not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of the war. ukraine now promises it will not use the american supplied cluster munitions in russia. it comes as the controversial weapons divided congress. they want these as self-defense to use against russians in their own country of ukraine. i don t see anything wrong with the, these weapons would be a game-changer. cluster bombs should never be used. that is crossing a line. we would risk losing our moral leadership. also new today, treasury secretary janet yellen returns from china after a weekend of high stakes meetings. the secretary is optimistic progress is being made to shore up tense relations. i had a very construct a visit. i received a warm welcome and had a very substantial series of meetings. an objective of my trip was to explain the national security is something that we can t compromise on and we will protect. capitol hill is bracing for a potential far-right feud as marj
i think that is folded into a juror number one, if you will, the military utility here. by the way, as you heard both from admiral kirby and from the president, there is more howitzer and munition which is the round in this battlefield. it s on the way. the cluster will fill in. okay, the nato summit, as you are aware, is the centerpiece of the president s european trip this week. nato faces many challenges right now, chief among them how ukraine should be east into the block. what do you see as the biggest challenge around the president s visit? i think you put your finger on it, alex. it s going to be threading the needle between those nations dystonia, lot via, with 20, uphold and, eastern europe they really want ukraine in this alliance yesterday. the more western european nations are taking a more let s wait a bit longer. the u.s. will be looked to as we always are in these
committee. welcome back to the broadcast. let s talk ammunition bombs. nearly two dozen congressional democrats, barbara lee included, who we just heard from, urging the president not to send them to ukraine for concerns about civilians. t not to send ukraine s defenses the weapons are not going to be used in russia nor in urban areas. where do you stand on this? send them or don t send them? alex, i say to get those cluster munitions over to the ukraine as quickly as well as -able. the russians are already using these cluster munitions. they ve use them at about ten out of the 24 regions in ukraine. you reporter mentioned about the doug rate. i will tell you that the doug rate of u.s. munitions are going to be much lower than the ones that the russians are using. the cluster munitions have already killed 216 civilians. i was in vancouver, canada this
we have the greatest we are doing what it takes to win. if donald trump wounds himself, brand desantis is wrong. he s not lying in. it s not the media putting him 30 points behind donald trump. there are voters in the primary who have gotten to know rhonda scent is on his agenda. his agenda of retribution and the new york culture war agenda, that s where the numbers come down. alex, this has been the worst week of the campaign for ron desantis. he is at risk of losing it all here in the next couple of weeks because the narrative has
right here in new york and we re going to begin with josh lederman in london ahead of the arrival of the president there. josh, a long distance welcome to you, my friend. what does the president hope to accomplish during the big trip to europe? , well, alex on, his first stop, president biden will aim to really show u.s. already with its closest ally, the united kingdom, including with a meeting at downing street tomorrow morning with prime minister rishi sunak. at windsor castle, president biden will have an opportunity to hold his first meeting with king charles since the new king was coronated. during that nato summit in lithuania, president biden really has a difficult task ahead of him to try to show the ukrainians that this western alliance has won supporting ukraine is really standing just as strongly as it has just as the war has surpassed 500 days with the ukrainians very concerned that the western support is eroding. you heard how the ukrainians are very upset about the fact