giuliani in late 2019 that he was the target of a russian influence operation aimed at circulating falsehoods intended to damage president biden politically ahead of last year s elections, according to people familiar with the matter. the post adds that it was a defensive briefing, and then explains the significance of that. quote, defensive briefings are given to people to alert them that they are being targeted by foreign governments for maligned purposes. but they re also used to see how they respond to that, said frank figliuzzi. quote, they re now on notice, they said. so rudy giuliani is placed on notice that he s aiding russia, a u.s. adversary, and then he proceeds anyway. it s a vexing national security question that throws the door wide open to questions about donald trump s role in laundering russian disinformation from his perch in the oval office. more critically, these questions are adjacent to questions into the scope of the investigation into rudy giuliani f
germany. also, china, the pandemic and the olympics. beijing s zero covid policy appears to be quite successful so far, but is it a ticking time bomb with covid ready to explode across the world s most populous nation? i will be joined by one of america s top medical experts, ezekiel emanuel. finally, beirut was once called the paris of the middle east, today lebanon s currency has lost more than 90% of its value, food prices are devastatingly high, up 600%. it is a failed state. a new world bank report is brutally honest about the reason. we will tell you who gets the blame. but first, here is my take. only one person knows whether the ukraine crisis will lead to war, the man who started it, vladimir putin. but so far the biden administration has reacted to putin s military escalation intelligently, with an appropriate mix of deterrents and diplomacy. it has rallied european countries to stay together, provided more weapons to ukraine, and put some troops on heightened
should russia choose it. could it work? can invasion be avoided? i will talk to experts on the ground in ukraine, russia and germany. also, china, the pandemic and the olympics. beijing s zero covid policy appears to be quite successful so far, but is it a ticking time bomb with covid ready to explode across the world s most populous nation? i will be joined by one of america s top medical experts, ezekiel emanuel. finally, beirut was once called the paris of the middle east, today lebanon s currency has lost more than 90% of its value, food prices are devastatingly high, up 600%. it is a failed state. a new world bank report is brutally honest about the reason. we will tell you who gets the blame. but first, here is my take. only one person knows whether the ukraine crisis will lead to war, the man who started it, vladimir putin. but so far the biden administration has reacted to putin s military escalation intelligently, with an appropriate mix of deterrents and dip
documents showing a top russian general was a secret vip member of evgenyevgeny prigozhin s pri army. these new documents, as there are new questions about where the general and prigozhin are tonight. mike pence making a surprise trip here to ukraine while he is going against so many in his own party whether it comes to the war. pence is outfront tonight. the supreme court decision that has the obamas speaking out forcefully tonight. let s go k outfront. i m erin burnett live in key et tonight. a top secret p member. new documents showing a top rurj shan general is a vip member of the wagner group. a top putin inner circle member listed as a member of yevgeny prigozhin s personal army, same army that marched against putin. it is a major development. guess what? there s more. in these documents, obtained exclusively here, there are 30 other senior russian military officials action wagner members. these are significant revelations if true. raising more questions, specifi
rachel: wow. greg palkot is live in kyiv with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, folks. yeah, it has been an amazing night with some amazing news just across the border from where we are right now with ramifications potentially for the war here and much more. it s being called the biggest challenge to russian president vladimir putin s 23 years in power, an attempt thed coup, an armed uprising, a mutiny. the man responsible, wagner mercenary group chief. he complain about russian military leadership even saying his forces had been fired on by russians. that s when he took his 25,000 fighters plus tanks, armor, guns to nearby kyiv, population 1 million. with almost no fight put up, they took over the main military headquarters there plus other administrative buildings with the demand that the top russian military brass come to them to discuss complaints. now, threatening to move on to moscow if if not happy if and some of his forces getting closer to the capit