cummings, for five minutes. mr. cummings: thank you very much. ms. leonhart, do you think do you're the right person for this job? i've been -- i just intentionally wanted to hear some of the testimony. i have a lot of concerns. it seems like there's a culture that has developed in your -- even the attorney general's letter where he says don't frat nice with prostitutes. -- fratenize with prostitutes. hello. am i missing something? i think we are at an all-time low here. don't you? administrator leonhart: as a d.e.a. agent and a female d.e.a. agent, for the past 35 years i'm appalled of it over this as well. and like the attorney general had to send a memo reminding people last friday, i had to send one last year to remind everyone and put everybody on notice. mr. cummings: ok. i only have a few minutes. i'm very concerned mr. horowitz, and in your report you made the following statement and i quote, we found a regional director, an acting assistant renal national director and groups failed to report through their chain of command or to d.e.a. o.p.r.

cummings for five minutes. elijah cummings: do you think that you are the right person for this job? i intentionally one it to hear some of the testimony. i have a lot of concerns. it seems like there is a culture that has developed here. even the attorney general's letter, when he has to say don't fret nice with prostitutes. -- fraternize with prostitutes. i think that we are at an all-time low here, don't you? michelle leonhart: as a dea agent, and a female dea agent, i am appalled over this as well. like the attorney general sent a memo reminding people last friday, i sent one last year to remind everyone and put everyone on notice. elijah cummings: i am very concerned, mr. borowitz you may be following statement, we found a regional director, and acting assistant general director, failed to report to their chain of command for repeated allegations of frequenting brothels and treating these allegations as local. is that correct? despite the fact that none of these employees ever reported these allegations to

. >>> congressman elijah cummings >>> congressman elijah cummings was speaking with reporters moments, pennsylvania and north. he's been up there consistently throughout protests trying to both keep things peaceful and also last night and now tonight encouraging people to leave the streets and not run afoul of the curfew. can we listen in a little bit op this? >> please, i beg you, i'm not asking, i'm begging, it's very important that we keep the peace. got to keep the peace. we've got to keep the peace. congressman cummings have been a frequent, almost constant presence in the streets in baltimore talking to people, trying to get them both to remain peaceful, to channel their anger and specifically he has been overt working one-on-one, sometimes behind a bull horn, sometimes just making the case face-to-face with individual people to pay attention to the curfew to stay clear of police and to avoid the kind of confrontations that are going to get people arrested. don't often see members of congress doing that personal work, but he's been doing that a couple days. the curfew goes into

we are a peaceful city. >> elijah cummings has been walking around.en circulating, it's been a little over 20 minutes he's been walking around going to various young men and urging them, go home disperse. the crowd is getting smaller now. there were actually a few of the young men themselves who were chanting go home and urging people to get out of this square and go home. and so it's thinning out a little bit, but as you can see, there are still some persistent people and they are still here and clearly they are not abiding by the curfew. >> and when you're hearing those arguments and young people are arguinging back, what is the case they're making? >> people essentially are taking issue with the idea they can't be in these streets. this is a residential area where they live and there is some defiance. i think some of it is young men, guys who were part of that protest that started earlier this evening. it went on for quite a while. it built up pretty loud. they essentially decided that they were not going to abide by the curfew. there were skirmish

elijah cummings was yelling, no violence, no violence. and it was in the middle of the intersection. and the police were restrained throughout this. they didn't really respond to it until the service seems to dissipate almost on its own. folks in the scuffle, ended, pulling out the most angry. and at that point, the police on one end of north made a wall and on the other end of north, they made a sort of long line. but they just stayed there and after a few minutes, they ended that line. they're still in a sort of final line on one side. but, again, they saw a skirmish beginning and they did not respond. elijah cummings is here. with the bull horn. there are people here telling people, go home. and there's people here who are sort of standing around. there's a lot of media jout here, as well lawrence. >> toure, how does the police presence compare to last night at that location? >> it's a -- i think there's a less intense police presence at this moment. last night, along north here on this side of north, if we can pan over to this side, t

the other man with the blow horn is congressman cummings. >> we're proud of baltimore.e're a peaceful ste fulful city. we're a peaceful city. >> i don't know if he is going to speak? >> he has been walking around circulating. it has been a little over 20 minutes where he is going to various groups of young men, encouraging them to go home and disburse. the crowd is getting smaller now. a few men were chanting go home and urging people to get out of the square and go home if is thinning out a little bit, but as you see there are persistent people and they're still here and clearly they are not abiding by the curfew. >> when you're hearing the arguments between congressman cummings and the people arguing back what case are they making that they should not leave? >> they're essentially taking issue with the idea that they can't be in these streets, a residential area where people live and there is some defiance. some of it is very young men, guys that were part of that protest that started earlier this evening and they built up a head of steam, and they decided not to abid

cummings let me -- one second. representative cummings? nbc we're live. do you have one second, please? he's having a discussion with some of the young men out here who are obviously very angry, very agitated, and he's trying to convince people to go home. he's been out here for the last hour or so. and there is a lot of intense discussions going on right now. let's see if we can try and get a word in here. mrs. cummings, we're live on nbc news. can you tell me -- can you tell us what it is that you're trying to say to these young men to convince them to go home? what is it that -- hey, hey, hey. wait, wait. >> calm down, calm down. everyone, calm down. the police are banging their batons against their shields. people are running in different directions. the police are advancing. they're moving forward very slowly trying to clear out this intersection. very slowly. they have not moved very far. we don't know how far this is going to go. are you still with us here? >> ron allen, the people near you scattered. kwhavs it that made them what was it that made

cummings for five minutes. >> thank you. i want to ask about the capitol police and your current policies on when the use lethal force. the chairman and others have suggested that you should have shot down the gyro copter but others disagree and you seem to disagree. this incident was not the first time the capitol police have had to make a life or death judgment call in a manner of seconds. in 1998 a deranged individual burst through the doors and shot and killed two police officers. that was a tragic event and i'm certain that it is on the minds of every single capitol police officer who stands guard outside these doors. chief, do you believe that the shooting in 1998 influenced how the capitol police handle threats of this nature today and when this incident happened? >> yes, sir. in fact, every threat that this agency and other agencies face ends up influencing the history and policies that they put in place. >> can you plees tell us what in comb pact if any have on the policies used by the capitol police today? >> we ch

elijah cummings was out there.any leaders here trying to keep the chaos to a bear minimum. >> yeah. and it's painful when you're hearing things like that. you know, when i was out here yesterday, i heard one person say, you know, perhaps if there was more engagement between some of those people here in the community who felt disenfranchised, we wouldn't have gotten to where we are in this community today. not just in this community, but in other communities across the country. but today, at least, for baltimore it was a peaceful day been we saw thousands marching through downtown, they started at johns hopkins university and marched over to penn and then to city hall, then back over to penn station. a very diverse multicultural crowd, young people, old people, parents there with their children. there was one message there that was the message of peace. this is the intersection that is peaceful now here at pennsylvania and north. and you know this intersection well. this was the scene of so much unrest. this is what

now here is elijah cummings.ake a listen. >> the pain and frustration of young people many of whom i know, who are crying out, and they are crying out, they are saying look you know, we want to be better educated. they want we want jobs. we want recreation centers. and they are concerned about all of the austerity, but they are saying what about us? >> reporter: and when i saw elijah cummings yesterday, he looked absolutely angry and depressed and fed up in a way i have never seen him look before. it was a very, very grim day for him yesterday, but he and the faith leaders in that group came right here where i am now, seemed to have an effect. people calmed down when they were there. randall. >> can you give us some context about who started it last night? >> reporter: according to -- this -- i know this sounds extraordinary extraordinary, doesn't it but according to the police commissioner last night, this really was started -- and for the most part continued, by high schoolers. there was some kind of social med

cummings we're live on nbc news. can you tell me -- can you tell us what it is that you're trying to say to these young men to convince them to go home? what is it that -- hey, hey, hey. wait, wait. >> calm down calm down. everyone, calm down. the police are banging their batons against their shields. people are running in different directions. the police are advancing. they're moving forward very slowly trying to clear out this intersection. very slowly. they have not moved very far. we don't know how far this is going to go. are you still with us here? >> ron allen, the people near you scattered. what was it that -- >> are you still with us? hang on. >> please get them out of here. >> what's made them scatter was that the police started banging their batons against their shields. there's a length of police up there under that red light that you can't quite see. and they started to move forward. and you can see over in this direction, right over here they're pushing forward and i just saw a big object go into the cr

. >> paul beban is not far from where elijah cummings was doing his work there. paul what are you seeing there now? it seems very quiet. >> reporter: it has quieted down quite a bit antonio. that was just half an hour ago not long after congressman cummings was here telling the freem hispeople from his home district to go home. after what had been a peaceful and somewhat celebratory day here. we still have a pretty heavy police and national guard presence here although they have thinned out considerably in the last half hour or so. this has been the flash point for last couple of days but police saying they think they have got the situation largely under control. the city is stable and they want to keep it that way. hundreds of protesters took to the streets of baltimore again to call for justice for freddy gray. the protest took place as baltimore tried to return to normal after days of unrest. maryland's governor says it's time to get back to business as usual. >> we want to get people out there today going about their business there is no question in my mind t

cummings for five minutes. elijah cummings: do you think that you are the right person for this job? i intentionally one it to hear some of the testimony. i have a lot of concerns. it seems like there is a culture that has developed here. even the attorney general's letter, when he has to say don't fret nice with prostitutes. -- fraternize with prostitutes. i think that we are at an all-time low here, don't you? michelle leonhart: as a dea agent, and a female dea agent, i am appalled over this as well. like the attorney general sent a memo reminding people last friday, i sent one last year to remind everyone and put everyone on notice. elijah cummings: i am very concerned, mr. borowitz, you may be following statement, we found a regional director, and acting assistant general director failed to report to their chain of command for repeated allegations of frequenting brothels and treating these allegations as local. is that correct? despite the fact that none of these employees ever reported these allegations to

we're going to talk to elijah cummings, the congressman from baltimore. we'll get his thoughts on that and then to talk about this overall thing, this kind of racial divide that we're seeing across the country, we're going to talk to bill bratton, the new york city police commissioner. they've been trying to deal with this. they've had their problems. also jon miller, former cbs news correspondent who is now the deputy commissioner for intelligence in counterterrorism for the new york police department, he's going to be with us as well. also as we continue to interview the various republicans and there must be 4 or 500 of them that are now trying to run for president, we'll continue our interviews on that. we'll talk to ohio governor john kasich. >> you've got a lot of ground to cover this weekend, bob, some tough subjects to tackle and hopefully we'll be able to talk about some answers going forward. how do we advance this? how do we make some changes after all of this tumultuous stuff that's been occurring

media and leaders like elijah cummings. we tried to get a little bit of an interview with but couldn't. police held their line for the first 20 minutes. there was no real activity and around 10:25 we saw smoke fill the area around pennsylvania avenue and north avenue. scene of yesterday's looting was in that area. some of the people in the crowd appeared to throw objects at the police or were picking up objects that they were throwing back at the police. the baltimore police started to deploy pepper balls and the crowd was ordered to disperse. right now the streets are mostly clear. a fire started near owe local library reportedly from a molotov cocktail. rachel, the real news tonight, one hour into this curfew is that well over 99% of the residents of baltimore have observed this curfew from the start. we saw -- our cameras could show you no more than 100, maybe 200 people on the streets in violation of the curfew and they

we saw eli cummings. he has been visible throughout all of this. he was out on the streets at curfew time in the key intersection that saw destruction on monday night. here is what he had to say. >> i had my turn. what i can do is fight for them. i have to make sure that we hear them. they feel as if nobody hears them. i think we are beginning to get that. i'm telling you, baltimore can happen anywhere. >> now cummings was out with a bull horn in the intersection telling people to go home. some of that was directed at the media. >> there had been a lot of media out there. we have news also overnight, athena over the initial wave of arrests. 200 plus arrests they made monday into tuesday here. a lot of those people have been released. >> that is right, john. about 101 that the captain announced were released. the police captain said they simply could still face charges as the police continue to investigate what happened monday night. at this point. it is too complicated to try to put together all of the documentation needed to charge them. you canno

cummings and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. as sergeant in arms and chief law enforcement officer of the house of representatives i'm fully dedicated to ensuring the safety of the entire capitol complex, a mission performed in close partnership and cooperation with the u.s. capitol police board and member and women of the united states capitol police. before i begin i'd like to extend my thanks to all the men and women of the u.s. capitol police for their capable and professional response to the incident on april 15th. us clog police officers and officials promptly responded to the west front and arrested the individual and ensured the craft was harmless. we are currently working closely with our partners in if he had wall law enforcement, the departments of defense, transportation and homeland security to maintain robust air space security within the confines of the urban environment of the national capitol region. in particular working with our partners to ensure the most efficient and robust early detection, tracking and war

elijah cummings. you can see how personal this is for him as you were mentioning. he lives there. these are his neighbors. it's really revealing to see the personal connection and how he has a personal stake in making sure that things stay safe and that it doesn't happen again. great interview, john. we'll continue obviously all of our coverage on baltimore including this. a major league first in baltimore. due to security concerns in the city, this afternoon's game between the baltimore orioles and the chicago white sox is going to be closed to the public. no fans and almost 46,000 empty seats. the move by major league baseball comes after games on monday and tuesday were postponed but they need to pick back up with the schedule. this is how they're handling it. we'll talk about this extraordinary move later this hour from camden yards, the home of the orioles. >>> speaking of sports here and how it relates to this crisis, former baltimore raven ray lewis is making an impassioned plea to those who took part in the violent protests. look at this. all right. he made an impassioned

i'll speak live this hour with congressman elijah cummings. and our correspondents analysts and guests are standing by for complete coverage. let's begin with brian todd in baltimore. he has the very latest. brian? >> reporter: we're at the corner of presbury and north mount streets in baltimore. a small group of protesters is forming behind me. this is the very spot where freddie gray was arrested, right down there by that stone wall. makeshift memorials set up here all along this place. the protests when they begin are expected to go down north mount street toward the police precinct. so much palpable anger on the streets in the last couple of days so much emotion, a lot of it not only over freddie gray's death itself but the fact that we've not four investigations going on in this case and so few answers. a neighborhood on edge and just plain angry in the wake of freddie gray's death, members of his community are in a mood to vent. a big part of their frustration? comments from city officials that they'll share everything about the investig

congress member cummings was out on the streets. we got information, athena about the people arrested. 200 people arrested in the first wave during and right after the riots. >> less than half of the people were released yesterday. the police captain said they were released because there is not enough time. it is too complicated to put together sufficient documentation to charge them all right away. they could still face charges as police continue to investigate what happened monday night. reviewing surveillance video and other video. they cannot hold them forever. they were able to hold them for an extra 24 hours under the governor's orders. it shows you how much time police are spending on the streets rather than doing paper work in cases like this. >> you cannot do both. you cannot fill out paper work if you are out on the streets. they may charge them. we have to wait and see. athena jones, thanks. >>> we have new information. potentially explosive new information about how freddie gray may have sustained the fatal injury in pol

but, you know, elijah cummings calling for peace. police there want parents because so many of the people youngsters to make sure they know where their children are and to get their children home so the plea has gone out to parents now. >> i'm wondering how because these things feed on themselves as people are -- young people or whoever is coming home and seeing that this is going on if people are joining this because it's now a scene, a happening, if you will. >> all over the news. >> all over the news and if -- instead of them dispersing and wearing themselves out if they're not getting new blood coming as people hearing about this and the roads and the traffic around this area for people who live in the area and have been working in the baltimore area it's almost impossible to get out of there and some of these major roads so if you are wanting to call your child, you don't know if your child is home. i don't know that you're home. so there's a lot of sort of a cascading problem going on here in baltimore. again, tonight, we have

you mentioned congressman elijah cummings one of the speakers on the program today.of the city of baltimore. he's one of the people angry and wants to see changes in the baltimore police department so they follow the rules and regulations already in place. and we'll hear from reverend jamal bryant who has been on cnn the last couple hours. he's going to deliver the eulogy. as you mentioned, several white house officials will be here in attendance as will the family of eric garner. they are among the folks come ing ing. eric garner's family is here to support the family of freddie gray. we expect emotion and maybe some anger as this service gets under way in just a few minutes here carol. >> all right. athena jones reporting live from baltimore. thank you so much. >>> today's somber funeral services a stark contrast of violence that broke amid mostly peaceful protests. long standing tension between police and the community coming to light as the furor boiled over. you can see protesters a small group, that was an undercover police car breaking out windows. several 7-e

maureen: congressman cummings has been on the ground in baltimore each day this week. last night, he urged residents to respect the curfew and keep the peace. members of congress are expressing frustration and concern over that gyrocopter that landed on the capitol lawn earlier this month. they questioned whether police were ready to shoot it down and how it flew so far into restricted airspace. senior political reporter scott thuman has the search for answers on capitol hill. >> we will yank you up here time and time again until we get answers in the public. scott: called on the mat and facing tough questions, the top leaders protecting washington had to explain how a man piloting a gyrocopter could get so close to the capitol. >> got a dude in a gyrocopter 100 feet in the air crossing 30 plus miles of restricted airspace. whose job is it to detect him? >> that's my responsibility and i'm accountable for that. >> why didn't it happen? >> because we're working against physics, sir. scott: it turns out w maureen: the trial of james holmes today taking the stand was one

cummings initially promised three on your side he would make things right but never did. when we went looking for him in one was to be found. donna new plans to take him to court because as far as she's concern. >> he didn't do what he was supposed to do. >> now, cummings construction has a d the plus rating with the bbb better business bureau, in part due to the failure to reply to a complaint against the business. donna's contract has a clause that says changes ust ab greed to in writing. she said she didn't agree to different windows so hopefully that will help her in court. >>> it is 7:14. tornado weary resident were allowed to return to is what left of their homes. many seeing that wreckage up close for the first time yesterday. two people were killed and 22 injured when eight tornadoes roared across illinois on thursday. farming community of fair dale was destroyed by a half mile wide tornado, where it registered a ef4 with wind between 180 and 200 miles an hour. >>> carol, we have talk about this all the time just amaze to go see what mother narcan do and scary too

cummings initially promised three on your side to make things right. when we went looking for him in one was to be found. donna plans to take him to court because as far as she's concern. >> he didn't do what he was supposed to do. >> reporter: now cummings construction has a d plus rating with the better business bureau in part due to his failure to reply to a complaint a against the business. donna's contract has a clause that says changes must ab greed to in writing. she didn't agree to different windows so that will help her in court. >> you listen and wonder if there is anything she should have done differently. >> she paid final payment before everything was complete. so i always suggest make sure you got a payment schedule in your contract and stick to it. do not make that final payment until everything is complete. the that is only kind of leverage is you have. >> once that money is gone it could be gone. >> see you at 11:00. >>> jim, thanks very much. >>> good evening, everyone. if you are traveling out and about right now you'll find rush hou

cummings and mr. hoyer and the 400-plus members of this body, the congress gave the ability and authority to the head of the i.r.s. to terminate the employment of one of their workers if they're not paying the federal taxes. now they have the best compliance rate in the federal government. let's give that same tool to the rest of the departments and agencies. you know what's a slap in the face to the federal workers? -- worker? when you don't get rid of the bad apples. when you get somebody who is thumbing their nose, not playing by the rules, not doing what they're supposed to be doing guess what? the seeds of -- it goes into the morale of the institution. and i think as a federal employee, being paid by the taxpayers, one of your fundamental responsibilities is to file and pay your federal taxes. a fact, we had last rear-year 24,833 people as federal employees who didn't even file a return. can we solve that? should we? absolutely, we can shove that. we should require it. when somebody goes to fill

cummings for allowing me to go in his place. ms. leonhart how do you hold people accountable if you are not able to discipline them? >> the system in place it's a three-tiered system. there's the inspectors who -- >> you're not answering my question. basically, very briefly because i only have a couple minutes, how do you hold people accountable when you cannot discipline them when they do -- okay so we got 15 to 20 sex parties. 15 to 20. we've got all these allegations. a lot of these agents admitted to prostitution to soliciting prostitutes, having sex with prostitutes. we don't know their ages because nothing has been disclosed here. we have them taking weapons. we've got foreign individuals, parts of terrorist groups complicit in this. we've got national security at risk. you don't have the ability to discipline these people. you know, when i came to this hearing, i thought my problem was that we weren't disciplining these people. i think the problem here, now after hearing you testify, even though you've said you were not happy

cummings and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today.federal agents are held to the highest standards of conduct both on and off duty. as a former federal prosecutor and as an inspector general it has been my experience that the overwhelming majority of the department agents meet those high standards and perform the work with great integrity and honor. thereby helping keeping keep our communities safe and our country safe. nevertheless, we find instances where law enforcement agents in the cage in a series of conduct and even criminal violations affecting the agency's reputation, potentially compromising prosecutions, and possibly affecting the security of the agents and agency operation. furthermore, misconduct that involves sexual harassment affects employee morale and creates a hostile work environment. following the incidents during the president's trip to colombia in 2012, the oig conducted to reduce. one relating to department policies and training involving off to the conduct employees working in foreign countries and one relating

. >> reporter: in fact, antonio i just spoke to elijah cummings. we go back a long way. i asked him what he wanted to tell the people that were watching television tonight about his community. this is his neighborhood. he said he wanted them to know this is a good place with good people, not the type of images they've seen over the last few days. take a listen and what else he had to say. >> what's the objective tonight and how do you feel about the way things are going so far? >> i feel good. people dispersed, as you can see all the people left are you all. you reporters. >> that's a great thing. >> that's a great thing. we've got a great city, we want positive images of what's, you know, of our city. we saw soful people coming together. i was sitting in washington, and i saw all those peaceful demonstrators coming up the street i mean downtown. you know what made me feel real good that it was so diverse. it was so diverse. that means people are understanding this is not just an issue that is just of concern to african american people. we had blacks, whites, hispanics,

cummings for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. unlike previous hearings our committee has held with the secret service and the dea which involved misconduct by individual agents, today's hearing presents a different question. how should our nation deal with the relatively new and evolving threat of unmanned or small manned aerial vehicles entering the airspace over our nation's capital? this is a question of technology and policy, both of which are rapidly evolving. in this case i do not personally believe the answers to condemn the capitol police for not shooting down the gyrocopter, i also do not believe we should rush to criticize federal agencies charged with responding to this threat. instead i believe the best course of action is to work collaboratively with both the capitol police and these federal agencies to understand the threat, understand it, and to strongly support their swron going efforts to enhance comment technologies, many of which are classified. so i thank the chairman for calling today's hearing on this very c

maryland congressman elijah cummings spoke with fox 29 dave kinchen in baltimore earlier today. report. >> i came last night i saw pain and today i feel relief. not joy but relief that this is the baltimore i know. you know, people gathering around doing the things they're doing. getting up at 5:00 o'clock in morning to sweep glass. >> congressman has lived in baltimore for 33 years and says the city will be back but needs cooperation between its residents. police and lecked officials. cummings also urging for transparency within police departments across the country something he says is vital in earning trusts of the community. >> our coverage will continue on myfoxphilly.com. there's slide shows of the most unforgettable images within the past few hours. >>> more now on the emergency landinglanding at philadelphia international airport. skyfox was near the scene this afternoon. authorities say a united express jet had an engine fire which is why you see all of that foam there on the tarmac. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at the airport. dave what are you hearing about the

congressman cummings is glad that in this case director joseph clancy was notified immediately and took action. >> he cannot control every action of every officer. but he has on send a message that there will be zero tolerance as to these types of activities. and so i'm very pleased about that. but again, we have a lot of work to do. the president's life is on the line and we've got to protect it. >> congressman serves on the house committee that oversees the secret service. >>> prince william county police are searching for a man who tried to take a child from a daycare center. they say the man tried to pick up a small child at small world daycare last friday. the man came in and named a specific child thatbut wasn't on the list to pick him up. parents say they don't know him. police say they just want to speak with the man to see if this was a misunderstanding. >>> today a man is in custody accused of robbing three banks in the area. police arrested sunny parekh at his arlington home yesterday. he's accused of robbing banks in dupont circle arlington and alexandria. fbi agents have du

then joining in the middle front and center was representative elijah cummings, a leader of the black caucus, the police line had a couple hundred officers there with their shields up faces covered aural standing there in a row blocking off a main artery in baltimore north avenue and the congressman stepped out in that line and greeted a commander from the local police precinct. there was a shaking of hands and suddenly all of these faith leaders they turned around and they start marching back down north avenue saying spread out spread out and they were joined in hands as they spread out clearing the streets they haven't got very far trying to get people to stop this unrest, antonio. >> showing pictures stills and video of that moment with elijah cummings there in the center leading that group to try to control this violence. we were also showing pictures earlier of some of those fires you're referring to that are not far from where you are. news conference tonight from the governor the national guard the maryland police superintendent. there is going to be a very strong response? >>

congressman elijah cummings was on a bullhorn saying go home go home to yourl of a sudden police werehrowing things at police like bottles and bottled water as well and other different objects. police then had to move them back and police threw pepper devices to -- that was burning people's eyes and a lot of folks tell me that they were just trying to get away from the situation. you're now going to hear from a baltimore resident and congressman elijah cummings. >> the law is behind the state of maryland. the law is behind the police. the mayor has said go home. she brought out the national guard. they are not playing, okay? i don't want anyone to be hurt. >> i just feel pain. i live in this neighborhood. i've lived in this neighborhood for 33 years, and i'm seeing a lot of these young people grow up a lot of them in real pain. they feel as if they don't have the kind of education that they need to function properly in life. >> you're now looking at a live picture of the cvs pharmacy i was telling you about that went up in flames and it's really sad because a lot of people who live in

. >> reporter: house oversight committee jason chaffetz of utah and ranking member elijah cummings of maryland spoke to reporters after an hour-long classified briefing by those in charge of security at the u.s. capitol and the white house. the two expressed concern that gyrocopter pilot doug hughes was able to travel undetected through 30 miles of the most restricted airspace in the united states. they confirmed law enforcement officers were poised to use deadly force on hughes, who says his flight was a protest to draw attention to campaign finance reform.ere briefed that there were multiple weapons trained on this gyrocopter and they elected not to fire on the gyrocopter. >> reporter: cummings and chaffetz were concerned at the lack of what they call interagency communication. >> where the two entities were working together and that's human error. they admitted it was human error. >> totally unacceptable. they're sitting literally shoulder to shoulder and did not do the job they were supposed to do. >> reporter: house leaders have scheduled a hearing on this matter for next wednesd

congressman cummings serves on the house xhet committee that oversees the secret service. he says while the most recent allegations are disturbing he's glad at least in this case director joseph clancy was notified immediately and took action. >> he cannot control every action of every officer. but when these things happen he has to send a message that there will be zero tolerance as to these types of activities. and so i'm very pleased about that. but, again, we have a lot of work to do. the president's life is on the line and we've got to protect it. >> cummings says that the secret service needs to restore a culture of responsibility rather than one of mediocrity and complacency. doreen? >> chris lawrence thank you. >>> getting ready to trade the drizzle and fog for heat and strong storms. big weather changs coming our way tomorrow. veronica has details. v.j.? >> it will be stormy for i think a period of time tomorrow afternoon. again, right around this time. but right now we're in this cool pocket of air and that's interesting because of what's going on. just off to ou

congressman elijah cummings serves as ranking member. >> good morning. the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we're here today to talk about some alarming problems that our country's premier law enforcement agencies. the latest report from the department of justice inspector general outlines a number of problems with the conduct of law enforcement officers and the agencies that manage them. that report outlined a number of key problems. first law enforcement personnel at home and abroad engaged in reprehensible sexual harassment and misconduct that jeopardized our national security. second the agencies where they work mishandled their responses to those incidents by failing to properly report them leading to insufficient punishment and third, the fbi and the d.e.a. tried to hide these incidents from the inspector general by improperly withholding information and encouraging employees not to cooperate with the inspector general. hiding information from

what has elijah cummings done for his city? what has that state senator done for that city? what kind of economic development have they done? you go. take a look at brooklyn today and look at it after the things that i did. take a look at harlem today. >> we're running up on the clock here. saturday night they saw this was coming. they did nothing on sunday. yesterday afternoon -- >> 200 cops. >> they saw the rocks being thrown at the officers and the officers in recrete. they didn't even put a curfew in effect last night. they didn't call in the national guard last night. >> it's the cooling off period. let them vent. it's totally insane. >> do you see what's going on tonight? >> i'll tell you another thing. when it got to be 10:00, that's when they should have been taken off the street. we shouldn't be at 10:30. when i said a demonstration was going to end at 4:00, and i'm thinking of one in particular the million man march when ended up being the 20,000 man march. they gave them to 4:00. ten minutes before the head of the demonstration came over and said can i get a littl

congressman cummings is right.re's a sense out there that politicians, that people in influence and power don't care about these problems. and we've got to elevate it and say even if it isn't in your neighborhood, it effects you. >> marc morial thanks for coming into "new day." we'd love to get your take on these issues. what do you think is at the root of all the unrest? please tweet us. you can find me on twitter or you can also use the hash tag newday cnn. back to baltimore and chris. >> really helpful to hear that conversation alisyn. as you're saying there are other communities across the country that have experienced police shootings involving young black men, but not every city has reacted the way baltimore has. so what makes this place different? and what is the solution here? we'll have someone who will give you a good answer coming up. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin

. >>: cars many like to cummings was out there talking about 300 men the congressmen in elijah cummingsking about what just a bad round effort. we had to arrests for loading in the central district what arrested for disorderly conduct and in the eastern district what one officer had brandishing a weapon in the eastern dressed district in the last 30 minutes in the western district this north of pennsylvania we get seven arrest. after a curfew went up with that 10 of total rest we do not have a lot of activity are movement throughout the city as also the curfew is in fact working as the mayor has called one of the interesting thanes today is that as an accident the building to go to a meeting today we had pretty close to 12 to 15 young adults waiting line to become police officers at the baltimore police department. >>: they were very much enthusiastic about becoming members of the police department the city is stable we hope for to remain that way. we intend this sustained and stabilize all the areas and raised residents are safe. >> grant lodes: you're listening to the commissioner ant

i want to get to this man next to me maryland congressman elightning cummings -- elijah cummings who represents this district, this is his home. >> welcome to baltimore. >> i love baltimore. i've been here a number of times. did you just hear the orioles game is apparently on. but closed to the public is the latest we're hearing. do you know about that? >> i don't know anything about that. that would be disappointing to me because i want our city to go forward. i don't think that we should stop doing what we normally do. that's a addition by the-- a decision by the powers that be, above my paycheck. >> have you slept at all? >> no. >> have you been in touch with the governor the mayor, tonight is the first 10:00 p.m. curfew. we've heard of protest, for most part peaceful. have you had the chance to walk around? where have you been today? >> i've been all over. i spent a lot of time at pennsylvania and north where the cvs was. and i got to tell you, when i saw the burnt out cvs it, was it was extremely painful. we have a lot of people in pain. we have a situation here where some were

a first time home own are in bank of america donated this house right here to 63-year-old joseph cummings. used to be an eye until the texas state affordable corporation spent thousands of dollars repairing it and cameras were rolling as cummings opened the front door for the first time. so hard for him to hold back those emotions. >> people not supposed to see a grown man cry. i can't shout it without crying. but i own this. this is mine. >> makes me cry, joyce. >> oh, yeah. >> bank of america has donateed more than 1600 houses to military veterans over the past three years. fantastic stuff. >> speaking of which in wisconsin a dream 90 years in the making comes true for 103-year-old woman. >> she's cute, too. marie hunt just received an honorary high school dip moment ma. she's one of 11 siblings had to drop out of school after completing eighth grade back in the 1920s. well fast forward and her graduation ceremony was held at her assisted living facility. marie's honorary degree the first of its kind handed handed out by the high school in that area. today's beautiful sunny weather perf

including a lot of media and leaders like elijah cummings. we tried to get a little bit of an interview with but couldn't. police held their line for the first 20 minutes. there was no real activity and around 10:25 we saw smoke fill the area around pennsylvania avenue and north avenue. scene of yesterday's looting was in that area. some of the people in the crowd appeared to throw objects at the police or were picking up objects that they were throwing back at the police. the baltimore police started to deploy pepper balls and the crowd was ordered to disperse. right now the streets are mostly clear. a fire started near owe local library reportedly from a molotov cocktail. rachel, the real news tonight, one hour into this curfew is

including a lot of leaders like elijah that cummings. police held their line for the first 20 minutes. no real activity but smoke filled the area around pennsylvania avenue and north avenue. scene of yesterday's looting was in that area. some of the people in the crowd appeared to throw objects at the police or were picking up objects that they were throwing back at the police. the baltimore police started to deploy pepper balls and right now the streets are mostly clear. a fire started near owe local library reportedly from a molotov cocktail. rachel, the real news tonight, one hour into this curfew is that well over 99% of the residents of baltimore have observed this curfew from the start. we saw our cameras could show you no more than 100, maybe 200 people on the streets in violation of the curfew and they weren't in violation for very long. >> with the police -- i will give the police credit for the clarity with which they communicated their intentions around the curfew. it was not necessarily true yesterday when they first said the

congressman elijah cummings was out there. he was talking to the crowd. a lot of the men, the 300 men were out talking to the crowd making sure that they were quiet. the mayor was at different places throughout the city today making sure she was seeing and having a number of different meetings with community people. just a background after the events today, we've had one or two arrests for looting in the central district, we've had one arrest for disorderly conduct in the eastern district. also we had one officer had a drive-by brandishing of a weapon in the eastern district within the last 30 minutes and the western district, where that's north of pennsylvania in that area we've had approximately seven arrests. in totality in the city after the curfew went up we've had about ten total arrests, i get reports from the organization that we do not have a lot of activity or movement throughout the city as a whole so the curfew is, in fact, working as the mayor had called. one of the interesting things i happened by and without answering questions is i exited

and i think elijah cummings said this. he represents the area where this is occurring. that it's a lot of injustice, but we're going to deal with that. we're going to get the facts and there's going to be consequences and there's going to be a system that follows. but we also have to change things. we cannot continue to go on with the way things are. because we will have these situations over and over again. but when you threaten your police officers, when you threaten your military and what i mean by that on an international basis with what al qaeda is doing that type of thing. i mean you have to stand up. you have to have justice. otherwise you allow these bad people who just want to incite and will take juveniles and try to have them incite, then no one is safe especially innocent people who live in these neighborhoods and love baltimore and they want to be able to walk down the street. a business owner doesn't want to worry about his store being looted and everything that he's paid for is gone. that's why you have to get a community group, and i think the mayor has

first we will hear from congressman elijah cummings. will hear from community leader mark washington. then we will hear from naacp baltimore president tessa hill aston. then we will hear from bishop clifford johnson and close it out with our host reverend reid. >> you've just been listening to a press conference from baltimore's mayor, stephanie rawlings-blake. joined by congressman elijah cummings as well as the state senator from maryland as well as a lot of faith-based leaders within the city. condemning the violence that we saw take place last night. noting it was just a minority of people. as you know we saw thousands of peaceful protesters fill the streets of baltimore yesterday and last night there were some that turned it violent. she reiterated there were 34 arrests made six police officers that had minor injuries and she had that is quote, unacceptable to me. she also said we are one baltimore and she said we cannot allow a minority of incendiary individuals to put their own agenda ahead of our city. back with me my legal pane

valerie jarrett speeming with representative elijah cummings who had a high profile role in baltimore. it's from baltimore, of course. officials in washington at the white house certainly monitoring the situation at the department of justice. unfortunately, they've had a lot of recent experience with this kind of phenomenon and unrest on the streets of ferguson to staten island and new york city and elsewhere. we're waiting to see if they have anything else to say tonight, but they are watching it closely. >> i was going to ask you whether or not there was a lid at the white house or whether the president could still speak tonight? >> we do not expect the president to speak tonight. as far as we understand it there's a lid for uninitiated. the white house will tell the press when it they do not expect to make more news tonight. they called it putting a lid on the nusz. the white house is watching the situation. unlikely we'll hear from the president, but we'll wait and see. >> mike vickqueira at the white house. we are waiting for the governor of maryland to speak in a few minutes. we

so let's bring in congressman elijah cummings.is he a legend in congress but he is a local man made good. and he means a lot to the community here. last night he was alone in the middle of this crowd. many still hostile. and he was there right up until the moments of the curfew and then after. of course cummings is a democrat. his district includes more than half of the city of baltimore. congressman. >> good to see you. >> good to see you here. it was even better to see you last night. what brought you out onto those streets all alone like that? >> well first of all, the incident happened four blocks from my house where i've lived for 33 years. and i know a lot of these folks. and i know the pain. and i did not want it to erupt into a melee that would have caused more people to get arrested. and i'm proud of baltimore. and i also wanted them -- they know me. and i know them. and so i wanted them to -- i wanted to say to them look we hear you. and that's what it is. we got a lot of people who are in a lot of pain. and a lot of our