missile launches and our department of defense is good but even if we have a 99% catch rate, even if we stop all of those missiles, we will eventually have some american hurt and the president put our soldiers sailors and airmen and marines at risk because he was unprepared to defend the things that really mattered and to deter iran seriously. martha: so i want to ask you about this january 1st meeting with all of the heads of the national security team and president biden, who was in st. croix at the time, on new year s day. he apparently did not realize, according to all of the reports, that the secretary of defense lloyd austin, really planning an retaliatory plan against the houthis, what would it look like, what kind of assets would be used? he didn t realize he had just been in the hospital. in fact, austin headed back to the hospital in an ambulance hours later. you know, the more you learn about this, a lot more detail on this from some reporting in the washington post toda
bargain. it is 90 minutes past six. 19. the family of a young woman who lost her life after an e bike caught fire whilst she slept, say they don t want her death to be in vain. sofia duarte, who died last year, would have been celebrating her 22nd birthday today. more than 30,000 people have signed a petition, backed by london fire brigade, which calls for tighter regulations for electric bikes and batteries as tim muffett reports. she s my sunshine. she s the best for me. she enjoy her free time. and it s very difficult to live without her. sophia was staying at her boyfriend s flat in london. on new year s day last year, a bike, that had been converted into an e bike, caught fire in the flat hallway. she died one metre near the door. i think it s a dream.
caught fire whilst she slept, say they don t want her death to be in vain. sofia duarte who died last year, would have been celebrating her 23rd birthday today. more than 30,000 people have signed a petition, backed by london fire brigade, which calls for tighter regulations for electric bikes and batteries as tim muffett reports. she s my sunshine. she s the best for me. she enjoy her free time. and it s very difficult to live without her. sofia was staying at her boyfriend s flat in london. on new year s day last year, a bike, that had been converted into an e bike, caught fire in the flat hallway. she died one metre near the door. i think it s a dream. and i think she stay here. and when i wake up, she s not here.
nothing. no idea at all. we know he went in for an elective procedure on december 22nd. the only detail is that it required an overnight stay. w released from the hospital on december 23rd. ten days later, on new year s day, january 1st, he started experiencing some extreme pain. that s all we know is extreme pain. it was severe enough that he was taken to the hospital via ambulance that afternoon. we don t know any more than he was conscious in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. at some point over the next 24 hours or so, his condition worsened to the point where he felt it was necessary to transferis responsibilities and some of his authorities to his deputy secretary of defense. she was notified on january 2nd that she was assuming some of the responsibilities while on vacation in puerto rico. critically here, she was not told why she was assuming those authorities or thate had been hospitized. as you said, was in the intensive care unit untilwo
created a lot of confusion, even inside the white house with seniormost national security advisors, including the senior person at the white house, president biden, having been in the dark about the fact that secretary austin had been hospitalized for days. the discussion that was had about the ability for someone in his position, when he is going through these kinds of health issues, are they capable of advising the president on sensitive matters? just to point you to earlier reporting which i think underscores how unusual this situation was. just as an example, on new year s day, this was the day that secretary austin was hospitalized, he participated as cnn reported a few days ago, in a meeting with the president and other national security officials in the biden administration to discuss,