the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, simply disappeared in early january; for several days, no one, they say, no one, including us president joe biden, was aware that the secretary of defense was simply not at work, managerial. an exception to the rule or a new american norm. the whole world has to live with this, where did austin go, who actually makes decisions in america, let’s figure it out together, maria butina is with you, this is the doll of tootie’s heir, we are starting. on january 3, rumors began to spread that secretary of defense lloyd austin had disappeared from the radar. 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 ope

what we do know is that lloyd austin was. we do know is that lloyd austin was diagnosed with cancer aasically remedy that situation. instead of imparting the details of his hospitalisation and his diagnosis to his boss, president biden, the commander in chief, lloyd austin, for some reason, decided to keep those details to himself. indeed, the white house was only informed of his hospitalisation last thursday, some four days after lloyd austin was readmitted to the walter reed hospital and had only learned of his prostate cancer diagnosis today. just before briefing reporters. perhaps equally astonishing is the fact that the deputy of mr austin, kathleen hicks is her name, had been delegated some of his tasks while he was readmitted to the walter reed hospital but even she didn't know he was in hospital at the time. none of this really would have been as extraordinary were it not for the fact that lloyd austin, as the us defence secretary, is second only to the president in the us military chain of command. he is perhaps the person who holds that role, perhaps the most powerful, one o

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happy to hear in the case of lloyd austin it was detected early and prognosis is excellent. re is john kirby yesterday, listen how the timeline changes. first biden knew friday, then thursday. >> the president has known for five days now that secretary austin was in the hospital and wasn't informed, why? >> he was not informed until last friday that secretary austin was in the hope. >> last week we learned jake sullivan found out about the fact secretary austin was hospitalized on thursday morning, are you saying president found out later than the nsc. they informed the president thursday evening. >> kayleigh: great question, thursday evening, not friday, get your facts straight. >> emily: what i find troubling about john kirby's explanation, figure head of cabinets, there is a group, it is okay, we don't want decisions in hands of one set. the worry is not only that chain of succession was out of the country, sick, in the hospital, whatever, the president and no one else noticed. why is this such a big deal? >> white house had to come out with a statement saying they will ma

indeed the white house was only informed of his hospitalisation last thursday, some four days after lloyd austinr diagnosis today only after a briefing from reporters. equally astonishing is the fact that the deputy of mr austin, is the fact that the deputy of mraustin, kathleen is the fact that the deputy of mr austin, kathleen hicks, had mraustin, kathleen hicks, had been delegated some of his tasks while he was readmitted to the hospital but even she did not know that he was in hospital at the time. none of this really would have been quite as extraordinary were not for the fact that lloyd austin, as the us defence secretary, is second only to the president in the us military chain of command. he is perhaps the person who holds the role and perhaps one of the most powerful members of the cabinet. and they of course have to be constantly available. particularly given the current conflict the united states is involved in in ukraine and the middle east. instead of being behind his desk at the pentagon, lloyd austin was in hospital being treated for a condition that nobody in the white house anyw

obviously he is in the chain of command, there is a written process and lloyd austin as part of that.ican homeland, some kind of nuclear attack, it would be lloyd austin who would be critical to that, so the white house really did need to know where he was. congress needed to know where he was, and all of this has got caught up in politics. yesterday i spoke to democratic senator chris combs, a very close ally of president biden, co—chair of the bad election campaign, and he told me still has faith in lloyd austin and the president still has faith in his defence secretary, but you have got republicans up on capitol hill, no one on capitol hill very happy about this, but are republicans on capitol hill say this is a viable offence and he should have been much more transparent. can we stick with all of our weather plans through our chat? because what is now being made of the frosty reception donald trump mac appeared to have in corchia city?— to have in corchia city? goode, lu , to have in corchia city? goode, lucy. like _ to have in corchia city? goode, lucy. like at! — to have in corc

has he been getting that without any dod input or lloyd austin input or isn't the sec-def supposed toe at the very least hooked in to that briefing? did joe biden not miss general austin? and then the matter of the situation room. sit room staff as i said to peter doocy they're supposed to know where every cabinet member, every senior staffer is every day because the president might call. from my own experience, the sit room people are very good and i worked for a president who was constantly calling at all times, day or night. in fact one sun evening he tracked me down in a washington, d.c., movie theater. just saying. the sit room people and the white house operators are usually as good as it gets. how could this communications chain of command broke down? there is something seriously wrong with the biden operation. it has nothing to do with insurrection. the bidens need to look at themselves in the mirror. they need to recheck all of their badly-managed operations. while they're at it, ought to think about completely changing their failed left-wing policies and that is my riff. for

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start with lloyd austin. syria, 24 while lloyd austin was in the hospital. with that, what do you think? >> doug: it is concerning. you have a secretary of defense, why redact his name? they were redacting secretary of defense? this continues cover-up and makes american people not sure lloyd austin is actually in control at the pentagon. we had the two navy seals, lost at sea means we are not getting them back. we have service members in harms way and secretary of defense, i want him to get better. step back and let somebody do the job. >> carley: about the two navy seals lost at sea. you don't often hear about this or get details of navy seal missions. what do you think about the situation, what does that mean? >> doug: i would love to see more information. central command says they were swept away while trying to intercept. my heart goes out to the family members going through the process. as someone still in the military, i'm a chaplain and this is the part you dread the most. this administration seems to

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

>> you learn, lloyd austin and i are west point graduates. everything and only quit my post when properly relieved. it is a major issue that lloyd austin was absent without lead. i am concerned about health of the sixth in line to the p presidency. get this administration focused on this war. we need to are focus on what it will take to keep this nation safe. >> todd: i'm worried about the chain of command. chain of command is importants, who issic maing orders like when austin is absent? >> we need healthy people keeping our nation safe and this raises questions about type ofd biden is running. this is a failure. >> todd: you did grad work at university of michigan, how happy are you today? >> go, blue. go team 144, god bless you. seniors stayed back to finish the job and got it done last night. this is greatest team in human history and they got the job done. >> todd: i will not ask you what you want to say to michigan state spartan fans this morning. keep it classy. have a great day, sir. over to you. >> carley: great way to end that segme

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

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news from washington, lloyd austin , who was reported to be suffering from prostate cancer, has beensed from the hospital and will begin his immediate duties at the pentagon, although no, it's just that the pentagon said that the secretary of defense... austin, while he will work from home, that is, manage several military operations at once, the person who was responsible for the military department did not warn anyone, that is, he disappeared why did this happen, why did nobody, and no one from his entourage, even think of informing the congress and the president that the minister, therefore, really cannot accept. therefore, with regard to those conflicts that america actually manages in different parts of the planet, including nuclear security, sishta is the third person in the country who... has a nuclear suitcase, well, you know, well, as always, the most disgusting in all this commenting was dmytro kiselyov , well, it is not for nothing that he is considered one of the main propagandists of russia, here he actually is confirmed his reputation as the most disgusting propagandist

. >>> 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

retaliation for a drone attack, which cube sort of its troops in the middle east defense secretary lloyd austin says o necessary action will be taken. depends on the flames and militants passed by iran for the strike under basic jordan known as our 22. also on the program, the window is an investigation into its agency helping palestinian refugees is regarding the claims under our staff to pos in the how most of the tax and the subject of oftentimes french farmers loc major routes around the parish, back threatening to escalate that protest by driving tractors into the capital, the governments expected to announce new concessions to clear the higher the . i'm so welcome to the program. the united states is promising what it calls very consequential a very consequential response to a drug attack that killed 3 of its troops in jordan and wounded more than 40 others . us officials say the strike on saturday night's face and military outposts known as our 22 and the board was sylvia. it's the 1st time such an attack has killed the american soldiers in the region since the stats offered israel. how

news from washington, lloyd austin, who was reported to be suffering from prostate cancer, has been releasedhospital and will begin his immediate duties at the pentagon, although no, the pentagon has only said that defense secretary austin will be working from home for the time being. that is... to manage several military operations at once, the person who was in charge of the military department did not warn anyone, that is, he disappeared. why did this happen, why did no one, and no one in his entourage, even think to inform the congress and the president about the fact that the minister, therefore, really cannot accept a reverse, in relation to, therefore, those conflicts that... are actually managed by america in different parts of the planet, including nuclear security sesht, he is the third person in the country who has a nuclear suitcase, well, you know, well, as always , dmytro kiselyov was the most obnoxious in all this commenting, well, it's not for nothing that he is considered one of the main propagandists of russia, but he actually confirmed his reputation. the most disgusting p

that's when president biden called his national security team and directed lloyd austin to carry out ad been kept secret from the president, top defense officials and congress. austin does remain hospitalized and provides this about yesterday's strikes by the u.s., u.k. and partners saying, quote the coalition action sends a clear message to the houthis that they will bear further costs if they do not end their illegal attacks. the united states maintains its right to self-defense and if necessary, we will take follow-on action to protect u.s. forces. now, last night a small protest did take place outside of the white house. demonstrators convinced strikes in yemen will only exacerbate the situation in gaza. several dozen expressing the same protested in new york's times square as well yesterday. and president biden, is he also facing blow back from a few members of his own party. democratic congressman ro khanna stated, quote, the president needs to come to congress before launching a strike in yemen and involving us in another middle east conflict. i will stand up for that regardles

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

john kirby said he was unaware. >> in regard to secretary austin, i wasn't aware of his medical issue. i talked to lloyd last weekend before this and i know he's put out a statement addressing it. >> brooke: that was secretary of state antony blinken actually. austin says he takes full responsibility for how he disclosed the information. >> todd: this is bad, this is not good. secretary of state antony blinken will return to israel today after meeting with arab leaders about gaza. the idf says they have evidence that hamas has cruise missile capabilities made possible by iran. trey yingst live in tel aviv with the latest. trey. >> trey: good morning. it is day 94 of the war between israel and hamas. tonight u.s. secretary of defense antony blinken will focus on the war in gaza and how to avoid a broader regional conflict. this stop does follow conversations in jordan, qatar and a number of other locations, including the uae. he says palestinians should not be replaced from gaza. repercussions could be a war with hezbollah. hezbollah fired 40 rockets into northern israel this weekend in ini response for

not hiding something. >> carley: the deputy secretary had to assume some of auof austraustoff lloyd austin'stion. john kirby says he would not accept resignation if austin handed one down. there is also this wild story out of new york city. students at one high school are being told to attend class remotely today while their school is converted to a migrant shelter during a massive storm. what do the people that live there think about this idea? >> todd: retired sheriff says he is fed up with far left policies and how democrats handled the border crisis and he is changing parties and here to make another announcement on "fox and friends first." don't miss it. choice hotels is a family of brands that helps you get the most for your money, so you can be any traveler you want to be. you can be a free, hot breakfast hero at a comfort hotel. yes! that's how you waffle! a romantic weekend escaper at a cambria hotel. or mr. get the party started! heyyyyy!! be a pool lounger. or, a big-room relaxer. with 22 brands — and the best value for your money — choice hotels has a stay for any you. book direc

we're getting our first listen to the 911 call for an ambulance to transport defense secretary lloyd austin to walter reed national military medical center. the caller is heard asking the operator for no lights and no siren on the ambulance because, quote, we're trying to remain a little subtle. now this adds more questions to what the pentagon was trying to hide about the defense secretary's illness. cbs's weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> 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 hosp

secretary of defense lloyd austin is still in the hospital at army medical center. cret 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 r

en medio de una creciente controversia de criticas que incluyen a quienes exigen su renuncia, lloyd austinjando desde el hospital, a donde hoy se conocio fue llevado en ambulancia, consciente, pero sufriendo de un dolor intenso el primero de enero sin que el presidente fuera informado. (informaciÓn en pantalla) gracias! el apoyo de la casa blanca no calma a quienes aseguran, como el ex vicepresidente mike pence y la congresista elise stefanik, que la falta de transparencia puso en peligro la seguridad nacional. >> defensa esta en la cadena de mando entre el tropas. >> cadena de mando de las armas nucleares, esta en cadena de mando de todas las unidades que tenemos desplegados por todo el mundo. >> austin fue hospitalizado el 1 de enero por complicaciones d una cirugia electiva que se habia realizado una semana antes. >> al otro dia le transfirio el poder a la vicesecretaria de defensa kathleen hicks, pero ella no se entero de que su jefe estaba hospitalizado hasta 48 horas despues. >> el mismo dia que el asesor de seguridad nacional le conto a presidente biden. >> el viernes 5 de enero, el

economy, immigration, lloyd austin. gosh, and i think the publish is tired of it. one person that always tells the truth is liz macdonald. that's why she's so great. elizabeth: thank you, larry. they sure keep us bus reigns leadingy; right? busy; right? right to the attorney for former president trump and legal spokeswoman alina habba joining us. great to have you on the show, alina. the news on former president trump facing audiotape against special council jack smith as dc court appeals hearing. what's your reaction to the news of judge's being skeptical of trump's claim of immunity. >> first, as a attorney that's been in that situation, you have no idea what the judges are going to do. i've left court sometimes thinking one thing and they come out with the other. secondly, let me be clear, immunity, absolute immunity is called just that. on purpose and because the case law says it, it's a very simple fact that all presidents are granted presidential immunity within the scope of their employment, within the outer perimeters of their employment. i've argue it had

now, the defense secretary lloyd austin going awol an example we wish general austin a total full recovery of his wh health issues, but that not the problem, the problem is he or his staff did not follow the proper chain of command, it sounds like a cover-up, when i served in white house i wound up in walter reed on two separate occasions in the icu, but my staff immediately informed president and cabinet secretary. mine were short stays. fortunately and the boss called me to see how i was doing, there is nothing hard about that. it should be just common sense. but the situation room people knew, white house operators knew, my colleagues knew, my team knew, but defense secretary out ranks nec director, in terms of communication that office is much greater responsibility to let the president know. this is not about diagnosing health issues about communication pr protocol, now team biden is ordering a review of cabinet protocols that is goofy, this is common sense. where are the adults? remember, general austin, running two wars under the direction of the come manner in chief. here, commande

>> let me begin by saying, i'm an enormous admirer of secretary lloyd austin. he has done a great job as our secretary of defense. i hope for a speedy recovery. having said that, this is one of the more baffling situations i have ever seen in the pentagon. all the senior people in the national security chain of command are tracked 24 hours a day, seven days a week. when you go to a briefing in the situation room, their location is part of the briefing. i cannot understand how this happened. the press spokesman put out comical answers to the press, the notion that the white house chief of staff was sick with the flu and that was the reason that austin was in the icu for more than a day only because of space availability and privacy. i've been in an icu as a patient. there's no privacy. a lot of nonsense floating around. this was a meltdown in the chain of command with the nuclear authority retaliation of the united states. no excuse. he has a three star general personal assistant. they should have called the white house, the deputy, the chairman. the chairman of

now, of course, defense secretary lloyd austin going awol a prime example. w we wish general austin a total, full recovery from all his health issues but his health issues are not really the problem. the problem neither he nor his staff followed the proper communications chain of command and it sounds like a coverup and obviously it was a huge mistake. i will tell you a quick story. when i served in the white house i wound up in walter reed intensive care unit on two separate occasions but my staff immediately informed both the president and the cabinet secretary. mine were short stays fortunately and the boss even called me to see how i was doing. but there is nothing hard about all of this. it should be just common sense but then the situation room people knew. the white house operators knew. my colleagues knew. my team knew. now the problem is the defense secretary outranks the nec director so in terms of communications that office is much greater responsibility to let the president know. this is not about dying health issues, it is did communication proto

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reporter: the white house says president biden has complete confidence in his defense secretary lloyd austin, even after revelations austin was hospitalized in sfifintensi care for several days and unable to perform his job the president not answering questions. >> do you feel confident in secretary austin, sir? >> reporter: it began monday, january 1st, when the pentagon says austin was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance for complication complications following a recent elective medical procedure hicks was given certain responsibilities on tuesday but not told why the pentagon waited until friday to tell the public about austin's absence the pentagon refusing to describe his medical issue, citing privacy the defense secretary is a critical member of the president's national security council, which can be called upon at a moment's notice during an urgent military crisis, like an imminent attack in austin's mystery absence happening during a time of rising u.s. tensions with u.s. bases attacked at least 14 times during his hospitalization and houthi rebels continuing to target ships in th

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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

. >> dana: by the end of next week do you think lloyd austin will still be the defense secretary? >> boy, that's a really tough one. i think it's really contingent upon his health. if he didn't hand his authorities off to someone else and went under the knife under anesthesia he should not be the secretary of defense period. >> bill: mark green, thank you. we'll follow it. >> dana: a crucial deadline day in new york. dozens of migrant families are sent to be evicted from shelters after reaching the 60 day limit staying there and forced to fend for themselves on the streets with critics calling their plight inhumane. there is a big storm on the way. alexis mcadams is live in new york city. what are you seeing? >> earlier this morning just in the past half hour we saw migrant families and kids walking out with suitcases heading to the nearby roosevelt hotel to try to find another spot to stay. this all comes after dozens of migrants have been sent packing because of that 60-day shelter fliment new york city. the mayor of new york city says these migrants aren't going to sleep on the

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

defense secretary lloyd austin was treated for prostate cancer the 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 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

cnn has learned that president biden himself was not aware of lloyd austin's hospitalization. a source familiar with the matter says it was not until national security adviser jake sullivan briefed the president on thursday after sullivan himself had learned about the hospitalization on thursday afternoon. this comes after defense secretary lloyd austin was hospital itsed at walter reid medical center after an elective medical procedure and experiencing complications. he entered the hospital on monday and it was not until friday that the pentagon released this information publicly. they still have disclosed very little information about what caused this or how serious it was. 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 bett

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

it is the latest controversy surrounding lloyd austin's recent health issues.s admitted to the hospital on january 1 over a week after his surgery for an infection and he was in the icu. doctors expect him to make a full recovery. questions have been swirling since it emerged the pentagon did not notify the white house that he was in the hospital until january 4,hree days after he had been hospitalized. >> we will try to provide you with the most information we have as quickly as we have it. recognizing that as i say that, we could have done a better job last week. again, we have this information now from these medical professionals. and i think it will go a long way in terms of helping understand the situation and what needs to be done going forward. caitriona: the white house says president biden pns to stick with lloyd austin as his secretary of defense. the administration has ordered cabinet secretary to notify them they cannot do their jobs. the european union's earth observation program says 2023 was the hottest year recorded ever. as the world's populati

of the atlantic, lloyd austin was american explanation, lloyd austin leaving body the dark of her hospitalizationestions. but you still have questions. >> i was telling the doctor if this ever happens at his age i probably got a facelift. my guess it was something that he thought would be quick and back in action and no one would know about it. that's not what happened in here he is answering these questions. normally the media coverage republicans are pouncing and in this case everyone is pouncing including bipartisan combi combination, you have this letter from the ranking member of the house armed services committee as well as chairman mike rogers criticizing the secretary in the media piling on as well, this is what they decide to hold the administration accountable, look at all the lies, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. you look at the bosch withdraw from afghanistan, they would not id the suicide bomber because it was a prisoner release from the bagram airfield and they did not want that in the public, they try concealing the chinese five balloon that was flying around the unit

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? >>

there is a question about lloyd austin being a very private man.close to his chest. is that a thing? that people close to the presidency are private people who are not present enough in the public eye? anne-marie: you can kiss your private life by. there are some things that are private, but undergoing anesthesia? we do not even know what this procedure that he had done was. i'm assuming he went under him anesthesia. lloyd austin has come out with a statement about this, but there are growing calls and congress. stefanik once his resignation. to some are saying that there should be an impeachment. even democrats are saying that there is more that needs to be done. there needs to be a full understanding and accountability of this. lisa: there is a question of where the buck stops. this is a problem for the white house? anne-marie: i think it is both. voters will be going to the polls this november and if they see something they do not see, they will be voting on it. tom: this is not just another senator. describe the importance of him. anne-marie: t

to add, which, as we have already found out, is generally far from the situation with lloyd austin,d so on, but he has a soccer ball, this is a term that is not called a nuclear suitcase, there are two of them, the president, the minister of defense, and there we are talking about seconds to minutes making a decision to enter codes and then transferring it to strategic command to respond to a strike, the americans got scared, what if you think , they were seriously scared for safety, they weren’t scared, they were hooked on it, this is internal political. this is how it works, i say again, i don’t like it at all, but when there is something that is still objectively very hangs heavily over the entire security system in the world, i say again , i myself don’t like to say this, but i’m a realist and this is so, both economically and militarily and so on, how much chaos there is inside this hanging, so to speak, gendarme, albeit self-appointed, this is a lot of it . a question for everyone, well, that is, this is part of the series, how can you not like that there is some kind of genda

blamed a wrong back militants, though a wrong denies being involved us defense search secretary lloyd austin, used to meeting with nato secretary general in arlington, virginia to give them the attack. good morning everybody. let me start with my outrage and sorry for the death of 3 brave us from sin, 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 defend the us and our troops. giorgio coffee euro is a us based risk consultant. i asked him what the us response to the drone attack could look like. right now in washington. there are many lawmakers, especially really the republicans who are trying to put pressure on the bite in administration to respond to by launching strikes against targets inside you on. that would be a very reckless way to handle the situation that would risk escalating the crisis in the middle east to an entirely new level. and for that reason, my view is, is a bite in administration. will probably not go that far. but i think we're going to see dividing team decides to intensify us mili

secret from the white house for 3 days. hospitalization of the head of the military department, lloyd austinmillions of orthodox believers are celebrating christmas today. the bright holiday is one of the main ones in the church calendar. it fills hearts with joy and bright hopes. in all churches, services are held in a solemn atmosphere. white flowers are certainly a symbol of purity, action of thoughts, and green spruce branches, symbolizing eternal life. the main night service was conducted by the patriarch. in the cathedral of christ the savior. there it took place in a special atmosphere. on the eve of christmas , the trinity icon of st. andrei rublev was delivered. the president celebrated christmas in the house church of the savior not made by hands on the territory of his residence in novoogoryovo vladimir putin came to the festive service together with several families of the fallen heroes of the special operation. shortly before the start of the service. the head of state talked with relatives, discussed issues that concern them and emphasized that his wife is a mother. and the chi