something. i m caitlin collins, and this is the source. it has been one week now since defense secretary lloyd austin was admitted to the icu. tonight, not only do we still not know what exactly is sitting, there we don t know why his staff did not tell the white house for days using him in the white house. but nonetheless, in intensive care. the lack of transparency from the top u.s. military official, especially while the u.s. is dealing with multiple crises around the world, has resulted in some calls for austin s resignation. the top republican on the senate armed services committee is now demanding an immediate hearing, democrats have also acknowledged a serious nature of the failure to disclose this information. they have questions as well. the white house says it will look into why officials were not informed for days, but also stressing president biden does stand behind his defense secretary. we will take a look at the process and procedure here. try to learn from t
year of campaigning. now it is time to vote. one week from tonight, we could know who won iowa. donald trump is about to raise from the courtroom to the campaign trail and pack again as his rivals are hoping to pull off an upset. also tonight, the missing piece of that alaskan airlines plane that blew off at 16,000 feet in the air has now been found. more planes are being grounded for inspections as one major airline says they found something. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. it has been one week now since defense secretary lloyd austin was admitted to the icu. tonight, not only do we still not know what exactly sent him there, we don t know why his staff didn t tell the white house for days that he was even in the hospital. nonetheless, in intensive care. the lack of transparency from a top u.s. military official, especially while the u.s. is dealing with multiple crises around the world, has resulted in some calls for austin s resignation. the top republic
. the note he left behind and how we live, streamed the attack as it was happening and new moves to freeze a ruling that could block access to a widely used abortion pill. starting this week, the u. s. justice department asking a federal appeals court to intervene and slamming at texas. judges quote , misguided assessment of the pills. safety welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and let s get right to the breaking news, one of two african american democrats ousted from the tennessee state house is getting his job back. cnn s ryan young is joining us live from nashville. right now we re rallies clearly are already underway in the vote to reappoint state representative justin jones happened only minutes ago. what s happening now? wolf. we re in the middle of this crowd. right now. you can see the representative standing here at the top of the capital, getting ready to go
the u.s. justice department warns the u.s. supreme court that classified documents seized from mar-a-lago are extraordinarily sensitive, urging the high court to stay out of the government legal battle with former president trump. and top republicans stand with herschel walker in georgia. closing ranks around their embattled u.s. senate nominee, walker lashing out at political opponents and speaking out tonight about the abortion controversy weighing on his campaign. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. this hour officials in ukraine are bracing for russia to strike again after two days of vladimir putin s new and widespread assault on cities across the nation. cnn s nick paton walsh is on the ground in the war zone. the second day of smoke over the capital in skies that had had been quieter for months. a power plant one of many hit today here by an iranian drone attack, officials said
years amid fears that the country is heading into a recession. it s a challenge for president biden as he attends a dnc event and tries to sharpen his midterm message. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in ukraine where bogus referendums are under way as moscow tries to solidify its hold on occupied territory. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, is this so-called voting essentially happening at gunpoint? reporter: basically it is, wolf. we re seeing video and hearing reports of election workers going house to house, door to door, with ballot boxes, accompanied by armed men, in some cases armed men wearing balance cla vas. we re wear the election workers are going door to door. people are locking their doors and simply not answering to avoid voting. in fact, the ukrainian authorities have urged residents of the occupied t