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Endowed by their creator with since inalienable lights. among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we havent always lived up to those words, but weve never walked away from them. today and all days we have to say clearly we never will. we never will. [ applause ] folks, this year we honor the 50th anniversary of the all-volunteer force. [ cheers ] 50 years. 75th anniversary of desegregating the military. [ cheers and applause ] the 75th anniversary of womens official integration int...

Howitzers. the soldiers telling us they believe they can liberate bakhmut. ukraine has established a small beach head on the eastern side of the dnipro river. this video circulating online appearing to show a russian armored vehicle firing on the ukrainians. the advances still agonizingly slow. in zaporizhzhia we drive through a small string of villages where ukraine has been inching forward. were here in this village liberated by ukrainian troops weeks ago. almost every building in this village...

Processes. he gives orders to the commanders. its understood. they are scared to lose their jobs. but he doesnt understand and doesnt control the middle layer of the russian military, nor the lower rank officers and soldiers. also new overnight, the kremlin claims it foiled car bomb assassination plot against the russian-backed leader of crimea. zelenskyy said the war in ukraine wont be over until crimea is back under ukrainian control. >> translator: we cannot imagine ukraine without crimea a...

Independence, what we fought and stood for. i just came back from a trip meeting with naval commanders in hawaii and guam and taiwan. these are americans who are celebrating july 2nd, celebrating independence day. we have not had fireworks at mount rushmore since the trump administration. i guarantee if it were pride day, we would launch as many fireworks as possible. not independence day. anti-american sentiment. >> carley: supreme court just ended race-based -- you still cant use affirmative a...

Russia. who could have stopped them? we understand that putin doesnt control the regional policy and he doesnt control all those people in the regions. so all that vertical of power he used to have just got crumbling down. >> do you believe hes fully in charge of the military right now when it comes to your front line and this counteroffensive, do you believe putin is fully in charge of the russian military? >> translator: i dont think he fully controls all the processes. he gives orders to the ...

Putin doesnt control the situation in the regions. he doesnt control the security situation. all of us understand that his whole army is in ukraine. almost entire army is there. thats why its so easy for the wagner troops to march through russia. who could have stopped them? we understand that putin doesnt control the regional policy, and he doesnt control all those people in the regions. so, all that vertical of power he used to have just got crumbling down. >> do you believe hes fully in charg...

>> i also realize there was a harsh decision made to destroy. i suggested putin not to hurry. lets talk with putin and commanders. >> reporter: no such help. prizing off her own electronic bracelet on her way to the border. cnn first brought you her story earlier this year. she just arrived in vilnius, lithuania, after fleeing her home in northern russia, taking very little. but a reminder of the cost of her freedom, the reason she was made an example of, she says, is there are many ordinary rus...

Plan two days before it was to be executed. prigozhins blot relied on his belief that a part of russias armed forces would join the rebellion and turn against their own commanders. western officials said they believe the original plot had a good chance of success. but failed after the conspiracy was leaked. forcing prigozhin to emphasize and an alternate plan. the kremlin now claims it to know about prigozhins plan ahead of time. but if it did why did the kremlin not stop him and why was prigozh...

Reported that general sergei sorvikin knew about the wagner mercenaries plotting last weeks insurrection, and the independent "moscow times" reports hes now in custody. cnn has not confirmed that independently. hes actually among a number of top russian military commanders who have not been seen in public since the failed mutiny. also out of the public eye, the man who led the revolt, wagners yevgeny prigozhin. the kremlin says the wagner chief was exiled to belarus, but he has not yet been seen...

Kremlin of divided loyalties. but general whose whereabouts remain unknown is one of russias most capable, highly decorated commanders. whats unclear is if the kremlin still trusts him. wolf, what certainly has lost the trust of the kremlin at the moment is wagner and its leader, prigozhin, and anything associated with it. tonight, theres been a development that a social media organization linked to prigozhin and which says it has about 11 million users announced its going out of business as wel...