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and no leads in that cocaine mystery at the white house. the secret service just briefing lawmakers on their investigation. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin with that update on the cocaine discovered at the white house. nbc s ryan nobles is up on capitol hill, where it looks hot and the heat was on those investigators. what did they tell those lawmakers? reporter: not very much. at least when you talk to republicans, chris, they seemed very unhappy with the information that the secret service was able to provide both the oversight committee and homeland security committee. republicans believe that this is something that secret service should be able to figure out, that they shobe t narrow down the list of suspects, question those suspects and come up with an answer. they were given the strong impression from secret service officials today that when the investigation concludes, they ll not ultimately come to that answ ....
did john kerry do a lot of planet saving on a private jet. have you flown on a private jet since have you taken this position? possibly once. extreme heat continues baking large pockets of the country to a crisp. the mercury has been in the triple digits. the stubborn heat poses health risks to everyone. start early in the morning and try beat the heat. group of friends in florida largest python 19 feed long. 125 pounds. pretty terrifying we have these destructive animals out there. beneficial the more people we get out there to join the effort my xavier the one who will never fail he many never fail. steve: live from new york on this friday, july 14th, 2023. it is a friday in the summer. that means it s our all-american summer concert series. you are listening to elevation worship. they are our featured performers today. they have been practicing outside for an hour. they are wonderful. they are also very noisy. ainsley: they are great. they help ....
and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon s abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon s abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. this is a national security issue, it is a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. joining us from capitol hill is ali vitali. also with us is brandon buck, an msnbc political analyst. ali, what is happening with the vote at this hour? reporter: yeah, i believe, jose, the vote is not yet closed, but that ....
fine. a lot of you will say, neil, don t talk. anyway, we ve got more on what s happening on the price front, where are that that s all going down for the time being, but the real trouble for much of the country and up to a third of all americans is this heat wave that s gripping a good part of the country. fox weather s robert ray in galveston, texas, where it s particularly hot. welcome, my friend. reporter: neil, good good morning to you. happy weekend, happy saturday. galveston island just off of houston, the gulf of mexico. and look at that, neil, this big seawall, 20-foot seawall, jetting down. it was created after the 1900 hurricane that still killed more people in america than any other natural disaster. it is scorching here this morning. temps expected to be in the mid if 90s, dripping as i speak right now. gulf of mexico temperatures above average, and that is concerning, definitely, as our tropical storm season is about to heat up in august and into septemb ....
christopher nolan s oppenheimer in london last night as the strike was declared. the studios say they have made meaningful offers but that s been rejected by those on strike. the guild s president, fran drescher, said the decision by actors to walk out was a moment of truth . we are being victimised by a very greedy entity. i am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. i cannot believe it, quite frankly. how far apart we are on so many things. how they plead poverty, that they are losing money left and right while giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their ceos. it is disgusting. shame on them. they stand on the wrong side of history at this very moment. the issues in the strike go much deeper thanjust the film industry itself. the screen actors guild wants streaming giants to agree a fairer split of profits and better working conditions. but other demands like protecting actors from being replaced by digital replicas r ....