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And we are not even done with february. during the state of the union address, president joe biden called on congress to pass an assault weapons ban. what are the chances, congressman, that washington can do what you just talked about? the photo was able to do? take a divided and partisan political process and bring people together to be able to ban assault weapons? >> obviously i am for that. in the gun violence movement that clearly is the north star. which is banning assault weapons. there is...

Decisions. it starts although it with afghanistan. it seemed like a rash isolate decision that was under informed, even as we go through this morning, watching this balloon incident. i dont want to quarterback and forgot were to shoot that thing down at, but i feel like the commander-in-chief should have communicated to america whos wondering, what in the world is going on? communist chinese government has a balloon going uncontested across our country. trying to figure out the rationale behind ...

Hopeful about finding a solution so they can find a space for compromise. lindsay graham suggested a way to break the logjam specifically over the sticking of the immunity, and they should hold departments and not the individuals. the talks broke down and they could not get a deal with democrats. he spoke yesterday on the floor about the offering, a forward, and lets play what tim scott had to say. >> we should be able to build a coalition on the common ground on yes, we need more training on

California to a place like mississippi or louisiana or wyoming or alabama, the states with the highest gun deaths per capita, the states where people are really dying, its all these red states. its missouri, mississippi, louisiana. california actually has the seventh lowest firearm mortality rate in the country. hawaii is number one. its like you literally -- its like with whether youre as a woman have the right over your own body. we live in two americas. even in california in the america thats...

That they will give them tanks, despite german opposition, and with that out there, germans said that they will not hold back anybody else from delivering tanks. when the allied nations all believe that poland -- sorry, the poland -- and we have the tanks. the reason were not giving them the tanks is because we cant agree on the sequence, which country will give which tank to the ukrainians, that is an impossible position to defend. i think that the senior officials in the biden administration a...

Logjam between u.s. and germany. now were seeing what appears to be some kind of effort to break that logjam with the u.s. preparing to announce were told the commitment of significant number of abrams tanks to ukraine. also according to that german media report that you cited, coincidentally or not, germany is announcing theyll be sending leopard tanks. it remains to be seen when those abrams tanks are actually going to be on the ground in ukraine. >> logistically its much easier to get the leo...

Abrams tanks to ukraine according to officials familiar with those deliberations. ukrainian president zelenskyy has been pleading with the west to send more tanks for their war with russia and a ukrainian official calls these tanks the real punch of democracy. natasha bertrand is joining me now. the u.s. initially was reluctant to send the tank so what has changed, and will this allow other reluctant ally, namely germany, to follow suit and send ukraine what they have been requesting? >> reporte...

Were adamant that now is not the right time to send the u.s. made abrams tanks because theyre extremely heavy and require a lot of fuel. they are costly and just broadly inefficient was the argument they were making. well, fast forward to this week a lot of conversations have been going on behind the scenes between u.s. and german officials to try to figure this out because the u.s. really does want to see germany or i should say ukraine get these german made tanks not only from germany but from...

Administration is finalizing a deal to send american made abrams tanks to the battlefield. cnns oren liebermann live at the pentagon. this is a big shift. what is happening? >> reporter: it is. for a long time they had said the abrams tank was not the right fit for the fight urging other countries to send their tanks. were now learning according to three u.s. officials that the biden administration is now finalizing plans to announce the commitment of sending abrams tanks to ukraine. the u.s. ma...

Seem all together enthusiastic about the idea. the americans sending the m1 abrams tank and the germans sending the leopard 2 tank. so it does appear that logjam has been broken. however, its important to stress that its going to take quite a while to get the tanks here. and also, to train the crews. according to authorities on this matter, it could take up to six months to train ukrainian tank crews on the abrams. that could obviously be accelerated, as weve seen with other weapons systems. but...