Out front next, the breaking news.

The Putin ally under assault, the situation on the ground changing by the hour.

Rebels seizing the second biggest city as a top Russian oligart threatens all-out nuclear war.

Plus, Biden defiant, pardoning his own son, even as his own party has been turning on him over it,

new details tonight that Hunter Biden

pled guilty only because he expected a pardon. And the tweets Trump's new press secretary didn't

want anybody to see, especially Trump. But guess what? K-file on earth then. Let's go out front.

And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, the breaking news,

a major Putin ally tonight under assault. At this hour, the second biggest city in Syria is now

in the hands of rebels for the first time since the war began a decade ago. As its dictator,

Putin's close ally, Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russian forces, is clinging to power.

The situation there is changing by the hour.

The rebels surprising both Putin and Assad, storming Aleppo, toppling statues of Assad's family.

Overnight, Putin's Air Force reportedly carrying out strikes in Syria in response.

The crisis in Syria for Putin tonight.

Coming as another one of his allies is in serious trouble.

Let me just show you the images out of Georgia tonight.

Protesters furious after Georgia's Putin-supported government decided to postpone talks to join the EU. It is led to

mayhem and protests on the streets. That move, of course, by the government, one that Putin was

celebrating and supporting. But the overwhelming uprising that we are witnessing in these past

days, these images you see on the streets of Georgia are adding to a perilous moment for Putin,

who today approved a budget,

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