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listened to is widely shared here. but that's not what the kremlin wants to hear. vladimir putin hasn't appeared in public since making his angry pledge on saturday. filmed behind the scenes by state television to punish those responsible for what he called an armed mutiny. the biggest challenge to his authority in 23 years of power. but now that challenge has been made, there are growing concerns about what a defensive president putin, stung by the events of this weekend, will do next to stay in power. another question tonight is, where is mercenary leader, yevgeny prigozhin. as we know, the kremlin says he's agreed to move to belarus. but officials there tell me they have no details on when he would arrive or what his status would eventually be. prigozhin's office isn't saying much either, telling cnn that he
through all the events in russia this weekend, the war in ukraine is still ablaze. bloody fighting underway in the east and the south, as ukrainian forces continue to press their counteroffensive. could the turmoil and division inside russia present an opportunity for ukraine? cnn's ben wedeman reports now from zaporizhzhia. >> reporter: jim, after the brief but intense drama in russia, it's back to the war in ukraine. while wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin was on the rampage in moscow, officials in kyiv were largely silent following napoleon's advice never to interrupt your enemy while he's making a mistake. briefly, many ukrainians entertained the prospect that chaos in russia would lead to an early end to the war. but prigozhin's sudden about-face dashed those hopes. -- said in an interview, he was
we do have some sad news from inside cnn tonight. we say goodbye to a television legend and cnn pioneer, david boreman. he died early this morning following complications after hip surgery. he was 69 years old. boreman had a long and storied career in television, starting in local news in los angeles before moving up to the networks. later he became a top executive at cnn and served as our washington bureau chief for many years. david was known for his innovative approach to tv producing, which garnered him so many industry awards. in 2004, it was his idea to anchor cnn's election coverage straight from the floor of party conventions, giving viewers a more realistic sense of exactly what was going on as it happened. and in 2008, he implemented what is commonly known today as the
leadership going forward and whether his iron grip on russia is weakening. the crash site of a russian military plane reportedly brought down by the wagner group yesterday. the cause of the crash not clear. but footage indicates the aircraft had been struck by a missile or rocket. there's still no sign of vladimir's leader, yevgeny prigozhin, who led this march on russia, af he cut a deal to go into belarus. also not seen, putin. we're going to have the latest on the white house reaction and president biden's conversation today with ukraine's leader. first, though, an update from cnn's matthew chance, who is in moscow. >> reporter: jim, on the face of it tonight, it seems like a russian crisis has been averted. rebel wagner fighters have been dispersed, and the kremlin is backing control of areas that was simply taken over by the mercenary group. amid the relief that more
apparently belarus brokered, that he's supposed to be heading to belarus. cnn did reach out to -- he does have a press service. they say that they will get back in touch when he has communication. we simply do not know where he is right now. very silent since that message saying that he was turning his troops around. should note, we also haven't heard from vladimir putin. the key players in all of this are completely silent. >> well, it's amazing. he's got his own army. he's got his own messaging service. he's got his own political operation it seems. alex marquardt, thanks so much. the united states top diplomat says that the brief and chaotic insurrection in russia shows, quote, cracks emerging in vladimir putin's control of the country. those cracks, if they do exist, would be the informal power structure putin has built in his more than two decades of power. the west is now trying to figure out just how deep those cracks go and possibly, could they be exploited? joined now by senior global
collins, i don't think anderson cooper is the conversation either, i think it is platforming, and today it is cnn and by monday it could be about twitter and by tuesday it could be someone else entirely. >> and again, i'm not accusing them of a cynical ratings grab. i think it was not well thought out. if i was at cnn, or if it was here, i would say we must time it where we're going to give every candidate -- you give the candidate who has already said i'm not going to the debates, so i mean he is not going to the debates, so i mean, so -- >> amazing. >> a free hour? the guy who made it in politics because he knows how to brand himself, and put his name everywhere, i respect the reporter, kaitlan did a good job, but you're talking about a guy who marketed and branded his way to the white house. i mean come on. you don't think he knew what to do in an hour with an audience? and he says and by the way, i'm
platforming and publishing, said liar, the problem is us. that, ladies and gentlemen, is textbook gas lighting. i say this with sadness, affection, awe and a little bit of envy. we live in a world in which your immediate family, your child's immediate circle of teachers, coaches, friends, friends' parents, your neighbors, loved ones and social circle doesn't include people who voted for different people than you voted for, than you live in the only silo i'm aware of. this is annerson's cooper defense of cnn's campaign style event earlier in the week. >> maybe you haven't been paying attention to him since he left off and enjoying not hearing from him, saying it can't happen again, some investigation is going to stop him. it hasn't so far. so if last night showed anything, showed it can happen again. it is happening again. he hasn't changed. and he is running hard.
i'm covered every sitdown interview that every reputable journalist has done with donald trump, you have sat here with a lot of them, all of you have, jonathan swan sat down with donald trump and asked him whatever the latest siding with russia instead of the intelligence agency, i think i led the show, when donald trump is interviewed by credible journalists on tape, i always cover the news that is made. this is not about that. this is about you saying to your viewers, it is you, not us, that you didn't like, a campaign style rally, when the sporpers were guffawing and after, with a sexual abuse trial. >> the day after he was found liable, he was able to change the story from what happened in court to what happened on cnn. . what i would question, i talked to chris one time, around, concerns around don lemon and he seemed to be reasonable, and what i would ask is where is
not debating my opponents. i don't have to. i got an hour free on cnn. >> this is about supreme discomfort with what we do with donald trump, and the person at the table who has known him the longest, what do you think we should do with donald trump? >> i think we ought to either ignore him, which i think is perilous, because he's going to pick up steam, he has a following, or we need to confront him. donald trump, with all of his bluster, and as you said, i've known him a long time, and i applaud him, donald trump does not like somebody that will fight him back. notice he picks his fights. and he knows people that will not fight him back. and he looks for that weak spot in you, and he goes after it, and if he can't find it, he's not going to mess with you. and that's how he has been for 30 years. because he's just that kind of guy. he is not as bad as his block, but he knows most people run
you are, but it is cnn, it is like everybody is, they understand, he's a former president. and they understand he is uniquely dangerous. they understand that they're shining a light on something that is super important and not letting somebody spew disinformation and conspiracy theories, also super important. and try to figure it out, is what everybody i think, those good faith actors, which is most of the people, at all of these outlets that do journalism in a credible way, so everybody is trying to do right now, how do we deal with it? there is no precedent for this. and we've struggled -- >> let me just pitch back. and you're throwing out some strawmen. nobody attacked kaitlan collins, it has been eight years, trump has been touting birtherism for 11, we haven't learned anything yet? >> we have learned some things and not other things. i will tell you what i won't get into, i have all of the answers. >> we could don't have the answers. >> i think people are trying to figure out.