cluster bombs, as president biden heads overseas to shore up support for ukraine, he said the u.s. will send them a controversial weapon. it was a very difficult decision on my part. but sis the the right one? i ll ask michael mccaul and the only house member who votes against the afghanistan war, barbara lee, next. and party of one. republican set a date for the iowa caucuses where donald trump s rivals are trying to e he zeros in on his closest opponent. he s got no personality. does ron desantis has a plan to turn things around. my panel will discuss ahead. plus mercury rising. a record-breaking heat wave blankets the globe. and over seas janet yellen pushed china on climate. but is any country doing enough to stop the climate threat? hello, i m jake tapper in washington with the state of union is wondering about long-term consequences days after announcing his controversial decision to send cluster bombs to ukraine, a weapon his administration once refer
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
united states and in what would be considered a trade action or a trade embargo. and this highlights the bigger great power competition with china. first semiconductor, i took on with the chips act and now we have the minerals, china controls about 80%, 85% of the critical minerals. we have to compete with them in every continent, including africa and south america and indo pacific and we re not doing adequately so far. speaking of the special minerals, let s turn to afghanistan. because it was two fridays ago when the biden administration chose late friday afternoon, before the long fourth of july weekend, to release a damning afghanistan report that faulted both the biden administration and the trump administration for the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. i want you to take a listen to president biden s response to that report. there was mistakes during
rare minerals to the united states in what would be considered a trade action or a trade embargo, and this highlights the bigger great power competition we have with china. the first semiconductors that i took on with the chips act and now we have the rare earth minh minerals and globally china controls 80, 85%. we have to control africa, south america, indo-pacific and we re not doing adequately so far. let s turn to afghanistan because it was two fridays ago when the administration, the biden administration chose late friday afternoon before the long fourth of july weekend to release a damning afghanistan report that faulted both the biden administration and the trump administration for the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. i want you to take a listen to president biden s response to