fighters will withdraw from a high profile battle in ukraine next week. the major blow to russian president vladimir putin and what it could mean for the war if they do retreat. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments here. i want to begin in ukraine with the latest commenting from the leader of russia s wagner group, threatening to withdraw from bakhmut if he s not supplied with more ammunition. this graphic video with the bodies of russian soldiers, he would draw as soon as next wednesday, significantly after victory day celebrations in russia. this is a guy trying to earn putin s good graces, the latest declaration is shocking. reporter: the words in the declaration are not necessarily so surprising because we have heard him in recent days since last week make this claim that he says russia s ministry of defense is not providing his group with enough ammunition in bakhmut. what is surprising here is the tone that he has in these videos and the
we begin tonight with a surprising apology from the convicted boston marathon bomber, dzhokar tsarnaev spoke today moments after formally being sentenced. he told the victims he was sorry for the lives he took. erica was in the room, and tell us what it was like when tsarnaev broke his silence. you know, lease arc the moment that dzhokar tsarnaev stood up to speak the courtroom became so silent that you could hear a win drop. but it had to be that quiet because tsarnaev was so soft-spoken as he was apologizing at the beginning of his statement. and his voice only growing louder later on as he was reciting a couple of verses from the car qur an. but the families listened closely to what tsarnaev had to day. some shaking their heads ang rilly, and others crying. for the first time since the police named him as one of the bombers two years ago, dzhokar tsarnaev publicly saying so to the court, i m sorry for the lives that i ve taken, and to the victims families, i pray for yo
in the hot seat again. the national transportation safety board is back to growing metro officials for a second day all about january deadly smoke incident at l enfant was up. jeanette reyes has more. we understand will moderate officials described people fearing talking about the agency. jeanette: that s right, they refer specifically to frontline workers. the meeting is underway right now. a couple of things, raising eyebrows wmata still facing tough questions from ntsb officials and they focus on a number of issues, namely overall security and safety culture of the agency. investigators paid particular attention to how wmata reports safety violations from employees. their purpose is to have all employees report any safety issues, whether it is an issue to them or customers. wmata officials acknowledged theoretically is a great idea but one employee says employee simply believe the risk outweighs the benefits for them even going as far as saying that employees fear losing t
afghanistan. i ll take a ride with the only female taxi driver - finding out what challenges she faces on the road. rebel groups in syria launched major attacks against government forces in aleppo at a city south of damascus. after two years of fighting for control of the strategic square in aleppo rebels say they have seized the area. they have also taken control of the surrounding government barracks. further south rebels attacked government-held areas in deraa. heavy fighting has been reported in that area overnight. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant have entered the syrian town of kobane for the first time in six months. 12 people have been killed and 70 wounded. according to kurdish fighters from the y.p.g. i.s.i.l. entered the sworn side of kobane and i.s.i.l. fighters stormed al-haas anger in north-eastern syria and seized several areas, and a suicide bomber attacked the city. we ll go to our correspondent, monitoring our costs. let s start with koba
this is my fight song and this morning we re hearing exclusively from the teenager who lost his arm in an encounter with a shark on the beach in north carolina. i feel something against my leg. it all happened very, very quickly. his inspiring words and his message for the young girl who was also bitten by a shark on the same day just miles away only on gma. this is my fight song this is my life song we do say good morning, america on this thursday morning. friday eve, good to have dan and david back with us this morning. and the incredible strength from that young man. yeah, this really is something. he lost his arm less than two weeks ago but he s taking this as another one of life s challenges. what a message he has for everyone and this is just as we learn of another shark attack on that north carolina coastline and we ll have more on that too. that s all ahead. we want to begin with the latest on those escaped killers. a new prison worker arrest