ukrainian offensive through this area. where they don t. i think they needed them. donald trump, the campaign trail, amidst new reporting today on classified documents and potential pressure campaign involving the irs to let his freedom caucus fracture is, the latest on an inept effort to oust marjorie taylor greene from the gop organization. plus, you are following some extreme heat that continues to stifle parts of the country as well as a threat of severe storms and others. an alarming health development, cases of malaria, cropping up in the u.s. from the first time in decades. all of that and a troubling new trend in the wake of anti-trans legislation around the country. people forced to go to the black market to get medication they desperately need. that story is ahead this hour as well. you don t miss that conversation. we begin though with ukraine. now, 500 days into its fight for survival after the russian invasion. the president just signed off on what may be his
this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares
and they tend to vote in primaries for the candidates that they feel closest to. that they would like to see president. they are not voting about who they think could get elected. that may come back to haunt the republican party in 2024. because if you look at the democrats what they think of the race, they think that trump is going to win the nomination. and they think that biden will be beating him. because he did beat him. the case can be made that he is a loser. fox news analyst with an accurate assessment of donald trump s political track record over the last several years. in the opinion shared by one of the country s most conservative political groups. that group is out with a new attack against ronald trump. ask yourself, is it worth the risk? america is struggling because of joe biden s policies. but with donald trump, republicans lost the house. lost the white house, and the senate. and we have lost our chance to capitalize on biden s devastating record. if dona
and, as a new, hour and you attack on the doj by donald trump. he former president upping his accusations against the department of justice as we learn about threats against individual investigators looking into trump s alleged crimes. plus the freedom caucus votes to oust representative marjorie taylor greene. why is one of the gop s loudest provocateurs this one? i will ask democratic congressman river garcia. and the president will soon leave for the nato summit after announcing new weapons will be sent to ukraine. russia is not happy about it. u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor explains why. and later, hope for millions living with alzheimer s, there is a promising new medication with unprecedented fda approval. this is american voices. reporter: how his choice of words erodes public trust in our institutions, especially because gop base. just this afternoon trump railed against the criminal investigation into his handling of classified information in
stamp. in terms of ending the war, nbc news is reporting on secret talks between former u.s. officials and prominent russians to lay the groundwork for potential negotiations. while the post reports ukrainian officials say they are confident in their aim to retake substantial territory by the fall, and forced russia to negotiate. meanwhile, the white house the uk is a signatory to a convention, which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine. all right, there was rishi sunak there, the prime minister of great britain, jumping into the conversation. but to that point, while the white house is defending us and then cluster shells to ukraine, with president biden saying ukrainian forces are running out of ammunition. it is still turning out to be an unpopular decision at home and abroad, as biden plans to travel to europe to tomorrow, and millions of americans remain under potentially