wagner mercenary group, they ve been fighting for russia against ukraine, accusing that leader of betraying russia. and tonight, we hear from that leader for the first time. audio only, he has not been seen since saturday. since the rebellion was halted. so, where is yevgeny prigozhin, who turned on putin? tonight, we have learned that the white house has been in touch with russia, and what president biden is now signaling. ian pannell in ukraine. mary bruce with late reporting from the white house. also this monday night, the severe storms in the east at this hour. thunderstorms, large hail, possible tornadoes from the carolinas, right up through new york. three confirmed tornadoes. dozens of homes destroyed. the tail of a passenger jet struck by lightning. and tonight, the dangerous heat spreading. the father and stepson in a national park. authorities say the son passed out, the father went to get help and crashed in triple digit heat. they believe both were overcome in
we begin with a stunning reversal of the rebellion and russia. wagner fighters, led by getting a rousing send off of a wild 24-hour march on moscow. it began when he announced that man had taken over headquarters and rostov, and it has leading a so-called justice march towards moscow. fighting was reported along the way, and wagner forces got stopped to yell its before moscow. you called off the rebellion and agreed to leave russia. russian residents getting a heroes sendoff. russian officials said he agreed to travel to belarus. a lot of questions about what happened, and what comes next. analysts now chalk it up to a murky power struggle. i don t think it was a stunt. i think it was a mutiny. i think that s the right word. not a coup d état, a fight among armed forces to take over, but to be loyal to putin with dramatic consequences for undermining stability and the consolidation of russian armed forces. questions still remain about the future in exile. i suspect h
and what it means for the war in ukraine. then, despite the mounting legal troubles, the twice and i did former president is still the republican front runner. why some democrats are sounding the alarm. as that 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, for the first time, we are hearing donald trump on day in 2021, discussing a secret document about attacking iran that he did not declassify. as we reported, the conversation is a key part of special counsel jack smith s case against donald trump, and it is referenced in the indictment against him. cnn obtained and played the recording earlier this evening. these are bad, sick people. that was your coup, you know, against you well, it started right at the when hillary, miller is talking about, you are trying to do a coup. they were trying to do that even before you were sworn in. well, with milley, let me see that. i ll show you an example. he sai
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
russian mercenary leader per goes after 24 hours of mayhem. prigozhin agreed to leave russia after talks with the leader of belarus the kremlin says he will be prosecuted. wagner troops have also begun to leave the southern city of where the mutiny began. hours earlier vladimir putin had called the rebellion treason. moscow residents have been told to avoid traveling and all of mass outdoor events are canceled until next month. the zelenskyy says the last 24 hours and russia prove the country is in a state of chaos with no one in control. welcome to sky news breakfast, the rebellion by russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin appears to be over, within 24 hours his forces have taken this southern city of a key communication hope for the word ukraine, sentence armored russian president flipped a knife in the back of our people and call them traitors. in the deal negotiated with belarus the kremlin now says that the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the coun