Of Rostov On Don. The Wagner Mercer group have seized key sites after launching that rebellion against the army in Rostov On Don and there have been reports of fighting in voronezh which is halfway between rostov and moscow after the wagner group claimed a russian helicopter opened fire on a convoy of their vehicles. Welcome back. We return to the developing situation in russia lets take a look at what we know so far following the dramatic escalation of infighting. Prigozhin says his forces have taken the city of rostov and have seized military facilities in Voroneszh Which is on the way to moscow as well. Theres increased security in moscow with whats being called anti terror measures the m4 motorway which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. The kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. And the russian president Vladimir Putin has g
What are your key moments of this weeks confirmation hearings . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independence can call 2027488002. Reach us on social media, on and at facebook. Com cspan. The busy week on capitol hill included action on obamacare as republicans moved to repeal that measure. According to the Washington Post Congress Took the first that on rolling back the Health Care Reform law friday with the house voting along party lines to pass the crucial precursor to the Affordable Care acts unraveling. It will only get harder for republicans as they must assemble a viable replacement for a law that expanded healthcare Insurance Coverage to about 20 million americans and eliminated unpopular Insurance Industry practices such as Lifetime Coverage caps and widespread refusal to cover already sick individuals. Republican leaders have focused on the Affordable Care act flaws , rising premiums for plans sold in state marketplaces, high deductibles, and burdensome tax
Into the north bay its quiet and we do expect the possibility of hit or miss showers throughout the day. 56 in oakland, Mountain View mid50s for you and 54 on the coast. The rest of the day will feature the mild temperatures, cloudy skies, slight chance of showers. Upper 50s at the coast to the upper 60s inland and around the bay and we will linger through tomorrow with a chance of showers and the work week ahead has some chances of rain. Ill show you my accuweather sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Thanks, lisa. It will take a lot more rain to ease californias drought concerns. Governor jerry brown signed a drought relief package designed to help californians and water agencies in these dry times. Abc 7 News Reporter little ylli has details. Reporter San Francisco has been getting all of its Drinking Water from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in yosemite for years. The city hopes to rely on groundwater, too. The plan is to drill as many as six wells on the citys west side hoping a chunk
The motion, zero against. The big question now, Vladimir Putin has the authority to send Russian Forces into ukraine. The big question now is, is this something they have done in retrospect or are the russians going to start sending forces right now. As you know, there have been reports in the past i would say 18 to 24 hours, especially from the Ukrainian Government, who said the russians have already flown forces into the crimean, into southern ukraine, which is the predominantly russian territory of that country. They talk of up to 2,000 forces potentially even up to 6,000 forces that might already be on the ground there. And also, the Regional Government there which is also prorussian, has said that Russian Forces that are part of a military base that russia has in that region anyway are already helping them secure government buildings in the main town, the capital of the crimea. The big question, is this happening in retrospect or will we see a big push of Russian Forces move towar
State condoleeza rice makes a decision about giving the commencement speech at rutgers. Well tell what you shes saying now. Right now there is growing backlash and controversy over benghazi. John boehner announcing the formation of a select committee that will investigate this as another key panel issuing a subpoena to secretary of state john kerry. Hes expected to testify before that panel in three weeks. All this as those newly released emails are raising even more questions about the obama administrations response to that terrible terrorist attack. Doug mcelway live with the very latest on everything. Reporter new headline may be emerging from bret baiers interview thursday with tommy vietor. He admits to having made significant changes to the talking points, adding references to cairo and protests and possibly changing the wording attacks to demonstrations. Catherine herridge points out that that conflicts directly with the testimony of former deputy c. I. A. Director mike moral, t