have more to share later on. i want to bring in our senior crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz shimon, what more are you hearing there? we know that this happened before the bank was open around 8 30, which gives us a little bit of a clue of what may have been going on and who the suspect who is now dead is right. and by all accounts at this point based on what we re hearing from witnesses and law enforcement, this is quite a chaotic scene. police officers arriving and then within minutes that they were there they had encountered . according to police. they were fired upon. there were gunshots , and then we have seen indications where glass has been broken at the front. what appears to be the front of this bank has happened. as you said around 8 30 this morning before the bank was open for business. we re hearing from people inside the bank having to hide inside the vault the bank s vault to try and protect themselves and police. we believe this point encountered
this happens in her classroom no less. she s six. she s terrified. because the person that was advocating for her got hurt. she got hurt. a very emotional town hall in virginia after a 6-year-old brings a gun to school and shoots his teacher. the family of that child speaking out this morning. first this morning, ukrainian president zelenskyy is making another desperate plea for more weapons before it s too late. there are signs russia is regrouping and preparing to launch another major offensive. cnn has learned this morning that cia director bill burns flew to kyiv in recent days for a secret meeting with president zelenskyy to brief him on what the u.s. believes putin is planning to do. this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin is in germany to huddle with others. president zelenskyy spoke at that meeting. he said thanks, but he needs tanks. terror does not allow for discussion. the terror which burns city after city, and i can thank you hundreds of times but hu
president biden, democratic senate candidate john fetterman is getting an assist from former president barack obama. will it make a difference in the high-stakes pennsylvania race? and we ll also go inside children s hospitals overwhelmed right now by the surge in respiratory illness as more and more kids are getting sick and beds are running out. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the new response from the former president, former president trump s lawyer to the most aggressive move yet by the january 6th select committee. cnn political correspondent sara murray is joining us with details. so, what is the trump team saying about this new subpoena from the select committee delivered to trump today? well, it s now up to his legal team to grapple with how they want to respond. in a statement from one of these law firms, they slammed the select committee for making
some leopard tanks to ukraine while holding back the american-made abrams model. what s the difference, and can ukraine get some tanks before russia ramps up its war in the spring? plus, a new investigation opened in new mexico into a republican candidate s campaign possibly being laced with money from fentanyl sales just days after his arrest accused of plotting to shoot the homes of his democratic rivals. and julia roberts made her a household name. coming up, the real erin brockovich is here on a mission to help military families. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start with the world lead in what appears to be a standoff between the united states and germany when it comes to giving more heavy weapons to ukraine. more than 50 countries and organizations met at ramstein air base in germany led by top military leaders but the group failed to come to an agreement on one of ukraine s most pressing request, whether or not germany will send the leopard tanks to i
national university. supporting the whole you. happening now, breaking news. more fallout from the fatal police beating of tyre nichols. the memphis fire department just revealed that three employees who responded to the scene have been fired. i ll get reaction from an attorney for the nichols family. also tonight, president biden warms up for a state of the union address touting the benefits of his signature infrastructure law. this as former president trump is trying to jump-start his 2024 presidential campaign by hitting the trail and by taking shots at potential gop rival ron desantis. and in jerusalem, an urgent appeal for calm by america s top diplomat. secretary of state antony blinken trying to turn down the temperature between israelis and palestinians amid a new outbreak of deadly violence. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and let s get right