A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking nonenglish] Yevgeny Prigozhin had reason to be angry. He had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. His men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians Armchair Generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking nonenglish] there was a mutiny against Vladimir Putins 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 frankensteinlike scenario. Ive been following prigozhins extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the onetime, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. Making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. It is like, we know there is more
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
hackers stole from one of the agency computer networks. and researchers show the program that kept millions out of poverty is expiring. plus the biden administration is reacting after several reports revealed how migrant children are being exploited for cheap labor here in the u.s. and as the defense rests in the alex murdaugh trial. we begin at the u.s. supreme court. right now the justices are hearing arguments on whether president biden has the authority to wipe out more than $400 billion in student loan debt. the president s plan is being challenged by six states that say only congress could act on that. the plan was announced last summer, but lower courts put it on hold. the high court is expected to announce a decision later this year. with us now to talk about this, nbc news washington correspondent our reporter outside the u.s. court, and lindsey reiser. reporter: essentially what you have is two parties arguing that the biden administration didn t follow the pr
evening. now it is time for the las word, with jonathan capehart in for lawrence, good evenin my friend. good evening, alex. you are right. that s the most incredible typ ever it s a big typo i have never just erroneousl typed the flag of th confederate states when i mean to type hot dogs, or whatever. wow one alex that was great an great to see you you too happy weekend same to you tonight there is news it all for the significant criminal investigations involving donal trump, all eyes have been on and district attorney alvi bragg and fulton count district attorney fani willis investigations this week special counsel jack smith s investigations are moving full steam ahead. late today a major development in the documents case a federa judge reportedly issuing a sealed ruling today the donald trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, can be compelled to answer questions for the grand jury investigating trump s handling of classified government documents after he left office t
now it is time for the las word, with jonathan capehart in for lawrence, good evenin my friend. good evening, alex. you are right. that s the most incredible typ ever it s a big typo i have never just erroneousl typed the flag of th confederate states when i mean to type hot dogs, or whatever. wow alex, that was terrific. great to see you you too, happy weekend. same to you tonight, there is news in al four of the significan criminal investigation involving donald trump, and al eyes have been on and district attorney alvin bragg and fulto county district attorney fan willis s investigations this week, special counsel jack smith s investigations are moving full steam ahead. late today a major development in the documents case a federa judge reportedly issuing a sealed ruling today the donald trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, can be compelled to answer questions for the grand jury investigating trump s handling of classified government documents after he left office the