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
we need clarification on that, because they re saying it was not legal in california. it was an assault-style pistol that was recovered from the scene. and also there was a hand gun inside the van when they recovered when they went into the van, and other evidence in torrance. also we are hearing reports that he went to a hospital seeking treatment at one point, waited in the hospital, and actually did not get seen, left before he was seen by the medical staff. but that hospital saw the photos that were released by the l.a. county sheriff s department this afternoon and recognized that may be the person and called police about that. and i did see a note that the hospital staff noted that his injuries were consistent with someone who may have just been in a fight. in a fight. that may be the connection to the alhambra incident. it s important to point out, there s still no motive. the suspect is dead in this. again, there was a hand gun that was recovered inside of t
there s too much of it. three weeks into the new year and already 33 mass shootings in the united states with the latest in california leaving ten people dead, new details on why this tragedy could have been even worse. plus president joe biden facing new criticism from within his own party. to think that any of them ended up in boxes in storage one place or the other is just unacceptable. the fallout continues to grow over the fbi s discovery of more classified documents at the president s delaware home. and germany signals a change of heart when it comes to other countries sending this type of tank to ukraine. details in a live report. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, the community of monterey park in california should be celebrating the lunar new year, but instead it s reeling from a deadly mass shooting. the los angeles county sheriff said the suspect in that massacre died from a self
hello again. thank you for joining me again. i m fredricka whitfield. russia said it will suspend its participation in the grain export deal with ukraine. ukraine s foreign minister telling russia to stop its hunger games . nic robertson is in kyiv. nic, what s the significance of this move? reporter: this is very significant. russia says it has suspended the deal for an indefinite period. this was a deal that was struck by the u.n., two parallel deals, one with ukraine and one with russia, at the end of july. and it was struck because, since russia invaded ukraine, all the grain that ukraine produces, and it produces a lot for the world, was stuck in its ports on the black sea, piling up, nowhere to go. and the third world countries this grain was destined for desperately short of food. the prices were going up. after the deal was struck, the anticipation was about 20 million tons of grain could be shipped out of ukraine to these third world and other countries. now, wh
newsroom . i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news in south korea where 59 people are dead and 150 others are hurt. that is in seoul, the capital. and it happened at a halloween festival. i want to show you some of the scene. we have to warn you this video is graphic. it is an incredibly chaotic scene. you can see people performing cpr on some of the victims on the scene. it is unclear what caused people to collapse in these kind of numbers. will ripley is at the keep. will, you re right there. this is just unbelievable what s occurred. what more can you tell us? when we arrived, people were on the phone, sobbing, calling their loved ones to let them know they were okay. that chaos has turned into a stunned sense of shock in the nightclub district of seoul where tens of thousands of people have come to celebrate halloween. they were packed so tightly into some of the side streets. in fact, the party that was happening was at a hotel just behind me. we a