a ziplock baggy filled with cocaine found just steps from the west wing where guests are often ushered through the white house. now the question who dropped it, setting off sunday s hazmat evacuation. then, the phenomenon unique to the united states, gun violence in america reaching a new level of horror. 356 mass shootings so far this year. a stunning 15 of them just this past holiday weekend. coming up, why these tragic shootings always seem to spike in the summer months and what can be done about it. plus, a federal judge slapping the biden administration with new restrictions on social media saying the biden administration cannot decide what is and is not misinformation. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we begin with something of a mystery in our political lead. who left a baggy of coke at the white house? there was a brief evacuation sunday night after the powdery substance was found in an area of the west wing that is accessible to some tour groups. this
we re pricheventing our preside and diplomats from engaging with the rest of the world. we heard how the folks responsible for implementing sanctions on iran are in part on furlough and that is putting our nation at greater risk. there s a couple of other foreign relations, the buildup of training out of the benghazi disaster a year ago, that is shut down. all that training is not happening. you mentioned the iran sanctions. also the people who are in the cia, 70% according to general clapper, director of national intelligence, 70% of our cia analysts have been furloughed. that s right, andrea. at a hearing of the judiciary committee earlier this week, i was questioning general alexander and director of national intelligence clapper who said more than 70% of the civilian workforce of the intelligence committee is currently on furlough. i heard from a delawarean, a
saying the u.s. economy is too weak to stand on its open and because of that the market soared. the dow spiked more than 100 points after the fed announcement closing at 15,676. the s&p 500 jumped to a new high of 1725. both posted their best day since june 13. nasdaq closed up 1%. with me now, jack markow of delaware. so the fed announced the economy is not doing well. you can t look at it any other way. the fed wouldn t be doing if they thought the economy was doing well. i think there are millions of americans who would agree. the people across the country love to be working and who aren t better your state is having a harder time than others getting out of this recession. i d say over the last year our employment growth has been better than the nation s. but i d also say as long as there is a single delawarean who
on capitol hill, it s easy to miss a small band of legislators from both parties who gather every week at a special kind of breakfast club to discuss not what divides them but what unites them. the group was started by freshman congressman jim renasi a republican from ohio and john carney a democrat from the first state of delaware. they wrote an op-ed in today s the washington post. they re profiled in the new york times. and they join me now. congressman, thanks for taking the time. let s talk first about where this idea sprung from. you re both freshman members of congress. how did you get together? how did you form it? and do you ever refer to it as the breakfast club? i ll let john start here. my calendar it s always designated as the bipartisan breakfast group. but for me, as a delawarean we have a tradition, democrats and republicans, burying the hatchet literally in celebration called return day in georgetown after elections.
bachmann. so nora, we ll say you get an honorable mention. all the answers two correct answers. up next, reaction to the new jobs report. we re going behind the numbers with austan goolsbee, chairman of the council of economic visors. but first, the white house soup of the day. can you walk and chew gumbo at the same time, chuck? you really have stepped it up. i know. i m very impressed. you would think it would be something in honor of plouffe, a chicago guy. speaking of delaware, blue hands playing for a national title this weekend. both plouffe and biden will be and another delawarean. you re watching the daily rundown. and a choice. take tylenol now, and maybe up to 8 in a day. or.choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. enjoy the flight. gingerbread men! egg nog! [ female announcer ] grab a box of multigrain cheerios. get a code to.