a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto. and welcome back to cnn special live coverage of the russian rebellion that erupted without warning and ended quickly this weekend not long after it began. yet and we should be clear the world is only beginning to assess the fallout. there are growing questions tonight about vladimir putin s leadership going forward and whether his iron grip on russia is weakening. the crash site of a russian military plane reportedly brought down by the wagner group yesterday. the cause of the crash not clear. but footage indicates the aircraft had been struck by a missile or rocket. there s still no sign of vladimir s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, who led this march on russia, af he cut a deal to go into belarus. also not seen, putin. we re going to have the latest on the white house reaction and president biden s conversation today with ukraine s leader. first, though, an update from cnn s matthew chance, who is in moscow. reporter: jim,
hello welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. we begin this morning with the weekend rebellion inside russia led by the wagner group of mercenary fighters. its chief yevgeny prigozhin ordered his troops to march towards moscow to seek revenge after accusing the military leadership of killing his forces and claiming to seize military sites in two russian cities and then claim within 125 miles of the capital but the insurrection came to an abrupt end when prigozhin said a deal was struck to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin said criminal charges against prigozhin will be dropped and he ll go in exile in belarus. but prigozhin himself hasn t confirmed any of that detail and russian state media report this morning that prigozhin remains under investigation for inciting the armed rebellion. the entire episode raises questions whether vladimir putin is losing his decades-long grip on power. cnn s nic robertson joins me n
we do have some sad news from inside cnn tonight. we say goodbye to a television legend and cnn pioneer, david boreman. he died early this morning following complications after hip surgery. he was 69 years old. boreman had a long and storied career in television, starting in local news in los angeles before moving up to the networks. later he became a top executive at cnn and served as our washington bureau chief for many years. david was known for his innovative approach to tv producing, which garnered him so many industry awards. in 2004, it was his idea to anchor cnn s election coverage straight from the floor of party conventions, giving viewers a more realistic sense of exactly what was going on as it happened. and in 2008, he implemented what is commonly known today as the
later, he became a top executive at cnn and served as our washington bureau chief for many years. david was known for his approach to tv producing which garnered many industry awards. in 2004 it was his idea to anchor cnn s election coverage straight from the floor of the party conventions, gives viewers a more realistic sense of what was actually going on. and in 2008 he implemented what is commonly known as the magic wall which john king can be found every night digging deep into the voter data. david launches dozens of television network programs including the situation room with wolf blitzer now in its 18th year, david leaves behind his wife kathryn, two children and two grandchildren. our heartfelt regards go out to his family. coming up with what s next
very, very self-destructive, as any lawyer will tell you. you don t talk about these kinds of things. so i think that he s got some good lawyers, and the good lawyers are struggling with a client who doesn t want to listen to them so they have to do the best they can. mika, why would the president continue to allow out there sort of this nixonian cloud to float ov his white house that he may have had a taping system? they continue to ask him, do you have tapes? don t know. can t tell you. then he said i ll tell you later. why would he do that? it reminds me of tv producing, creating fake drama, setting people up for a big reveal or setting them up like geraldo did with al capone s but this isn t a tv show, this is the future of our country and i don t think donald trump my instinct is he isn t taking his job seriously at all.