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vladimir putin signed a decree requiring all mercenaries to swear allegiance to russia. that comes as the russian leader for the first time outright denied he had anything to do with the plane crash presumed to have killed the infamous mercenary who led an uprising against him. yevgeny prigozhin. there's no sign the plane was struck by a missile. sources tell nbc one leading theory is that an explosive was on board. josh lederman joins me now. what's the latest from overseas. >> reporter: the kremlin is calling it absolute lies, the suggestion, chris, that president putin ordered the killing of yevgeny prigozhin. dmitry peskov says that's speculation being pushed by the

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west, and urged everyone to wait for the results of the full investigation. suffice it to say, chris, nobody outside of russia is looking to a russian government investigation as some type of independent fact finding mission that is really going to turn up the truth about what happened here. but it is the only mechanism in existence right now other than what u.s. and other intelligence agencies are trying to do from the outside to get more information on what happened here, and we've just learned from russia's investigative committee that they say they have now obtained the black box from that plane. they are now looking through the data on that black box to see if they can figure out what exactly happened in the minutes before it descended rapidly to the ground and crashed killing everyone on board, but there have been these profound questions now about what comes next for the wagner group. as you mentioned, just today, president putin signed a decree, ordering all wagner fighters to swear an oath of loyalty to the russian government. i'll read you part of the oath

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i came in, i was treated very nicely, but it is what it is. i took a mug shot, which i never heard the words mug shot at the wharton school of finance. i don't let it bother me. it is what it is, it's a horrible thing. and really it helps that you know when you have poll numbers like this, that means the people understand it. >> reporter: it is what it is. that's what the former president is saying, chris, and i spoke with several of his supporters here right in front of the fulton county jail. last night, just moments after that mug shot was released. one of them telling me that it looked like an album cover, essentially, you know, showing that many of former president trump's supporters see it as a rallying cry, and certainly his campaign hopes that it will help him get elected in 2024, chris. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you for that. the former president is now fighting to push his trial back in multiple cases, as a matter of fact. nbc's ken dilanian is following all of that for us.

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president trump through no fault of his own in my view, in large part, when he's in office, about 30% of this country loses their mind. they become psychiatrically ill, disagreeing with once agreed with, agreeing with things they never agreed with, and i'm not having that effect on people. >> reporter: as for capitalizing on that momentum post debate, of course iowa is his first stop, which is no surprise, considering their investing heavily in the state. of course he's making four stops here today, and i'll tell you this morning, it was a packed house. they said they got a whole lot more rsvps after that debate performance. they had their biggest ever single day fundraising haul that they've had yesterday that day, post debate, they are riding high right now, how long can they take advantage of it. we'll have to see in the coming days, chris. >> dasha, thank you so much. all right. vivek getting a lot of

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help himself later on. just as you're saying, chris w this idea that he is running for the presidency largely so that if he gets elected he could try to destroy the justice department as he's pledged to do and destroy our rule of law, and intimidate people who he thinks have wronged him throughout his life and particularly in this episode. i'll say with the greatest understatement that i can possibly use that this may not have been exactly what the founders of our country intended the presidency to be used for. >> so trump has been able to leverage these criminal indictments into a dominant lead over his republican rivals against any expectation, right. there is a new political poll and it shows half of americans think trump should go to prison if convicted in the doj case on these alleged efforts to overturn the election, even more, 61% favor a trial. i was looking back to 1974,

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threading that needle is not going to be the easiest thing on earth, then he will try to generate crowds, to go to the outside of these courthouses and put pressure on jurors and others, and create even a situation of pre-civil war in order to keep himself out of jail. that is so far beyond nixon that let's put trump in his own category. >> we only have a minute left, but no matter what the polls say, has there ever been a president who engendered this particular kind of loyalty with his base against all odds, the kind that donald trump has? >> not in this way, and i think the best way to say that, chris, is that when in history has the support of a president's base been tested by saying will you support this guy even if he's going to the slammer for a long time. that was not a choice that had to be made for any other president in history, even

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the new york hush money case is scheduled to begin in march, and that date may hold. in the classified documents case in florida, judge aileen cannon set a trial date for may. it's very possible that date will slip. and on monday, judge tania chutkan will set an initial date on the fraud charges against mr. trump. this means that donald trump will have no choice but to be spending a ton of time next year getting ready for trial, and possibly sitting in multiple courtrooms even as he is trial to campaign for president. if he's convicted before the november election and he's the republican nominee, he will literally be campaigning to stay out of jail, chris. >> ken dilanian, thank you for that. all 18 of trump's codefendants have turned themselves in. they made it in under the deadline. nbc's vaughn hillyard has that part of our coverage. vaughn. >> reporter: chris, that's right. all 19 defendants here in fulton county have now formally surrendered and gone through the booking process. literally defendant number 19

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interests from where the trial takes place to the timing of it. kenneth chesebro, he requested an expedited trial. one that would happen sooner rather than later, and the judge approved and said his trial will start in october 23rd. donald trump, on the other hand, is saying that he doesn't want his trial to start until after the 2024 election. there's a lot of question marks because still, the district attorney has requested each of their trials to take place at the same time. we're talking about defendants who went through the booking process with clearly differing interests, chris. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you for that. while the investigation continues in georgia, house republicans say they are investigating the fulton county d.a. nbc news senior political reporter, sahil kapur is on the hill for us. what are you hearing? >> reporter: the big picture is house republicans are stepping into their new familiar role of trump defenders when he gets into trouble. this is the same playbook they ran on alvin bragg to investigate trump's

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hawaii electric company, accusing them of starting those deadly wildfires. the company already faces numerous negligence lawsuits, but this is the first to say that their utility wires caused that blaze. nbc's steve patterson is on the ground there. what more can you tell us? >> just that, chris, that their utility caused that fire, that it was the significant wind event and messages that were ignored about the possibility of maybe deenergizing those lines that came down in the wind, in dry brush, all of this was stated by the national weather service. it was really bad weather for fire, and caused those fires. not only that, but there was deepening allegations of negligence going back years that the it should have been hardened and stabilized, some of the routine maintenance issues were ignored. there was no automatic shutoff, that a lot of utilities carry in case of a wind event.

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the ex-doj official who allegedly helped trump spread his conspiracy theories. and some house republicans fighting back, the investigation they have launched into the fulton county d.a., accusing her of leading a politically motivated case. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. let's begin with nbc's gabe gutierrez outside the fulton county jail. what is the former president saying about his experience there? >> reporter: hi there, chris, good afternoon, former president trump calling it a sad day for america. and his supporters are already trying to fund raise off of that mug shot, putting it on merchandise, sending an e-mail out to supporters where they can donate 90% former president trump's campaign, 10% to the former president's leadership pac which in the past has funded his legal bills. the former president speaking out in an interview, a short time after his surrender. take a listen. >> terrible experience.

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