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
tankers. what can you tell us? reporter: this played out several hours in international waters off the coast of oman. much of the world s oil passes through there. according to the u.s. navy about 1:00 in the morning local time, a vessel approached a commercial oil tanker. as it got close, the u.s. navy saw this coming and deployed. here it is, video you see the second incident. only several hours later where another one approached another oil tanker, getting even closer. that oil tanker sent out a hailing for help, a call for distress. the same u.s. navy destroyer approached. before it got there, according to the u.s. navy, personnel on board that vessel opened fire with small arms striking the oil tanker and hitting it several times, in fact. according to the u.s. navy, nobody on board the oil tanker was injured but there was damage to the hull including very close to where the crew lived. the navy put out images of fragments of the shell and images like the one you see t
legend. thanks for joining us. cnn news central starts now. nikki haley moving on to south carolina with donald trump reportedly fuelling she vowed to keep fighting on. we just got word that the haley campaign released two new ads in south carolina this morning. a $4 million ad buy that doesn t seem like quitting, even as senior party officials, including state parties now, are pushing haley to get out. we have brand-new reporting just in. i m john berman with kate bolduan. cnn news central starts now. right now, nikki haley says, onward to south carolina. is putting money where her mouth is with that ad buy that john mentioned. donald trump though says, look at the scoreboard. the republican national committee seems to be suggesting the same. mcdaniel is saying she doesn t see a panth for nikki haley. nikki haley released her first two ads in south carolina. here is her message. new hampshire is first in the nation. it is not the last in the nation. this race
welcome to a special edition of fox news live. problems piling up for president biden at home and overseas. peace looking as el useive as ever in the middle east while the crisis at the southern border spirals further out of control. despite all that merry christmas, everyone. i m rich edson. i m claudia cowen. the president is facing growing pressure to respond to houthi attacks in the red sea. the white house confirming iran has been providing weapons and intelligence on ship locations fueling a crisis in global shipping and raising tensions in the middle east. exiled iranian leader says when it comes to proxy wars, iran wrote the book. this regime has mastered proxy wars particularly emboldened and encouraged when apiecement becomes an element more reason to push the envelope. we shouldn t be surprised to see these are the kind of acts that the regime will take advantage of to try to get as much credit as possible but at the same time not bearing the consequences and
those who cause chaos that day. but i will tell you, they were angry from the standpoint of what happened in the election, because they re smart and they see, and they saw what happened. i believe that was a big part of what happened. so, also this hour backlash today to a comment from a white house spokesperson aimed at abortion activists, that come even as the president himself urges those on the front lines, to keep fighting. keep protesting. keep making your point. it s critically important, we can do a lot of things to accommodate the rights of women, in the meantime, fundamentally the only is if we have a national law against roe v. wade. that s the bottom line. and as one community in illinois continues to bury those lost to a july 4th student, is counting its blessings july for shooting there stopped at the last moment by attempt from a citizen. i m gonna talk to richmond mayor, lavar stony, about how it all went now also talk to a teenager, who said say four