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vladimir putin and his show of force trying to show the world and the russian people he's still in charge and making moves moves act this reshape the war in ukraine. and a huge day at the supreme court, rulings on affirmative action, student loans and gay rights. be prepared for a change of plans, more than a thousand flights across the country have been canceled or delayed, adding to the pile of disruptions that have plagued passengers this week. it could be the beginning of holiday hell as travel for the july 4th holiday begins no you. this is cnn "news central." we are set for a potentially huge morning at the supreme court. we expect decisions to be handed

down on major cases that could have a transformative impact on more than one aspect of american life. the cases we're waiting on include challenges to affirmative action, gay rights and the president's student loan forgiveness program. let's get to jessica schneider who's going to be bringing us the decisions when they come in. jessica, walk us through what we could see in the next hour. >> reporter: kate, we are headed into the final stretch. opinions today, potentially tomorrow with just a handful of cases left. but really there are two big ones that really do affect millions of americans. the supreme court will decide in the coming days, potentially today, whether college and universities can continue with affirmative action in their admissions policies. whether they can continue to use race as one factor in admission decisions. affirmative action has been allowed for more than 40 years. but it is possible that the conservative court here will

strike down affirmative action and not let colleges and universities consider race in the future. so they're bracing for this. we'll see how the court comes down but it could be a major shakeup of 40 years of precedent. also we're waiting for a decision in a case involving the biden administration student loan debt forgiveness program. this is something that the biden administration had tried to put into effect in the wake of covid, essentially cancelling up to $20,000 of student debt for 40 million americans. lower courts put the block on this program. now it's up to the supreme court to see whether the biden administration can put this program into effect. so really 40 million americans, student loan borrowers waiting on the edge of their seats to see if their student loans could be canceled. right now, 40 million people are eligible before this program was blocked, 26 million had already applied for this. 16 million had been approved.

so there's a lot riding on this decision. what we saw at oral arguments were the conservative justices really skeptical about whether the biden administration had the power to cancel all of these students debts that would essentially amount to $400 billion. so those are the big cases that we're waiting for, also waiting for a case on whether a wedding website designer in colorado can be forced, in her words, to make wedding websites for same sex couples. and a case involving a postal worker who said his civil rights were violated when he was made to work on sundays against his religious beliefs. the court starts releasing opinions at 10:00 a.m., this will not be the final day we are expecting opinions as well tomorrow. we'll see what comes out today, the court likes to keep us on the edge of our seats right to the last minute. >> we'll be right here with you when those decisions come down. this morning reports of a

military purge inside russia and an arrest as questions swirl about whether vladimir putin has imprisoned the man who was once one of his top journals. general sergei has not had contact with his family for three days. the moscow time reports he is in custody. cnn has not been able to confirm that. this happens after a report that general sirovkin new about the rebellion plot for it happened. also missing yevgeny prigozhin, the man who led the revolt. officials say he's in belarus but we haven't seen him yet. russian military bloggers signal that putin is forcing a serious reshuffle, one said a purge is under way. nick paton walsh is live in kyiv with the latest. what putin is doing is of keen interest, not just in russia but also in ukraine.

>> reporter: absolutely and it's this chaos which i'm sure ukrainian officials here were hoping would unfurl in the wake of the startling rebellion. su surokin was one of the few top brass that yevgeny prigozhin, the wagner chief who led the rebellion spoke kindly of. we haven't seen him in public since a friday video telling the wagner rebels to stop and stand down. he looked harried in that video, obviously because of the circumstances or as some suggested he wasn't conversational with the message he was giving. i heard that some in the security or military establishment might have known a little bit about this beforehand. that's still unclear. it's also unclear where surokiv

is, there are reports that he's not been seen and a former mp is suggesting he's okay and at work as per normal. it's likely we'll get an answer by his appearance some time soon but where he's been the past three and a half days that's going to leave an air of suspicion over him and that's what western intelligence and ukrainians want. they want the blame game, the suspicion to continue percolating amongst the top brass. it's going to limit the trust, ability to make good decisions and sprawl on for weeks. that will significantly impact their already bad performance in the war in ukraine. and as you mentioned too, john, still an outstanding question as to where is yevgeny prigozhin. he's been said to be in belarus but he's not confirmed that himself and not a man shy of

putting messages out on his telegram channel. so that's a question that needs to be answered until putin, who today appeared as a forum talking about new technologies and drew a bizarre picture on a white board, trying to act like life is normal but until we get these questions resolved and this purge-type atmosphere being debated, his grip on power still looks weak. >> these would be questions easy to clear up if someone wanted to. the question is why haven't they yet. keep us posted throughout the morning. thank you. fallout from the military uprising is being closely watched by intelligence services and leaders around the world but how is it playing at home? matthew chance went to red square in moscow. he joins us now to find out. what did you hear? >> reporter: well, i mean, look, people are very relieved that this is come to an end.

people weren't happy about the idea there was going to be bloodshed in the country, more bloodshed but also very concerned as well about what the coming weeks, months will bring as vladimir putin tries to re-establish his authority after it took a severe denting following that military takeover attempt. whatever it was. at the weekend. i went down to red square, you know, to try and sort of gauge what people's general views are on the street, take a listen see what they had to say. i've come to the center of the russian capital to try to get a sense of how this city feels in the aftermath of that attempted military uprising of the weekend. tell you, it feels pretty relaxed here here a lot of russians, tourists here taking photographs of these iconic sites. i was trying to get into red square actually which is just

here. but you can see there are barricades up and they've been up since the weekend when that military uprising took place. you can just make out the domes over there. anyway, back to the people. i thought it would be a great opportunity to have a word with some russians about how secure they feel right now in the aftermath of that uprising. people like 86-year-old nikolai, unfazed. russia is its people he says not individual showoffs and regardless of what they do, russia was, is, and will continue to be strong, he says. but will its leader, vladimir putin, sealed off behind the kremlin gates? you don't want to answer?

not many people want to speak to me about putin. but those who would reject the suggestion recently made by president biden that putin has been weakened by the revolt in russia. i think he'll be around for a long time says ilia, all the country's resources are in his hands and there's no real opposition and won't be any time soon, he says. but now he's in exile, the wagner leader who staged and aborted the rebellion appears to be fair game. >> you speak english, right? >> yes. >> great. let me ask you what do you think about yevgeny prigozhin? >> no, like. >> you do like or don't like. >> no, we don't like. >> why? >> i don't know. but he is not good. >> well, it's pretty understandable, i suppose, given

what's happened over the past few days, people don't a really want to talk to us that much on camera. despite what most of them say to us about everything being fine here, i think there genuinely is a sense of apprehension about what the coming weeks and months in this country may hold. >> reporter: we've been seeing what vladimir putin may do, may already be unfolding. there's already this talk of, you know, some sort of purge perhaps or people being investigated for the role they may have played in this attempted military uprising. but it's all taking place behind closed doors, not in public so it's difficult to confirm anything at these moments. >> it's great to hear, to see you down there and speaking to people about what they think and feel and hear in this moment. good to see you, matthew. thank you. sara? >> sometimes what they don't say is just as important as what

they will say. we know that russian state media is reporting that before wagner mercenaries attempted to stage the military insurrection, their boss, yevgeny prigozhin, had been informed his private military would no longer be able to participate in the special military operation in ukraine because prigozhin refused to follow an order that said all mercenary groups fighting in ukraine had to sign contracts with the department. so discuss the angles on this, retired air force colonel cedric leighton. good morning to you. i want to start with all the presidents men, if you will. we have the situation that we are hearing about, reporting that one of his generals has not been seen for days, there's another report that he has been arrested. what does this tell you about what is happening in putin's inner circle? >> well, good morning, sara. the main thing that it tells us is that they're in upheaval.

the whole inner circle, especially on the military side is, in essence, being called into question. it's clear that the general that's supposedly, possibly in custody, that he probably knew something about this rebellion. his relationship with prigozhin, it was pretty strong given the dichotomy between the military and the wagner group. and both of them were very effective commanders in ukraine, comparatively speaking with the other russian commanders that have been involved in the ukrainian war. so they had a close relationship in that sense. or at least as close as one can get in those situations. and now, to have this occur and prigozhin, obviously, being put into exile, survokin questioned

about his loyalties. that's a stall inway of doing things. and the way to look at this from an investigative standpoint is something occupying the russian security services for some time. >> to that end, prigozhin has not been seen publically. although belarus' president said he is there in belarus. but no one has seen him in the public. how much is this going to distract, the fact you have prigozhin around, you have 25,000 fighters who stayed with him when given the chance to go over to be as a part of the russian military. and you have this infighting that's going on inside of russia. how distracting is this for them as this war in ukraine continues to grind? >> yeah, it's going to be very distracting. especially when it comes to the leadership. the one thing we have to keep in mind, sara, is the russian military structure is a top-down

military structure. everything rests on the shoulders of the commander and then cascades down to the lower ranks. very little initiative on the shoulders of the soldiers on the front lines because they're told what to do and they follow orders, they're used to doing that. if they put their loyalty into a hands of a particular person, they are going to be loyal to that individual, and it's going to take a while to change their loyalties and also take a while for the russian military to integrate the wagner forces, the 25,000 you spoke of, into the main stream military and it won't be something that's going to be seamless. it's going to be very difficult for them to do it and those people are going to want to assert control once they get into the russian military. they could be a poison pill for that military and that could impede the effectiveness of the russian military operations in ukraine at this point. >> i want to ask you about what

western allies are thinking here and their intelligence agencies. when is putin more dangerous? is he more dangerous when he's a p paranoid leader but a good grip on power or in this situation, a paranoid person who has a reason to be paranoid who seems to be losing a bit of his power? >> i think he's more dangerous in the situation as a paranoid individual who may be losing power. he's going to do everything he can to reassert that power and his appearance is something that's very interesting, because he is not only reasserting con control, or trying to, but he's using this visual of popular support to make a point. he's saying i have support of the people. you think prigozhin had support when he took over rozdon, i have

support here. so he's using that as a signaling mechanism to assert authority. however, putin is a very paranoid man. his actions during covid, really throughout his time in power, especially in the last few years, indicate that he really wants to not only maintain control but he wants to keep the people under him fighting each other, and that is something that we're searing right now. but when they go too far, like prigozhin did, then they have to be reined in and those who supported prigozhin or had some kind of empathy towards prigozhin, they're going to be paying a price, at least temporarily, depending on how far they were involved in this. >> colonel cedric leighton, thank you for all of that. you talked about the poison pill, the paranoia and how it could go south for the rest of the world. thank you so much. appreciate it. the supreme court set to

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as we await significant decisions from the u.s. supreme court today, federal judges in two states have made key rulings on efforts to ban gender affirming care for minors, in tennessee the court decision will allow transgender youth to receive treatments like hormone therapy and puberty blockers from now but keeps the bans on surgical procedures in place. in kentucky a judge put a

temporary hold on a similar law as it works its way through court challenges. saturday in connecticut babies born into poverty can receive 3,200 into a baby bond trust. once they turn 18 they can access the money. supporters say this will help level the playing field for children who would otherwise lack opportunity. a florida murder suspect on the run for almost 40 years is now finally in custody. donald santeeni was wanted for the murder of a woman found strangled in a canal in 1984. he was featured several times on america's most wanted. he was found this month in california. now to the latest developments from russia. president putin is trying to

assert his authority after the weekend's uprising by the wagner group and yevgeny prigozhin. on wednesday he traveled to southern russia, greeting sp supporters, even taking selfies with some of them. but there are questions on the whereabouts on a top russian general for one, general sergei surovikin. officials believe he had advance knowledge of prigozhin's plans. the moscow times is reporting he's under arrest. there are other indications that other generals may have supported the uprising. joining us now for all of this and where this leaves things in russia and in ukraine, democratic congressman mike quigley of illinois the co-chair of the congressional ukraine caucus. congressman thank you for being here. what do you make, first and

foremost of this mystery there seems to be right now surrounding the whereabouts of general surovikin? what do you think? >> i think we use our common sense when we assess the situation. after a dramatic coup attempt like this, there will be lots of speculations and rumors. it'll take some months to really figure out. but let's ask ourselves what happened. an operation like this, of this significance, would have taken some time to prepare and a lot of coordination. and probably troops massing and moving over to the east where they eventually went. it's hard for me to imagine that the regular russian army wasn't aware of the mercenary army moving about making plans and if they were aware, why didn't they

let others know. >> putin is making moves, it seems, to try and make clear that he is still the man in charge. where do you think this rebellion leaves vladimir putin? >> look, look at the russian people. this is the guarantor of security and stability for 23 years in russia. that was the deal, right. they had to go along with the repression, the propaganda system. but in return what they got was security and stability. not so much. and the day in question, what happened? he called prigozhin a traitor and then he disappeared. and then he apparently agreed to a deal that lukashenko had to broker to let the guy off the hook. i think that's just too much for him to handle. i think the videos you see of him, taped mind you, meeting

russians after being a recluse, is a response to the fact that wagner group was greeted in the south and this apparently went along so quickly. and that he needed wagner in the first place to do his really dirty work, i think it shows weakness within his country. i think the criticism that prigozhin had of the war effort, and more importantly the justification for the war, that has to be getting to the rest of the russian troops. that has to scare putin. >> the eu's top diplomat today made some remarks and in it said a weakened putin is a more dangerous vladimir putin. do you see that? >> absolutely. putin can't afford to lose this war or to even falter. his life is on the line and it's pretty much all he cares about. he puts his own people as cannon

fodder in this war. he's all in. i completely agree. this crisis in russia is an opportunity for the west, for the ukrainian army for a bunch of reasons. but what does a desperate putin do? the fact that he does these presses in in front of guys with big hats, goes out and meets the public. i think you saw just the beginning of the possibilities with another missile attack on a civilian target. we're pretty sure, in my mind, that he blew up this dam when i was in bucha in ukraine a year ago i saw evidence of war crimes in mass graves. what else is he capable of doing? it makes me worry very much about the nuclear power plant in ukraine. makes me worry about what other extreme measures putin would take, not just to show his strength to the russian people but to the rest of the world.

>> former congressman adam kinzinger he was on cnn talking about an opportunity that he actually sees that this presents in this -- after this rebellion and where this leaves vladimir putin and the wagner group. let me play what he said. he thinks this is an opportunity for the u.s. and the west. >> if i was still in congress, i would implore the administration to use this moment not to sit back and say we don't want to provoke anything but to push back against russia in other areas. >> what does that look like? >> you don't directly take on russia and ukraine but push back harder in libya, for instance, harder on them in syria. >> do you agree? do you see this as an opportunity for the biden administration? >> you know, i do. and i think adam kinzinger showed himself to be an american hero. probably has more military expertise than i do, certainly

does. but on the other hand, let's just say putin is weakened. i don't think if putin leaves there's any guarantee that we're going to see a blossoming democracy there. you know, if putin is gone, we're going to see probably someone from the security services, the hard right nationalist take his place. those that weren't angry with the invasion. they were furious it was bungled and furious at this point in time how russia looks to the rest of the world. but we have the realization that a desperate putin is a dangerous one and if putin is gone, the person who takes his place is very likely going to be worse. and that would result in danger not just in ukraine and russia, but in the rest of the world and the places that my friend, mr. kinzinger points out. >> congressman, thank you for

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after they experience a major disruptions, worse than other airlines. pete muntean joins us this morning from reagan national this morning. i have folks coming in the, are they arriving angry? >> reporter: they probably will. depending on the airline they're on at least. we're not out of the woods just yet and the busy period is still ahead of us. today the faa says it will handle 52,000 flights across the country. that's the highest number going into the july 4th holiday weekend. the big thing to underscore here is the problems, the mini meltdown happening in slow emot motion at united airline. so far they've canceled 300 flights, delayed another 17 7. 10% of the flight canceled today. but since saturday they've cancel 2,500 flights in total,

5,000 delayed. we're hearing from customers who have been stuck in these long customer service lines trying to get on new flights. but the problem is the flights are already full so some are not able to get a seat until monday, if you can believe it. united airline's ceo scott kirby said the meltdown started because of the faa, because of air traffic controller shortages at newark, new jersey but pete buttigieg is putting that blame back on united airlines. he said, sure, there are air traffic control shortages but united needs to look in the mirror here at its own problems. listen. >> united airlines has internal issues they need to work through. they've been struggling this week, even relative to other u.s. airlines. what we do agree is there needs to be more resources for air traffic control. the staffing levels there are not at the level i want to see there. they don't leave us with a lot

of cushion if you have a few people call in sick or an unusual event it spreads the system thin. so we need to see higher staffing levels there. >> united airlines in a statement addressing this meltdown says it is all hands on deck right now, pilots, flight attendants, gate agents, baggage handlers, all trying to get the airline out of the nose dive going into the holiday weekend. insists the operation will be back to normal by the july 4th holiday. united anticipated handling 5 million passengers in total. its biggest july 4th period since 2019. although we'll see if those numbers come to pass here sara because of the cancellations. >> it's a good thing about the economy and people traveling. but it seems there's a problem with staffing.

myself, there wasn't a pilot, the plane couldn't take off even though it was there. right now france is mo mobilizing tens of thousands of police officers as violent protests erupt across the country. fiery demonstrations are unfolding after a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop in a paris suburb. let's get to melissa bell live in paris for us. what is happening, melissa? >> reporter: let me show you these images coming from this neighborhood just to the northwest of paris where the young boy, 17 years old, of arab des descent was killed on tuesday by a police officer at a police stop. it is the video of the incident that has caused such

controversy. the policeman himself now suspended and being investigated for culpable homicide. it is chilling to watch. even now what you're seeing on the images are clashes that had begun at the march. a march called for by his mother it was to begin at the police station and, in fact, it has moved now into the city, into the neighborhood itself with those clashes beginning now. what authorities are bracing for is a third night of extreme anger. it began on tuesday night, spread to the rest of france last night with 150 people arrested and state institutions targeted violently. schools burned down, police stations taken over. what they're bracing for tonight is more violence. 40,000 policemen and women will be on the streets of france to try to bring calm and order. but as you see on the images, it's just after 4:00 p.m. here in france, extreme anger that is

the result of years of allegations of police brutality and racism at the hands of police, kate. >> seems like it's shaping up to be a violent night in paris and outside of paris as well. thanks for that. john? >> major action at the supreme court just minutes away. we are expecting rulings on everything from affirmative action, gay rights, student loans as soon as this morning. we'll deliver the news as soon as those opinions are read. stand by. ♪ i'm gonna love you ♪ ♪ ♪ c'mon, bear.r. ♪ ♪ ♪ you don't...you don't have to worry... ♪ ♪ be by your side... i'll be there... ♪

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happening right now, the supreme court is about to release major decisions. this is what we are watching for as it is coming down this hour. a potentially big case challenging affirmative action and higher education. the justices have heard two similar cases on this issue, and both of them brought by the same plaintiff, students for fair

admissions. one case was against, brought against harvard and another against the university of north carolina, and the end result here could determine whether colleges and universities both public and private, across the country can continue to use race as a factor with admission, and this is key as it is taking on decades worth precedent. and also, a ruling on the president biden student forgiveness debt plan that he gave for tens of millions of americans, and it has been stall and never gone into effect, but obviously now the supreme court will get to weigh in. there are two separate case here trying to block up to $20,000 of federal student loan forgiveness from taking effect. the people suing here claim that the department of education exceeded the authority of implementing program. >> we are also expecting a major ruling on the lgbtq rights called 303 which centers around

a colorado web designer who says that her state's nondiscrimination law is a violation of her free speech, and she claims that she is unter to enter the wedding website business because she did not want to face legal consequences if she refused to work with the same-sex couple, and if the law is struck down, it could open the door for businesses to simply refuse to serve members of groups they don't agree with, including those of different races or religions. >> let's begin with our justice correspondent jessica schneider, and we like 4:15 seconds away from getting a ruling on something big. >> yeah, and i'm going to have to make it quick, john, so i don't miss the first opinions, but yes, we are in the final stretch here, and handful of opinions left. we have opinion day today at 10:00, and likely tomorrow, we will find out later, but you highlighted two of the major

cases, affirmative action and student loan forgiveness and the reason they are so major, is because they will affect millions and millions of people. affirmative action has been allowed in the country for more than 40 year, and nine states that do prohibit affirmative action in colleges and universities, but rest of the states do allow colleges and universities to consider race as one factor in the admissions process, and it is possible that the conservative court will say no longer. colleges and universities can no longer consider race as a factor. it is something that we are waiting for, because the conservative judges seem skeptical that was race was still needed as a factor for the colleges to sufficiently diversify, and that is a big case to wait for that would affect students and people applying for colleges across the country. another big one, with a big number is 40 million student loan borrows waiting on this, is the student biden student loan

forgiveness loan program. he tried to get it to go into effect in the covid period, and it was blocked, but now he will see if the supreme court would pass this, because it would give up to $20,000 in student loan forgiveness, but it was skeptical that the biden administration had the power to enact this, because it would amount to $400 billion price tag for the federal government. so there is questions of whether the biden administration will let this plan go into effect and give significant loan relief for millions of americans. guys, we are waiting for the opinions to come down any minute now. >> and you will be bringing it to us when you do. and we will come back to you, jessica when it does. >> and in the meantime, joining u us is cnn legal analyst laura

coates, and also cnn political analyst elie honig. >> and can you tell us what you have seen? >> well, it is a big initiative here, because we have heard of this about voting, and the need of the diversity in the military and military preparedness, and the dei initiative in the corporate space, and this is focus on the educational space. this is where it stands today. you cannot have quotas to set aside a certain number of seats for a race or a plus system where you have additional points for someone's race, but we acknowledge that race and diversity has a place in the society and a stronghold in many respect, and so the question for this court is, do we truly live in a color blind society, do we

operate as such in the admissions process. and even though a student could not for example if it were to go to say you cannot consider race at all in admissions, what does that practically mean, everyone? you can't have a box of race. but what about a student who writes a essay about the lived experience as racial minority, and what about the holistic factors that jessica spoke about race as one of many factors and compare to say someone who is a veteran, someone who is a legacy student, whose parent went to the university, and mean for somebody who is a violinist or athlete or any number of factors that are played into the admissions process, and corporate america and military have had a hand in expressing views in this consequential decision, because they suggest what would be the parameters and impact on the greater atmosphere? it is likely and expected that the supreme court will continue

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