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
of classified documents after he exited the white house. plus, the latest from outside the federal courthouse in miami where that second grand jury is a key part of this investigation. and tens of millions of americans are still under air quality alerts as officials urge people to put on their masks because wildfire smoke from canada is continuing to blanket this country. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin right here on the roof of 30 rock with msnbc host lindsey reiser covering the smoke-filled skies. you have the same mask on i had on walking to work this morning. i think the governor of new york is making a whole lot of those available. tell us the latest. reporter: and, chris, i m sure you felt it too, itchy eyes, scratchy throat, my nose has been stuffy the past 24 hours. things are better in the new york city area. normally the air quality index should be around 50. yesterday, chris, in the peak of the orange haze
did not apologize. during the meetings, ukraine in focus the g-7 statement says that the world leaders reaffirm their support for ukraine for as long as it takes. they pledge to starve russia of technology and equipment it needs for war as well as hold those responsible accountable for international war crimes. reports say the ukrainian president will make a surprise in person visit to the talks with the g-7 leaders here in hiroshima and ask for more weapons. possibly the weapons the ukraine wants will be to go on offensive. is the g-7 unified in military action or in military aid for ukraine against russia? all of these g-7 leaders have been supporting ukraine in various different ways. everyone has to do it their own way. these are sovereign decisions there has been terrific unity and resolve the president has every expectation that that unity and resolve is going to remain in place here at the g-7 and beyond. so the president reassuring other world leaders that the u
what is the white house saying not much apparently not publicly now joining us live. the president has been monitoring isolating in the residence here saying he is feeling well and beginning strict isolation measures and to be conscientious of any executive residence of secret service and other staff whose duties require the proximity to him. that there were six close contacts and none have tested positive after new questions arising how strictly he adhered to cdc guidelines after seeing not masked at public appearances recently. this comes with the possible pelosi stop in taiwan. you can see it located between the announced stops between singapore and malaysia. and left off the itinerary that you could keep the chinese guessing if she doesn t go it would signal weakness and call into question alliances in the region. the white house has not advised policy not to go to taiwan but have reassured beijing the one china policy has noted changed. an adversary or an enemy a
has to be more. if not, this doesn t make any sense. the biden administration is also under pressure amid calls to address why the federal raid was necessary. we have fox team coverage tonight. peter doocy with what biden officials knew about the events. jonathan serrie is at the scene of the raid outside of mar-a-lago. we begin with correspondent david spunt at the justice department with what top law enforcement officials are saying or not saying and some new breakdown of the news. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. i m at the epicenter at the of the investigation into the former president and as you pointed out not saying things are quiet from attorney general merrick garland and fbi director christopher wray across the street at the j. edgar hoover fbi building. both were briefed on this before it happened. they knew well in advance this was going to happen. let s give you a little bit of a timeline how things have played out. had here is what we know. the