defeated confederates couldn t accept the verdict of the war. they had lost. so they say they embrace what s known as the lost cause, a self-serving lie the civil war was not about slavery but about state s rights and they call that a noble cause. that was a lie, a lie that had not just a law lie but it had terrible consequences. it wrought on jim crow. president biden yesterday in south carolina condemning white supremacy at the site of a deadly race related mass shooting back in 2015. the president s campaign creating a clear contrast between the words and actions of his potential opponent in 2024. speaking of the former president, we ll get expert legal analysis on a key hearing today for president trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. also ahead what investigators are learning about that alaska airlines flight that had a section of the plane break loose while mid-flight. good morning and welcome to way too early on this
lets you pay off your high-rate debt. and you can save $500 a month. nobody takes care of veterans like newday usa. john: pentagon press secretary pat ryder will give an update the first time on camera since lloyd austin s secretive hospital stay. both sides of the aisle demanding to know how was president biden in the dark for days before learning a top cabinet member landed in the icu. sixth in line to the presidency, he is, hello, john roberts in washington. a jam packed first hour. here we go again. sandra: good to be with you, sandra smith in new york. breaking in the last hour, this incident, now forcing the white house to launch a review of protocols for cabinet secretaries, if you can believe that. secretary austin is still in recovery, we are told in walter reed, and the pentagon is not offering any information about that elective procedure that originally sent him into the hospital but ultimately landed him in the icu. john: even the deputy defense secretary d
white house is expected to brief shortly and will likely face a lot of questions about hunter biden s art dealer who is right now speaking behind closed doors. that is happening with lawmakers today. the deposition before the house oversight committee is part of a larger investigation into the biden family business dealings. john: they came to hear from the soho gallerist, who has featured things from the first son in at least two shows. we will ask what was learned today coming up. this indictment of the administration s attitude toward public disclosure and toward full transparency. there s just a lot we need to know and frankly, there s a lot that our enemies are noticing about our lackadaisical attitude toward the chain of command. i can t find anyone to tell me what was wrong and how ill he was. was he sedated, was he under was he unconscious. sandra: key questions at this hour as just a short time from flou we will now we will hear from pat ryder, the first br
erin burnett out front starts right now. outfront, the breaking news, united airlines says inspectors have found loose bolts on more boeing airplane doors, the same type of planes that have the mid air disaster with the door blowing out on that flight. and donald trump provides another birther conspiracy, this time he s bringing it up against nikki haley, michelle obama is sending her loudest alarm yet about another trump presidency. we follow the fastest growing group of migrants crossing illegally over the southern border, this group is from china. let s go out front. good evening, outfront tonight, we begin with the breaking news, united airlines revealing that inspectors have found loose holds on more plane doors. it s really sobering, just to hear that, it comes days after the terrifying incident you are looking at right here on the alaska airlines flight. it left that gaping hole in the plane. they were flying at an altitude of 16,000 feet. a new statement says we
in new jersey. in new york city in the northeast, the flood warnings and the alerts, potentially damaging winds. rob marciano on these deadly tornadoes, and ginger zee timing out tonight, tomorrow, and now yet another new storm right behind this one. tonight, the pentagon now saying that defense secretary lloyd austin is being treated for prostate cancer. and that the president and the white house only learned about it today. selina wang at the white house. more than 170 passenger planes now grounded tonight after that door plug came off the plane at 16,000 feet. what both alaska airlines and united airlines have now found while conducting their own inspections, and gio benitez reporting. former president trump in federal court today. his attorneys making the case that presidential immunity protects trump from anything related to the election and january 6th. a judge then asking trump s lawyers, if a president orders the assassination of a political rival, would preside