washington can be very much like a slow boiling pot of water. often the people who face the most scrutiny and lytic apparel, they don t seem to realize the trouble they are in until it s too late. critics say that could very well be the position that president biden finds himself in fairly soon, because despite repeated inquiries, neither the president nor his press secretary are answering basic questions about the classified documents. and certainly not in a way that s been anything close to the previous claim of being the most transparent administration in history. rather, critics argue they are continuing to, well, their track record of being the most secretive and dismissive administration in recent memory, including today s ill-fated attempt at a briefing by the dni. and tom cotton says he is going to slow down confirmation of all of mr. biden s nominees until congress is allowed to review the classified documents found at the homes of both biden and former president tru
people should hear from including on our apps and services from those who want to lead them. is he a former president of this country vying to be a candidate for the next presidential election. we will have much more of my exclusive interview with nick clague in just a few minutes meanwhile the president is talking fang will supply 3 dozen m 1 abrams tanks to the ukrainians as they try to defend against the russians that move is opening the door to other countries following suit. white house correspondent peter doocy has the story behind the decision live from the north lawn tonight. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. there s nothing delicate about a tank but something very delicate to say they won t be a threat to russia but russian troops inside ukraine. this is about freedom. freedom for ukraine. and help for president volodymyr zelenskyy zelenskyy. today is his birthday by the way. peter: the u.s. is sending 31 abrams tanks the equivalent of one ukr
we re getting new reaction to his message and whether it ll make a difference with the all important mid-term elections just 12 days away. also this hour a secret hearing involving the trump team and the mar-a-lago document dispute. it ended just a short while ago. we re learning also that the january 6th select committee is now moving forward with interviews of top secret service agents and officials. standby for the details, reported first right here on cnn. and we ll have an exclusive report from inside the bunker of a ukrainian powerplant targeted by the russians. i ll discuss the war and the new taunts from vladimir putin and iran going on right now with key white house official john kirby. he s standing by live. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with issue number one for so many american voters, the u.s. economy. president biden is seizing at a new report showing a re
new hope for the thousands like elliot who have the rarer form of haemophilia. british doctors say they have a transformational therapy. the telescope that can see dead stars collide. why do we care? because that s the process that produced heavy metals like gold and platinum. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: it was a special night for the england lionesses. we ll look back at their win over spain and who they could face in the semifinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. now that the conservative leadership contest has been whittled down to two candidates rishi sunak and liz truss the focus is shifting to what each of them stands for. it s early days but the battleground appears to be economic policy. you might think that would suit mr sunak. after all, he was our chancellor for nearly two and a half years. but ms truss says he got it wrong. speaking to the bbc, the foreign secretary says successive chancellors have
calls to stop punishing addicts if it is to end its reputation as the drugs capital of europe. president biden has tested positive for covid. the white house says the symptoms are mild. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in 1974, were unlawfully killed. and no ordinary telescope for the first time scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars good evening. now that the conservative leadership contest has been whittled down to two candidates rishi sunak and liz truss, the focus is shifting to what each of them stands for. it s early days but the battleground appears to be economic policy. mr sunak was chancellor for nearly two and a half years but ms truss sa