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erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, donald trump making his case in court and not ruling out violence if his case is moved ahead. the former trump white house lawyer ty cobb is out front. and federal investigators looking for four bolts crucial to securing the door plug that blew off that alaska airlines plane. but were they ever on the door in the first place? its an incredible question. we go inside the investigation as boeing calls an all emergency staff mee...

Always. i want to go to david axelrod now, the former senior advisor to president obama joining me now six days before the iowa caucuses. as you hear all this what did you take away from the political per spect of the chicken and egg argument we heard from trumps attorneys in court today that a president cant be prosecuted unless a president has been impeached and we run around that circle. >> you remember the argument made when there was an impeachment is no, we can wait and let the courts hand...

Tonight, the pentagon finally announcing why defense secretary lloyd austin had two secretive stays in the hospital. revealing he was hospitalized december 22nd to preet prostite cancer. a hospitalization austin did not inform the white house or his deputy about at the time it spite being under general anise tisha. the pentagon also confirming when austin returned today the hospital in an ambulance in severe pain on january 1st he was diagnosed would a urinary tract infection. obviously, you kno...

The facts out there. out front now fred kaplan, the pulitzer prizewinning journalist and national security analyst for slate. hes covered the pentagon and secretary austin extensively. the op-ed titled why the secretary of defenses serious disappearance means we needs to go. and can read a lot of your reasonening there in that, fred. but has anything changed your mind that we -- this was of course today when you found out the white house only found out about his diagnosis of cancer today. >> i t...

Represents the entire department. if hes not going to be there, thats fine, he has a medical whatever. there are procedures for notifying the deputy secretary of defense. the deputy was called on vacation in puerto rico to say youre going to have to assume some of his duties without being told why, without being told he was in the hospital. >> and shes on vacation. >> shes on vacation. she knew in the hospital under general anise tisha she probably would have got on a plane and come back. now we...

Him can be -- >> i mean its incredible. just to be clear the president learns austin was in the hospital days after, right? december it 2nd he goes in for a prostate procedure, so obviously had a diagnosis -- >> didnt know before that at all. >> didnt know about that that all, never knew about that. then he goes back to hospital in severe pain. >> the president finds out on the 4th. >> okay, but then john kirby admits. but then they have a conversation, biden and he finally have a conversation. ...