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betrayal. he essentially called yevgeny prigozhin a traitor. the kremlin said that yevgeny prigozhin was going to have to go to exile into belarus. now were learning that prigozhin was inside the kremlin with 35 other commanders just a couple days after that mutiny took place and the kremlin, jake, gave some details as to what was spoken about. they said that vladimir putin listened to what these commanders had to say. apparently they pledged allegiance to vladimir putin. there was one...

facing in finding the vessel? >> reporter: jake, we just had an update from the u.s. coast guard. they confirmed how difficult this is. remember, you said about 12,000 feet. they confirmed it could be that far down in terms of the deep ocean search they have to conduct here. almost two and a half miles. they have three to four assets in the air and sea searching. the problem is that the coast guard admits, this is what they call a remote area. theyre going to muster as many resources a...

Gruesome new evidence emerges of atrocities committed during the hamas surprise attack. Climbing to 1200 amid new rocket strikes. On the ground, israeli troops amassing near gaza. Conditions growing more intense. Food and fuel running out. The warren terg the sixth tai with the talks aimed at their lease as the u. S. Secretary of state heads to israel this hour. The other major breaking story were following, congressman Steve Scalise wins the republican nomination to be the next House Speaker be...

Senator dianne feinstein. So we will see what happens next. Abbey, always a pleasure to sit next to you. Good to see you, my friend. Thanks for watching. Our coverage does continue. Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world, and streaming on cnn max. Im rosemary church. Just ahead, republicans in chaos. U. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy is ousted in an historic vote. Former President Trump says he will be back for day three of his fraud trial as the...

Theyre being held hostage. not the first time it happened. it happened when senator duckworth held up over 1,000 nominees for promotion. all it is is uniformed officers being used as political pawns over policy debate. >> mark sesper, thank you for your time. the ukrainian military has liberated about 6,500 square miles from the russians. thats a little smaller than washington, d.c. new recruits are full of energy and ideas. its the weapons that are tired. ben weederman is on the frontline wit...

The country finally admitting 2 1/2 weeks later that "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi died in its consulate in turkey. but a source just telling cnn saudi arabia does not know where khashoggis body is. the sources say the body was handed over to a local collaborator after the killing. the saudi government claims that an argument broke out in the consulate and quickly escalated into a violent fistfight. that is how khashoggi died. thats according to saudi officials. well, thats very di...

"washington post" is reporting that cia officials, officials, have listened to the audiotape, which confirms that jamal khashoggi was murdered, and his body was dismembered. >> okay. ben weederman, also gruesome and very troubling, and it is difficult to report on, just as it has been very difficult for all of our reporters to try to get information. thank you very much, ben. appreciate it. president trump vauing severe punishment if saudi arabia is responsible for khashoggis death. lets go no...

Undiplomatic activity, wound would have thought that if a man dies within the consulate, you would call an ambulance, report it to the police, but no, this seems to be indeed an operation, as i said before, somewhere between keystone cops and a texas, and the texas chainsaw massacre, full of holes like swiss cheese. but not a lot of people here in istanbul seem to be believing the saudi version. we did hear the head of the turkish arab media association here saying that jamal khashoggi was slaug...

Saudi may have played a surprise role in the. announcing he is stepping down from a speech given in riyadh, saudi arabia. he cited fears of assassination attempt. ben weederman is in beirut. what do we make of this? that he stepped down due to fears of an assassination attempt. but the lebanese army said they found no proof of such a plan? and what part did saudi arabia play in all this? >> thing is no doubt that saudi arabia had some influence to say the reason to announce his resignation on sa...

Disturbing tweets from the u.s. president. but from the north korean side ive been reading all day long the dispatches from the kcna, the korea central news agency, the official news agency of north korea, and theres no letup in the tone of rhetoric there. the last dispatch i read was a report of the opinions of north koreans living in china calling for a shower of nuclear bombs to cure president trumps madness in the words of that dispatch. >> very uneasy in many parts of the world over this is...