something. i m caitlin collins, and this is the source. it has been one week now since defense secretary lloyd austin was admitted to the icu. tonight, not only do we still not know what exactly is sitting, there we don t know why his staff did not tell the white house for days using him in the white house. but nonetheless, in intensive care. the lack of transparency from the top u.s. military official, especially while the u.s. is dealing with multiple crises around the world, has resulted in some calls for austin s resignation. the top republican on the senate armed services committee is now demanding an immediate hearing, democrats have also acknowledged a serious nature of the failure to disclose this information. they have questions as well. the white house says it will look into why officials were not informed for days, but also stressing president biden does stand behind his defense secretary. we will take a look at the process and procedure here. try to learn from t
year of campaigning. now it is time to vote. one week from tonight, we could know who won iowa. donald trump is about to raise from the courtroom to the campaign trail and pack again as his rivals are hoping to pull off an upset. also tonight, the missing piece of that alaskan airlines plane that blew off at 16,000 feet in the air has now been found. more planes are being grounded for inspections as one major airline says they found something. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. it has been one week now since defense secretary lloyd austin was admitted to the icu. tonight, not only do we still not know what exactly sent him there, we don t know why his staff didn t tell the white house for days that he was even in the hospital. nonetheless, in intensive care. the lack of transparency from a top u.s. military official, especially while the u.s. is dealing with multiple crises around the world, has resulted in some calls for austin s resignation. the top republic
these bolts safety wired or why aren t they using a system or a putty called lock tite to keep the threads solid so that these bolts don t come loose? there s a lot of questions with regard to the procedures for closing up that door, and it s not in assembly that is inspected on a regular basis because he s covered by an interior wall panel. given your role as a former investigator, i wonder, you know, if you were in in that job right now, and you re reading this statement from alaska air that they have found more loose hardware that was visible on more aircraft, does that seem to indicate this could be a more widespread problem than they initially believed? oh, i think this is definitely a widespread problem, not only for alaska, we have seen it with united and i m sure that some of the other carriers that are operating these series
with regard to the procedures for closing up that door, and it is not an assembly that is inspected on a regular basis, because it is covered by an interior wall panel. given your role as a former investigator, i wonder, if you are in that job right now, and you are reading the statement from alaska air that they have found more loose hardware that was a visible on more aircraft, does that seem to indicate this could be a more widespread problem than they initially believed? i think this is definitely a widespread problem, not only for alaska, we have seen it with united, and i m sure some of the other carriers that are operating these series aircraft will probably find some lose hardware. the question is, how is it coming out of the manufacture boeing with this hardware loose? or, is it happening in service? the airplane is coming out of the factory fine, but in