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heinrich with the news from there today. >> good morning, bill. there are reports the president was exasperated he was left in the dark about his defense secretary's hospitalization despite public statements from the administration backing austin. the pentagon says word didn't get to the white house in a timely manner. austin's chief of staff had the flu. late last night they issued a memo directing a review over what happened with some immediate changes taking effect in the meantime. insuring when duties are transferred to another person top brass, and relevant folks at the white house get an email. the pentagon said there was never a gap that could have caused a security risk. deputy secretary of defense was given duties on her vacation without understanding why. austin because taken by ambulance to the hospital on january 1st. it's also unclear how long he was in the icu or what access he
and they're not really going in to the president's personal feelings about being left in the dark with the rest of the public at a time the american troops are under fire in the middle east as we have been reporting the last several weeks. neil? >> peter, they did also lay this on the defense secretary. he acknowledged it. it's on him. that could sound like throwing someone under the bus, but does sound like throwing someone under the bus. what did you make of it? >> they just want this to be a pentagon problem. they're saying the pentagon was not following their own procedures. we did not know anything and how can we react to something that is wrong if we don't know. how did president biden at a time when u.s. troops are under fire in the middle east, how can he go several days without talking to his defense secretary. and john kirby was very clear when i asked him about that.
secretary lloyd austin had surgery, which is fairly routine to treat early stage prostate cancer. this as the pentagon addresses fall-out over why president biden and the american people were left in the dark for several days about the fact that the defense secretary of the country was out of pocket, so to speak. he was in the hospital undergoing procedures and rushed back to the hospital in an ambulance, all of this without the president being aware of it. let's bring in john radcliff, the former national director of intelligence under president trump. get his reaction to everything we just learned. good to have you with us, mr. radcliff. thanks very much. >> you bet. good to see you. >> martha: you as well. >> well, you know, i watched the press conference. you know, i continue to -- obviously a lot of focus on secretary austin and the role that he played here and there
created a lot of confusion, even inside the white house with seniormost national security advisors, including the senior person at the white house, president biden, having been in the dark about the fact that secretary austin had been hospitalized for days. the discussion that was had about the ability for someone in his position, when he is going through these kinds of health issues, are they capable of advising the president on sensitive matters? just to point you to earlier reporting which i think underscores how unusual this situation was. just as an example, on new year's day, this was the day that secretary austin was hospitalized, he participated as cnn reported a few days ago, in a meeting with the president and other national security officials in the biden administration to discuss,
walter reed officials out with a statement announcing that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. it was identified in early december, and on december 22nd, austin underwent a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat it. he was readmitted due to a resulting infection. a statement on the diagnosis coming days after the public and more importantly the white house learned that they were kept in the dark about his stay in the hospital. i want to bring in nbc news national security and pentagon correspondent courtney kube who's following this story. it's a story that's a little more complicated than we all thought. until you know these things, you don't know that the defense secretary is unique. they've got more power in certain circumstances than any other cabinet secretary. >> right, let's say some of the worst case scenarios, there's an attack coming to the united states, to washington, d.c. he would be one of the people who would get on an urgent phone call and make a decision about a potential response option. or after the attack, he would be
>> hello i am alicia acuna you with guy benson, lisa boothe and doctor marc siegel. welcome to "the big weekend show", the big story tonight, the mystery over defense secretary lloyd austin hospitalization, no one knew about his medical situation including his number two and she was not the only one of the dark for days, so was president biden fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson is live in wilmington tele where. there is now a bipartisan effort in congress to get some answers. >> that is right and we still don't know why austin has been in hospital for nearly a week including in a step in the intensive care unit biden did not know for three days and many republicans are outraged and the defense secretary was missing in action. >> apparently the national security council did not know it, the white house did not know it, congress did not know what,
calls, that's a tough combination. briefer trust, bad combination and embarrassment of the president. with all the respect transportation or commerce, he runs a pentagon sixth in line for the president is the most powerful military in the world and we still don't know what happened, it is crazy. >> across-the-board when you look at the way this is been covered you look at the headlines, the media has been pretty tough. if we have some of the headlines we can take a look at politico playbook what was lloyd austin thinking of the atlantic, lloyd austin was american explanation, lloyd austin leaving body the dark of her hospitalization raises questions. but you still have questions. >> i was telling the doctor if this ever happens at his age i probably got a facelift. my guess it was something that he thought would be quick and back in action and no one would know about it. that's not what happened in here he is answering these questions. normally the media coverage
the aisle expressing concerns over his health and the fact that president biden and other top officials were kept in the dark for several days about his condition. we still don't know what he underwent. i am aishah hasnie, back to "life liberty and levin". mark: welcome back were here with douglas, what is the two state solution given to the palestinians and why is all the pressure on israel to concede and no pressure to stop funded iran and stop funding hamas and stop funded the plo, billions and billions flowing into the terrorist entities, there attacking the united states military and other military. why is the pressure on israel to stop fighting, stop defended itself, surrender about 35% of what land is still has now, what
defense secretary is still in the hospital but is recovering well. they do not know yet when he will be released. this comes after revelations that president biden and senior leaders were kept in the dark about his whereabouts until thursday. three days after he checked into the hospital for a elective surgery. austin saying he could have done a better job of notifying the public. next, anthony blank and is in the region speaking with officials amid heightened tensions and the continuing war in gaza. ukraine says russia has intensified aerial and grounund attacks s in recenent weeks s a there e are no signsns of momos slowing dodown. detatails after r the break.k.
policy changes. that's something that people have been stressing for before they pass aid for israel and ukraine. these are two issues running on separate tracks, but it really speaks to some of the challenges facing lawmakers in the coming weeks as they are trying to overt that deadline by january 19th. arlette saenz, cnn, delaware. there's a growing outcry of undies closed hospital stay with some republicans calling it unacceptable and shong ing. the pentagon says the defense secretary says he's still in hospital but they don't know when he will be released. >> this comes after revelations this president biden and senior leaders were kept in the dark about usa ten's whereabouts until thursday, three days after he check into hospital following complications from an elective surgery. he later issued a statement saying he could have done a better job of notifying the public. an official says biden has complete confidence in secretary