and you might remember these stunning images. prigozhin s fighters were greeted as heroes in some towns for fighting a government they will has abandoned them. there are very serious problems in the country and they need to be solved. people who can no longer tolerate it, they resort to such radical methods as prigozhin. it goes without saying this is the most serious threat to vladimir putin s 23 years in power and secretary of state antony blinken tells cnn he does not think the turmoil is over just yet. let s begin at the white house with arlette saenz. we know president biden spoke today with president zelenskyy. how did that conversation go? well, jim, president biden is spending the weekend at camp david and he s been working the phones to allies and partners trying to consult them as the situation in russia has played out. one of those phone calls today was to ukrainian president vold
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. in russia today armed insurrectionists are no longer marching towards moscow but the threat to a weakened putin regime remains. meantime, the u.s. as well as allies and enemies are closely watching a country that barely pulled back from the brink of chaos. there is no word where yevgeny prigozhin is, the head of the ruthless wagner group, abruptly turned around his troops when they were 125 miles within the capital. russia said prigozhin would not be prosecuted and instead would be exiled. prigozhin s news service tells cnn that he will answer questions when he has, quote, proper communication. you might remember these stunning scenes as fighters were greeted as heroes for confronting a government they feel abandoned them. translator: they re are very
miles within the capital. prigozhin s news service tells cnn that he will answer questions when he has proper communication. it s the most serious threat to vladimir putin in his 23 years in power and secretary of state antony blinken tells cnn he does not think the turmoil is over. joining us to talk about this further is democratic congressman eric swalwell, a member of the house judiciary committee. you said you hope to see gop colleagues would rethink their support for ukraine. have you spoken to any of them who have revised their opinions? what s your sense of it? well, my republican gop friends who have been with ukraine are also hopeful and i ve spoken with some of them. again, the hope here is, if this was a football game, russia has fumbled the ball on their own 20-yard line right now. ukraine is in the red zone as it takes on this counteroffensive. they re making gains in bakhmut
he hasn t been seen since he called off this insurrection allegedly went to belarus, although we don t have confirmation of that. how concerning is that? it could mean a couple of things. i suppose one might be that perhaps he is not there. the other, i guess you have to ask the question about his safety and well being. reporter: you do. and i guess, you know, again, if we go back into what happened and why it happened and how it happened. that kind of like i think you can use that to analyze what his thinking or where his strengths and weaknesses might be right now. as i said, there is this foreign policy with putin for some time, you know, behind the scenes, cutting deals on diamonds and gold and making alliances in linnea and going a foreign policy arm of the kremlin that has been out there, and is still there in syria, libya, sudan, central african republic. what does that mean? it means prigozhin s still got