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a good sunday evening to you. im jim sciutto, and this is cnns special live coverage of the extraordinary yet short-lived uprising in russia that has left much of the world asking exactly how this happened and what could happen next. is putins leadership under threat? is this an opportunity for ukraine to repel russias ongoing invasion? we do have new developments tonight, including reaction from the biden administration. but first video has emerged on social media which shows the cras...

this is where five explorers and would-be explorers first set off on friday, out into the open ocean, traveling some 460 miles from here toward the wreck of the rms titanic. then on sunday morning they were sealed inside the submersible tight sxn lowered into the ocean for their descent to the seabed some 13,000 feet below, about two miles. less than two hours later communication, as you know, was lost with the submersible and we just learned it was about that time a senior navy offici...

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...

and good evening from st. johns newfoundland. with a sad and somber evening here. this is where five explorers and would-be explorers were set off on friday, out into the open ocean, traveling so 460 miles from here towards the wreck of the artemis titanic. then, on sunday morning, they were sealed inside the submersible titan, and lowered into the ocean into their descend into the seabed some 13,000 feet below, about two miles. less than two hours later, communication as you know, was...

I think were seeing a parallel here with make sure if youre going to go into a vehicle, whether its an aircraft or a surface craft or submersible that its been through certifying agencies, that its been signed off. >> seems like a basic point, doesnt it? while the u.s. coast guard is leading efforts to determine how the titan sub imploded, canada has its own investigation under way to determine the possibility at least of criminal liability for those five people killed on board. an effort compli...

This. >> its phenomenal -- >> do you worry about this having impact on the continued exploration? >> i do. look, im not worried about exploration because explorers will go. and im not worried about innovation because people will innovate. im worried that it has a negative impact on, lets say, citizen explorers, tourists, you know. but these are serious people with serious curiosity willing to put serious money down to go to these interesting places. and i dont want to discourage that. but i thin...

These are serious people of serious curiosity, willing to put serious money down to go to these interesting places. i dont want to discourage that. i think that its almost now the lesson, the takeaway is, make sure if youre gonna go into a vehicle, whether its an aircraft or surface craft or submersible, that its been through certifying agencies. its been signed off. every day, we trust our lives to engineering. we step into an elevator. we make an assumption that somebody, somewhere has done th...