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 answer. an
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