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
could quote gut the professional tour in five years. paying out press tinge just paydays. liv put us on fire. you got oa lot of money. they got a lot i mean, a lot. the pga tour publicly criticized liv golf even though as dunn negotiated in private. how many players did you notify in advance of reaching the agreement? i don t believe any players were notified. none? you didn t tell a single one of them about the negotiations let alone what the result would be before you announced it publicly? new documents indicate the sides may have talked as far back as last december. the pga tour has already shown that it is seemingly willing to reverse itself totally for the money. some g.o.p. senators tried to give the pga tour a waiver, waging a fight for its very survival. it would be grossly unfair to expect the pga tour to bear the full burden of holding saudi
golf. the deal caught many in the game by surprise and has prompted fierce criticism. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has details tonight from capitol hill. livid. tonight sports. about saudi backed liv golf and a possible merger with the pga tour. why would you partner with the kingdom of saudi arabia. terry strada s husband died in the north tower on 9/11. 9/11 families sat in the audience at today s hearing. they blasted the potential sports alliance. accusing the saudis of the terrorist attacks and the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. but they have particular contempt for pga tour board member jimmy dunn e worked at the traded centered but wasn t there the day of the attack. he was playing golf and dunn recently negotiated the new framework with the saudis behind the scenes. mr. dunn is a complete betrayal to the 9/11 community. he knows that the kingdom is culpable for murdering 3,000 people on 9/11. dunn testified that liv golf