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From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Disunity on the road to the White House.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans count about most.

After yesterday's victories in Wisconsin, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders both claim the momentum has changed in their favor.

But there's much more voting to go before the party conventions this summer,

and the battlegrounds are already shifting to New York State.

There's a growing conviction that Republican leaders will never allow Donald Trump to win,

and a growing conviction that they won't have any choice.

Sanders has Hillary Clinton on the offensive as never before,

as both parties appear more divided than ever. Today's talking point, thousands of young Egyptians

have disappeared. Why aren't the U.S. and other governments asking any questions? First,

here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon Alney. Back with To the Point. It's that time in the presidential nominating season when Democrats and Republicans are supposed to be unifying behind the frontrunners in their presidential nominating campaigns. But after yesterday's primaries in Wisconsin, they're going in the other direction. Today's talking point, young Egyptians have recently disappeared by the thousands in what human rights groups call a government crackdown on civil society.

But aid and support continues from other nations, including the United States.

First is news update. The world's biggest pharmaceutical merger was called off today by Pfizer and Allergan.

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