Morale and losing popularity in the country with this war. i think it is obvious that just a few months ago, he would have been at it a stalemate and a failure of leadership motivated to fight against ukrainian government. russia prayed a military strength even as invasion of ukraine drags on to its third month with heavy casualties. and several books on the u.s. navy professional reading program that provoked outrage last year were quietly removed from an updated list. released on friday with controversial titles with woke themes and embraced by supporters of critical race theory were removed how to be an antiracist, the new jim crow and minorities and politics. all three of those were included on the same reading list last year. and listen to this, nancy pelosi going head-to-head with california governor gavin newsom after he blasted the democrats
Tuesday with a memorial service that will include heads of state from around the world. it will be held at the fnb stadium in johannesburg where mandela made his final appearance at the 2010 world cup. president obama will attend with the first lady as will former presidents george w. bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter. then mandela will lie in state for three days at the capitol in pretoria before he is laid to rest after a state funeral in his home village of qunu next sunday. alexander marquardt, abc news, johannesburg. the pentagon is under fire for bypassing dozens of manufacturers and buying helicopters from russia instead. choppers are sent to afghanistan security force. pentagon officials say the russian helicopters are superior. documents show the opposite. lawmakers first expressed outrage last april. with all of the tens of billions of dollars we put into afghanistan, this is a tough one to justify. we are trying to provide them