this morning maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings says his confidence and trust in pierson has erode and he doesn't feel comfortable with her as director. house democratic leader nancy pelosi offered this reaction. >> dp mr. cummings thinks that she should go, i subscribe to his recommendation. however, i don't think -- i don't say that he is saying this, that's all that should be done. there has to be an i wanted pent investigation. has to be accountability. >> some of the top lawmakers say firing pierson won't fix bigger issues at the secret service. >> i think, though, it would be premature at this point in time. she came on board after most of these scandals are taking place. i think that's the whole point of this independent review, this independent commission to investigate and review the policies and review her conduct as well, so i would prefer to have these experts look at the matter and report back to congress. >> house speaker john boehner said a few minutes ago he fully supports congressman mccall's plan for a top to bottom independent review of the agency. gret

again, we want to take you to capitol hill where elijah cummings is speaking. >> this week, the worldnization declared nigeria and senegal free of ebola. this is a tremendous accomplishment that was achieved through a combination of early diagnosis, contact tracing, innext control and safe burial. but we still face grave challenges in sierra leone, guinea and liberia where the public health infra structure is deficient and new cases are increasing. last month the united nations security council unanimously adopted a resolution declaring the ebola outbreak, i quote, a threat to international peace and security, end of quote. the u.n. established a mission for ebola emergency response. they sent forward more than a dozen critical actions and provided a six-month budget request for $998 million. however, they are hundreds of millions of dollars short. they desperately need funding for treatment beds, training for health care workers and supplies to prevent infection. they need resources for things as basic as food and vehicles and fuel. >> you're listening live to representative elijah c

i don't want them -- >> elijah cummings, we have to wrap it up. thanks very much for joining us.n important discussion and i hope lessons are learned because priority number one for the secret service, to protect the president and the first family. thanks very much, elijah cummings. we'll be right back. more of the breaking news right after this. (male announcer) it's happening. today, more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®, an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. and levemir® helps lower your a1c. levemir® is now available in flextouch® - the only prefilled insulin pen with no push-button extension. levemir® lasts 42 days without refrigeration. that's 50% longer than lantus®, which lasts 28 days. today, i'm asking about levemir® flextouch. (female announcer) levemir® is a long-acting insulin, used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes and is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. do not use levemir® if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. the most common

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this is elijah cummings. >> -- by now we have all seen their pictures, two brave young women who riskedives to do their jobs and feed their souls. just like nurses across this country, every single day, 24-7, 365 days a year. i understand that ms. pham's condition has been updated and ms. vincent has now been cleared of the virus. we thank them for their bravery and combhimemitment. this new case should demonstrate we can no longer ignore the crisis in west africa. nearly 10,000 people have died from this disease or are battling with it, as we speak, many in the most gruesome conditions imaginable. i firmly believe we have a fundamental moral and humanitarian obligation to address the crisis in f africa. we are the richest nation in the world, and we have the resources and expertise to take the biggest difference. however, for those who do not agree that we have a moral obligation, they must understand that addressing any ebola crisis in africa is also in our self interest as a nation. public health experts warn to protect americans here at home, we need to address this outbreak in afri

joining me is congressman elijah cummings. what specifically are you asking for this in letter to secretary johnson? >> we don't want him to limit the investigation on the fence jumping on the 19th. this is much broader. we have a culture problem. we have complacency. we have a situation where there is more training needed and there has been a reduction in training, and we have a morale problem, and we have the security breaches. so it seems to be a pattern here, and i actually believe that the pattern goes far back, probably even beyond 2011. so we need to look into that culture situation because we have a situation now, alex, where you have secret service agents who don't feel comfortable coming to their superiors with their problems but rather would go to members of congress and from this kind of agency, alex, that's not good. >> sounds like in terms of the resignation, the buck does not stop with the resignation of pierson, and so do you think it needs to go higher up the change? >> these problems did not start with the di

i am joined from baltimore by elijah cummings. you are looking into all of this. ask you about ebola. you have a hearing coming up. let's talk about the fence jumper. we are told by officials that the fence is historic. it can't be changed or shouldn't be for that reason. there a lot of jurisdictions should they make it taller. what should they do to stop the fence jumping and they are wo y worried about copycats. there increasing numbers. >> the system worked last night the way it was supposed to. this gentlemen was apprehended within seconds and i'm proud of the secret service. we have to strike a balance here. we want an open society where people can walk in front of the white house and we want to make sure that the president and the first lady and the family are protected. we are going to have to look at what this independent panel brings back to us. that's one of the things they will be looking at. by the way, the other thing is whether or not we need more surveillance type of technology to address some of these issues because one of the things that we know i

you've had black caucus members actually show up in these red states to actually caaign because elijah cummingssaid the president is not popular. when you have certain candidates that don't even want to say if they wanted for obama or not. basically obama is on the ballot and his policies and members of congress are trying to run away from their voting record and they can't. >> the reason that you have elijah cummings showing up is guess what? black voertters. they're trying to target specific elements of the democratic -- >> can't they do a lot better than a congressman from maryland? >> i'm just telling you those black voters still like obama. that's why the message that you were just talking about for someone like mary landrieu in louisiana, when she says i disagree with his oil policies, it creates tension for democratic voters and another reason why democrats are -- >> when your opponent can define you before you can, republicans have defined these folks, but it is because of their voighting record. they supported president obama lock and step dealing with his failed policy. >> i don't thi

elijah cummings to step down. it could put pressure on president obama and the white house. it hasn't happened yet. >> what about omar gonzalez before a judge today. what do we expect? >> he's going to appear in federal government this afternoon. it's a detention hearing. he was indicted yesterday. charged with a number of things including unlawfully entering a restricted area with a deadly weapon. for unlawfully possessing ammunition. we know he's an iraq war veteran and his family members say he was suffering from ptsd. so far in his court appearance he didn't request a hearing to determine his mental health. it's possible that ptsd, his service with the war could factor into whatever defense. again, he'll be in court later this afternoon. we'll be monitoring all of it and bring it to you, richard. >> kristen welker thank you so much. >>> i want to bring in democratic congresswoman sheila jackson-lee from texas. a senior member of the house land security committee. she questioned julia piereson. thank you for being here. i want to start with this. you asked julia piereson

i don't always agree with representative elijah cummings but here i think he is right. i think he is absolutely correct. i think the way that dennis allen was recently fired from the raiders. you have to clean house sometimes. there was a problem. >> cleaning house, to andrea's house was supposed to be julia pierson. >> that is certainly not the case. i know guys would be really well-qualified to take over that position. i promise you nobody getting over the white house fence making it to the white house. that is problem that need to be fixed. >> harris, this happened a few days before the fence jumper made it over the white house fence into the white house. >> my big question overall why the question hasn't fired and replaced. so i did research. "usa today" couple years ago did this analysis. job security rate among federal workers, these would be government workers we're talking about 99.43%. 100% for those on the job for a few years. the study found death, rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs was the primary threat to job security at many government ag

we saw a number of mebls of congress including elijah cummings say she would have to go. chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, it was really hard to see how she was going to survive. >> nbc's chris jansing, thank you for your reporting. >>> meantime the man behind this latest security scare at the white house was back in court. today omar gonzalez pleaded not guilty to a three-count federal indictment. a big question is, why didn't the secret service stop gonzalez before september 19th? the day he hopped the fence. on july 19th, gonzalez was stopped by the virginia state police who said they found a sawed off shotgun in his car and a map with a line on it, pointing to the white house. police referred the case to the secret service who interviewed gonzalez before letting him go. without any further action. on august 25th, gonzalez was stopped while walking near the south fence of the white house, and carrying a hatchet in his belt. once again, the secret service interviewed him and once again, they let him go. all that happened before gonzalez sprinted his way inside the white hous

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i want to play you what elijah cummings had to say. take a listen. >> i am not impressed and i was extremely disappointed. to be very frank with you, it was very difficult for me to sleep last night. i've come to the conclusion that my confidence and my trust in director ms. pearson has eroded. i do not feel comfortable with her in that position. >> you now have nancy pelosi, former speaker of the house, ranking leader in the house saying she agrees with elijah cummings' recommendation there should be a full review. now john boehner also talking about ms. pearson's leadership. actually, i'll just read it to you. secret service is beset by a culture of complacency and incompetence. is there a sense, you looking at the agency, that the problem is at the top? the leadership may need to change? >> should i say something first? congress is doing a good job. that's congress' job to protect the president. i like the fact we have both sides coming together to say, look, let's put our differences aside. having said that, a lot of these problems

elijah cummings got the ball rolling earlier this morning if she couldn't restore confidence to that agency, he would like to see her step aside and then nancy pelosi, the house minority leader, said she agreed with elijah cummings' assessment of the situation and in the last several minutes i spoke to a key democratic official who said that her job was in jeopardy and then this e-mail came through. this all happened very quickly obviously because in part because of her testimony yesterday. i talked to a number of people up on capitol hill. aides to various congressman on capitol hill and to people inside the administration who just felt that her testimony was not inspiring. it was not reassuring and that was part of the reason for her departure. >> how about that. just reading the statement from jeh johnson. 30 years. she served for 30 years. jim accosta with the news here that president obama has accepted the resignation of julia pierson, director of the u.s. secret service. ronald kessler, i was just asking you about how you would overhaul this agency. i would love to get your gut

jason chaffetz of utah and elijah cummings an additional he called for piercings ousting. more aboutwill hear this of the news briefing at the white house coming up at 3:00 eastern on c-span. look for coverage of that on c-span two. at the white house the president meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin jan -- netanyahu discussing a number of issues, including the ongoing palestinian conflict. here is a look. it is good to welcome the prime minister of israel. obvious no stranger to the white house. we meet at a challenging time. israel is obviously in a very turbulent neighborhood. this gets us an opportunity once again to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the united states and israel, and our ironclad commitment to making sure israel is secure. throughout the summer, obviously all of us were deeply concerned about the situation in gaza. i think the american people should be very proud of the contributions we made to the program. a time when god -- rockets were pouring into israel. i think we have also recognize we have to find ways to change the status quo

elijah cummings of maryland. he later seemed to backtrack a little bit when he sent out this tweet, i'm quoting i have not decided about pierson but i'm not comfortable about the safety of the president of the united states of america. seems nobody is. mike emanuel live in d.c. another democrat has called for the secret service director to step down. head on. >> well, that's right. new york senator chuck schumer is expect examine ese expected . top lawmakers are calling for a top to bottom review of the secret service not as a got you but to fix it. >> i think we need an overhaul, both policy wise and culturally, as well, but i would prefer to have experts review this and report to congress, rather than specific certain members of congress telling secret service what the policy should be. >> i do think that the challenge may be more than one person. i would like to see an investigation of the culture and the procedure and the accountability in the secret service. >> speaker john boehner fully supports mccaul's pl

. >> one of president obama's appointees has lost nancy pelosi and elijah cummings, you know they're in deep trouble. thanks for that. as the secret service chief steps down, the white house intruder who may have cost her that job made a court appearance in washington. let's get more from our justice correspondent pamela brown. >> omar gonzalez appeared in a d.c. courtroom for the third time since the latest security breach at the white house and tonight cnn is learning new details that led to the downfall. a secret service force tells cnn the entire incident from the time gonzalez went over the fence to the time he was tackled inside the white house was captured on tape by an elaborate video system and cnn has learned that as gonzalez ran into the white house he bowled over a female officer who was trying to close one of the mansion's double doors and that officer was able to get up, and chase the 42-year-old and tackle him just outside the east room. also the source that we spoke to says it's not surprising that the crash button, the button that was supposed to set off the alarm to

democrat elijah cummings. >> i believe that there are other people that probably need to go, too. i beg those people in the secret service who do not want to be about the business of restoring their impeccable reputation as it was before to leave. >> reporter: white house intruder omar gonzalez pleaded not guilty today in federal court. and, scott, even though pierson has resigned, the department of homeland security has still ordered an independent review of the secret service, something members of congress demanded. >> pelley: bill, thanks. a top agent has now been called out of retirement to serve as interim acting director. chief white house correspondent major garrett has more about him. major? >> reporter: scott, president obama turned to joseph clancy because he knows him and trusts him. clancy is respected by secret service agents and made his mark in the agency after president obama appointed him to the job now at the center of the secret service crisis. protecting the president and his family. clancy left the secret service in 2011 after serving for nearly all of mr. oba

. >> schieffer: and we are back now with maryland's democratic congressman elijah cummings, the ranking member on the oversight committee that heard testimony last week about the secret service and the problems it is having. congressman, thank you so much. >> good to be with you, bob. >> schieffer: is this as bad as it looks from the outside or is it not quite that bad? >> i think it is very bad. and i think there is a culture that has developed, a culture of complacency. we see it with the security breaches, morale is down, and we have had a series of events, bob, that should alarm all americans and certainly the question has become, is this the service secret we all thought it was? and i am beginning to wonder about that. >> schieffer: well, that is it. what is it that is 0, that has gone haywire here? because i am like you, congressman i have known people in the secret service sinned the lyndon johnson administration and these are great people who put their lives on the lines, patriots to the core kerr and this thing seems to be coming apart. >> one of the things -- >> i don't think

may clancy became the executive director of security for comcast which is the apparent of msnbc elijah cummings of maryland was quick to praise clancy. >> i'm very pleased. he's the person the president has the utmost confidence in. believes he would take a bullet for him. i'm very pleased with that selection. the secret service needs to be looked at from the top to bottom. if there are people that need to go and i do believe there are others, they need to go because i want every single person in the secret service dedicated to making it the reputable, elite protective agency in the world. >>> meanwhile omar gonzalez, the man accused of jumping the white house fence with a knife and making it deep inside the white house pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. so this is a huge talker. we want to know what you think about this. our twitter question this morning, will this leadership change be enough to restore public confidence in the secret service? tweet us your thoughts using #waytooearly. in the comments julia pier son made, she said this is what the media wanted. do you think we were that ha

watch elijah cummings.s morning he says he has lost confidence in julia pierson and said basically after the testimony he heard yesterday, he had trouble sleeping because he really does fear for the president's safety. the bottom line is it's becoming a non-partisan issue unlike a lot of issues on capitol hill. we have republicans and democrats saying she has got to go. martha: it's a question of accountability and eventually someone has to be held accountable when all of these breaches keep happening. thank you very much. bill: fox news alert. the director of the cdc said it will stop ebola in its tracks. after the first patient the u.s. diagnosed with that deadly virus. the man known as patient zero is in isolation in a hospital in dallas, texas. he traveled to the united states from west africa and was here for 9 days before the symptoms started showing. now it's awaiting game to see if anyone else could have been infected. >> the initial symptoms of ebola are often non-specific, they are symptom that ma

i think as elijah cummings said at the hearing, it's got to be a problem for the director if people are trusting lawmakers and the media with their concerns about their agency before they're telling their boss. and we've seen this all come to pass in very dramatic fashion in the last week. but people have been talking to me for two years about their concerns about this agency and we've been writing about it for a while. and finally these --, as you described them, these terrible black eyes all came one after the other. and the director was really caught very flat-footed trying to explain how they could have happened. gwen: peter, one of the keys in all of this is what the president knew. in this case he's not the perpetrator but he's potentially the person who would be done harm to. when did he find out about the extent of it? there was one day this week where he was standing by julia pierson and another day when he just wasn't. >> you're in a terrible position if you're the president of the united states and something happens with the secret service like this. but a because you can't g

explanations were not enough to quiet leaders, including maryland congressman elijah cummings, who called for her to step down. pierson was brought in to revamp the agency, clean up its image in the wake of a sex scandal involving agents. today she headed in that resignation, saying it was in the best interest of the secret service. the white house agreed but stood up to vouch for pierson's dedication to the job. >> she took responsibility for the shortcomings of the agency that she led, and he took responsibility for fixing them. that is a testament to her professionalism and her character. the formerncy, special agent in charge of the presidential protection division, is now the acting director. the deputy secretary of homeland security will be doing a review of the september 19 white house breach, with its findings headed over to an independent panel. at the live desk, josie sturman, abc 7 news. that prompted this investigation into the secret service in the first place pleaded not guilty today after officials say he jumped the white house fence and got all the way to the east room. sc

lawmakers, including prominently maryland senior drink elijah cummings said he lost sleep last night over the hearing an the new revelation from the "washington po" confirmed quickly by nbc news there was another major security breach by the secret service just 15 days ago with the cdc in atlanta when a man with a gunnd an arrest record was allowed by the secret service on an elevator with the president. she not only -- pierson not only did not mention that in a hearing, the white house found out about it at the last minute from the media and not from pierson and her people. that did not please the white house. the presidential spokesman mentioned the president and first lady making clear they're concerned about their own security. they praised pierson. the president called her. she had an entire career at the secret service which is why a former secret service agent told me she was doomed because she was seen by agents and officers in the field as part of the problem and they're the ones who leaked the damaging stories which today have cost the job of secret sieves director julia pi

maryland congressman elijah cummings says the u.s. should step up its efforts to contain the disease in west africa. >> we have a fundamental moral and humanitarian obligation to address the crisis in africa. we are the richest nation in the world. and we have the resources and expertise to make the biggest difference. >> several are attending today's house hearing. the world health organization says the disease has killed nearly 5,000 people and infected nearly 10,000 people worldwide. the family of the ebola patient who died in dallas now says they're considering a lawsuit. thomas duncan was from liberia and visiting family in texas. he showed up to the hospital in dallas but was sent home with antibiotics. he returns in worse condition and died days later. in texas, lawsuits must prove malpractice. texas law also puts a $250,000 cap on claims such as pain and suffering. >>> with the ebola crisis still in the news, it's becoming part of the rhetoric in the midterm elections now. for more on that, we're joined by carrie dan, politica

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in julia pierson, the secretly service director, shocking because a series of democrats, like elijah cummings a democrat on the panel that had investigated this whole mess had come out and said they lost confidence or suggested she needed to go. chuck schumer, the democrat from new york was coming out later this afternoon saying she needed to resign. i pressed josh ernest a few moments ago what took them so long, what changed in the last few hours. they said that julia pierson stepped up and offered her resignation. i pressed him and said why did they not fire her after these breaches? he just said basically they did not know about that incident in that atlanta elevator at the cdc where a security guard who had a gun and a criminal record, the secret service was not aware of, got inches from the president. the president was left out of the loop that his safety had been in jeopardy again, just a couple of weeks ago. i'm also told one last bit of color, that when julia pierson wernlt up to the -- to offer his resignation, he not only immediately accepted it, but said it would be effective immed

nanny pelosi, chuck schumer, elijah cummings, who led the hearing yesterday, and the hearing where julia was excoriated and raked over the coals. just after president obama thank her for her service. >> she offered her resignation because she pleased it was in the best interest of the agency to which she has dedicated her career. the secretary agreed with that assessment. the president did as well. over the last several days we've seen recent and accumulating reports raising questions about the performance of the agency, and the president concluded that new leadership of that agency was required. >> recent and accumulating reports. three days apart. october 16th in atlanta when a contractor around the president's visit to the center of decease control to talk about ebola, got on an elevator, an individual with three prior convictions, found to have a gun after he acted erratically. it was just divulged by earnest in the briefing that the white house was told about that yesterday just as the "washington post" came forward with its story outlining the incident. and then three days later mi

house oversight committee chairman darrell issa and elijah cummings are calling for a special committee to examine transparency and culture issues within the secret service. house committee chairman michael mccaul proposing a topdown agency review. and breaking news, we have learned that the secret service allowed a centers for disease control private security guard armed with a pistol to ride on an elevator with the president while he was visiting the cdc just two weeks ago. it turns out that private security guard had three felony assault and battery convictions. joining us tonight former arkansas governor, host of huckabee on the fox news channel. mike huckabee. i don't even frankly know where to begin, governor. let's start with the idea that the cdc would permit such a person to be on their grounds as a security guard to begin with, and the secret service again permitting a man with his background with a pistol on an elevator with the president of the united states! >> it's beyond belief. i mean the fact that somebody who has felony convictions is even getting a gun is amazing to m

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elijah cummings joins us now.e you again, congressman. >> good to see you, victor. >> what's to be gained by this independent probe? i've got the letter here. it says you believe the panel must conduct a broad assessment of the agency. what pispecifically are you looking for? >> we definitely have a problem with -- we have a number of problems with regard to culture, victor. these security breaches, complacency, morale, these are all symptoms of a culture that has major problems. you know, one of the things that i'm hoping is that we can try to figure out why it is that secret service agents feel more comfortable going to members of congress to talk about their problems than going to their superiors. i told the form er head of the secret service, miss pierson, this week that unless she could establish that trust, and it has to be a trust, between herself and her agents, there was absolutely no way that we could get back on the right track. so hopefully, by having an outside view, people from the outside looking in

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in fact, house oversight committee darrell issa and e leesle -- elijah cummings sent a note to conducteview of the agency. when you listen to that you have these two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle. can you build on this? >> i think so, alex. you saw in the hearing bipartisan outrage from both sides. this is a committee that house oversight committee is known for contentious. it was one hearing you saw both sides coming together. i think the administration is moving to address this. especially by appointing a interim director in joe clancey. he worked with the president before and the first family trusts him. the response from veterans of the secret service has been very good. he's called father joe because of his mannerism and attitude toward working with other people. so i think that will go pretty far to address a culture issues. one thing about this story is because we were hearing especially from the reporting from the washington post the drips and drapes of different aspects of the security lapses. it's clear there's leaks coming from within the organization. there's so

congressman elijah cummings spoke with kristen welker after it. >> do you still have confidence in the director of the secret service? >> i have to tell you, my confidence is eroded. one of the things that bothered me, for example, small things like when the report was first issued with regard to this most recent incident. there's nothing in that report that even mentions the knife, the weapon, i mean, it's small things. and what those things do, when things like that happen, it erodes trust. >> so after that hearing yesterday, it wasn't a huge surprise today that julia pierson handed in her resignation. homeland security secretary jay johnson announced today that she's stepping down. in a press release he thanked her for her 30 years of service and announced he was appointing an acting director for the service to head the agency on an interim basis. joseph clancy is his name. he'll lead the agency while an ongoing investigation into the fence jumping incident is still under way. a review of that inquiry is said to be submitted a month from now. in the meantime, the president and his f

you heard elijah cummings in an interview say that he was not comfortable with director pierson remaininging in that job. and he was not sure that she was the right person to fix the problems. i think you could feel literally the ground shift tuesday morning. although certainly, we didn't expect it this quickly. >> susan crabtree, as i was watching that hearing yesterday in her first round of questioning, somewhere irnd there, i think i tweeted, she could lose her job in this hearing. and as the hearing progressed, i didn't see any turn in it at the point where you could say okay, now she's being very clear, she's being, you know, responsive in a way that that committee wanted to hear. she's being responsive in a way the white house had to hear. she could have gone into that hearing and saved her job, but that's not what happened. >> you're right. i got an early remarks. her prepared remarks. so i was very impressed with her opening statement where she said she was going to take full responsibility and that it would never happen again. a white house intruder would never be allowed to get int

elijah cummings hopes the administration requests more money to fight ebola. the senate panel will consider ebola funding in a hearing after the election. one lawmaker pointed out mark zuckerberg's $25 million donation to the cdc fund is far more than most countries have given. cdc officials told a different congressional committee they have enough to confront ebola, that runs until mid-december. cheryl: rich edson with the latest from washington. thank you very much. i want to bring in correspondent adam shapiro standing by live at the new york hospital where the doctor is treated. what do we know from bellevue? any new information from doctors there, adam? >> reporter: nothing really new, he's in stabile condition, on the cell phone talking to family and friends, his fiancee is quarantined here. no detectible traits of ebola in her system. two friends, not here at bellevue, the press conference officials in conference with the mayor saying there is no detectible traits of ebola. the mta says the subway lines, the numerous subway lines pose no threat to anybo

elijah cummings, the top democrat on that panel that's investigating the security breaches saying they had lost confidence in julia pierson. joe clancy, the former special agent in charge who had been very close to the president, has his respect, a lot of respect of secret service agents around here trying to restore morale to an agency very much under fire right now. but it should be noted that joe clancy was the special agent in charge around the president back in 2009 when another breach happened, the salahis and party state crashers. now it's up to joe clancy in the short-term to try to stop the bleeding at least. and they're also announcing an independent panel to investigate what's gone wrong but also how to fix all this, sean. >> let me ask you this because we have the fence jumping incident, the cdc incident which you refer to where a guy got on the elevator and had a gun with him. and then of course the shooting incident in 2011. a lot of agents now are beginning to speak out. they told "the washington post" several weeks ago that pierson was considered a weak candidate among

republicans like jason chaffits and elijah cummings urged her to leave. omar gonzalez made it inside the white house, breaching security. >> that's correct. >> reporter: as gonzalez pleaded not guilty came details of a scare three days before he jumped the fence. secret service allowed in anç elevator with the president a security contractor with a pistol and a record of arrest for assault. >> that sounds terrible. >> reporter: former secret service agent says the good news is the man with the gun had his hands in sight. >> he's making a video. he had his hand on the phone. >> why don't they say we don't know who you are, get out. >> that's what they should have done. >> reporter: a meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu, he sent a message of support through the rank and file. >> these are men and women, professionals, prepared to put their life on the line to protect the president and the first family. >> reporter: it was agents and officers who leaked the damaging stories that forced their boss to quit. >> pierson took the top job at secret serv

and that is elijah cummings there at the hearing. we are looking again live.le who may have come in contact with ebola and traveled to and from west africa. we will be monitoring this hearing in our newsroom throughout the morning. now the hearing comes as the centers for disease control and health care officials in new york city work to contain the virus and calm fears after a doctor tested positive for ebola. ktvu katie utehs is in our newsroom with the details of that case and what is being done here in the bay area to prepare. >> we may be on the other side of the country from this latest case. but just last night kizer sent a notice to its members saying health care workers are up to date on the latest treatment and containment standards. the new york case involves a 33- year-old doctor who returned last week from west africa where he treated the ebola patients with an organization doctors without borders. craig spencer started showing symptoms yesterday and tested positive for the virus. the doctor took his temperature twice daily but before he registere

i want to play a heated exchange with elijah cummings on the duty to help west africa.et's play it. >> we can no longer ignore the crisis in west africa. we can no longer ignore it. the longer the outbreak continues, the more likely it will spread to the rest of the world including more cases right here in the united states of america. >> you know the world health organization said early on in this epidemic the outbreak of ebola that some of the mistakes would be made by health care work eers with fatigue and treating and dealing with parents in conditions i could never imagine. with that said, though, looking back at the doctor and knowing that he was not feeling well. he went out on the job. and then later went to the public bowling alley. do you believe there needs to be beyond the quarantine should medical personnel also be brought in to fully understand public confidence. there's a lot going on here. even though they are doctors and he was self-monitoring that what some see as arrogance, i'll be honest with you, has to be dealt with? >> i think there's two kinds of

we'll dip in and listen to the ranking member, congressman elijah cummings is giving his opening remarksen for just a bit. >> -- to protect our health care workers, many of whom are here today, and to those health care workers on behalf of a grateful congress and a grateful nation, i thank you for what you do every day. i want to express our thanks to nina pham and amber vinson, the two nurses from texas who contracted ebola when they treated mr. duncan. by now, we've all seen their picture pictures, two brave, young women who risked their lives to simply do their job and to feed their souls, just like nurses across this country every single day, 24/7, 365 days a year. i understand that ms. pham's condition has been upgraded and ms. vinson has now been cleared of the virus. we thank them for their bravery and their commitment. this new case in new york should also demonstrate that we can no longer ignore the crisis in west africa. we can no longer ignore it. nearly 10,000 people have died from this disease or are battling with it as with he we speak, many in the most gruesome conditions

cory, elijah cummings, john lewis, go help campaign.heir own races but they have gone to help campaign from the black caucus to help these senators in these tight races soft wouldn't you think the first black president would be a lot better than members from the black caucus? huh? you. >> may not have read headlines lately big things going on. >> like what? >> there is isis. there is ebola. >> yes. >> the president has a day job. >> but he can multitask. he can multitask. >> he is campaigning today. he is out there today. heather: is that perhaps hurting the president, jon scott, had a segment on that talking about same ap poll. the top issue for voters going into this election, the economy. they say isis. they zabol bowl. those women's issues or so-called women's issues, way down on the list. cory, does that hurt the president and the president's party? >> certainly not. ultimately, again -- heather: i think a lost folks would say this administration has not handled those things very effectively. >> they haven't. >> no. at end of the d

darrell issa and elijah cummings have sent a letter to je johnson dema to demand a review of the agencyblems did not start with director pierson and they will not end with her resignation. i think that we're going to have to take a clear look. that's why we sent the letter to secretary johnson. we're going to have a clear look from the top straight on down to the bottom to try to figure out what is going on in this organization. this is a transformational moment, alex. when i say that, what i mean is that we have now seen some of the problems with this agency. but you know what i'm really worried about? i worry about what we haven't seen. so when we're talking about the security of the president of the united states' family and all the other people that the secret service have to guard, we've got to make sure that we get it right. we don't have room for error because error can lead to harm, error can lead to death. >> as you're well aware, sir, the department of homeland security, this is a massive -- it is a massive agency. >> yes, it is. >> is there any sense that a division as critic