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u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, former nato supreme allied commander, james to read us, and cia analyst from congresswoman, elissa slotkin. later, my sunday exclusive with house speaker nancy pelosi. get her reflections on the one year anniversary of roe v. wade being overturned in the future of abortion rights in america. >> over just the last 48 hours, the yevgeny prigozhin a brutal shadow commander of mercenary forces staged a short-lived attempt to seize more power in ru...

prigozhin accused russian defense minister sure gate shoigu of ordering a rocket strike on wagners camps. in ukraine, but hours later after reportedly traveling some 120 miles outside of moscow, the wagner group leader ordered his forces to halt their march on the capital city, and return to their camps. in a post on telegram, prigozhin said the move was done in order to avoid russian bloodshed. now, this follows an announcement from belarus that the russian ally and neighbor had negot...

eugenie prigozhin is headed to belarus after going to go into exile. the uprising exposed vulnerability to russias forces as the u.s. turmoil continues over the weeks. >> i think weve seen more cracks emerge in the russian beside. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go and when they get their but certainly we have all sorts of new questions the putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. >> sarah fergusons calling on the public to get checked after revealing ...

this has been one of the most confusing and dramatic moments and recent russian history. we are very much still finding out how this armed rebellion came together. what the u.s. knew about it, what the fallout will be for russia and ukraine. frankly, the rest of the globe. on friday, the standoff began when the leader of a russian private military group posted a series of recorded video and audio messages on telegram. messages that under mind jet ross is justification for the war in uk...

groups rebellion. im ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. >> and just a matter of hours, yevgeny prigozhin and his band of mercenary rebels were able to overrun a key russian city, shut down several military aircrafts and leave the kremlin scrambling to defend the nations capital. now, a day after that revolt abrupt resolution, we seem to be left with more questions than answers. especially concerning russia unpleasant veterans increasingly unsteady grip on power. here as u.s. secretary ...

then you and then change topics. >> one thing you mentioned is, sorry, you said the united states will continue -- sorry, the united states will continue to impose costs on wagner or its successor. is there any indication right now that wagner is actually standing up a successor organization? >> i think i said or successor if any. we have noted the announcements by the ministry of defense that wagner forces are supposed to be absorbed into the ministry of defense. we dont have any asse...

undoubtedly been weakened. prigozhin announced his paramilitary fighters would pull back to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin later announced war lord could leave for belarus allegedly without penalty for his mercenaries taking hold of the critical russian city of rostov-on-don. >> they were going to dismantle pmc wagner. we came out on the 23rd of june to march for justice. in this time we did not 3eu8 a single drop of blood on of our fighters. now the moment has come when blood may still ...

has turned this chamber, where slavery was abolished, where medicare and social security and everything were instituted, they turned it into a puppet show, a puppet show. you know what, the puppeteer, donald trump is shining a light on the strings. you look miserable. you look miserable. the only advantage to all of, this is that instead of reversing what we did on the i.r.a. say the planet, or reversing what we did to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, you are wasting time. >> you...

forces in america. from the voting rights crackdowns and assorted government plots, to the big lie attacks on election results that can stoke actual insurrections. we know the u.s. has faced many different types of crises before, but this era has been a perfect storm of right wing demagogues, weaponized propaganda from the internet to the fox news defamation we covered, and this is key, the perfect storm includes a high powered, elite driven effort to main streak attacks on democracy a...

cracks emerge in the russian facade. it is too soon to tell exactly where they go. and when they get their. but certainly we have all sorts of new questions that putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead. >> the duchess is called for the public to get checked after revealing she had breast cancer surgery. the 63-year-old duchess was diagnosed recently with an early form of the disease. >> the prince of wales is launching a project and -- the five-year program brin...