. >>> maryland representative elijah cummings is not happy during a hear today -- >> to bring this kind of disruption when they are supposed to be guarding the president of the united states of america! we're better than that! >> maryland representative elijah cummings not happy today about a hearing about the latest secret service scandal. he's unhappy that it took five days and an anonymous e-mail before the agency's director found that two agents drove through an active scene of a bomb scare at the white house. kristen welker reports. >> reporter: this washington, d.c., police video was taken from a camera just outside the white house grounds. it shows a government car with two secret service agents inside, bumping a plastic barricade in front of a security checkpoint. the driver backs up a few feet and then drives forward out of view. at the time, agents on duty were investigating a bomb threat at that very site. moments captured in the video that was partially edited for today's hearings. lawmakers questioned secret service director joseph clancy yet again and released part of an e

plus democratic joe manchin and elijah cummings on that and the week's other news. plus report on state of race relations in america. because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs man we begin with margaret brennan's interview as he prepared to leave egypt fly to switzerland for the talks. she asked him flatly had the cotton letter put the talks in jeopardy? >> i don't know yet. when i negotiate for the first time on sunday night with foreign minister i'll have better sense. what i do know that this letter was absolutely calculated directly to interfere with these negotiations. it specifically inserts itself directly to the leader of another country saying don't negotiate because we're going to change this. which, by the ways not only contrary to constitution with respect to the executive's right to negotiate but incorrect because they cannot change an executive agreement. it's false information and directly calculated to interfere, basically say don't negotiate with them, you have to negotiate with 535 members of congress. that is unprecedented. >>

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elijah cummings. congressman, always good to have you here on cnn.nks for joining us. >> thank you. >>> we'll have much more coverage ahead on the breaking news we're following. the shooter of two missouri police officers in ferguson still on the loose right now. we're going back to ferguson live for the latest on the man hunt and the investigation. >>> updating the breaking news this hour. a shooter on the loose. two police officers just released from the hospital after being seriously wounded. it happened overnight during a protest in ferguson, missouri. let's go back to ferguson right now. jake tapper is there. also jason carol. i understand you were just inside the house that was raided by the police earlier today. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right. it happened this morning wolf. the house you see behind me right here on dade avenue. the grandmother who was out here a little bit earlier took me inside. she said i want to show you what happened inside the house. we saw -- the house was a mess. it was a wreck. when i asked her what ha

congressman elijah cummings became infuriated during the hearing. >> i kept reading this e-mail this morning over and over and over. you know what i concluded? it appears that we have an agency at war against itself. the idea that in an organization like this that somebody would create this kind of document to bring this kind of disruption when they are supposed to be guarding the president of the united states of america -- we're better than that. >> last week clancy acknowledged that some of the video of the incident had been recorded over, committee chairman jason chaffetz expressed his disapproval. >> these agents placed themselves, their colleagues, the president and his family in potential danger by driving their government vehicle through a barrier within feet of a potential bomb. under secret service policy, video footage of the incident should have been retained. however, most of the footage, evidently, according to the secret service has mysteriously gone missing. i find this highly suspicious. >> during the hearing, director clancy said he, quote, doesn't have a magic wand

. >> democrat elijah cummings and chaffetzifetz want a briefs. president obama said the white house is disappointed about the incident but is so far standing by clancy. lawmakers here are divided over what should happen next. >> i believe he is the right person for the job at this time. >> after a breach of the white house itself last fall, the secret service has replaced much of its senior management. also today omar gonzalez the white house fence jumper has a hearing at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon eastern time. he's expected to enter a policelea agreement. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan. >>> this morning iraqi troops say they're advancing on the city of tikrit on several fronts. createing the first major city recapture from a terror group. but isis fighters still control parts of the city. >>> and testimony in the boston marathon bombing trial resumes on monday. yesterday jurors heard dramatic testimony from a witness who was carjacked by the alleged bombers but managed to escape. kris van cleave reports. >> reporter

chaffetz chairman of the oversight and reform committee and ranking maryland congress member elijah cummings. >>> after five years running the nation's largest u.s. attorney's office ron machen is calling it quits. it was marked by successful corruptions cases but shadowed by the campaign that elected vincent gray. machen is returning to private practice. >>> a guilty verdict for a man on trial for killing a georgetown law school student in a jealous rage. rahul gupta was convicted of stabbing mark waugh at gupta's apartment back in october 2013. prosecutors say a love triangle involving the victim gupta and gupta's then-girlfriend led to the murder. the defense claimed gupta's then-girlfriend actually killed washington. but the jury didn't buy it. the victim's father said his son had a promising future. >> mark was a bright and energetic young man with a big smile and a bright future. >> the tragic mixture of alcohol, jealousy and suspected betrayal. >> gupta faces life in prison when he's sentenced next month. >>> new tonight, five players from the women's lacrosse team at the university o

representatives chris van hollen, donna edwards elijah cummings. on the gop side ehrlich and steele are also possible candidates. >>> a decision is out on a case that touched out a nationwide debate about free range parenting. maryland child protective services has cited the meitivs with neglect. the law says children under the age of 8 cannot be left unattended in a locked or confined space. the youngest child is 6 and a half and the oldest child is 10. they believe letting them walk in their neighborhood teaches them important lessons that many other kids miss out on. >> there's no neglect anywhere here. the fact that they couldn't say no, nothing to see here folks everything is fine. and instead there's some judgment in a file somewhere. >> what does it mean? does it mean you have to change what you do? >> that's probably what they would say. >> the meitivs say they're fighting this ruling and they plan to appeal. >>> it's been nearly a year since we launched the bring them home campaign. we launched it following the disappearance of relisha rud

democratic congressman elijah cummings called gowdy's actions a political charade. the republican national committee fired back saying "even nixon didn't destroy the tapes." a preview of things to come as 2016 approach, peter. >> kristen welker at the white house tonight. kristen, thank you. >>> intense negotiations in switzerland today with officials from the u.s. and other countries looking to reach a framework with iran for that country to scale back its nuclear program. the deadline for initial agreement is this tuesday. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is in switzerland for us tonight. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: peter, good evening. u.s. officials say this is gut check time. the mood here really turned grim at the talks. john kerry had frantic talks into the night and all day with iran's foreign minister zarif. with the french. with the germans. u.s. officials say the final big obstacle is whether iran can keep its research and development on advanced centrifuges that iran says it wants for peaceful purposes but the u.s. and allie

yeah elijah cummings said heads need to roll. the house oversight and government reform committee wants the new secret service director joe clancy to come if and give them a briefing by wednesday next week on what happened at the white house when those agents hit the gate in the middle of what turned out to be an active bomb investigation. that happened last week. they want the briefing next week. there were allegations that they had been at a party drinking before that happened. >> does it really need to be said that you can't show up drunk at work especially when you're in the secret service? >> reporter: for word from the agents so far, but someone close to the investigation says that at the are devastated, embarrassed and ashamed. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> today president obama is on the road heading to arizona. he'll visit the veterans affairs medical center in phoenix. that center was at the center of the scandal overweighting times for veterans to get medical help. he will get an update on

. >> democrat elijah cummings and republican jason chaifetz want a briefing on what happened by next week. president obama said the white house is disappointed about the incident but is so far standing by clancey. lawmakers here are divided over what should happen next. >> i believe he is the right person for this job at this time. >> the bottom line is the secret service has to be overhauled. >> after a breach of the white house itself last fall, the secret service has replaced much of its senior management. also today omar gonzalez, the original white house fence jumper, the whoun made it inside the executive mansion, has a hearing at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon eastern time. he's expected to enter a plea agreement. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan. >>> this morning iraqi troops say they're advancing on the city of tikrit from sevlgt fronts. rockets and mortars were fired into the stronghold to create what would be the first major city recapture from the terror group and a step to other territory, but isis fighters still control parts of the city. >>> and

congressman elijah cummings became infuriated during this hearing. >> i kept reading this e-mail this morning over and over and over. you know what i concluded? it appears that we have an agency at war against itself. the idea that in an organization like this that somebody would create this kind of document to bring this kind of disruption when they are supposed to be guarding the president of the united states of america -- >> last week clancy acknowledged that some of the video of the incident had been recorded over committee chairman jason chav vits expressed his disapproval. >> these agents placed themselves, their colleagues, the president and his family in potential danger by driving their government vehicle through a barrier within feet of a potential bomb. under secret service policy video footage of the incident should have been retained. however, most of the footage, evidently, according to the secret service has mysteriously gone missing. i find this highly suspicious. >> during the hearing, director clancy said he quote, doesn't have a magic wand to fix the problems insid

. >> reporter: democrat elijah cummings and republican jason chaifetz who head the house oversight committee want clancy to provide a briefing on what happened by next week. the white house says president obama is disappointed about the incident but is so far standing by clancy. lawmakers here are divided over what should happen next. >> i believe he is the right person for this job at this time. >> the bottom line is the secret service has to be overhauled. >> reporter: after a breach at the white house itself last fall the secret service has replaced much of its senior management. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> and original fence-jumper who made it all the way into the white house faces up to 33 years in prison. he will probably accept a plea agreement to spare him a long sentence that would also spare the secret service a potentially embarrassing trial. >>> 4:40. get ready for "palcohol" to hit store shovels. >> what's cool about your school? email your nominations to us at coolschools@kpix.com. we may come and feature your school on the show. >>> powdered alcohol is stirring up

democrat elijah cummings: >> there's something awfully wrong with that. five days five days five days went by while you were in the dark. >> reporter: clancy pledged to change the culture of the secret service. >> we know what we're doing but do we make mistakes? yes, we do. we make mistakes. and we follow up on them. >> reporter: scott most of the video from that night was routinely erased after 72 hours. clancy did announce today that it would now be saved for at least seven days. however, he also declined to allow for other agency personnel who were on site that night to testify because of the ongoing investigation. >> pelley: bill plante in the whitebriefing room for us tonight. thanks bill. also in washington today president of afghanistan said he needs more help from u.s. troops and president obama agreed. now, nearly 10,000 americans will remain in afghanistan this year. the original plan was to cut that in half. major garrett's at the white house for us. >> reporter: president obama said afghanistan remains a very dangerous place. u.s. troops will

. >> it's one of the big questions that elijah cummings and i have. these people were allowed to go. if it's true the officers had suspected that these people had alcohol on their breath they were driving, that they impeded and got in the way of an active investigation, a potential bomb on the white house grounds, and the supervisor decides to let them go this is what is so terribly frustrating. then it begs the question wolf about what is the new secret service director doing about it? i think we're worried that he's not necessarily doing enough. >> that supervisor who let the two agencies continue on one of them by the way the number two agent on the president's personal security detail the other one a supervisor himself, the supervisor who said get out of here go home is that guy still supervising? >> he is. and i talked to the secret service director clancy last night. i asked him specifically about that. the two people who were involved in the car, potentially, you know had alcohol on their breath they have been moved to a different job temporari

maryland congressman elijah cummings is the top democrat on the house committee that monitors the secret service. >> whenever a police officer has reason to believe that someone is impaired while driving, i think they ought to be stopped and given a field sobriety test. period. >> reporter: top white house officials are irritated they learned about all this for the first time on monday four full days after the incident occurred. scott, we have just learned that joe clancy the director of the secret service also first learned of this on monday a clear indication his agency has several problems to correct. >> pelley: major garrett reporting at the white house. major, thank you. tonight artillery thundered through a major bat until a test of america's strategy against isis. iraqi forces are fighting to take back the city of tikrit from isis and we're about to find out whether the u.s.-trained iraqis can win and whether this battle against terrorism will escalate into a civil war between the two branches of islam, the sunnis of isis and the shia of the iraqi government. holly williams is cov

our president of the united states and i don't want anything to happen, not on my watch, not on elijah cummingsatch. >> in terms of the leadership concerns that you're expressing there, do you feel like director clancy is himself the problem. he was brought in to clean up the agency. do you feel like he was the wrong guy to pick. what is your perspective on him sf. >> they have a deep seeded cultural problem. they brought in four independent people that unanimously came back and said we need a transformative figure from the outside. the president decided not to follow that recommendation. i can't blame everything for him, but this is a pivotal moment. how is he going to deal with this crisis when they're not able to detain somebody who drops off a would-be bomb. you two senior people drive through two crime scenes. when they're not able to secure that area for 27 minutes when they don't even call the metro police department for 11 minutes. they don't send a bolo for 30 minutes. >> what do you imagine will be the solution here? obviously you're indicating you may have concerned with the top leve

>> it's possible that elijah cummings is looking at this seat. a senior democrat from maryland.very high post actually now. he's the number one democrat on the house oversight committee. that's that committee tat hillary clinton and benghazi. cummings has been a major defender of hillary clinton. somebody who could really animate especially the african-american community. he's known as a civil rights leader. she a pugnacious defender of the people of maryland. i think he could really complicate this race if he gets in and makes it a three-way race between edwards and the others who have their own strengths. >> looks like three strong candidates really have a hard time figuring -- >> a fun primary to watch. >> we'll continue to watch all that's hatching in politics. thanks for being with us. for more from carrie and the rest of the nbc news political team check out "first read" on nbcnews.com. >>> no idea it would happen. the team manager of a virginia basketball team told to suit up. the manager told this young boy to suit up and as news 4 shomari stone reports it was a dream co

. >>> elijah cummings could be angling to switch chambers. andrea mitchell asked him about a possible job change today on msnbc. >> i'm looking at it very carely andrea. i want to do whatever is best to allow me to serve my constituents and i'm looking at it. >> he's talking about retiring senator barbara mikulski's seat maryland congressional members chris van hollen and donna edward have already announced their candidacies. >>> potholes seem to be all that drivers are talking about, especially if you've drif tlun rock creek park lately. there is now a repair blitz happening in prince george's county. crews are taking advantage of this nice weather to tackle as many potholes in the area as possible. the department of public works and transportation is teaming up with the maryland state highway administration to make this blitz happen. >>> a police officer risks his own life to pull a driver from a burning car. new tonight, he tells news4 why he had to turn around and arrest the man he saved. >>> and look at this. perfect storm making its way

. >>> maryland congressman elijah cummings says he believes the chain of command in the secret service is broken. his comments as we're getting a new look at that incident earlier this month where agents are accused of tapping a white house barrier with a car. reports suggest they'd been drinking. cummings' comments referenced the fact that the director didn't learn about the allegations until five days later through an anonymous e-mail. >>> witnesses say the driver told them he blacked out. a school bus hits a house and goes right into the living room. this is what it looked like earlier in the philadelphia area today. that bus has since been removed. police say about a dozen children ranging in age from kindergarten to eighth grade were on board. no one inside the home or on the bus was seriously hurt. >>> your credit score is a lifeline to your financial well-being. if it's damaged it the can prevent you from getting a loan, a job, or a home. consumer reporter erika gonzalez is here with a warning about how some companies can make empty promises. >> okay. wash these dishes up. >> re

today congressman elijah cummings says it's out of control. >> i'm very upset about this.ve made major changes to the secret service with regard to leadership, but obviously there's still a lot of work to be done. you cannot have two supervisory personnel disrupting a crime scene. it's ridiculous. >> so what happens now? and has anything really changed? joining me now from the white house is nbc news senior white house correspondent chris jansing. thank you for being here. >> thanks rev. >> a spokesperson for the president says he's quote, disappointed to hear about the allegations. what else can you tell us? >> there's a lot of investigatoring going on one of the key pieces of evidence is there are cameras everywhere. there's government video of this and one of the people we have talked to who has actually seen the video said that those agents, when they broke through a police tape and arrived on the scene, they came very close to hitting it. that area was secured, but you had a woman who got out of her car and said this was a bomb. so obviously this was a potentially ver

here's what elijah cummings, the top democrat on that committee, had to say about the e-mail. >> but really bothers me as i read this, i kept reading this e-mail this morning over and over and over. and you know what i concluded? it appears that we have an agency at war against itself. we're better than that! and some kind of way, we have to take advantage of this transformative moment. if we don't, it can only get worse. >> reporter: cummings' frustration palpable there. and it was shared by a lot of other members on that committee this morning. >> wow, even after they cleared up that it wasn't a barricade that was smashed. it was barrels that were nudged. chris, thank you for that. i'll pass the baton now to wolf blitzer picking up our special coverage now. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 6:00 p.m. in barcelona. 6:00 p.m. at dusseldorf. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. let's begin with the breaking news. we're getting new detai a

. >> reporter: democrat elijah cummings and republican jason chaffitz want clancy to provide a briefing by next week. the white house says president obama is disappointed by the incident but so far standing by clancy. lawmakers here are divided over what should happen next. >> i believe he is the right person for this job at this time. >> the bottom line is the secret service has to be overhauled. >> reporter: after a breach of the white house itself last fall, the secret service has replaced much of its senior management. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >>> the original white house fence jumper who made it all the way into the white house is facing up to 33 years in prison. he's expected to enter a plea agreement which would spare him a long sentence and spare the secret service of potentially embarrassing trial. >>> less funding for administrators, more for the d.c. public schools. that's the latest plan from d.c. schools chancellor could kia henderson. she plans to increase funding for the schools to expand programs and courses. "the washington post" reports the school system p

joining us now is congressman elijah cummings of maryland. he along with the chairman of his committee today, jason chaffetz, wrote a letter about this incident. congressman cummings, it's a pleasure to have you here. >> good to be with you, rachel. >> what can you tell us about the investigation into this incident so far and what you and your staff have been told and how it's being looked into? >> well, first of all let me say this, rachel. this whole incident is extremely upsetting to me and to mr. chaffetz and our entire committee both republicans and democrats. a lot has been done with regard to the secret service over the last several months. director clancy came in and he relieved half of all the top administrators in the secret service of their duties. and brought about some staffing changes and did a number of other things to make the agency better that i can't even talk about because they're classified. but clearly, rachel, when you look at what happened here, it is extremely alarming and shocking to the conscience that two senior su

big names could step forward to replace her like governor o'malley or even congressman elijah cummings. >>> to capitol hill where the fight over funding for department of homeland security spilled into yes, sir, another week. lawmakers face another new friday deadline passing a seven day extension in funding late last week. at this moment they're no closer to reaching a long term deal. the battle over dhs exposed deep divisions in the republican leadership. john boehner tried to explain a major set back to his leadership in which members of his own party killed a bill that would have kept the agency funded for three weeks, leaving him scrambling for democratic support for that short term fix. >> the house is a rambunctious place. we have 435 members. a lot of members have different ideas about what we should and shouldn't be doing. >> can you lead those members? >> i think so. i think so. i am not going to suggest it is easy because it's not. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell has the latest developments from capitol hill. he thinks he can, but can he? and another embarrassment for republicans h

house oversight committee jason chavez and elijah cummings are asking the director joseph clancy, for full accounting of the incident and raising new concerns about whether the agency can be reformed under his leadership. kristin welker is at the white house. nice to see you this friday. >> reporter: frances, good morning to you. according to a white house official president obama didn't learn about the latest incident involving the two secret service agents who were allegedly under the influence until earlier this week on monday when secret service director joseph clancy found out. that was days after the incident actually happened. all of this raising questions about the newly appointed director's ability to turn around the troubled agency. this morning, lawmakers are saying they want to hear from clancy. president obama on a trip out west has yet to comment publicly on the latest secret service scandal involving two senior agents but a senior administration official says the president is disappointed. meanwhile, according to sources familiar with the investigation, last wednesday,

so i want to take a listen to elijah cummings the top democrat on this committee.s what he had to say after he read this e-mail at the committee this morning. >> but you know what really bothers me? i read this. i kept reading this e-mail this morning over and over and over. and you know what i concluded? it appears that we have an agency at war against itself. we're better than that. in some kind of way, we have to take advantage of this transformative moment. if we don't, it could only get worse. >> so cummin' frustration palpable there wolf. it was shared by a lot of other people on the committee as well. >> they're concerned. all the members of that committee overseaing ingoverseeing the u.s. secret service, they're concerned that security could be undermined. >> that's exactly right. they asked him, they said what are you going to do? what changes are you going to make? clancy said one of the changes he's going to make is he's going to change the -- how they keep the video. right now, as you know they keep video around the white house grounds for about three d

here's a look at what ranking member elijah cummings had to say in opening remarks. >> this is not about politics. it cannot be. it cannot be about headlines or unnecessary disputes that contribute nothing to the solution. we must come together in a nonpartisan way to take concrete steps, both publicly and privately, to turn this agency around. again, this is a transformative moment. if we fail to do that in this moment, it can only get worse. the agents and officers of the secret service risk their lives on behalf of this great nation. they are great human beings great public servants, and they deserve an agency that they can be proud of. one of the things that has concerned me greatly is the anonymous e-mail that you got to us. would somebody put this up? the -- this e-mail -- you're familiar with it are you not? and this e-mail concerns me since last wednesday night the uniform division established a crime scene special post 15 at the white house after a package was thrown at an officer. the officer was told the package was a bomb, so they taped off the area and made it a crime scene.

incident with lawmakers today on capitol hill and things got a bit heated as maryland congressman elijah cummings demanded changes within the agency. >> we're better than that! in some kind of way we have to take advantage of this transformative moment. if we don't, it can only get worse. leon: abc 7's stephen tschida is on this investigation for us. look for his live report tonight at 5:00. alison: the rugby club team at the university of mary washington has been suspended for actions off the field. leon: this involves an offensive chant captured on videotape at an off campus party. brianne carter has reaction for us. what are you hearing, brianne? brianne: some people here on campus knew about this. others did not. now, we listened to that audio recording and because of the graphic nature decided not to air it. now, in this statement from the university president to students, the audio recording is described in words such as "offensesive" and "sexually explicit." now, university officials say that the blurred lyrics as they're being called spread through social media but they say they originall

congressman elijah cummings wants to know why naloxone's price has gone up by as much as 50%, accordingemocrat and the u.s. senate sent a letter to the drug's manufacturer today. naloxone is an antidote used by police departments across the country to treat life-threatening opiate overdoses. >>> the cost of a tank of gas is creeping back up. the latest survey by aaa finds the national average for a gallon of regular is now $2.42. that's up 12 cents from a week ago. d.c. has the highest local average at $2.52. in maryland it's about $2.40. in virginia, a gallon of regos for about $2.26. >>> a change coming in the way you pay for groceries at costco. starting next april, american express is out and visa is in. citi will also become the exclusive issuer of the code brand costco card. costco says it will provide more information in the coming weeks about how customers can transition to the new card. >>> mystery solved. turns out a hidden bunker discovered in toronto last month is a homemade man cave. the bunker was found in a wooded area near a university and the canadian tennis center. the

you've got, for example, congressman elijah cummings ranking democrat on the benghazi committee, as far as i'm aware no other cabinet secretary in history has ever called for the release of his or her e-mails in their entirety and throughout his or her tenure and there are some including my colleague here at msnbc joe scarborough who questioned whether or not all of these e-mails will be released meaning from that personal server at the clinton home. >> right. that's a key point here is that clinton turned over about 55,000 pages of documents, but we don't know what the total universe of e-mails that she sent was, and they have said you know they took out personal e-mails, if there were e-mails about flower arrangements at her daughter's wedding, not sent to the state department so we don't know what's not included in the state department and then of what the state department has they are going to remove some as well so we may never know, you know the totality of these e-mails that she sent. >> simon, i want to read something from the "washington post," the editorial piece calling for h

the committee and jason chaffetz the member of the oversight committee and his ranking member elijah cummings clancy to talk about what measures they're taking to solve the problem. clearly there's a serious morale problem and a serious discipline problem at the agency charged with some of the most important responsibility the, protecting the life of the president and other people around him. >> when you're going over the events of that evening, you left out the part where a senior supervisor let the agents go home without forcing them to take a sobriety test. >> no breath test and yet the report is he smelled the alcohol on their breath and therefore, i don't think they're going to get away with this. but that again, is an example of you know protecting somebody's back rather than protecting the president of the united states. >> well then let me read a statement. you mentioned jason chaffetz chairman of the oversight committee and a statement from him and elijah cummings talking about the implications of what this means. it raises important questions about what additional steps should be ta

politico congressman elijah cummings said it took five days for the director of the secret service tof the latest embarrassing incident involving agents. they are accused of crashing into a white house barrier during a suspicious package investigation after they were drinking allegedly. director clancy is scheduled to testify later today and to meet with the house oversight committee tomorrow. >>> from the "him miami herald ", charlie crist said he will not jump into the race for the senator in florida. he ran as a democrat losing to governor rick scott in 201. the herald said the fact the democrats were considering crist as a candidate is sign of the party's political bench. >>> from buzz feed aaron schock may have shelled out $5,000 on a replica of president obama's podium. >> come on. >> what? last month "usa today" reported schock paid more than $5100 to the industries whose general manager tells buzzfeed he quote, very likely sold the presidential model to the illinois republican but would have to check his records to confirm. this is not the first time schock's spending habits h

. >> you can see elijah cummings is thinking about it. you have anthony brown. even though he didn't win his gubernatorial race. the bottom line is and i think we all realize this is that you are going to have so many that in the primary and with low voter turnout in the primaries, they may cancel each other out. the one probably with the most money and the best name and the most popular -- and, of course the best machine would be the one to win. >> bremante how do you see the race? >> he's up in annapolis meeting with former legislatures in the senate and the house. he has the money and the name recognition. so does donna edwards. the thing with van hollen is he's such a player on the hill with the democratic party that he's positioned himself for this run. but, edwards is a viable candidate even though she started off her campaign having virginia as part of the map on the state of maryland and realized that's not part of maryland. if cummings getting in kathleen kennedy tounsend it's going to be great to see. >> dave? >> somebody else better get in the race qu

elijah cummings very popular, well known, has a national persona. it will be interesting to see. >> will it be messy? >> i think it will be messy. just because o'malley says he won't run, doesn't mean he won't change his mind especially as he sees which ways the winds blow nationally. >> i find it interesting that anthony brown has decided to get in. as someone said in my household, he may have to learn how to campaign a little better than he did for governor. >> just a postscript we haven't mentioned steny hoyer's name. he was the house majority leader. he's the house whip. often has been mentioned as a possible speaker although nancy pelosi obviously has had that. the reason we're not is because he probably will not make a bid. he is the man of the house, the gentleman from the house, and he likes it there. i don't see him changing. steny, if you change i'm sorry i said that. i think he's happy where he is. >> getting back to o'malley for a moment there is room for changing your mind. is it possible that he could because he is still facing an uphi

utah republican chairs the oversight committee and elijah cummings is the ranking member. >>> committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. appreciate everybody being here. reforming the united states secret service is not a partisan issue. ranking member cummings and i have presented a united front on this issue and i look forward to continuing this important work with him on both sides of the aisle. the most important mission for the secret service is protecting the president and his family. however, a litany of recent mishaps raise major concerns. in 2011 nobody recognized shots were fired at the white house until bullets were discovered by maintenance staff. it has been well publicized that secret service agents engaged in misconduct. in september of last year a security contractor with an arrest record rode in the elevator with the president in atlanta armed with a gun, completely unbeknownst to the president's details. a few days later a man armed with a knife, jumped the white house fenc

hillary clinton issue, have a new statement in from the ranking member on the benghazi subcommittee elijah cummingssubpoenas yesterday for clinton's benghazi-related e-mails. he said in part i commend secretary clinton's decision but i do not think people fully realize what steps have already been taken. clinton and her counsel went back and reviewed her personal account and in december they produced about 55,000 pages of documents. so what happens next in this e-mail saga for her? >> well, jose i think what's going to happen next is going to be a big fight over the transparency and the process of releasing these e-mails. we're already seeing the republican national committee today responding to hillary clinton's tweet yesterday saying this should be an independent process. we shouldn't be relying on a cherry-picking of any e-mails that she has sent. the state department responded to hillary clinton's tweet late last night and said that they are going to initiate the process of reviewing these e-mails and making them public but the department warned that that is going to take a while to go through

the subdmat oversees the secret service and he and the ranking member on the democratic side elijah cummings are drafting a letter they plan to send to director clancy with a lot of questions, you can imagine. in fact, chaffetz suggested he would be calling him back before the committee, and one of the questions that's being raised now is remember when that report came out after this first series of breaches, one of the recommendations of this independent panel was, this is an agency that needs somebody from the outside to direct it, and, of course chancy, well respected, but a 27-year veteran of the secret service. already people are second-guessing whether the president should have chosen somebody from the outside. jose? >> chris jansing at the white house, thank you so very much much. >>> guelphing in ing indeveloping in florida, in the search for 11 service members missing since their helicopter crashed during a train exercise late tuesday. human remains have washed ashore near eglin air force base in the panhandle along with some wreckage. even though there's no official confirmation of

elijah cummings of that committee is outraged. have to congress. we saw the metropolitan police department tape. and the policy used to be that they erased tapes within 72 hours. tapes relating to this incident were erased even though we knew it was not one but two crime scenes. this is terrifying for america. they really need to get their act together. immediately. we are relying on these folks to keep our president safe. >> we are. secret service problems not so secret anymore. >> no more. >> peter johnson jr. thank you very much. >>> up next this video is insane. tourists fleeing a bus -- look at that. it gets swallowed up by a sinkhole and then it goes down the river. >>> president obama announcing a slowdown in the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. is the president finally taking the war on isis seriously? colonel alan west is live next er. a mouth breather! well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to