Biden briefed on report that Wagner chief Prigozhin was in a plane crash
UKRAINE LED TO A PRIVATE ARMY MARCHING ON MOSCOW, AND NOW IT WOULD SEEM TO THIS. CHRIS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, JOSH LEDERMAN. I WANT TO BRING IN NBC’S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT PETER ALEXANDER WHO IS JOINING US BY PHONE. SO THE WHITE HOUSE HAS FINALLY ISSUED A STATEMENT AT LEAST BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE JUST HEARD AND WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT SOMETHING FAIRLY SHORT, TO THE POINT, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US FROM YOUR SOURCES. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT. TO CONFIRM, THAT IS THE FIRST WE’RE HEARING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT IS TRAVELING
WHERE WE ARE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, HE IS OUT, BUT WE JUST HEARD FROM OFFICIALS THAT HE HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS. AND IT’S NOTABLE BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE SOME COMMENTS SPECIFIC TO THE SITUATION RELATED TO YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN AND VLADIMIR PUTIN. I WAS TRAVELING WITH HIM IN FINLAND LAST MONTH. WHEN HE WAS ASKED A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PRIGOZHIN, AND HE SAID AMONG OTHERS THINGS IF HE WERE PRIGOZHIN, I WOULD BE CAREFUL WHAT I ATE, KEEP MY EYE ON MY MENU, HE SAID, BUT ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I DON’T THINK ANY OF US KNOW FOR SURE WHERE
THE FUTURE OF PRIGOZHIN IS FOR RUSSIA, AND I DON’T KNOW BEYOND THAT HOW TO ANSWER. CLEARLY RIGHT NOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS KEEPING A VERY
