austin can equally well..., in america it’s called the dead cat method, that is, when you take some kind of fried information guide, throw in everything distracted from the most important thing, now everyone there is discussing the diagnosis, was sick, wasn’t sick, there, in fact, this is not so important , there was no one in the pentagon, the most important question, by accident or on purpose, is what we and our experts have to figure out now, but for now the main question is, how?” “everything is arranged in their pentagon , which means that secretary of defense austin exists as a first deputy, and then the office of the secretary of defense, the department of the army, the department of the air force, the ministry of the imf and the chiefs of staff committees went on, and then we see the central command department, the service department, the unified commands of the armed forces of the united states, that is, all those who were supposed to carry out duties while austin was not there. there simply weren’t an

>> austin: exactly.lvis. >> stephen: wow. >> austin: the whole thing. >> stephen: the show is, it's all about these pilots based in london. very dangerous missions over the european theater. did you learn to fly a plane? how deeply to do go into character? >> austin: at the time i really believed i could fly a plane. now i realize. it was a b-17. if we are flying. >> stephen: did you take lessons? >> austin: yeah, we had a pilot there who taught us. we had flight simulators. >> stephen: but in a pinch, the pilot is passed out. "i play pilot." >> austin: i think i have the confidence. >> stephen: right. >> austin: tom cruise were probably a lot better. >> stephen: tom cruise flies planes. >> austin: i would trust him for sure. >> stephen: you have enough confidence the you could convince other people you could fly a plane. so all the way down to the ground, they would be going, this is going to work. >> austin: yeah, i feel good about it. >> stephen: so you did all this intense research. is this a real pe

deputy kathleen hicks were not aware of austin’s illness.nsibilities of the head of the defense department, but did so only on january 2. according to cnn, she was in vacation in puerto rico, but despite force majeure, she decided not to interrupt the vacation, since it was expected that the boss would return. to his duties already on january 5, on the calendar - january 9, and osten is still in the hospital, cbs reports, when he will be discharged is still unknown, said pentagon press secretary patrick reiber, while continuing to hide the reason for austin's treatment and without saying, who exactly commanded the pentagon when the us secretary of defense was unconscious and undergoing surgery. citing sources, reports that us president joe biden trusts austin, trusts even now, despite some secret operation, despite secret hospitalization. the white house has officially announced that osten is fully performing his duties from his hospital room. matt rosendale said that the us secretary of defense violated his oath of office, and now he will d

. >> and here we're with austin. >> thank you, austin. we so appreciate you all. >> we cannot wait to tell you all the things we have for you. >> what's a traveling honky-tonk? >> we're going to sing, we're going to dance. >> we're going to have some food. we're going to do all the things. we're trying to ring in the new year for you in the central time zone. you're going to have to help me with that. happy new year's for the people watching from the east coast. what do we have for you? >> we have some surprises coming. stephanie elam is in the bahamas. that is a very difficult assignment. i know you have suffered through this. >> i am so jealous of her. >> i'm so happy to have my friend here hanging with me. >> you are not jelly. >> i am jelly. >> can i show you guys who i'm hanging out with? who you face timing? >> that's my baby. that's ashante. >> this is nelli who just got offstage as a surprise guest and sarah and cari. what's it like when you're out there and everyone is singing the lyrics back to your songs? >> it's amazing. that'

secretary austin, his deeds who clearly knew about this? >> secretary austin took full responsibility so i would refer you to the statement. secretary austin was clear and we appreciate that he has taken responsibility but i want to say we hope he recovers and get back to the pentagon, so i will leave it there. but his statement was very clear the other day. >> walter reed did not diagnose him with cancer last month and the president did not know the diagnosis? >> the president was informed today about the prostate cancer. >> is their lack of trust between the pentagon and the white house? why didn't he feel the need to inform immediately about the diagnosis? >> we have confidence in the secretary. the president has complete confidence. obviously there is a review that the pentagon is doing. they announced yesterday they will review how this went and we will let the process move forward but again the president has full confidence. >> when you talk to former colleagues, what did they tell you in terms of why they did not inform higher-level

austin began to have complications.ry of defense austin was admitted to walter deed national medical center with complications following surgery on december 22. u he had nausea, severe pain in his stomach, hips, and legs. the initial examination revealed a urinary tract infection. this is an unusual complication. such operations are, of course, difficult, but people usually recover very well and do not experience such complications. we have answers to your questions. in early december , defense secretary lloyd austin learned from doctors that he had prostate cancer. on december 22, as we know, 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 infe

at the same time, austin met with stoltenberg on his first day of work. and ukraine, as they wrote on the website of the us military department. republican hawks are now indignant about what nato is like and what ukraine is like now, when americans are dying on... after the attack on the us base, the stakes have skyrocketed, and at the helm of the country’s army are two sick people who cannot show america’s enemies power. however, instead of a show of force, the biden administration again disgraced itself; biden’s press secretary, karine jean-pierre, was unable to articulate what kind of soldiers died in jordan and who these soldiers were for. served, in the end i got confused and said, that three american soldiers died, not for the united states, exclusively for the biden administration, oh, karina said at the end of her speech. in general, dementia is apparently transmitted by airborne droplets, but look here, biden, menacing and stern, put on camouflage for the first time, makes a decision surrounded by generals, photo at the same time, minister austin

secretary austin is making a rapid recovery and returned to full duty this evening. the pentagon refused to explain what kind of elective surgery it was or what complications arose. this provision of incomplete information has already been criticized. when do they arise? presidents and their ministers have problems, the public should know about it. what happened is unacceptable, as an official source just said, nothing about austin's hospitalization was known to president biden for 3 whole days. minister osin released a statement today, what does it say? the secretary of defense takes full responsibility for what he calls his own decisions to withhold information. he stated quote: "i understand that i could have done a better job of keeping the public informed. i promise "president biden reportedly has full confidence in secretary austin, but the biden administration has had mixed reactions. yes, there was criticism that the news only came to light on friday evening, after austin was hospitalized on new year's day remained in the hospital all week. this is quite an u

a austin oos duties. this during a very busy week that saw israel carry out a strike in beirut, the u.s. bomb a militia commander in baghdad, and u.s. forces continue to actively face attacks by iranian-back groups. >> i think it's a a tricky situation where as the president you want to be able to pick up the phone and say what's going on, what's the next course of action, other options. >> reporter: people who know austin say he kept things quiet because of how private he is. >> lloyd austin is an intensely private person. he doesn't go out in front of the cameras or go out of his way to be known or to be seen. he likes to take a lower profile. >> reporter: the pentagon said in a statement on monday evening that austin is no longer in the icu, but he remains at walter reid hospital. he's monitor the defense department's operations around the world. the state department said that austin is in good condition, but experiencing discomfort. a spokesman did not explain why even when austin went into the hospit

they don't have details to provide on what the procedure was that austin had and that austin has noted his resignation and has no plans to resign. this is just coming out of the pentagon in the last couple of minutes. >> john: what i thought was interesting, key in what antony blinken was saying is that they want to see, the leaders he spoke with, a united west bank and gaza, which would be wholly unlike the way it's been since 2006, with fatah in charge in the west bank and hamas in charge in gaza. and it was actually quite a violent uprising as well between hamas and fatah when fatah was kicked out of gaza. the leaders are saying bring it back together again and work on the creation of a palestinian state. >> sandra: fair enough. a lot of news from that. >> john: our panel, chris bedford, and juan williams. juan, your response to what the secretary was saying of shuttle diplomas in the mideast, and request from the administration to reduce the amount of fighting in gaza, protect civilians, united west bank in gaza. a lot to chew on. >> juan: i thought the questions given to the sec

austin to resign biden will not fire him, the question is should austin resign, this comes from ou austin's own office, which was shall we say miscalculating. >> he should resign and be fired by president of united states, and congress has to look into this, there are so many unanswered questions, did we have a break down in our nuclear deterrent. we should check in with secretary of defense, god forbid there is no weekend at bernie's situation, he should resign, this is disgraceful, i have never seen anything like this, but beyond him resigning we have to have a stark set of questions to biden administration about who is actually in charge over there. if you lose the secretary of defense for days, it suggests thats engine is running but no one is behind the wheel, that is the story of biden administration at a time of extraordinary chaos for united states across the world, there is a big problem. larry: as i understand it, senator, that president biden did not talk to his secretary of defense for almost a week. we're in the middle of several wars, as you know. including southern border. bu

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austin's mystery absence happening during a time of rising mideast tensions with u.s. bases in iraq and syria attacked at least 14 times during his hospitalization. and houthi rebels continuing to target ships in the red sea republicans say austin broke the law and needs to go. republican front-runner donald trump writing, "failed secretary of defense lloyd austin should be fired immediately for improper professional conduct and 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: tonight austin is still in the hospital this weekend writing, "i recognize i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed i take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure." tonight the pentagon says it will review whether austin broke any laws by being off the job for days without telling the president. and late today a top democratic senator saying this controversy is not over by a long shot. lester >> and courtn

it's unclear how long secretary austin was in the icu. he resumed full responsibility on friday from the hospital where he remains as far as we're aware. antony blinken had no clue about this when he left for the middle east on thursday. >> i wasn't aware of his medical issue. in fact, i talked to lloyd last weekend before this incident. again, i think he put out a statement addressing this. i will let that statement speak for itself. >> what would your policy be? >> i won't get into hype that calls. >> secretary austin apologized for the lack of transparency in a statement this weekend. u.s. official told fox this was an elective surgery he didn't want the public to know about. u.s. troops were attacked by our count eight times between the time that austin was admitted to the hospital and on friday when he resumed his full responsibilities. another interesting thing our pentagon team points out it looks like the last time austin spoke to his israeli counterpart was on december 28th. we don't have any indication that kathleen hicks spoke

that revealed that secretary austin had undergone surgery for prostate cancer on december 22. that surgery is what led to those complications that resulted in austin being transported in an ambulance to walter reed medical center. in the statement, they said that prostate cancer was detect early and his prognosis is excellent. on january 1 last monday, he was admitted to walter reed medical center with complications from the procedure , including nausea with severe abdominal, hip and leg pain. initial evaluation from that revealed that it was a urinary tract infection. the infection has since cleared and it involved various complications about abdominal fluid that was ultimately drained. rare complications and an oncologist told cnn, less than 1% of instances resulting from these kinds of prostate cancer surgeries. the pentagon still has not revealed why the white house was not made aware of secretary austin's prostate cancer diagnosis until today and depending on press secretary, general was asked today whose ideal it was. not to inform the white house until a month later tha

have confidence in secretary austin? >> i do. >> was it a lapse in judgment for him not to tell you earlier? >> yes. >> reporter: tonight the pentagon has not responded to our request for a comment about that 911 call. the inspector general, though, continues to investigate why it took austin so long to disclose his hospitalization. norah. norah. >> weijia jiang at the white -we're done. -what about these? looks right. nooo... nooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty absorbs spills like a sponge. and is 2x more absorbent so you can use less. we all know tthat words have power.r. they set things in motion and make us happy or sad. but there's one word that stands out, because when people say it, lives are changed. it's not a big word. it's itsy bitsy. it's only three little letters. but when you say it, the life of a kid like me can be changed. so what is this special word? it may surprise you. it's yes, yes, yes, yes to becoming a monthly supporter of shriners hospitals for children®. that's right! your monthly su

secretary austin continues to recover well and remains in good spirits. he's in contact with his senior staff and has full access to capabilities and continues to monitor eod's day-to-day operations worldwide. at this time i do not have information to provide in terms of when he will be released from the hospital but will keep you updated and until then we will release daily status updates on his condition. we in the department of defense wish him a speedy recovery. the department recognizes the understandable concerns expressed by the public, congress and the news media in terms of notification, timelines and transparency. i want to underscore that secretary austin has taken responsibility for the issues with transparency in the department is taking immediate steps to improve our notification procedures. yesterday the secretary's chief of staff directed the dod director of administration and management to conduct a 30 day review of the departments notification process or assumption of functions and duties of the secretary of defense. while the review is

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she was not made aware that austin was in the hospital. on thursday, january 4th -- >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: -- spokesman ryder held a press briefing and said nothing about the hospitalization. on that same day, deputy secretary hicks was told of the severity of austin's medical condition. she then worked with the chief of staff on a plan to notify the white house and congress. on january 5th, secretary austin resuming his duties from the hospital, the press and the public finally told about it late in the day. secretary austin issuing this statement from his hospital bed, "i recognize i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. i commit to doing better." national security spokesman john kirby made clear that austin will keep his job, but there's growing outrage, not just from the hill about the efforts to hide this, but the pentagon press corps, as well. and, david, austin is now out of the intensive care unit, but remains hospitalized in good condition, although we still have no idea what

austin dutities. a very busy week that saw israel carry out a strike against a hamas leader, the u.s. bomb a militia commander in baghdad and u.s. forces continue to actively face attacks by iranian-backed groups. >> it was a really tricky situation where you want to pick up the phone and say, hey, what's going on. what do we need to do, what's the next course of action, other options. >> reporter: people say he kept things quiet because of how private he is. >> lloyd austin is an intensely private person he doesn't go out in front of the cameras and go out of his way to be known or to be seen. he likes to take a lower profile. >> reporter: the pentagon said in a statement on monday evening that austin is no longer in the icu, but he remains at walter reid hospital and he is monitoring the operations around the world. the state department said that austin is in gooden condition, but experiencing discomfort. a spokesman did not explain why even when austin went into hospital for the first time for surg

someone would have noticed that secretary austin was missing. so you know, it's really inexcusable that there was an attack but an attack after attack after tack. biden's security team had no conversations about it. the message that that sends is they just don't care. >> martha: you know, it's been noted by both "the washington post" and "the washington examiner" in editorials today that this reflects some of the themes that you are talking about. this from "the washington post" editorial board. in their opinion piece, they say so far there's no defense for lloyd austin's hospital silence. they go on to say the fact that no one in the white house appears to have noticed his absence for several days during these heated conflicts, it goes on to say, unfortunately applies that mr. austin is not central to national security decision making as his counter parts are especially secretary state blinken and mr. sullivan. "the washington examiner" basically lays out their argument that says this shows there's not a lot of respect for the president when pe

up inspections. >>> we have an update right now on secretary austin.president biden is not considering firing the defense secretary according to three administration officials. the nsc's john kirby saying, quote, there are no plans for anything other than for secretary austin to stay in the job. this after secretary austin failed to disclose his hospital stay and treatment in the icu. he was admitted a week ago. he's still in the hospital, but waited three days to inform the white house. let's take a look at the time line. we have learned on new year's day, secretary austin was hospitalized in the icu after he started experiencing pain following elective surgery. january 2nd, his responsibilities were transferred to his deputy secretary kathleen hicks w was on vacation in puerto rico, but she was not told why. on january 4th, hisy secretary and the white house werehe informed, and it wasn't until friday thathe public found out about the secretary's condition. secretary austin reasing this statement over the weekend saying i am very glad to on the mend

it seems like secretary austin is a private man.d why this is something that he perhaps would not want to deal with publicly. this diagnosis, depending on what stage it is, is managed in a variety of different ways. from just observation to, you know, hormonal manipulation, to surgical excision of the prostate, which sounds like he had right before christmas. there are a variety of ways to remove the prostate. that includes robotic surgery. complications can include bleeding or difficulty urinating. it's a little hard to understand perhaps what exactly the complications secretary austin might have experienced. it's surgery, it's invasive, and complications can happen. >> doctor, i'm curious to get your perspective on the second part of that. in a statement it was revealed his prognosis, when it comes to the cancer, is excellent. however, days after the procedure he had the urinary tract infection that you mentioned. there was further evaluation that revealed a collection of abdominal fluid impairing the function of his small intesti

>> no. >> does the present plan to stick with secretary austin? >> yes. comments that he made about jimmy kimmel. >> he could be named in those documents identifying associates of alleged sex trafficker, jeffrey epstein. last night, fighting back. >> a lot of delusional people honestly believe i'm meeting up with tom hanks to eat pizza and drink the blood of children. i know this. i hear from these people. he actually believes that my name was actually going to be on his list. that is insane. the more likely scenario, he doesn't actually believe that. he said that because he's mad at me for making fun of his topknot, and his lies about being vaccinated read >> let's bring in the seedier media reporter, oliver kimmel. he accepted the apology from aaron rodgers. he spoke with him on espn. what did he say? >> no apology. no surprise. he wasn't anticipating one. aaron rodgers, said he understand why jimmy kimmel would be met if he made the accusation. he insisted that he did not make this accusation. he certainly did signal or suggest that jimmy kimmel could

he has not said a word about austin's continued hospitalization. sandra. >> sandra: and if the pentagon really did not learn of this per pat ryder, about to offer this briefing which we'll be watching and listening for, then should at least the chief of staff to the defense secretary lose their job? i mean, there's a lot of growing questions at this hour, the briefing is going to be very interesting. peter, good to see you. thank you. >> peter: and worth pointing out, while all this is going on, the defense secretary is still sitting in a hospital bed at walter reed. we don't know what his condition is. they have not told us if president biden is going to go visit him at some point, if it's that serious, but he remains in a hospital. any time anybody is in a hospital for as long as he's been in there, it is usually not for something minor. and so there is this issue and everybody that we ask claims on the record and off the record that they don't know what happened. what the issue was. which is extraordinary. >> sandra: it is remarkable on a lot of

biden continues to have complete confidence in austin. no plan other than for austin to stay in his job. and they spoke several days ago. maybe they spoke twice, maybe saturday and last thursday. biden looks forward to having austin back at the pentagon as soon as possible. he has resumed all authority carrying out duties from the hospital. >> dana: they might try to put all this in a box and hope it goes away. i don't think that will cut it. we'll see if there is more. harris faulkner will take you through the next hour. here she is. >> harris: you have to tell the whole truth what the -- what had happened and what was happening and what's going on. >> objective in his commitment is to bring transparency and truth back to government to share the truth even when it's hard to hear. >> the american people have the right to expect those who are serving in high office to meet high ethics and transparency standards. >> harris: they didn't mean any of it. they took us for a ride and dumped us off to the side without the truth. we heard the pres

austin was in the icu for days before president biden was told. abc's martha raddatz tonight with the troubling timeline, and the questions now about how this could happen. >> reporter: tonight, startling new details about the extent of the efforts to hide the hospitalization of defense secretary austin and the severity of his medical emergency. it was december 22nd when austin secretly underwent a still unknown elective surgery. he was released the following day. but on monday evening, january 1st, austin was in such severe pain, he was taken by ambulance to walter reed hospital and immediately rushed to the intensive care unit. his personal security detail following the ambulance. on january 2nd, austin's chief of staff, his senior military aide, and senior pentagon press secretaries were made aware he was hospitalized. but no one contacted the white house or congress. and the press secretaries, major general pat ryder and chris meagher, kept the information hidden from the press and the public. on the afternoon of january 2nd, due to the seriou

questions about why the president didn't know that austin was in an icu and why even austin's second in command was not notified. now some are calling for not only an explanation, but for consequences. allie raffa has more. >> reporter: tonight growing fallout over defense secretary lloyd austin's secret hospital stay and treatment in the icu. >> it's worse than just he didn't notify the white house. >> reporter: criticism pouring in over the lack of transparency. >> i do wish it had been disclosed. >> the secretary and the administration, frankly, need to step forward and give the american people the facts. >> reporter: andrea mitchell pressing the secretary of state. >> were you aware of this? >> with regard to secretary austin, i wasn't aware of his medical issue. >> reporter: tonight we're learning more about who knew what and when, raising even more questions after the pentagon announced the 70-year-old austin was hospitalized the evening of january 1st for complications following a recent elective medical procedure. in a statement the pentagon said austin transferred responsibi

stuart: the president said he's still backing austin.he word used and the president says that. do you think austin has to go? >> he has to come up with very good explanations of what went wrong. really no huge breech in the chain of command. stuart: rivals and enemies overseas look at this, what do they say? >> i was in the white house when richard nixon resign in 1974 and one of our main concerns at the time was that the world was looking and seeing there's a vulnerability and an american president that's going to resign and no vice president and there was a vice president and he's been appointed and confirmed but henry kiss inger who was secretary of state went around the world saying everything will be fine. an adversary looks at this saying joe biden, secretary of defense? unconscious in the icu. they dent know who's in charge and they take advantage. stuart: going for a second. israel's president and they sounded off on the displaced palestinians of gaza. >> absolutely, absolutely not. totally not agreed and it's not the position of

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chief of staff now ordering that these officials be told when austin transfers authority to hicks and why. austin remains hospitalized tonight, having now spent all of 2024 in the hospital doctors there saying he is expected to make a full recovery, but it can be a slow process. >> and courtney, i know you're also monitoring some breaking news tonight in the red sea >> reporter: yeah, lester we are just learning of one of the most complex attacks by houthi rebels against ships in the red sea in recent weeks. u.s. navy ships shot down multiple missiles and drones that were threatening ships in the area, according to two u.s. defense officials. just yesterday, secretary of state antony blinken traveling in the region, warning that attacks like this could have consequences lester >> all right courtney kube, thank you. >>> former president donald trump was in a federal courtroom in washington today, as his lawyer argued before an appeals court why he should be immune from prosecution for his efforts to remain in power. laura jarrett has more >> reporter: tonight, a ruling expected any tim

the white house is publicly standing by austin saying president joe biden and austin spoke on the phone saturday, and that the conversation was warm. >> but a us official telling abc news white house aides are angered by the lack of timely notification. the incident coming amid a heated election with former president trump calling on austin to be fired immediately for improper professional conduct. the pentagon says austin is recovering well and had resumed duties friday. austin himself now saying he could have done a better job informing the public the question remains whether anyone will be held accountable. andrew >> all right. m thank you. now to exclusive new details from the special counsel's investigation into what's described as former president trump's hours of inaction during the january 6th attack. >> sources tell abc news. former white house deputy chief of staff dan scavino told jack smith's team that trump was just not interested in doing more to stop the violence, as it escalated. scavino, one of trump's most trusted advisors, allegedly said trump's demeanor was very unse

republicans say austin broke the law and needs to go. 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 s

arguing austin has violated his oath of office on multiple occasions writing in part secretary austin knowingly put the american people in danger and compromised our national security when he allowed a spy balloon from a foreign adversary to my over mall strom air force base home of icbms and allow the chinese communist party to gather intel on american citizens. this seems to be a repeated pattern for the secretary as he once again lied to our military and the american people about his health last week. but today the white house says despite the growing controversy, secretary austin's job is safe. >> no plans for anything other than for secretary austin to stay in the job and continue in the leadership that he's been demonstrating. >> reporter: the white house is reviewing the rules and procedures regarding his failure to disclose he has been in the hospital since january 1st following an unknown elective procedure. the white house was not notified for three days after austin was admitted to icu. the number two in the defense department kathleen hicks was on vacation in puerto rico a

with austin still in the icu, a u.s. drone carried out a strike approved by the president three days earlier. only then did austin's chief of staff finally notify the white house of his condition. another day went by before congress and the public were told. republican senator roger wicker sits on the arms services committee. >> the chain of command is altered in this way over decisions that are really, really very significant, the congress has to be notified. >> reporter: austin is still in the hospital and still in some pain, but his spokesman says he has no intention of resigning. the secretary admits it took too long to notify the president, congress, and the public and has ordered a review of what went wrong. norah. >> still a lot of questions. david martin at the pentagon, thank you. >>> well, turning now to the 2024 race for the white house, the iowa caucuses are just one week from tonight with donald trump holding a commanding lead over his republican rivals. cbs's ed o'keefe reports president biden traveled to s

okay with secretary austin?i do. >> was it bad that he did not tell you earlier? >> yes. >> reporter: the inspector general continues to investigate why it took austin so long to disclose his hospitalization. norah. >> norah: weijia jiang at the white house, thank you. the u.s. navy is still searching tonight for two navy seals lost at sea during a mission to stop iranian weapons from making it to yemen. we are just learning what their team found, missile parts found for the houthi rebels, and tonight the biden administration is reversing itself and expected to redesignate the group a terrorist organization. it comes the same day that the u.s. military carried out a third round of strikes on the houthis. charlie d'agata with the latest on the widening conflict. >> reporter: the assault of gaza continued today, but israel's fight against hamas has triggered a dramatic escalation in attacks across their region. off the coast of the yemen, new video shows iranian backed houthis in a song and dance with new recruits

secretary austin is number two in command of the military. really important to keep him informed. he didn't in this case. i can't imagine a plausible explanation that justifies that. >> how concerning it is with the world that we are living in and how he's under general anesthesia, and how if something was urgent that happened here at home or overseas. >> absolutely, a clear chain of command. the secretary of defense has clear through already on a number of different areas. he has the authority of when to do strikes in different parts of the world. so, if he is incapacitated he needs to pass that authority to someone else. obviously the president, the commander-in-chief needs to know who has that authority. mike rogers has launched a formal inquiry into this and they're asking for documents to understand what happened here and the communications breakdown. do you support the inquiry? >> i don't think there's any question on what happened here. you outlined it very well in her lead up to the story. we know what happened i don't know for an inq

they're saying austin has no claim to privacy in this decision.erhaps they're referring to the fact that austin was hospitalized, not particularly his condition or what procedure he had. doesn't the public, especially the president have the right to know that the defense secretary is in the hospital, that he's been hospitalized? >> well, the right is issue here, am rachlt first of all, happy new year to both you and victor. the folks at walter reed is phenomenal. they handle their medical issues like physicals and elective procedures. i've been through a couple of physicals there myself. the public should know they even have special soout suites. there are two issues here. first of all, austin's privacy and the need to give a heads-up to your boss if you're hospitalized. the public doesn't have a right to know. your boss has a need to know. it was reimportant as an elective procedure that had complications. having worked in the medical field since i retired, that's not unusual. some of those procedures can be embarrassing. it was probably somethin

he called kiev, apparently from the sofa, from home, from the austin hospital, he was discharged, weut he has not yet returned to work, according to the washington post, austin needs care and regular medical dressings. how long to wait for the return of the seventy-year-old minister, officially. they don’t report, they say the prognosis is good, austin’s hospitalization itself was a complete surprise for biden, the us president found out about the hospital, found out about the operation only a week later, that is, in a week biden didn’t miss austin and never remembered the army, so it turns out that the scandal itself overgrows rators details with a link to a transcript of a call to the ambulance from... home writes that austin was initially sent a car without sirens and flashing lights, so as not to attract attention, they said on the phone, probably the wife said, we don’t want a fuss, we’ll try to hide a small problem on place. a single call to 911 indicates that the secretary of defense asked the dispatcher not to report. he was vomiting, was there blood in his stool, austin's do

austin's condition was closely guarded. one dod official was told the secretary was working from home. austin is recovering in the hospital and we wish him the best. i could have done a better job of keeping the public inform. this was my medical procedure and i take full responsibility for disclosure. there is war in europe and middle east, tacks in the middle east and red sea not to mention iran, china, north korea and austin disappears without the white house or secretary of state knowing anything about it. politicians are calling for accountability. >> guy: when you are secretary of defense, you need to make everyone aware you would be out of pocket. we are at ail time with a lot of turmoil and more than just a matter of wasn't there, sent over false information saying i'm working from home, whole different issue. >> someone's head should roll, someone on the staff dropped the ball here. >> the handling of this by secretary of defense is unacceptable. secretary and administration need to step forward and give the americ

about his disappearance, lloyd austin again.ate nature of such an operation and complications after it, but now only the lazy do not discuss the details of austin's condition. in sociology this is called the streisant effect. the essence of the phenomenon is that hidden forbidden information spreads like an avalanche and attracts much more attention. the effect is named after the oscar-bearing effect. and singer barbara straison. a little over 20 years ago, under threat of a $50 million lawsuit, she demanded that a photograph of her california home be removed from circulation. this is the photo. but the litigation just attracted attention, and streisend’s house was distributed across all network resources with multimillion-dollar downloads. now lloyd osten has run into the strayent effect. but the main thing is him. history and yet not intimate details of the general’s male health, in that in conditions when the united states is in fact conducting military operations on several fronts, from ukraine to the middle east, with the p

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says that austin will stay in the job. are a lot more questions to be answered than that statement from the administration. stu. stuart: i think you're right again, ashley. well done. ashley: yeah, thank you. stuart: coming up, administration, biden campaign reportedly met with the new york times to tell them how they're covering the 2024 race in the wrong way. the meeting apparently didn't go well. we'll tell you all about it. insurance premier skyrocketing this year and we have the full story on what's causing the spike and how much more you can expect to pay. that's next. ♪ ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ ( bell ringing) customize and save with libberty bibberty. liberty bushumal. libtreally blubatoo. mark that one. that was nice! i think you're supposed to stand over there. oh am i? thank you. so, a couple more? we'll just...we'll rip. we'll go quick. libu smeebo. e stuart: some home and auto insurance premiums become extremely represent this year. what's behind them? >> stuart, more accidents and more weather events are forces th

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