a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [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 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
hi there, everyone. i m nicole wallace, thanks for being here with us. we ve got a lot of places you get your news today, we re glad you re joining us. four pm in the east, it s 11 pm in moscow. we re following breaking news this hour, with the latest on the revolt unfolding in russia. and we see news is confirming, yevgeny prigozhin is the head of the wagner group, which is a private mercenary army in russia, that s done a lot of the fighting in the war in ukraine. he has called for his moscow bound convoy to stand down for now. that s only after advancing to within 120 miles of the city of moscow. in the biggest threat to russian president vladimir putin s grip on power that we ve ever seen. prigozhin sent a voice note, signaling that the forces would stand down, saying the group understands, quote, the responsibility for spilling russian blood on one of the sides. we are turning back our convoys, and going back to field camps, according to the plan. this comes just hours a
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john king here in for anderson tonight. thanks for your time. the deal that might have been. some breaking news, new reporting of a trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department, and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces. on the hunt for russian commanders, to corner and kill. and later, a father a speaking out about nearly using his children and their remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. but we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president. one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. it just hits the washington post, quoting one of donald trump s new attorney s proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former presidents team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. just aussie of the post shares the byline on that story. h
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