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
ready for membership in nato, the whole of nato together is really critical. i don t think there s unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of a war. tim and the former president las vegas this weekend, making clear who leases s two biggest rivals in his quest to return to the white house. a live report on that in a couple of minutes. and expect fireworks on capitol hill as congress reconvenes tomorrow. expected, admits, i should say, marjorie taylor greene and the house freedom caucus. voted to kick her out. plus, i wanna speak to sara mcbride, hopes to become the very first transgender member of the u.s. congress. that is coming up. you do not want to miss an incredibly crucial conversation. and black friday in july. by retailers to get shoppers back into the stores. we re gonna tell you all about that coming up. we want to start that with the president. over the atlantic this hour with a very busy age
the conduct of former deputy chief whip chris pincher shows the continuing hangover for the government of the era of borisjohnson. is rishi sunak holding back from being more critical of his predecessor? he s not suited to this kind of confrontation, so i think his idea is, if i don t engage with the provocations of borisjohnson s supporters, maybe the story will burn out that little bit quicker. how do we clean up the culture in parliament? the conservative chair of the commons equalities committee, caroline nokes, is here. and on the tunisian border, the migrant crisis turns violent amidst beatings and abuse. what happens now? we ll ask the tunisian human rights league. good evening. we open tonight with a story which some believe could be the next big miscarriage ofjustice in this country one for which there is evidence of a state led cover up. this is 43 year old tom hayes. he didn t see his young sonjoshua grow up because mr hayes was jailed in 2015 when joshua was j
faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal laws. a skeptical response to donald trump s immunity claims by one of the three federal appeals judges who heard arguments yesterday. we ll get expert legal analysis on that hearing. straight ahead, it comes just days before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley and ron desantis are in the state trying to cut trump s large lead while he is tied up with those legal issues. also ahead, the latest on the health scare for the secretary of defense. we re learning more about the medical issues that landed lloyd austin in the icu. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 10th. i m in for jonathan lemire. a decision could come as early as today fro the three judge appeals court panel that heard president trump s presidential immunity claim. prosecutors and lawyers for the former president made their oral arguments yesterday in washington, d.c. trump s legal team appealed an earlier ruling by federal judge
building as ceasefire talks may be resuming. s israeli officials said to be meeting in norway today to discuss another a pause in the war with the release of more hostages a day after israel admitted it mistakenly killed 3 israeli hostages several days after learning israelis are not taking too kindly to the strong arming they re getting from the white house. prime minister benjamin netanyahu s spokesperson is here. then, from the legal battles that could drag presidential hopefuls down to stocks and the economy that have the white house saying things are looking up. voters considering both as key endorsements are coming in fast and furious. we ve got new hampshire governor chris sununu on why he s all in on nikki haley and teamster union boss sean o brien on why he is open to backing a republican. he s here. and if to arizona where a democratic governor is sending the national guard to the border. and to the east coast where a pre-christmas storm and it could be a doozy