the u.s. is arming ukraine with more american ammo and rocket launchers. the lead starts right now. stocking up ahead of a likely russian spring offensive. the u.s. deploys another $400 million in military aid to ukraine. can president biden secure even more as russians encircle the strategic town of bakhmut? plus, from prominent attorney to convict, the swift prison sentence today for alex murdaugh after a jury took only a few hours to find him guilty of killing his wife and son. and drag shows shut down. tennessee becomes the first in the nation to put new restrictions on the performances. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper today. we start with our health lead. moments ago, the white house announced a lesion removed from president biden s chest last month was a common type of skin cancer. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now from the white house. tell us more about this diagnosis. reporter: that lesion was removed during the president s annual phy
[ applause ] [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please receive this benediction. gracious and everlasting god, as we depart, inspired by the a powerful and long overdue honor at the white house at this hour. good day. i m peter alexander in for my friend andrea mitchell. we have been watching president biden awarding the medal of honor to paris davis for gallantry during the vietnam war. he was one of the first black officers to lead a special forces team in combat. dragged his fellow soldiers to safety, despite suffering multiple wounds and grenade fragments during a 1965 raid. an honor that is decades overdue coming to fruition in the east room there at the white house. we have been following breaking news from south carolina. convicted attorney alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a powerful preamble, the judge clifton newman, sentencing the lawyer this morning after a jury spent fewer than three hours deliberating last night before findi
airport. the suspect arrested by the fbi. what we re learning about the device that was found hidden in his luggage. also, university of georgia football player who turned himself in on charges related to a deadly car crash that killed a teammate and staff member after the team s national championship victory. also, u.s. intelligence with a new report on what is known as havana syndrome. for years american diplomats and spies around the world have been complaining of mysterious symptoms. they re oftentimes debilitating. what s a foreign adversary to blame? we have the answer. lot to get to. we ll begin with this. the tsa intercepting a suitcase packed with an explosive device before loaded ton a plane. it happened at the airport in it allentown, pennsylvania. the bomb squad rushing into the scene there. and the fbi later arresting this man seen on surveillance video. here s the breakdown of what happened. the fbi saying the suspect arrived at the airport monday morning
new cnn reporting spotlights the momentum and the maneuvering inside the house gop effort to impeach the homeland security chief. and a revenge plot stoked by delusions of a rigged election. police arrest a former republican candidate in new mexico. they say he paid cash, gave gunmen address, even pulled the trigger in a scheme targeting the homes of elected democrats. up first for us this hour, the president of the united states unable to escape the gravity of a self-inflicted crisis. just moments ago president biden at the white house, you hear it there, appearing with the dutch prime minister. you can hear the president getting shouted questions. he gave no answers about the documents story that simply will not go away. the president s public posture sticking to the confines of what his lawyers have already said or avoiding questions altogether belies private angst inside the west wing. sources telling cnn the west wing mood where aides waiting along with everyone else to
plus we will speak with the new secretary of transportation pete buttigieg live in this show in a bit. but, first, breaking tonight, just moments ago it has been more than 100 years since we have seen this moment on capitol hill. more than nine ballots for speaker of the house and just now after a tenth vote has just wrapped up. we still don t have a house speaker. the growing question now is who will blink first? we re in the third day day of the republican battle over this job. former minority leader kevin mccarthy still does not have enough support to get to the magic number and the top spot. about 20 opponents are refusing to buckle so far as negotiations continue behind the scenes vote after vote. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, kevin mccarthy expected to move the meter today. it never happened, despite concessions. the house is no closer to electing a speaker than when it started