our weather team times it all out. linsey: also tonight, the midair emergency. what caused the accident on an alaska airlines jet? the faa now grounding certain boeing 737 max 9s after a piece of the fuselage was lost, and where did that piece end up? linsey: our abc news exclusive. new details from sources familiar with the special counsel s probe with president trump s refusing for hours to help stop the violence on january 6th. with eight days left until the iowa caucuses, the former president is raising eyebrows over what he said about the civil war and abraham lincoln. linsey: plus, the push to contain the war in gaza. the secretary of state s urgent mission to the middle east as israel faces new attacks from lebanon. the pressure mounting for congress to approve new funding for israel and ukraine. linsey: new questions tonight as we learn the white house was unaware for days that defense secretary lloyd austin had been hospitalized in intensive care. president b
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more than a week later, after experiencing severe pain, he was admitted to the icu on new year s day. still, it was not until thursday, officials say, that the white house was informed. a u.s. official telling abc news president biden was exasperated after learning about austin s lack of transparency. austin issuing a statement this weekend writing, i recognize i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. biden and austin speaking saturday night on the phone, officials saying the conversation was warm. and tonight, abc news learning from a u.s. official that general cq brown, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, knew of austin s hospitalization on tuesday, two days before the white house and other top u.s. officials were made aware. it s pretty shocking because when you re the secretary of defense, you need to make everyone aware you re going to be out of pocket. reporter: a u.s. official telling abc news, even secretary
the white house is vowing to review and if needed reform the process and procedures surrounding defense secretary lloyd austin s hospital stay. he is facing bipartisan criticism for taking three days to notify president biden and top officials that he was admitted to the icu on new year s day. here is what we know, austin had a undisclosed elective procedure december 22nd and released the next day. on january 1st he had severe pain and an ambulance rushed him to the icu at walter reed medical center. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was notified the next day, january 2nd. the same day that kathleen hicks assumed some of austin s duties. she was not told he was hospitalized until january 4th, which was also the day president biden found out.
the heart of charleston, a hallowed location, back in 2015, a white supremacist killed nine people in a prayer group and remained sort of a very significant point of discussion in terms of the idea of racism in this country, and that community still healing from that horrible event that happened so many years ago. sandra: and this happening as bridges and tunnels here in new york city were shut down in and out of the city earlier this morning by protestors. those protesting the war as well. now this. l the penalty faces growing pressure to explain lloyd austin s secret hospitalization that left senior officials and president biden in the dark for days. john: austin went in for surgery on december 22nd and admitted to the icu on new year s day at walter reed but took several more days for the commander in chief to find out about his secretary of defense