the terrifying shooting spree, but the gun violence this weekend was not limited to philadelphia. three people were killed in fort worth, texas, another lost their lives in shreveport, louisiana, and nine were injured in a drive-by shooting in our nation s capital. we re live from philadelphia. this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous peoples hands. also this hour, a scorching day for most of the country after the world marked the unofficial hottest day on record yesterday. and later, suspected cocaine in the white house, the new steps in the investigation on how exactly the illegal drug ended up inside the west wing. we re going to begin this morning with the devastating outbreak of gun violence and the frantic search for answers in multiple communities including philadelphia, where the suspected philadelphia mass shooter appeared in court for the first time since five people were gunned down. no cameras or phones wer
secret service is reviewing visitor logs and checking security footage. they say the probe will wrap up early next week. mike: james comer calling for more details while blasting the discovery as a shameful moment for the white house. let s get right to mark meredith live at the white house. what do we know about the location where the cocaine was found? mike and jacqui, good afternoon to you. drugs were found in the lower level entrance of the west wing, an area officials have been saying is heavily traveled but also area that vip guests, as well as staffers, use to get in and out of the west wing. secret service says it is investigating who brought the drugs into the building, however they believe where he may not get a definitive answer. and they have done fingerprint testing and dna testing on the container the cocaine was found in. president biden has yet to comment publicly and no indication he plans to weigh in. the white house has been sending most questions to
house republicans are doubling down on their criticism of the department of justice, on the heels of donald trump s second indictment, and hunter biden s plea deal with federal investigators, politico reports house committees controlled by the gop will make finding finding the doj and the fbi, the cornerstone of the party s agenda, in the coming months. a multi pronged assault could tuned include attempts to impeach attorney general merrick garland, who fbi director christopher wray remember, is a trump appointee from his position slashed the budget for various law enforcement agencies and cut the fbi surveillance of 40 authority. the first phase of that fight is expected in the coming days. wednesday the fbi director will testify before the house judiciary committee. donald trump s efforts are similar. in a barrage of new posts on his social media platform, including from a few hours ago, trump went after both special counsel jack smith and what he calls the, quo
long. it s been a rough start to the summer season, and we re seeing the worst of it now shifting. a lot is going to go where you have a lot of friends, heading toward the west coast. so far most of the suffering has been throughout the south, texas, a hot fourth in areas of the northeast, and today the hottest has been in the areas of south florida, miami feels like 105 degrees. the problem with miami is it s been very humid too, and hasn t had time to cool off. last week at one point, up to 15, 16 million. we re down to 14 million. a few spots in florida, and now we re focusing the dangerous heat into the southwest. you re going to start to hear wild numbers coming out of the desert areas as we head through the week next week. it looks to peak somewhere around wednesday or thursday. today, 111 in phoenix, a little bit warmer than it should be. normally it should be 106 this time of year. they ve had six days in a row above 110. just in the back of your mind, the record in
sending controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. what that could mean for the war. also today, extreme weather. millions are at risk of record-breaking temperatures and severe storms as well. and then in washington, new fallout from the discovery of a bag of cocaine at the west wing of the white house. what congress is now demanding. and a medical breakthrough, the fda gives full approval for a new alzheimer s drug, but it comes with a serious warning about potentially deadly side effects. we begin this hour, everybody, with another sign, the economy may in fact be cooling. the government reported that employers added just 209,000 jobs last month. below the 240,000 the economists had expected. and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.6%. when you break it down by race, black unemployment rose by .4%. and hispanic unemployment rose by .3%. the president reacting to the news in a statement saying in part this, we are seeing stable and steady growth. that s bidenomics,