defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
that debuts here sunday at 9:00. thank you so much for joining us. anderson starts now. tonight on 360, breaking news. renewed focus by investigators on a 2020 oval office meeting where trump allies allegedly schemed with the former president about seizing voting machines and overturning the election. also tonight, where is prigozhin? the wagner mercenary leader supposedly exiled to belarus for leading a mutiny against the kremlin. has he returned to the motherland? and what will vladimir putin do to him there. and marjorie taylor greene, is she too much even for the conservative freedom caucus? reports she may have been voted out by her fellow republicans. we begin tonight with breaking news, what multiple sources are telling cnn about that turbulent december 18th 2020 oval office meeting involving the former president rudy giuliani, disgraced general michael flynn, lawyer sidney powell, and a former dot com ceo. our kaitlan collins is part of the reporting team
fox that it was found in a cubby used by guests and west wing staffers. reporters absolutely bombarding her with cocaine questions, as they should. she gave essentially no information but the repeatedly state that the president and first family were out of town when this happened. where exactly inside the west wing was the substance discovered who would have access to the west wing. have you done interviews with law enforcement. are you doing testing? would there be consequences for that individual or if they were a guest of a white house staffer. can you give any more details where the secret service found the cocaine in the west wing and how it got there? i would have to refer you to the secret service on all of this. one thing i can share that i will share a little bit more information as you know, the president and the first lady and their family were not here this weekend. julie: the president yesterday during a meeting with sweden s prime minister. [shoute
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
right now in beijing facing a tough challenge during her two days of meetings with chinese officials. she s there of course to try to stabilize a tense relationship strained even further just this week when china retaliated against the u.s. anna coren is live for us. what is yellen saying so far? reporter: as you say she is currently meeting with the chinese premier leader in the great hall of the people. she was with him at the paris finance summit last month where she said the world expects china and us to work together. you may have seen both of them smiling at each other. the premier spoke first just a few moments ago and said that there was a rainbow when yellen landed yesterday. and it was symbolic of the u.s./china relationship. so who knows, perhaps there is hope on the horizon. but the u.s. treasury secretary said that the biden administration seeks healthy economic competition that is not winner take all but can benefit both countries. she says the u.s. will in ce