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hello and thanks for joining us. i m abby phillip here in washington. now, president biden makes it official. just moments ago, the u.s. is sending abrams tanks to ukraine. that announcement comes just hours after germany revealed that it will send its own leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. germany had been reluctant to do that but ultimately they bent to weeks of intense pressure from western allies. cnn s phil mattingly is over at the white house for us. but let s begin first with our own jim sciutto. jim, can you walk us through what we are talking about here? what are these tanks, and where are they coming from as it relates to what s going into ukraine? reporter: abby, this is a significant move and let s begin with what the capabilities are. this is a german leopard tank then you have the u.s. sending abrams as well. first thing to say about this, highly capable, it s an offensive weapon, not a defensive weapon and the ukrainians hope here, their aim is to use this as ....
the pending opinion to overturn roe v. wade. also ahead, why experts warn we could see blackouts this summer in the united states and which areas are at highest risk. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and new questions about what exactly police on the scene knew and when during the uvalde massacre. as the community begins to say its final good-byes to some of the 21 victims. the visitations begin today for 48-year-old teacher irma garcia and two 10-year-old students, na via alyssa bravo and jose manuel flores jr. the funial for their classmates amerie jo garza and maite rodriguez are planned today. we re waiting for more information from law enforcement including a ballistics record and radio transmissions not to mention basic details, how many kids were wounded, how many students came out of the classroom alive, and on and on. cnn has also obtained a facebook live video recorded outside the school during the shooting. it appear ....
in america. despite his own history of racism and division. our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. these sinister ideologies must be defeated. we need to put those words in context of the president s long history of bigoted and racist statements. and ask whether he repudiates his own past comments and actions. the president calling on the justice department to consider making mass shooters eligible for the death penalty. any changes would, of course, have to be passed by congress but the directive comes as the fbi conducts its own threat assessments in an attempt to head off future mass attacks. let s bring in now shimon prokupecz and daryl johnson, a former domestic terrorism analyst in homeland security under president barack obama, who is the author of hateland. gentlemen, good evening. thank you for joining us. shimon, new details tonight about the gunman in dayton are coming out about his twitter feed. what do you know? yeah, this is ....
in america. despite his own history of racism and division. our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. these sinister ideologies must be defeated. we need to put those words in context of the president s long history of bigoted and racist statements. and ask whether he repudiates his own past comments and actions. the president calling on the justice department to consider making mass shooters eligible for the death penalty. any changes would, of course, have to be passed by congress but the directive comes as the fbi conducts its own threat assessments in an attempt to head off future mass attacks. let s bring in now shimon prokupecz and daryl johnson, a former domestic terrorism analyst in homeland security under president barack obama, who is the author of hateland. gentlemen, good evening. naunk y thank you for joining us. shimon, new details tonight about the gunman in dayton are coming out about his twitter feed. what do you know? yeah, ....