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>> tim, what do you think? >> i think that he can -- the football season that james didnt get an auburn swipe there, i kept waiting for one. look in all seriousness, this actually has military implications. the fact that, and several people have spoken out, retired generals, about what the impact this is having in the military. and this is just another example of the party that i used to be a part of not living up to some of the most fundamental principles of what they espouse. how can you be a ...

Power. an extension of that inclination i think its in that session with military, generals? right he was kind of from the beginning of his presidency, from the outside he was obsessed with the generals. my general is keeping them close to his vest. i think it is really remarkable that we have this million student, which reflects so poorly on donald trump. and, now we have reporting from the times about john kelly. former white house chief of staff. who has some damning ravel a tory testimony, u...

>> and i object. >> i object. >> and with that i object. >> reporter: republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama object every time democrats try to approve promotions for generals and admirals. in parliamentary terms, its called a hold, and it has caused the backup of more than 250 military nominations. what would it take for you to lift your hold on all of these nominations? >> all they need to do is change it back to where it was. >> reporter: tuberville is demanding that defense secretary...

Defense secretary emma senator agree on one thing. but if tuberville continues his hold on military promotions, there could be a backlog of 658 generals and admirals by the end of the year. norah? >> norah: not to mention the effect on military families. david martin with that important story. thank you. while now to our continuing series, "the age of ai." about 5,000 people a year in the u.s. are diagnosed with als. that is also known as lou gehrigs disease, and the deadly disease affects the n...

Commander. thanks very much to both of you. general clark, let me just start with this major development tonight. weve obtained these tapes of this high-profile russian general in command of the forces in southern ukraine, which is the front of the front line in the counteroffensive right now, fired for speaking out against putins war. hes doing so aggressively now knowing that the cost could be death possibly. who knows. what does this tell you? >> it tells me the russian militarys under a lot ...

As ivan popov was making. he is speaking from inside russias top brass again about their misconduct and poor execution of this war. and he spoke out and lost his job very fast. this is another sign of the disarray we saw spilling out after the wagner rebellion. and it comes in a really odd 48 hours for russias top brass where weve seen high-profile assassinations deep inside russia, key commanders killed by missile strikes, and now this extraordinary dissent from popov. heres what we know. >> re...

Congress. now this was a law. it was voted on by joe biden in 1985. it passed. so it has to go back through congress. >> youre referencing the hyde amendment. this is not explicitly paying for abortions. it is paying for their time off and their services. even if you disagree with their positions on this, a colonel waiting to be promoted to a one-star general has no say over what the pentagon is doing. so why are you holding them back? >> when youre in a minority in the senate, it is the only po...

Kwishing his job because theres nobody to hand it over to. no commandant to take his place, which leads the marine corps without a senate approved leader for the first time in 150 years. thats thanks to republican abortion bans. what? yeah, alabama republican senator tommy tuberville for months has been single handedly blocking the promotions of all high ranking generals and admirals including service chiefs. tuberville says hell continue to block all military promotions no matter the harm until...

Is from the kremlin spokesperson. this is from peskov, so take it with a grain of salt, but and even the top leadership, the top generals of the wagner group, does that surprise you? >> you know, anderson, weve got to consider the fact that we have focused on prigozhin as part of the operations in ukraine over the last several months, and he has headlined that operation, but hes head of a worldwide global private military company. they are in several continents, attacking in several countries sy...

Congress. now this was a law, it was voted on by joe biden in 1985. it passed. so, it has to be a lot. to change that law, has to go back to congress. >> but what you are referencing, the hyde amendment, but theres not explicitly paying for abortions. it is paying for the time off, and their services. regardless, even if you disagree with their position on, this is their policy, a colonel whos waiting to be promoted to one star general has no say over what the pentagons policy is. so why are you...