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.
ground in the east. that s really tactical decisions. it s greek line or river line by river line and looking at lines of communication and road networks. yes, we need an offensive in the south. there is no doubt about it. critical terrain is cutting off the land bridge into crimea and that would be the inteintent. the idea would be to maneuver war warfare, we wouldn t have to match artillery shell for artillery shell. to do that, you cannot give up the eastern area. you got to find a way to hold it. can you get mored ed d ed eadva situation? maybe. this is a tough call for ukrainians. what they want is to hold left and punch south. to do that, they need more tanks, they need long range fires and need the logistics to keep it on the battle field. looks like they re about to
the important point is that there would be a full fair aggressive investigation. they re very serious concerns when classified documents are in the wrong place because they put in danger the sources and methods, the people who provide the secrets, the classified information that could put them at risk as well. yeah, we re going to have a lot more coming up on this late breaking development coming up after a quick break. senator blumenthal, thank you for joining us. appreciate it and welcome back from a save trip from ukraine. much more special coverage right after this. so when fresh mozzarella melts over it. that d detail. will be big. try the new toasted baguettes s from paner. one dollar deliveryy fee on our app.