What to know about the apparent U.S. intelligence leak

"The Wall Street Journal" has done a good job answering some of the biggest questions you might have about this breach, which is why we called up their White House and national security reporter, Gordon Lubold. He and his colleagues report that many of the documents appear to be highly classified intelligence slides that were prepared for senior military leaders.

They reveal that the situation for Ukraine may be growing dire. Ukraine is purportedly rapidly running out of antiaircraft missiles. By as early as May, many keys cities and critical sites won't have airspace protection, according to the documents. They also show what the U.S. knows about what's going on inside Russia.

Which brings us to the timing of this. The leak comes ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive planned for later this year. What some are calling a make or break moment in the war.

Then of course there's the big question of who did this. Lubold and his colleagues at the "Journal" report that sometime in January an anonymous user started posting the files to a small channel on Discord, an online messaging platform that is popular among gamers. I think it's clear now that it's not a hacking job. This is somebody who was privy to this intelligence, who then decided for whatever reason to leak it, to expose it.

Though just 50 or so of the documents were marked as "Secret" or "Top Secret," many national security experts are calling this one of the most significant intelligence breaches in history. Lubold says many are worried it could take months to repair the political damage with America's allies, who are concerned the U.S. can't be trusted with their secrets.

But according to a months-long investigation from "The Trace" and "The Washington Post," there's a huge problem with the weapon. They found this gun fired unexpectedly in people's homes or offices, in crowded places like a casino, and even twice on school grounds. More than a hundred people in all told journalists their SIG Sauer went off despite never pulling the trigger.

At least 80 people were wounded including dozens of law enforcement officers like Ashley Catatao, a detective with the Somerville Police Department in Massachusetts.

The reporters here reviewed troves of records and video recordings. They found that in a lot of cases, people's hands were nowhere near the gun when it went off. Instead, they were climbing out of a car or in George Abrahams' case, just walking down the stairs.

Victims say they've lost work, live in pain and suffer serious injuries and trauma in the aftermath. Detective Catatao told the reporters she has nightmares of it happening again. She still carries the gun daily, but no longer keeps a bullet in the chamber. She and Abrahams are among the 70 people suing SIG Sauer Incorporated, the manufacturer of the pistol. They allege the company is selling a defective product.

In a written response to this reporting, SIG Sauer denied that its pistol is capable of firing without a human pulling the trigger. The company said incidents like this have been reported for other weapons, that these types of complaints aren't unique, and they don't suggest a defect with the gun.

If you wonder why doesn't the government just step in and recall the product? Well, something I learned from reading this story, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has virtually no authority here. They have the power to recall pajamas that accidentally catch on fire, but when it comes to guns, there is nothing they can do. That's thanks to a 1972 law passed by Congress that makes gun manufacturers exempt from their authority.

And she's not alone. Yesterday, "ABC News" released an investigation on "30 Under 30" alum Safi Rauf and his nonprofit, the Human First Coalition. The nonprofit has been accused of misappropriating funds and mistreating refugees they promised to help. The United States Institute of Peace is suing them for fraud. Rauf has denied the allegations.

Sam Bankman-Fried, also made the Forbes list a few years ago. As we all know, he's facing a ton of charges ranging from money laundering to making illegal political contributions. Caroline Ellison, a "30 Under 30" alum and the former co-CEO of Alameda Research pleaded guilty in December to several criminal charges. Then there's Martin Shrekli, though you might know him as "Pharma Bro." He spent time in prison for securities fraud.

In her column, Mahdawi argues this trend is the product our society's "fake it till you make it" attitude. And how that attitude has manifested in arrogance and hubris among so many young people who've come to believe it's ok to tell white lies or in some cases much bigger ones.

According to the study released in the "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society," since 2010, more than 500 home runs can be attributed to warmer-than-average temperatures fueled by climate change. Now that's only one percent of home runs over that time period, but researchers say that temperature will continue to play a big role.

The reason comes down to physics. Air molecules are pushed further apart, meaning the ball encounters less resistance and can traverse a longer distance more easily. Which means if average global temperatures increase by one degree Celsius, we could see 95 more home runs over the course of a season. Should the increase be four degrees Celsius, we might be talking about an even bigger jump, though the planet would have much more significant problems to deal with than tracking home runs.

If you're already listening in the News app, coming up next is a narrated article from "Vox" that looks at another serious risk related to the drought. As the river dries up, so do the surrounding regions that it snakes through. And where there's more dust, there's a higher risk of coming across a deadly fungus that causes Valley fever. So sit back, take a listen to that and I'll be back with the news tomorrow.