battlefield could one day help ukraine retake crimea. prosecutors now say the accused killer has been of a massachusetts mom googled how to do it and how to hide it. specifically battle tanks. the u.s.-abrams not set to be included in this pack pj. the defense department making it clear this is a practical and logistical concern behind not including those things. a lot of training and maintenance are involved and questions around their compatibility with what else ukraine has in play on the battlefield that it s getting for other european allies. they are not in principle opposed to tanks. we understand from a senior defense official that the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is set to press his german counterpart to allow re-export for german tanks to ukraine. in terms of long-range missiles, i think there s great perception how russia would perceive these. in the past hour we have heard from the kremlin who said any discussions on supplying ukraine with weapons that cou
answered, send an e-mail to cnnhelpdesk@cnn.com. hello, everyone. let s start this hour with our reporter roulette. trying to stop gunfire on new year s eve. also we ll get a look at your weather for tomorrow night. and some good economic news. let s start with iran. flexing its military muscle. it s conducting naval exercises in the persian gulf. apparently to show the west what it s capable of if the west imposes new sanctions on iran s oil exports. let s bring in barbara starr, pentagon correspondent. she joins us now. barbara, you ve been following developments. what can you tell us about these exercises? isha, let s start with a photo, a picture that the iranians say they took of a u.s. aircraft carriers in north arabian sea. the only u.s. aircraft carrier out there is the uss john stennis. this film apparently taken from iranian aircraft. part of those naval exercises going on right now in the north arabian sea. it could be a tense weekend out in that region off i