>> reporter: tonight the 911 call just obtained by cbs news reveals an aide to secretary of defense lloyd austin asks the digs patcher to keep the emergency discreet. >> can i ask can an ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? we're trying to remain a little subtle. >> yeah, i understand. yeah, usually when they turn into a residential neighborhood, they'll turn them off. but they're required by law on the main street. >> reporter: the operator then asks for details about austin's condition. >> did he pass out, or does he feel like he's going to pass out? >> uh, no. >> reporter: austin was taken to the hospital on new year's day with an infection that stemmed from complications after surgery to treat prostate cancer just over two weeks earlier. in a statement, austin's doctor said he had severe pain in his leg, hip, and abdomen. >> i'm just serious. if we need them to take him to walter reed medical, is that a possibility? >> let them know when they get there. i'm noting all this in the call. >> reporter: the 911 call adds to questions about why president biden did not find out abou

what we've learned >>> defense secretary lloyd austin under fire after he failed for days to disclose he was hospitalized to the president and the public what the white house is saying as republicans call for him to be fired. and did he break any laws >>> the first u.s. moon lander mission in more than 50 years in danger what happened after the unmanned launch. >>> and the exclusive. olympic gold medalist mary lou retton. her first interview since her life-threatening health battle. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening and welcome, everyone. there are major developments tonight in the investigation of that alaska airlines boeing 737 max 9 jet that suffered a mid-air depressurization and loss of an entire door window assembly called a door plug over portland, oregon on friday united airlines, the only other u.s. operator of the max 9, reports inspections of its aircraft have found instances of issues in the door plugs including bolts that needed additional tightening also tonight we're getting our first look at the door plug section that separated

secretary of defense lloyd austin is still in the hospital at army medical center.ecret and is causing concern in washington. here's a little timeline: on december 22, minister austin underwent minor medical surgery. on the next day he went home. on january 1 , he was admitted to the intensive care unit after he began to experience severe pain. the next day, january 2 , he transferred some of his duties to his deputy , caitlin hicks. at that time, the white house was still not informed about his hospitalization. this is a first-class institution that deals with medical problems, high-ranking military and civilian personnel, and performs elective and other surgeries. i 've been there a couple of times myself, and i think the public should know that there are special wards there with special communications for important patients, so they can stay connected and carry out their duties. loy dostan most likely lay in just such a ward, two problems arise here, they relate to austin’s private life and the need to warn your superiors if you are hospitalized, society. has no

. >>> defense secretary lloyd austin under fire after he failed for days to disclose he was hospitalized to the president and the public. what the white house is saying as republicans call for him to be fired. and did he break any laws? >>> the first u.s. moon lander mission in more than 50 years in danger. what happened after the unmanned launch. >>> and the exclusive. olympic gold medalist mary lou retton. her first interview since her life-threatening health battle. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome, everyone. there are major developments tonight in the investigation of that alaska airlines boeing 737 max 9 jet that suffered a mid-air depressurization and loss of an entire door window assembly called a door plug over portland, oregon on friday. united airlines, the only other u.s. operator of the max 9, reports inspections of its aircraft have found instances of issues in the door plugs including bolts that needed additional tightening. also tonight we're getting our first look at the door plug section that separated from the alask

in early december , defense secretary lloyd austin learned from doctors that he had prostate cancer. there was a medical procedure that the pentagon called elective, and it was the removal of prostate cancer. they said that the operation was successful, but then on january 1, 10 days later, he began to experience quite sharp pain, as follows from a statement from walter reed hospital, including pain in his leg, and other inconveniences. that evening. he arrived at the hospital and was initially diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, but apparently his condition worsened, the next day he was transferred to intensive care, where treatment continued, where they found excess fluid in his abdominal cavity and it had to be pumped out. after entering the clinic, austin transferred his authority to his deputy, however, he told the white house about this only 3 days after being admitted to the hospital. the president did not know about his illness for a month after his diagnosis in early december. i’ll simply ask: does the president consider this acceptable? for a situation like this, thin

walter reed national military medical center, where defense secretary lloyd austin has just been thehe past eight days, has just put out a statement saying that defense secretary lloyd austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer last month. that is why he went to the hospital on december 22nd. it is from discomfort from that hospitalization on december 22nd, and overnight stay, that he was then we admitted to the hospital on new year's day. that is where he has been since new years day. so this is quite a lengthy statement we just got from walter reed medical center. i will read you parts of it. this answers a key question that we did not know the answer until this point. why was austin in the hospital to begin with? so i will read part of this here. there was positive identification of prostate cancer earlier in the month. he went in on december 22nd, just a few weeks ago, for a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat and cure prostate cancer. he was under general anesthesia during that procedure and was then released the following morning. so this is december 23rd. he recovere

courtney kube has the latest >> reporter: tonight, the mystery surrounding secretary of defense lloyd austin's secretive hospitalization revealed he was being treated for prostate cancer his doctors say he was diagnosed in early december, but defense officials say he hid the illness from top pentagon officials and even the president >> nobody at the white house knew that secretary austin had prostate cancer until this morning >> reporter: a statement from walter reed saying his surgical procedure on december 22nd was to treat and cure prostate cancer. they say he was under general anesthesia, but released the next morning. but on monday, january 1st, austin was rushed back to walter reed via ambulance with severe pain, suffering from an infection and fluid buildup that was impairing his small intestine. on tuesday, january 2nd, austin was admitted to the intensive care unit, and transferred some authorities to his deputy kathleen hicks, while she was on vacation in puerto rico but hicks and the white house were not told he was in the icu until thursday, january 4th. members of congres

. >>> mounting questions about defense secretary lloyd austin's optimization, including why the president and the national security adviser did not know about it. >>> we've now determined based on our definition of substantial damage that it is an accident, not an incident. >> an accident that the ntsb admitted overnight probably caused some psychological injuries to passengers, a lot of trauma i'm sure. they are now looking into what caused a fuselage panel to fly off mid flight, just minutes after an alaska airlines plane took off. >> the good news here, ntsb says that nobody was sitting in the seats directly next to that panel, but they still need to keep part of the plane, they need to find it, to continue this investigation. >> but now we need the public's help. we know from looking at radar -- well, at least we believe from looking at radar data that the door is around barns road near i 217 and the cedar hills neighborhood. if you find that, please, please contact local law enforcement. >> here is cnn's stephanie elam with what we know. >> reporter: victor and amara, the federal avi

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a few days before the attack on yemen, us secretary of defense lloyd. kostin incognita went to his hospital bed. by the way, no one informed the white house about the minister’s absence from work. and all this on the eve of a military operation at the other end light, where the department and its head play a key role: coincidence or reluctance to sully the track record. history is silent. but there is no doubt about the other question, everything is on the surface. an ally, a country, treated kindly by subsidies and investments. which is making perhaps the key bet in the confrontation with china, also refused to dive into the deep end. australia did not even send a run-down fishing boat to participate and only sent a few officers on foot along the ship. no we won't send ship or aircraft, we will nevertheless almost triple our contribution to the joint maritime force. right now we have five employees working at joint maritime forces headquarters for the next one. for example, this is more than what canada provides. the houthis, who came under attack bloc

so iran denies involvement. us defense secretary lloyd austin, use the meeting with nato secretary general in arlington, virginia to condemn the attack a good morning. everybody. let me start with my outrage and for the death of 3 brave us from sin jordan and for the other troops. one president and i will not tolerate attack on us forces and we will take all necessary actions to suspend the us and our troops. laura bloomfield is a senior fellow at johns hopkins school for advanced international studies in the us. i asked about the likely response from washington. well, there's a whole menu of retaliation options here. they could fire back at iranian back proxies which they've already done 10 times inside of yemen. um because it also choose to go directly to i ran um both inside or outside of i ran uh, economic or military targets. um and there is a cyber option which kind of gives you some deniability if you want, but i think that they're more likely to go for a high value target if they take their own advice that they've been given these really, which used to be precise to the to check an

it gives us a look into the picture of when defense secretary lloyd austin arrived in the hospital. he was on a call with president biden who was in the virgin islands on vacation. they had met with the national security team that day, on january 1st earlier in the day to talk about national security matters, including the conflicts in the middle east. there are still a lot of questions about what then took so long to notify not just the public but also the white house and other top pentagon leaders. kathleen hicks gana assuming some of the duties of austin and the defense secretary on the 2nd but she was unaware it was because he was hospitalized. she did not learn that until thursday which is the same day the white house, jake sullivan, learned about it and told president biden himself. president biden has spoken with austin. he did so last evening. that was a conversation that was described to me as being a warm call and the white house continues to say that they stand behind -- that the president maintains confidence in austin at this time. but there have been a lot of questions

defense secretary lloyd austin was treated for prostate cancer. surgery and his subsequent treatment for complications kept private. courtney kube has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, the mystery surrounding secretary of defense lloyd austin's secretive hospitalization revealed he was being treated for prostate cancer. his doctors say he was diagnosed in early december, but defense officials say he hid the illness from top pentagon officials and even the president. >> nobody at the white house knew that secretary austin had prostate cancer until this morning. >> reporter: a statement from walter reed saying his surgical procedure on december 22nd was to treat and cure prostate cancer. they say he was under general anesthesia, but released the next morning. but on monday, january 1, austin was rushed back to walter reed via ambulance with severe pain suffering from an infection and fluid buildup that was impairing his small intestine. on tuesday, january 2nd, austin was admitted to the intensive care unit and transferred some authorities to his de

the united states has a new kind of scandal with the disappearance of secretary of defense lloyd austinical center where austin was officially located suddenly told cnn the pentagon chief. were operated on for prostate cancer; during the period of anesthesia, the powers of the head of the us defense forces passed to his deputy. how are these the american's justification was found out by our own us correspondent, valentin bogdanov. what to do if a private goes awol is roughly clear: look for it, sort it out, punish it. there are no instructions in the event that an entire minister of defense goes awol in any army in the world, not even in the american one. minister of defense. was hospitalized and unable to perform his duties. we need to understand what state he is in now. us secretary of defense louis austin, meanwhile , continues to be in a military hospital walter reed, where i first went on december 22 for planned procedures, and then on january 1 in the emergency room with severe pain. since then , the four-star general has not left the walls of the hospital, he has even been in the

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on january 3, rumors began to spread that secretary of defense lloyd austin had disappeared from thear. his last public appearance was december 20, 2023. even the us president was not informed of his whereabouts. coordinator for strategic communications at the national security council. white house john kirby confirmed at a regular briefing for journalists that until the morning of january 9 , no one in the white house knew that austin had health problems in december. this whole story is full of contradictions and misunderstandings about whether it was a secret medical operation or another kind of operation. let's restore the events: january 1 24, due to complications from the procedure, including pain , severe abdominal pain, hip pain, and leg pain, secretary of defense lloyd austin was transported by ambulance from his army home. ultraride medical center, as it became known, he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, it was decided to transfer him to the intensive care unit for careful monitoring of more precise medical care. further examination as per medical report revealed

he also commented on the hospitalization of his defense secretary lloyd austin.oocy reporting live from the north lot on what the president had to say just a short time ago on his trip to pennsylvania. hi, peter. >> martha, this is the first time president biden has talked about his hospitalized defense secretary since we found out that when president biden called austin on saturday, when he found out he was in the hospital, as austin didn't tell him why he was in the hospital. he didn't tell him that he was there for complications from prostate cancer surgery. president biden says he has confidence in austin, but he did kind of gently rib him a little bit. listen here. >> do you have confidence in secretary austin? >> i do. [indistinct] >> not to tell you earlier? >> yes. >> so he says it is a lapse in judgment for austin not to have told him earlier what was going on. very uncommon for a president to criticize a cabinet secretary, particularly since, in this case, president biden says he is not going to ask for austin's resignation and his staff is telling us h

but i do know lloyd austin. he is a standup guy. he is a great defense secretary. he has been a tremendous military man in this country. and i'm told that he is now in charge of things as he was before the illness. now, we have some laws in this country. the hipaa laws keep us out of people's medical businesses. and i do believe this man has as much right to be protected by those laws and be subjected to those laws as everybody else. he does have a duty to keep the public informed. and i don't know whether it was him or somebody inside of the military establishment that decided to do this way, but i'm sure that he will do better going forward as he said he would. >> i want to circle back on something you said that your sitting down with president biden to express your concerns, you said among them are the fact that there has been some difficulty breaking through what you call the maga wall to get information to voters. obviously you talked at some length about some of the information you want people to know about when it comes to student debt forgiveness and the ju

we are getting new details on secretary of defense lloyd austin being hospitalized. what are you learning? >> reporter: we are getting new details about the timeline and the circumstances of which secretary lloyd austin was hospitalized on new year's day, and that includes experiencing severe pain and being transported to walter reed by ambulance. the pentagon revealed lloyd austin had undergone an elective procedure while out on leave, and he returned home on december 23rd but it was not until january 1st, new year's day, that he started to experience severe pains, and he was admitted to the ivcu. he was admitted there due to his medical condition and remained in icu due to hospital space and privacy concerns. on january 2nd, the next day, the chairman of the joint staffs brown was notified, and kathleen hicks who was on vacation in puerto rico, she started to assume some of the duties of the defense secretary but she was unaware the reason why austin was in the hospital. it was not until january 4th she learned austin was in the military, and then congress and rele

. >>> just ahead, questions about defense secretary lloyd austin waited days to tell the white house he was put in intensive care. (vo) if you overdraw your account, wells fargo gives you an extra day grace period to avoid the overdraft fee. what if everything came with a grace period? like accidentally parking where you shouldn't... (driver 1) hey what about this one? (driver 2) nah.. that one gets an extra day (driver 1) somebody got lucky (vo) like having an extra day grace period? when it comes to overdrafts, you can with wells fargo. . >>> there's new blowback over defense secretary lloyd austin's unexplained hospitalization. even the white house apparently was kept in the dark about his condition for days. alex marquardt has details. >> reporter: it has been a week since the country's most senior defense official has been in the hospital, much of that time, very few people, even his boss the president, were aware. secretary of defense lloyd austin was returned to the hospital on new year's day, due to severe pain after elective surgery. the pentagon relegal even for the initial

where those tense talks stand now, and what we know but secretary of defense, lloyd austin,'s undisclosed state and the intensive care unit in the white house. plus, off the rails. the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, disgraced, one term ex president on the campaign trail in iowa. talking about how he would've ended the civil war. while taking a discussed a jab at a u.s. senator, mccain. the countdown to the iowa caucus, and donald trump's packed courtroom calendar that could determine the future of his criminal trials. later, keeping the faith. my special commentary on hold on to hope during another tumultuous presidential election year. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. all i'm katie phang. secretary of state, antony blinken, is in jordan as part of a weeklong trip to the region in the hopes of common rising tensions. as today marks three months since the deadly attack by hamas and israel, that task seems easier said than done. on saturday, israel traded fire with iran-backed military group, as, blah both sides launched shane dozens of rockets across t

defense secretary lloyd austin did release a statement saying he was on the mend and looking forward to getting back to work at the pentagon. and he acknowledged some of the questions about transparency regarding this matter. he said i also understand the media concerns about transparency and i recognize, i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. i commit to doing better. he added, this is important to say. this was my medical procedure and i take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure. typically, senior administration and military officials will disclose if they are hospitalized within 24 hours of that happening. but all of this is coming at a critical time when you think about the u.s. involvement in the war in israel, in hamas, also in, as ukraine continues their battle against russia. then there are other issues and concerns about the israeli conflict boiling over into a larger regional issue. so still many questions remain about his hospitalization and whether even president biden and austin have had a chance to speak just yet.

there is a new round of scandal in the united states with the disappearance of defense secretary lloydtin. suddenly for 4 days. the medical center where austin was officially located suddenly told cnn that the pentagon chief was undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. and during the period of anesthesia, the powers of the head of the us defense passed to his deputy. how do americans regard these excuses? continues to be in the walter reed military hospital, where he was first admitted on december 22 for planned procedures, and after january 1 in the ambulance with severe pain, since then the four-star general has not left the walls of the hospital , he even visited the intensive care ward, the diagnosis is unknown to the general public . this was covertly intentional, everyone around the minister had the opportunity to think about who they should notify, but they didn't tell anyone. about the fact that there is something wrong with the head of the pentagon not in order, neither secretary of state blinken, nor biden’s national security adviser salevan, nor congressmen and senators were

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republican frontrunner donald trump writing failed secretary of defense lloyd austin should be fired immediately for dereliction of duty. >> it raises questions about joe biden's competence and whether he's really in charge at the white house. this is a shocking breakdown in the chain of command >> reporter: austin is still in the hospital, this weekend writing, i recognize i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriatelywa informed >>> donald trump will be back in court, this time back in washington, d.c. the former president will attend a hearing in the federal election interference case brought by special counsel jack smith. a federal jury indicted trump on ef ef efforts to overturn the 2020 election the three-judge panel will hear his claim that he has immunity because he was president at the time the judge overseaing this case, tanya chutkan was the target of a swatting attack. two law enforcement sources tell nbc news that a similar incident happened to the special counsel on christmas day >>>united airlines says it's found loose bolts in itse bo37 max-nine

president biden, defense secretary lloyd austin promising a response.ectation is that it's bigger than the u.s. strikes in the past few months. the question is how? there's pressure from congressional republicans to strike iran itself. that's not the expectation because the biden administration is still trying to make sure that this doesn't escalate into an open, wider regional war and trying to contain the con flight to gaza itself. clearly the u.s. needs to make a point, send a message, carry out strikes. the question, iraq or syria or both? weapons facilities, going after leadership, these are all on the table. biden was briefed over the weekend by the defense secretary and others. the question is where, how and how big at this point. >> that's the question everyone in the region is asking. especially after the strikes in iraq, jordan and the red sea. we'll be watching this closely. thank you for your reporting. john? >>> with me now national security analyst, jim sciudo. you've been speaking to administration officials. what are they telling you? >>

. >> we learned late friday night that secretary of defense lloyd austin spent multiple days in the hospital including time in the intensive care unit for a medical issue that is still undisclosed, did this without public or congress or the national security council or even president biden being informed for several days. the defense secretary assumed some of the deputy -- assumed spl of the responsibilities while she was on vacation in puerto rico. as a former vice president, you have unique insight as to what this means for a secretary of defense to be unavailable and not be transparent with his boss about his health. what does it mean? >> well, first, i wish the secretary of defense well and pleased he's making a full recovery. but this -- the handling of this by the secretary of defense is totally unacceptable. and i believe the american people have a right to know about his medical condition, about the reasons for it and he has a right to know who was informed of his incapacity. and but to think that at a time when we have allies at war, in eastern europe and here in israel, that the le

all this comes as secretary of defense lloyd austin is still in the hospital.r reed. spokesperson for the pentagon confirming that they had spoken just twice over the last two days. >> let's show you what took place while we were sleeping last night. these are some that major attack sites. there have been 60 overall. reports from the region that we have actually more attacks. were looking for weapons depots. we're looking for missile sites and we're looking for military bases. there are five fatalities on the there thesis out. look at the bigger region and the bigger picture. the problem really is iran. they are providing weapons and energy as well as money to hezbollah. and hamas. all taking on israel. while who is he's law rockets time and time again into israel and then are trying to take over the red sea. this, a ladies and gentlemen, is the problem. sooner or later, were going to have to confront it. general jack keane joined us 20 minutes ago and talked about the attack. >> the center of gravity for the aggression in the middle east that we are experienci

it will play out with voters and that is what people are looking for. >> carley: defense secretary lloydd with prostate cancer and readmitted to the hospital due to complications. the president did not know until yesterday that he found out the defense secretary had cancer to begin with. this led to major questions that john kirby was faced with yesterday. take a listen to this exchange with john kirby and >> peter:. >> peter: why should we believe anything ever again? >> we all recognize and the pentagon has been honest with themselves about the challenge to credibility by what has transpired here. >> peter: if administration is keeping secrets about defense secretary health, how can anybody be certain administration would not go to the same length to keep secret problems with president biden's health in the future? >> if you could logically argue, and you can't, if you could logically argue -- >> wait, wait. >> he is 81 years old. >> wait a second, give me a second, bub. we'll get there. >> carley: what do you think about overall confidence in this administration? >> this is scary. we

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though iran denies being involved, us defense secretary lloyd austin, used a meeting with nato secretary general in arlington, virginia to condemn the attack. a good morning everybody. let me start with my outrage and the depth of 3 brave us troops in jordan and for the other troops when president and i will not tolerate attack on us forces. and we will take all necessary actions to suspend the us and our troops. giorgio fury is a us based risk consult and i asked him what the us response to the drone attack could look like right now in washington. there are many lawmakers and especially really the republicans who are trying to put pressure on the bite in administration to respond to by launching strikes against targets inside ron. and that would be a very reckless way to handle the situation that would risk an escalating the crisis in the middle east to an entirely new level. and for that reason, my view is, is a bite and administration will probably not go that far. but i think we're going to see dividing team decide to intensify us military strikes against groups backed by iran in the

questions are mounting about the secret hospitalization of secretary of defense lloyd austin, who waspt increases secretary of defense lloyd austin to hide a serious threat to... last week, he was secretly hospitalized at walter reed army medical center. he was brought in by ambulance on new year's day in severe pain following routine surgery he had before christmas. and no one reported this to president biden or the general public for several days. this raises questions about joe biden's competence and is he really running the white house? even 7 days after emergency hospitalization, osti did not tells why he was there. lawmakers on both sides are demanding answers. doesn't anyone miss austin? nobody is looking for a defense minister, that's the first question. and second, no one thinks we should report. white house representative john kirby has already told everyone that biden will not dismiss the secretary of defense, despite the talk about impeachment of the head of the pentagon, they almost immediately impeach, they scare everyone, but as usual, nothing happens. however, the whit

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secretary of defense lloyd austin has been in the hospital since the start of the new year.d there's a lot of mystery surrounding what happened to him. he's in the intensive care unit and then facing intense scrutiny over this secret hospital. stay. our washington correspondent reshad hudson has more. >> lawmakers are slamming defense secretary lloyd austin for not telling them he was in the hospital for days. pretty shocking on oklahoma republican senator james lankford says not only did congress not know, but the white house was left in the dark to when you're the secretary of you need to make everyone aware that are actually coming out of pocket. alston was admitted to walter reed, national military medical center last monday. the pentagon said he had complications from a previous elective medical procedures for a time of a lot of turmoil. international incident of secretary of defense, more than just a matter of wasn't there actually sent over false information saying i'm working from home. also, hospital stay comes as major wars are playing out in the middle east and uk

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defense secretary lloyd austin secretive days long hospitalization, the storm around his hospital stay is growing, as more top white house officials are now saying they had no idea austin was incapacitated. defense officials tell cnn the deputy defense secretary was not informed about why she began assuming some of austin's duties last week, the day after austin was admitted to walter reed medical center for complications from an elective surgery. austin's staff did not reveal to her, white house staff, or even president biden for another two days. and now many republicans are criticizing the defense secretary, calling his lack of transparency shocking and totally unacceptable. >> the handling of this by the secretary of defense is totally unacceptable. and i believe the american people have a right to know about his medical condition, about the reasons for it. >> it's pretty shocking on this because when you're the secretary of defense, you need to make everyone aware that you're actually going to be out of pocket. apparently the national security council didn't know, the white house

but present by them the size, it continues to have complete confidence and his defense secretary lloyd austin. austin remains in hospital of the suffering complications for the recent illness. he's been criticized for taking days to inform the white house about his surgery. how does it was whitehouse correspondents? kimberly, how could certainly something to the pentagon is releasing new details about secretary of defense, lloyd austin's hospital stay last week. it's a hospital stay following routine. elective surgery. the secretary of defense started to experience complications prompting return to the hospital and the stay. and i see you following feelings of severe pain. the problem is, is the, the white house was not aware that the secretary of defense was in the hospital because he did not disclose it. instead he transferred his responsibility to his deputy. and that is the problem for many of the critics on capitol hill, including top republicans in the senate armed services committee, who say that this is something that was deliberately withheld and that the white house also with

so us present, joe biden says he continues to have complete confidence in his defense secretary, lloyd austin austin, remains in hospital of to suffering complications for in recent surgery. he's been criticized for taking days to inform the whitehouse about his surgery. i'll just say it was whitehouse correspondence. kimberly how could sent this update? as the pentagon is releasing new details about secretary of defense, lloyd austin's hospital stay last week. it's a hospital stay following routine. elective surgery, the secretary's defense started to experience complications prompting return to the hospital and the stay and i see you following feelings of severe pain. the problem is, is the, the white house was not aware that the secretary of defense was in the hospital because he did not disclose it. instead he transferred his responsibility to his deputy. and that is the problem for many of the critics on capitol hill, including top republicans in the senate armed services committee, who say that this is something that was deliberately withheld and that the white house also withhel

. >>> tonight, the pentagon now saying that defense secretary lloyd austin is being treated for prostate cancer. and that the president and the white house only learned about it today. selina wang at the white house. >>> more than 170 passenger planes now grounded tonight after that door plug came off the plane at 16,000 feet. what both alaska airlines and united airlines have now found while conducting their own inspections, and gio benitez reporting. >>> former president trump in federal court today. his attorneys making the case that presidential immunity protects trump from anything related to the election and january 6th. a judge then asking trump's lawyers, if a president orders the assassination of a political rival, would presidential immunity protect him? their answer. pierre thomas tonight. >>> six days to iowa. with donald trump in federal court, nikki haley in iowa. boosted by new polling in new hampshire, showing her closing in on trump. ron desantis returning to iowa tonight. rachel scott is there. >>> the chilling images tonight, masked gunmen storming a tv studio during a

and so iran did nice involvement mess defense secretary lloyd often used to meet with nato secretary general in arlington, virginia to condemn the attack to good morning everybody. let me start with my range from the depth. it's reprieve us from sin, jordan and for the other troops or president, and i will not tolerate attack on us forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend us. and our troops will, despite the defense of secretaries woods, the by the administration is insisting that it is not looking for a war with iraq. the pressure for action is growing. iran has for decades funded medicine groups targeting the us and its allies that been more than 150 attacks on us forces stations in the region. since the start of the war and gaza missiles fly towards the red sea targeting ships and from lebanon into israel, and from a rack into jordan, all fired by groups backed by a rock their own backs more than a dozen proxies in lebanon, syria, iraq, yemen, and gaza projecting its influence across the region and aiming to drive out american troops. there over 30000 us forces stat

. >>> stunning new details about the effort to hide defense secretary lloyd austin's hospitalization and the severity of his condition. austin in the icu for days before president biden was even told. how does this happen? martha raddatz standing by tonight. >>> president biden in south carolina today, speaking at an historic black church in charleston, where nine worshippers were killed by a stranger they had invited to join them. president biden denouncing white supremacy, and taking aim at nikki haley and donald trump for their comments on the civil war. rachel scott reporting. >>> tonight, the startling scene in that same courtroom where a judge was attacked. the suspect now in a spit mask and shackled appearing before that same judge again, and what she said. >>> it was supposed to be america's first lunar landing in 50 years, but what went wrong today hours after takeoff? >>> outside new york city tonight, the crash and explosion. a tanker truck erupting. several cars involved. >>> and america strong tonight. it was a pretty big new year's wish for the dogs, and what's happened

defense secretary lloyd austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in early december. but the white house only learning about it today. >> nobody at the white house knew that secretary austin had prostate cancer until this morning. >> reporter: austin's doctors at walter reed medical center saying he's been hospitalized since new year's day due to complications from what they say was "a minimally invasive surgical procedure called a prostatectomy to treat and cure prostate cancer" that took place on december 22nd. the secretary had been discharged after that surgery, but days later, was taken by ambulance to the hospital and admitted to the icu for a urinary tract infection that doctors say has now cleared. but for days, not even austin's deputy kathleen hicks was told about the severity of his condition, even though routine authorization, which normally happens when the secretary is out of pocket, had been transferred to her days earlier. the 70-year-old austin resuming his duties from his hospital bed on friday and taking responsibility for the failure to disclose th

us secretary of defense lloyd austin is now wearing pampers.and from it flows like from an open tap. this is a medical fact. in the best case, it will continue like this for at least a couple more weeks, but most likely that’s all. austin knew that he would obviously be unavailable for many hours and did not inform the supreme commander in chief of the united states, president biden, about this. biden, however, didn’t miss it. how unfortunate it was when, with a post-operative purulent-septic complication of the genitourinary system, on the first day of the new year, lloyd austin ended up not just somewhere, but... in the intensive care unit of the same national military medical center. complication after such operations occur in approximately 5% of cases, but usually take place quickly and at home, but in ustin it was especially difficult. the medical center said that the general was admitted there with nausea and severe pain in the abdomen, hip and leg. about his disappearance, lloyd austin again. the white house later referred to the intimat

lloyd austin says, putin’s war is not a result of nato expansion, but a reason nato expansion. nato expansion began in 1990. this is the ranking of the 100 best cities of 2023, it was prepared by an agency called resonance consultancy, this is a reputable canadian organization, it publishes rankings, this year the ranking was published of the 100 best cities where it is better to live, where... europe and the united states of america, for example, look, the second place is occupied by the city of paris, well, no doubt, paris, see paris to die, well, let's look at paris today, for its prosperity, for safety , for the ability to calmly walk the streets , enter some neighborhoods, this is what we see, protesters are literally hunting police cars, cars are burning one after another: “gangs are chasing law enforcement officers, attacking gendarmes, throwing them with stones, and also opens deadly fire with fireworks, they destroy police stations, the rioters rob them, put on gendarme uniforms, and continue the riots already in it.” hundreds of people have been detained, but police a

the pentagon is releasing new details about secretary of defense, lloyd austin's hospital stay last week. it's a hospital stay following routine elective surgery. the secretary of defense started to experience complications prompting return to the hospital and to stay in . i see you following feelings of severe pain. the problem is, is that the white house was not aware that the secretary of defense was in the hospital because he did not disclose it. instead he transferred his responsibility to his deputy. and that is the problem for many of the critics on capitol hill, including top republicans in the senate armed services committee, who say that this is something that was deliberately withheld and the white house also withheld this information in defiance of us lot. they're calling this unacceptable that are demanding a briefing from the pentagon. still the white house says that they have the full cost, but it's of the secretary of defense. the pentagon is saying that there are no plans for the secretary of defense to in fact resign. they say that they will be investigating and the whi

new details have become known about the hospitalization of us secretary of defense lloyd austin. austin was admitted to walter reed hospital on january 1st due to complications from a previous elective surgery. it also became known that the presidential national security council, as well as the advisor on joe biden's security team, jake sullivan , knew nothing about austin's hospitalization until thursday. also known. that the seventy-year-old minister spent several days in intensive care, and his duties were partially taken over by his deputy kathleen hicks. but ordinary americans only learned of the news on friday, when the pentagon announced that austin had been hospitalized due to complications that arose after undergoing a routine medical procedure. but as our channel learned, seventy-year-old austin is not i was just in the hospital, and spent at least 4 days in intensive care. answering the question why about the state of the minister. was previously reported, a pentagon spokesman said the situation was evolving and a number of factors had to be taken into account. secreta