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some smart people to break down the big stories. today we re asking, as the u.s. begins striking back for the drone attack that killed three american soldiers, are we on the brink of a wider war in the middle east? then, that s dope. democrats in congress pushing the white house for an historic change that could have more people smoking pot. and is apple s new product a vision of the future or just another high-tech toy. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, u.s. retaliation in the middle east. friday we saw the first of what s expected to be a series of air strikes in coming days against multiple targets that are linked to iran. this marks a new stage in the spiraling tensions. many fear it could pull the u.s. into another all-out war. the u.s. hitting dozens of key targets in the middle east, the strikes retaliation for that drone attack that killed three american soldiers at a base in jordan, which the u.s. bl ....
were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: we begin with a fox news alert, armed rebellion by russian mercenary forces raging inside russia. a group that wants back in ukraine on the company s behalf claims to have control of the key russian city. will: president putin calls her betrayal as the us and the west wait to see if a move is made on moscow. rachel: alexandria is live with the latest. reporter: this focuses away from the offensive on ukraine into defending itself and the man leading this rebellion represents a striking turnaround in allegiance. former longtime valhalla mirror putin ally is promising to leave the private wegner military group into moscow, a meeting with the defense minister. he claims his group now controls the r ....
a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto, and this is cnn s special live coverage of the extraordinary events this weekend out of russia. moscow s red square blocked off again today after the brief but stunning insurrection that s gripped the world, could perhaps weaken vladimir putin s grip on his country. we should note it s far too soon to know. so much we don t know about what led wagner mercenary group leader yevgeny prigozhin to launch a march on moscow and what convinced him to abruptly call it off. and then, it s said, go into exile. u.s. secretary of state tony blinken today called the whole series of events extraordinary, believes it indicates that cracks are emerging in putin s rule. the very latest now from cnn s sam kiley live from london. sam, we re watching russia closely, ukraine, also events in belarus. any developments to indicate to us what s actually happening right now? reporter: well, jim, i think the most stunning development so far is an a ....
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. the ....
very little pushback, anita. he s taken over the main military headquarters demanding to see the russian defense chief and the head of the military. of but the other front that we re watching closely is it seems that he has sent about 5,000 of his mercenary members up the highway towards moscow, could be within about 200 miles. not much resistance either from the russian military inside russia, but we knew that the kremlin is on high alert, sort of a counterterrorism regime. vladimir putin, of course, has been lashing out how. many a video earlier today, he said that prigozhin s actions were internal betrayal, treason, and he s promising a harsh response which, frankly, we haven t seen yet. yes, here in kyiv still russia is waging its war against ukraine. we saw 20 the cruise missiles come in overnight here. just about all of them were shot down, but there was some damage. later on in an online message ukrainian president zelenskyy had this to say about what was happeni ....