some leopard tanks to ukraine while holding back the american-made abrams model. what s the difference, and can ukraine get some tanks before russia ramps up its war in the spring? plus, a new investigation opened in new mexico into a republican candidate s campaign possibly being laced with money from fentanyl sales just days after his arrest accused of plotting to shoot the homes of his democratic rivals. and julia roberts made her a household name. coming up, the real erin brockovich is here on a mission to help military families. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start with the world lead in what appears to be a standoff between the united states and germany when it comes to giving more heavy weapons to ukraine. more than 50 countries and organizations met at ramstein air base in germany led by top military leaders but the group failed to come to an agreement on one of ukraine s most pressing request, whether or not germany will send the leopard tanks to i
treat alzheimer s. what it does and the potentially risky side effects. president biden marking two years since the january 6th attack. his message as he honored heroes who defended the capitol. tonight s mega millions jackpot nearing $1 billion. and my conversation with al roker as he returns to the today show. new details about the health battle that kept him off the air for two months. good evening. it s now been 13 votes and still no speaker of the house of representatives has been chosen. but we can report tonight the wall of right-wing opposition that kept republican kevin mccarthy out of the speaker s chair is crumbling tonight. 15 fellow republicans who have helped block the path to the job today switched their support to the mccarthy camp. after some deal making. and there is growing expectation tonight that mccarthy now has the momentum he needs for victory as the house prepares to hold its 14th round of voting late tonight. but for now, for a fourth evening
that would be the end of it. so he said the burden was on them to decide if they would put forward any position that these documents have been classified. and the former president has said it publically, but not an argument that his attorneys have made yet. and his lawyers said that they hope to push that issue down the road because it also raises the stakes of how would they support that, it could involve affidavits, witness statements, sworn statements under oath which could become an interesting strategic decision for them to make which they even noted as part of their defense if there ever is a subsequent indictment in this case. so really getting to the heart of this issue here and what trump s team will take. and on a practical matter the judge said trump s lawyers have until friday to choose one of five vendors put toward by the department of justice, they will kick start the process of reviewing these materials, allowing both sides to categorize them as to whether thi
for his political gain. it s hard to believe that a human being could treat other human beings like this. they re killing women and children in ukraine. there is clear evidence of torture, humiliating treatment of people. the world must react to all of this. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. a kingdom celebrates the life of its queen and a family mourns the loss of its matriarch. the queen s eight grandchildren came together to hold vigil as she lies in state outside westminster hall. tens of thousands of mourners wait to pay their respects. as you can see, the line stretches for miles. the wait at times has surpassed 24 hours. right now the wait is around 17 hours. president biden and the first lady arrived in london last hour. they will be among the heads of state from around the world to attend the queen s funeral scheduled for monday. cnn s max foster has more. reporter: a steady tide of mourners pouring into the ancient westminster
all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news. thanks for staying up late. i ll see you again tomorrow! see you again tomorrow! thanks to at home for being here. we are breaking news tonight into the investigation of trump s handling into top secret government records that went up at his florida beach club. the trump appointed job judge has denied the government s request for era partial state of her special master ruling. last week, judge aileen cannon ruled that she will appoint a special master, an independent third party. to review the 11,000 seized records that the fbi retreat from trump s home nearly 40 days ago. and in response, the justice department begrudgingly said, okay, go ahead and appoint that special master. but please exclude those roughly 100 classified documents you seized from mar-a-lago. because we need to continue the criminal investigation into these classified documents due to potential national security conce