tensions with china. nbc news was first to report the suspected chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the northern united states around montana for the past few days. china is now responding claiming it is a civilian airship used for weather research that was blown off course. but how credible is that claim? minutes ago we learned secretary of state antony blinken is postponing his trip to china for what was supposed to be a highly anticipated meeting with china s leader next week. the pentagon is set to hold a briefing in the next hour. we know the department of defense is tracking the balloon closely, even at one point discussing shooting it down. we even have air traffic audio from wednesday about a, quote, special mission. we just got alerted from salt lake tmu we re on a ground stop right now until further notice for a special mission going on over the livingston area. we don t know exactly when we can have our next departure. it is landing with a thud on capito
more on this development let s bring in wall street journal columnist henninger and dan and based on evidence that s swirling around in the public how strong is this case? that s an easy question to answer paul. because maybe a thousand or more people have already answered it. unanimously, it is not a strong case. it just isn t which raises the mystery of why it s being brought. what trump is being accused of which is related to the possibility of paying hush money to adult film ac tres years ago is a misdemeanor under new york state law. prosecutor bragg is thinking about elevating it to a felonny under federal law which most specialist say they ve never seen something like that happen before especially with the former president. so the question becomes what is going on exactly with prosecutor bragg? he was under a lot of pressure from his staff before this to do it two prosecutors resign one where a book about it. i think there s the possibility paul that he s facing
have okayed the sending of the longsh requested tanks that the wall street journal says are critical. the u.s. made m-1 abrams runs on jet fuel, requires maintenance. heavily armored and withstanding direct hits in some cases. the kremlin not happy about this a rangement. lashing out at what they call an escalatory and disastrous plan. with this warning these tanks burn just like all the others. just they cost a great deal. my interview with john kirby from the white house in a moment. first to alex hogan reporting live from kyiv. hi, alex. hi, martha. joe biden said that the u.s. worked in partnership with coming to this decision with germany, which is encouraging other countries around the world to follow suit sending in their own tanks as well. olaf schultz praised the u.s. and german relationship. germany will receive 14 leopard tanks. the goal is to send in 88 tanks. germany s defense minister hopefully the german tanks could be there in a matter of a few months.
don t match up with videos. and cnn s interview with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he s revealing whether he would consider acting as a wartime mediator between ukraine and russia. and a look at donald trump s defiant deposition in a fraud investigation in new york. this, as he faces a new criminal probe of hush money payments over his alleged affair with porn star stormy daniels. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the glaring discrepancies between the initial memphis police report from tyre nichols and his arrest and beating. we have all the new developments. reporter: a bundle of contradictions between what the world witnessed in the video showing police beating nichols and what was found in the initial police report about the incident. first reported by the new york times, the photo of a police report was posted online by a memphis talk show post
do. one of people who spoke eloquently was congressman brian mast of florida, his words echoed when benjamin franklin said, he said, we could pass all the rules we want, if we in this body, the mic majority. don t do the right thing that does not matter. all the talk about all of the rules, following route rules. i got to thinking of benjamin franklin s comments. in his 80s, he was very ill, he was going to stand up and give a speech but he could not stand up, he handed it to his friend and another delegate from pennsylvania james wilson who read it this is what benjamin fr franklin said, i confess that i do not entirely approve of this constitution of present, sir, i am note sure i shall never approve it for having lived long i have experienced many instances of being obliged to change opinions even on important subjects, i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. is it is therefore the older i grow the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment if well administered