i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote that out when he was there, and he was all in. given mccarthy maybe the speaker, but this is donald trump south. it s built on the back of trump republican acolytes whose job depends on the support of trump s own base. the dynamics that were on display during the four-day speakership battle have continued to play out in six months since. chaos caucus republicans, many of whom are trump loyalists, and some of whom participated in the attempt to deny mccarthy the speakership, brought the entire country to the brink of economic default just a few weeks ago. and encouraged by trump to stonewall efforts to reach a deal on the debt limit. but mccarthy s speakership so far will likely be remembered for republicans many efforts to avenge donald trump to take action against his critics, and to rewrite the narrative of his first presiden
it was one of the most chaotic meetings that the oval office has ever seen and now cnn is the learning that special prosecutors are questioning witnesses in the room. a weapon banned in more than 100 countries will be used in the battlefield in ukraine by the ukrainians and how they are hoping that cluster munitions from the united states will help them break through the russian front lines. and a rise in cluster sharks and how one community is trying to keep people safe on the beach. with john berman and sara sidner, i m kate bolduan, and this is cnn news central. there are new developments of the justice department s criminal development into donald trump s criminal actions of the election of 2022. we are learning more about the meeting that turned into a screaming match. in this meeting of a house committee meeting, donald trump considered some desperate proposals to keep him in power. i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. none of them were provi
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so much for joining me, i am frederica winfield. and we begin with the biden administration defending its decision to include controversial cluster bombs in its latest military aid package to ukraine. it follows months of bait over whether to supply the munitions as the stockpile runs low. some say they up oppose supplying the weapons. president biden justified his decision to approve the transfer. two things. i know it s a very difficult decision on my part. and by the way, i discussed this with our allies and discussed this with our friends up on the hill, and we are in a situation, where ukraine continues to be brutally attacked across the board by munitions, by these cluster munitions with dud rates that are very high that are a danger to civilians. number one. number two, the ukrainians are running out of ammunitions. the ammunition 155 millimeter weapons this is a war relating to munitions. and they are running out of that ammunition, and we are low on it. and so what
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