hello. i'm wolf blitzer. 1:00 p.m. here in washington. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we begin right here in washington with very tough questions for the agency in charge of protecting the president of the united states, the first family and the white house. the director of the secret service went before a congressional committee today where she was grilled about security lapses. today's hearing follows disturbing details about the most recent security breach.

the man who jumped the white house security fence made it farther in inside than the secret service originally revealed. omar gonzalez was armed with a knife and was able to actually not only get across the white house lawn into the main building, but he got all the way into the east room of the white house. >> you hate to even imagine what could have happened if gonzalez had been carrying a gun instead of a knife when he burst inside the white house. that possibility is extremely unsettling. >> omar gonzalez breached at least five rings of security on september 19th. the white house is supposed to be one of america's most secure facilities and in fact one of the world's most secure facilities. so how on earth did it happen? >> don't let somebody get close to the president. don't let somebody get close to his family. don't let them get in the white house, ever, and if they have to

take action that's lethal, i will have their back. in this day and age of isil and terrorists and ieds and dirty bombs, we don't know what's going on underneath that person's clothing. if they want to penetrate that, they need to know that they are going to perhaps be killed. that's the message we should be sending every single time. >> the secret service director julia pierson told lawmakers the buck stops with her. >> it's clear that our security plan was not properly executed. this is unacceptable and i take full responsibility and i will make sure that it does not happen again. >> let's bring in our senior washington correspondent joe johns. a lot of difficult questions facing the u.s. secret service. this is all shocking, shocking information. you just heard the secret service director saying she takes responsibility. what was the -- give us the gist of what other members were saying and what her defense, if any, was. >> reporter: i think if you take the totality of all this, what

she's saying is she's still got an investigation to run. she knows that mistakes were made during this incident and she's going to get to the bottom of it. but members of congress were asking a lot of global questions. they were asking questions, well, if you can't deal with one guy who has mental problems jumping the fence and making his way into the white house, what would you possibly do if a whole group of people in an organized terrorism group or whatever actually jumped the fence en masse and made their way toward the white house? what would you do in that type of situation? i think julia pierson's defense pretty clearly is, white house protocols on security definitely were not obeyed in this situation. she wants to get to the bottom of it. beyond that, she's having to duck and dodge a lot of different questions because it's clear she doesn't know what this investigation is going to turn up.

>> and as you know, the white house fence jumper is not the only incident raising very, very serious concerns. the secret service director was also pressed about an incident back in 2011 when shots were actually fired at the white house and it was only a white housekeeper days later who discovered the damage. listen to this exchange. >> is that true? did a housekeeper find evidence of the shooting and your agents did not? >> the housekeeper was able to locate fragments of glass on the truman balcony, which is not an area that is frequented by security personnel -- >> i didn't ask you about who was frequent. i asked you, there was a spontaneous conclusion that shots were fired. there were officers who believed they smelled gun powder. your officers drew their weapons, director. that's how seriously they took it. >> the director says they did

sweep the area, joe, they found no immediate signs of damage. but these raise enormously powerful questions and the great fear is that terrorists who are watching what's going on will be inspired, if you will, to take action against the president and the white house. >> reporter: absolutely. this is one of those situations again where mistakes were apparently made. they only caught the guy who did this almost by accident as a "washington post" article recently detailed. but in the defense of the secret service, they say it took so long to discover the damage on this window because these are ballistic windows. the shot apparently was not visible from the outside on the truman balcony. but you had to go on the inside to see a dimple in the ballistic glass. so still, though, a lot of questions also about censors on the windows of the white house and shot detection censors outside of the white house.

why all these were either not in place or not working. >> all very shocking stuff. thanks very much. coming up later this hour, an intruder rushes into the white house, makes it all the way to the east room. brian todd is going to talk us through that breach that has lawmakers demanding answers right now. but let's get perspective from one of the lawmakers who was inside the hearing on these secret service problems, republican congressman mark meadows of north carolina is a member of the house oversight and government reform committee, he joins us live from capitol hill. congressman, what was your biggest concern heading into the hearing? was it addressed to your satisfaction? >> well, i think our biggest concern, all americans' concern is how could this happen, the most elite security force in the world and yet how can a man get to the east room of the white house really going beyond five rings of security? we just don't understand it. and, really, the rest of the story is that it really is more

about a culture that is within the secret service in terms of their leadership. that came out today and it's still a question that remains. how are we going to address that? how do we make sure that they have the tools necessary to protect our president? >> so you were not satisfied with what the director, julia pierson, had to say today, were you? >> well, i wasn't satisfied because we continue to ask questions and she was saying that it was a budget concern, it was another type of concern. and yet when we asked piercing questions, what we found was that indeed it is probable that she made some of the very decisions to reduce staffing that created this potential concern. and so why were the dogs not released? a lot of still unanswered questions that i think americans deserve. >> so where do you go from here? what can congress do to try to fix this problem? >> well, it is a bipartisan thing. you heard democrats and

republicans today very concerned that what we've got is an agency with a culture that must be turned around. the current director has been there for 17 months and yet we can still see that even among some of those that showed up at the hearing today that they acknowledge that they've got a problem. so we need to give our secret service the tools necessary. hearings are not enough. we're probably about to go into an executive classified session here in just a few minutes to get additional answers. but both democrats and republicans believe that we must resolve it because we can't afford to fail. >> you heard the director say the buck stops with her. do you want her to resign? >> well, i heard her say the buck stops with her there in the testimony. but if you watch the entire congressional hearing, most of it was dodging and darting this way and another to avoid responsibility instead of just saying, we made a mistake, it

won't ever happen again, these are the three or four things that we've put in place -- the front door was unlocked, wolf. i don't leave my front door unlocked. how can we leave the front door of the white house unlocked? >> so you're not yet ready to say she should resign but you have serious concerns, is that the bottom line? > well, i went into this hearing believing that just some mistakes were happening. i find it very difficult for this particular director to establish credibility. and with that, i believe that not only myself but others will call for her resignation. >> congressman meadows, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> congressman elijah cummings, the ranking member of that committee, is getting ready to join us as well. we'll get his thoughts on what he heard. also coming up, isis chat rooms luring westerners, young ones, the recruiters out there are answering questions about how much isis pays its fighters. we have details coming up. also isis moving closer and

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that's the scene near the syrian border, city of kobani, not far from nato ally turkey. it's been the site of running

battles between isis fighters and kurdish troops. the fighting has forced tens of thousands of people to flee into neighboring turkey. the fighting continues. locals say they are on the verge potentially of a massacre if those isis terrorists break through. ben wedeman joins us from erbil in northern iraq. ben, what is the significance for isis if it captures this critically important part of syria? >> reporter: there's a variety of things, wolf. first of all, this is a city of around 45,000 people. many of them have fled. but to gain yet another large town like this is important to isis. also keep in mind, this is an area where there's some of syria's oil resources. this is a fast agricultural area. it's part of really the breadbasket of syria. and then there's the other element which we've learned about. speaking with refugees here in erbil yesterday, they're talking

about how when isis goes into a town, they are like a medieval army that basically sacks and plunders and takes away all the possessions that people have left behind and either distributes them to their own people or sells them. refrigerators, televisions, cars. so for isis, this will be yet another opportunity to enrich itself and symbolically another town to fall to them, despite the fact that you've had these air strikes going on in iraq since the 8th of august and in syria now for about eight days. so certainly for isis to take this town despite the ongoing air strikes by the u.s. and its coalition partners here in iraq and the u.s. and syria is hugely significant. >> they're not only gaining ground in syria. correct me if i'm wrong, ben, but they're also seemingly gaining ground where you are in iraq, including actually getting closer and closer to the capital of iraq, baghdad.

there have been battles only a few miles away just south of baghdad, isn't that right? >> reporter: that's correct. what we saw today was an army base about 80 kilometers to the northwest of baghdad, overrun by isis. now, according to iraqi commanders we spoke to, there were about 180 soldiers there. most of them fled their positions. but, of course, what did they leave behind? all their weapons, all their ammunition. so more ammunition and weapons in the hands of isis. now, we understand from sources in baghdad that what isis is going to the west of the city is that it's probing what's called the defensive belt around the city. hit-and-run attacks, basically trying to find out where the weak points are. so that is an additional concern. and this is despite these american and coalition air strikes that as i said began on the 8th of august, more than a

month and a half ago. nonetheless, isis is still able to operate. now, we understand from commanders here that they've changed their tactics, no more of these large convoys, vuj cars driving around, they look like civilians. so coalition partners are hesitant to hit them. >> and the iraqi military, these are troops funded, trained, armed by the united states over the past decades simply give up, run away and leave all those largely american weapons behind for isis to use down the road. it's shocking. ben wedeman, thanks very much. be careful over there in erbil. meanwhile, britain jumped into the fight against isis today launching air strikes against targets in northern iraq. it was just last friday that the british parliament approved the move. still no decision by britain to go ahead and launch air strikes in syria. coming up, we're going to hong kong live. huge protests are still happening right now. we're going to hear why the

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in hong kong, the protesters are not backing down but neither is the chinese government. despite some rain, there are still tens of thousands of protesters filling the streets around the city's financial district. you can see these pictures. they've gathered for the third night in a row to call for election reform and the resignation of hong kong's chief executive. but beijing says it won't give into its demands. right now our reporter is there. we've seen all these

confrontations the past couple of days with police. what's the latest today? >> reporter: the situation now is rather peaceful, wolf. tonight another night of major pro-democracy protests and demonstrations all over the streets of central here in hong kong. it's like a festival atmosphere. you see tents. there are people passing out refreshment and drink, also pro-democracy protesters are wearing black t-shirts. the de facto uniform of the movement here. but despite the festive atmosphere, the motive is clear. they want the chief executive of hong kong to step down and they want true universal suffrage. that's one person, one vote and the ability to select their who they want to be nominated for that position in the year 2017.

as for the chinese government, they're saying these protests are illegal. in addition to that, they say that beijing will not budge. beijing will not compromise. and today, it's past midnight, it's 1:00 in the morning. it is national day here in hong kong and across china, this is a day that celebrates the founding of the people's republic of china. it marks and honors the sovereignty of this nation. and yet on this day, we're seeing massive pro-democracy demonstrations take place here. so the people in hong kong can determine their own political fate. wolf, back to you. >> thanks very much. let's bring in our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. jim, you spent a lot of time in hong kong and in china over the years. you've covered this story in depth. is this potentially another tiananmen square? we're bracing for a much bigger demonstration tomorrow. >> it's certainly a real challenge to the chinese government. and one that the chinese government is very nervous about. they live in fear of popular protests.

during the arab spring three years ago, china was afraid that that same popular protest would spread to its own streets. they took a lot of steps and have taken a lot of steps since then to prevent exactly that. they imprison dissidents, they control conversations on social media. you have no access to facebook and twitter there. that kind of thing, to prevent something exactly like what's happening now in hong kong. hong kong has its own sovereignty, its own set of rules and laws but it is a part of china. and there are a lot of mainland chinese living there. so china is fearful what they're seeing there could spread to the streets of china. so they're between a rock and a hard place here. they don't want this to grow. it's already a serious challenge to their leadership there. but also on the other hand, tla don't want another tiananmen. the trouble is, who's going to back down? doesn't look like either side is going to back down. >> stand by for a moment. i want to bring in mike chinoi,

former senior asia correspondent for all of us here at cnn, now a senior fellow at the u.s.-china institute. no one knows this story better than you do, mike. give us your perspective. where is this story heading? >> reporter: it's very hard to say, wolf, at this point. the problem is that there's no obvious compromise in sight. the protesters here are making demands that beijing abandon the plan for the way in which hong kong's chief executive is going to be chosen. beijing says that's impossible. hong kong's current chief executive says that's impossible. so it's very hard to see where there's a way out of this. and absent a way out of this, the question becomes, how long can chinese leaders, xi jinping, and the chinese communist party control something that on the mainland would have been crushed

once it started. but these are parts that are not under the control of the hong kong government or the police. so to beijing, it looks like a color revolution in eastern europe that the chinese. >> reporter: so worried about. if there isn't a compromise, what's the endgame? >> what would the problem be for china if they just did what these people in hong kong want? they're supposed to be two separate systems. supposed to be a different system in hong kong as opposed to mainland china. what would be the danger for china if they just said, okay, you want free and fair elections in hong kong, go ahead. what's the problem for the chinese government if they were to do so? >> reporter: i think there are a couple of big problems. first of all china is uncomfortable with the idea that the people of hong kong not only can vote for the chief executive but can nominate the people who can run for chief executive.

and the controversy here is the result of china's decision that a much smaller election committee composed of pro-beijing loyalists would choose who the candidates would be. and the protesters say here say that doesn't amount to a free and fair election. so china's uncomfortable with letting local people make their own decisions about what would run. secondly, they've already made the decision that it's not going to be that way. and xi jinping is a man who is very clearly establishing himself as a very tough-minded leader since taking over in china. he's presided over a significant tightening of internal controls. he's presided over a much more assertive foreign policy. so for china having taken that step to back off now would look like weakness. and weakness is not something that's in xi jinping's repertoire. >> i suspect the next 24 hours will be critical especially with this national holiday and thousands of people showing up. well see what the reaction of the chinese authorities is.

mike, thanks so much. jim sciutto, thanks to you as well. it's worth noting that cnn's coverage of the hong kong protest is now being blacked out on mainland china, the censorship started last night, perhaps a bit surprising that our reporting was allowed to air for as long as it did. also interesting to note, pro-china coverage does not get blacked out. still ahead, you would think it would be one of the most secure locations in the world. so how did one man actually manage to not only get into the white house but all the way into the east room of the white house? we'll take a closer look.

topping our news here in washington today, white house security breaches. lawmakers want to know how it could happen and they're demanding answers from the u.s. secret service director, julia pierson. >> them coming to you and members in the agency -- that, i'm telling you, when i boil all of this down, that, to me, is dangerous. it has to go against morale. i don't even see how good decisions can be made in your own people don't feel a level of

comfort or they feel fear that they are going to be able to talk about the things that concern them. >> representative e ji la cummings, the ranking member of the committee that's overseeing the secret service director there, julia pierson, says she takes full responsibility for this latest incident. the committee said it would hold an executive session, closed door secret session, following the hearing so that pierson could address some of the sensitive questions being asked. but increasingly some members losing confidence in her, suggesting maybe it's time for her to step down. as we mentioned early, the head of the secret service faced these heated questions over those security failures at the white house and we're only learning now more surprising and very damaging information. new details about one of the major breaches, just two weeks ago, a white house fence jumper

wasn't stopped once he crossed the door. he got a lot further than anyone knew. let's take you inside the white house for a virtual view on how far the intruder got. brian todd is here. take us inside and show us what happened. >> it is awful, wolf. very surprising. this information we're going to show you, this animation we're showing you, the information comes from law enforcement officials who told cnn about this and from congressman jason chaffetz who's part of the investigation on the hill on this. this is based on what we've been able to put together, a time line and a kind of path that omar gonzalez, the jumper, took. 7:20 p.m. on the 19th, he jumps it, sprints straight for the portico on the north side, runs up toward the door. and the animation takes us inside the north portico now. he gets into the entrance hallway, goes toward the cross hallway. this is where he is. this is your picture of it. he runs past this hallway. when he's at this point,

according to law enforcement officials, he's about to go into this hallway and take a left going down that way toward the east room. let's progress that way now. this is where you're looking where he takes that left looking toward the east room looking down that way. according to law enforcement officials and congressman chaffetz, he does get into the east room and gets near the entrance to the green room. these are some images from the east room. the east room is obviously a very important room where president obama's given many speeches. that's where president obama told the country that osama bin laden had been killed. that's where he got into, he gets into the east room. apparently at this point near the entrance to the green room, south side of the east room, he is tackled, subdued by officers at that point. there is some information from the hearing that julia pierson, the directors of secret service, indicated when he went down this way after he initially barreled past an officer just inside the north entrance here, when he went down this way, he was

either chased or somehow there was another officer in that hallway going after him and got help right about here where at least one officer, possibly two, subdued him. that is the sequence. very disturbing. look how deep inside the white house he got. >> that's a terrible, terrible situation. brian, thanks very much. much more when we come back. [door bell rings] ♪ [door bell rings] [phone rings] hello. heh. heh. heh-he-he... t-mobile's is the first national network to give you wi-fi calling. now every wi-fi connection works like a t-mobile tower. it's wi-fi unleashed.

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dealers spend significant time in jail, addicts should be given the tools they need for recovery. afghanistan has signed an historic deal that will allow u.s. forces to remain in the country after december 31st. that's the date when combat operations officially are supposed to end. the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan and the country's national security adviser made it official during a ceremony in kabul earlier today. the future of the u.s. military presence as you all know had been in serious doubt. former president hamid karzai negotiated the deal originally but later refused to sign it. this forced the u.s. to consider a complete withdrawal of troops this year but afghanistan has a new government which made signing the deal priority and the u.s. will keep about 10,000 troops in afghanistan. jordan is part of the u.s.-led air campaign in isis and syria but as we're being told, there is deep concern that support for the militants is growing within its own borders.

>> reporter: jordan has been very concerned about that isis threat and the isis expansion in two of its neighboring countries in iraq and syria. that is why the government here says it has joined the u.s.-led coalition in going after isis. but many are also concerned about the threat from within jordan's own borders. we've visited a southern city and found some jihadists, some supporters of isis here in jordan, who really spoke out openly about their support for the group and also driving around the city, you see pro-isis graffiti spray-painted across some of the city's walls. the government here says it has the situation under control, that these isis sympathizers are only a few and most of them, they say, have been detained over the past couple of weeks, according to jordanian officials, 71 have been rounded up by security forces. wolf? >> thanks very much. europe is trying to lock out

extremist threats from its borders. but cnn has found what could be a potential weak link in the chain. syrian refugees have tried to make their way to the continent through a small spanish enclave in north africa bordering morocco. authorities fear this route is being used by jihadis. here's an exclusive report. >> reporter: every day, they say, 10 to 15 more syrians arrive, walking right past the spanish authorities. a back door into fortress europe. on the mud track running past the detention center, spanish army vehicles take up position. they won't tell us why, but tensions are high since the spanish authorities arrested a man suspected to be the leader of an isis cell in malia last week. the latest of more than 20 to be arrested here this year on terror-related charges. the spanish government has admitted it's worried that not

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something that could only happen in the age of social media, the brutal terror group isis is trying to directly recruit young westerners around the world using online enticements, telling them, quote, come to jihad. laurie segall joins us from new york. this group has managed to recruit hundreds of westerners, maybe thousands. how is this new campaign that you're learning about different from what they've been doing up till now? >> reporter: we've heard about them going on facebook, going on twitter to try to recruit people. but what's scarier is they're now actually going towards social networks specifically targeted towards teens. take a look. question, favorite dessert? answer, ice cream on top of a hot apple pie. how do you maintain your beard? shampoo scented oils and a cone. have you ever fallen in love?

the day i embraced islam. these are the questions posed for an alleged isis recruiter on a site that's popular among teens. approachable to the curious, accessible to the masses, his tag line, i'm just like you. cnn cannot independently verify the man's identity. but terrorism analyst confirmed this man is likely an isis recruiter, based on a social media presence. >>'s a recruiter who is putting himself out there to some kid who just might be trawling, looking to sigh if he can cash in on this jihadi adventure they think they're on. >> reporter: he's a former recruiter for the taliban who later defected to work with canadian intelligence. over the last few years, he's been tracking isis tactics on western social networks from a variety of recruiters, collecting instagram pictures like this one before it was removed. it likened the isis fight to the

video game call of duty. propaganda protesters full of heavy arms, tweets telling readers to put down the chicken wings and come to jihad, pro. posts that make them look like average guys. pictures of what they ate for dinner. curious readers inquire about isis married life. do they own a house or get paid? answer, they're paid $700 per wife. another asks if he could join even if he doesn't speak arabic. in some of those answers, you'll see a kick user name, encouraging users to message on a private app. as the process continues, some users are directed to more secure sites, like this password protected jihadi web forum. ask fm says it's focused on being able to understand and catch specific threats. the company says it's been removing profiles aimed at recruiting young people. instagram says they don't allow terrorist groups like isis to promote causes on the site.

but says the western world is playing catch-up. >> and recruitment's been going on for a long time. it will be on the decline. it might be a little too late. now the individuals already there, they're part of the group, part of the threat, and they're welcome to bring the threat back. >> it's pretty chilling stuff. tell us how the u.s. state department is trying to deal with this. >> you know, they actually have a group of what they call digital operators who are going into a lot of these forums and they're trying to spread antiislamic state messages. they have a hash tag. they'll reply back at many of these messages and say, #thinkagain turn away. there are about 50 folks at the state department doing this. you've got to remember, isis has been around. and they're deeply entrenched. they've been doing this for years, wolf. >> all right. good report. thanks very much. reporting for us from new york. up next, the politics of war against isis. we're taking a closer look at what people here in the united states really think about how

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so to be clear, if the president put a resolution forward, you'd bring the congress back? >> i'd bring the congress back. >> john boehner on abc's "this week" saying he'd recall the house of representatives to

debate military action in syria and iraq. let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger. and you read a column about this on cnn.com. congress went into recess, out there campaigning. they're not really debating this issue on the floor of the house or the senate for that matter. why? >> well, it's too risky for them, they believe this close to an election, which is kind of ridiculous. because, actually, what they're paid for is to vote. and what you see going on here from the house speaker as well as from the white house is a little routine, which is, you know, the house speaker saying i'm happy to vote on it, i will bring the congress back, but it's up to the president to request it. >> why doesn't he request it? >> well, the president says he's got enough authority to do what he wants but he'd welcome the congressional debate in the future. you know, the base of the democratic party is worried that they could alienate a bunch of voters if they start talking about war votes at this particular point. republicans seem just happy to

say to democrats, you were asleep at the switch on this, on the issue of isis and used national security as a way to get out there -- base voters during the race. >> so between now and november 4th, the midterm elections doesn't look like there's going to be a major debate? >> no, and no wonder what the american public, congress has 14% approval rating. they're earning it. >> yeah, take a look at the new poll. we asked how is congress handling isis? 33% approve of the way congress is handling isis. 60% disapprove. that's not a vote of confidence in congress. >> and the president's approval rating is 45%. so it's, you know, it's -- >> a little bit better. >> a little bit better than that. i'm surprised congress has a 33% rate on how it's handling isis. this is not to say that there aren't some members of congress, tim kaine, senator from virginia says bring everybody back and have a vote. but who's going to call for that

vote? when is that vote going to occur? i mean, you can be sure it's not going to happen until we have these -- >> david cameron brought the parliament back in london for a special vote. he got what he wanted. >> some political risk. >> yeah, we don't see that happening, necessarily, here in washington. and the same poll we have, only 29% say isis is the most important issue for congress right now, 65% still believe it's the u.s. economy. >> sure, and it usually is in elections. but what we're seeing in the polling is something unexpected, which is the issue of national security is obviously rising in the polls, wolf. people are worried, women voters in particular get worried when they see beheadings such as we have seen. and the question is, how does it play out? and what you're seeing is some republicans in their own ads ar

>> for our viewers here in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> all right. and here we go. thank you so much for being with me. we've got this developing story for you. this potentially major move in the war against isis. listen, we've asked this question before where's turkey? why hasn't turkey with isis poised at its border? why hasn't turkey a powerful member of nato joined this fight? well, within the past hour, we have gotten word from turkey's deputy prime minister that the government is submitting to this motion to parliament to quote, unquote, extend its scope of potential action against isis. let me just reiterate what i just said. looking to