ukraine. and a decisive decade for the world. so make no mistake, we will support ukraine self-defense for as long as it takes. but how much and with what? this comes as the u.s. and germany are in something of a standoff over whether to send tanks to the ukrainian battlefield. the top pentagon officials are set to speak this hour. we expect to learn more information about if maybe tanks are on the way. we ll have much more on the dramatic negotiations ahead. plus, in his first public remarks since classified documents were found at his home and office, president biden said he has no regrets. i have no regrets on following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. it is exactly what we re doing. there is no there, there. and reaction from hollywood as prosecutors say they will charge alec baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of halyna hutchins. in ahead what industry leaders are saying about this case. but let s begin with the war in u
and welcome to cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. today, president biden is going to meet with leaders at the white house. doj signaled that it is going to fight republicans over the committee probes into biden s past. we have a team covering developments. we have phil mattingly at the white house, and manu raja at capitol hill. give us the latest on what the justice department is telling house republicans? well, we didn t expect that the justice department would hand over evidence into the series of ongoing criminal investigations, but in this letter to house chairman jim jordan, the department of justice says that they are not going to comply with a broad request of a broad number of matters, but they believe that oversight is important, and they want to cooperate, but they want to balance it with the ongoing need of ongoing investigations. but jordan made it clear, he wants to find out how they are handling a series of investigations into former president trump and c
a lake house. so reporters asked the white house if that s why he s not going to wilmington. guess what the now very familiar resounding response sounded like? watch. so as it relates to classified documents, information, which the president takes very seriously and you heard him speak to it when asked by colleagues in california, i d refer you to the white house counsel office for any statement coming from here. martha: yeah. basically just hit rewind and replay on that answer. takes it very seriously. so the president s lawyers found the first batch of these classified documents at the think tank in washington d.c. that was six days. i want to reiterate this. this find came six days before the mid-term elections. after all of the brouhaha, we know there s different situations. however, there s quite a few similarities, right? so why did we not learn about any of this for months? so this from the new york times. this says a lot. 68 days of silence. why the white house
thousands more people are waking up to the news they will soon be out of a job. after google s parent company alphabet announced it is slashing a whooping 12,000 jobs worldwide. that s more than 6% of its workforce according to cnbc. it s one day after microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs. so what s driving these signature job cuts and what does it say about our economic climate? president biden marking the halfway point of his first term in the white house under a cloud of controversy. the president finally broke his days long silence about classified documents from his time as vice president found in his former office and home. i have no regrets. i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. it s exactly what we re doing. there s no there-there. how will that response land with congressional republicans eager to launch investigations? plus, a look at the very first march for life happening in washington since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade
showers today or snow melt, there could be icy stretches first thing. in towns and city centres we are looking at below freezing, even colder where we had lying snow. early fog could be slow to lift across northern ireland, elsewhere a brief ridge of high pressure will build. some crisp winter sunshine to look out for on friday. a few scattered showers and a brisk breeze across the east coast, but generally speaking temperatures between four and 6 degrees, milder out of the south west. there is a change on its way but it will be painfully slow for some. way but it will be painfully slow forsome. it way but it will be painfully slow for some. it will bring milder air into northern ireland and scotland so we could have a rapid snowmelt for the start of the weekend, but the cold air clings on across england and wales, particularly on saturday. another chilly start. outbreaks of patchy rain and poor visibility to the west, top temperatures generally around five to 7 degrees. it w