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
university. ariel anderson was the youngest of three siblings. she was working diligently to graduate early and wanted to be a surge. ryan frazier was a sophomore. he was also president of his fraternity s msu chapter . a vigil was held at his hometown church last night. he was a faithful young man. he received the sacraments here and he received his faith from this community. and alexander verner was a junior. the state news said she was a multisport athlete majoring in biology. all lives lost way too soon. five other students are in the hospital currently fighting for their lives. a student has shared new video that shows the chaotic moments when he and his peers hid in a classroom. the lights turned off and you hear the students arguing over whether or not to unlock the door after they hear a loud knock. students outside? hey, hey! [ bleep ]. there s a bunch of adrian is live in east lansing. what s happening there today, adrian? reporter: victor, today h
and healthy new years eve. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of the vatican. pope benedict the 16th has died at the age of 95. the vatican says the retired pope passed away early this morning. his funeral will be held on january 5th in st. peters square. presided over by pope francis. that is the man who became leader of the catholic church after benedict resigned from the role in 2013. msnbc looks back on his life and legacy. it was a resignation that shocked the catholic church. pope benedict, less than eight years after his election, he became the first pope and seven centuries to voluntarily retire. he said that he lacked the strength of mind and body to do the job. he felt like he was being prevented from being the pope in a way that he felt the pope should be present for the people of god. he was born joseph rat singer in wartime germany. in the deeply catholic weijia bavaria. he and his brother george people became priests. both eventually landed
in case you have not heard, the midterms are about two weeks away and the threat of chaos around election day, is frankly very real. was discuss all of this. we have our political panel, analyst herndon, republican analyst doug hahn, and political commentator kerry, great to have all of you with us here tonight but there is so much to talk about in terms of chaos that could happen with the midterms, let start with election deniers. as you know, the place is lousy with them right now, particularly in places like arizona. then, today, ted cruz went on the view and could not answer the question as to whether or not joe biden was legitimately elected. he pivoted, and karen, this will be to you because this is the new talking point that i hear all the time now from republicans, when they get uncomfortable about the election denying, the pivot immediately to the past. with listen to this. was biden legitimately elected? half of the party thinks that he wasn t that it would be v