and the fallout over this, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, the media, the american public, wanting to know why this was kept a secret for so long. why it took, as you mentioned in the intro, three days before the pentagon told senior white house officials, as well as austin's own deputy defense secretary. before they found out about this hospital say. then took another day before lawmakers on capitol hill, and the american public, was informed. there are still questions as to what medical procedure he did have done, and what complications occurred that ended up landing him in the intensive care unit for several days. the senior administration official told and that intro there that the president and austin did speak last night. they say it was a warm conversation, and today, they're telling me that the president has full confidence in his defense secretary. in the last hour, our colleague,