vlad and so many of the people that we have met here on this visit and of course that we ve talked to over the past 16 months, they all have that incredible, powerful reservoir of strength. thanks so much for joining us. it s time now for ac 360. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. we have obtained what is expected to be a central piece of the government s case against donald trump, the actual audio recording of the former president talking as if he s showing a highly classified document on u.s. war plans against iran, with people not clear to know it exists, let alone what s in it. you will hear what jurors will hear one day. the recording was made two summers ago in bedminster new jersey. you will clearly hear the former president, as he is speaking to several people. they include a writer working on mark meadows memoir, the publisher, and two of trump s staff members. the president was aware he was being recorded. it is the first time it is being played
to be a centerpiece of the government s case against donald trump. the actual audio recording of the former president talking as if he is showing a highly cost five document on plans against iran, with people not clear to even know it exists, let alone what is in it. in a moment, only on cnn, you will hear what yours will here in one day, the recording was made two summers ago in july 2020, one the former presidents club in bedminster new jersey. we will clearly hear the former president says he is speaking to several people, according to the special counsel indictment they clear a writer working on meadows memoir, the publisher, and to trump staff members. the president was aware he was being recorded. it is the first time it is being played publicly. these are bad sick people. but that was your crew, you know, that against you while it started right millie is talking about, oh they were trying to do that even before trying to overthrow your well, mainly,
them officially under the sway of the russian military. and that was something that, you know, yevgeny prigozhin just didn t like. following that, it was on friday night. there was an attack prigozhin said, on one of the camps of wagner, which he said several of his fighters were killed. and that really sort of pushed the situation to this crisis point. matthew chance in moscow. i appreciate it. new yorker editor david rennic joins us now. david, i don t even know where to begin with you. first of all, what did you make of the speech from vladimir putin today? well, he s incensed. he s furious. he s been unmasked like the wizard of oz when the curtain is stripped back. you know, for years, we ve been talking about or certain people have been talking about vladimir putin as the grand chess master of strategy, who plays the weak hand strong on the world stage like no other, et cetera, et
before the, big scholars said that the wagner group uprising shatters in the image to the world that vladimir putin is some sort of grand chess master. that is the image he s cultivated of himself for many years. has more on putin s rise to power. he is the ultimate alpha male. or at least he d like the world to believe that. vladimir putin always presenting himself as the picture of strength. often, shirtless captured or taking a putin was born in 1952, in what is now st. petersburg. in 1975 he joined the kgb as a
ordered them to sign contracts with the russian military. in other words, to basically take them away from this private military company, and make them officially under the sway of the russian military. that was something that if johnny prigozhin just did not like, it was following that on friday, night there was an attack on prigozhin said on one of the camps of wagner, in which he said several of his fighters were killed. that really pushed the situation to this crisis point. matthew chance in moscow, appreciate it. love how russians, color author of the last days of the soviet empire, he joins us now. david, i don t even know where to begin, with you but, first what did you make of the speech from vladimir putin today? well, he is incensed, his, furious he has been like the wizard of oz when the you know, for years, we have been talking, about or certain people have been talking about vladimir putin as the grand