mike pence admits that he too had classified material at his house. will the justice department appoint another special counsel as lawmakers react now to the pence news? and california s three mass shootings in three days. the latest, a case of workplace violence. what led a gunman to allegedly target his co-workers as we learn the identities of 19 killed in less than a week. plus reversing course. sources tell cnn the u.s. is now ready to send its abrams tanks to ukraine as germany also softens its opposition. so what changed? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown. jake tapper is on assignment. we start in our politics lead with a story first reported by cnn. roughly a dozen classified documents found at former vice president mike pence s house. a lawyer for pence found the papers at pence s indiana home last week, according to sources, and turned them over to the fbi. the documents were not stored in a secure area of pence s home and the discovery directly contradic
seat, it s running dry in his district. reporter: in california s drought ravaged central valley, wells have gone dry. glo gloria mendonsa relies on water delivery. it s not always enough. randy s community well is also dry. you can t flush toilets. you can t keep your house clean. you can t, you know, have drinking water. reporter: decembespite the p of rainstorms, counties have experienced the most weeks of severe drought in the past decade compared to any other part of the country. both counties have long been represented by congressman kevin mccarthy. our district, the community has run out of water. reporter: when asked how the newly-elected house speaker will weld his pourer, mccarthy is a
plumbing for sanitariry needs like washing dishes but it s not safe for drinking. mendonsa shows us what she believes the water that reeks of chlorine has done to her laundry. the non-profit delivers 7,000 gallons of trucked water and bottled drinking water per month to some 9,000 people in the central valley. we ve seen kids taking baths at local gas stations, being bullied at school because they don t have access or because they don t have clean clothes. reporter: mendonsa whose story represents many of the poorest communities has this message for mccarthy. translator: i want to live like you. i want to be able to have water running through my house. besides admitting climate change is a problem, drilling for fossil fuels and for this