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a good sunday evening to you. im jim sciutto, and this is cnns special live coverage of the extraordinary events this weekend out of russia. moscows red square blocked off again today after the brief but stunning insurrection thats gripped the world, could perhaps weaken vladimir putins grip on his country. we should note its far too soon to know. so much we dont know about what led wagner mercenary group leader yevgeny prigozhin to launch a march on moscow and what convinced him to ab...

youll see them crawling on hands and knees, deserting an area. were live on the ground tonight. plus, new pictures from the violent attack at congressman gerry connollys office that sent two staffers to the hospital. congressman connolly is "outfront." and the new york mayor publicly breaking with president biden as angry parents demand to know why school gymnasiums may be closed down to become the new home for migrants. lets go "outfront." good evening. im erin burnett. "outfron...

our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. im bianca nobilo. >> and im max foster. just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> were having a wonderful time. everything is going well. >> nothing has been resolved in this negotiation. so lets stop the political games. lets get down. we only have 15 days to go. >> house has overridden the governors veto and the bill becomes law. >> should we be worried about this for our elections? >> my worst fears are that we cause signifi...

Was to underestimate your enemy and overestimate your own capabilities and maybe an opportunity. so the ukrainians need to stay extremely focused. this is like the hedge rows in normandy after the landings. >> fight hedge row by hedge row. >> 50 yards by 50 yards. the only way to get through it is to pop your head up and become a target. this is not dissimilar from that. the ukrainians have to be very aggressive with their intelligence collection and their maneuvers. >> theyre claiming some succ...

Shelling there, repairs made in hedge rows because workshops are getting targeted. the shrapnel holes dont matter, this tank commander tells us. whats important is the engine and the reactive armor. locations of repair hideaways like this one are a closely guarded secret. once the counteroffensive begins, they will be even more vital to keep the military and its machines moving. in a combat bunker buried outside bakhmut, troops have no idea when or where the big offensive will come. >> theyre mo...

Along the beach without a gun while the nazis fired at him all day. on day two of the invasion, corporal mchugh said the allies faced enormous hedge rows and had no way of knowing if the enemy was behind them. there was just so many obstacles to overcome in a long and bloody push towards germany. after surviving the invasion of normandy, corporal mchugh spent months fighting the nazis including battle of the bulge. he earned the silver star, the bronze star, the european theater of operations ri...

Beach. they had to come up with a way to get off the beach. it was the ingenuity of the captains and the majors and sergeants to get up over the cliffs and through the hedge rows. they had to forge these hedge cutters with equipment they had, with the tanks they had and the sf steel and they found a way as individual soldiers and officers to get through the enemy lines. so ike had complete faith and the luck, if you will, but the ingenuity of the american fight ing man. its an amazing story of l...

That check to young john forbes kerry, but, alex the area here looks remarkably the same. the villages, the hedge rows it looks remarkably the same as it did 70 years ago. >> yes we should say were look at the president and french president francois hollande as they approach a very dignified and inspiring ceremony to say the least. it is interesting how many things can look the same and the way americans are received particularly in that part of france, talk about heroes. >> oh, boy. >> it are r...

has fallen short. dan joins me from london. appreciate it. so dan, this comes down -- >> absolutely, yeah, this is fast turning into -- sorry, go ahead. >> this comes down to a private contractor. they were tasked with providing security for the games, so whats the concern now? where did they fall short? >> well, they basically havent been able to guarantee the number of guards that they were contracted to provide at various different olympic sites. were going to turn up on time. we ha...

>> well, well be meeting with them and explain to them what we did in some of the hedge rows and some of the fields and some of the city that is we went through, and i think its a great honor to rub shoulders with these young men who are the future hraordz of our great country, and of our armed forces. and to be able to present what little i did to them, in world war ii, is a great honor to me, and i hope that some of these days, when they are in combat, that they can remember some of the things...