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some leopard tanks to ukraine while holding back the american-made abrams model. what s the difference, and can ukraine get some tanks before russia ramps up its war in the spring? plus, a new investigation opened in new mexico into a republican candidate s campaign possibly being laced with money from fentanyl sales just days after his arrest accused of plotting to shoot the homes of his democratic rivals. and julia roberts made her a household name. coming up, the real erin brockovich is here on a mission to help military families. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start with the world lead in what appears to be a standoff between the united states and germany when it comes to giving more heavy weapons to ukraine. more than 50 countries and organizations met at ramstein air base in germany led by top military leaders but the group failed to come to an agreement on one of ukraine s most pressing request, whether or not germany will send the leopard tank ....
Brutal spring. jake, the ukranians also say there is a whole other face tote this as well. they say they are having increasing problems getting spare parts for their soviet union era tanks and ammunition as well. so on the one hand the modern western tanks would be for better capabilities, but it s also about staying in the fight, especially as that russian offensive loomgs. jake? fred pleitgen in kyiv, ukraine. let s talk about this with william cohen, former republican senator from maine and defense secretary in the clinton administration. thanks so much for joining us. let s start with the tank standoff. germany s defense minister said there s both good and bad reasons for giving the leopard two tanks that they are desperately asking for. why do you think germany is so hesitant here? well, i think part of it is political, around certainly emotional on the part of the germans. we don t give germany enough credit for what they have been doing and the amount they are contributing, ....