today. barbara henning spoke in london late this morning. >> alan, we miss you and we are dreadfully concerned for your safety, but we are given so much hope by the outcry from across the world. as to your imprisonment. please release him. we need him back home. thank you. >> incredibly upsetting situation. alan henning, a taxi driver was captured in december while delivering aid in syria. he showed the execution of fellow brit, david haynes. >> another crisis we are watching, the leader of hong kong calling on them to end immediately. those are the so-called umbrella revolution protests. they continue to grow. take a look at live pictures. thousands gathered and it's 1:00 in the morning. the protesters blocked roads,

calling for the pro china leader to go and democratic replacements in the election process. >> that leader spoke for the first time and called it illegal. they will have that from hong kong in a few minutes. >> authorities charged an oklahoma man accused of beheading a coworker of first-degree murder. highly likely they will seek the death penaltiy in this case. the man is hospitalized after being shot by the company coo who is a reserve sheriff's deputy in a conference a few minutes ago. nolan had some sort of infatuation with beheadings and multiple attacks may have been racially motivated. >> my understanding that the altercation that occurred earlier in the day had more to do with race than him trying to convert anyone. he was basically saying he

didn't like white people and had this altercation with our second victim regarding that. >> he had just been fired at n vons foods in moore. the fbi has been asked to investigate. >> a white man accused of killing a black teen took the stand in his own defense in his retrial today. that man is michael dunn, accused of shooting 17-year-old jordan davis outside of a gas station after an argument over loud music. he thought jordan was arm and his life was in danger. >> i see the young man lean down and i see his shoulders and he comes back up with something in his hands and he banged it against the door and said yes, i'm going to [ bleep ] kill you. >> he testified that no one made

life-threatening statements and he faces life without parole if convicted. the university of michigan's athletic director said a lack of communication allowed a player back on the field in violation of concussion protocol. he was knocked flat by a head during saturday's game and left the field and later returned before being evaluated. the director said it created circumstance and i sincerely apologize for the mistakes that are being made. now back to capitol hill. in the hot seat today before the house getting grilled over breeches of white house security that have rocked the news cycle at this hour. she is still facing questions. today's hearing comes a day

after revelation that is an iraq war veteran made it further inside the white house than previously reported. all the way in the east room. he accused julia pierson as giving a false account of the situation. >> your agency previously reported and an indictment against mr. gonzalez asserted he was arrested in the interview area. isn't it true he penetrated the cross hall, the east room, and in fact was arrested in the vicinity of the green room? >> referring to your map on the wall as i have been briefed, mr. gonzalez entered the front double doors -- >> ma'am, i want a short answer. i have very little time. >> intense circumstance there is. joining me from the white house is chris jansing following this for us. reports that the president and the first lady are outraged by the lapses for various members

of their family entering and leaving the white house concurrent to or close to the incidents. any comment about whether it has ongoing confidence in the leadership of this agency? >> officially they said they do have confidence and these are the folk who is have to guard them, but you need to put it into perspective. take the obama family out of it. it doesn't matter who the president is. men and women put their lives on the line to protect you. many of them doing an extraordinary job under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. it would be impossible to hear a president criticize. this has been a blistering set of questions and answers. it will get intense for the classified briefing later this afternoon. >> i have no doubt that will be the case. kristen welker spoke before the hearing. i want to take a listen to that.

>> were you lying to the american people? >> i look forward to a discussion. >> or were you misled? >> the secret service is conducting an ongoing investigation. >> nice work, kristen welker. >> given the new revelations today and how do the new revelations about how far he made it change the conversation? >> it changes it tremendously in terms of the number of layers of security that were gone through. at least should have stopped him along the way. it changes the equation in terms of the question of were you telling the truth and were the agents telling the truth. the two things that were said after the breech happened, he got through the front door and that clearly wasn't true and he was unarmed. also not true. i think again these questions are being asked really go to the heart of their ability to

protect the president and we will see more as the hearing goes on. >> thank you for following that. we will get more on that in the coming days. >> congressman steven from nevada was there. thank you for joining me. we saw some of your questioning. after what you have seen today, do you have more or less confidence in the ability to lead the organization? >> i'm outraged. i neal director pierson has done a disservice to the president of the united states and the fact that there is such lax security, places this president and his family at a disadvantage and it's something that this director needs to take full responsibility for and we need to make sure any secret service personnel that failed to follow proper safety protocol held

accountable. >> i want to play sound delegate from the director. take a listen to this. >> by my calculations, you are down almost 300 or more than 250 agents in the uniformed services in the last year or two. since the sequester and the cuts. is that the case? >> yes. the secret service had a reduction in staffing as a result of sequestration and other fiscal constraints. we are close to 550 employees below our optimal level. >> all of you in that room heard that account of sequester cuts putting staffing to levels below what it was in 2006 forcing them to bring in agents to cover the white house. does congress bear the responsibility for what's happening here in the secret service? >> resources are an important

part of what we need to ask questions about, to me it's also about the level of competence and the culture in the secret service that has to also be a priority and a focus. this is a pattern. we have the most recent event on september 19th, but there have been events over the last few years and this president has been targeted more than any other president. that's why the breeches are so serious and why the congress will continue to ask the tough questions until we get the answers that we can assure the american public that our president is in fact safe. >> do you personally want to see more resources and if so, to what? more training or more equipment? >> to be clear, my concern is why the secret service has been so lax. let me be clear. there some secret service members who do a great job and are performing and clearly there

incidents where there has been lax security and protocols not followed. the incident in 2011, for example, where shots were fired on the white house and they were not even discovered until four days later by a housekeeper, not the secret service. that to me raises a number of other questions i'm going to ask when we go into executive session today. >> a lot of questions and not a clear sense as to whether yourself and colleagues will be pursuing inquiry about resource. congressman, appreciate your time. helpful to get the insight into what's happening. >> the questions into the white house, are they isolated incidents? a representative is no longer -- i'm sorry. are our representatives within the secret service protecting the president is forefront in many of our minds. here is congressman steven lynch

just this morning. >> this is beyond the pale. have listened to your testimony very deliberately this morning. i wish to god you protected the white house like you are protecting your reputation here today. >> trivia from baltimore. another take from within the fierce burden with the president. thank you, agent, for being here. omar gonzalez made it to the east room. he was finally overpowered boy an agent. what do you think happened at the white house? >> we have to remember it's unacceptable and there is no excuse for lack of money and lack of funds. it was a break down when you talk about the team that responded with the dog. there was a mistal clacalculatm. there was an officer outside the front door. he responded in a different

direction. it was agents inside. there so many protocol issues here that when this study is done, this director and staff will really look at all these. this is going to involve protocols and training. it's a cultural thing. it's manpower. it's retraining and all of those things. we can't for a minute and i love this organization. i spent 27 years there and was the director when i then became the director of atf. we have to step up and say we made errors and this is what they are. >> one discussion is about resources and the question about whether cuts hit the organization hard and caused them to have to move around and scramble from other departments to protect the president. do you believe there is a resourcing problem here, sir? >> when you are in protection or the head of an organization, you

want more resources. the fact is for years we relied on atf to help us with shortcomings and relied on dea at times and justice at times. yes, there should be strong arguments made that we are behind in special. it's 1,000 when you look at it with support perm and that in the uniform division. we cannot lay this on personnel. >> one thing that stood out, there were 16 fence jumpers over the last five years. more than ever before. is this an institution in decline? >> it is not. >> back in 1988 when i was in the service, we designed a fence that we wanted to get put up and bends back in the top quarter about 2 1/2 feet.

we had gymnasts try to get over. >> not minimizing the mistakes and the fence is one of the problems. >> there is a lot at stake and the people's house and a lot of reasons to keep it open and transparent, but we need to protect our leadership. thank you for your service to the country and thank you for sheing light on this for us. >> my pleasure. >> up next, the umbrella revolution continues to draw thousands of protesters to the streets of hong kong. even right now at 1:00 in the morning, braving bad weather to express their outrage to beijing. live after this break. don't go away. [ bell rings ] hi michael! looking good! trying to keep up with you! i told my producer karen that i take metamucil because it helps me feel fuller between meals. it's just one small change that can help lead to good things.

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>> per welcome back, everybody. pro democracy protesters still blocking the streets of hong kong. a bloomberg photographer captured the scene overnight. pretty dramatic stuff. they set a wednesday deadline, but so far the government is not backing down in beijing. a 17-year-old activist is emerging at the prodemocracy leader. they allege he is linked to the u.s. government, a superstar cultivated by insidious forces. david cameron said they are not handing it back to the chinese like in 1997.

>> i feel a deep obligation when we are talking about what is happening in hong kong. when we reached the agreement with china, there were details of that agreement about the importance of hitting the people within the two systems approach that we were setting out and i hope this issue can be resolved. >> nbc's ian williams and these protesters set this deadline for the response to the demands. this has been blocked off and lined with shops on the other side of the harbor to the main rally sight and it does show to which this is spreading.

as to the demands. even the protesters are not expecting that to happen immediately and they want the voices heard and put pressure on the local government. today the numbers on the streets were vast. the largest i have seen. and the atmosphere was more festive. all the umbrellas that were used to fend off tear gas. the numbers are growing and the pressure is growing on the local room. on beijing for whom this is the biggest challenge possibly since the ty an men square protest of 1989. we know how they ended.

>> me more about that. how big of a problem is this particularly with the effect it might have on mainland dissidents who had similar concerns. >> that is a dig issue for beijing. the president is taking a hard line attitude towards dissent and moved to crack down on that in mainland china. the instinct would be to do the same thing. they have the mini constitution. enforcing the law is the role of the local china. if things got out of control. if china were to crack down, it would be in the full view of the world and cause enormous damage to them. at the same time if china gives concessions to the protesters here, agrees to a more democratic form of government,

of course that could have effects on the mainland. and lead to more people in china demanding the same sort of democratic rights. >> thank you for that update and glad you are staying safe. coming up, shocking new revelations in the case of the missing university of virginia student. was her alleged kidnapper connected to two other women who were abducted in previous years. we have all the latest up ahead. don't go away. if i can impart one lesson to a

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welcome back to the program. big news out of kabul today. when the u.s. and afghanistan signed a long awaited security pact to allow forces to remain in the country for another decade. four u.s. governors just returned from a surprise trip to the country including governor

andrew cuomo. i spoke to the mayor over the weekend about cuomo's visit. >> look, i think it's a moment where everyone is concerned about security and it epitomizes him being on top of the situation and connecting with armed forces. it's been a sobering week for new york city. we had a scare this week. it's something we live with. we are going to be prepared. >> are we look at the other stories trending that caught our eye. the daily spike. first up, paul ryan's beef with amazon. who doesn't, namely the treatment of authors. namely paul ryan. a well regarded lawyer marries an actor. turning paradigm on its head. look at the new pictures out today in vogue magazine. congratulations amal. kansas city chiefs safety hussein abdullah should not have

been penalized after sliding to the end zone and appealing to pray. anthony terrell, me people debating about whether it was religiously motivated or unfair. >> technically a player is not supposed to celebrate on the ground, but they said the official should not have flagged the player who goes to the ground for religious reasons. there is controvercio line. everyone harkened back to tim tebow and his tebowing gesture. a fist to the forehead. he would do it after he scored a touchdown. many call it a double standard. the player said he will keep that ball because tom brady is a future hall of famer. >> seems like a good guy and everybody overreacted. i'm kblad they walked with it. stay with us. we'll be right back.

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this is unacceptable and i take full responsibility and i will make sure that it does not happen again. >> the director just wrapped up the come right now and people are filing out. they have been under way since 10:00 a.m. we will continue to follow reaction and wait for the white house briefing to start any moment. other political news, it is nas politico points out, it could go either way. in texas, the longest serving governor, rick perry is not even on the ballot. some democrats are platesing more hope in the race for what some call the state a most

powerful position. the event last night she faced off against the republican opponent, dan president rick in the one and only debate. >> we have to have a secure border. again, terrorists today against the drug cartel s, it's a lot more than people working for the american dream. >> i know that good to see you again. >> thank you for having me on today. >> senator, when we last talked, you highlighted casinos who can vote and are not registered.

also the potential gain that could transform politics. that came out in a big way. you called out the harsh rhetoric. how has it played out on the campaign trail? >> we have seen all across the state the aftereffect of so many other republicans using the politics of fear with regard to immigration. we all agree we wanted to secure the border. when you use harsh rhetoric and we have diseases, that is just not true. what we know is that that type of to people who live on the texas border. they are upset and they asked repeatedly. they should tone it down.

it is wonderful. a place to live and we do absolutely want that help at the local level. what they say is that deploying the grass roots that can only observe and not arrest is not the best and most efficient use of tax dollars. >> patrick went on to say that isis is one of the most threatening to come across the border. a completion of the inflation debates and terrorism here. in light of how harsh the rhetoric is, how tough is it for to you show passion for the immigrants and without being soft on terrorists. >> well, i have always understood that immigration and we share border with mexico. immigration is snag has been occurring for 300 years. what they fail to understand is

there about $520 million a day. it is absolutely imperative that both of them do it. they are apprehend and they are punished. the folks that come here from the countries with violence, that's not who we ought to be focusing on. what is strange to me is that i thought my opponent, dan patrick, would tone it down some. there is harsh rhetoric in a very positioned republican primary. last night he doubled down. it wasn't just immigration. he doubled down against women and against education. >> let's talk about the point about women. that is a point he made. he raised wendy davis and tried to tie you to which he viewed as a negative abortion agenda. in general wendy davis has

gotten a lot of attention in the race and a lot of fund-raising at a national level. she is also down in double-digits. how is her candidacy weighing on your campaign? >> first of all, i think that folks are not looking at the numbers. wendy davis has the last debate tonight closed the gap to within 7 or 8 points. what i see on the campaign trail is people are engaged. it is the latino population and i have been spending a lot of time in the latino communities. it is women and it's republicans. they understand that you need to respect women for the decisions they make on their own for their families. it wasn't just about women and their reproductive health. all of the republican candidates said they wouldn't bring up the bill we passed last year, but was vetoed on equal pay for equal work. they voted against the testing

of rape kits. we had the backlog of rape kits and they defended not funding that examination and reducing that backlog. when we talk about women here, it's not just on reproductive health. they seem to continue this whether equal pay or sexual assault. and that to me is just unacceptable. women need to go and get both. >> those issues have been very much in play and on the table tonight. they have a last chance to face off against her opponent. we will be looking at how things play out on the road. thank you so much for your time. and white house press secretary josh earnest with the press briefing right now. he is taking questions on new revelations about the security breeches. listen in. >> we can make a forceful case for strength and leadership at home. the president will highlight

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can be released to the public. we would expect them to do so. >> you realize how far it was -- >> the reaction the president just went out. it's a short conversation that we had with him more than a week ago. he did realize and it was obviously concerned about the situation. as a parent and as a father who was raising two young women here in the building. that said, the president does continue to have confidence in the men and women of the secret service to perform their very difficult task with professionalism and the kind of

dedication that would expect. are there is an ongoing investigation into this. can circumstances, that is part of the investigation. once the secret service is releasing more information at the conclusion of that. >> you mentioned the speech. the president's job approval on the economy does he think he can change public opinion and is this the beginning of closing arguments? >> i would say it's an effort to highlight what his priorities are. the president talked a lot about

that. >> a lot of tough questions into the conversation into the security breeches at the white house about that investigation. it is now discussing the economy and the remarks on that. we will keep an eye on that and bring you any news. >> let's go to a big case. it now appear that is the abducted student hannah graham can help police crack a trail of unsolved sex cases going back over a decade. the forensic evidence could solve an earlier disappearance. a virginia tech student whose body was found in a field in charlottesville in 2009. police never named a suspect, but it may have been the work of the same man behind a third abduction in 2005. his sketch on that assailant.

the father had a lunch the cases were linked. >> it really came to light to me about two weeks ago when i saw a picture of the sketch as compared to jesse from the dread locks and weight gain. i said oh, my gosh, i think it's the same person. >> retired fbi profiling jim clemente. thank you so much, sir for joining us. our talks are with the family involving all of the cases. a lot of questions right now. he had a hunch that the sketch implicates jesse matthews. should the public be careful about drawing conclusions? >> i don't think auto the sketch. in this case we have video evidence of how jesse matthew actually stalked hannah. i think that information shows that he was sophisticated.

he has probably done this before. if he is a serial abductor or serial killer, this is the kind of behavior you would expect from him. >> in 2002 when jesse matthew was a football player at liberty university, one woman accused him of rape on campus. she chose not to proceed with pressing charges. is it fair to bring back into the conversation about the hannah graham case? it is everywhere. do you think it has bearing? >> of course it does. first of all. to say there is a question of consent, there is a question of consent to everyone. offenders typically make up lies and say they just had normal consensual sex. it's really very offense he said she said or he said he said situations. the problem is that these cases are very difficult to prove. the fact that it was never proven doesn't mean this doesn't start off the career of

offending. >> maybe not pruch, but worth being cautious. there a lot of unanswered questions. they just cold us prosecutors have not provided him with a link. so we will have to watch to see about this. troubles first signs. how do people protect themselves. >> here's the thing. this is a target-rich environment. young students are not familiar with the area and their drinking even, they put themselves at a higher risk. it will draw them to that location. don't ever go with anyone you don't know and stay in a place

that you are. that means an elevator for the victim. >> upsetting fact pattern here. fbi profilinger jim clemente. the mystery of up to 40 unidentified bodies found in a link in africa took a new twist as well. the former are you wand an president talked about foreign policy they could be victims of political assassination. bodies were found near a leak near the border. both countries are called to investigate. i sat down with the president at the global citizen concert. on the portion not aired yesterday, i asked about the bodies. >> the one deal in the region to find out what happened. i don't know why. >> you welcome that investigation. >> i don't know why you would

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welcome back to "the reid report." i'm joy reid. you're looking at pentagon briefing room where any minute we're waiting for an update on the mission to stop isis. first, the white house responded moments ago to today's blistering criticism of secret service julia pearson. >> there is legitimate public interest in this matter because it relates to the safety and security of the commander in chief. while you heard some additional details from director today, i'm confident as more -- as investigators continue to do their work, there's likely to be more information they uncover. >> and calling the role of protecting the commander in chief and his family a, quote, sacred service, democrats and republicans from the house oversight and government reform

committee subjected pearson to tough questioning about two recent security lapses. including one in which a man jumped the white house fence, opened the front door and barrelled all the way into the white house east room before being tackled by a counterassault agent. in a second alarming incident involving a four-day delay before the secret service even knew seven shots had been fired at the white house in 2011. >> this, ladies and gentlemen, is not a democratic issue. this is not a republican issue. this is it an american issue. >> don't let someone get close to the president. don't let someone get close to his family. don't let them get in the white house ever. >> you're talking about officers who are protecting a national icon. . someone should be held accountable. >> it's obvious, it is obvious mistakes were made. it's self-evident mistakes were made. we must identify what the facts are, learn from the facts, assess and make changes, enhance

training to ensure this never happens again. >> ranking committee member elijah cummings said he'd concerned if the leadership can be trusted. >> i'm unt sure ms. pearson has been completely transparent with us. we find out information through the newspapers. i went in with an open mind, but the more i listened, the more concerned i have become. >> congressman matt cartwright, do you believe the loordship is trustworthy? >> today i think there's good news and bad news. the good news is that this was an exceptional oversight in government reform hearing we had today. it wasn't the typical bomb-throwing event we've seen over and over and over.