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down. also, from hot dog vendor to hired gun, who is this man willing to challenge one of the worlds largest military forces? plus, america divided -- >> this decision must not stand! >> one year after the supreme court took away the constitutional right to an abortion, the debate rages on with confusion over care in many states still grappling with the high courts decision. to the rescue, why dolphins and sea lions are washing up on california shores and the effort today to save...

public square. welcome to all you in the united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria coming to you live. we begin with the stunning new development in russia over the last few days. ill be joined by top analysts who will help us understand what has happened so far, what might happen next and what it all means for the war in ukraine. ♪ ♪ >> also, french president emanuel macron. i talked to him at a global summit he hosted in paris this week about how the west can help end...

Cbss ramy inocencio takes a look at his evolution into becoming a powerful mercenary leader. >> reporter: yevgeny prigozhin is a man unafraid of challenging russias leaders, especially after being close comrades with a then fresh-faced president vladimir putin two decades ago. prigozhin had risen from criminal convict in the 1980s to hot dog seller in the 1990 s 0 well-connected kremlin caterer in the 90s, earning the nickname putins chef, and even then serving prince charles and then president ...

Joins us now. good evening. >> reporter: a tense calm grips moscow tonight, the crisis that threatened russian president vladimir putins hold on power seems to be cooling off. wagner troops advanced within 150 miles of the capital when belarus announced it struck a deal between putin and wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin. prigozhin stated on social media his troops would turn around to avoid spilling russian blood ending a potential destable ieds -- destablingizing showdown. the spark of rebellion i...

Those times. the loss of many professional wagner soldiers in ukraine pushed prigozhin to recruit from russias prisons inexperienced inmates, offering pardons if they survived six months. most have not. and prigozhin has revealed about 20,000 have died in the so-called meat grinder of bakhmut. in nearly 11 months, the wars longest, bloodiest battle. he pulled out in may and lashed out at russias military leaders for failing to supply enough ammunition pointing to what he says are wagner corpses ...

Moved back. and so we may well have overrated his -- his toughness. we may have overrated his ability to, you know, to push things through to the bitter end. this is someone who will step back and who can clearly make up new stories if he needs to make them up. >> masha, when you look at the situation it seems to me at the heart of it is putins decision to use a whole bunch of militias in ukraine. for a variety of reasons he never wanted to use the army and he wanted to pretend that there wasnt ...