remarks later today. we ll look at what this means for russia s invasion. overnight reports of tornado ripping through parts of texas and louisiana as the severe weather moves to the northeast leaving behind a trail of destruction. and new questions about the security of our nation s secrets after a classified documents were discovered at former vice president mike pence s private home in indiana. in monterey park, california, the community now mourning the 11 innocent lives lost at the ballroom dance studio. vice president harris is now expected to meet with grieving family this is afternoon. a suspect in another shooting in half-moon bay is set to appear in court today. we ll ask california congressman about what can be done to stop gun violence. we begin with major developments in the war in ukraine. in about two hours, president biden is expected to deliver remarks on ukraine as nbc news was the first to report the administration is preparing to send tanks to uk
ukrainian officials from the president zelenskyy on down are canning. we heard from the president a couple minutes ago. he said he was grateful for this announcement from germany that they are sending these tanks. but the key question is how quickly will they be on the battlefield alongside those american abrams and those british challenger tanks. ukrainian hope is they will get here in time to head off what they fear is going to be a renewed offensive by vladimir putin s forces, potentially in the next couple weeks. the reality is it is probably going to take a little longer than that. the first tanks we expect to see on the battlefield are likely to be those leopard 2s. they are here in europe already. they are used by countries some of which neighbor ukraine, including poland. the german chancellor said he s happy for ukrainian tank crews to begin training on those leopard 2s immediately. how long it will take for the m 1 depends on what president biden announces in the coming
taking in a way that s unusual to hear. take a listen to our conversation. every time is as painful and as frustrating and as horrible as the first time. it never gets easier to talk to the people who live there. it never gets easier. you never get to understand the logic of war because war is fundamentally stupid. . reporter: the u.n. will begin a major fundraising drive on behalf of ukrainian refugees next month. the commissioner will be meeting with president zelenskyy this week. he told us one of his real priorities right now as we near the one year mark of this war is