welcome back. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. and russia, it s the day after. the day after the head of the wagner mercenary group called off his armed rebellion and advance on moscow the day of the military leadership in the handles of the war in ukraine, the day of wagner forces were almost uncharged as the columns marched towards moscow. it s the day after. locals were heard cheering for the mercenaries, and not for putin. they said they had captured military facilities in two russian cities. the wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin said he wanted to spear sharing russian blood. translator: realizing all the responsibility that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides. we turn our columns around and leave in the of sirte direction to the field camps, according to the plan. did you ever think you would see this? here is prigozhin receiving a h hero s farewell as he leaves. the kremlin says he will not be prosecuted and he will be sent t
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rus russia. before wagner turned aren t, he was called what happens next? what happens the day after? reporter: yeah, prigozhin s made a mockery out of putin s threats. prigozhin comes out looking like the real rough time. prigozhin is not looking like way the day after. and anyone who wants to have the day after, and thinking we re going to see all the dust settle and flig become clearer, i m not reading that situation at the moment. there is no doubt that the deal that prigozhin has done, the deal with the belarusian leader, the idea that it can be the weak man propped up by putin, he supposedly has a great
are. kevin mccarthy made a mockery this week, of the idea of strong leadership. leadership is not running after your followers and saying, i am desperate for a job, i ll do anything you want me to if you will get me the time. strong leadership is the opposite. i want to ask you about hakeem jeffries. many people in this country have not heard hakeem jeffries. we have interviewed him several times. but that speech that he delivered, it might have been the speech you would have delivered a few had become speaker of the house. it was a very impassioned speech. what did you make of it? it was somebody who knows history and understands the idea that parties are not there just to grab power. they are there to try to bring certain ideas to government. it s not just have their names over a door and smile for pitchers. they are there to exercise leadership, and sometimes a people in his party or her