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
problem may be more widespread. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip. in just a short time from, now the ntsb will hold a press conference as we learn another airline has found problems with its planes. now, just days after a blowout on the side of an alaska airlines flight left a massive hole in the plane, united airlines is revealing that loose bolts have been found on these boeing 37 boeing 737 max 9 door plugs. and says it found quote loose hardware tonight on some of its planes. now, these are pictures of the plug, about the size of a fridge. we will show you an illustration of what happened in just a moment. and the warning signs where there, it seems. the alaska airlines plane was restricted from flying along routes over the ocean after its warning light came on three times in recent weeks. now, just listen to this portland science teacher who was the one who found that panel in his own backyard. this is the most exciting thing that
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
Because when you think about what senator mitch mcconnell said, i mean, at the time, he certainly didn t think to seem that was what considered. so what the clause says president trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office, as a ordinary citizen. we have a colonel justice system in this country. we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. i mean, impeachment is a political process. how will the judges respond to the argument that this would violate double jeopardy? so, it s a creative argument. but the claws doesn t say what he suggests. it says reading of the claws and attacks on all of the history surrounding, and he s going to lose. jennifer rodgers, we will it to see and listen to all of this tomorrow, thanks for joining. also up next tonight, something we re tracking closely here at cnn, a major explosion that happened at a hotel in texas. nearly two dozen people have been heard. but we a
Tonight, as you are looking at what is the aftermath of an explosion, a hotel in downtown fourth words left at least 21 people hurt, left to large pieces of debris littering the streets. no one was killed in the blast thankfully. but, witnesses have reported seeing multiple people coming out of the sand man signature hotel covered with blood on their faces. so far, far officials believe that this was caused by some type of gas explosion. but, they re still working tonight to verify the cause, we ll keep you updated as we learn more. thank you so much for joining us tonight, cnn news now abby philip is up next. a piece of a plan falls off in midair, another problem may be more widespread, that s tonight on news night. good evening i m abby philip just a short time from now the ntsb will hold a press conference as we found another