hot button social issues, republican congressman nancy mace will join us with her take. but first correspondent matt finn with the latest hi matt. mike: the house voted to amend the annual defense spending bill by overturning policy that reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses. the house also voted to ban transgender health services in the military. in a bitter debate republicans have been arguing in part that the abortion reis burstment is a piece of the democrats woke military agenda that republicans are trying to end. the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy says democrats are trying to change the course of history. and for decades in america, from the most proceed-life to the most pro choice person in congress they believed in the hide amendment and that is simply what it s saying. do not use taxpayer money on abortion. and the other part would be is, what they re looking at, should we allow wokism in our military. now democrats allege republicans a
baier. alexandria hoff is live with what s happening on the campaign trail. reporter: we don t know in totally who s going to take part in this debate like former president trump. last night he skipped the campaigning in iowa. the caucuses are exactly six months away, and some republicans feel lashing out against a popular republican governor is a misten by trump. the former president sat down with maria bartiromo for an interview tomorrow on sunday morning futures. if people think trump is going to be elected, you ll never have a recession. if people think i m not, you re going to have a depression. reporter: again, the former president has yet to commit to next month s debate. former e governor chris christie and senator tim scott are the latest candidates to have met the rnc donor requirements the take part. today is the filing deadline for campaigns to turn over their april to june fund raising reports to the fec. these are the totals as of yesterday. today s repo
segment on the infamous chinese spy balloon. gillian: well, attorney general merrick garland has made a significant decision now about the investigation into president biden s son. house republicans are pressuring garland to make multiple people involved in the investigation available for transcribed interviews. so far, garland is not giving in. david spunt joins us from the justice department tonight hi, david. hi, gillian, good evening. we are waiting to hear what that decision is from the attorney general. i m told a decision has been made. there are still some discussions going on and a response is being worked on. perhaps we are waiting for that to get over to capitol hill before we can actually see a copy of that written response to a request for the attorney general to make roughly a dozen people connected to the hunter biden probe available for transcribed interviews. house judiciary chairman jim jordan oversight chair james comer and ways and means chair jason
journey. china is dismissing the controversy while some some on the left are think republicans are making much ado about nothing. i guess barbie might be too woke for them. aishah: whatever you believe, one entertainment reporter says china s influence on hollywood isn t fantasy, and that s something moviegoers can t escape. there s so much economic leverage that china has not just at the box office with these companies but in their brothered business models. aishah: i got the most interesting thing out of that interview i did with everything, the with eric, the entertainment reporter. he said whether you believe this is true or not, first of all, this is not going away, chinese influence on hollywood is real, it s happening. but also in this move movie, he said it was the first time he d seen a movie, a production house preemptively do something to the film before it even gets sold to the chinese censors
we ve seen all these instances of hollywood self centering or censoring in order to get access to the chinese market. reporter: warner brothers is defending the map saying it depicts barbie s make believe journey from barbie land to real world. china is dismissing the controversy while some on the left think republicans are making much a do about nothing. i guess barbie is too woke for them. reporter: whatever you believe entertainment reporter says china s influence on hollywood isn t fantasy and that s something moviegoers can t escape. there s so much economic leverage china has not just at the box office with these companies but in their broader business plans that i don t see going away anytime soon. reporter: and, mike, the controversy couldn t come at a more plastic perfect time for the new house china committee. they actually held a prime time hearing tonight about the dangers of u.s. companies doing business with china. mike? mike: aishah hasnie on the