[speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putin s war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] there was a mutiny against vladimir putin s armed forces. it is more like a fight between terrorist gangs, which is like a mafia state. vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. he had raised prigozhin and empowered him. prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. he does not exist without putin. this is a frankenstein-like scenario. i ve been following prigozhin s extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the one-time, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. it is like a thriller, we know there is more to come. it is to be continued. to tell the
florida governor ron desantis in iowa yes today, not mentioning donald trump by name, but still taking a few swipes at him. i think he was. we will show you what else he had to say about the front runner in the race for the republican nomination. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, may 31st. good to have your with us, along with joe, willie, and me. member of the new york times let s show jonathan really quick. okay, go, go. okay. we done this before. can we stop for a second? tj, i am scratching my face. you want to go to me now? and also, this historic day leave him alone. let s do jenna. hold on. cover me for a second, tj. okay. oh, we ve got jen. see, she can t even mess up! now now. good morning. okay. is my collar straight? thank you. let s actually get to work. hold on. when we do get to work, it s going to be a lot of fun, because i m going to get the yankees in a second, but these republicans will donald trump
on camera. a chinese fighter jet comes within 400 feet of a u.s. air force plane. our richard engel s dangerous assignment inside an african nation pracactically rurun by a russian mercenary group. how it s fueling the war in ukraine mystery solved why the famed venice canal suddenly turned green. and a major comeback for the pitcher diagnosed with cancer just five months ago announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester there is fear and outrage in iowa tonight as desperate families cling to hope that their loved ones may still be alive inside a partially collapsed apartment building in the city of davenport look at these images part of the building is totally gone, but then there was this amazing scene last night. a resident waving for help some 27 hours after the collapse not only that, it came after authorities said that first responders had checked the entire building and no one was left inside. in fact, th
trapped. the city under fire for trying to demolish the building today. we hear from desperate family members. also tonight, the most brazen attack inside russia yet. drones targeting residential areas in moscow. how president putin is responding tonight. the mass shooting on a boardwalk in florida. nine injured, four of them children while in california, a group of teens attacking these marines. the first big test in congress for the debt deal with a deadline to default just days away. news about former first lady rosalynn carter. her new diagnosis just announced. close call caught on camera. a chinese fighter jet comes within 400 feet of a u.s. air force plane. our richard engel s dangerous assigngnment insidide a african nation practically run by a russian mercenary group. how it s fuelling the war in ukraine. why the famed venice canal suddenly turned green. and a major comeback for the pitcher diagnosed with cancer just five months ago. announcer: this
Happening at the mines. let me ask you some serious, questions hard questions. what about this mine? the ndassima mine? there are so many reports that wagner troops came in and brutalized the people to get them to leave. no, the people with our army is secure. the area of the main, they don t steal, they don t kill people, they keep quiet in this area. so who s taking it? nobody. they re saying there s no activity going on? it is a lie. it is taking us. it is fake news. it seems that gouandjika wouldn t say anything to upset i wanted to know if he made