from poking fun at his age. despite serious worries from voters. have a look. i ve been doing this a long time. i know i don t look that old. [laughter] i m a little under 103. a lot of you are tired. you re tired. i get it. try being 110 and doing it. i know i m 198 years old. but all kidding aside, think about that. call me old. i call it being seasoned. all the years i was a senator, which were 270. jason: meanwhile, the white house cocaine scandal isn t going away. house republicans announced they are launching an investigation, which of course was immediately dismissed by the left as a political stunt. and when asked about the incident earlier today, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre completely dodged the question. have a look. can you say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family? so. a couple of things there. we ve answered this question. we have litigated this question for the last two days exhaustively. you know, th
logs for staff and regular visitors into and out of the west wing. president biden for his part not talking about it. deferring all questions to the secret service. listen. [shouted questions] gillian: mark morgan says someone could be intentionally hindering the investigation. he tells the daily mail, quote, they know who comes in and when they come in, they re checked and are video cameras everywhere? are they able to talk to the people they would need to without any roadblocks? let s bring in mark meredith joining us from the white house. tell us what you know. good morning to you. the white house says it is taking this situation seriously but they are also not engaging in hype that calls over who they believe may have brought in the drugs and whether or not anyone should or could face charges. it began on sunday with hazmat teams were called to a lower level of the west wing where they first saw the powder and investigators determined it was cocaine. the white house c
news the suspect posted disturbing messages online before the shooting, which is just one of many over the holiday. authorities in shreveport are searching for the suspect wanted for killing four people at a birthday block party. 18 people killed, more than 100 wounded in mass shootings over the last four days. trevor ault is in philadelphia. record-breaking heat and travel. more than 50 million americans are now making the return trip home after the long holiday weekend. the tsa screening an all-time high of 2.8 million in one day. and tonight, a new round of severe storms from denver to chicago. heat alerts from oregon to florida into the northeast. and the new record for the hottest day on earth. tensions rise in the gulf of oman. the u.s. navy releases video showing an iranian naval ship, accusing iran of trying to seize two foreign oil tankers in international waters, firing at one of them. a u.s. navy destroyer racing to protect the ships. marcus moore standing by.
yes. responsible for the death of those three americans. i do hold responsible in the sense they are supplying the weapons to the people who did it. attacks in the past, what will be different this time? we ll see. john: president biden declaring he is holding the iranian regime responsible for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers. and then he has made up his mind how america will respond. hello, john roberts in washington, up for a big tuesday, sandra. sandra: awaiting for how we plan to respond. we ll see what we hear in the next two hours. sandra smith in new york. comments come as we are now expecting to hear from both the state department a short time from now and the pentagon shortly. where they will be likely pressed on biden s decision that could be one of the most consequential of his presidency. john: complete coverage now, former vice president mike pence says a strong response is needed to avoid emboldening america s adversaries. he is with us to disc
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