military promotions by senator tuberville. what does this say about u.s. military readiness? would you talk with tuberville to work out a solution? i would be willing to talk to him if i thought there was any chance of him changing this ridiculous position. i expect the republican party to stand up and do something about it. it s within their power to do that. the idea that we don t have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the idea that we have all these promotions and we don t know what s going to happen, the idea that we re injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions what, in fact, is a domestic social debate is bizarre. i don t ever recall that happening, ever. it s totally irresponsible in my view. i just think that i mean, i m confident that the mainstream of the republican party no longer does not support what he s doing, but they got to stand up and be counted. that s how it ends. reporter: you ve been working on fortifying the fence along the bord
against the giant of right where i think media and one of the big purchase vsayers of collection fraud conspiracy today was supposed to be day one of the blockbuster trial. sayern fraud conspiracy today was supposed to be day one of the blockbuster trial but they said that it was pushed back to tuesday. no official reason was given judge davis said this morning that it was not unusual for delays like this but the wall street journal which happens to be owned by the murdoch family reports fox has made a late push to settle the dispute with dominion voting systems out of court, that is according to people familiar with the situation the washington post reports this, two people familiar with the case said that two sides are scheduled to meet monday to determine if a last minute deal to avoid trial could be brokered one of the people said that the judge had asked the parties to make a final effort to settle the issue before proceeding with the trial. these talks are happening
crimes, comes as he prepares for a meeting with xi jinping in moscow next week. hello, well come everyone. sandra smith in new york. john, we have made it to friday. john: we have, feels like monday for some reason with all the news happening. john roberts in happening. the icc claims putin is responsible for overseeing the unlawful abduction and deportation of children from ukraine to russia. moscow is calling the move meaningless. sandra: chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon l. what impact will this have in the short-term on vladimir putin? well, sandra, the announcement from the hague international criminal court could have an impact on whether xi of china goes ahead with a meeting with putin. if he does, he will be meeting with an alleged war criminal, now has an arrest warrant issued for the mass abduction of ukrainian children taken to russia and placed infiltration camps. modern day equivalent of the camps during world
lifetime. we made the decision we were going to get out and go take some somewhere else. we were going to go to a hotel, i dobt have the money to go to a hotel, this was our best bet. todd: tampa international airport will suspend all flights 5 eastern tonight in preparation for the storm. carley: janice dean is tracking the storm andin jos us now. janice: this is a strengthening storm, about to move over the western portion of cuba, strengtheneds to category three storm and has a lot of warm water ahead of it. i m concern this is already a strong storm and fact it has all of the environmental conditions conducive to more strengthening. let s take a look, i m sorry, have problems with my map. here is what we know, ian continues to intensify to major hurricane in the last hour in cayman islands and cuba and those along the florida panhandle, don t want you to say this is not going to hurt me, this will impact the whole state of florida over next 24 to 48 hours. wat
from now. we will bring you those comments from that podium there live. white house officials say today s meeting will allow the three nations to, quote, coordinate a path forward and compare notes on the move. this comes just hours before president biden leaves for his first trip to asia since taking office. over the next several days he will make stops in south korea and japan with hopes of reinforcing those alliances, of course, with china in mind there. plus, we are watching a continuing losing streak on wall street. the dow down again this morning, though, not quite as far as it was earlier. this on the heels of its worst days in nearly two years yesterday. let s begin with white house correspondent john harwood on the north lawn. this meeting, an important show of support for the allies making an enormous strategic change here. do they believe this is baked in? turkey continues to make bones about standing in the way. i don t think baked in, but there does seem to be