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Upward of 6 inches of snow in northern maine. 1 to 6 inch as you get into the great lakes. wile have complete details on "today." well see you then. >> thanks very much. now to the news kept secret for days from top u.s. officials, including the president. 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 a...

And fluid buildup that he experienced that led him to be taken back to the hospital after his initial procedure by ambulance and what the statement calls intense pain. he is a 70—year—old man and he has had quite a knock so there will be that. can he recover and do the job? will be that. can he recover and do thejob? and will he be able to recoverfrom able to recover from any political fallout? there are now reviews of all of this both from the republican on capitol hill and reviews at the p...

Diagnosed with the procedure, for that procedure, on december 22nd. >> for whatever reason, i cant answer the question why. that information wasnt shared. it wasnt shared widely in the department and it certainly wasnt shared -- its not good. its certainly not good. which is why again we want to learn from this. we want to make sure it doesnt happen again. >> the pentagon chief was later readmitted to walter reed medical center on new years day due to complications from that prostate cancer proc...

Fighting overseas. secretary loudloyd austin in a serious city at home. >> and senior officials pushed to release a statement after learning of his status. and pentagon finally announced that he was admitted to walter reed for prostate cancer treatments. the white house was not informed at the time of the visit despite the fact that he was placed under general anesthesia. he was rushed back to the hospital with severe pain on january 1 caused by an infection related to the earlier procedure. >> ...

>> emily: house armed services committee launched an investigation into lloyd austin secret hospitalization. the white house is revealing lloyd austin has prostate cancer. president biden did not know until yesterday morning, eight days after he was hospitalized. the medical procedure was to treat his cancer. many people have questions about the shocking revelation. peter doocy asked a few. >> peter: why should we believe anything the administration tells us about anything ever again. >> we all ...

Procedure? they dont even bother to let him know when a top cabinet official undergoes the knife for a cancer treatment, that is a serious problem, the world is on fire and troops being attacked in middle east and defense secretary thought this was appropriate time. i understand not a lot he can do, but he did not think it was good for him to step down if he cant fulfill his responsibilities and biden is not going to fire austin over this? serious dereliction of duty and seems this administratio...

And a different way. ijust felt as though no matter how many times i reached out, which i reached over 12 weeks 91 times, i was just kind of lost in the system and no—one seemed to take hold of it. ijust got bounced around. and it became absolutely apparent to me that there was something very wrong. what was the post offices approach? you mentioned there, you called them 91 times, the numbers, they were getting bigger and bigger so when you approached them — give me a sense of what they said...

On december 22, austin had an elective medical procedure while on leave, returning home the next day. the secretary was admitted to the intensive care unit at walter reed medical center on new years day after experiencing �*severe pain�*. on january 2, austin transferred his authority to deputy defence secretary kathleen hicks, but it would not be until three days after his hospitalisation that the defence department officially notified hicks and the white house national security council of ...

>> reporter: it began monday january 1st when the pentagon says austin was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance for complications following a recent elective medical procedure. two senior administration officials say he spent at least four days in the icu but no one told the white house. nor austins deputy kathleen hicks until thursday january 4th. the pentagon says hicks, who was on vacation in puerto rico, was given certain operational responsibilities on tuesday but was not told why. the pe...

Presidency until you leave the presidency. what about that argument? >> its a very serious argument that president trump has raised. actually he has raised it in the jack smith prosecution here in washington. going to be an oral argument held on that tomorrow in the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. >> laura: whats the panel, do you know? >> its two biden judges and a bush one judge. its a pretty heavily biden they have the majority. >> laura: think thought on where that will go, do you thi...