service agent found a white powdery substance during a patrol of the west wing. this prompted a shutdown of some of the white house campus in the dc fire department hazmat team identified it as cocaine hydrochloride. there to smash initially said it was found in the library. then, on tuesday afternoon secret service spokesman confirmed the details. clarified that initial reports it was found inside the library where incorrect. also on tuesday afternoon, to law enforcement officials told the associated press that the cocaine was found in an area accessible to tour groups. on wednesday karine john a pair described without cocaine was discovered. where this was discovered in state heavily traveled area where many white house west wing, i should be even more specific, west wing visitors come through this particular area. i don t have anything more to share. it s under investigation by the secret service. yesterday the story changed again. the big change is, where this was f
sandra: newsom finds himself between a rock and a hard place, after backing the proposal to cost taxpayers over $800 billion. will he need to give in on reparations to keep the far left base happy? california republican assemblyman and leo terrell are here to did you say next. we have different kinds of people living in our world and they are not being processed. come down, give you a piece of town. need to shut it down and coming across, and change the laws. because even the asylum seekers are still, you know, they say the right words, they are here. i m an immigrant, but been a u.s. citizen 40 years and i m being violated but nothing i can do. john: begin with border towns furious over the biden administration handling over the migrant crisis as concerns grow over terror suspects making their way across the southern border undetected. hello, john roberts in washington. trap in, sandra. another week. sandra: a lot of concerns about all of that. sandra smith in ne
japan s prime minister wants to double the defense spending including buying 400 american tomahawk cruise missiles to send a not so subtle message to china. no stranger to new york. he spent part of his childhood right there in new york and visited washington earlier this year. as you said back in january, when you were at the white house, i think the quote is we face one of the most complex environments in recent history, security environments. and i couldn t agree with you more. but i m proud that the united states and japan are facing it together. when our countries stand together we stand stronger and i believe the whole world is safer. president biden will be in japan through sunday. the trip was supposed to include three-point papua new guinea and australia the unresolved ceiling talks in washington has forced biden to cut his trip short. the president sounded optimistic about his talks before catching a flight to japan. i m confident that we ll get the agreemen
sales plunging as mortgage rates rise. what it means for buyers and sellers. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone as the heat tightens its scorching grip, in some places, it s one eye on the thermometer and the other on the electricity meter. texas in particular seeing nearly unprecedented power usage as triple-digit temperatures continue to drive people indoors, testing the power grid nationwide electric bills are already expected to climb 20% over last year, to a average of $540. roughly a third of americans right now under heat alert yesterday saw a dozen record highs broken. more expected today. parts of the desert southwest could see a dangerous 115 degrees. and th heat now pumping into the east and south washington, d.c., bracing for a possible high of 100 by sunday. philadelphia under a heat advisory through the weekend. ou team in place tonight with the very latest and we begin with sam brock reporter: the blistering heat