Drug failed in trials. Good afternoon afternoon and good evening, good morning. This is viviana , this is bloomberg surveillance. First thing is first, this is what your markets are doing. A lot of the focuses on earnings. A lot of the focus yesterday was the fact that we saw this blunder through w. H. O. Leaking. We understand gilead and the impact we saw on the markets because the trial was not as successful as a lot of people were hoping it would be. Overall, your markets are also focusing on oil. Touch today, west texas actually extending the recovery, treasuries climbing with the dollar, and a lot of the focuses what is going on with italy, the Italian Government bond fell after the europeans felt signed off on this plan, immediate follow from the pandemic, and we also look at Corporate News and some of the earnings. Ifo german Business Confidence falling, but it was expected. Of the 79. 7 figure. Again, that is the lowest ever, and in about 30 minutes, we will speak to the head o
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house. this as the georgia da investigating trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election says a decision on charges is imminent. tonight, we ll speak to a former georgia official who testified in the case and says there is enough evidence to charge trump. new video into our show, george santos making new questionable claims including being the victim of a violent mugging. and that he s giving his salary to charity. let s go outfront. good evening. america upping the anti-sending tanks to the ukraine. the united states is finalizing plans to send a significant number of tanks to the m-1 abrams tanks to kyiv. the abrams is the main tank that the united states uses on the battlefield. this could be a game changer in the war. and i want to emphasize this is extremely significant not just for the military importance but because it s a dramatic 180 turn around. last week the pentagon said they had no intention of handing the tank officials to ukraine. in fact, the undersecretary
appear poised to deliver sophisticated tanks as they urge ukrainians to turn the focus from brutal battles in the east to a renewed offense in the south. also tonight, former vice president mike pence facing his own document controversy. about a dozen records were found in pecnce s home. we re following gut wrenching developments out of california, the scene of back to back mass shootings. police releasing information about the suspect in the latest massacre as the governor there mourns tragedy upon tragedy in his state. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get to the top story. the log jam over delivering tanks appears to be this reversal could be a major development in the war. explain how the biden administration came around on this. well, the biden administration finalizing plans to commit to sending the u.s. made m 1 abrams tank to ukraine with officials familiar with the matter.
Of the week, if , god forbid, a truly Tactical Nuclear weapon is used against ukraine, it will definitely change the world. Stories, problems, analysis and personalities, john herbst, the former ambassador of the United States to ukraine, awaits us. Good afternoon, if you have questions, you will receive answers, interesting questions too, they are worth analyzing, sportnikov veresen, every friday at 21 15 at espresso. So we expected the actual connection with horlivka, but the editors warned us that it was dangerous enough for us our speakers situation, maybe because of these, this moment, actually we are not able to reconnect now, we are waiting , information is so important, but the safety of our guests is much more important, he said that there is a danger of shelling this particular place, from where he would should be included, this too, further north along the line of demarcation of the front, we will talk , if possible, about the horliv direction in particular, there were no le