no no, we didn't do what he wanted to do with the john lewis voter advancement act. but we are going to keep working until we get it done. >> sounds like the biden administration needs to fly you around the country to speak on his behalf, sir. we learned friday night that secretary of defense lloyd austin has been in the hospital since last monday. it wasn't disclosed to the public until four days later in a friday night news dump. president biden wasn't even informed about this until thursday a source tells cnn. we're currently in the middle of several military challenges. is this acceptable to you? vice president pence called it a dereliction of duty. >> i don't think that takes dereliction of duty, i don't think that at all. i do wish that it had been disclosed. and maybe it was. maybe just not made public. so i don't know all the particulars. but i do know lloyd austin. he is a standup guy. he is a great defense secretary.