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
this is cnn breaking news. hello, outpost in jordan near the border with syria and iraq. this is the first time u.s. troops have been killed by enemy fire in the middle east since the beginning of the war in gaza, october 7th. it also marks a significant escalation of an already precarious situation in the middle east. president biden reacting a short time ago, vowing the u.s. will hold those responsible to account. we have got full coverage of this breaking story, natasha bertrand is in washington, priscilla alvarez is with president biden in south carolina, and ben wedeman is in beirut. natasha, you first. what are we learning about the attack? reporter: a very serious moment for the u.s. military, for president biden, for the administration writ large because this is the first time u.s. service members have actually been killed from hostile fire since the war in gaza began. and sparked all of these tensions throughout the middle east. now, we re learning that these thr
dead on arrival? new details of a delicate border deal. that bill were a law today, i d shut down the border right now and fix it quickly. as trump tries to kill it. there s zero chance i will support this horrible open borders betrayal of america. and new reporting, trump s freight alliances with top senate republicans. don t have any announcement to make on the presidential election. if i change my mind on that, i ll let you know. plus, two-front fight. nikki haley, did anyone ever hear of her? as trump tries to turn to biden, haley turns up the heat. he s not fighting for the american people. and are trump s legal troubles finally catching up with him. and on the attack. the only loser i see is donald trump. the president heads south. u.s.a. as he tries to ease progressive protests. inside politics reporting from inside the corridors of power starts now. good morning. welcome to inside politics sunday i m manu raju. former president dona
this after president putin promised decisive action against what he calls treason. hello, everyone, and welcome to the a special hour of fox news live. i m arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hello, everyone, i m eric shawn. fast-breaking developments that have a lot of people wondering what is really going on? some say it was a challenge to vladimir putin s decades-long grip on power. the head of the wagner group, a longtime kremlin ally, of course, but he s been increasingly recently critical of russia s military in recent weeks. he has said his forces seized key russian facilities near the ukrainian border and advanced farther north to other strategic cities, inching closer to moscow. but now those mercenaries holding fast, told to return to their field bases back in ukraine. general jack keane on fox news earlier before the order to the halt that march. and this is a surprise. there s nothing planned about this in terms of russian intelligence i m aware of and its ability
he understands the role of attorney general is to serve and protect the people of the united states, and that is exactly what he will do and do better than anybody else can. jeff sessions was a disaster as attorney general. he s not qualified. he is not mentally qualified to be attorney general. we hope bill barr going to be as good as we think because he is a great gentleman, a great man. by the way, when bill barr, who is a coward. you know, bill barr was a coward. he didn t do what he was supposed to do. i fired him, and he has great chairman. for the joint chiefs of staff, general milley will serve as my top military adviser. i have absolute confidence he will fulfill his duty with the same brilliance and fortitude he has shown throughout his long and very distinguished career. he was, frankly, incompetent. the last one i d want to attack with as my leader would be milley. general kelly has been a star. he s done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a g