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trump's argument in the georgia case. here's his reaction. >> i think this is a real long shot of an argument by donald trump and probably a losing argument in the court of appeals and perhaps beyond. it's important to understand what donald trump is and is not arguing here. he is not arguing that he is immune from prosecution for everything he did during every minute of his four-year presidency. what his team is arguing is that he's immune from for anything in the outer scope of his job as president. the problem for donald trump, though, is the facts. donald trump's team claims he was just making calls from the white house to legislative leaders, cabinet members, to members of congress and leaves it at at that. the reality is quite clear in jack smith's indictment. donald trump was not trying to neutrallied a manipulate ster the election. he was trying to make sure it tipped his way. i think the weight of the evidence here is overwhelming and is going to ultimately doom trump's argument. >> we're six day was from the
The White House is launching a review of Cabinet protocols for delegating authority in the wake of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization, according to a memo obtained by Fox News.
The White House ordered cabinet officials to notify the chief of staff's office if they are unable to perform their duties, The Associated Press reported.
the west wing, it's in the executive office building next to the west wing, you don't tell a white house chief of staff, the cabinet official does not work for the chief of staff. they work for the president of the united states. call him. and that's how it's done. >> sandra: general, we just got word a few minutes before all this, top of the 1:00 hour, that fox is told through chad pergram the deputy defense secretary, kathleen hicks, still doesn't even know or is unaware of the medical procedure performed on the defense secretary. and again, this could be something that, you know, hopefully he's completely fine and we get that to be the case, but to john's point about ok, now let's establish a protocol, i mean, the deputy defense secretary still does not know why he was in the hospital. that seems like a big deal to me. and by the way, in this memorandum to cabinet members we just got from the white house and the white house chief of staff, ok, activate your
agreement with the leaders he talked to that the west bank and gaza should come under the same system of governance, which it has not been since back in 2006 when hamas won elections there and violently threw fatah out. so now you've got fatah marginally in charge of the west bank, no one in charge of gaza, and the big question is, if you want to unite them under one system of governance, who does that fall to? that's a big question. >> sandra: that is a big question and we have some more news to get to out of the white house, john. >> john: yeah, breaking news here, let's roll the alert, fox news alert, you might have thought this was already in place, guess again, it wasn't. the white house chief of staff has sent a memo to all cabinet secretaries saying that the white house is reviewing agency protocols for a delegation of authority from cabinet members, essentially the white house is reviewing the protocols and policies of when a cabinet secretary is unable to carry out his or her duties, you got to
president one of the few people that reports directly to the president. but is the person through whom all the others who report rectly to the president would lily have to go. this memo saying that the white house is conducting a review of agency protocols for the delegation of authority from cabinet members. the memo goes on to say that they want these agencies to submit their current protocols and to make sure they update them for delegation of authority to include notification of the white house chief of staff. and so that's the key here that the chief of staff now is saying make sure that if there is a delegation of authority or if there's one that is coming, that that information is conveyed directly to the white house chief to have staff as well as several others inside the white house. inside the situation room and inside these different agency's operations centers.
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 the procedure. >> we recognize that we have to do a better job in terms of the timeliness and the transparency. >> reporter: the white house today ordering a top to bottom review of notification protocols and delegation of duties for cabinet members. david, secretary austin is expected to make a full recovery, but the white house is still struggling to explain why it took so long to learn about his condition, and why, when austin spoke to the president a few days ago, he did not disclose to the president his cancer diagnosis.
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president certainly and the national security consul be informed of the fact that he has been hospitalized. somebody dropped the ball, and hopefully it won't happen again. >> it is a huge ball to drop. even kathleen hicks, his deputy didn't know he was in the hospital. can you help us understand what exactly is at risk if the defense secretary is incapacitated and there's a break down of communication. >> he's a critical part of the chain of command when it comes to national security. he's responsible for defense decisions. he's responsible as part of the team that looks at nuclear issues. if something needs to be done there. so it is extremely important to have a secretary of defense on duty. and, you know, as a former chief of staff, we made clear to cabinet members that if they