his top military adviser says a hold on military promotions by one republican senator is having a negative impact not just on those officers but their families. air force chief of staff general charles q. brown is up for the chair chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville is blocking more than 250 military promotions over opposition to the pentagon s abortion policy. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin leads us off tonight with that from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. the pentagon said this months long standoff with the senator from alabama is now threatening readiness and benefiting russia and china. general c.q. brown is the president s pick to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs but his confirmation and that of 265 senior officers are being held up by one senator tommy tuberville of alabama. for the first time in 150 years, the marine corps is without a come dantd because of
very near future that will be fair and balanced and do the right thing and hold people accountable for wrongdoing. bret: mr. chairman, thank you for your time any developments you are welcome back. thank you for having me. bret the head of the d.c. counsel says you can get away with murder here. we will have a live look on the district s crime crisis. and on this day in 1804, then vice president aaron burr morgtsly wounded the first treasury secretary alexander hamilton in a pistol duel. he was struck in the abdomen and died the next day the two had staged a long politically motivated feud. remember that mee, i love him and me, i m the damn fool that shot him erc you should get a second opinion from innovation refunds at no upfront cost. sometimes you need a second opinion. all these walls gotta go! ah ah ah! i d love a second opinion. take the first step to see