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The offense. the fighting we are seeing and the fighting that we would expect to see come spring is really reliant on what we call combined arms maneuver. a fancy way of saying, being able to fight effectively in open terrain, as you heard the president talk about. tanks are a key part of that. we never took tank off the table. we did speak honestly about some of the challenges that would come with abrams tanks. they are the most sophisticated in the world, as you noted. they require a pretty he...

Smaller more mobile units. they had success destroying the tanks in the early stages of the war around kyiv. thats why this weapon system, which the u.s. sent in, the bradley fighting vehicle, which by the way has anti tank capabilities with the missile mounted here just on the left side. there are many in the u.s. that believe thats the better path for ukraine. smaller, lighter, more mobile requiring less support than trying to beat the russians at tank war fair in the east. >> those anti tank ...

President biden announced the deployment of these abrams tanks but did answer one question about whether the u.s. was basically forced into this by germanys reluctance to give these leopard tanks. what are you hearing about what changed in bidens thinking about sending these tanks over to ukraine. >> reporter: it should be noted the president chuckled and said this wasnt the case. this is where they wanted them to land but to some degree thats not totally accurate. u.s. officials said they didnt...

Back the ukraine army to the hilt so they can defend their own territory. >> almost three dozen m tanks headed to ukraine. thats opening the door to germany and poland. maybe others to move forward with equipment going to ukraine at this moment senator james rich foreign relations ranking member the fact that the provide these capabilities from allies both parties does not diminish the strategic, material and human costs that resulted from the delay. it should not be this hard to give the ukrain...

Said they want this. were working closely with them about the capabilities they need now and new future. those conversations will continue. >> john kirby, thank you. coming up, meta just announced a major decision about donald trumps social media account. well share those details with you after the break. we want to b buy your car so go toto carvana enter your license plate answer a few questions and our techno wizardry calculates your cars value and gives you a real offer in seconds when your...

Equipped by american personnel that will be a shorter-term project and immediately the german-made leopards , owned by many different european nato members we will see 14 of them in the next three months that may be too slow possibly to impact the spring offensives we are being told russia and ukraine are planning but heres the thing beyond this. his clear messaging to russia that the ukraine capabilities are just going to get better and the small window russia might think it has limits the capa...

Shopping list as he said. >> sure. i dont have anything to announce today. again, you know, well continue as we have been consulting closely with our ukrainian partner, our international allies, and our partners around the world to look again at what it is ukraine needs, importantly to be successful now, but also to defend their homeland in the long term. >> the u.s. obviously wants ukraine to win, believes ukraine can win. the president said that these tanks would not be used in an offensive ma...

Being there for us. lets bring in brigadier general patrick ryder. thanks so much for being here. it was just a few days ago that we heard about how these m1 abrams tanks were too labor-intensive, too complex, too hard to refuel, and too hard to send to ukraine. what changed in the past couple of days? >> well, its important to highlight too, that what we have been focused on is the near-term ri requirements for ukraine on the battlefield, the capabilities that they need to be immediately effe...

And take back their sovereign territory because the consequences arent just about ukraine. its about the message it sends that if a belligerent neighbor can invade your country, and conquer it, what does that portend for european security or international security? were focused on supporting ukraine and were confident based on past precedent that theyll ultimately be successful. >> for the layperson, what will these tanks change on the battlefield? >> so, again, combined with the other capabilit...

Change the equation, maneuver and be able to push back russia, but in the medium to long-term, having these capabilities, these advanced tanks will give them the upper hand to be able to secure and defend the territory that is rightfully theirs. >> pat ryder, thank you so much. the 66-year-old man accused of killing seven people at two northern california barns is expected in court this morning. >> the guns were registered to him, and its being called a workplace shooting and he targeted speci...