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a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto, and this is cnn s special live coverage of the extraordinary events this weekend out of russia. moscow s red square blocked off again today after the brief but stunning insurrection that s gripped the world, could perhaps weaken vladimir putin s grip on his country. we should note it s far too soon to know. so much we don t know about what led wagner mercenary group leader yevgeny prigozhin to launch a march on moscow and what convinced him to abruptly call it off. and then, it s said, go into exile. u.s. secretary of state tony blinken today called the whole series of events extraordinary, believes it indicates that cracks are emerging in putin s rule. the very latest now from cnn s sam kiley live from london. sam, we re watching russia closely, ukraine, also events in belarus. any developments to indicate to us what s actually happening right now? reporter: well, jim, i think the most stunning development so far is an a ....
were convicted today of seditious conspiracy. it s a rarely used, often difficult to prove charge. a fifth member was acquitted of seditious conspiracy, but he has been convicted on other very serious charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting an officer. but today s verdict means so far 14 people, including members of another far right group, the oath keepers, have either pleaded guilty or been found guilty of conspireing and plotting a violent overthrow of the united states government. this victory by the justice department, while it is a milestone and a massive and hugely consequential federal investigation into that plot to overturn an election and overturn democracy on january 6th, only underscores questions about holding accountable the man, who the vice chair so memorably puts it, quote, some in the mob, assemble the mob and lit the flame of this attack. we re talking about the disgraced ex-president himself. as the washington post ....
Thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Trumps lawyers, theyve been working to paint Michael Cohen as a sleazy liar who is hellbent on revenge, conveniently leaving out the fact trump used him as his own personal porno venmo. After calling 20 minutes over the past month, the prosecution rested their case. When he heard, trump was like, ive been resting the whole case. [ applause ] time to rest. Time to rest. Michael cohen admitted on the stand today he stole money from the Trump Organization. Only in a donald trump trial would the star witness be the one who ends up going to jail. How lucky is donald trump . Donald trump is like a corruption mr. Magoo. Hes just stumbling around, quid pro quoing, metal beams falling all around him, ge ....
the market plunged today to its lowest level since january. the reason, in part, a continuing fear about greece. so tonight the big question is will the late-breaking news from facebook be enough to turn the mood of america? facebook will begin trading for the first time ever tomorrow morning. so it priced tonight at $38 for a single share. when you add it all together, it is the biggest ipo in american history. the facebook obsession in this country reminding us of the 1983 classic movie trading places. [ buzzer ] i remember ipos like that. all right. there are a few trading floors left. computers have replaced the conventional pit mostly, but when trading begins tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for facebook, and it s going to happen at 11:00, which isn t when the market opens, about an hour and a half after the market opens, because computers aren t like people. it s going to take them longer to figure out the right price. there will be a frenzy of trading going on. the sto ....
terrorism center at west point. they re among thousands of documents seized by the navy s.e.a.l.s who killed bin laden last year in pakistan. well, they show that he worked until his death to organize another major terrorist attack in the united states. he is probably the most famous guy in china today and the biggest headache for the chinese government. chen guangcheng remains in a beijing hospital. he now says he desperately wants america s help to get out of china and he wants to go to the united states where he believes he s going to be safer. chen is an anti-government human rights activist. chinese officials promise to leave him alone but chen doesn t believe them. he made a personal plea to president obama. translator: i would like to say to him, please do everything you can to get our whole family out. i m very disappointed with the u.s. government. cnn is continuing to seek comment from u.s. officials about chen s claim that he was mistreated and threaten ....