welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. and coming up this morning, rebellion in russia gives way to a retreat. a mercenary leader is heading for exile. vladimir putin is in power. but his grip on the russian government appears weaker tan ever. plus is russia s nuclear arsenal still secure. we re ask a member of the house intelligence committee next. and donald trump casted himself as a crusader who delivered a shift on abortion but what he won t say might be just as important. up first for us, vladimir putin stared down a mortal threat and strikes a deal to save his skin. they reacted to a world wind weekend in russia and i rebellion aimed directly at the heart of moscow. do you believe this is the beginning of end for vladimir putin? i don t want to speculate about that. we ve seen this aggression against ukraine become a strategic failure across the board. russia is now distracted that putin has to worry about what is going on inside of russia as much
it was a small new year s eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [ bleep ]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, as
based on this and on the accelerated race to find them. watch this. there s been multiple reports of noises and every one of them is being analyzed, tracked, looked for patterns. i can t tell you what the noises are. we re searching where the noises are with respect to food and water, it s my understanding, there s limited rations. i can t tell you how much they have aboard. this is the first look that we ve had at the search area which is about twice the size of the state of connecticut and about twice as deep as the depths of the grand canyon. these are the last photos that were taken on sunday of the titan just before it went down in to the depths of the ocean. on board, hamish harding, a wealthy british adventurer. he holds three guinness world records, he s been in to space on blue origin. saturday he said he was proud to be heading down to the famous titanic wreck. hamish, he casually wrote that he s on his way to the titanic and waiting for the perfect window.
he married the woman of his dreams, beautiful and sweet. she was just angelic. and was folded into her tight-knit family headed by an elderly religious matriarch. you were either part of their family or you weren t. together they had a little girl, sydney. when their marriage fell apart, her family closed ranks. in their view, sydney was their property. one day he went to pick up his little girl for a visit and was never seen alive again. he died right there. dad?ut who would kill a devoted the unbelievable choice, his golden girl wife or the gracious family matriarch? they seemed so loving, but was there another side. it s a monster that comes out of a closet. it s very ugly. how dark is that side? murderous. but which one was the killer? hello and welcome to dateline. he was a man suddenly confronted with something monstrous, evil at the door. this story is a mystery about a father of two young daughters. one night he left to pick up one of them an
colleague from 3:00 in the afternoon. she rises to say hello. how are you doing? martha: great to be with you. love coming in to work with you, bill. good morning, at home as we continue to watch this story unfold from deep in the ocean. the french deep sea robot and another canadian vessel have now joined the search. it is getting crowded out there. the mission is daunting. crews are searching for an area that is double the size of the state of connecticut. it is 2 1/2 miles deep. that s a look at some of what is on the surface and in the air right now. experts say it is impossible to know just how much, if any, oxygen remains on board. also some say that there is breathing room after that 96-hour period. the search is likely to continue beyond that period. we ll bring you the very latest as we get breaking news on that story. bill: a lot of floating and flying hardware. let s hope for the best. still waiting right now on what could be several high-profile opinions from