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
ncaa swimmer and women s rights activist riley gaines is set to testify moments ago about a violent attack on her by left wing protestors. john: she was rushed out of an event at san francisco state university after a hostile crowd took over the venue. sandra: she told us earlier the video was only a snippet of what she endured. three hours of being yelled at, of being assaulted, of being called all kinds of names of these violent vengeful hateful things. sandra: america reports rolls into a new hour. hi, john. john: john roberts in washington. we will listen in to riley s testimony, but first another live event set to begin in washington and it s a fox news alert. sandra: that s the briefing room at the white house on the left, brownsville, texas at the border on the right. john kirby is joining the white house press secretary, karine jean-pierre, in that briefing room today. that is expected to begin in just moments. john: the big focus on the border crisis
i believe my plan is responsible is fair. it focuses the benefit on middle-class and working families. so will it help or hurt the president and democrats politically? today opinion sharply divided. i voted for the president specifically for this issue. $20,000 for pell recipients would be a major victory. i just feel it s a little slap in the face to those who worked hard to pay it off. also today restrictive abortion bans taking effect in oklahoma, tennessee and texas. combined with state bans already in effect since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. 1/3 of american women now live in states where abortion procedures are either banned entirely or very severely curtailed. but in idaho a judge has temporarily blocked part of the state s new law for conflicting with federal health care guarantees. first, though, to student loans. joining us now, nbc news chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-anchor kristen welker. msnbc correspondent tremain
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Leaders. A new report out of the region stays the attack could come today or tomorrow. President biden has a familiar warning for iran tonight but also seems to concede an attack could be coming soon. White house correspondent Jacqui Heinrich picks up the story tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, jacqui. Good evening, bret. Since hamas attacked israel on october 7th. President biden has repeatedly warned iran not to escalate conflict in the region through its proxies. Now that iran is vowing direct action, including potentially against u. S. Troops as well, President Bidens going a step beyond the word dont. My expectation sooner than later. Jacqui when imminent attack on israel expected President Biden delivering a short warning to iran. Dont. Jacqui turning around to spell it out. We are devoted to the defense of israel. We will support israel. We will help defend israel. And iran will not succeed. Thank you very much. Jacqui iran reportedly issued the Biden Administratio