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 know, he stayed in for many days. again, austin did not tell the white house about it. and the white house revealing in fact it only found out the defense secretary of the united states had prostate cancer today. nobody at the white house knew that secretary austin had prostate cancer until this morning, and the president was informed immediately after. significant there. john kirby not trying to mince words or anything, just putting