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
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right? it also buys time for more negotiations to take place behind closed doors after kevin mccarthy suffered five more defeats today for a total now of 11. so, what s gonna happen in just a few hours? how will that change things, he hasn t seen the progress yet? plus, we have new news on the buffalo bills damar hamlin. he is awake and making remarkable progress just three days after he collapsed on the field in cardiac arrest during monday night football. the nfl has officially canceled that game, and cnn has newly-obtained audio from the moment hamlin collapsed. i don t like how you went down. a minute everybody on-call. bring everybody. we need a helicopter, everybody. we need all of this. we never went down here. more on this in a moment, let s get down to the latest from capitol hill. melanie zanona is there for us tonight. melanie, you ve got some new reporting on the negotiations. any movement, what s going on? not quite yet, laura. all the negotiations have
plus, the latest on house speaker nancy pelosi and taiwan. the uncertain visit is straining an already tense relationship between the united states and china. and a texas man gets the longest prison sentence to date tied to the capitol attack, but his daughters want someone else locked up, too. good morning, and welcome to way too early, on this tuesday, august 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. after decades on the run, the top leader of al qaeda has finally been taken off the battlefield. ayman al zawahiri was killed this last weekend by a cia drone while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul, second in command to osama bin laden during the september 11th attacks, and became the top leader when the united states killed bin laden in 2011. a senior administration official tells nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside the home were killed. in a rare evening address last night, president biden still isolating from covid said j
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