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
american plague. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, july 5th, 3:00 a.m. in highland park, illinois. the chicago suburb dealing with yet another tragic mass shooting. at least six people are dead, more than two dozen wounded and a suspect is in police custody now. the shooter started just after 10:00 a.m. local time monday as people lined the parade route along central avenue in the suburb north of chicago. we have video from the scene, but we have to warn you that it is disturbing. [ gunfire ] investigators believe the gunman climbed an unsecured ladder in an alley and opened fire from a rooftop. police say the gun was a high powered rifle, the attack appears to be random and intentional. the suspect was arrested without incident a few hours later identified as robert crimo iii. he had posted anonymous videos on lineneighboring name awake the rapper. the investigation will continue. charges have not been approved yet at this time
long-range missiles toward the ukrainian capital of kyiv. we ll have the very latest on the ongoing fight and where global leaders stand on the issue. e global leaders stand on the issue. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, june 27th. i m jonathan lemire, coming to you live from the beautiful bavarian house. we will get back to the g-7 in a moment but we start with the supreme court landmark decision to overturn roe v. wade ending the constitutional right to an abortion after nearly 50 years. the decision came after the court s conservative majority ruled 6-3 to uphold a mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. the justices then 5-4 voted on overturning roe with chief justice john roberts making it clear that his vote was only to side with the mississippi law. the majority opinion on striking down roe was written by justice samuel alito, he writes this. the constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly prot
What is good for defense contractors is not necessarily good for the military, nor the taxpayer, they are supposed to serve. Consider the F-35 program, which was supposed to deliver a jet that would make all other military jets obsolete. It has yet to do so, and the failures of the program sustainability speak to the idea that we need diversity in our procurement.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has welcomed the approval of the Ukraine aid bill by the US House of Representatives. Source: Jens Stoltenberg on Twitter (X), European Pravda reports. Quote: "I welcome that the U.