accountable? i don t know if i can say this happy st. patrick s day is that okay? st. patrick s did we dig up something on him? what did he do? good morning everybody, it is 6 a.m. here in the east we start with extreme weather. heavy winds and rain still bat ergs portions of the southeast with millions on high alert. bracing for potential tornadoes at least 21 twisters touched down in portions of the south ainsley. ainsley: leaving destruction in alabama, mississippi, a thousand now without power. bad in alabama too an electric company sharing this picture of a boat wrapped around top of a tree. that s a boat. janice dean is tracking the dangerous storms she told us about it yesterday. man, it came janice. another day ahead so more people are going to be targeted by these storms know what to do if there s a watch or warning in your area and we have tornado watches in effect. there are reports of tornadoes yesterday, the watch extending in towards florida as well
hello i am alicia acuna you with guy benson, lisa boothe and doctor marc siegel. welcome to the big weekend show , the big story tonight, the mystery over defense secretary lloyd austin hospitalization, no one knew about his medical situation including his number two and she was not the only one of the dark for days, so was president biden fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson is live in wilmington tele where. there is now a bipartisan effort in congress to get some answers. that is right and we still don t know why austin has been in hospital for nearly a week including in a step in the intensive care unit biden did not know for three days and many republicans are outraged and the defense secretary was missing in action. apparently the national security council did not know it, the white house did not know it, congress did not know what,
recovering well in a good sp spirit. while we do not have a specific date for his release at this time, we will continue to provide updates on the secretary status as they become available. doctor siegel, welcome to the big weekend show for the first time were so happy to have you here, what incredible timing. what does the statement say about the situation and the secretary finds himself in, further we find is a private person. atomic patient privacy covers this at all i think the first question the nonmedical one which is what did the defense department know and what did they tell the white house, this is not like a week when nothing went on yet a drone strike occurring in baghdad taking out an iranian based leader. you have the houthis saying after the 25th attack that they re in battle with the united states. where is the defense secretary, what might ve happened even now
know they do gain-of-function research and move on. he denied that publicly for years since then but the virus looks manipulated and we know they gain a function of research. if anthony fauci allowed the dangerous research going on in china to go to the standard protocol, the standard safety committee is there possibility millions of lives would ve been saved because the safety committee said this is too dangerous to fund the research. that is tough points but good points from senator rand paul. also back this week mask mandates. hospitals across the country re-imposing rules for patients and visitors at their facility let s go straight to doctor siegel on this. first the dr. fauci we heard a number of prosecutorial arguments being made by senator paul he s been at loggerheads with anthony fauci for years. found she has been squarely at best on some of these questions, behind closed doors under oath, what should the subcommittee try
harris: doctors have told me that the real bottom line issue here for the actual children undergoing puberty blockers and surgeries. we don t have enough long-term scientific research to tell us what really is not reversible and what the long-term effects are. doctor siegel at fox news broke it down for me in prime time saying look, when it comes to the puberty blockers they are using a drug that is used for prostate cancer which makes the bones brittle in growing young people. that s already on the books medically. we have a lot of places to go with finding out how to protect the children. for all the reasons you just mentioned their psyche and physical. the emotional trauma as well. not just the physical effects. you grow up and realize wait, made a horrible mistake and it is too late. it is all over the place. harris: let s keep it medical. a yale university doctor is arguing that medical