cluster bombs. as president biden heads overseas to shore up support for ukraine, he says the u.s. will send them a controversial weapon. it was a very difficult decision on my part. but is it the right one? i ll ask house foreign affairs committee michael mccall and the only house member who voted against the afghanistan war, democratic congresswoman barbara lee next. party of one. republicans set a date for the iowa caucuses where donald trump s rivals are trying to gain steam while he zeros in on his closest opponent. he s got no personality. does ron desantis have a plan to turn things around? he is the man to do it. my panel will discuss ahead. plus mercury rising, a record breaking heat wave blankets the globe. janet yellen pushes china on climate. we have the duty to cooperate. is any country doing enough to stop the climate threat? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering about long-term consequences just
2020 director of press communications and the former campaign surrogate president biden. sandra: new york republican gubernatorial candidate zelden hitting the trail one day after he was attacked on stage by a man trying to stab him. quite something to see that video. john: the video no question is shocking. we ll get reaction as well. lawmaker talking to reporters last hour about the shocking experience, and the need to reform bail laws. put the suspect back on the streets shortly after the attack. only one option. dramatic video showing the man armed with the weapon approached zelden on stage. he was charged with felony assault, but then released from custody without bail. outcome that zelden predicted would happen due to the new york lenient bail laws. sandra: and the man who helped sub sue the suspect will speak with us in a moment. and andy mccarthy is here to weigh in on the punishment he should be facing, and what do we know about the alleged attacker? well,
this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. at this hour president biden s trip to the middle east. the president vowing the united states is not going to, quote, wait forever for iran to rejoin nuclear talks. biden making those comments during a press conference alongside israel s prime minister, both leaders pledging their commitment to never letting iran develop nuclear weapons. the leaders did make clear there is still disagreement on the best approach. biden also reaffirming the importance of a jewish state and a two-state solution ahead of tomorrow s meeting with the palestinian president before heading to the most controversial portion of his mideast visit flying to saudi arabia. joining me right now for more on all of this cnn s wolf blitzers and kaitlan collins live in jerusalem. it s great you re there. the leaders today made very clear they are united in their goal that iran cannot get a nuclear weapon but also in
there has been so much angst in the white house about how he should behave, whether he should smile. you know, jose, it is more than updates. to put it mildly, he is walking into a minefield. there are so many ways in which this region simply doesn t agree with the perspective in the u.s. we saw a little bit in israel with the prime minister openly disagreeing with the president over the question of iran and the nuclear deal. they don t agree on russia. they don t agree on china. they see china as a crucial economic partner. they don t seem to agree on oil production. there won t be a big announcement of more oil production from here because of the president s visit, although that might come later. not clear. do they agree on human rights? clearly there are many saudis who would like to see human rights and more democracy even and would like to see some of those people who have spoken out released from prison or allowed to travel freely, but there are others here who say actu
. good morning, welcome to cnn this morning, i m victor blackwell. and i m isabel rosales in for amara walker, thanks for joining us, israeli combat operations against hamas are entering their second day after the collapse of the week long truce. israel s military says they have hit over 400 targets in just the first 24 hours since the truce expired. they have been directing most of thatfire power toward targets in southern gaza. they ve released flyers telling civilians where to evacuate. hamas did not provide the names of women and children still held hostage, despite the truce ending, talks to release more hostages are ongoing. ben wedeman is in jerusalem. tell us about what has happened in southern gaza, specifically, over the past few hours. reporter: well, what we know, as you mentioned, is that the israeli military said they carried out 400 strikes in southern gaza, now, that compares to 300 on the last day of before the truce went into effect. so certainly i