stopped his advance on moscow and apparently pulled at least some fighters out of rostov-on-don. they had made to it within 120 miles of the capital when they suddenly decided to turn around. the kremlin saying they have putin s word he can go safely to belarus free from prosecution. you can see him being cheered by the folks. they even went to shake his hand. prigozhin saying he made the deal because he didn t want to shed russian blood. translator: therefore, russian blood would be shed from one of the sites we turn our column around and turn in the opposite direction according to the plan. we also see here some of his departing fighters who seem to get some cheers from residents as they stood on top of the tanks. so we have full team coverage for you over the next hour. our team of correspondents and guests. i start with nic robertson. so prigozhin has been seething at russian leadership. he s been saying for months, attacking the defense minister shoigu and others. he
because of an insurrection led by the leader of the wagner mercenaries that ended nearly as soon as it started. an apparent clash between wagner and russian troops which was followed by a fire at that oil refinery you see on your screen there. under the deal done, the kremlin says wagner troops will not face any legal action, but they ll sign new contracts with russia s defense ministry while moscow will drop its charges against prig prigozhin, who will go to belarus. wagner s leader says he agreed to that in order to avoid bloodshed. translator: therefore, realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan. the kremlin says it doesn t know where prigozhin is right now. what you see there is video of people cheering as he left ross stor-on-don where his troops seized military facilities on saturday. officials now tell c
campaign trail for the first time more than 50 days since announcing his re-election bid. there are renewed concerns among democrats tonight over the president s age, the 2024 primary schedule, and the possibility of a third party candidate derailing his re-election effort. correspondent mark meredith is following it all. he joins us live from the north lawn. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. president biden told a crowd in connecticut today he is far from finished when it comes to addressing gun violence. also far from certain he will win re-election next year. tomorrow, he is going to take his biggest step yet to try to shore up support among democrats. kick off of your campaign tomorrow? i kicked it off a while ago. 52 days after announcing his re-election bid, president biden is set to campaign for the first time. saturday s rally in philadelphia comes only hours after he won dual labor endorsements from the american federation of teachers and the afl
this. he s already seeing putin botch the war. this is not good, i think, for any type of respect that the chinese would have for the russians. must be in the basement at this point. it is really a disaster. so it strengthens china. china comes out looking strong in most of this. and russia looking very weak and disorganized which it really is, and chaotic. and then other countries might have been look the at putin let s say as a source of selling weapons. north korea, iran. they, too, must be questioning, will putin be in power in it is very unclear. it weakens him domestically. very weak, and internationally. i remember reading an oral history of ethiopia. one of the ways he kept power
it strengthens, you know, china. china comes out looking strong in most of this and russia looking very weak and disorganized, which is really is and chaotic. and other countries might be looking at putin let s say as a source of selling weapons. you know, north korea, iran. they too must be questioning will putin be in power? it s very unclear. so i think it weakens him domestically and internationally. cnn contributor jill dougherty there speaking with us earlier about the chaos in russia. plenty more to talk about. do stick around. we ll be right back after the break. you re watching cnn newsroom. i got a new credit card, and i m even finding ways to save. finally getting smart about money y feels really good. see all you can do with ththe free experian app.