president biden tells cnn it s essential that ukraine get controversial custer munitions from the u.s. a, quote, difficult decision that has biden taking heat from allies and members of his own party. is rudy giuliani aboutdisba? the special counsel zeros in on a chaotic white house meeting that include d rudy giuliani. thanks for joining us. i m e erica hill. it s controversial because as you can see, it breaks apart midair and skaters explosives over a large area. cluster bombs can leave munitions that didn t explode on the ground long after the fighting has stopped, continuing to endanger civilians in the area. that, of course, is part of the problem and part of the concern that was discussed with russia early on in an exclusive interview with cnn, president biden explains why he believes now is the time to arm ukraine with this powerful weapon. they re trying to get through those trenches and stop the tanks from rolling. it was not an easy decision. the main thing i
destroyed under enemy mortar fire as well as cluster munition. we were there without air and artillery support. i want to get to our national security reporter. you reported a week ago that the biden administration was seriously considering sending cluster munitions to ukraine. today, they made it official. also, really sought to draw a distinction between how russia uses this and how ukraine is using them and plans to use them. what more have you learned? what we saw today from the white house and pentagon was a full-throated defense of this decision to send ukraine these very controversial munitions. we heard from jake sullivan who said that without these cluster munitions, the u.s. is very worried that ukraine might not have enough artillery ammunition to actually get through the rest of the counteroffensive and successfully prosecute this war against russia. of course, this has serious implications for the u.s.
deadly fire, to personally engage the second enemy bunker and orient his team s fire in the furious, close quarters firefight. proximity made air support impossible. and after several teammates became casualties, the situation became untenable. senior chief slabinski maneuvered his team to a more defensible position, directed airstrikes in very close proximity to his team s position. and requested reinforcement. as daylight approached, accurate enemy mortar fire forced the team further down the mountain side. senior chief slabinski carried a seriously wounded teammate through deep snow and led a difficult trek across precipitous terrain calling in fire on the enemy which was engaging the team from the surrounding ridges. throughout the next 14 hours, senior chief slabinski stabilize casualties and continued the fight against the enemy until the hill was secured and his team was
senior chief slabinski repeatedly exposed himself to deadly fire to personally engage the second enemy bunker and orient his team s fires in the furious, close quarters firefight. proximity made air support impossible and after several teammates became casual tees the position was untenable. he led his team to a more defensible position and requested reinforcements. as daylight approached accurate enemy mortar fire forced the team further down the shear mountainside. senior chief slabinski carried a seriously wounded teammate through deep snow and led a difficult trek across precipitous terrain while calling in fire on the enemy which was engaging the team from the surrounding ridges. throughout the next 14 hours