the suspicious powder found over the weekend. also tonight the philadelphia mass shooting suspect appears in court as we re learning about his disturbing social media posts. bill asking philadelphia s district attorney what they might reveal about a motive. and president zelenskyy warns that russia is ready for a potential attack on a ukrainian nuclear power plant under the control of russian forces. speaking exclusively to cnn about the threat to the plant amid new global fears of a nuclear disaster. welcome to our viewers. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. starting tonight at the white house, confirmation that a small bag of white powder was found in the west wing and was in fact cocaine. the question now, who s responsible for bringing an illegal substance into the inner sanctum of the white house? the latest on the investigation, jeremy, how is the white house handling this in. reporter: we heard from white house press
lawrence, and oberfeld as well as interracial marriage. jessica schneider is with us. the court made interesting calls this morning in other cases, including ones they chose not to take up. what have we learned so far? a flurry of activity as we end the term, guys. the supreme court just a while ago issuing orders. these are decisions on which cases they will and won t take next term. notably, the court has decided not to take a case that would have revisited the standard for libel. since 1964, new york times versus sullivan, they had to prove actual malice. so they are not taking that case next term. we are awaiting some big decisions on religious liberties, immigration, the power of the epa when it comes to climate change. checking on all that now and we ll come back with you guys in a few minutes. okay, jessica schneider, thank you very much. joining us is caroline kitchener, national reporter focused on the politics of abortion for the washington post. good to h
i was telling my friend to not talk. [speaking spanish] she cried a lot. according to the cdc, guns are now the leading cause of death among children than adolescents in america. it jumps a 30% between 2019 and 2020. according to the washington post, more than 311,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since columbine, in 1999. of course, republicans are suggesting to keep the schools as virtual prisons to deal with this problem. we need serious funding to upgrade our schools. this is to install bulletproof doors and locking classroom doors ultimately. as we all know, what s stops, armed, that guys, is armed good guys. i hate to break it to cancun crews there but that the armed guys were not much help. the police admit to a stunning string of failures. 19 police officers waited in the hallway for nearly an hour as these children were trapped with a gunman, before even attempting to breach the classroom. why the hesitation? one lieutenant saying that they
donetsk is completely in russian hands, which means the fight moves across the river of its sister city where russia is now trying to move around and cut off the ukrainian defenders there, cut off their supply routes and cut off the potential evacuation routes as well. all of this means it is a very grim time for ukrainian forces in this phase of the war because it points to an undeniable reality. at this time the fight here in the east is going russia s way. enormous losses as well for the ukrainians and russian forces. phil black, thank you so much. in germany, president biden and g-7 leaders are discussing their next moves against russian president vladimir putin after a series of russian missile strikes hit ukraine s capital of kyiv on sunday. earlier the ukrainian president zelenskyy addressed the group called for fresh sanctions against russia as well as more military aid for ukrainian forces trying to regain control
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