service agent found a white powdery substance during a patrol of the west wing. this prompted a shutdown of some of the white house campus in the dc fire department hazmat team identified it as cocaine hydrochloride. there to smash initially said it was found in the library. then, on tuesday afternoon secret service spokesman confirmed the details. clarified that initial reports it was found inside the library where incorrect. also on tuesday afternoon, to law enforcement officials told the associated press that the cocaine was found in an area accessible to tour groups. on wednesday karine john a pair described without cocaine was discovered. where this was discovered in state heavily traveled area where many white house west wing, i should be even more specific, west wing visitors come through this particular area. i don t have anything more to share. it s under investigation by the secret service. yesterday the story changed again. the big change is, where this was f
that we can answer. so we ask for your understanding as it relates to that. and i will turn it over to d.a. mulroy and did i mention that we will take questions after, but they will be, we have a really limited amount of time. so thank you. thank you, erica. good afternoon, everybody, thank you for coming. i m joined today, as ms. williams has already said, with the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david rauche, as well as assistant director josh melton, i m also joined by other members of my staff, including mr. brooks, but also most relevant for today, the trial team in the tyre nichols case including paul haggerman and tenisha johnson, another member of the trial team is unavailable. we re here today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply, but also hurts us all. the death of tyre nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief that the friends and family of tyre nichols are experiencing right now, as well as the great concern throughout all
what teasy needs is leadership on this issue. especially after this latest heartbreaking incident. a man who served as an interpreter for the us army special forces in afghanistan escape the country after the taliban takeover was killed 2 nights ago while working as a lyft driver right here in the nation s capital. ããa 31-year-old father of 4 moved from afghanistan to pennsylvania 2021 and then forge to virginia in 2022. he is a father of 4 children. 20 now is ted williams former dc police detective and fox news contributor. ted, how was it a man like this could survive afghanistan, serve our country just to be poorly murdered working in dc? katie, you cannot wrap your head around what you ve said here. this man ããwas working as a lyft driver, trying to earn a living for his family here
and the aftermath of bad policing looks like, now that we re in the body camera era. not only do people gather control phone footage like he had did during the death of george floyd but in this case, we re going to get this altercation through three different angles, mentioning sky, pole and body camera. this will be an hour people can dissect, look at, see this terrible thing that they say is just going to be absolutely appalling. that s the description we got today. and i think it also lines up on timing why, they wanted to announce the charges first, already have these officers arrested, and behind bars, and processed, before the public comes to terms with it. and i have spoken to officials, homeland security officials, right here, working in dc, and officials across the country, different police departments, they have been having calls all week, the major cities, the chiefs, the organizations, they have been having calls not only to handle what this will look like in memphis but ac
josh. you write about your sexuality in a very matter of fact way. you ve been together for 11 years. you ve been engaged for two years. but i think a lot of people probably didn t know you were gay. why did this feel like the right time to tell the public and write about the decision you did as if we all already knew. yeah, thank you. one of the big goals of the book was to make people laugh and, b, feel like you re just having a beer with me or four or five. and part of that was sharing a lot more experiences. josh and i have been together for 11 years. i m really happy to share that chapter with folks. that chapter to your point is a love story ensconced in nascar. our second date, you know this from working in d.c., like sundays were my only days off as a staffer. when josh and i met, i was like, come over. we ll watch tv. it s a sunday afternoon. he comes over with an 18-pack of coors light and turns my tv to nascar. immediately i m like this dude is going to leave with 16 of