this is our special coverage out of russia. the head of wagner group, the leader released a statement. therefore, realizing all the responsibilities for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides we turn our columns and move in the opposite field of the camps. officials claim their president had reached a deal with the wagner boss to halt his troops. earlier, he said his private army seizeded control of russian military facilities in it two critical cities. that is half way on the road to moscow. president putin called the actions a betrayal and stab notice back to the russian people. and he warned anyone who followed pergosian will pay a price. these are bulldogs and gangsters and the fight is way out into the open. it is a very serious one. we have full coverage of the breaking news. we have cnn chief international security correspondent with us nick paton walsh, national security reporter natasha bertrand. nick, i guess the question now is not onl
Parties. The main topic today, isis and as secretary clinton is focusing on taking down the defeating, destroying the terror group, her rival donald trump is getting a lot of flak for elevating a controversial world leader. Im talking about the president of russia. Vladimir putin. Trump has praised putin before, but this time the republican nominee seemed to align, at least on certain issues, with putin in an interview that aired on russian television. Campaign representatives say that if they had known the trump appearance would be seen on the kremlinbacked network, that he would not have done the interview. This is what trump has said about whether he believes russia launched a covert operation to disrupt the 2016 u. S. Election. I think its probably unlikely. I think maybe maybe the democrats are putting that out. Who knows. But i think that its pretty unlikely. But, who knows . I hope that if they are doing something, i hope that somebodys going to be able to find out so that they
including the man without a face, the unlikely rise of vladimir putin. so, marcia, regardless of whether or not, you know, prigozhin, the head of the wagner group, has truly decided to stop his march or whatever happened to change this, how in your mind is this crisis impact putin and his, you know, iron grip on russia? well, putin is in a very strange position now. in order to negotiate with prigozhin, he had to enter a space where he have two completely contradictory forces pushing down on him. on one hand, he has to appease prigozhin, give him something because he s wanted basically to if not in job title then in spirit to take charge of the war effort. because he thinks that the defense minister is incompetent and out of his depth. not unreasonable. on the one hand, putin has
georgia. winds as strong as 200 miles per hour ripped through towns. at least 37 people are dead. as many as 17 million people were impacted by the storms. scores of injured people waking up in hospitals this morning. their homes and the homes of their neighbors gone. people now picking through the rubble to find anything they can salvage. president obama is offering federal assistance in the areas battered by the storms. in the little town of west liberty, kentucky, the town felt the full force of a tornado s 1 135-mile-per-hour winds. it leveled building, uprooted trees. cnn evers rob marciano is there getting the first look at some of the town s most extensive damage. rob, good morning to you. good morning, gary. they ve finally got the roads cleared enough to where larger vehicles can get in here including obviously rescue and recovery vehicles and our satellite truck so we re getting now a first look at a live look at the main street. over my left shoulder you re see
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