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defending mr. biden's controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. >> the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn't do it, if we don't do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we're doing this, when we're doing it. my conversation this morning with nato's secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden's leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. >> sweden will become a member of the alliance. that'...

flights are stopped there also. >> bill: air quality alerts for tens of millions of americans. the hardest hit areas as of this hour on your screen. a lot in southeastern pennsylvania. we mentioned philadelphia. they grounded flights there and in new york as well where air quality is down right bad. times square yesterday engulfed in an orange haze. amazing pictures from gotham city. new york seeing its worst air quality in recorded history, wow. >> dana: here is the current air quality forecast. detroit, pittsburgh, boston, washington in the thick of it. philadelphia declaring a cod...

currently serving an unrelated murder sentence for 28 years. he arrived yesterday at the airport in birmingham. you can see several f.b.i. agents escorting him from the plane. he was held at hoover city jail overnight. new video shows him arriving at the federal courthouse earlier this morning. van der sloot allegedly tried to sell natalee's mom false information on the location of her daughter's body in exchange for a quarter million dollars. beth holloway's attorney says emotions are law. >> she is basically overwhelmed by whole situation. she had a whole spectrum of emotions. on t...

of strikes aimed at southern lebanon and gaza. and we're learning this morning that the idea has mobilized its reserve forces, the latest on this fluid situation. cnn is on the ground important new jobs numbers just in moments ago, 236,000 jobs added, but that is below expectations. the unemployment rate is down to a low, low low 3.5% there are signs that things might be cooling off. expelled in an extraordinary move. tennessee house republicans vote to remove two young black democratic members for protesting on the capitol floor backlash and how republicans are defending it. we are ...

warships. alexandria hoff has more. alex. >> alexandria: the reaction is more muted than the visit from nancy pelosi last summer. this dynamic does shift day-by-day and yesterday an aircraft along with three vessels were spotted near taiwan. china foreign ministry told reporters the u.s. was coniving with taiwan and the ministry said china will take firm and forceful measure to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. these are threats chalked up to china simply deploying intimidation tactics. republican congressman michael mccaul, who led the delegation, said this o...