good eveningmism i m anderson cooper in new york. this is special coverage of the extraordinary and still confusing events we have been reporting on for the past 24 hours out of russia and of what will be a critical day ahead for vladimir putin. what we witnessed over the last 24 hours appears to have been the most serious threat to putin s hold on power in decades. at this hour we know a lot, but it s important to point out there is a lot that is not known. for instance, what will be the fate of the man in the back seat of this suv, prigozhin, cheered by some as he appeared to be leaving the southern russian town, his mercenary force had just occupy. this video taken just hours after he called off his mercenaries from their push toward moscow and agreed to a deal brokered by russia s ally, belarus. translator: therefore realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite d
potential human remains. reporter: quite right. exactly, jake. and also questions about whether or not something like this could have been prevented. again, this all happening this morning when these officials who were running this massive search, at the time search and rescue operation, the remote operated vehicle that was down on the ocean floor early this morning at 8:55 a.m. came across that debris field. right now what they are doing is the r.o.v.s are still there on the ocean floor, still trying to map the ocean floor, still trying to figure out exactly what is down there in terms of debris. the coast guard earlier today, the rear admiral gave his assessment of exactly what happened and in addition to that a deep sea expert weighed in on exactly what was found. we found five different major pieces of debris that told us that it was the remains of the titan. the initial thing we found was the nose cone, which was outside of the pressure hull. we then found a large de
the wreckage of titanic. but the sub has a limited supply of oxygen. can thank is live with what we know and don t know. the red states and canadian coast guards are searching for the big things up in the atlantic ocean at a depth of 13,000 feet. where the pressure is up to 6,000 pounds per square inch. the u.s. coast guard says that sub went missing in a remote area about 900 miles east of cape cod near to titanic wreckage. the coast guard says rescuers are using airplanes, ships, sonar buoys and they are also relying on commercial boats. the search because usually when the sub was reported missing after it reportedly lost contact about one hour and 40 minutes after going into the ocean. titanic expedition leader tells fox news it takes about 2 1/2 hours to drop down to the actual correct site. the coast guard has not identified exactly who was on board a missing sub. that is about the size of a minivan. it has one commander and four other people likely passengers who paid
the president s son will plead guilty to federal criminal charges. the lead starts right now. hunter biden strikes a deal on a felony charge and agrees to plead guilty on two misdemeanors, the criminal prosecution the president s son now avoids, as the republicans blast the deal calling it a slap on the wrist. a trial for donald trump set to begin in less than two months as the former president argues his own defense of sorts on national tv. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shirts, glclothing, pants, shoe many things. many things. and the urgent underwater rescue mission running out of time as the coast guard estimated 40 hours left of breathable air for the crew on board the missing sub. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. hunter biden has struck a deal with federal prosecutors one that the legal teams hopes keeps the president s son out of prison. he ll plead guilty to two misdemeanors for fail
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