Us here. Several european states have begun evacuating their citizens from niger with the first french plane taking off from miami niamey. The coup plunged it into the political unknown and the u. S. Has threatened to intervene if democracy is not restored. The evacuation of french troops is not on the agenda and the white house has added that there is no indication of direct threats to u. S. Citizens. I spoke to nicholas wescott, the professor of diplomacy, and asked him what the risks were to the region. The risks are rising very rapidly. As the stakes have been now raised by the neighboring states, burkina faso, and molly coming in to support the utah. John cho. Junta. This is existential for all of the states involved because countries like nigeria, like ghana are very worried about contagion when they are losing control of their own territory. Terrorist attacks, ostensibly the reason why they said they were taking over in all three countries, not worse since the junta was in contr
damage done to people and ideas. the wagner group mercenary fighters pulled out from the southwestern russian city which they basically took over as well as other locations that they reached including points closer to moscow. they are now headed back to their base camp in ukraine, with , it is said, their boss, pr ogosia. it has wees anger with the russian military and running of the war in ukraine that triggered this attempted upris ing as the symbols of russian power only to be diffused at the last minute in a deal brokered by belarus president with the agreement of russian president putin that saw all pretty much get off the hook for this attempted insurrection but he is being sent in exile to belarus. it s reported to the that u.s. intelligence was aware that something like this was going to happen especially as we kept a close eye on russia s nuclear arms. they wanted to keep an arms length so moscow would not accuse washington of meddling in russian internal affairs and
hi, bret. bret: this is america s newsroom. 36 hours of chaos threatening vladimir putin s grip on power. mercenary group that was supporting russia in ukraine turning against the kremlin and marching towards moscow. dana: the rebels were members of the wagner group. their leader called off the revolte at the 11th hour. not clear why. his whereabouts right now are unknown. ukrainian forces taking advantage of the chaos. they are reporting gains against russian troops in the east. russian defense minister is making his first public appearance since the revolt doing little to quell speculation that putin is in serious jeopardy. much of his longevity is tied to what happens inside ukraine. he knows full well his future is dependent on what happens in ukraine. i don t see him admitting that he made a terrible mistake here and pull all his troops out. you see a real public perception going against putin. he doesn t have a strong sense of being a strong man anymore. see
world, i m laila harrak. at the vatican the first holy mass of the new year will commemorate the late pope emeritus benedict. we re live from st. peter s square. and the year begins with flooding and evacuations in california as over 25 million could be affected by extreme weather. details and the forecast ahead. and defiance as ukraine enters the new year untd a barrage of russian missiles. we will hear from the ukrainian and russian leaders on two very different visions of what lies ahead. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. from new zealand to the u.s. most of the world has now ushered in 2023 with a mix of hope, excitement and flare. hours ago new york held its traditional ball drop in front of a jam packed times square. it was a spectacular show complete with fireworks, music and a ton, literally a ton, of confetti raining down on the crowd. celebrations were also held across europe, africa and asia and in the next hour hawa
good morning, everyone. happy new year! and welcome to this special edition of cnn this morning. s this sunday, january 1st, 2023. i got to say it first, boris. i m amara walker. 2023. isn t that crazy, amarah. where does the time go? yeah. thank you so much for joining us on this new year s day. i m boris sanchez. we hope your new year is off to a fantastic start. is it, amara? it s too early to say, but i ll tell you this, i do not set new year s resolutions, because i just disappoint myself. i take it literally day by day. let s survive today, january 1st, and see what the next day brings. i am fully with that sentiment. here s what s ahead for you this hour on cnn this morning. the new year comes with new rules when it comes to filing your taxes. why that could mean a larger paycheck this year. plus, if you ve been to the store lately, there s a good chance that there s an unexpected item in the bagging area. sound familiar? coming up, we ll talk about those