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Well let that review process move forward. but again, the president has full confidence in the secretary. >> admiral kirby, when you talk to your former pentagon colleagues, what did they tell you in why austin didnt inform higher officials here? >> i refer you to them to speak to that. but as karine jean-pierre said, the president take full responsibility for the decisions he made and the decisions about how that procedure was communicated. he takes full responsibility to that. >> did that mean...

Going into the weekend could top a foot. >> norah: wow. mike bettes, thank you. the other news tonight is from here in washington. we are finally learning why the defense secretary has been in the hospital for more than a week after keeping the public and the president in the dark for days. 70-year-old lloyd austin revealing today he is being treated for prostate cancer, and now the white house has issued an order to all presidential cabinet members to make sure the failure to disclose doesnt ha...

Thank you, ginger. we turn now to the other news this tuesday night, and this evening, the pentagon now revealing that defense secretary lloyd austin is being treated for prostate cancer, and that the white house is now saying president biden was told just today. tonight, the white house now ordering a review of protocols for members of the cabinet when they have to delegate authority, still asking, why was the white house not told? heres selina wang. >> reporter: after days of outrage over hi...

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 austins 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 d...

Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Zubin Irani accompanied by MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedharan signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 with Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, the Saudi Minister for Hajj and Umrah, at Jeddah.

Austins deputy was not informed of his procedure and was on vacation in puerto rico literally in the water had she was taken back to a security location. linsey. >> ike, thank you. >> linsey: overseas now, secretary blinken is on an urgent diplomatic mission to the middle east. hes hoping to prevent the war between israel and hamas from spreading into a wider conflict in the region. this marked blinkens fourth visit since hostilities began on october 7th. marcus moore reports in tonight from tel...

Alaska airlines engineer says this was resolved but the plane could not fly over bodies of water over long distances. when we reached out to alaska airlines, they said no comment due to the ntsb investigation. >> falling under scrutiny once again. thank you. >> linsey: tonight, abc news is learning the timeline in lloyd austins illness as questions swirl around about when the president was told. a defense official says austin left the hospital on december 23rd following an elective procedure. he...

Correct defense secretary lloyd often says he takes full responsibility for not disclosing to the white house and the public leap in intensive care for days with following complications from an elective procedure for the white house on the news thursday in a statement released last night austin says quote i recognize i could have done a better job of ensuring tensuring thepublic was appropry informed. i commit to doing better. the pentagon press association subverted the public has a right to kn...

>> i do think thats a big concern what you mention about hezbollah especially since last week israel took out a senior hamas leader in beirut, lebanon, in the suburbs there. so i think thats something that hezbollah has previously said that they would respond to a strike like that, so i think there is more concern growing among u.s. officials that hezbollah will take stronger action here, potentially pulling the u.s. in with it. but i do want to mention secretary austin being in the hospital rig...

Were knowing how you do with space. kristen fisher, we appreciate it. thank you, my friend. well, the supreme court reinstates the idahos abortion ban that prevents the procedure even in medical emergencies. one ob/gyn here to talking with us about what that actually means for their practice.