u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, former nato supreme allied commander, james to read us, and cia analyst from congresswoman, elissa slotkin. later, my sunday exclusive with house speaker nancy pelosi. get her reflections on the one year anniversary of roe v. wade being overturned in the future of abortion rights in america. over just the last 48 hours, the yevgeny prigozhin a brutal shadow commander of mercenary forces staged a short-lived attempt to seize more power in russia. briefly taking control over rostov-on-don a key military logistics have on his way to march towards moscow. in the 11th hour, a shady and mysterious deal was struck by valery gerasimov valery gerasimov a leader of belarus that led putin in power, and to prigozhin packing his bags to move to believers. we know the story is unlikely to end there. back in 1991, another russian leader, gorbachev, also survived a coup. he only relinquish power for months later. even a short-lived attempt to take
zest threat to his power. the lead starts right now. he claimed moments ago that any attempt at internal mutiny will end in defeat, and making an offer to wagner fighter. the bombastic leader of the wagner group also breaking his silence, but after a stunning turn, with you major question remains where is yes againi prigozhin. plus cnn is along the front lines. hear the fall outfrom the it s reverberating across the front lines and the entire region. the kremlin right now says president vladimir putin is meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies after that attempted insurrection threatened putin s iron grip on power. last hour, as bianna mentioned, putin addressed the nation, calling it a mutiny led by traitors who betrayed their country, also offering the wagner fighters who did not participate, a chance to join the former russian military. it s that suggestion that may have led to the insurrection in the first place. earlier today, prigozhin set his was dem
ukraine. he does not have the morale, he does not have enough people, soldiers, but what he did was got himself into a defensive crouch and hoping to outlive, to survive this offensive by ukraine, then maybe the next one, and then have some sort of ukraine fatigue settle in the west. what prigozhin i think showed is that russia, the country, especially the armed forces cannot wait forever to accomplish the scenario. they are there to win, and that s what prigozhin accused the defense ministry of, of sabotages the victory, or they had to do something. i think the patient is wearing thing. and the calculation of putin was that time is on his side, and we ve seen how quickly things can take such a dramatic
that spread misinformation across europe in the united states, including around the 2016 election. and fact, he was indicted by special counsel robert mueller. prigozhin s trained killers have been fighting the war without being under the command of the russian military. there have been long growing tension going on here, even before friday. that growing rift emerged as prigozhin accused the minister of defense for failing to supply weaponry to fight the war. at one point even asked for a top russian general to face a firing squad. there s been dissatisfaction in the military in ukraine, including amongst the rake and file. for prigozhin, he capitalized on that unrest, on all of that. needless to say, he showed force this week not only leaves putin s future in question, but also that russia s military leadership. what is clear is that prigozhin saw a weakness, and an opportunity to deceive some sort of power. his rebellion might not be over, but president putin s hold on