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
hello, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a brutal beating, conspiracy fodder, and public denial. paul pelosi is still in the hospital this day. his attack now the subject of ridiculous internet theories, and most republicans bob and weave when you ask if their election and january 6th lies are fueling our toxic political climate. plus, eight days until your midterm verdict. three embattled house democrats in virginia and a new batch of polls show that tight, that s at understatement when it comes to the fight to control the senate. and a big question is the supreme court about to wipe out affirmative action in higher education? a first for us, the vicious attack on paul pelosi. this hour the husband of nancy pelosi is hospitalized recovering from surgery on his arm and to his skull. today charges for david depape who brutalized him with a hammer after breaking into his home. police brand this as a target
oversight committee is what exactly was cefc? this company that paid millions and millions of dollars to the bidens that we believe is wholly owned by the chinese communist party, what exactly were they trying to do? what role did the bidens play and what was joe s involvement with cefc? i think gal luft is an important witness for us as we move forward. bret: as you might imagine, the washington post takes a different take. saying that the g.o.p. s missing informant becomes conspiracy fodder, the pattern here is not that government investigators are seeking to throw road blocks in comer s path, instead it s that comer and others are on the right keep building paths into quick sand and pretend they are not sinking goes on to question the reliance on gal luft. i think bob woodward would be ashamed of the washington post considering bob woodward did so much good work in the investigation of watergate. you look at the washington post. all they ve done is written negative stories
hello, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a brutal beating, conspiracy fodder, and public denial. paul pelosi is still in the hospital this day. his attack now the subject of ridiculous internet theories, and most republicans bob and weave when you ask if their election and january 6th lies are fueling our toxic political climate. plus, eight days until your midterm verdict. three embattled house democrats in virginia and a new batch of polls show that tight, that s at understatement when it comes to the fight to control the senate. and a big question is the supreme court about to wipe out affirmative action in higher education? a first for us, the vicious attack on paul pelosi. this hour the husband of nancy pelosi is hospitalized recovering from surgery on his arm and to his skull. today charges for david depape