a ziplock baggy filled with cocaine found just steps from the west wing where guests are often ushered through the white house. now the question who dropped it, setting off sunday s hazmat evacuation. then, the phenomenon unique to the united states, gun violence in america reaching a new level of horror. 356 mass shootings so far this year. a stunning 15 of them just this past holiday weekend. coming up, why these tragic shootings always seem to spike in the summer months and what can be done about it. plus, a federal judge slapping the biden administration with new restrictions on social media saying the biden administration cannot decide what is and is not misinformation. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we begin with something of a mystery in our political lead. who left a baggy of coke at the white house? there was a brief evacuation sunday night after the powdery substance was found in an area of the west wing that is accessible to some tour groups. this
the shooter who you see on the screen appears to have been unable to find anyone to shoot. we can also see how quick and brave the response from both staff members and the first responders was. this woman was outside the school, out in the open when police arrived. not only was she putting herself in danger by not getting into a more secure location. but listen how she communicated to the police when they arrived. that woman quickly and concisely told the police everything they needed to know, be careful, two kids might still be in the hallways, people inside are telling her that the shooter is upstairs. seconds after that, the police had entered the building. the police then cleared the room, they cleared room after room methodically and with breathtaking speed. it s clear they have trained for this moment. and when they ultimately heard gunshots, they sprinted toward them. they neutralized the shooter. it s a testament to the teachers in a building for locking down so effec
amen. a prayer from the senate chaplain on behalf of a grieving nation. on that very solemn note, i wish you all a very good and safe night from washington, d.c. and from all of our colleagues across the network of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i ll see you tomorrow. thank you for joining us this hour and for alex tonight, the national metropolitan police department release body camera footage that left three children, three adults in the shooter, themselves, dead in the melamine tree school in the nashville suburbs. there is a lot that is notable about the footage. first off, 14 minutes went by between when police were first alerted that a shooter had entered the building and when the police ultimately shot the shooter. pretty fast. we can see that for a good chunk of that time, the shooter who you see on the screen appears to be a unable to find someone to shoot. we can also see how quick and brave the response from both staff members and the first responders
robot and goodbye to scooping the smart appliance that helps without asking prime time, trump. destinations live tonight at nine. seven different guns bought from five different gunshots. lead starts right now. we re getting the first look at the moments when police entered a nashville school where 39 year olds and three adults were gunned down this as we learn the parents of the shooter did not want their child to the weapons at all. then. we re not going to fix it. criminals are going to be criminals not get into politics. alright, let s not get into emotion. here we go again. what will it take for lawmakers to address the number one killer of american children? plus unprecedented developments in the trump investigation. executive privilege cannot shield former vice president mike pence, has been ordered to testify before the federal grand jury focused on january six. welcome to the lead. i m phil mattingly in for jake tapper, and we start today with our national lead and a
multiple magazines of ammunition entered marjorie stone in high school and murdered 17 people, that shooting sparked a nationwide youth lead movement for new gun safety legislation. a year later, little had been done at the federal level to curb gun violence. by valentine valentine s day, 2019, then president donald trump was trying to push attention back to his pet issue, building a wall to stop immigrants. at the time, trump was threatening to declare a national emergency in order to try to build his precious border wall without congressional approval. it was that threat from trump which prompted this counter threat from house speaker, nancy pelosi. if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people. you want to talk about a national emergency? let s talk about today, the one year anniversary of a another man