challenge to his power in decades. his whereabouts officially are still unknown since we don t know exactly when or where the video was recorded. president biden, though, making it clear in the last hour putin can t point fingers at his enemies. he gave no excuse to blame this on the west or blame this on nato. we made clear that we were not involved, we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within russia s system. in about 15 minutes we ll hear from the u.s. state departme
future of russia. among them what is prigozhin s next move, what concessions if any did he get to reverse course, and where is he today? this is treason. in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a stab in the back of our troops. plus, what does vladimir putin s unprecedented admission of vulnerability in a national speech mean for his hold on power and on the war in ukraine? this is just the latest chapter in a book of failure that putin has written for himself and for russia. economically, militarily. his standing in the world. all of those things have plummeted. we ll have insight and analysis this hour from former cia director john brennan, former u.s. european command deputy steph twitty, a former top adviser to president zelenskyy in ukraine, and senate intelligence committee chairman mark warner, who was briefed on prigozhin s plans in the days leading up to the weekend rebellion. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington, where pr
you on mondays anymore. how come you re here? you know, there is stuff going on. thought it would be good to be in the chair today. can i say i listened to your debut deja news today which i loved. thank you very much. fantastic stuff. i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today calle
i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes. i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today called rachel maddow presents deja news. the whole idea of the podcast is deja vu like something is going on in the news today. doesn t this remind me of something else? yes, it does. something that might seem unprecedented like we ve never fac