in the tver region. in st petersburg, a public memorial has been set up outside the wagner headquarters to pay tribute to mr prigozhin as well as his right hand man dimitry utkin. mr prigozhin rose from obscurity to a position of significant power in russia commanding thousands of troops financed and supported by some of the country s most powerful politicians. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a look at his rise and fall. well, we know that prigozhin took an unorthodox route to a powerful position in russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft, and when released in 1990, he became a hotdog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997, he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food.
the presidents of the norwegian football association said to me a few hours ago she thought it was dangerous, and this from the man who has just been announced that he will be standing for the next fifa presidency unopposed, fredricka. it really is quite something. but as you mentioned, this time tomorrow this world cup will finally be under way, qatar playing their first-ever match at a world cup final. okay. and then there is football. and then there is soccer. in the midst of all of this. amanda davis, thank you so much. still ahead, a public memorial will begin in just a few hours at the university of virginia honoring the lives of the three football players shot dead earlier this week. we ll take you there live next. but first, the top ten cnn heroes of 2022 have been
memorial will take place at a later date that hasn t been chosen yet. his full house co-star john stamos seemed to allude to it on twitter. today will be the hardest day of my life. so when is the last time that one of your online orders didn t arrive? if it was coming from los angeles, traveling through the city, this might be why. boxes littering the train tracks. you see them all over the place. thieves are targeting freight trains, stealing packages shipped by ups, amazon, and fedex and leaving them behind. reporter: this is what s left, millions of dollars worth of packages set to be delivered all over the country. instead, thousands of boxes plundered, discarded, which means the package you have been waiting for could be somewhere
gabrielle giffords who was killed in the attack, he was en majored to be married soon and dedicated much of his young life to politics and public service and later today a public memorial for him will be held and that also starts at 1:00 eastern. bill? bill: we have heard so many glowing things about that young man. gabe zimmerman, age 30. casey steegel in tucson. reporter: yes. we have. martha: let s go back to the breaking news, that has come in this morning, apple s ceo, steve jobs announces today that he is taking a new leave of absence for medical reasons and he did it several years back and the news coming on today, martin luther king day and the markets are closed and we cannot see what the reaction is in trading to this news. sha baby joshi joins us now from our studios in new york city. catch us up. what do we know so far about the situation at apple. here s what happened. early on this morning, right around 9:00 a.m., eastern time, today, we got an e-mail, a press release