homeland security inspector john roth found the agents ran up a significant bar tab the for returning to the white house that night. connelly and announced his retirement before the report was released. ogilvie is on administrative leave. the search continues for a u.s. military helicopter missing in nepal here it is intensifying. helicopters, a drone, and a battalion of nepalese elders are scouring the area where the chopper went missing. they are hoping to get a signal from survival begins or even satellite radio. so far, nothing to report the sixth marines onboard were on a mission to help earthquake victims. coming up, damage control here the surprising remarks florida governor jeb bush, and how the u.s. should have handled the invasion of iraq. and to appeal or not to appeal -- the latest on the deflategate scandal and when tom brady has to make his decision. and at cgit, what you need to know before tonight's big jummy: jurors in the boston marathon bombing trial resumed deliberations today. they will decide whether dzhokhar tsarnaev will get the death penalty or spend the rest

[inaudible conversations] john roth reports on the finding. this runs an hour and 40 minutes. >> committee on oversight and government reform comes to order. the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we are meeting to talk about the united secret service and t >> we're meeting to talk about the secret service accountability march 14 incident. on march 14 to senior secret service special agents one had the title of deputy special agent in charge the special agent in charge. the allegation and the concern was that they drove through a criminal scene investigation of a potential bomb at the whitehouse. following the incident there was allegations that the two agents were intoxicated after being at a bar downtown for a retirement party. there were no sobriety test given and no repremand given. everyone involved was told to go home and pretend like nothing happened. to get a better sense on what happened we talked directory to clancy but he could not answer questions. so we scheduled a hearing and he could not answer there. he defere

roth. john: just briefly, yes, i believe that best technology solutions in the world, if the work force is not trained to use them does not follow the protocols that they're supposed to do, is useless. there is that -- mr. walberg: as i travel through detroit and washington most generally, i see -- i see t.s.a. agents attempting to perform their functions in most cases with courtesy doing their jobs as it's been clear they've been told to do but i just wonder, if there aren't some great ideas that could come from t.s.a. agents themselves that people like mr. carraway and others aren't given time to listen to on how to deal with our passengers and our security risk which includes the perimeter because they hear about it just like us. and know for a fact all that they've done at the precheck line or the general line can be taken out of any type of positive results simply because we haven't looked at all the places we could go. so thank you for your testimony. i see my time has expired and i yield

visit ncicap.org john roth reports on the finding. this runs an hour and 40 minutes. >> committee on oversight and government reform comes to order. the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we are meeting to talk about the united secret service and the countability for the march 14th 2015 incident. on march 14th two secret service agent, deputy in charge of the presidential detail mr. connelly, and the other was assistant to the special agent in charge. the allegation and the concern was that they drove through a criminal scene investigation of a potential bomb at the whitehouse. following the incident there was allegations that the two agents were intoxicated after being at a bar downtown for a retirement party. there were no sobriety test given and no repremand given. everyone involved was told to go home and pretend like nothing happened. to get a better sense on what happened we talked directory to clancy but he could not answer questions. so we scheduled a hearing and he could not answer there. he defered to the o

we are pleased to have the honorable john roth inspector general for the department of homeland security. ms. jennifer grover, acting director of homeland security and justice at the government accountability office. and mr. rafi ron president and ceo of new age security solutions. who also has extensive airport security work he has personally participated in in israel. we welcome you all, pursuant to rules, all witnesses will be sworn before they testify. if you will rise and raise your right hand. do you sol umly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion, we appreciate it if you'd limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire written record will be obviously made part of the record. we're liberal on your verbal comments but try to keep it close to five. we'll start with you, mr. roth. you're now recognized for five minutes. >> chairman chaffetz ranking members and members of the committee

and if you -- anyone takes time to read this report, we're going to hear from john roth in a few minutesthe inspector general who produced this report but every member of congress and people throughout the country should read this report. this report is an indictment of the failure of tsa not just in one area, but in almost every one of their functions. it's supposed to be a multi-tiered transportation security system they set up. and in every aspect, just glance through the report, everything from passenger baggage screening and passenger screening, one indictment after another on systems to provide access for people who don't pose a risk and we all support tsa pre-check. they in fact -- it's designed to expedite passengers who don't pose a risk. in fact, we find instances in which they fail to -- to connect the dots and find -- found a passenger who was a convicted terrorist, sarah jane olson, who went through tsa. their system failed to find these people. the most important thing we're trying to do is find people who pose a risk. the tsa agent who saw her go through actually identifie

so it's with pleasure that we welcome inspector general john roth. mr. roth has inspector general of the department of homeland security. on march 10, 2014 after previously serving as director of the office of criminal investigations at the fda, the food and drug administration did before that he had a longest in which career with the department of justice. welcome. person to committee rules all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. so if you please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony are about to give will be the truth the whole truth, nothing but the truth? 90. let the record reflect the witness answered in the affirmative. mr. roth, when i recognize you and don't even bother starting the clock. we will hear your report and when you're done we will ask questions. mr. roth. >> thank you, chairman chaffetz, ranking member cummings, members of the committee. think inviting me here today. asiaweek made public our report concerned the incident at the white house complex on the evening of march 4. our objecti

we are are are pleased at the honorable john roth inspector general for the department of homeland security. ms. jennifer grover acting director security and justice of at the government accountability office and mr. rafi ron president and ceo of new age security solutions and also has extensive airport security work that he has personally participated in in israel. we welcome you all pursuant to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn before they testify so if you will rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the truth the testimony were about to give a bigger truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you let the record reflect at all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion we would appreciate it if you would limit your testimony to five minutes and your written record will obviously be made part of the record. we are liberal on your verbal comments but try to keep a close to five and we will start with you mr. roth. you are recognized for five minutes. >> chairman chaffetz ranking member cummings to members

it is with pleasure that we welcome inspector general john roth. he has been inspector general of the department of homeland security. on march 10, 2014 after previously serving as director of the office of criminal investigation at the fda. before that, he had a long and distinguished career with the department of justice. welcome. pursuant to committee rules, all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. if you would please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record reflect that the witness answered in the affirmative. mr. roth, we will now recognize you. do not even bother starting the clock. we will hear your report and after you are done, we will ask questions. mr. roth. mr. roth: thank you, chairman j chaffetz, ranking member cummings, and all the others. our objective was to conduct a factual inquiry and assess the reasonableness of the actions of those involved. we conducted the investig

release of the report this committee held a hearing and heard testimony directly from dhs iflt g john roth. from the report and gaen in his testimony before us the ig found that mr. mayorkas appeared to play favorites with democratic political operatives and insert himself improperly this ways that influenced the outcome of cases. these are very serious allegations and ones that if true should not be ignored. although the ig did not allege that these acts were criminal in nature they without a doubt raised questions about the deputy secretary's judgment. this was not the first time that the inspector general's office reviewed allegations of impropriety at uscis. in a separate report the ig found that in late 2009 the former u.s. cis chief counsel also placed pressure on career staff to reverse the outcome for a petition filed by a university that the chief counsel was connected to. therefore, in april of 2010 in response to that mr. mayorkas himself put out a policy memo to uscis employees that stated quote, each uscis employee has the duty to act impartial alley in the performance of his

it is with pleasure that we welcome inspector general john roth. he has been inspector general of the department of homeland security. he previously served as director of the office of criminal investigation at the fda. before that, he had a long and distinguished career with the department of justice. pursuant to committee rules, all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. if you would please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? that the record reflect that the witness answered in the affirmative. mr. roth we will now recognize you. do not even bother starting the clock. we will hear your report and after you are done, we will ask questions. mr. roth: thank you, chairman j katz -- chaffetz, ranking member cummings, and all the others. we have made public our report concerning the incident at the white house complex on the evening of march 4. our objective was to conduct a factual inquiry and assess the reasonableness of t

the release of the report this committee held a hearing and heard testimony directly from dhs ig john rothom the report and again in his testimony before us the ig found mr. mayorkas appeared to play favorites with democratic political operatives and inserted himself improperly in ways that influenced the outcome of cases. these are very serious allegations. and ones if true should not be ignored. although the ig denied alleged that these acts were criminal in nature, they without a doubt raised questions about the deputy secretary's judgment. this was not the first time that the inspector general's office reviewed allegations of impropriety at uscis. in a separate report the ig found in late 2009, the former uscis chief counsel also placed pressure on career staff to reverse outcome for a petition filed by a university that the chief counsel was connected to. therefore in april 2010, and response to that, mr. mayorkas himself put out a policy memo to uscis employees that stated, quote, each uscis employee has the duty to act impartially in the performance of his or her official duties. an