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Bipartisan support. >> reporter: yes, and there was strong bipartisan support to make changes to the electoral count act. th the revisions make it crystal clear that the vice president's role is completely ceremonial when overseeing the counting of electoral votes. all this part of that $1.7 trillion package to fund the government. which includes $45 billion for ukraine. more than the administration asked for. $858 billion in military spending. including a pay raise for troops. and $40 billion in disaster aid for hurricanes, flooding and wildfires. only nine republicans in the house joined dem...

Quote: we lost hundreds in dod so this mandate has kept people healthy. austin added i support continuation of vaccinating the troops. scott notes the military has struggled this year with attracting new people and retaining troops. >> we know we are having recruiting problems and i think it's because, you know, our military is not being treated with the same respect. >> this is part of an $858 billion annual defense bill which the president is expected to sign this week. a spokesman says as a matter of policy the pentagon does not discuss congressional correspondence. the department will revi...

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Military experts say these need quite large teams to operate and also they need months of training as well, but this is a joint announcement here this week in terms of hardware and also the expertise that's needed on the ground amid ukrainian forces. kim? >> all right. thanks so much, nina dos santos in london. u.s. military support for ukraine, as we mentioned, received a big boost on thursday with the passage of a massive $858 billion defense spending bill. the bill was must-pass legislation already approved by the house. now goes to the white house for the president's signature. among the...

Single child in ukraine is facing a very severe risk for physical and mental health having to endure the terror of the air raid sirens and then what is inevitably going to come after this, christine, which is hours if not days in the dark and cold. we're still not at the official start and yet it is a deep freeze. for the millions of people in entire cities that are in the dark at this moment because of the airstrikes, they're going to have to endure plummeting temperatures without electricity, without heat. >> the russian government trying to bomb its neighbor back in time. unreal. thank you ...