course, it s been a really fun series to watch. all right. thank you. and the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. it is the top of a brand new hour. good morning to you. and welcome to cnn this morning . i m victor blackwell. camera walker. thank you for sharing a part of your morning with us, and there won t be much trash talking here at least between me and victor right during the commercial during the commercial breaks. here s what we re watching this morning major decision by the supreme court and a major win for abortion rights supporters, a widely used abortion pill will stay protected, at least for now, but legal challenges still remain. what happens next and what it means for women across the country and explosive mistake. russia accidentally bombs one of its own cities and leaves a trail of destruction will show you the stunning images safe and easy to steal. more than a dozen attorneys general are calling for a federal recall on some hyundai and kia cars
2014. more pressure over the tax affairs of his conservative party and the labour opposition goes on the attack stability is the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this count owe in this country is not fit to be in charue owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money - owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money was | owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? breaking news from washington and his significant decision in the war in ukraine. 31 of its advanced m1 abrams tanks to the front line. earlier today, we had a similar announcement from german chancellor after days of deliberation. it s different prison biting first. recommending this step because it will enhance ukraine s capacity to defend its
more help, especially air support from the west. what about these abrams tanks that the us will be training the ukrainians on? they hope to have them on the battlefield by summer s end. will that make any difference on the battlefield for the ukrainians? sure every additional piece of armored equipment helps, but it s only a battalions worth of tanks, and we ve got 1000 abrams tanks that could be ready to be given to the ukrainians that that we re not giving. we could have started this training six months ago, so i welcome the decision to provide the tanks. i m glad we speeded it up, but we ve got to get them there as soon as possible and more if we can. i think we ll find the ukrainians are quite capable of handling the m one a one thing i do want to turn and talk a little bit about what s going on in sudan and the ongoing fighting there between the military and this paramilitary group. so the internationally brokered 72 hour
deciding to up the entity of the kinds of material that the americans are prepared to supply. they were uncertain about this and uncertain about the maintenance requirements in the training requirements of these tanks but also the messages sentin these tanks but also the messages sent in terms of escalation and clearly, the price of having to take that chance to preserve the unity of the europeans and the americans and they decided it is worth paying. what are they going to be sending? battalions worth of abrams in one tanks and some the best tanks in the world, their 60 tonnes and can travel at 45 miles an hour on the road and have huge firepower and maneuverability and they will allow ukrainians to move around and open territory much easier than they can now and they re going to be supplying ukrainians notjust with
winding down budget revenues. that s huge from an ex ternlt p external perspective. ukraine conducted a successful mobile defense imposing significant costs as russia advances casualties on the russian side and taking casualties to and losing equipment but being replenished. there is a lot of equipment coming in. there are five american battalions worth of hovery capae weapon systems. so that equipment is going to start to achieve superiority in terms of fires, something the ukrainians haven t had and frankly, if the u.s. and west open wider and provide strike capabilities like these unmanned combat area vehicles, these gray eagles that are allowing ukraine to go after russian air fields that are directly into this fight in crimea, creator air fields, destroy planes on bases and go after ballistic missiles