cummings expects to get answers on may 1st, that is the deadline his committee set. >> cummings said after they receive that information, they will determine whether public hearings are necessary. >>> police are still searching a manhattan building in hopes of cracking a 30-year-old cold case. he disappeared in 1979. police reopened the case this week. it is believed he met with a carpenter who worked in the basement before he was vanished. that man is cooperating. >> two teens are facing charles after a school stabbing. it happened on friday. two female students were fighting over a wig when one stabbed the other with a pearing knife. one is in critical condition. both have been charged with assault. >>> there is now a national and local movement for employers to hire active military and veterans. >> from here row to hired. the first ever job fair for active military and veterans. >> many of our vet rans have come back and have not gone out actively looking for a job knowing they have been deployed so when they get back they have the need forget for getting a job. >> he said he was

cummings for his opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to begin by thanking mr. miller the inspector general and gsa for bringing to light this gross abuse of taxpayer funds and for his work over the past year investigating conference 2010. two weeks ago i along with the rest of the nation was appalled to learn the results of this investigation that gsa employees betrayed the trust we put in them. for example, the inspector general's report described the actions of jeff neely, a career gsa employee for many years and a senior level executive in the pacific rim region based in san francisco. he is certainly not the only official implicated in this investigation and several others appeared to have maximized their own benefit in an environment in which they knew -- they knew they could get away with it. nevertheless, mr. neely's role as the host of the 2010 conference has raised significant questions. according to report mr. neely engaged in an indefensible and intolerable pattern of misconduct including repeatedly violating federal t

cummings and mr. connolly and their staff for all the outreach and good faith negotiation that's occurred during the crafting of this legislation. there can be no question that the fisma reform language before the house today is both sorely needed and long overdue. to this end, together with my good friend and our former colleague ms. watson, i introduced an amendment that passed the house overwhelmingly last congress during consideration of the f.y. 2011 national defense authorization act. but that amendment, which was unfortunately stripped out during conference with the senate, would have made important updates to fisma in addition to establishing a national office for cyberspace in the executive office of the president. such an office has been recommended by the obama administration's 60-day cyberspace policy review, preist sector working groups such as the csis commission which i co-chair with my good friend, mr. mccaul and the g.a.o. as a response to security deficiencies throughout the federal

congressman and elijah cummings says that president obama responded appropriately. >> i think he acted decisively, he got folks out as soon as he found out about this. he stripped them of their security clearance. and he suspended them. >> the white house has dismissed any implications of its staff and the scandal. this person teaches election law at the university of maryland law school and his efforts to politicize the scandal will not stick. >> the scandal is unique, because the president pretty much conceded the secret service, both in terms of personnel and structure and procedure, were fallible. >> the military is investigating 11 troops for heavy drinking and spending time with prostitutes. >>> governor martin o'malley is scheduled to meet with the legislature senior leaders about holding a special session. the meeting is scheduled tuesday, with house speaker michael busch and senate president mike miller. they're trying to prepare the state budget after lawmakers failed to pass a revenue package needed to avoid a half billion dollars of cuts. >>> baltimore county police are the

cummings. >> thank you, very much, mr. chairman. i just want to follow up on the chairman's question. mr. peck what's up with this? what's happening with the budget? why can't you get that information to us? and don't tell me that you don't have it now. i'm talking about when you did have access to it. >> mr. cummings, the -- as to the detailed questions that chairman denham mentioned about personnel employment and those kinds of things, i believe that we submitted that -- that we first got a request in that detail from the committee, to my memory, my memory, last december and i believe we submitted it in late february or early march. and it had to go through -- we had to dig out the information, get it reviewed and approved and sent it up here. i believe that was delivered. >> no uh, let me go back to the questions that i was asking you a few minutes ago with regard to your supervisory role over mr. neely. i think you said that you had heard some complaints about him, is that right? >> yes, sir. >> and tell me what the nature of th

cummings calls the case an exceptional one. >> i'm very familiar with the secret service. they are very strict on themselves. and i can -- you know, i think basically what we have here, we have a few bad apples. but i mean, this does not speak for the thousands of secret service men and women who literally put their lives on the line every day. >> reporter: and in addition to getting briefings daily, cummings says his congressional committee has turned in 10 questions to the secret service. he expects to get some answers on may 1st. we're live in baltimore, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> weijia, thank you. as a result of the investigation, a 12th secret service employee has been implicated in the scandal. >>> governor martin o'malley wants to call a special session over the budget battle. the democrat wants to repair the state budget, after lawmakers failed to pass a passage, that would have avoided nearly half a million in cuts. o'malley wants to meet only after the house and senate agree on a revenue plan, which included income tax increases. >>> a frederick man c

cummings, i wouldn't split hairs over that. that's an intimidating atmosphere. >> and if somebody said that to you, you would have taken some type of action? >> yes, sir. >> according to the inspector general's office, mr. neely may have spent $250,000 on travel over five years. mr. peck, as head of the public building service, did you track the travel expenditures of regional administrators or commissioners? >> mr. conductinummings, thank asking that. the way we tried to maintain managerial controls was benchmarking the travel, training and information technology expenses and other overhead expenses of one region over the others, balancing them for the amount of workload they had, their geographic dispersion and that's what, at least, the pbs assistant commissioner for financial manager was supposed to be tracking. i'm not able to access the information anymore. i don't know how it is that that kind of travel might have happened without showing up in that kind of of a review. >> you stated that mr. neely did a great, quote, gr

including elijah cummings. he's looking into this scandal. he talked about the reputation in light of the investigation. >> it's not only that i want the secret service to be the excellent organization that it is. but i also want people to receive it as being that. that is very important. >> congressman cummings also planning to set a letter to the secret service tomorrow to see what their role was in the scandal. >>> still no sign of a seize fire in syria, the new push from the united nations. >>> an explosion at a mcdonalds has customers pull up to order. what officials say cost him. >> you never think something like that would actually happen to you. all of a sudden you wake up one morning and you're in that scenario. >>> - - >> a little girl from tucson arizona vanishes from her home. we'll tell you what all police are doing in the investigation, when we come right back. ,,,,,, when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced. is this right? right here, like this? ♪ turn that off! plants can smell our fear then miracle-gro expand'n

. >>> developing story on this tuesday, maryland congressman, cummings is blasting the actions of the general services administration, or the gsa, after the agency spent 800,000 of your dollars for a lavish resort expense and a conference in las vegas. sherrie johnson is here with new reaction. seems like with each passing day, this story gets darker and darker. >> that's right. we are hearing all new information from congressman elijah cummings, congress turns up the heat in the investigation of $823,000 general services administration conference, at a las vegas resort in 2010. lawmakers learned more from jeff kneelly, a executive, who threw a party on the taxpayer's dime. he invited friends and offed to pay for the hotel room. >> he invited personal friends, i quote, this is simply incredible, quote, we will get you guy as room near us, we will pick up the room tab. he wrote this, i know i'm bad, as we often say, why not enjoy it, while we have it and while we can. ain't going to last forever. end of quote. mr. kneelly rs it stops now. the hearings pick up today, robert peck is set

. >> representative elijah cummings is speaking out. the obama administration has come under fire. raised questions about the involvement of the staff. the incident happened while the agent were on a security detail before president obama's trip to columbia for the summit of the americas. 6 secret service members left their jobs, five employees are on administrative leave and had their security clearances temporarily revoked. cummings says president obama responded appropriately. >> i think that he is doing enough, i think he acted decisively and got folks out of columbia the moment he out about this. he stripped them of their security clearance and he suspended them and they've taken action. already 6 have left the service. >> it was a high ranking woman at the agency who heard about what was going on and blew the whistle. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> consumer news, seems we are finally get a break at the pump. lumberg survey says the average price dropped a nickel over two weeks. it's at $3.91, the first decline in the u.s. average since december. here in our state the average

senior cumming played at loyola. hope for fast forward, final seconds, one last chance.mings will take the shot. dan makes the save, maryland falls short. a 6-5 duke victim. under way in north carolina, an easy win over virginia tech led by katy schwartzman. the turks take on duke in the final battle. there's a ravens tie-in for the ultimate championship tomorrow night. john jones, light heavy weight champ, brother of defensive lineman arthur jones. tipped the scale at john evans. they will kick and punch tomorrow night. that's some tough stuff that goes on in the rings. >> definitely so. thank you, mark. >>> inside, the delicate rescue to save from a tight sp,,,,,,,,, ♪ i, i'll bring the fire make you come alive ♪ ♪ i can take you higher what this is, forgot? ♪ ♪ i must now remind you let it rock, let it rock ♪ ♪ let it rock >>> buckingham palace tonight, a high-tech display. children created portraits and trying to make up the likeness of the queen to mark 60 years in power. >>> a florida family hears a mysterious noise and turns out to be a curious little visitor. out

cummings. mr.peck, i went to remind you not a literature under a bit this authority been referred to as the department of justice. their criminal issues at hand here. and to play this lately that everything is mr. neely's fall, certainly has the entire committee puzzled. i went to bring back e-mails i was talking about. the e-mails from you to miss brita july of last year, the whole bonus november 5 of last year and a ig report, which came out in may of last year is an internal report. the conference happened in 2010. miss brita very bravely stepped forward and brought this attention to the ig. the ig did a preliminary report, issued it to mr. miller. who did you submit this to? >> administrator johnson. >> who did the administrator give it to? >> miss brita as well and i'm not sure who she gave it to. i don't buy the exact nature of the list, but i believe she gave it to mr. peck. >> did you receive a copy of this? >> i'm sorry, say again what it is. >> did you receive a copy of the westerns regio

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cummings, congressman cummings asked you a question. it took nine months to investigate. ms. johnson indicated that she was surprised it took that long. were you communicating with her regularly about the progress in the investigation and you replied back, yes, we provided information, the briefing and i asked her to get a handle on the rc's travel. you testified to that yesterday. do you -- did you misspeak yesterday or are you misspeaking today? >> well, i must have misspoken yesterday. i specifically told the regional administrator in region nine to get ahold of his travel in august of 2011. i did brief administrator johnson in may of 2011 on the interim report. we went through the interim report. she saw the preplanning travel. i did tell her about the less than candid comments. of course, we also had the hats off report that she was fully briefed on. >> how often did you meet with ms. johnson? >> we met in may, may 17th, i think, and then we met again in august. i don't think we met before that. >> i can't imagine you had any of these meetings where you didn't say, we ha

cummings, do you have questions? >> in light of the fact that mr. neely has asserted his rights under the fifth amendment i have no questions. >> thank you. give than the witness has indicated that he does not intend to answer any question, out of respect for his constitutional rights, i do now ask the committee to excuse the witness from the table for the -- but to have him remain for the remainder of the hearing. without objection. >> i have no objection. >> without objection, so ordered. we will now take a very short about a four-minute, three-minute recess. i'd ask mr. neely and his attorney to join us through that door. >> taking a short break here, getting the room reset, we heard already from a number of people. one person we didn't hear from is the regional commissioner who led the las vegas convention, he invoked his fifth amendment right. and we're going to be waiting here in the room shortly as the rest of the panel who has given their opening remarks takes the questions and makes answers from the members here in the oversight and governm

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cummings, ranking member cummings on the government oversight committee, as well as chairman issa for discussing in great detail those lavish expenditures and the wrongdoing that happened with the las vegas vacation. the purpose of this question is to talk about the systemic problem, how deep it goes, the corruption, the fraud, the waste that's not just within the western region, but within gsa as a whole and possibly within other agencies. this committee is going to lay out a timeline of how many trips, how many people, how much money. we're going to talk about how big of a problem this is and how deep within the administration it goes. now you heard yesterday the testimony of mr. robertson, the chief of staff who is also the white house liaison. and was on senator obama's personal staff. we're going to hear today from mr. peck, who for the last year and a half i have asked, i have requested on a bipartisan level with ms. norton, we've sent e-mails, memos, held hearings, and asked for a budget that is outside of congress's purview. we've been held up for far too long, and i'm here to

. >> outraged member of the committee, congressman elijah cummings. >> it's not your money. it's the taxpayers' money. >> plus, the widening secret service scandal. twice as many were involved as new details are emerging. >> this violates most basic rule of being a secret service agent. you don't allow a potential enemy into your security zone. you don't put yourself into a compromising position your job is to protect the president of the united states. >> decision 2012, what does mitt romney want to say to president obama? >> start packing. that's what i'd like to say. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell, live in washington today. in our daily fix, in dueling devents today more about politics than substance. the president called on congress to crack down on oil market speculators and mitt romney had a picnic with small business people in pennsylvania. chris cillizza managing edter of postpolitics.com. tell us about the events, both sides, because it sounded like what the president said today was exactly what our own ali wineburg reported on march 29th, i think. >> you hit it r

. >>> and elijah cummings, ranking democrat on the house oversight and reform committee. plus, dana bash and jeff zellny of the "new york times." i'm candy crowley, and this is "staft of the union." >>> the economic headlines were ominous. retail and car sales are strong. but initial jobless claims falling since last year have jumped about 6% in the last three weeks. march sales of existing homes fell 2.6% and factory output slipped in march. then there was this iffy forecast for europe from the managing director of the international monetary fund. >> we are seeing light recovery blowing in a spring mind, bwind we're seeing some dark clouds on the horizon. >> if, as the economy goes so goes the election, then it was a worrisome week for the president's re-election team. joining me now president obama's senior re-election strategist david axelrod. good to see you. >> good to be here again. >> let me show you and our viewers the nbc news/"wall street journal" survey this week on who has good ideas to help the economy. and it said president obama 34%, romney, 40%. how do you

. >> one senior member of one of the committees that could get involved, elijah cummings from maryland. >> people said to me look, cummings, if they would try to kill reagan, i know they'll try to do harm to this president. i hear that all the time. >> this fear among black caucus members predates the columbia debok he will. does congress see any connection or worries that it intensified? >> he didn't specifically say that, but it is what he is suggesting. i said right after that to be blunt, are you talking about the fact you're worried that the president is the first african-american president? i said i am going to leave it there. this has always been a concern. what congressman cummings did say, his concern is that the armor of the secret service has been pierced. you travel with the secret service as do i. the idea that the secret service is out there could deter poe tepgs people that want to harm the president. his point is there are people that say i can get in there with prostitutes or other ways, maybe the president could be harmed in the future. >> dana bash, reporting on this

senators joe lieberman and tom coburn, and representative sheila jackson lee, and elijah cummings. then we'll do a campaign quick check on the presidential race where mitt romney had this to say to the president-- >> start packing. ( laughs ) that's what i'd like-- i'd like to say. >> schieffer: polls show romney is closing in on the president, but is it a little early to be measuring drapes for the oval office? we'll ask his longtime adviser eric fehrnstrom and stephanie cutter, the president's deputy campaign manager. we'll talk about the changing face of poverty with the authors of a new book, travis smiley and cornell west. and we'll get analysis on all of it from the "washington post's" melinda henneberger, "national journal's" major garrett, and our own political team, john dickerson and norah o'donnell. that's a lot to cover but this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: ask good morning, again. and welcome to "face the nation." senator joe lieberman who is chairman of the senate hom

the head of the secret service brief cummings. six other agency employees are still under investigation with along with 11 military service members though they have not been charged. as many as 20 columbia women were on the list that partied with those. they expect to get answers on may first. that's the dead line they gave the agency. >> and cummings says after they received that information, the house committee will determine whether public hearings are necessary. >>> a young sailer is happy to be back home in mir mary after a trip around world. a crowd cheered as matt pulled into port. the sailer completed a 25,000- mile voyage around north and south america. he's the first person ever to make the 314 day journey solo and nonstopped. he tells wjz he's happy with the trip but it is good to be home. >> now i can talk to people. >> rutherford's voyage raised $250,000 for a nonprofit program for people with disabilities. >> the royals wrap up their west coast swing this afternoon looking to avoid a sweep by the los angeles angels.

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. >> congressman elijah cummings written about vacations he took h with his wife. they had taken trips to hawaii and las vegas. photos of the laugh vish vacations were on her page. they had briberies and kickbacks with the agency. with that the possibility the justice department may launch a criminal investigation. it's not surprise neely kept so quiet yesterday. back to you. >>> it is time to look at who is talking. >> charles crowd hammer is talking and why it will be a flooeks on big government and hurt president obama. >> representative cummings what he said was quite interesting. he said it was a basic tenant of government that it is not your money. it's the tax payer's money. but he is making the point. it is human nature if you are spending other people's money you will be less care than you are your own. that's the central argument against big government. obama is responsible for what happened in 2010. this happened in the bush years and the other years. obama and democrats are the party of government who believe in expanding, have expanded it and wanted to

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. >> it has been 10 months since elijah cummings was murdered and virgin. -- in virginia. they have urged anyone with information to come forward. she was a -- he was a junior when he was shot to death last june. >> i know for a fact there are people out there who know exactly what happened in this house and they know who was responsible. we are looking for those people. >> the room i was also shot and survived. there are still some pieces of the puzzle that are missing. >> a teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with three teenagers could spend one that decade in jail. prosecutors want to jeffrey sears prosecuted and in jails. he is charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of a minor. they recovered a dozen lewd photos from a cell phone. shocking new developments in the sexual abuse case against a syracuse basketball assistant. >> one of the four men who accused bernie fine of sex abuse admitted he lied. fine was fired last november in syracuse. he is heading to present himself for three years for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy. the aclu is defending a californ

and maryland congressman elijah cummings is sending a letter to the department of defense to find out what role if any they played in this. there are also inquiries into contacts of white house personnel while in colombia. >>> in the race for the white house, there are primaries in five states tomorrow. presumptive republican nominee mitt romney is looking to pick up more delegates. speculation is now turning to who he will pick for the vice presidential spot. florida senator marco rubio and indiana governor jeff daniels are among the possibilities being talked about. >>> news of a scandal involving wal-mart. that is coming after the break. . make plans now to join joel and victoriaia osteen in our nations capital on saturday, april 28th, for america's night of hope 2012. god is going to take you places that you've never even dreamed of. it's so uplifting in every way, shape, or form. it's probably one of the most inspiring moments that i've had in a long time. he's a god of the future. he's not a god of the past. in philippians, it says "i can do all things through christ who strengt

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>> what representative cummings said was quite interesting.net of government. that it's not your money. it's the taxpayers' money. but he is missing the point. it's a basic tenet of human nature that if you are spending other pem's money you will -- other people's money you are less careful than with your own. that is the central argument against big government. apart from the content of the program or the intent of the program it's the fact that the government exists, parasitically on the money of the taxpayers and everything it spends is something that has been sucked out of the private economy. intrinsically, it's spent by a bureaucrat rather than person with that money will be spent with disregard for the ultimate good than if it were in the hand of the private citizens. that's why obama will suffer. the obama administration didn't respond to what happened in 2010. and -- isn't responsible for what happened in the 2010. it undoubtedly happen in bush years and other years, it's intrinsic. however, obama and the democrats are the party of go

here's elijah cummings of maryland telling andrea mitchell today that there were real concerns by now. let's watch? >> in my travels throughout my history, one of the questions is, do you think the president is safe? i got to tell you, this puts a big question mark on that very issue. >> they were very swift in saying the president was never put into danger. there was never any threat to the president. i beg it differ. if you have secret service agents there and they've had their room compromised, you've had guests in your room, let alone prostitutes, they have ammunition, weapons. they have credentialing. they know the president is coming and going, which doors he might be going through. so to suggest to quickly the president was never in danger, how do they make such a swift statement? i think that begs even more questions. >> you know, congressman, just talking about this as a regular person and you are a regular person as well as congressman, you hear the stories. i don't know if they are true or not, soviets would get, a guy waiting on a train platform and meet the girl of his dr

. >> maryland congressman elijah cummings sits on the house oversight committee. he sent a letter to the director of the secret service and talk to him for over an hour this week, demanding answers. >> the thought that a secret service agent, several of them would be spending the night with these ladies really causes of some concern. >> at least 11 secret service employees and 10 military member for allegedly involved with as many as 20 women before the president's trip to a summit last weekend to the city of cartagena. >> you go to colombia and have a fight with a prostitute over how much she should be paid? a total lack of common sense. >> is especially disgusting. >> the white house says the president continues to have confidence in the agency, even though he has not spoken directly to its chief. >> the president has not spoken with director sullivan in recent days, but i would not read anything into that. >> congressional hearings on the incident are scheduled for next week. nikole killion, wbal-tv 11 news. >> of the three employees who have been let go by the

you spoke to congressman elijah cummings. what have you learned. >> reporter: forgive me. the speaker of the house literally just walked by me and i was trying to get him to stop and answer a question, suzanne. sorry. to answer your question, we understand that we should expect more resignations or firings as soon as today from the secret service. in fact, the homeland security chairman, peter king, just moments ago told me that's what he was told, today or tomorrow to look for more. that is also part of a conversation that i had with elijah cummings, a democrat from maryland, but also the top democrat on the government and oversight committee. he had a conversation with the secret service director. >> i said, is it possible that these men might resign? he said, he had absolutely no doubt that they would. in other words, at some point they probably would. if the facts, you know, were found to be true. why? because of the culture. in other words, they have this pride. they don't want any bad apples, and so it probably would be so uncomfortable for them that they probably wo

congressman elijah cummings and ben cardin will be there tonight. before that they will be working the polls. we have more coverage. >> reporter: a lot of the drama is on the republican side, people talking about mitt romney versus santorum. here in baltimore city it is a heavily democratic city. you don't have that volume of republicans. as you might expect, turnout is low. i just got off the phone with the baltimore city elections. as of now turnout 5.2%. senator ben cardin is up for reelection. he's trying to get the voters to come out at cross-country elementary school. here there's two precincts. they're higher than the city average. 8% at one precinct and 6% at another. senator cardin saying it's important to come to the poll. >> elections are already excited. it gives me a chance to present what i've done over the past five years. so we've been all over maryland. we're feeling good about this election, kept it very positive and encourage people to come out and vote. that's what the democracy is all about. >> reporter: he's facing a challenge

. >> maryland congressman elijah cummings told cnn he is concerned this may go beyond this event. one model used was wheels up, rain is off. >> i am concerned about it being cultural. if it is, then we have to change the culture. if it is normal, then we have to change the normal. >> harry reid says even in the nation's most elite security detail, sometimes you just cannot stop [unintelligible] >> the go to colombia and have a fight over a prostitute over how much she should be paid. that is very stupid and a lack of common sense. >> the combination of the secret service scandal and the gsa made him look like a bad manager. but the white house says that we did they are simply trying to politicize a scandal that has nothing to do with politics. >> you can follow the balance -- developments and a time on our web site at wjla.com. an update on big news in afghanistan. a military helicopter has class. for troops reportedly on board the block, when it went down in the southwestern part of the country. there was bad weather in the area. they have not ruled out enemy fire. the crash is u

but congressman cummings says the director added they still have about 50 people yet to interview. today, one reporter asked the senator majority leader harry reid what should be done if the el salvador report is accurate? >> hire more females. [ laughter ] >> shepard: maybe he is not aware they make male strippers as well. some advice for the secret service. this all comes in the wake of this month's scandal in colombia. a couple different agents in colombia are accused of partying with hookers at a hotel ahead of a visit there. the news broke when one agent refused to pay a prostitute and turned it into a ruckus. yesterday janet napolitano told lawmakers there were no solid indications that behavior like that is part of a pattern. now, with the latest accusations from el salvador, it is starting to appear to some observers otherwise. doug mckelway in washington. doug? >> according to this seattle tv station which produced this report, when the subcontractor raised questions about this behavior to the secret service agents that were involved, they told him they, quote, did this al

cummings asked you a question. it took nine months to investigate. were you commune kalting with her regular ri about the progress in the investigation and you replied back, yes we provided information, the briefing and i asked her to get a handle on the rcs travel. you testified to that yesterday. do you -- did you misspeak yesterday or did you misspeak today? >> i must have misspoken yesterday. i specifically told the regional administrator to get ahold of his travel in august of 2011. i did brief administrator johnson in may of 2011 on the interim report. she saw the preplanning travel. i did tell her about the less than candid comments. >> how much did you meet with ms. johnson? >> we met may 17th i think and then we met again in august. maybe twice in august. >> were you also meeting with others that worked in -- >> they are in constant contact. >> how often do you think you communicated whether it's between staff to staff or you with mrs. johnson. how often is it? >> we communicate several times a week between our staff and staff at gsa. and i

joining us now by phone from kabul is lieutenant colonel jimmy cumming, spokesman for the international assistant security force in afghanistan. thank you for joining us. what can you deed our information about what's going on there? >> there have been several attacks throughout okay but and a few of the places in afghanistan. our initial reports indicate that insurgents took up positions in unoccupied buildings outside of the green zone. the attacks as reported earlier, the u.s., german, british embassies and other afghan facilities took indirect and direct fire but, again, this is from outside the green zone. so they did not breach the green zone at all. the afghan security forces responded to the attack very quickly. we're getting unconfirmed reports they have captured a number of the attackers and possibly a planner of today's attack and actually one of the reports indicates that they captured two possible suicide bombers before they reached their targets. good news out of this today is how the afghan national security forces responded to today's attacks here in kabul. >> that was l