better than any other time we ve had discussions. hello and welcome to the programme i m samantha simmomds. let s start with some breaking news coming in from washington. authorities say they have detained the driver of a truck after crashing into security barriers adjacent to the white house grounds, according to a us secret service spokesperson. this is the scene, as you can see a police cordon has been set up. we are hearing there were no reports of any injuries to any secret service or white house personnel and the cause, and the man in the crash will remain under investigation, according to the chief of communications from the secret service. he said on twitter, some pedestrian walkways have been closed and the nearby hotel has been evacuated. we have got these live pictures coming in. we know that law enforcement officers have approached a vehicle, a remote controlled robot opened the truck s door, revealing a dolly, but no other obvious cargo. after crashing the driv
hotel has been evacuated. we have got these live pictures coming in. we know that law enforcement officers have approached a vehicle, a remote controlled robot opened the truck s door, revealing a dolly, but no other obvious cargo. after crashing the driver hit the barriers a second time, according to local television reporting. a spokesperson for the washington fire department said they had a call at 9.40 local time for what was described as a suspicious package investigation. he said all units are standing by to assist law enforcement for anything they need. just an update on that, authorities have detained the driver of a truck on monday night after he crashed into a security barrier in lafayette square adjacent to the white house grounds. we will bring
to confirm that jeff sessions right now is being briefed on the latest in the package investigation by the fbi. we are all hoping we are going to learn a lot more soon, brett. i think that is a hope that is really worth thinking about today. they are moving fast from everything we are being told. they have a lot of information. none of these packages detonate detonated. they say that they were clearly designed to scare. they were set up in a way that the wires were on the outside, there was clock attached to one. it was clumsy in the way it was constructed. and perhaps just a designed to instill fear. and so hopefully they are going to get to the bottom of it. you are now at ten packages. everybody is alert, looking at mil rooms, to see if anything matches what we are seeing on screen.
involved in this suspicious package investigation now trying to find out what exactly happened there. that s what we know at the top of the 10:00 a.m. hour eastern time. bill: secret service had a statement. packages immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and appropriately handled as such. when we get more we ll give it to you. one minute past the hour. 10:00 here in new york. sandra: we re 13 days from the mid-term elections. a growing caravan of migrants getting closer to our southern border. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m sandra smith. bill: no warnings about the caravan. criminals and gang members are among the group. president trump sounding the alarm on twitter saying, quote, we re a great, sovereign nation and have strong borders and we ll never accept people coming to our country illegally. sandra: griff jenkins is live in mcallen texas with more.
i want to take you now to a pair of developing stories in washington and four words you never want to see in a government to see in a government report. sex parties with prostitutes. but there s more. that s among the findings in a justice department report. seven dea agents admitted to attending parties with prostitutes, get this hired by drug cartels while stationed in colombia over the course of several years. agents with top security clearances. punishments according to the report penalties ranging from two day suspension to ten day suspension. meanwhile, another government agency under fire secret service has some new rules this morning. staffers are no longer allowed to drive official government cars within ten hours of drinking alcohol. this comes after two agents drove into a barrier during a suspicious package investigation next to the white house on the 4th of march, allegedly after a night of drinking.