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
ahead. it was a busy night and you are waking up to history. america waking up to the historic news that president donald j. trump has been indicted. he is the very first president. we ve never seen this before in history. so here s the latest on this friday, march, 31st 2023 sources tell cnn trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud. this case prosecuted by the manhattan district attorney centers around the accounting of hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels. as of now, this is how it s supposed to go down because multiple sources say trump will turn himself in next tuesday. he is expected to appear in court for his arraignment in new york. the nypd getting ready for any sign of trouble. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform people prepared for deployment today. meanwhile republicans in the house senate and even some 2024 rivals are rushing to trump s defense, calling the case political and outrage and even one of them
and just a minute, also, clay travis, kayleigh mcenany, they will be here. a they have more on aosis latest sad attempt to remain relevant. but, you know, awful. also, jimmy failla, dr. nicole saphier. they will be herd dre. we ll ask them to diagnose your giggling vice president . her uncontrollable laughing fits needless to say, kamala was in very rare form today.form we. got the tape also, stayd tm tuned. tommy larin, caitlyn jenner on biden s plan to roll tide online and women s sports even won. espn host is now speaking out. all right. but first tonight, we begin with breaking developments as it relates to the scandal fronint and biden s white house. it s bad now. tonight, two top officials, secretary of state tony blinken blinken and attorney general marikar politicized the justice department garland have been credibly accused of serious misconduct and it all revolves around who else hunter biden. all right. now, breaking tonight, we re learning that your secretary of
comfort. since the duke of edinburgh s death. rather less than that. so this is a family which has suffered one death quite recently, and which is now having to deal with the illness and the declining health, as we understand it at the moment, of, as you say, their mother or their grandmother. it is perfectly possible that she will recover from this, or perhaps not recover, but that she will get over whatever issueit that she will get over whatever issue it is that has because the doctors to speak on the way that they have, so we must again stress that we don t know what the true situation is. we are merely anticipating and expecting that the palace will feel it necessary to say something. but as you say, at the heart of this is a family which is providing comfort to the queen, and one must hope that that is the situation that is taking place within balmoral castle at the moment. nick, thank you. the time is 6:01pm. if you arejoining us here on bbc news, we are reporting the