commissioner in philadelphia. chief ramsey, first of all, happy fourth of july. we re grateful that you re sharing the holiday with us. let s start with the shooting in philadelphia, a city that you know well. police arrested this suspect, and he had a bulletproof vest, an ar-15-style rifle, a handgun, and a scanner. what does all that tell you about a possible motive? well, i mean, it was a planned attack. i mean, whatever his motive was, and i don t think they ve found an exact motive yet, but he certainly planned the attack. he had on the bulletproof vest, multiple firearms, ammunition, and so forth. so this is something that wasn t spontaneous. that s for sure. but one thing i do want to point out, the officers there in philadelphia did an outstanding job. they took this guy into custody without firing a single shot. we spend a lot of time talking about use of force and police and especially deadly force if it s not justified. this is a situation where they very well could have u
had a catastrophic loss of authority in a result of the events of yesterday. that is stark, that is strong language isn t it the biggest challenges leadership in 23 years. philip, it s interesting to see wagner forces welcomed by many civilians in rostov-on-don, they took control of the military headquarters there without even a shot being fired. of course they began a march on moscow, talk us to how closely they got to the capitol? it s interesting wagner have a log relationship with rostov-on-don, they have a training area just outside it, so as they advanced forward they took their positions having withdrawn from ukraine, they captured one of the largest cities in russia without firing a single shot, they have driven forward up the
in recent weeks he had been growing even more outspoken, increasingly seeming to challenge notjust the military but also vladimir putin, bringing what had been a simmering crisis to the boil. as we have heard in the last half hour, we have seen photographs of yevgeny prigozhin leaving rostov on don, the first city that he and his wagner forces took earlier on in the day, without firing a single shot. it has been quite the 24 hours. to stick with us here on bbc news. let s ta ke let s take a look on the geography surrounding all of this and how the developments of twisted and turned throughout the day. yasmin khatun dewan is at our newsroom. it really has been a day of twists
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in the newsroom. we begin with a potential invasion of moscow by mercenaries, suddenly stopped in its track and a coup attempt on vladimir putin is averted for now. the wagner group was seizing control in the city earlier today. they claimed to capture the 60 without firing a single shot and here you can hear the soldiers cheering. prigozhin claimed to seize the city about halfway to moscow, and that s when prigozhin said he ordered his mercenaries to turn around. we re seeing the heroes welcome.
group has been pictured by reuters news agency apparently leaving the city of rostov on don, which his fighters took control of earlier today. reuters says yevgeny prigozhin was driving away from the district military headquarters in the city. asi as i said, that is the first city that his fighters took, which he proudly proclaimed they were able to do without firing a single shot. it the last hour or so, we have had the governor from that region confirming that the wagner fighters have packed up that the wagner fighters have packed up and left. that photo from the reuters news agency of yevgeny prigozhin leaving the area. joining us from washington is andrew d anieri, assistant director at the atlantic council s eurasia centre. we did get some comments earlier on from the white house about how they were communicating with our allies and partners. what willjoe biden s administration be looking for in the