biden. abrams battle tanks finally heading to ukraine. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly has the reporting. we are fully, thoroughly, totally united. reporter: a diplomatic break through with dramatic implications. the united states will be sending 31 abram tanks to ukraine. reporter: the u.s. tanks set to significantly expand ukraine s battlefield capabilities. it makes it possible for germany, but also other european nato allies to provide battle tanks to ukraine and that will significantly strengthen their combat capabilities. reporter: at the same moment europe s largest land war in 80 years is in its most after weeks of u.s. officials say it was untenable. the maintenance and high cost it would take to maintain an abrams doesn t make sense to provide that to the ukrainians at this time. reporter: their inclusion a demand from german officials in order to clear the way for delivery of their own tanks and to sign off on the german-made
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
have okayed the sending of the longsh requested tanks that the wall street journal says are critical. the u.s. made m-1 abrams runs on jet fuel, requires maintenance. heavily armored and withstanding direct hits in some cases. the kremlin not happy about this a rangement. lashing out at what they call an escalatory and disastrous plan. with this warning these tanks burn just like all the others. just they cost a great deal. my interview with john kirby from the white house in a moment. first to alex hogan reporting live from kyiv. hi, alex. hi, martha. joe biden said that the u.s. worked in partnership with coming to this decision with germany, which is encouraging other countries around the world to follow suit sending in their own tanks as well. olaf schultz praised the u.s. and german relationship. germany will receive 14 leopard tanks. the goal is to send in 88 tanks. germany s defense minister hopefully the german tanks could be there in a matter of a few months.
request. the maintenance and the high cost it would take to maintain an abrams doesn t make sense to provide that to the ukrainians at this moment. martha: so what changed? we ve been nothing but honest about the challenges with possession and operation of the abrams. very expensive to operate and train. a long supply chain that is required because they re so sophisticated and has a jet engine to propel it. it requires a special type of fuel. there s lots of challenges. that said, this was about two things. maintaining the alliance and partnership and support to ukraine and making sure that we re getting ahead of the fight. we ve been providing capabilities that have changed the last 11 months, this is another example of sophisticated
was untenable. the maintenance and high cost it would take to maintain an abrams doesn t make sense to provide that to the ukrainians at this time. reporter: their inclusion a demand from german officials in order to clear the way for delivery of their own tanks and to sign off on the german-made tanks by other allies. now the trigger to a deal for u.s. allies across europe. germany has really stepped up. the chancellor has been a strong voice for unity. reporter: biden s praise of the chancellor, intentional. the negotiations ultimately leading to this commitment. delivering these tanks to the field will take time. time we ll use to make sure the