good morning, it is saturday, july 8th. ca hill in this morning. and victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom. this morning the biden administration is defending the controversial decision to include cluster munitions in thst military package to ukraine. this package includes armored vehicles, several types of ammunition, but it s the inclusion of those cluster munitions that sparked concerns. cluster munitions are smaller, they shower these small and lethal bombings over a wide area, and it s a cause for concern, because in many cases when the bomb explodes the smaller ones don t always explode, they could lay there for years causing potential harm. these are banned by more than 100 countries including some of america s closest allies, but they are not banned by the us to ukraine or russia. president biden rejected ukraine s previous request for these munitions but told cnn in an exclusive interview he reconsidered because of recent changes on the battlefield. two t