angle. now it seems to me that the democrats know they re in one big hole. now, first, having joe biden as their nominee, it s very risky. at the same time not having them as their nominee may be even riskier. now, how did this happen? well, during the 2020 campaign, when everyone in the press already knew biden was failing, well, they propped him up in a full weekend at biden style production. they and the dnc knew then what they know now, they could market him though as kind of an older and more stable than the new far left democrats and reassure the seniors and minorities and independents. but now what? he has only gotten worse. and america knows it. and now the country and the party is stuck with someone who literally, everyone knows is a figure head president. joe is not calling the shots on any major question on maybe whether he will have jell-o or pudding for dessert and look, let s be honest, dr. jill probably makes those decisions for him. now, with his cat naps and
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
have an answer when asked about the incident today. but white house press secretary karine jean-pierre did at least try to come up with an explanation. take a look. the president and the first lady and their family were not here this weekend as you all reported on this and as you also know they left on friday and returned just yesterday. where this was discovered is a heavily traveled area where many white house west wing i should be more specific west wing visitors come through this particular area. i just don t have anything more to share. it is under investigation by the secret service. this is in their purview and we will allow certainly the investigation to continue. we have confidence the secret service will get to the bottom of this. for their part the mainstream media found the whole situation a little ridiculous. check this out. i can t even fathom anything like this having been found before in the west wing and i go back to the 70s. this is pretty wild. i wo
but is it expected to pass? hi the very latest from capitol hill, all thingswashin hitchhiker s guide to washington, d.c. in the swamc., inp cad program is t us . chad, what s going o on ? we expect this to pass, don t we? yeah, sean , good evening.go in fact, we think that they re going to start this 3 mn vote here in the next two tout three minutes. they started this debate at seven , 17 eastern time. and we think thi the actuankl rl call vote is going to come any. minute here. so it s pending. dwe do o expect a bipartisanrs to vote coalition of democrats and gop . house speaker kevin mccarthy members to vote yes. house speaker kevin mccarthy made the closing argumen tt. he said don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. i could say i m going to vote no because there s something re summnot in the bill. if i took that philosophy, i would never vote yes . i simply read the bills in front of me and decide, is this good for the country? i would say that answerhat an is
house speaker kevin mccarthy on a debt deal to counter joe biden who now not be able to the raise the debt limit without spending limits. coming up, senator lee will be here live with breaking news on this week s negotiations. then, the most serious influence peddling charges ever leveled against a president. but the mainstream media will not cover it. house oversight committee chairman james comer demanding fbi turn over a document in their possession that the a whistleblower says shows joe biden took money from foreign adversaries in exchange for policy decisions. the kentucky congressman and oversight chairman will join us live with new information on his investigation into president biden s money-making deal. plus, former white house adviser and america first legal president stephen miller with new records on biden s big money transactions with communist china. then, one crisis after ooh another. before the country runs out of money in just three weeks time, the u.s. wil