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It is 12 00 in new york. Were following what has already been a dramatic day of testimony on capitol hill from two key witnesses, former nsc Senior Adviser fiona hill and current u. S. Diplomat david holmes, both witnesses raising alarms today about the conduct they witnessed between the Trump Administration and ukraine, namely the conditioning of both military aid and a white house meeting on a commitment from the ukrainians into those investigations designed to hurt the bidens, a Smear Campaig...

Have warned that the prigozhin led rebellion risks pushing russia into a civil war. in a televised statement addressing these advances from within, putin said the wagner groups actions were a quote, stab in the back to russia and its people. so how could this infighting impact putins hold on the country and his hold in ukraine? -- are back with me. collin, youve been following the wagner groups movements over the past year and earlier this month you wrote about how these boiling tensions between...

Happening there on the ground in russia? >> well, its a confused mess, amara, and i think one of the key things to think about here is the historical precedent as nick mentioned earlier is really not there in modern russia. you have to go back several centuries before you see something like this. its kimd of like napoleon coming back from alba and retaking control of france, except the one big difference is putin has never held absolute power in russia. hes never been the head of state. its clea...

Descending into some kind urban warfare and also a full-fledged civil war, especially when prigozhin says hes taken control at a post in southern russia, which is, you know, many -- a 10, 15-hour drive from rostov-on-don. and also which military has the advantage? especially when we talk about numbers, we know that putin has a much larger military than this private military group, wagner, but we know, you know, the wagner group has been much more effective in its war against ukraine. >> i think ...

Stopped the group of the wagner mercenaries, and theyve taken control of at least one of the major buildings that the military occupies in rostov. so theyre going to have to dislodge them -- the putin side is going to have to dislodge the group from that building and possibly the other buildings. and the same thing is happening a lot closer to moscow. i think what we can see is some pitched battles between the two sides potentially, or, the other side of this is that they will kind of fraternize...

Really wants is absolute power over russia and while hes not saying it, it seems he wants to control the entire country. >> you would describe this as a coup attempt by prigozhin? >> i think so. i think at this point you have to say it is a coup attempt. the rugs themselves, amara, are strike it as a coup attempt, where you look at the language of all these people and how theyre deciding this, it seems that the russian state, in other words, putins side, they are really concerned about this. the...

Strike against a wagner camp, probably inside of ukraine. thats been denied by the russian ministry of defense about but its put into place this extraordinary series of events, of wagner forces being taken from ukraine and marching on a russian military hub, rostov-on-don, and now it seems heading further. and the important thing to note is while perhaps yevgeny prigozhin may have begun all of this as a bid to take on the top brass of russias military, the defense minister sergei. its been said ...

Oh, yeah, you probably dont want that one. look, im not in charge of naming the subs. this morning were following news. russian president vladimir putin vowed to punish anyone involved in treason or armed rebellion. >> yevgeny prigozhin, a longtime ally threatened to take control of russian cities. putin has called this an instrecz. >> and security has ramped up in moscow with military trucks spotted on the streets and anti-terrorism measures being carried out in the city. the wagner chief has...

If putin is stopped, you wont see a full-fledged civil war. however, if this is metastasized from putin ice point of view, its going to be much more dangerous and thats going to be the critical juncture. >> is putins immediate objective right now to capture prigozhin and kill him? >> i think at the very least, capture him. the way he spoke, though, he sees this as treason, and, of course, the punishment for treason in russia is at least death. >> thank you. well follow all thats happening in r...

When you see the optics of prigozhin declaring that his 25,000 troops as he says are crossing ore from ukraine into russia demanding to meet with the military leadership, although, he does deny this is an attempt to carry out a military coup, but what do you see happening next? >> i think what youll see, if putin can maintain some of his forces, you will see some kind of battle between the wagner group and the russian military. whats interesting is when you look at what happened on social media,...