happening now, joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy can just wrapped up their first high-stakes talks on raising the nation s debt limit. mccarthy telling reporters moments ago that he thinks he and the president can find some common ground. also tonight, mourning in memphis, as tyre nichols is laid to rest three weeks after he was brutally beaten by police. we ll take you inside the emotional funeral and the urgent outcry for police reform. and cnn is in the trenches with ukrainian soldiers on the eastern front, as officials in kyiv warn that russia is gearing up for maximum escalation of the war. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. stories. important developments in the debt limit showdown right now. joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy just wrapped up a very high stakes meeting at the white house. their first face-to-face since mccarthy won the gavel. our reporter is on c
going on behind the scene. russia is respond to go this news. the russian ambassador to germany says berlin s move brings the conflict, quote, to a new level, as creme len spokesperson peskov says russia will destroy ukraine s tanks. natasha, is the u.s. s view this is a game change r? in a way. they re not going to hit the ground immediately, it could take as many as three, four months for the ukrainians to even be trained on them, but what we are told is that this could potentially be game changing in terms of breaking through russia s defensive lines in ukraine. they want to take the fight directly to the russians so they can take back that territory versus striking them with longer-range equipment that the u.s. has given them. they re still asking for the extremely long-range missiles, but in terms of a grinding fight that allows them to break those russian lines, they say this could be game changing. the reason would you the u.s. has been pushing jerchy for weeks,
sbolduan starts right now. in the next hour, president biden will deliver remarks on u.s. support for ukraine. he s expected to announce the u.s. will be sending a-1 abrams tanks to ukraine. this long debated move also comes just as germany confirms they will also be spending tank to say ukraine. both of these moves have been in the works for a while, a step both countries have resisted for a variety of reasons. these coordinated announcements now also pave the way for other european countries to do the same and supply tank to say ukraine. as ukrainians are preparing for a big spring offensive by russia. we re going to discuss all of this with nato secretary-general stoltenberg. what are you hearing, oren? reporter: we re told about 30 tanks will head to ukraine, one of the most advanced tanks pretty much out there. how soon? this will take time. we ve seen the coordination between the german announcement to send its german-made leopard tanks and other countries to send
phone locks at 8:49 and 31 seconds, around that same time, and she never answers another text, never sends another text, never makes another phone call never receives another phone call. three minutes, ladies and gentlemen, three minutes, after a video shows he s at the scene with the victims and told everybody he was never there. never there. credibility ladies and gentlemen. what happens? you ll hear evidence that alex s phone conspicuously he didn t have a lot of activity from about 8:09 p.m. until 9:02 p.m. and if he was at the kennels, which the evidence will show, why is his phone not with him? why is it not showing activity? but you will hear that at 9:02. all of a sudden his phone starts to pick up activity. 9:02 the calls he starts moving at 9:04:40 calls maggie s phone, doesn t answer, of course, doesn t answer it. he calls his father randolph in the house but doesn t appear there s an answer there. he calls maggie again at 9:06. remember he s just a third of a mile
to everything turn turn turn there is a season turn turn turn good morning, everyone. poppy is off. we start with sad news to share this morning. legendary singer, song writer david crosby has died. such a loss. it is. we ve been losing a lot of people, especially in the music industry. very few people i feel moved as many people for as long as he did. he had such a special career. david crosby in his own words about how he would be remembered. but first, is russia getting ready to launch an all-out attack? ukraine bracing for a potential offensive. the u.s. and allies sending more weapons but is it enough to stop vladimir putin s onslaught. president biden is breaking his silence. what he is saying about how he believes he has handled the classified documents found in his home and office. alec baldwin facing charges for the shooting on the movie set. we begin in ukraine where russian forces might be gearing up for a major offensive, ukraine has been