today the white house stood behind joe clancy the former agent president obama hired >> does the president still have faith in direct usual clancy? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the new report finds that the secret service may not be able to a mission where failure could have tragic consequences. the secret service says they'll take sometime to fix. >> kim: frightening moments when a disabled man falls on the transit tracks. there he is on the tracks. would his dog. then you see good samaritans jumping into help. okay. >> ryan: a sperm donor in kansas is fighting a donation battle with him support. the man signed a contract for a same-sex couple and the state is saying that the couple is not theirs because they were' not married. same-sex -- the couple believes the state is under political pressure. love that a child gets from two parents. has always had it. >> i've never spoken to anybody who is a sperm donor father too. >> reporter: he spent . >> ryan: a judge ordered the donor to take a paternity test. if named the father he will support. ahead here on 7 caught an camera a driver goes out

and today the white house stood behind joe clancy ... the former agent president obama hired to reorganize, rebuild and retrain the beleaguered agency .... "does the president still have faith and confidence in director clancy? "absolutely. absolutely he does." but this new report finds troubling evidence the secret service may not be up to a mission where failure could have tragic consequences. committee chairman jason chaffetz says he's concerned the agency still sees its primary mission as protecting the nation against financial crimes - and suggests it's time to focus the agency on what the american people expect it to do - protecting lives. i'm brian mooar in washington. now back to you. in its statement ... the secret says they'll take time to fix. another shot is about to be fired in the arms race to build the worlds tallest roller coaster. yesterday the city of orlando got approval to move ahead with construction of this ... a 570-foot tall roller coaster and dead drop ride. the attraction will be the centerpiece of a 500-million

today the white house stood behind joe clancy, the former agent president obama hired to reorganize,ebuild, and retrain the beleaguered agency. does the president still have faith in director clancy at the secret service? >> absolutely, absolutely he does. >> reporter: this new report finds troubling evidence the secret service may not be up to a mission where failure could have tragic consequences. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> in just a few hours, a developer will lay out his plan for a project in delaware county, but it has some residents concerned this afternoon. more than 200 acres would be developed into the cardinal crossing town center. it would include stores, office space, townhouses, and a park. the stores are expected to bring in thousands of jobs, but many in the community worry a forest will be torn down to make way for the project and make an already bad traffic problem worse. >> i think it needs to stay green, but it can also be a recreational space, a skate park, something like that for kids. >> better opportunity for them to use it for green space. the idea

today the white house stood behind joe clancy, the former agent president obama hired to reorganize, rebuild and retrain the beleaguered agency. >> does the president acknowledge the declining -- >> reporter: this finds that the secret service may not be up to a mission where failure could have tragic consequences. >> jason chaffetz says he's concerned the secret service still sees its primary mission as protecting the nation against financial crimes. it's time to focus the agency on what the american people expect it to do, protecting lives. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >>> oscar pistorius is now a convicted murderer. >> today a south african appeals court overturned his manslaughter conviction, charging him with murder. the former olympian now faces a minimum of 15 years in prison for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. nbc's jeff rossum haze look now at what's next. >> he's found guilty of culpable homicide. >> oscar pistorius had been convicted of manslaughter for shooting and killing his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp, but in south africa, the appeals court came out

democrat said he agrees there's a lot of work to be done, but has seen improvement under director joe clancy's leadership. >> i think they're at high alert. i think they have learned from the things that have happened in the past. >> the report cites rampant mismanagement and critically low morale. among the scores of recommendations are better transparency about how misconduct is handled and the suggestion the next time the president chooses the director, he look outside the agency. white house press secretary josh earnest said clancy retains the president's confidence. >> director clancy, the secret service has worked hard to implement a series of reforms that have strengthened the organization and have enhanced confidence in it. >> the secret service says it's reviewing the report and that the agency remains committed to improving and addressing challenges. brett? >> shannon, thank you. >>> south african olympic star, pistorius, has been convicted of murdering his fashion model girlfriend, overturning his earlier conviction on a lesser charge. the supreme court of appeal says pistorius fire