a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto, and this is cnn s special live coverage of the extraordinary yet short-lived uprising in russia that has left much of the world asking exactly how this happened and what could happen next. is putin s leadership under threat? is this an opportunity for ukraine to repel russia s ongoing invasion? we do have new developments tonight, including reaction from the biden administration. but first video has emerged on social media which shows the crash site of a russian military transport plane, reportedly shot down in southern russia saturday by the wagner mercenary group which carried out this rebellion. the russian defense ministry still has not commented on the loss of any aircraft. also, there is still no sign this evening of wagner s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, after he apparently cut a deal with moscow and called off the insurrection. and there is no sign as well of putin after the most serious challenge to his rule since he came t
An American General was shot and killed in afghanistan today in an apparent insider attack. The pentagon said a man dressed in an afghan army uniform fired at a group of International Soldiers at a military base near kabul. The military has not released the generals name. He is believed to be the highest ranking officer killed in afghanistan or iraq wars. 15 other people were wounded. Half of them were americans. We have more now from kabul. Reporter an afghan soldier open fired on a group of senior n. A. T. O. Ache began officer in army academy here west of kabul. He managed to kill a twostar general an others were injured. Now tall lan ar taliban are not taking responsibility for this attack. The soldier open fired inside the building and through that group. Later on he was killed by his own colleagues. Were keeping a close eye on the situation in afghanistan. Rosalind jordan is in washington for us. Roslind, what has been the reaction from the pentagon to this incident . Reporter we
From smallpox to polio, we have learned that vaccines save lives. The troubling number of parents are not vaccinating their children. Last september, this Committee Held a hearing about the ebola virus. A brave and physician who worked in liberia and contracted people a and a brave father contracted people a e ebola. There was and is no cure. There was and is no vaccine. This produced a near panic in the United States. It changed procedures in nearly every hospital and clinic. Every member one chattanooga Public Health officer saying it is all people up all the time every day ebola all the time every day. Measles is too sick and up to 4 million americans each year. Many believed it was an unpreventable childhood illness. Introduction of a vaccine in 1963 changed everything. Measles was declared eliminated. Absence of continuous disease transmission for more than 12 months. From 20012012, the median number of cases reported in all of our country was about 60. Today is february 10, 2015
Introduce our panel of witnesses. After that, senators will each have five minutes of questions. We have two panelists today. In two hours for the hearing we will end about noon. We will have an hour for each panel and i will and the first panel at 11 00. From smallpox to polio, we have learned that vaccines save lives. Yet, a troubling number of parents are not vaccinating their children. Last september, this Committee Held a hearing about the ebola virus. Our witnesses included a brave and physician who worked in liberia and contracted people a and contracted ebola. There was and is no cure. There was and is no vaccine. This produced a near panic in the United States. It changed procedures in nearly every hospital and clinic. I remember one chattanooga Public Health officer saying it is ebola all the time, every day. In response, congress appropriated more than 5 billion to fight the spread of the virus. The impact of efforts is that the number of people a cases are declining. At the
Training academy. Thousands of people have been asked to leave their homes around the australian city of sydney. Unpredictable weathers air cross the australian state of New South Wales is making conditions even tougher for crews battling dozens of fires. Lightning storms have now add today the problems caused by soaring temperatures and strong winds. Many local people have made the decision to leave. Only sensual things, a few clothes, you cant take everything. And a few valuables, photographs and things like that. If i seen flames coming up through the bush there, i would be out of here. But we have had a lot of smoky days up here, but i am quite at ease. But, you know, if the wind changes i think i will leave. Bush fires are creeping ever closer towards australias commercial capital. A number of them are burning around sydney as firefighters struggle to bring them under control. Joining us now is jonathan, who is at the headquarters for the Rural Fire Service in the Blue Mountains j