he pleaded. this after russia warned if nato further arms ukraine with battle tanks and long-range missiles, it will lead to a whole new level of war. it s been nearly a year since the russian invasion t. united states perspective has shifted during that time. remember the unwillingness to be a participant in a three-way deal that would have had the united states backfill poland s fleet of fighter planes after they give mig 25 fighters to ukraine? the biden administration said no. they were willing to acknowledge providing stinger anti ar craft missiles. with a passage of time has been a softening of the biden administration s reluctance to go all in. today ukrainian are in oklahoma being trained on the system that the u.s. is supplying. as part of a new and massive $2.5 billion aid package. reports suggest a u.s. willingness to green light efforts to target crimea, annexed illegally by russia in 2014. what accounts for this change? has the western perspective changed from ge
sensitive documents. so it doesn t matter that they were there. he said, quote, everything was declassified. so far, that argument has been noticeably absent for many decoration by trump s lawyers in court. this morning, and a legal filing, trump s attorneys once again failed to say that trump declassified any documents. for the more, then system that actually, these documents might not in fact be classified to begin with. essentially, trump s team is saying, don t trust the doj, because who knows of these papers are really classified. over and over again. the 100 classified documents identified by the doj, the justice department, are afford to buy trump s legal team as, quote, purportedly classified. yes, that s classified in quotes. a little over two hours after that sharply ordered filing, trump s attorneys in the justice department appeared in federal court in brooklyn this afternoon for their first conference with the newly in pointed trump picked special master, and jud
i m katie fang in for ari melber. we begin with a reminder of the violent threats facing our country s political leaders. paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi was violent aassaulted in his san francisco home with the assailant reportedly shouting, quote, where is nancy? mr. pelosi, aged 82, was home alone. police say the attacker struck him multiple times in the head with a hammer. he had a successful surgery for a skull fracture, according to the speaker s office. and doctors expect a full recovery. the united states capitol police say nancy pelosi was in d.c. at the time of the attack guarded by security, as she is at all times. a pelosi family member telling nbc news the suspect was trying to tie up paul, quote, until nancy got home. it was when the suspect wasn t looking that paul called 911. when the police came, the suspect said, quote, we are waiting for nancy. sources identified the suspect as a 42-year-old berkeley resident. there were posts where he po
democratic candidate for governor katie hobbs. a source shows this is the man who broke in earlier in the week. they have blurred his face. they have not identified any suspects in the case. items were taken but the hobbs campaign says it hasn t been able to get a full inventory. the campaign says hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of violent threats since she declared, which she blamed on her republican opponent. quote, let s be clear, for nearly two years carrie lake and her allies have been insighting threats against anyone they see. these are the direct result of a concerted campaign for lies. carrie lake pushing back. i m saddened that hobbs and her camp would try to pin this on us. it s defamatory and it s wrong and it s so obvious what s happening. her own party is attacking her. she s trying to deflect her own abysmal campaign and the fact that, you know, nobody even knows where her campaign office is. person who broke into it probably didn t even realize it wa
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. president biden signing a disaster declaration from california as storm after storm rips through the state causing flash flooding and mud slides. and it s not over yet, we re tracking another round of heavy rain that s moving in. also, the death toll continues to climb in dnipro after a ukrainian official says a missile struck an apartment building. live to ukraine this morning. we re following a developing story out of nepal where a passenger jet has crashed shortly after takeoff. we ll break down what we know about the accident and the ongoing response. and days from hitting the debt ceiling, president biden and the new republican-led house could soon be sparring as the country inches closer to defaulting on its debt. how kevin mccarthy s concessions to become speaker could complicate talks. we are so grateful to have you this sunday, january 15th. it is a new week. great