hello everyone. welcome to the cnn newsroom. today the us and germany announced they are sending advanced level tanks to ukraine. this ends weeks of geopolitical squabbling and introducing what could be a game changer in the russian war in ukraine. it will take months for 31 american abrams tanks to reach the ukraine battlefield and there was no diplomatic arm-twisting behind the decision. they are the most capable tanks on the world and their extremely complex to operate and maintain. we are giving ukraine the parts and equipment necessary to sustain these tanks on the battlefield. .[indiscernible] germany did not force me to change my mind. i wanted to make sure we were all together. germany said it will dispatch 14 tanks to the troops. this move by the most powerful nato members opens the door for other allies to make contributions. the tanks will allow ukraine to go on the offensive and to retake occupied territory germany warns that the approval is extremely
along with the other part of this discussion nato country has been arming themselves against the potential direct threat of russia deciding they may not need these tanks these artillery pieces and can give them to ukraine because they think the key battle against russia will be by ukraine in ukraine and not really a threat to nato on a wider scale. tanks on the way soon. the ukrainian foreign minister said today the next thing they want our western fighter jets we will see that conversation ramps up. thank you both. summit congress is reacting today to the ? of classified documents members of the house gop say they will press forward with investigations into the handling of classified documents involving president biden and former president trump our chief correspondent is on capitol hill. how is this new twist factoring into the republican ? at the house? the republicans made what joe biden did at his home in