hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a midair mystery. the united states shoots down more unidentified objects flying over north america. right now, washington knows about as much as you do. not much. what s gone on the last two weeks or so, ten days, has been nothing short of craziness. and the military needs to have a plan to not only determine what s out there but determine the dangers that go with it. plus, the republican house speaker convenes what he calls the heads of the five families of the republican caucus. he wants to forge a consensus and to prove wrong democrats who predict that house republicans in the end will blink and vote to raise the debt limit. and alive under the debris. sniffer dogs, thermal cameras find signs of life in both turkey and syria, but for every miracle, there is mourning. tens of thousands pinned beneath twisted metal destined for mass graves. up first for us, tr
both be president i think is really a little bit ofirish malarkey [ applause ] the history and hope and the heartbreak my ancestors must have felt leaving their beloved homeland to gain new life in america. i said all this not to wax poetic about bygone days, but because of the story of my family s journey and those who left and those who stayed is emblematic of the stories of so many irish and american families, not just irish-american families. and these stories are the very heart of what binds ireland and america together they speak to a history defined by our dreams. they speak to a present written by our shared responsibility, and they speak to a future poised for unlimited shared possibilities. so today i d like to reflect on the enduring strength of the connections between ireland and the united states, a partnership for the ages it begins in our shared history, dating back to the very founding of the united states the irish hearts that helped kindle the torch of lib
washington can be very much like a slow boiling pot of water. often the people who face the most scrutiny and lytic apparel, they don t seem to realize the trouble they are in until it s too late. critics say that could very well be the position that president biden finds himself in fairly soon, because despite repeated inquiries, neither the president nor his press secretary are answering basic questions about the classified documents. and certainly not in a way that s been anything close to the previous claim of being the most transparent administration in history. rather, critics argue they are continuing to, well, their track record of being the most secretive and dismissive administration in recent memory, including today s ill-fated attempt at a briefing by the dni. and tom cotton says he is going to slow down confirmation of all of mr. biden s nominees until congress is allowed to review the classified documents found at the homes of both biden and former president tru
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.
riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something he, quote poernly orchestrated and oversaw. committees demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications from over a dozen allies and associates. the response what it is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the house s subpoena. the washington post had new details what was in those intelligence documents seized by fbi agents at the former president s residence in mar-a-lago. the post reporting there were documents describing iran s miss