And it is sock eastern. Thanks for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news from capitol hill, where we are waiting the highly anticipated testimony of former Special Counsel robert hur. He is set to appear in just moments, before the house judiciary committee. And you can see him arriving there at the capitol, moments ago. Hes being held, were told in a holding area before this Committee Hearing gets going. Now, hur is the Special Counsel who investigated President Bidens handling of classified documents. Ultimately he chose not to bring charges, but he also questioned the president s Mental Acuity and fitness in his report. He is expected to defend that today in his opening statement, saying, quote, my task was to determine whether the president retained or disclosed National Defense information willfully, meaning knowingly, and with the intent to do something the law forbids. I could not make that determination without assessing the preside
hello and thanks for joining us. i m abby phillip here in washington. now, president biden makes it official. just moments ago, the u.s. is sending abrams tanks to ukraine. that announcement comes just hours after germany revealed that it will send its own leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. germany had been reluctant to do that but ultimately they bent to weeks of intense pressure from western allies. cnn s phil mattingly is over at the white house for us. but let s begin first with our own jim sciutto. jim, can you walk us through what we are talking about here? what are these tanks, and where are they coming from as it relates to what s going into ukraine? reporter: abby, this is a significant move and let s begin with what the capabilities are. this is a german leopard tank then you have the u.s. sending abrams as well. first thing to say about this, highly capable, it s an offensive weapon, not a defensive weapon and the ukrainians hope here, their aim is to use this as a weap
now underway for the second gunman. details are still coming into our newsroom. the los angeles county sheriff s both just moments ago about the shooter. there is a mail suspect that fled the scene and remains outstanding as of this moment. our very preliminary description has been described as mail asian and that is from the scene here in monterey park. christina coleman is live in california it with what know so far. christina. hi arthel. just a horrific situation here as you mentioned 10 people were pronounced dead and 10 people were critically injured, 10 people were injured. their conditions range from stable to critical. they were transferred to area hospitals around here for treatment. a lot of people around you are sharing their condolences, their prayers for their recovery. take a look at this video. the mass shooting happened shortly before 10:30 last night at the start ballroom dance studio here in monterey park this was again lunar new year s eve. there s a
investigating handling of those classified documents. michael cloud, who sits on one of those committees will join us in a moment but first, lucas tomlinson lived at the white house. the white house says those five additional classified documents discovered president biden s lincoln home were discovered thursday night but all day friday here at the white house there s no mention, recall president biden saying his lawyers were done looking for them. they finished the review last night, they discovered a small number of documents of classified mark youmans in storage areas and file cabinets in my home, my personal every. the white house says the first time classified documents were founded in his home was december 20 but biden made no mention when he spoke in mexico city earlier this week. he only referenced documents on november second in washington. all week biden s press secretary refused to rule out additional classified material found, the white house still won t say
declassified. and providing any evidence that he had declassified any of these documents. now as we and others have reported, and as every expert we have spoken to has said, there is a process for declassification. and if you don t believe them, take it from these republican senators today. there is a process for declassifying documents. there is a process that one must go through. okay. so that s pretty clear. what isn t clear or accurate is what the former president claimed in an interview last night with his tv friend sean hannity. if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified. even by thinking about it, because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or to wherever you re sending it. and it doesn t have to be a process. there can be a process, but it doesn t have to be. you re the president. you make that decision. so when you send it, it s declassified. even by thinking about it. those are his words, which raises the