russian president vladimir putin trying to project an image of strength as he faces the biggest threat ever to his authority. is putin still in danger of losing power? his former prime minister says yes, and he will be outfront next. plus, where is yevgeny prigozhin? no confirmation that the wagner chief ever made it outside russia. as the fsb keeps its criminal investigation on prigozhin wide open. two moscow reporters who have covered him extensively with be reporting this hour. i m going to talk to the mayor of kyiv who warns ukraine is not prepared if putin attacks the biggest nuclear plant in all of europe. let s go outfront. and good evening, and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i am erin burnett live from ukraine tonight. tonight, putin on defense. the russian president speaking out three days after the armed rebellion led by his former ally yevgeny prigozhin. and make no mistake, a threat to putin s authority tonight is very well. putin right now
enforcer seems over. saturday, putin indirectly branding prigozhin a traitor, saying he was leading an armed insurrection. the tipping point in escalating tensions, prigozhin sending battle hardened wagner mercenary fighters towards moscow from an undisclosed location, os tensively on his way to exile in belarus, prigozhin denied. prigozhin s point, his beef not with putin directly but with his defense minister, sergei shoigu, whom he blames for starting an inconceived war in ukraine. translator: as a result of the ill conceived decisions, it was planned that this unit would
republican rivals in a presidential debate. but it s possible he could soon face an even tougher crowd. all of his accusers at a single news conference. that s the idea actually being pitched by karen kraushaar one woman who accused him of sexual harassment in the 1990s. she said she is ready to go before the camera with women with similar stories. joe johns, that is video from a number of years ago where we were seeing kraushaar. we have no new video of her at this point. herman cain was on late-night tv laughing, brushing off all these accusations and yesterday, joe, it was all business. what do you think, is this a sign of how serious this scandal has become in. yeah, kyra, you get the feeling someone here is operating in a parallel universe. whether herman cain or his accusers. cain issued a blanket denial of all allegations of inappropriate behavior with anyone. i can categorically say i have never acted inappropriately with anyone period. so, it will be up to him to