with king charles will focus on climates. biden is a bigger lift of both in london and again at the nato summit in lithuania it will be justifying his decision to provide cluster bombs to ukraine which are banned by more than 120 countries. we are not signatories of that agreement. but it took me a while to be convinced to do it. the main thing is they have weapons to stop the russians now to keep them from stopping the ukrainian offensive to these areas. or they don t. and i think they needed them progress a key factor in the decision russia has been using cluster bombs on ukrainian soil since the beginning of the invasion. the land will need to be de- mind anyway ukraine also committed to postwar cleanup and u.s. officials point out they have huge incentive to mitigate risk to their own people. the move drew opposition from nato allies canada, spain, germany, the uk as well as some congressional democrats because i have some qualms about it. there is an international prohib
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
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
rope out of bed sheets and escaped from the warren county jail. he is a suspect in multiple cases involving rape and murder. police say he is the prime suspect in the killing of this woman accused of gunning her down before kidnapping an elderly couple at gun point. dana: investigators are relying on dogs, drones and helicopters. recently abandoned campsites believe he is still in the area. they are warning folks to lock their doors and stay vigilant. this gentleman is very, very dangerous. they should report any unusual situations or things out of the ordinary. he is a survivalist and has been known to do these things in the past, be able to survive out there. bill: we mention northwestern pennsylvania where cb cotton reports from warren today. good morning. good morning, we ve learned a lot over the past 24 hours. he is not only an expert at surviving in the wilderness, a source close to the investigation says he has worked to become skilled with firearms outsid
to milwaukee to duke it out in the first presidential debate of the campaign, but several are sharpening their knives to separate themselves from the pack. tim scott is taking a different approach, touting his optimistic message of the future and focusing his attacks on president biden rather than his fellow republicans. ask if his strategy is making enough in-roads coming up. john: the president arriving in lithuania ahead of the high stakes nato summit, he will likely need to shore up disagreements among america s closest allies. sandra, vacation is over, we are all back. sandra: big welcome back to you, john. let s get right to it. sandra smith in new york, this is america reports. president is kicking off the trip with a visit to england where he met with the u.k. prime minister before appearing with king charles at windsor castle. their first meeting since charles coronation. john: his stop in london may be the easy part of the trip as the president s comments