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Happening now, a major breakthrough in military support for Ukraine the United States

and Germany both appear poised to deliver sophisticated tanks.

The decisions come as Western allies urge the Ukrainians to turn their focus

from the brutal battles in the East to a renewed offensive in the South. Also tonight tonight former Vice President Mike Pence now facing

his own classified documents controversy reported first here on CNN.

Sources tell us about a dozen records were found at Pences Indiana home by one of his

attorneys.

And we're following some gut-wrenching developments out of California, the scene of back-to-back

mass shootings.

Police releasing new information about the suspect in the latest massacre

as the governor there mourns tragedy upon tragedy in his state.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation world. Let's get right to our top story tonight. The log jam over delivering tanks to

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