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me. i m fredericka witfield in atlanta for our special breaking news coverage of the crisis in russia. also joining us is christiane amanpour in london. we begin today with a stunning development in the russian war on ukraine and perhaps the biggest threat to president vladimir putin s control over russia in decades. putin is accusing the head of the mercenary wagner group of an armed rebellion. the group s leader yevgeny prigozhin has been a long time ally of the kremlin, which relied on his soldiers for its war in ukraine. yesterday he accused russia of attacking his mercenaries. prigozhin now says his private army has seized control of russian military facilities in two critical cities. the first is rostov-on-don, about 700 miles south of moscow. the second city is vorenezh at about the halfway point on the road to moscow. and he s threatening to push onto the capital if russia s top general and defense minister don t meet with him. translator: again, we came here. ....
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in the newsroom. we begin with a potential invasion of moscow by mercenaries, suddenly stopped in its track and a coup attempt on vladimir putin is averted for now. the wagner group was seizing control in the city earlier today. they claimed to capture the 60 without firing a single shot and here you can hear the soldiers cheering. prigozhin claimed to seize the city about halfway to moscow, and that s when prigozhin said he ordered his mercenaries to turn around. we re seeing the heroes welcome. he said he struck a deal to avoid a bloody conflict. translator: therefore realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sites, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan. recovering all the angles. let s begin in london with cnn s reporter. do we know what caused this sudden about face? they seemed to be on the way to ....
shut down, in some cases, doctors stopped performing what had been routine medical care out of fear of litigation or imprisonment, leaving some women with life altering conditions and scarring, both physical and emotional. on the broad end, more than 25 million women of child bearing age from 14 to 44 live in states where it is hard or impossible to get full reproductive care. millions more say those restrictions and bans go too far. by more than a two to one ratio, voters say abortion access across the country has become too difficult, rather than too easy. when put directly to the people, abortion access has largely been a winning issue. we ve seen it time and time again. but when left to state lawmakers, buffeted by the safety of their gerrymandered districts, that access has been rolled back systematically. do those truths hold? how long will abortion be a motivating issue. and are those districts really all that safe when the vast majority of women and most men say ....
challenge to vladimir putin during his 23 years in power in russia is truly over. that announcement, by the way, of the pullback comes as officials from neighboring belarus claim successful talks with the wagner chief to stop the military columns advance. u.s. officials say they re closely monitoring this still-unfolding situation in russia, and that president biden is being continually updated by his top national security team. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in london, and this is a special edition of the situation room. our correspondents and analysts are standing by to bring you full coverage of these major developments that are unfolding right now like only cnn can. let s go straight first to our chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh. nick, these are fast-moving developments, historic moments unfolding. what s the latest? reporter: we have a full 180 from yevgeny prigozhin, the head of ....
after a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured we re in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvania s governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks let s begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with china s president xi jinping. that included the secretary s crucial two-day visit aimed at stabilizing the spiraling relationship between the two countries, upended recently by the downing of a spy balloon and this tense encounter by a chinese fighter plane and a u.s. jet. plus the encounter with military ships. let s discuss with janis mackey frayer in beijing as well as nbc senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell standing by in washington we know the meeting between blinken and xi lasted about 35 mi ....