Stay updated with breaking news from Brianna maitland. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
that we are getting in here and these details that we are learning? >> yeah, brianna, i think one of the key things was what kind of explosion was this? was it something caused by a missile, like when mh-17 or was it something that happened with an onboard explosion, could have been created by a bomb placed onboard the aircraft. s so that's something that is not quite clear yet based on what we've seen so far. if it's true that a wing was missing as the plane came down, obviously the plane is not airworthy in that situation. and when it comes down like that, and in a normal pattern and that would explain the trajectory as it was, you know, moving rapidly toward the and those are key things from a more
or investigation with a heap of salt. evelyn fenway parkus joins us now. evelyn, there's one major thing we don't know right now and that is for certain that prigozhin was on that plane. we know he was on the passenger list for that plane according to russian state media. we also know that was a plane and this is something cnn's own reporting indicate that that is a plane based on edge administration, that it belongs him and that it fell out of the sky. does this look to be an intentional act? >> yeah, jim and brianna, it's interesting because my first reaction is he probably is dead
internally the greatest toll and there are a lot of people with questions as well inside of russia. how do you see vladimir putin's position right now and what this says about his desire to try to shore up his support internally as he's trying to play this out here for the next year as he's helping to get maybe a little more favorable outcome in the election in the u.s. >> yeah, i mean, brianna, i think most of us when we saw that prigozhin wasn't immediately hauled off to jail or, you know, suffered an accident or was killed by putin, we thought, well, it may be because he needs prigozhin to do something for him. it may also be that he's really afraid of the nationalist and the russian people's reaction. because prigozhin, remember, said a lot of things about how badly the war was going and how the military wasn't providing him with enough ammunition, how the russian men fighting in the trenches in ukraine were being
debilitating effect on the leadership inside the russian military. nobody can trust anybody, and trust is an essential part of combat, of fighting. you have to trust who's with you, who's above you. i can't imagine there's a very strong degree of trust anywhere in the russian military today. >> and certainly you want the military leaders who are trustworthy to be your ones who are good on the battlefield. we don't know that that is the case here. general, appreciate your time tonight. thank you so much. >> thank you, brianna. "outfront" next, our breaking news continues. we will break down the harrowing video, you see it here, of yevgeny prigozhin's plane crashing to the ground frame by frame. what does it tell us about what happened to putin's top enemy? plus, trump allies turning themselves in as we await trump's historic arrest, which sources tell cnn will happen tomorrow night. so, how will it play out? we'll have details, next.
poisoning -- >> politicians, business leaders, the list goes on and on. >> inside and out of russian territory frankly. bianna golodryga is joining us on the phone now, has covered the events of this war and russian leadership. as you watch video of that plane falling from the sky, like a stone, a smoke trail behind it, tell us what your thoughts are. >>. >> reporter: i like so many others, jim and brianna am surprised but not so much. ever since that failed mutiny two months ago, many have speculated that there wasn't long for prigozhin. and putin froze for a good 24 to 48 where we saw nothing really transpire in russia, wondering why he and his troops were able
flight tracking data suddenly stopped transmitting southwest of the city of tevare. i want to bring in richard quest to talk about what we are seeing. some pretty interesting stuff here, richard. one of the details that stands out to me is this data that was publicly available and pretty amazing we were able to learn about it so soon, the data does know show a steep descent before the plane starts transmitting data. >> the starting point is, brianna, planes at altitude do not fall out of the sky. that is the starting point of any discussion about what happened to this aircraft. in the normal course of aviation, once a plane reaches its altitude, it is at the safest part of its flight. the engines are not stressed, it
hear that. he said that he believed that this could be a ukrainian intelligence operation on ukrainian independence day, another russian also telling me budanov can it, who is the head of ukrainian militants. and that seems to be sort of a narrative that is forming right now among some of those pro-crp pro-kremlin figures. we're going to see how that develops in russian state media. i thought one of the really interesting things i heard from brianna is there have been sort of purges and one of them was sergei soravikan.
2014. it's a time-worn creme lun strategy. fred pleitgen in berlin, thanks so much. brianna. >> we are taking a hook now and, as you know, we are looking at this video that appearances, falling out of the sky, in the tavare raejon the russian news agency has provided this video saying it shows a plane matching the size and shape that is falling from the sky. the plane had reached according to preliminary commission of data from the plane 28,000 feet, that it was moving at 590 miles per hour when publicly available
this is interesting, brianna, because bernie kerik is an unindicted co-conspirator. it is possible he could be call and he's been with rudy giuliani. we believe he even traveled to georgia. they're long time friends and kerik has been helping him try to find the right counsel to handle this case and walk him through this whole process, even though he is not an attorney, as he former new york commissioner. if kerik is helping him through this process but he can't talk to anyone who could be a witness in this case about the case, that could prove a little tricky. the next stop for rudy giuliani who did not come for this meeting, he will head to the fulton county sheriff's office to surrender. that process is expected to include fingerprints and a mugshot. truly remarkable, the idea of rudy giuliani, one of the top law enforcement officials in the united states, now a criminal defendant and soon to have a publicly released mugshot as he
several of these candidates who have not had a chance to speak in front of such a large audience before to have their moment in the spotlight, someone like for example doug burgum, the north dakota governor. he's never spoken to an audience this large before and he's going to get an opportunity to make his case and share his vision. it will be interesting, though, to see candidates like mike pence who have made their campaign so much about presenting a contrast against trump. he has been very sharply criticizing trump lately for what he did on january 6th. his attempts to overturn the election. it would have been very compelling to have someone, have mike pence stand alongside donald trump on a debate stage and pence actually went so far as to hold mock debate sessions that included trump. but brianna, now that is not going to happen. >> it isn't. but that would be an interesting moment indeed. steve contorno, thank you. live for us from florida. boris? let's expand the conversation now with cnn political commentator and democratic strategist karen finney and cnn senior political