viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you live on cnn. just ahead on cnn newsroom. they wind up stopping innocent people and they wind up using brute force to do it. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. helping ukraine defend, protect ukrainian land. they do, however, pose a significant event to forces inside ukraine illegally. the fbi searching the home of a sitting president. the justice department was not fully comfortable with joe biden s team doing the search on its own. reporter: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s thursday, january 26th. 9 a.m. here in london, 3 a.m. in memphis, tennessee, where any day now we could see the police body camera footage of the arrest of tyrei nichols who was stopped taken into police custody. the family of the 29-year-old black man is demanding answers. the preliminary autopsy says nichols s
biden. abrams battle tanks finally heading to ukraine. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly has the reporting. we are fully, thoroughly, totally united. reporter: a diplomatic break through with dramatic implications. the united states will be sending 31 abram tanks to ukraine. reporter: the u.s. tanks set to significantly expand ukraine s battlefield capabilities. it makes it possible for germany, but also other european nato allies to provide battle tanks to ukraine and that will significantly strengthen their combat capabilities. reporter: at the same moment europe s largest land war in 80 years is in its most after weeks of u.s. officials say it was untenable. the maintenance and high cost it would take to maintain an abrams doesn t make sense to provide that to the ukrainians at this time. reporter: their inclusion a demand from german officials in order to clear the way for delivery of their own tanks and to sign off on the german-made
happening now, president biden pledges to arm ukraine with some of the most sophisticated war machines on the planet. american abrams battle equipment. it could take months to deliver the equipment. new developments in the biden classified documents probe. we re getting a behind the scenes look at measures the u.s. justice department was prepared to take if, if the president refused to cooperate with an fbi z search of his delaware home. congressman george santos is dodging questions about a controversy half a million dollars in mysterious campaign payments he once claimed were personal loans. 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 straight to our top story. the united states pledging abrams battle tavnks to ukraine. we have details on this major, major poost to the war effort for ukraine. what are you hearing about how all of this will unfold? this was a top request and that being
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biden makes it official. the united states is now preparing to send highly sophisticated abrams battle tanks to ukraine. i ll get reaction from john kirby. also, new insight into the biden classified documents probe. sources tell cnn investigators were prepared to seek a search warrant if the president refused to allow a search of his delaware home. plus, memphis is bracing for the release of body camera video showing the arrest of a man who died just days later. the family of tyre nichols says an autopsy shows he received a severe beating. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . we begin with a major announcement from president