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
we just observed the minute of silence, marked at the beginning by big ben. the final day the queen is lying in state there at the state funeral. that will be tomorrow, with state leaders and dignitaries from around the world attending the funeral there. after ten days, of course, of mourning. we want to bring in nbc s former editor, tim york. both in london for us. and lindsey, let me start with you, as we just marked that moment, that minute of silence for the queen there. talk to me about what we heard from america s president, president biden, paying his respects earlier today ahead of the state funeral tomorrow. before we get to that, i saw somebody walking along the queue here, filing behind us. reminding people, the moment of silence at 8:00 local time, to make sure everybody did pay their respects. and actually, a muffler is being used with big ben, to create a quieter tone. you have mentioned, president biden and the first lady are visiting and paying their respect
at this hour, president zelenskyy is in washington pushing for critical aid for his country s existential fight against russia. his visit capped off by a meeting at the white house with president biden. in a few minutes the two leaders will hold a press conference. we ll bring you that live when it happens. we begin with a stunning revelation by the special counsel jack smith in the federal election interference trial. for the first time, the special counsel s office says it has data from donald trump s cellphone, and they plan to show how trump used his phone in the days and weeks after the election, including on january 6th. in a court filing last night previewing expert testimony, the prosecutors plan to bring to the case, jack smith says he plans to call to the stand an expert who extracted and reviewed data from trump s phone and the phone of another individual who s currently unidentified. special counsel said the expert will, quote, testify that he or she analyzed da
politicsnation. tonight s late, new faces. right now, the next chapter is opening in the israel-hamas war, after a weeklong cease-fire and it yesterday with a few hundred hostages and prisoners released by both sides. but no clear roadmap to pace. there are reports of it writes, sirens in israel and rocket fire over gaza tonight. the white house is urging israel to show restraint as pressure builds on president biden to call for a lasting cease-fire. here in the u.s., the clock is ticking on efforts to pass but military aid bill by christmas. with lawmakers to making new conditions on israel, funds for ukraine, and even border security as part of the plan. and just a minute, i ll talk to the ranking democrat on the house foreign affairs committee, congressman greg meeks. he joins me with the latest on where all these negotiations stand. and my political panel joins me later as crunch time begins in the republican presidential primary. former president trump and florid
it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with deadly storms now making their way northeast after leaving behind a trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma, arkansas and kentucky. at least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured. take a look at this. valley view, texas, gas station. officials say as many as 125 people were sheltering when a powerful tornado struck. overnight kentucky governor andy beshear declared a state of emergency as the severe weather threat continues into today for millions of americans. it leaves hundreds of,sands across the region without power. joining us from valley view, texas, is nbc s priscilla thompson. priscilla, good morning. where do things stand now? reporter: jose, good morning. right now in the hardest-hit areas there s devastation everywhere. we re here and you can see there s a car with its windows completely blown out. that car was actually in that gas station parking lot when this tor