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
happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.
should have to stay is thank you. instead, they send david axelrod to go out there and take the hatchet to him. i think it plays into everything he is talking about. this is a party that is more concerned with the status quo than they are with the safety and security of black and brown communities. i would also say that we can t forget this is the same cornell west that was ostracized because he wanted to support bernie sanders and push further, because he wanted to have a black state of union to talk about what was rightfully owed to a black community that came out in record numbers to help elect the first black president. for me, it just confirms what many believe the democratic party seemingly has forgotten about, what they claim is their core conviction, trying to make sure they can deliver results to multigenerational poverty and despair. i was struck today, the fact
congressman, that on this second anniversary of the january 6 insurrection, he is poised, likely to become speaker of the house? well, you know, it tells me that you can get pretty far in politics without a core conviction. i think it s going to make it impossible for him to govern. we will see soon tests of what he has given away and how he empowered this most radical element of his conference. i think that it s a mistake for the republican conference to have cut the deals they did. i think it was kevin mccarthy putting himself above the interests of his own conference in order to do it. but time will tell. it does, i think, point out the structural problem and that is right now there s only one functional political party. we need two functional parties in order for a system to work at least two functional parties.
and voters have made that clear. i think a lot of what president trump as did as president, we have a lot to talk about their. but we have a lot of questions whether core conviction as a party. and clearly, our party is going to have to be different. or we re not gonna be the majority party in this country. also today, charlie baker. the republican governor of massachusetts, told cnn that the former president, quote, hurt the party chances this year. the question is how much? and how long will they keep saying that. for now, we ll turn to their