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
pro punishing protesters forcing some to fight in the very war they want to stop. and crisis of democracies, a warning to the world from french president macron, and his message to donald trump after being wrapped up in the mar-a-lago case. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead. and just in, special master of the trump mar-a-lago documents case opens the door to hearing witness testimony. this, coming after yet another legal defeat for former president donald trump. three judges from the 11th circuit court of appeals unanimously reversed district judge aleene cannon s decision. three-judge panel, one obama and three trump appointees. a special master s review of that subset, about 100 records is now partially stopped after judge cannon amended her ruling today. and just a short time ago, a special master deliver a new order to trump s legal team to prove one notable aspect in the former president s public claims. an in
hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a new update on the devastating toll hurricane ian has taken on florida. at least 64 people were killed across the state. as recovery efforts continue, the number is expected to rise. governor ron desantis at this hour giving a briefing on the storm response and recovery. hurricane ian slamming into florida as a category 4 storm, leveling entire communities. and today severe flooding is complicating rescue and recovery efforts. let s go back to boris sanchez anchoring from ft. myers, florida, for us. reporter: hey, fred. as you reported just a moment ago, the tragic news that the death toll has again climbed earlier today. it was sitting at 45 fatalities. now cnn has confirmed from state officials that it has reached 64 people killed as a result of hurricane ian. and those devastating, nearly category 5, storm force winds. obviously, this is a difficult time for so many across the stat
sat down with my friend rashid johnson, we went through his process. we re talking about how he is helping artists who are underrepresented in the fine arts world, people who are overlooked, how we help them gain a voice. but he s also one of the most successful artists of our time. and he s living in his success, unlike people, artists who have to wait until they die. you know what i m saying, to be appreciated. i can t wait to see it. sarah, i ll see you. have a good evening. this is don lemon tonight. there is lots happening. all the investigations swirling around the former president. a special master basically telling team trump, put up or shut up. he is not buying, maybe he did, it maybe he didn t over de classification. the judge, his name is raymond dearie, calling trump s bluff. saying that his lawyers have not given any proof that the documents were declassified. and seeing if they do not make that case, he s going to determine that they are classified. this may
right now. the united states has been to be ready for putin to use a tactically nuclear weapons. in the u.s., fears of a more dangerous covid variants. we are in force meyers. finally people are able to come back, take a look at the damage. i was stunned. this is the kind of thing that is catastrophic. mold is starting to grow and accumulate on everything. this is what makes is so unlivable and unsafe. over the weekend in iran, we have seen antiregime protests continue across the country. another public show of defiance. iran state broadcaster appears to have been momentarily hacked. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. two men shots outside the home of new york congressman lee zeldin. the republican lawmakers said his twin 16-year-old daughters were at home at the time of the shooting. we are gathering the latest information here. polo, what do we know? in a statement, he says he a okay and they re working with investigators to