good morning, everybody. i m bianna golodryga. and i m john berman. this morning a critical moment in the war in ukraine and a standoff at this moment over sending tanks to the battlefield. a short time ago president zelenskyy of ukraine said he is grateful for the support so far, but, quote, hundreds of thank you s are not hundreds of tanks. there are new developments in the last few minutes about whether ukraine will get those tanks it says it needs for its survival. also back here at home, president biden in his first public remarks since classified documents were found at his home and office says that he has no regrets. the president will appear this afternoon at the white house with u.s. mayors, so will he answer more questions about the documents? we re following it all for you. we are going to begin, though, with this controversy over getting tanks into ukraine. cnn s natasha bertrand is at the white house and chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in
Opening statements begin on monday. And according to the judge, quote, this trial is starting. So long we have been using the word erosion on trumps institutions and americas faith in them f. This weeks spectacle showed us any, the term erosion the flow of water, slow and steady, might be under stating the immediate danger. We should think of the harm done to the structure of our democracy like a tidal wave, Flash Flooding possible. Try as we might to board up the windows to be kept from being swept away there is damage more and more every second. Some jurors so frightened or intimidated from doing their basic civic duty that some were moved to tears in the courthouse as they were today for fear of retaliation. You can see it in the way the disgraced president lies in the case and the way everyone is in if. He conditioned his followers to Distrust Anything and everything outside the sealed mega bubble. The Executive Director of protect democracy described it to us like this. I think pe
You know, talking to a lot of people. We had sound bites from him at waco. He Sound Bytes from him at waco. He was upset about the government overreach there and what exactly was he upset about in waco . He was upset that the same military vehicles that he had used in the Gulf War were being used against american citizens. And in his mind to see the militarization of law enforcement. But it was also the drugs. The drug angle. That was the atf. Came up with a rational, really. Yes. A rational so it would make it legit to use military movement. That was one of his grievances was the War On Drugs and the militarization of law enforcement. When he saw those Tanks Puncturing and firing Tear Gas into the compound he said that
and waco, talk about the connection. it was really amazing because mark and his reducing partner, daphne peterson, discovered video of timothy mcveigh at waco. he was handing out the antigovernment brochures and you know, talking to a lot of people. we have sound bites from him at waco and he was very upset about the government overreach there and what was he exactly upset about in waco, mark? he was very upset that the same military vehicles that he had used in the gulf war were being used against american citizens. and in his mind, to see the militarization of law enforcement. but it was also the drugs, the drug angle, right? that was the atf, came up with a clear rationale, really. a rationale so it would legitimate the use of military
state attorney general where that s their jurisdiction so they will start looking into this as early as today. the police investigation is into the shootings. the fbi s violent crime squad has the gun and the drug angle and atf is matching the ballistics. so you have a real mix of albuquerque pd and federal authorities who will be peeling back all of the layers here. pena is charged, as well as trajillo but there is a team of four people including trajillo s father who is in the complaint and named as potential suspects. of course, this comes back to a candidate who had to go to court to run for this office because he is a convicted felon who had served seven years for a smash and grab robbery crew. a lot going on here. there is a lot going on there. john miller. what s sure is we have not heard the last of it. i can t wait for monday s report from you on this, john.