a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto, and this is cnn s special live coverage of the extraordinary yet short-lived uprising in russia that has left much of the world asking exactly how this happened and what could happen next. is putin s leadership under threat? is this an opportunity for ukraine to repel russia s ongoing invasion? we do have new developments tonight, including reaction from the biden administration. but first video has emerged on social media which shows the crash site of a russian military transport plane, reportedly shot down in southern russia saturday by the wagner mercenary group which carried out this rebellion. the russian defense ministry still has not commented on the loss of any aircraft. also, there is still no sign this evening of wagner s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, after he apparently cut a deal with moscow and called off the insurrection. and there is no sign as well of putin after the most serious challenge to his rule since he came t
this is where five explorers and would-be explorers first set off on friday, out into the open ocean, traveling some 460 miles from here toward the wreck of the rms titanic. then on sunday morning they were sealed inside the submersible tight sxn lowered into the ocean for their descent to the seabed some 13,000 feet below, about two miles. less than two hours later communication, as you know, was lost with the submersible and we just learned it was about that time a senior navy official tells cnn that a navy network of underwater sensors picked up sounds consistent, they said, with an implosion but that it was determined to be, quote, not definitive, unquote. well, this afternoon we learned the worst. this morning an r.o.v., or remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the r.o.v. subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with exp
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there will likely now be multiple investigations. paula newton is joining us live from halifax. and what will investigators focus on now? reporter: they will focus on whether or not this was a catastrophic event that entailed just one thing going wrong or if this was multiple things given the strain on that vehicle. remember, we had heard that there were quite a few successful expeditions to the titanic wreck, was there stress put on the titan which then because it was largely unregulated wasn t tested going through the motions. you ve had so many people weigh in on this and one is james cameron who he himself has been to the wreck of the titanic and other deep sea explorations. listen to him now. i think there is almost a surreal irony. the titanic sank because the captain took it into an ice field on a moonless night with poor visibility after he had been repeatedly warned by telegram, by are a during t b are a during the day that that is what was ahead. and so a p
in the united states and around the world. i m alex marquardt in washington. and i m anderson cooper on the canadian coast. a new mission to investigate the debris of the imploded submersible. the company under intense scrutiny, as we re learning about early warnings that the sub might be unsafe. cnn s new reporting on the special counsel s january 6th investigation. sources revealing that at least two fake trump electors were given limited immunity in exchange for their grand jury testimony. and the chief of the wagner private military group makes a powerful claim, accusing leadership of killing a huge amount of its mercenary force, describing its actions as evil. we ll break down what this could mean for russia s war in ukraine. you re in the situation room. we are coming to you live from canada, st. john s, newfoundland. this is a key staging ground for the investigation of the deadly submersible. many critical questions remain unanswered, as a new mission is und