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Partisan vote? >> reporter: well, fredericka, that was bumpy road in the how is this week. that's because republicans insisted on including a number of controversial amendments to the defense policy package that turned what's normally a bipart defense bill into a hotbed for culture war issues. some of the amendments that republicans insisted be added to this bill included reversi longstanding abortion access policy at the d.o.d., eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel, and even restricting health care for transgender individuals. now, this put moderates on both the ...

Iowa and his criticism of the state's governor that's actually making some news and causing a little ripple effect there. what more can you tell us? >> that's right, fredericka. it seems as though this is an interesting approach to the state of iowa, a critical state. the fact that he didn't appear before this huge gathering of evangelicals and he attacked kim reynolds, the popular governor of iowa, for not endorsing him in the race, because he endorsed her, saying it's not fair. i was told he had a scheduling conflict. he wasn't here yesterday. one thing to keep in mind. the other thing i was...

>> they are indeed. i love it. coy wire, appreciate it. ♪ . hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i'm fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the biden administration defending its controversial decision to include cluster bombs in its latest military aid package to ukraine. it follows months of debate. russia is already using them. earlier today ukraine's defense minister thanked the u.s. for supplying the munitions. the bombs are canisters that carry from dozens to hundreds of mini bombs. this is video of a cluster bomb dropped on ukraine last year. sometimes the...

Me. i'm fredericka witfield in atlanta for our special breaking news coverage of the crisis in russia. also joining us is christiane amanpour in london. we begin today with a stunning development in the russian war on ukraine and perhaps the biggest threat to president vladimir putin's control over russia in decades. putin is accusing the head of the mercenary wagner group of an armed rebellion. the group's leader yevgeny prigozhin has been a long time ally of the kremlin, which relied on his soldiers for its war in ukraine. yesterday he accused russia of attacking his mercenaries. prigozhin n...

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