joe biden? well, the white house refusing the shoot down the speculation. a spokesman in a gaggle invoked the hatch act to dutch questions over trump s accusation. i don t have a response to that because we have to be careful about the hatch act. now, lawmakers are starting to weigh in. michael waltz of florida who worked in the bush white house had this to say. set aside this cocaine, a white powder that could have been anthrax or some other weapon of mass destruction gets that close to the heartbeat of our government, that is a massive security failure. this as senator tom cotton sent a letter to the secret service writing if the white house complex is not secure, congress needs to know the details as well as your plan to correct any security flaws. there will be a couple of opportunities, bill, for the white house to weigh in. we know karine jean-pierre will
reporter: senator tom cotton, a republican from arkansas sent a letter to the director of the secret service to say that congress needs to know if the white house complex is not secure. and he asked for a plan to correct any security flaws. jericka: weijia jiang at the white house, thank you. tonight there is new information on the january 6th defendant arrested near the home of former president barack obama here in d.c. new court filings reveal how the suspect may have gotten the former president s address. cbs s scott mcfarlane has more on what federal prosecutors have learned. reporter: after federal agents spotted and chased taylor taranto outside the home of president obama, they found these guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a machete in the van parked nearby. the feds had already been trying to arrest taranto for allegedly being a part of the mob that attacked the capital january 6
if the white house complex is not secure, congress needs to know the details as well as your plan to correct any security flaws. well, the president and his family were not in the white house on sunday when the drugs were found. the incident is sparking fresh questions about his thoughts on the war on drugs and what else can be done to protect americans. he s long spoken out about crack and cocaine. listen to what he had to say back in 1991. if you have a piece of crack cocaine no bigger than this quarter that i m holding in my hand, if you re caught with that, you go to jail for five years. you get no probation. you get nothing other than five years in jail. judge doesn t have a choice. reporter: the white house was asked about next steps here, for instance, would there be any drug tests given to any white house staffers. they say they still have a rigorous process in place but also waiting to find out what
from the secret service and asked six questions. if not secure, need to correct any security flaws. neither president biden nor his family were in the white house when the drugs were found. it is sparking questions about what is going to be done about this. the president has long spoken out about drugs, including crack cocaine. this is back in 1991. if you have a piece of crack cocaine no bigger than this quarter that i m holding in my hand, if you re caught with that, you go to jail for five years. you get no probation. you get nothing other than five years in jail, judge doesn t have a choice. the white house didn t engage
GUEST RESEARCH: Attackers are quick to exploit new opportunities for attack. The reporting of the Log4J bug in December 2021, for example, is believed.