president mike pence now embroiled in his own controversy over classified documents. sources say about a dozen records were discovered at pence s indiana home after he asked an attorney to conduct a search. that news reported first by the way right here on cnn. we re also following a stunning turnaround in the western disagreement that s been going on over sending tanks to ukraine. it now appears the u.s. and germany are both preparing to deliver the highly sophisticated equipment to ukraine. plus, california s mourning yet another mass shooting. at least seven people shot dead in the city of half moon bay just days after a gunman slaughtered 11 people in monterey park. welcome to our viewer here is in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. there are a lot of new
leopard ii german made tanks belonging to other countries, because as you said, that is important, it s part of the export rules that go with these weapons. you could see this as chancellor 0laf scholz bowing to pressure, because the pressure has been enormous for months. within germany and also abroad, with his own parties or you could see this as a victory for chancellor 0laf scholz, because what reports are also saying is that the us will deliver their own abrams battle tanks. and this is very important for 0laf scholz because his manager has been don t go it alone, they can t do the delivery of battle tanks without the us because it would leave europe disposed democrat exposed. there s been all sorts of rows between washington and berlin about whether america would deliver these battle tanks. last week america said there
will continue, and i m confident that we will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role in our alliance. i the announcement by chancellor scholz is historic with a special100 billion euros defence fund for fifth - generation aircraft, - new helicopters, ships, tanks and ammunition. let s remind ourselves of why these leopard ii tanks are so important. it was developed in 1979, but has been upgraded many times since then. it s now known as the world s leading battle tank . there are believed to be more than 2,000 leopard tanks worldwide, and the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has said around 300 would help ensure a russian defeat. but different people have different analysis of that. norbert rottgen is an mp from germany s main opposition party, the cdu here s what he told us. this is a position of
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were logistical reasons this is not possible now it seems if those reports are true, it seems washington will also deliver those tanks, so you can see this as a victory for 0laf scholz because he s brought in the americans as well, which is what he wanted all along, a larger alliance which would give him greater protection for europe. we are expecting an update to the american approach to tanks any moment, so when that happens we will show that to our viewers. let s talk about the political context here in germany why has there been such reluctance from 0laf scholz and other german chancellors to send these tanks, either directly or via a third country like poland? that s a third country like poland? that s a shame, damien apparently can t hurt us can t hear us. we ll keep coming back to these stories because