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
it is saturday, may 27th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to have you. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with debt ceiling negotiations getting down to the wire, as the white house and gop lawmakers are racing against the clock to try to prevent a first-ever u.s. default. congress now has fewer than nine days to pass a deal after treasury secretary janet yellen warned yesterday that the country could hit the debt ceiling by june 5th. sources say negotiators are hoping to announce an agreement as soon as today. but major sticking points remain. on everything from spending caps to work requirements. earlier, i spoke with congresswoman debbie ding whole called for an ent to the back and forth. we cannot be cutting a deal for conservatives, far right conservatives, that are never going to vote for this bill. we need to do something so that we stop this drama, this kabookie dance of going down to the wire on our debt ceiling. cnn is live on the hill this
hereay w.e go again.he reas another mysterious balloon. offiust breach us territory haficials are now tracking the ufo near hawaii. admiwhilwa bidene the biden administration doesn t know what it is or where it s fromrom or who is flying this thing, sow they somehow know for certain. they re telling we, the american people that it poses apsa, no security risk ate all whatsoever. ab why does that not pass the smell test? remember, we still have no clue, no idea what the three? objects were that biden and his administration shot out of the sky with those hundred thousand dollar sidewinder missiles. so we re going to keepis you posted . o keep and if they decide to shoo yt this balloon out of the sky as well with another, you know what? eight hundred four hundred thousand dollar missile as peroe tradition, we ll let w you know. all right. also tonight, straight ahead, the ramaswamy will join us now . yesterday, he absolutely schooled nbc s chuck todd on the difference between
biden on offense. their dream is to cut social security and medicare. then i m your nightmare. can he keep the ball in his court? plus, republicans play to the base. you banned my personal twitter account. you were sensoring and violating our free speech rights. is it what voters want the new majority to focus on? and gloves off. governor desantis fires back. i spend my time delivering results for the people of florida and fighting against joe biden. i don t try to smear other republicans. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby phillip. it is super bowl sunday. million of americans will tune in to see the eagles take on the chiefs but it won t be the only must see television battle of the week. millions of americans also tuned in to week for president biden s state of the union address and the country watched as he forced a republican fumble on entitlements. some republicans want it sunset. i m not saying it s a majority. let me give you anybody that do
they say? what s their response? they they say that there s no national security concern. they ve told us that they have properly vetted the fufu corporation and they see no problem with it, which just simply isn t true. well, just two months ago, we again sounded the alarm after the committee on foreign investment said it didn t have jurisdiction to block this mill s construction. let me put this very bluntly. the committee that congress mandated and gave the authority to protect america s national security is allowing a chinese business with ties to beijing. that means the ccp to operate mere miles from an american military installation. was general austin. how about meely? well, tonight, after months of pressure, the ap is reporting just hours ago that the u.s. air force has now told north dakota leaders that full fang s plans do pose a significant threat to national security, prompting city officials to say they ll move to stop the project once and for all. we re