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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hello, thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. the search for gunmen after a beach day turns violent. dozens of shots ringing out in hollywood, florida, nine people injured including four children. the youngest only 1 is year old. plus, after 24 hours hiding under a couch a woman is rescued from the collapsed apartment building in iowa. this dramatic scene unfolding after the city had ended rescue operations. demolition plans now under evaluation and anger now boiling over in that community. [ chanting ] . later, we have a deal, but now the sell. president biden and speaker mccarthy striking a weekend agreement to avert a catastrophic default. the rules committee set to meet in a few hours with the full house expected to vote tomorrow. will enough members of both parties accept this compromise with a debt deadline still looming? we begin with the breaking news in florida and the hunt for suspects after gunfire sent b
that. democrats for the most part not necessarily excusing the work of the secret service but also pointing out that this is not an easy thing to determine. both republicans and democrats, chris, do believe that at the very least, there needs to be some review of the security protocols particularly in this area of the west wing at the white house. chris. ryan nobles, and right behind your shoulder there seems to be something very important going on, you might want to check that out. it s a very heated conversation. let s go to nbc s rehema ellis, following the verdict in the tree of life shooting. how are the victims families, the pittsburgh community reacting to the news that this gunman is now facing the death penalty? well, they are pleased that the criminal justice system and this process is moving along, and somewhat quickly in terms of what the jurors did. it took them about two hours, a little bit less in this phase of this sentencing to determine that robert bowers, 50 yea
life shooting trial. robert bowers is accused of killing 11 people in the 2018 attack at the synagogue in pittsburgh. with the facts of this case largely undisputed, the question at the heart of this trial is whether bowers will get the death penalty. let s bring in nbc news correspondent george solis and former federal prosecutor, carol lam. george, what are we hearing in opening statements so far? reporter: yeah, good morning, ana. opening arguments starting before 10:00. the prosecution up first and they are really just going through all of the details of this massacre, this case more than four years in the making, the defense will have their opportunity to make their case before the jury of 12 and 6 alternates, 7 men and 11 women, the suspect, robert bowers, in the courtroom, we re told pretty alert talking to his defense team right now. a couple of interesting things taking place this morning. the jury prior to the jury