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Our ted barrett, our stealth senate producer says the expectation is, first there will be a vote, that the democrats will get, which is going to be to send all of this back to the committees. Which is not going to pass because its a democratic measure and it will probably be party line. That is obviously to make a point. The point being, this is not doing right theres john mccain on his cell phone. This is live outside of his office. Hes been critical when it comes to this. Right. Let me move on to why john mccain is important on this particular want to see if he was going to say anything. On ...

Anderson, thats about all we know about the ban this evening. The president sent out those urgent messages early this morning saying, look, you know, the military service will not be allowed any transgendered member of the service will not be allowed to be an active member of the military. But beyond that, it was left at that. Just to give you a window into how things work here at the white house, there were background briefings today on whats going on in venezuela. There was a background meeting on what is going on with the job in wisconsin. Anderson, for a major policy change like this, ther...

Breaking news. Breaking news tonight, the commander in chief reacreates n confusion in the u. S. Military to reinstate the transgender ban on Service Members. Announcing a major policy decision in a tweet declaring the United States will not allow transgender troops in any capacity. Tonight the white house isnt offering any clarity on what will happen to Transgender Americans who are serving right now in the military, saying the administration and the pentagon still have to work out a plan to implement the president s order. Also breaking, the white house insisting mr. Trump still wants Jeff S...

We expect that to begin momentarily. Meantime, lets bring in our senior without correspondent jeff zeleny at the white house. National correspondent Suzanne Malveaux on capitol hill. Suzanne, take us through what happened so far over the course of the past few hours during kushners meeting up on capitol hill. Other than Jared Kushners account, will we be hearing any of his statements so far to these congressional staffers . Reporter well, wolf, it was true to form, about two hours ago, as promised going before the staffers of the Senate Intelligence committee. Jared kushner and a notetaker. Al...

Allowed any transgender member of the service will not be allowed to be an active member of the military. Beyond that, it was left at that. There were background briefings today on whats going on in venezuela, a background briefing for Administration Officials on whats going on in the Job Announcement in wisconsin. Anderson, for a major policy change like this, there was not a single background briefing. Administration officials we talked to were, quite frankly, caught off guard, they could not answer basic questions, like what happens to active members of the military who may be serving in af...