if they get there in time. this is not just a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. memphis braces for fallout over the fatal nonstop beating of a black man by police with video set to be released any day now. what s going on now with george santos? the man just listed as treasurer for santos campaign says he doesn t even work for the congressman. all right. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with a potential game changer in russia s campaign with a big if. president biden announces to send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine after germany said it will deliver 14 leopard 2 tanks from its own supply. the challenge now getting the tanks to the battlefield in time to make a difference. we ve got to make sure we re helping the ukrainians plan and prepare for the fighting we think they re going to be facing in the spring and summer months as the weather gets b
happening now, president biden pledges to arm ukraine with some of the most sophisticated war machines on the planet. american abrams battle equipment. it could take months to deliver the equipment. new developments in the biden classified documents probe. we re getting a behind the scenes look at measures the u.s. justice department was prepared to take if, if the president refused to cooperate with an fbi z search of his delaware home. congressman george santos is dodging questions about a controversy half a million dollars in mysterious campaign payments he once claimed were personal loans. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get straight to our top story. the united states pledging abrams battle tavnks to ukraine. we have details on this major, major poost to the war effort for ukraine. what are you hearing about how all of this will unfold? this was a top request and that being
commission says about 70 more deaths have been reported, eight of them apparently after the recall began. scientists say the weakened ozone layer vital is back on track to recover completely within decades. according to a u.n. backed report, international corporation has helped stem the damage from ozone-harming chemicals. it says the use of chcss have decreased 99% since 1989. thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. cnn this morning ostarts right now. there i see the president of the united states joe biden not commenting after classified documents from his time as vp were discovered in a private office. good morning, everyone. there you see us in this sort of pandemic era boxes, because we re in separate studios. we re having a little technical difficulty with our main studio this morning. so we ll be back in a moment, but it is good to see both of you. did you all make it? we were just rushed up the elevator. don documented it. so check your instagram later, f
start, tomorrow in federal court in d.c., but we ve just learned that it s not gonna start tomorrow, instead that trial will be delayed for a, day and, won t start until wednesday, because one of the defense attorneys for the proud boys, just got his law license suspended. and so the judge in the proud boys cases decided to postpone the start of the trial by one day, to give the proud boys a chance to find a lawyer, with an active law license. little matters like, that gumming up the works in the most unexpected ways. opening statements expected now to be wednesday, the trial is expected to last at least a month, i keep you posted, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. that evening rachel, exactly one week ago, unite we re discussing damar hamlin, going down on that field, in that football game, in a way that we didn t know if he is gonna live. and today, he returned to buffalo, it has been an amazing week of recovery for him, and s
it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following