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
kicking off his high-stakes overseas trip in the uk. mr. biden alive the late sunday and is set to sit down with the british prime minister in the coming hours. he will also be meeting with king charles, all of that comes before he heads to lithuania for a critical nato summit were russia s role war on ukraine will be high on the agenda. the summit comes just days after mr. biden approved giving controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. the debate over biden s decision to provide those weapons is extending to capitol hill. one top republican told him on the cnn state of the union, that he agrees with what the president has done. russia is dropping with impunity cluster bombs in ukraine, in the country of ukraine right now, all of the ukrainians are asking for is to
to give cluster mbs to ukraine for months an now presid biden haagreed to do so. rope and dozens of other ern countries, a majority throughout the globe have banned cluster bombs because they could kill civilians and especially later if they fail to detonate. the u.s. is still spending millions cleaning up cluster bombs in laos from the 1960s. do you have any reservations about giving cluster bombs to ukraine? you re right. geneva convention, there are signatories to that convention who does not agree with these munitions. we are not a signatory to the geneva convention on cluster munitions and neither is ukraine by the way russia is dropping with impunity cluster bombs in ukraine in the country of ukraine right now. all of the ukrainians and zelenskyy are asking for is to give them the same weapons the russias have to use in their own
nato. let s talk about cluster bombs because you ve been calling for the u.s. to give cluster bombs to ukraine for mo has agreed to do so. canada, meco, western europe, dozens of other countries, in fact, the majority of all countries around the globe have banned cluster bomb because they can call indiscriminate damage and kill civilians especially later. they banned cluster bombs from laos from the 1960s, do you have any reservation about giving cluster bombs to ukraine? you re right. the geneva convention, there are signatories to that convention who do not agree with these munitions. we are not a signatory to the geneva convention on cluster munitions and neither is ukraine, and by the way, russia is dropping with impunity cluster bombs in ukraine, in the country of ukraine right now. all of the ukrainians and zelenskyy are asking for is to