the suspicious powder found over the weekend. also tonight the philadelphia mass shooting suspect appears in court as we re learning about his disturbing social media posts. bill asking philadelphia s district attorney what they might reveal about a motive. and president zelenskyy warns that russia is ready for a potential attack on a ukrainian nuclear power plant under the control of russian forces. speaking exclusively to cnn about the threat to the plant amid new global fears of a nuclear disaster. welcome to our viewers. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. starting tonight at the white house, confirmation that a small bag of white powder was found in the west wing and was in fact cocaine. the question now, who s responsible for bringing an illegal substance into the inner sanctum of the white house? the latest on the investigation, jeremy, how is the white house handling this in. reporter: we heard from white house press
this time a massive grave outside of mariupol. officials are pointing to these satellite images showing the ground in one part of the city that s recently been disturbed, and there are claims from a credible source indicating the site has been used to dispose bodies. cnn is still working to independently verify those claims. now, it s estimated more than 100,000 people are trapped there in mariupol, including soldiers and civilians. the deputy prime minister mentioned a short time ago a humanitarian corridor is reopened after a brief delay. officials are trying to evacuate women, children, and the elderly from mariupol. in the meantime the plan now is to take full control of southern ukraine and the eastern donbas region to establish a land corridor to crimea, that area in the southern part of the country that russia annexed in 2014. take a look at this. it s new drone video showing just a scene of utter destruction there in the small village north of kyiv. house after
life as police began entering his apartment. investigators found his body along with multiple firearms and ammunition inside, but they say they don t know what sparked the shooting spree. we will get to the bottom of this. we will find out what the motive is. right now we do not have that answer, but the answer we do have is our communities are now safe. the police also say they don t believe there are other suspects, nor are they sure of any connection between the suspect and the school. still ahead this morning on new day, new details about what former chief of staff mark meadows was warned could happen in the lead-up to january 6th. and the lingering confusion over when and where to wear a mask. we ask the question. how effective is it to wear masks when no one around them is wearing them? stay with us. we ll be right back. a lot of i. so when shshe wants a plan based on what matters most,
we begin this morning with moving forward. the second of six funeral will begin this morning for the victims of last weekend s tragic shooting in tucson. federal judge john roll will be laid to rest a day after family and friends gathered to say good-bye to the youngest victim, 9-year-old christina taylor green. investigators in the case have uncovered new evidence. nbc s jay gray reports. reporter: investigators now confirm a black bag wit with .9-millimeter ammunition inside was found by a neighbor just blocks from jared loughner s house and is likely the one the accused gunman was spotted with just hours before the attack. as their investigation continues, later today friends and family will say a final good-bye to federal judge john roll, killed in the attack. yesterday, the youngest of the