u. s. has confirmed it funding 31 abrams tanks earlier germany announced he would provide 14 of its most advanced left to tanks, flushing you much than i think mister chancellor, old german politicians and public figures for their willingness to strengthen the defense of europe, which is also a very powerful step by the united states. ukraine will receive abrams. thank you for the decisions that i thank mister president biden. personally, i thank congress. i thank every american family for the tangible strength of american global leadership glitched by the best with the key now as speed and volume. the speed of training our military, the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine, the amount of tank support. we have to form a fist of tank, a fist of freedom, which will not allow tyranny to rise again. maybe at least 3 palestinians have been killed. anti israeli forces rated the janine refugee camp in the occupied west bank eye. witnesses it a large number of security officers and to the camp from diff

u. s. has confirmed at sending $31.00 abrams tanks earlier, germany announced it would provide 14 of its most advanced leopard to tax berlin will also allow other european countries to deliver the german made combat vehicles from their own. r sloss, spain for land and the netherlands have suggested they're open to doing set. the u . k is also sending 14 of its chandra t tax for the kremlin, has dismissed the deliveries as disastrous and costly and will go up in flames. will ukraine's command as an analysts have said they will need $300.00 western tanks to make a difference on the battlefield or white house correspondent, kimberly how could begins our coverage, new after days of deliberation us president joe biden made the announcement. ukraine has long hoped for today i am announcing that the united states will be sending 31 abrams tanks to ukraine, the equivalent of one ukrainian battalion. according to the pentagon, it'll take months, not weeks to get the tanks to the battlefield, widen says

u. s. has hit its debt ceiling that's triggered a baffling congress. the mother can say, spending must be cut to lift the borrowing cat. the president biden insist there should be no preconditions. so what happens next? what effect is all this have on the global economy? this is inside story. ah and i welcome to the program, i'm laura kyle. the white house has sought to assure americans that congress will find a bypass in solution to avoid a debt default that was off to the country, hit a 31.4 trillion dollar borrowing limit on thursday last week. congress usually votes and agrees to raise that limit as it did the last time in 2021. march the stand off in washington, this time scene significantly rescue. some republicans have declared they won't raise the borrowing ceiling again unless president joe biden agrees to state cuts and federal spending. but democrats on bunching. that's raise fairs of a political showdown that could unsettled markets and hit global growth. also we'll talk about strea

u. s. built and the u. s. has already announced that it will send patriots in mid december and the germans are now moving ahead and doing the same thing. you political correspondent, catherine like is thank you to the us now were republican politician kevin mccarthy appears to have failed for a 9th time to win enough support to become speaker of the house of representatives . it's one of the most important jobs in us politics. there's been little to no sign of progress in mccarthy show down with a group of hardly members of the party blocking his election assigned him, offering them various concessions. mccarthy is the 1st candidate in a century who has had to face multiple ballads. the chamber cannot move on to any other business until a speaker is chosen guilty. and d, w. washington bureau chief is full joins me now from where all of this is happening . this is turning into the never ending story and round after round. mccarthy doesn't seem to be making any progress, so how much longer can you hold on? yes, and

u. s. has suspended talks to revive the international nuclear deal with iran science in the islamic countries. tough demands of the negotiating table. thus the u. s. has tried to seize, the radian thank is starting to bend his whaler. and the wife also even accused her run of meddling in the u. s. elections. well, let's discuss this now with far, this is the professor of political communication to run the university for the thanks very much for joining us this evening. i just want to start off and get, you'll take on this rather bold moved by iran. and what's the purpose of it? what's the goal? the old country, the fast navy in the war was created by iranians in 500 for the b. c. the king's name that started the navy was cam. this is the 2nd so it's about time for the van to expand its reach beyond the regional water rates. and this is the aim of the. ready navy subtract this, basically, it will be able to will a civic auction and i did a vs. so that's number one issue that i think is i think a

u. s. has announced its sending at 31 abrams combat vehicles surgery hosted as recommended to step because on hansley krench capacity, the finished her turn achieve his strategic objectives. gave him franklin the most capable tanks in the world, are also extremely complex operated. maintain, sir, also given ukraine the parts and equipment necessary to effectively sustain these tanks on the battlefield. who would begin, will began to train ukraine troops on these issues of sustain logistical maintenance, soon as possible, to leverage tags to the fields. going to take time. time that we'll see, will use to make sure the credits are fully prepared. integrate the abram tanks in defense. the kremlin has dismissed the plan as absurd spokesman dmitri pet scoff said keith's allies were over estimating the benefits of sending tanks. he says the vehicles will burn like others have before. social media, john matter says it will reinstate former us president donald trump's accounts in the coming weeks. tru

u. s. has taken 60 tankers trucks full of oil and wheat, i'd have sorry. the u. s. has been present in the country since 2014. leading a coalition focused on regime change involving the military's of most nato nations on regional allies. i made accusations of stealing syrian oil in 2021. the pentagon said that the american troops weren't there to protect serene oil fields except on rare occasions when civilians were involved or syrian american journalist and political commentators, stephen, so he, ne say's washington's actions are stripping syria of the resources. the country needs to recover are within the city, people from heavy added to the fuel number for a warming to houses in the winter for tourney, on the factories for the rebuilding of syria. and that is particularly what a washington d. c wants to a country like steel. yeah. is that huge amount of money that is there. that could have rebuilt year 2 or 3 times a doctor. we could have got a medication medicine. we could have got desk stuff. our hospitals are syria. it could have got fuel for the cars, our scho

u. s. military activity in china's back yard. the u. s. has established defense alliances in the asia pacific region, including orcus, with australia and the 5 eyes, and told his group with new zealand. the u. s. has also set up military bases in japan and south korea for naval and air force operations. clothes such are these territory. and the u. s. mercy conducts drills with his allies near time is borders we heard from might robson form a devotee for a mess of news in his washington's ultimate goal for china. se provoke an armed conflicts. the trying. the same thing with taiwan and not to directly involved united states soldiers on the ground at the stage, but to use other countries to be involved. taiwan itself. all the people who have a tie one embarked upon an aggressive strategy both against russia because of its independence policies. and china buzz for its independent polls isn't because it also has a very strong position in terms of the, of all of those sites with government. all of this could be resolved peacefully, cooperatively. c

u. s. has agreed to send more missile more missiles and ammunition that can target ships. we don't yet know if that's going to be us based equipment that is based there or if the japanese are going to buy that. one of the big asks, has been, japan wants to buy tomahawk missiles, a tomahawk missiles are a very sophisticated weapon to cruise missile. it can go up to 1600 kilometers. it's precision. ah, and it's an important thing to realize the view as only actually sells tomahawk missiles to one other country because they're potency and that's at the united kingdom. so we'll be looking for that to see if that develops on friday. they also said that there were to sign agreements involving japan in the u. s. space force. so it is a sign that japan feels that it needs to shore up it's allegiances. and another sign that the u. s. c's, china, as their biggest, is what they call in the pentagon, pacing threats. let's get more in this. we can speak to 9 o'clock. he's a senior advisor for the national b

u . s. has now ship to coalition, including virtually all european countries about natal member states, and you states and others. and now they are waging a war by proxy against russia using ukraine is approximately in order to solve the russian matters, just like hitler wanted to find the solution to a jewish problem. they're doing the same right now. sir gallagher of also mentioned that the sanctions that are being used by the wes are aimed at not only weakening russia and trying to get it to play along to what it wants are russia to do comply, but also with rushes. i lies another so called undesirable nations, trying to force them to follow suit and do the same thing, follow washington's rhetoric. there was an interesting question at some point, a, when a journalist asked, how can russia claim to respect the un charter and international law. when it started this a special military operation and the journalist asked, how can the russia accused the west of doing something that it itself has don

u. s. has not condemn the violence of the former president of bolivia, even what alice has asked. the un on the international community to take notice of what is happening on the ground. we call on o n u c i d h human rights organizations and social and indigenous movements of the world to join their voices, to demand respect for the lives of our peruvian brothers, defenseless victims of repression and exclusion. politics, ah, so good, happy with us, a top us command as has washington successfully prepared for the ukraine conflict. and now the u. s. should follow the same playbook in the asia pacific region as it ramps up its positions all around the east coast of china. why have we achieved the level of success we've achieved in ukraine a big part of that has been because after russian aggression in 2014 in 2015, we earnestly got after preparing for future conflict training for the ukrainians. pre positioning of supplies, identification of sites from which we could operate, support, and sustai

u. s. is unable to tolerate even the middle ground that india has chosen as washington try to increase the pressure on moscow is also a day will, didn't, within india and the u. s. in developing just dance and reaction the water in ukraine. so in that is well known in your started as well known the the middle bob issue on to call it. that ignores dick and it has been very well articulated at different louis. this is a be not ongoing u. s. r u s. lead west afoot to get up the rest of the major major countries including india and those in the us. yeah. especially on trying to get more countries on board as things get tougher on the west is trying to ramp up or you know, under sure, in terms of sanctions giving greater weapons in the background that they would want . definitely more pressure on support for their moves. italy has range and $8000000000.00 energy deal with one of 2 rival governments in war torn libya. but while the native member and a former colonial power insists it does not want to have a predatory role in the region, local residents have expressed their concerns. the memory of

u. s. department of defense, the report suggest washington would quickly run short of items like long range and precision guided munitions in less than a week of conflict with china. the u. s. defense industry has also been war. they're being ill prepared for potentially drawn out war. well, it turns out that u. s. military corporations like lockheed martin, boeing and general atomics, are among the major contributors to the think tank, which publish that report and have attended meetings between military corp us top brass and the think tank executive director of the world beyond war movement. david swanson, those pro military campaigns in the u. s. are often funded by weapons manufacturers themselves. people have no clue what the reality is. so they'll look at that chart and not notice that, that there's anything dramatically wrong and, and that is, of course, the point you can't increase military spending. if you realize that you're already spending as much as the next 10 countries put together corruption profit, it is a big business of the wars are famously a made to a suit. the weapons rather than the weapons manufactured for the war any more. and until, you know, you know, just think tanks

general laura richardson has the u. s. southern command, responsible for the security corporation in central and south america. it also includes the potential of washington military assets there. this is not the 1st time that richardson has emphasized the strategic importance of the region for the us was firstly, is rich resources. 3 genesis, so rich and resources. it's off the charts, rich. 60 percent of the world's lithium is in the region. you have heavy crude, you have light, sweet crude. you have rare earth elements. there are adversaries that are taking advantage of this region every single day, right in our neighborhood. and i just look at what happens in this region and terms of security impacts our security, our national security, i in the home land and in the united states was in those relations with some of his latin american neighbors have been particularly strange since last year. when it refused to invite the leaders of cuba, venezuela, and the correct word to a summit of the americas that it was hosting. me

u. s. has been ukraine's biggest ally biggest supporter financially. so why are americans are not taking charge and leading with their own tanks to kiev while they both sat their tanks but not to k as their interest is re sent. busy $2200.00 left tanks, round european nato members deployed somewhere in spain and poland and so on, that we are going to send those along with a loan ones to ukraine. and then of course, they will substitute our tanks by, by down. so the american arms industry use opening champagne bottle after another just to celebrate that we are going to send lap tanks and then get out. well, obviously not as superior as one would think tanks the times that they don't want to use themselves and ukraine. they will deploy the to and let us pay for that. well, what do you make about that decision of the timing? is this about being in dire straits with all the recent revelations coming up, or is there something else? well, as this is a proxy war, as we all understand by now, it is a w

u. s. has vowed to san 31 of its m one abrams. although washington has warned that kev won't actually see any american tanks on the battlefield before spring as they require advanced training to be used by the ukrainians. the u. s. has promised comes hot on the heels of german chancellor's pledge to supply 14 of its lepper. 2 tanks, along with ammunition, logistical and maintenance support. berlin also allowed its european allies to re export their german made tags to cab. russia has denounced the american and german initiatives as quote, a rather disastrous plan. and while the west continues to pump weapons into ukraine, forest johnson has admitted the 2014 peace efforts for don bass were just a charade. as the former british prime minister said, the west should have been much harder on moscow back then. some tune up would you not have a molecule of sanctions against foot and should have been introduced in 2014 and we only introduced them in 2022. it would have been a serious step, but we did nothing. which sanctions did we impose

u. s. has including russia as well to create their own currency, which is sustainable, which doesn't have these massive fluctuations, inflation and doesn't give me a massive, massive bailouts. these big institutions and corporations, even the european union, which has been basically the bustle of the u. s. that basically we saw in covey, they followed all the same fiscal policies. they nodded their heads, light, lovely, nodding dogs, that sending around now as well. and they're saying, okay, it's not greatly you're making every single european business have to move to the u . s. to trade with you, we've had enough, but it's probably too late. now, the u. s. is stuck in the mud, and unfortunately, everyone else is more stuck in the mud than the u. s. unless they move off the us dollar, being the global standard economic prosperity on the rise in the southern africa nation of zim bob way though it's being very well boosted by ties with china. that is fine decades long western sanctions against th

u. s. presidents administrations, iran has seen a barrage of sanctions thrown at them. many of argued that these sanctions have created and even fermented, the protest we saw following on minis. death that these u. s. sanctions have created financial hardship for the average. iranian some of even said that the point of these sanctions are deliberately aimed at the civilian population and hopes that the public will force regime change in iran. if iran was indeed a tender box to these are many protests have the capacity to perhaps become a color revolution. let's start by not taking the western terminology for it and naming, get the aman. eat protest. because the tragic death of miss moss on me was because of her chronic condition. she had a condition since she was 5 years old and that's not saying that's her own father, saying it and the corners office after the forensic statement was issued last week saying that my soul was suffering from a chronic disease that and that the arrest her had washed her sentimentally, that took point that she just collapsed as we saw in the

u. s. has long had a contentious relationship with iran to say the least. we saw under president trump, his administration operated on the so called maximum pressure campaign against iran . he withdrew unilaterally from the j. c. p. away. that was one of the legacies of the obama administration. biden was v p at the time. now he is post himself. do you see any meaningful differences between trump and bite and when it comes to iran? well, i would answer with a question. did you see any differences when it comes to iraq? when it comes to somalia, when it comes to yemen, when it comes to the other, i just mentioned 3 of the 7 illegal wars that the u. s. is directly involved in across the world. and i say illegal, according to the american law, because the american law, it says that no war the us cannot enter any war without the approval of congress. congress never approved and you use law. so it's the legal, according to the american constitution. but according to the law of international communit

u. s. military activity, where in china's back yod, the u. s. has established our defense alliances in the asia pacific region. we're talking about all cas with australia, the 5 eyes intelligence group with new zealand as well. the u. s. has also set up numerous military bases in japan and south korea for naval and air force operations, not close to american territory. close to chinese territory. it's where the u. s. military conducts drills with its allies all up and down china's florida's. earlier we were speaking with matt ropes and he's a former deputy foreign minister of new zealand. he says washington's ultimate goal for china is to provoke an armed conflict. they're trying the same thing with taiwan and not directly and all the united states soldiers on the ground at the stage, but to use other countries to be in bo, taiwan, itself. all the people who inhabit taiwan is embarked upon an aggressive strategy both against russia because of its independent policies and china buzz for its independent policies. and because it also has a very strong

u. s. has been expressing alarm about escalating violence and wanting to put forth some type of measure to deescalate the violence. is there anything the secretary of se blinking can do or offer to, to help in this regard? i think the u. s. must hold accountable and the u. s. hasn't done so. and that's why israel has been doing all the things it has been doing violence in those banks and settlement of berlington in land land seizure, stealing of this thing and property property and you know, attacking gas every few months. so i think, you know, and this is a demand that many of those who support the stadium rights in the u. s. including us citizens and american organizations that want to see really change in us policy have been repeating for decades, accountable military it and use you know, the leverage that the u. s. has the really government and the state of israel to put pressure on that state to seize its violence and oppression of the palestinian people. julie, the usa department has said

u. s. has use 60 time period to ship or on wheat of syria. the u. s. sounds being present in serious in 2014, leaving a coalition focused on regime change involving the military's of most nato countries and regional allies. and made accusations of stealing syrian oil in 2021 . the pentagon said that american troops were there to protect syrian oil fields, except on rare occasions when civilians were involved with syrian the american journalist on political commentator. steven, so who may say washington's actions are stripping them off because of the resources that the country needs for it to recover? they are so busy in the city, people from having added to the fuel on earth for a warming to houses in the winter for tourney, on the factories for the rebuilding of syria. and that is particularly what a washington d. c wants to a country like celia, that is a huge amount of money that is there. that could have rebuilt year to 2 or 3 times . and the doctor, we could have got a medication medicine. we could have got there 6 up our hospitals in syria. it co

u. s. has taken 60 tanker trucks full of oil and wheat out of syria for the u. s. has been present in syria since 2014, leaving a coalition focused on regime change involving the military's of most nato countries and regional allies. i made accusations of stealing syrian oil in 2021. the pentagon said that the american troops weren't there to protect syrian oil fields, except on rare occasions when civilians were involved with syrian american journalist and political commentator as steven. so ini say's washington's actions are stripping syria of the resources the country needs to recover. they are forbidding the sooty people from having added that. the fuel numbers for a warming to houses in the winter for tourney on the fact is for the rebuilding of syria. and that is particularly what a washington d. c wants to a country like steel. yeah, that is that huge amount of money. that is, that, that could have rebuilt year to 2 or 3 times a doctor. we could have got a medication medicine. we could h

u. s. has the abrams tank time for them to step up in this regard. or there is a lot of potential for the western countries for nato countries to increase their support for ukraine. because it is in the interest of the whole world, especially also for her own nato countries for all european countries, or to give her the support in order to let you play in the when there was only when the ukraine will liberate their whole territory. then there would be peace and all we all are interested in peace. china's population has declined for the 1st time in more than 60 years. a statistic spirit says the battery in 2022 was the lowest since records again. in the 1918 china imposed a one child policy to control as rapidly growing population. this policy was abandoned in 2016 and people are now permitted to have up to 3 children, but the birth rate has continued to decline. if these trends continue, a shrinking number of workers will have to support a growing number of retirees. labor shortages, anna small

u. s. has done over the last 15 years is beginning to backfire now, particularly regarding using its power to bully other countries. and of course, you know, we've seen this in the russia, ukraine conflict the, the way that the u. s. confiscated russia as far as the attempt by the western powers to under cut russian rockies economy. most recently by this oil cap machination saudi arabia reads all these things as well. and it seems that these same tools can be applied against it. india in india, that modi is seeing the same. i, latin america, i suspect all the latin american leaders are seeing the same. everyone begins to connect the dots except the folks in the us who are new imperial masika. you're absolutely right. it's back. just let me go to you. i mean, but it's, it's more pernicious than that because if you don't want to play our game, we're going to punish you. we will even punish so called allies. ok. this is very interesting as well. and there's the pushback that we have seen maybe not

u. s. has confirmed at sending 31 abrams tanks earlier, germany and state would provide 14 of its most advanced leopard search tanks. berlin will also allow of european countries to deliver the german made combat vehicles from their own arsenals. the kremlin has dismissed their deliveries as disastrous and costly and says they'll go up in flames. your crimes commanders and the analysts say they will need $300.00 western tanks to make a difference on the battlefield. and what has corresponding kimberly, hulk, it begins our coverage. after days of deliberation, u. s. president joe biden made the announcement ukraine has long hoped for today. armina the united states will be shown in $31.00. abram turned to ukraine. the equivalent of one new crowning battalion, according to the pentagon, it'll take months, not weeks to get the tanks to the battlefield widened, says he made the decision after securing similar commitments from the leaders of france, the u. k. ad following germany's decision wednesda

u. s. has the abrams tank time for them to step up in this regard? or there is a lot of potential for the western countries of nato countries to increase their support for ukraine. because it is in the interest of the whole world, especially also for her own nato countries for all european countries, or to give her support in order to let you play in the when the war only when the ukraine will liberate the whole territory. then there would be peace and all we all are interested in peace. so far ukraine's western allies are committed to providing weapons more than 30 nations, have pledged military aids since the start of the war. the u. s. is the largest single supplier followed by germany and the u. k. they promised missiles, rocket launchers, drones tanks, and other armored vehicles. but some will take several weeks to reach the front line. several countries have ramped up their own defense spending, further straining, manufacturing, and global supply chains are yet to recover from the disrupt

u. s, which is decaying rapidly, things like that they will do again and again. when meanwhile, the republican leader of the u. s. the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has proposed a code of $75000000000.00 to the defense budget. another proposal came shortly before he was elected as the speaker of the house, and is believed by many so being a concession secure. his victory now comes amid divisions among g o. p. lawmakers, who for years have pushed for increases in military spending. sarah founders again says mccarthy has always voted in favor of boosting defense spending and change his tongues to become speaker. every year they make promises that they're going to cut military budget every year. and yet it doesn't happen. so it certainly will not happen under kevin mccarthy who has always voted for the defense budget and is a complete hypocrite, actually called in march of 2022. that widen was too soft when ukraine wasn't doing enough, should give more money, more weapons. that was what he said then. and it's not much different now, except that he is maneuvering, in order to become a speaker of the house. in a while, washington prepares another aide pac

u. s. has confirmed it's sending 31 abrams tanks earlier. germany announced it would provide 14 of its most said fonts leopard to tags. berlin will also allow all the european countries to deliver the german made combat vehicles from their own. all snows, spain, finland, and the netherlands have suggested they are open to doing so. on the case. also sending 14 of his challenge a 2 tanks, the kremlin has dismissed the deliveries as disastrous and costly and says they will go up in flames. ukraine's commanders and unless have said they will need $300.00 western tanks to make a difference on the battlefield. i whitehouse correspond kimmy holcombe begins all coverage after days of deliberation, u. s. president joe biden made the announcement ukraine has long hoped for today. armina the united states will be shown in $31.00. abram turned to ukraine. the equivalent of one new current battalion, according to the pentagon, it'll take months, not weeks to get the tanks to the battlefield, widen says he

u. s. has been pushing its allies to restrict high tech exports to china, including discussions with japan, the netherlands, and south korea. that's according to the us ambassador to japan ahead of expected further senior level talks in washington. you've got to work through no japan, but you've got to work through obviously, korea, you've got to work through the dutch. all the parties are to table all the bodies have usual shared interest in the outcome. everybody has different aspects of the industry. the deal been saw, it will not be just bilateral. it must be multilateral. those 3 u. s. allies are essential suppliers for china's high tech sector. the netherlands is the largest provider of computer chips, services. a japan is among the world's 10 suppliers of equipment for semiconductor production, while both south korea and japan are the biggest exporters of computer chips to china. again, but robson says the u. s. as back in china into a corner. there's a lot of concerns about the constant

u. s. has announced it will hand over $31.00 of its abrams tanks and other armored vehicles to ukraine for an expected counter offensive against moscow's forces on the front lines. however, president bivens claims the move is not actually a threat to russia. manassas, that united states will be sending $31.00 abram tanks to ukraine. that's what this is about. helping ukraine defend and protect ukrainian land. it is not an offensive threat to russia. there is no offensive threat to russia that as follows, germany is decision to send at least 14 of its main battle. thanks to praying. after months of pressure from nato allies and key as russia has accused berlin of escalating the conflict instead of seeking peace. but with his dad just to get a minute, you, once again, we see that germany, like it's closest allies, is not interested in a diplomatic solution to the crane crisis. it is focused on this permanence escalation and unlimited pumping of the key regime with more and more deadly weapons. re

u. s. has announced it to new military aid package for ukraine worth almost $4000000000.00 claiming it's the largest military deliveries since the ukranian conflict began. the war in ukraine is at a critical point right now, and we have to do everything we can to help the ukrainians continue to resist russian aggression. today's announcement, the largest security assistance package in total value that we have committed so far reflects our enduring commitment to support ukraine. the pentagon says the package will include 50 bradley, infantry fighting vehicles, $100.00 armored personnel carriers, hundreds of anti armor rockets and more ammunition for high margins, rocket systems, and that's just a fraction of the lethal aid washington is set to spend in total, the u. s. has provided ukraine with almost $25000000000.00 and military assistance . sarah flounders, co director of the international action center, does a rapidly growing spending on the military means. other sectors of the economy will b

u. s. has formerly designated the russian private, military contractor, the wagner group at the transnational criminal organization. the move means washington can now freeze the groups us assets for its activities in ukraine and other nations. the u. s. treasury has also placed several individuals linked to wagner under sanctions. talkies foreign minister has accused sweden of been complicit in a heat and recessed crime for feeling to prevent an anti islam protest. and stockholm on the weekend. he said, holding talked with sweden, all finland about their bits to join nato was currently meaningless. the 90 countries required turkey's approval to join the alliance the palestinian authority has announced it is ending security cooperation with the threat in response to the israeli military, his deadly rate in the west bank city of jeanine. the authority says 9 people were killed in the operation. these ready military says its troops went into arrest islam, a jihad militants, banning meter attacks.

u. s. had also promised to send infant tree fighting vehicles or light tanks. but it's more than battle tanks or heavy tanks that president zalinski is really fighting for now. the u. k. has already announced that we'll send 14 challenger to battle tanks so far, the u. s. has refused to commit the em one abrams citing logistical and maintenance problems. the real pressure, though is on germany now to donate it's leopard 2 tanks. they are seen as the best suited hardware and the most widely available berlin's reluctance to do so means that other countries, like poland cannot then export their german, made leopards on to ukraine. either the more on all this, we're going to bring in d w as chief political correspondent, nina hardly who's standing by at the u. s. ad base in number 9. hi there, nina. good to see now. and we heard this morning, both austin and president for lensky stressing the importance of this moment and the need to act. now, how is germany's chancellor shall is likely to react to this pression? well, of course, chancellor shaw's also sees the urgency. he understands the situation very clearly what we are hearing from the german government over and over agai