moscow was not to oust putin. here in washington, president joe biden says the united states and the west had nothing to do with the wagner rebellion. now cnn now learning that the u.s. had detailed intelligence on the plans for the mutiny but kept it secret for most of its allies. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com anywhere . putin going public just a short time ago blasting the rebels as traitors as he attempted to show russia and the world that he is still in control. cnn s ben wedeman has been covering it all and what it could mean for the war in ukraine. reporter: tonight, vladimir putin lashes out at those who led an armed rebellion against him. an armed rebellion would ve been suppressed in any case. the organizers of the rebellion could not fail to understand this. they unde
show @thelead. you can listen to the lead once you get your podcasts, all two hours, just sitting there like a delicious tray of sushi. our coverage continues now with mr. alex marquardt who is in for wolf blitzer in a place i like to call the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, a desperate search and rescue mission. thousands of feet below the surface of the atlantic ocean. submersible operated by a company running expeditions to the wreck of the titanic is now missing. we have up-to-the-minute details on the mission to find the sub and the five people on board. also this hour, the high-stakes meeting of the super power secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. and china have made progress towards getting relations back on track, but there still is a ways to go. we ll have a report from beijing. and more than 50 million people across the southeast face the threat of severe weather including tornados this holiday weekend. we ll have the latest
exclusive, and that s coming up first. plus a preview of trump s day in federal court this week with robert mueller s former top prosecutor andrew weizmann. also today, a conversation with congressman dan goldman. he knows a thing or two about making the case against donald trump. later, former cia director, john brennan joins us to discuss just how dangerous it is to handle our nation s most sensitive secrets like this. so we talk about a lot of issues on the show every week. we will definitely continue to do that. today, we have one focus. making sure you have a better understanding that the end of the show of the federal indictment of donald trump. the former president was back on the campaign trail yesterday attacking the special counsel and trying to muddy the waters as much as possible. the rhetoric from his supporters is getting increasingly violent, and his arraignment tuesday in miami could be a circus. so it s super important that everybody understands the facets of
week getting worse. a trio of whistleblowers testifying on their experiences with bias in the bureau, they say all by design using scare tactics to silence opposing points of view. one whistleblower says he was forced to choose what he felt was right and feeding his family. i have since had to rely on charity, the fbi stopped paying me. you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. on one hand we want to try to get our jobs back because we are trying to do our patriotic duty. the other hand, we still have families to take care of. it s essentially a death sentence in the modern era. sandra: compelling testimony there. ben coming up this hour. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two, i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts. always great to have you here in d.c. sandra: fun to be here. john: kinda way to keep you here, siphon the gas out of your car. and adidas is selling a women s swimsuit by using a male model. critics say it s about so much more tha
r.f.k. jr. would like to see debates, but joe says no. hiding biden again teachers union boss, randi weingarten expecting to get grilled. teachers should have been back to work as soon as possible. aaron rodgers bids fare well to green bay. we are all excited to add someone of his character and ability.ndability.and ability. brian: that is billy joel singing uptown girl and it is appropriate. billy joel would have named it longer island, the indians would have or native americans, whatever we re calling them now. this was not written about christie mcpherson, it was written about elle mcpherson. ainsley: i was at a concert and christie brinkley was there on the front row and they shined the spotlight on her. she was in front of the stage on the end on the corner. and i love christie brinkley, as a child, i thought she was see gorgeous, still is. brian: whatever moisturizer she is using is working. ainsley: there are some ladies you want to know who the