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
Were continuing to follow the breaking ns in The Middle East, where the israelhamas war is poised to enter a new phase. Just one week after hamas executed that horrific and seismic Terrorist Attack on southern israel, 1400 people have been killed in israel so far. And more than 2300 in gaza. 29 americans were also killed, and 15 remain missing, according to the state department. Today, the Prime Minister conveyed his emergency israeli cabinet, and said that hamas thought wed be demolished. Its we who will demolish hamas. Thats after three senior Israeli Military officers were telling the New York Times that Israeli Forces are preparing to invade the gaza strip in the coming days. Their ultimate goal, according to the reporting, is to capture gaza city. Destroy the enclaves current leadership, and wipe out the top political and Military Hierarchy of hamas. The risks are high here, for israeli troops, as they face the challenge of Urban Warfare and a narrow and tightly packed gaza. They
civilians, surging humanitarian assistance, and ensuring the security of those who provide it. israel must meet this moment. with regard to our policy in gaza, look, i ll just say this. if we don t see the changes that we need to see, there ll be changes in our own policy. that s u.s. secretary of state antony blinken laying out president biden s latest message to israel following a tense conversation with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we ll have much more about yesterday s phone call and the future of u.s. policy straight ahead. meanwhile, there s a new development in the race for the white house. it s now looking less likely that there will be a serious third party candidate this year. we ll tell you about that. plus, we ll bring you an update on donald trump s legal issues including the new york attorney general trying to dig deeper into the bond that was posted earlier this week on behalf of the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on
My next guest was the only member of the house of representatives after 9/11 to vote against the war in afghanistan. that was more than two decades ago and now she s strongly breaking with the biden administration over its decision to send controversial cluster bombs to ukraine. she s warning the u.s. shouldn t stoop to putin s level. joining me now is barbara lee of california where she is also running for the u.s. senate. congresswoman, thank so much for joining us. here s how the white house is trying to justify giving ukraine cluster munitions despite the risk that they pose to civilians. take a listen. there is also a massive rick risk of civilian harms if russian take tanks take more ukrainian territory and subjugate more ukrainian civilians. this is intolerable to us. this is their country they re defending and these are their citizens they re protecting and they are motivated to use aniy