the white house while a hazmat crew came in. president biden and his family were at camp david at the time. bill: meanwhile, at the same time a federal judge issuing a temporary injunction against the administration barring many officials from contacting social media companies like twitter and facebook. they include the surgeon general, hhs secretary and the press secretary karine jean-pierre. dana: former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe is here. let s speak to mark meredith at the white house to give us an update. good morning. president biden welcomed thousands of visitors to the white house last night for the annual fourth of july celebrations. a beautiful night in the nation s capital. today there are growing questions about who and what is coming into the people s house after cocaine was found in the west wing. the secret service said it s investigation is still ongoing. investigators discovered the substance sunday. the building was briefly evacua
of america s newsroom, i m claudia cowen. mike: i m mike emanuel. the act of retaliation coming after an anti-american sanctioned group launched a drone attack on erbil air base in northern iraq that injured three service members, one critically. former national security member telling us last hour president biden should have taken action sooner. i m glad that he finally hit back, but he should do it earlier in the cycle. his red line seems to be if a u.s. troop or a u.s. contractor gets hit, injured or killed, then the united states will hit back. i would rather us hit hard earlier in the cycle so that we can prevent someone from being injured in the first place. mike: right now black smoke rising over gaza as the idf ramps up attacks on hamas terror targets. israel s prime minister visited troops in northern gaza saying there can be no peace until hamas is destroyed. claudia: bring us up to speed, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. mi
we, the people, in order to form a more perfect union 221 years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched america s improbable experiment in democracy. the document they produced was eventually signed, but ultimately unfinished. it was stained by this nation s original sin of slavery. i chose to run for president at this moment in history because i believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together, unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes, that we may not look the same and may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. this belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the american people. but it also comes from my own story. i m the son of a black man from kenya and a wh
confirmed that assessment. in the letter to top house lawmakers this afternoon. all of this after federal court yesterday unsealed the 38 page affidavit used to justify the search. the latest on this just ahead. two other stories where following tonight, federal reserve chair jerome powell is warning of quote some pain for americans as the fed tries to bring down inflation. the dow fell more than 1000 points yesterday after pal s comments. this, as the white house defends its plan to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in student loans. the white house is also defending president biden s comments comparing the quote magnet philosophy to quote semi fascism. virginia governor glenn youngkin gubernatorial candidate dixon will join us in a few moments to react to that. but first, we head to the white house tonight. there are widely varying estimates on how is the president s decision to cancel some student loan debt will actually cost. lucas tomlinson is live with the latest