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
I wanted to touch on real quick. Go ahead, but we just use seconds oh, okay. The army kept sending him there knowing this was going on. The violence and stuff and they kept sandi him back south korea so i just wanted Jones Outbreak will continue to stay in touch with you. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. And thank you all so much for joining us. Cnns Special Coverage of that solar storm starts right now on Newsnight Historic Event is underway tonight as a dazzling display of solar flares are right now painting the sky. Welcome to a Special Edition of newsnight. Ive abby phillip in new york alongside bill. Were and it is a first in nearly two decades, a warning from the government would and there, whether watchers, the solar storm that is now rated a g5 or extreme as of right now on the east coast is underway. This is a blast of Solar Energy Ricocheting across the United States. A rare moment where you can look up and see the Northern Lights visible from coast to coast. Normall
we know people are concerned and they want to do something. taking potassium iodide is not the thing you should do. it could cause you harm. that particular potassium iodide is meant to protect the thyroid if you re in an area where there is a radiation event. it is not a preventive, it s not a treatment. taking it is not a good thing to do. if it were necessary, and it is not, we certainly would tell you what to do. we want people to be cautious about harming themselves by taking pills they don t need. we just had that report from george lewis. experts there doing things similar as l.a.x.? yes. we have a lot of flights from asia and all over the world. our tsa folks are monitoring for excess levels of radiation. they do that routinely. we stepped that up. mary, thank you for coming