her replacement will be joseph clancy.ated hearing on capital hill. moments ago the white house press secretary addressed the issue. >> she spent several hours in front of the cameras yesterday answering difficult questions from members of congress. in the context of that interaction she took responsibility for the short comings of the agency she led and she took responsibility for fixing them

today the white house announced a retired secret service agent joseph clancy will officially begin as interim director on monday. he will serve as corporate director of comcast which is the parent company of nbc universal since 2011. is it a new day? don't hold your breath. according to one longtime agent, chancy is one of the most genteel guys, but he doesn't like conflict. they need to clean house, he is not the guy to do it. joining me now is a white house correspondent, as a member of the white house press corps i can't believe i'm actually going to ask this question, but i will. is what has happened here a choice of presidential can access over presidential security and i mean presidential access in the sense of personal sense and not, of course, in the media sense. >> well, look, you know, well's always a will will bahhance to be struck here. you mentioned the issue of secret service seating to this or that. that's always going to happen in the white house. that's always going to happen in a push and pull wane the president and his staff to take connected to the people that he r

julia pearson is out, joseph clancy is in. are we going start to see this firestorm fizzle out now that we have new leadership? >> well, i think there's going to be quite a bit of attention paid to the secret service. let's face it. the secret service has suffered in that it had this elite miss steek, which is to say part of its effectiveness would be because the agents were basically described as super human. that was the view that most people had of them. they've been brought down to earth and i think this is going to make their job harder. >> a lot of lawmakers are saying that the replacing of pearson is definitely a step in the right direction. i do want to ask you, bob, what about the others, the ones on the ground. the ones who failed to do their job, the agents involved in all these cases? >> i suspect the new guy is going to come in, the old guy, of course. he's going to come bang and i think he's going to kick butts and take names. i think quite a few people are at least going to be disciplined if not dismissed. howev

no more rose colored glasses. >> reporter: joseph clancy, a former head of the secret service presidential protective division was named interim acting director. since clancy left the secret service, he's been working as director of corporate security for our parent company, comcast. he's been away from the agency for three years. >> i'm very pleased. he is a person who the president has the utmost confidence in, believes he would take a bullet for him. >> reporter: in an interview with bloomberg news, pierson said it's painful to leave as the agency is reeling from a significant security breach. the homeland security secretary said he will take over the investigation of all those security breaches and appoint a board of experts to examine broader issues at the troubled secret service. clear evidence the administration has lost confidence in the direction of the agency tasked with protecting the president. brian. >> kristen welker on the much-discussed white house north lawn tonight. kristen, thanks. >>> still ahead for us this evening, at home with joan lunden. a very honest conversation

here's susan mcginn is. >> reporter: retired secret service agent joseph clancy is back once a member of the president's closest security detail, he will now temporarily lead the agency. after just 18 months on the job director julia pierson resign under heavy pressure yesterday. she told bloomberg news it is painful to leave as agency is reeling from a significant security breach. >> on september 19th a man jumped the white house fence and made it into the east room of the president's home. support for pierson quickly faded this week with the revelation that an armed contractor with prior arrests rode an elevator with the president during a visit with the cdc last month. some members of the congress has called for an independent investigation into the agency's operations. the director of home land security says that will happen. the the president is standing by the the agents assigned to protect him. >> the president has nothing but the highest regard for the the men and women of the secret service. >> reporter: the white house says next permanent director of the secret service could

joseph clancy is a 30-year veteran of the service who has protected presidents back to bill clinton. now with the agency in turmoil he faces what may be his biggest challenge. our report from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: 58-year-old joseph clancy takes the reins tomorrow of an agency in crisis, from a fence-jumping intruder making his way into the white house to stunning revelations that a man rode the elevator with the president last month. >> it is falling apart. >> reporter: the agency has suffered a series of embarrassments starting when the salahis crashed the president's state dinner and in 2011 it took four days for them to discover a gunman's bullets hit the residence. and in 2012 several agents were fired after soliciting prostitutes on a trip to columbia. julia pierson was brought in after that to clean up the agency. but she resigned this week under pressure. >> believe me, it did not begin with her and it is not going to end with her leaving. there are still people that probably need to go. >> sense the fence-jumping incident there have been small fixes. the public

comcast executive vice president david cohen talked about the new director of the secret service, joseph clancy. >> he was a consummate security professional and knows this business inside and out. he has spent his entire career with unquestioned ethics and integrity. joe clancy is the ideal candidate to be head of the secret service at this time. >> comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. clancy is a native of delaware county. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> temperatures are coming down with some clouds overhead, but that's the only thing that's falling this morning. no showers in the area. 64 degrees in philadelphia. that's exactly where we were yesterday in the city. the shore dry. still some clouds overhead, but we will get some breaks, see some sunshine and the temperatures in the 50s and 60s. we'll warm into the 70s this afternoon. northeast philly is at 63. bridgeton, we're at 57 right now. 50s for pottstown, reading, quakertown at 59 degrees while blue bell is 63. it's in the 50s for newark and dover. look at vineland, the airport and woodbine

joseph clancy is stepping in after director julian pierson resigned wednesday. susan mcginn is reports, many believe recent security breaches were not just embarrassing for the agency but put the president and first family in danger. >> reporter: retired secret service agent joseph clancy is back, once a member of the president's closest security detail, he will now temporarily lead the agency. after just 18 months on the job julia pierson resign under heavy pressure yesterday. she told bloomberg news it is painful to leave as the agency is reeling from the significant security breach. september 19th a man jumped white house fence and made it into the east room of the president's home. support for pierson quickly faded this week with the level lacing that an armed contractor with prior arrests rode an elevator with the president during a visit in atlanta last month. >>> some members have called for an independent investigation in the agency's operations, the director of home land security, says that will happen, the president is standing by the agent is assigned

what should the first order of business be for joseph clancy? >> i think the first order of business needs to be that he needs to continue to look into the events. the one on september 19th with the fence jumper. then equally at the situation at the cdc. to delve into why the failures were made and immediately make whatever correction that is the secret service has the ability to do unilaterally and move on that. then i think joe sort of has the wind at his back and he needed to take advantage of that. even the congresswoman norton during the hearing said we need to take a look at the fence. maybe there things and adjustments will make it more difficult. also at the same time the thing that troubled me over this last couple of weeks is the fact that certain members of the agency have not wanted to come forward or at least that's the reporting. and report these incidents. >> it seems like there is a lack of candor. >> it's unacceptable. i know, joe, and i know him very well. the first thing he is going to do is communicate to the staff, uniform d

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> joseph clancy is a native of delaware county. for the last two years he has served as comcast's security chief. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> all right. some pretty funny surveillance video from florida shows two men trying to steal beer from a convenience store. oh, the look. he's just having trouble getting out of the door there. the robbers had trouble making their getaway. the door got in the way. the trash can was involved. the floormat didn't help. then something happened in the parking lot. police are still looking for the bandits who did get away with most of the pilsner. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> we are watching very little wind this morning. usually with clear skies and no wind, you get some fog forming. but skies are not clear. we have some clouds overhead. so no sign of fog this morning. not in our area. central pennsylvania is getting the thick stuff this morning. clouds over philadelphia. we're at 64 degrees. the humidity not as high as yesterday. that'

. >> joseph clancy, former special agent in charge of the presidential protective division of the secret service was named acting director today. >> the president has -- is very appreciative that somebody with the resume and skills of joe clancy is taking responsibility for leading the secret service during this interim period. mr. clancy is somebody who's taking a leave of absence from his private sector job to re-enter government service. that is, i think, a demonstration of the sacrifice he's making because of the loyalty he feels for this agency that he served for so long. >> joseph clancy woke up this morning as the director of comcast corporate security. comcast is, of course, the parent company of nbc universal. the administration announced plans to appoint a panel of independent experts to investigate the white house fence jumping incident and related security issues concerning the secret service. that panel will submit their recommendations by december 15 one of which certainly will be lock the damn door. the 42-year-old man who jumped the white house fence and ran deep into the

joseph clancy of havertown is a villanova grad and director of the security for comcast. he spent 30 years with the secret service before he retired back in 2011. he gets high mark from the president's present and past. >> i know clancy very well. he's a goodman, and i trust his judgment a lot. and joe -- joe will do a good job. >> secret service director julia pearson resigned yesterday last month a knife carrying man climbed over the white house fence and deep into the executive mansion before he was stopped. >> all righty. get ready. the shop till you drop retail boom is hitting center city philadelphia highlighted by today's ground-break tag major new development. fox 29's bruce gordon is live in the newsroom. bruce, i don't know about you but i got a hide my credit cards i'm not itemed. >>> i will be doing the exact same thing, lucy. a long dormant stretch of market street is about to get real noisy. first with the sound of demolition, later hopefully with the sound of ringing cash registers. east market street was a beehive of commercial activity with all manner of

joseph clancy is leaving his job as security chief for comcast cable division. re joining comcast in 2011, clancy headed the secret service a presidential protection division. the agency's director, julia pierson, stepped down yesterday after a series of security lapses and pressure from congress. comcast executive vice president david cohen talked about the new director of the secret service joseph clancy. >> he is a consummate security professional and knows had business inside and out. he has spent his entire career with unquestioned ethics and integrity. joe clancy is the ideal candidate to be head of the secret service at this time. >> comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> we have new information this morning about the first person to be diagnosed with ebola here in the united states. thomas duncan was reportedly seen vomiting on the ground outside an apartment complex as he was being put into an ambulance to be taken to the hospital. now, that report comes from a resident of that apartment complex, and his account could not be independently confirmed

joseph clancy was a special agent for a while.eaded up the presidential protection division. he ended up retiring in 2011 so president obama is asking him to come back. it's interesting over the years you see many, many pictures of president obama and the first lady on their various trips you see joseph clancy right there at the president's side. he's somebody that's well-known and well liked by the president and others and we've been hearing from people who were close to the white house and we haven't heard a negative word about him. it's been accolades saying that he is perfect for the position, that he can get the job done, a battle-hardened veteran of the secret service, but all that said, he is a career secret service agent, and one of the big questions and big problems people have been pointing to within the secret service is the culture, this feel that agents and officers were unwilling or fearful even to tell their supervisors about problems, unwilling or fearful to question their supervisor's judgments that they thought a

joseph clancy, retired three years ago, former head of the presidential protective division. julia pearson, came up in to reform the culture. served on presidential protective details of three different presidents. was very much of the secret service culture. talk about whether joseph clancy can bring back an outsider perspective here. >> he did resign a couple years. he's gone to the outside. experienced that. worked in the private industry. he is a great selection. i actually served under him and he was a tremendous supervisor. he has a strong integrity. he loves the agency. he loves the service. he's a fair and ethical leader. and i think he's also very well respected by everybody in the service. he will be a strong leader to come in. he also genuinely cares for the agency. that's a very important thing. >> but what can he do with this diminished force. we keep talking about 100 fewer officers in the force to take care of the white house because of sequestration. can he make a big difference when he has a smaller force? >> this is where the change has to come in. the chang

. >> joseph clancy will take the reins temporarily. an independent panel will investigate the recent breaches and recommend a new director, perhaps somebody from the outside. whoever comes then has to change the culture of the agency. >> they have to generate a culture inside where it is easier to speak up about problems. panel of independent experts has not yet been named, but they are supposed to give their recommendations to the president by september 15 -- december 15. us five people are in custody after a robbery and a chase. you will onlythat see on abc 7. robbery.responded to a alexandria police chased the car until it crashed of the intersection of kings highway and route one. the driver of another vehicle was taken to the hospital. fairfax, a six rolled boy fighting for his life after being hit i a fan. -- by a van. the boy was playing in a driveway in a scooter when you went out on mount vernon circle. injuries are life-threatening. a manhunt for the suspect in a deadly shooting that happened near buoy high school on tuesday

joseph clancy will take over in the interim. >>> more than 80 million jpmorgan chase accounts have been hacked. that number dwarfs the previous number this summer. the number disclosed in a security filing this thursday. unlike retailer, jpmorgan chase has more sensitive financial data. the hackers stole contact information for 76 million households and 7 million small businesses. however, hackers did not get account information like account numbers or social security information. jpmorgan chase hasn't seen any fraud incidents yet. this year, the bank implemented a $250 million budget on security. you should be careful about phishing because e-mail was breached or people calling you asking for more information. be very careful. >>> stocks around the world are mostly high they are morning. futures in the u.s. are ahead of the monthly jobs report at 8:30 eastern. >>> details about the man accused in the disappearance of missing student hannah graham. the accusations against him from his past. as he is investigated in a case of yet another missing girl. >>> plus, a mystery illness thought

joseph clancy has protected presidents all the way back to bill clinton. former director julia pierson resigned last week under pressure following a series of presidential security breaches. joseph clancy was the president and first lady's top pick here, having headed mr. obama's security detail for more than two years. the time now is 6:32 on this monday morning as we take a live look outside at san jose. the sun coming up, the feelings are strong, emotional today as we watch our san francisco giants taking on the washington nationals in san francisco. to find out what the weather is going to look like, check it out with meteorologist christina loren. >> i'm glad you asked, sam. let's look at the current conditions and then we're going to dive into the conditions at at&t park. weather will play a factor if you're watching it from the park or at home -- or work if you're us -- so let's talk about that game. 2:00, 83 degrees out there. it's going to be warm out there for the start of that game, even tailgating, but that's when the high will come in. tempera

until then, joseph clancy is interim director. he headed the president's protection division before leaving the secret service in 2011. >>> more than 80 million jpmorgan chase accounts hacked. that dwarfs the previous attack early they are year. it was disclosed in filings on thursday. the bank said hackers stole contact information for 76 million households and 7 million small businesses. that includes names, address, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. hackers did not get account numbers or social security numbers or passwords. customers should be wary. there is still cash in selling e-mail addresses and other personal information to scammers. these are just further details of a hack in june that infiltrated seven of the largest banks. jpmorgan chase has not seen fraud movement yet. this year, jpmorgan chase is spending $250 million on fraud protection. this is half of american househo households, personal information hacked. >>> turning to markets. stocks around the world higher. the u.s. futures are up ahead of the release of

so, the former head of president obama's protective detail, joseph clancy, now works for comcast, is acting director of secret service as a permanent replacement begins. >>> omar gonzalez pleaded not guilty that he ran into the mansion carrying a deadly weapon, a knife. the federal judge ordered a mental exam for the man to see if he is able to stand trial. 800 rounds of ammunition and a machete and two hatchets in his car were found. >>> isis fighters advancing into syria into the kurdish city on the border of turkey and two car bombs go off. a human rights group says 45 people were killed, 41 children. both isis and the nusra front have been fighting in the area. as isis continues the attack on the city of kobani, turkey's parliament is set to vote in a few hours on the right to use force on isis. we have arwa damon with us this morning on the turkey and syria border. arwa? >> reporter: how isis is managing to advance is quite clear. especially as we look at what is happening behind us. quiet right now. isis is a few miles in that direction from the hilltop that marks the outskirts

her replacement will be joseph clancy. this news follows yesterday's heated hearing on capital hill. moments ago the white house press secretary addressed the issue. >> she spent several hours in front of the cameras yesterday answering difficult questions from members of congress. in the context of that interaction she took responsibility for the short comings of the agency she led and she took responsibility for fixing them and that quite simply, i think, is a testament to her professionalism and character. >> president obama called her to suppress his appreciation for her time served in the agency. i want to talk now with congressman cummings. is this the move that had to be made? >> it absolutely had to be made because a culture has developed in the secret service whereby secret service agents feel more comfortable coming before a member of congress and talking about the problems in the secret service and revealing information that they were either afraid to or feared or did not think would be heard if they took it to

craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we have learn that retired secret service agent joseph clancy has been named secret service interim director. >> he has a local direction. clancy work for comcast as director of corporate security, philadelphia native graduated from villanova and attended west point. >>> now to that shocking news in the deaths of cooper health ceo john sheraton and his wife, joyce. investigators announced just a short time ago that the fire that killed that couple inside their bedroom was intentionally set. both were found dead in that home in montgomery township somerset county on sunday morning. now the the exact cause of death is not been determined. the prosecutor's office will only say that the investigation is ongoing and laboratory results are still penning. >>> well, cooper university health released this statement this afternoon and it says we are saddened and shock by what has been reportedded about the death of john sheridan and his wife joyce, their deaths already unbelievably sad are now tragic. our deep condolences go out to john and joyce's family

that man temporarily is joseph clancy. he's a havertown native and a villanova grad. once the special agent in charge of the presidential protective division. so can he really fix it all? former lieutenant detective steve rogers with the nutley new jersey police department skyping with us this morning. we appreciate you being here. this is a tough task he has ahead of him. where does he start? >>> well, first of all, the culture of the secret service has been decimated as a as a result of its leadership, and it really begins at the top. it begins at the white house, at least the president is making some moves to put somewhere in there that's going to make attempts to correct it but i really don't believe that things are going to change until there's a new administration and look i'm not into the business of criticizing the president a lot, but you know, the buck stops here right at the white house. >> some people say joseph clancy was there he serve in this administration before when you may remember the white house wedding crashers came in and so that happened on his

joseph clancy, a 30-year veteran of the service. he's protected presidents back to bill clinton. former director julia pearson resigned last week under pressure following a series of presidential security breaches. the most recent breach, a fence-jumping intruder making his way deep into the white house. joseph clancy, meanwhile, was the president and first lady's top pick having headed obama's security detail for more than two years. >>> wedding bells could be in the air for same-sex couples in five more states. today, the u.s. supreme court refused to hear arguments from indiana, oklahoma, utah, virginia and wisconsin. those states were trying to seek a ban on same-sex marriage. today's move means the appellate court ruling for gay marriage remains in effect. now, because an appeals court covers several states, this also affects colorado, kansas, north carolina, south carolina, west virginia and wyoming. effectively, that makes same sex marriage legal in a total of 30 states and washington, d.c. >>> the suspect accused of beating a man to death at a bay area gym may enter a ple

joseph clancy, a 30 year veteran of the agency has been named interim director. for the past two years has been head of security at comcast, msnbc's parent company. before that, he led president obama's security detail, working with every president since bill clinton. homeland security jake johnson after accepting her resignation yesterday afternoon, she stepped down, amid pressure from lawmakers both sides of the aisle. following last month's unprecedented security breach, tough hearing on capitol hill, and revelation an armed contract tore with criminal history rode an elevator with president obama. a revelation she did not disclose during or prior to the hearing. according to officials that ultimately led to president obama losing faith in her leadership. white house correspondent kristin welker joins us with the latest. in an interview with bloomberg news, julia pierson said it is in the best interest of secret service and american public if i step down. she went on to say congress lost confidence in my ability to run the agency. the media made it clear that

. >> joseph clancy is the secret service veteran from pennsylvania. he taught history in northeast philadelphia. he was head of corporate security for nbc 10's parent company, comcast. now he's been tapped for interim director of the secret service. nbc 7's tim furlong is live this afternoon. >> you've been talking to people who worked with joseph clan cy krrp everybody says he's calm, m methodical and has a presence. lives in newtown square. this is a philly guy now charged with arguably the most important job on the planet. long before he was protecting the president of the united states, joe clancy was a government teacher at father judge high school. >> we called him cla krrnc. >> reporter: james mcdonald showed us the yearbook photos of joe clancy. the students liked him. his fellow teachers liked him. they were sad to see him go. >> a young kid. he really was enthusiastic and it was a shame to lose him because of the fact that the kids liked him. >> reporter: after leaving the secret service a few years ago, he led the comcast security team resp

. >> those that new joseph clancy at different times during his life here, they agree on one thing, he is a good pick to run the secret service. >>> now to the battle against 'is. turkey is joining the coalition force, they voted overwhelmingly to attack isis in syria and iraq. this is important because it could pave the way for foreign troops to use turkey to launch an attack. it's key because of its location, it shares location between syria and iraq and is the buffer between syria and the middle east. we'll have more coming up on world news, you can watch all of that following "action news" at 6:00. >>> in other news, a south jersey woman is behind bars, for running a heroin distribution in ocean county. authorities say she set up shop in room number 7 at the sun and sand motel on route 37 east. they seize the heroin and xanex and marijuana. >>> no word on what caused a tanker truck to catch fire. just before 4:00 a.m. some lanes had to be closed while firefighters put out the flames, traffic returned to normal a few hours later. a hot air balloon had to make an emergency landing in

. >>> this morning is there a new interim director of the secret service, joseph clancy is a delaware county native. he is taking over as head of the agency for julia pierson. as soon as mcginnes explains, the the recent security breaches at the white house are raising questions about the safety of the president, and the first family. >> retired secret service agent joseph clancy is back, once a member of the president's closest security detail, he will now temporarily leave the agency. after just 18 months on the job director julia pierson resigned under heavy pressure yesterday. she told bloomberg news, that it is painful to leave as the agency is reeling from a, significant security breach. on september 19th a man jumped the white house fence and made tonight to the east room of the president's home. support for pierson quickly faded this week with the revelation that an armed contractor with prior arrests rode an elevator with the president during a visit to the cdc in atlanta last month. some members of the congress called for an independent investigation into the agency's operat

joseph clancy is temporarily leading the agency. pierson resigned yesterday after just 18 months on the job. she faced growing criticism as you know after a man jumped the white house fence last month and ran all the way into the east room of the white house. secret service let armed men with a criminal record on an elevator with the president in atlanta last month. >> she briefed the president or senior staff about the fact that a armed man entered into an elevator with the president during a trip to atlanta just minutes before the "washington post" reported the same story. and that was just kind of the straw that broke the camel's back. >> the white house says the next permanent director of the secret service could come from outside the agency. >>> oakland teen jahi mcmath has been declared brain-dead for nearly 10 months but now her family wants her declared alive again. kpix 5's joe vazquez has more on the family's unprecedented request. >> reporter: attorney chris dolan told the judge he has experts coming to the bay area to te

joseph clancy the former head of president obama security detail is now acting director. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> tuesday a federal judge delayed omar gonzalez's arraignment and ordered a mental health evaluation in the next month. >>> a former mountie is being hailed a hero for shooting and killing the gunman police say was responsible for yesterday's rampage in ottawa. kevin vickers received a standing ovation as he entered the house of commons this morning. vickers shot and killed the suspected gunman moments after he allegedly killed a soldier at canada's national war memorial. the suspect's mother apologized today saying she is crying for the victims. shooting and not her son. >>> new at noon, a new tsa precheck application center opened its doors in san jose today. travelers register at these offices and pay an $85 membership fee so they can skip the long security lines at the airport. other bay area tsa prechicken rolement officers are in martinez, oakland and san francisco. >>> less than two weeks before the november ee licks, governor jerry br

joseph clancy will run the secret service until a permanent replacement is found. pierson resign after her performance in front of congress explaining several security breaches the main one happened on september 19 when a man with a knife jumped the white house fence and made his way deep the building. >> time for accuweather. it's nice to see you. and nice to have a good looking day. i see you all the time. >> good try. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan we're basically dry through the area, a little sure in surf city. a couple of drops early this morning with low clouds around. let's go outside and show you white will looks like, sky6 livd looking at the ben franklin bridge. temperatures are not too bad, 64 degrees, the dewpoint is 56. the winds are northeasterly picking up a breeze and we have the always on seven day on the side over here. satellite and radar showing lots of clouds above, we're getting breaks in the clouds especially south and west of the city of philadelphia and some clouds hugging the coastline right here. it's going to be another a

this is former special agent joseph clancy.ll be tasked with fixing some of the secret services recent security breaches, one that allowed an armed fence jumper to storm into the east room. picking up the pieces could be harder than it sounds. let's bring in cnn white house correspondent michelle kosinski. >> he has a big job ahead of him. just a few months ago we were going through this same kind of course with the va. remember the whistle blowers? in this case coming from inside the secret service. then there was a the bipartisan outrage, the entrenched culture within the agency and now we have the resignation. julie pierson was appointed by the president to turn the secret service around. now a year and a half later it's time to try again. >> while white house fence jumper omar gonzalez was pleading not guilty to federal crimes for storming the mansion armed with a knife. >> back, everybody into the park. >> reporter: it's not even clear if he's aware of the fallout he leaves behind. >> stop, please. >> reporter: julie piers

joseph clancy. e was named interim acting director. now it's not clear what he plans to do following this recent incident. i can tell you, though, those two k-9s injured by the 23-year-old, they've since been taken to a veterinarian. charges are pending against the man tonight. >>> terrorism tonight. that's what canada's prime minister calls today's attack in that country's capital. a masked gunman shot and killed a canadian soldier standing guard at the nation's war memorial. tonight the gunman identified as michael zehaf bibeau. [ gunfire ] >> the kbunman was shot and killed by the sergeant at arms as he stormed the parliament. he converted from islam. there's in clear motive for today's attack but i comes two days after a deadly hit and run against two canadian soldiers by a suspect with ties to isis. canada's prime minister says it's a grim reminder that the country is not immune to terrorism chlth i have ever confidence that canadians will pull together with firm solidarity. together we will remain vigilant against those at home o

. >> joseph clancy has been named the acting director. he was recently head of security for comcast, nbc 4's parent company. ? right now, signs the confrontn may be on the way between police and thousands of student protesters calling for democracy in hong kong. resign by ders say if the top tomorrow, the begin to occupy several government buildings. tot an editorial on chinese tv called for residents in hong kong to support authorities in decisive police enforcement. china took control of the former british co1997. >>> back here at home, a mantle is underway for this man. his name is deon warren. he is 19 years old. and bowie police say he shot and killed a dad who was just trying to protect his son. it happened outside the belair swim and racket club. investigats say mitchell white stemmed in to break up a fight between a group of teenagers and that's when someone started shooting. e was pronounced dead at the > grief in the northeast d.c. neighbor over the death of a 13-year-old boy shot by his best friend. sours tell news4 it is being

. >> clearly, very quickly, the new acting director of the secret service, he appointed joseph clancy, who's been around a long time. former special agent in charge of the presidential -- he actually retired back in 2011, and the president said in a statement today, i appreciate his willingness to leave his position in the private sector on very short notice and return to public service for a period. what a job ahead for the new acting director, joseph clancy. >> wow. >> with all of these problems. >> and you see his face. he's a very familiar face from covering the white house. if you look back at former presidents, you probably will see him very close to the president. so somebody close -- who knows that culture. >> we'll be back right after this. take 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. onward! >>> the breaking news, a man accused of chopping off his co-worker's head has pled not guilty. they had it over a videoconference after the suspect arrived in the jail from the hospital. alton noelen is the suspect. he could in the end face the death penalty. prosecutors s

. >> reporter: joseph clancy, the retired head of the secret services presidential protection division is coming out of retirement to lead the agency temporarily. >> sal sal susan salny in washi. >>> president obama became the first president to ever land at the gary, indiana airport. he was on his way to chicago for a speech. air force one was forced to use the gary airport because of the air traffic control problems at the chicago-area airports. >>> and searching the persian gulf for an airman. he was one of two who jumped out of a plane when it was losing power. the pilot landed the helicopter back on deck. the ship is supporting the fight against isis. >>> and high-tech help in the search for missing university of virginia student hannah graham. nearly three weeks after she vanished, using a drone with a high-quality camera to comb the area from a new vantage point. meanwhile, jesse matthew may be linked to several disappearances and sexual assaults. >>> and tom delay in his decade-old money laundering case. they upheld an earlier ruling saying there was not enough evidence to conv

the joseph clancy is a delaware county native who is stepping in after julia pierson resigned on wednesday. the as susan mcginnes report, many says the recent security breaches are not just an embarrassment for the agency but they put the president and first family in danger. >> reporter: retired secret service agent joseph clancy is back, once a member of the president's closest security detail he will now leave the agency. after just 18 months on the job director julia pierson resigned after heavy pressure yesterday. she told bloomberg news it is painful to leave as agency is reeling from a significant security breach. on september 19th a man jumped the white house fence and made tonight to the east room of the president's home, but support for pierson quickly paided this week that a revolution that the armed contractor rode an elevator with the president during a visit to the cdc in atlanta last month. >>> some members of the congress will call for an independent investigation in the agency's operations. director of home land security says that will happen. the president is standing by

tonight comcast executive vice president david cohen spoke about joseph clancy. >> he is the consummate security professional. he knows this business inside and out. he has spent his entire career, he unquestioned ethics and integrity. he's the ideal candidate to be head of the secret service at this time. >> clancy is from this area, a native of haverford. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> new at 11:00, a deadly end between a man and his stepdaughter. police went there for a result of an assault. they found a 26-year-old woman hit in the head with a hammer. she's going to be ok but her stepfather had died. police believe it could have been a medical issue. >>> in kensington, police say an argument over an alleged gun sale led to a beating with a baseball bat. a 47-year-old man is in critical condition. police say the suspect went after the suspect because the man was trying to sell a gun in the suspect's neighborhood. that suspect is now in custody. >>> it was mild tonight, but we are looking at a real cooldown. >> we are. first alert meteorologist sheena parveen has our fir

. >> the president has named former agent joseph clancy as acting director. the president knows and trusts clancy. before leaving the agency in 2011, clancy was in charge of the agents responsible for president obama's personal safety. now, the white house says the next permanent director of the secret service will come from outside the agency. omar gonzalez, the alleged white house fence jumper, appeared in court in washington for the first time yesterday. he's being charged with entering a restricted building and carrying a weapon. his attorney has entered a plea of not guilty. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan. >>> this morning hong kong police are keeping their distance. reuters reports city leaders are willing to let the protests go on for weeks if they don't become violent. u.s. students gathered here in new york's times square to show their support for the pro-democracy movement in hong kong. many held hands. many used umbrellas to protect themselves from pepper spray. >>> coming up on the "morning news," prosecutors try aga

. >>> the new interim director of the secret service, veteran presidential protection agent joseph clancy, will start his new position on monday. sources are telling us he'll hit the ground running. they're telling white house correspondent kristen welker clancy's first priority will be to be briefed on the changes that have been made in the agency in the days since the most recent security breaches. >>> turning overseas, now some initial hesitation is gone. turkey has voted to join the isis, just as kurdish fighters clashed with isis militants on turkey's long border with syria. this vote could pave the way now for turkey to send ground troops into syria or iraq to take on isis fighters. >>> a showdown looming tonight in hong kong with the city's leader, who is backed by china, has refused to step down despite the demands of thousands of protesters in the streets. they have threatened to take over government buildings, something authorities say they will not tolerate. late today both sides did say they've agreed to some sort of talks. >>> tonight, the future king of england, who has hims

pierson will be temporarily replace by joseph clancy, who once headed president obama's protection detail, comes out of retirement. >> i'm very pleased. the president has confidence in him, believes he would take a bullet for him. >> clancy is a veteran secret service agent. he in fact did hit the presidential detail when obama was first elected, worked with the president for a number of years. he left the agency to head up security for comcast in 2012, but agreed to come back on a temporary basis. >> there has ban change at the top, but the agency is still under fire. what's being down firm the problems at the secret service? >> no one believes that this will magically cure the problems, the fact that pierson resigned. an independent panel will look at boosting security around the white house and whether there needs to be a deeper dive into bigger problems at the agency, that report expected back to home land security in mid december. >> ok, thank you. >> andrew o'connell is a former special agent with the secret service. julia pierson is gone, but we hear that morale in the department i

. >> reporter: joseph clancy is back. once a member of the president's closest security detail, he'll now temporarily lead the agency. after just 18 months on the job, director julia pierson resigned under heavy pressure yesterday. she told bloomberg news, it's painful to leave as the agency is reeling from a significant security breach. on september 19, a man jumped the white house fence and made it into the east room of the president's home. support for pierson quickly faded this week with the revelation that an armed contractor with prior arrests rode an elevator with the president during a visit to the cdc in atlanta last month. some members of congress are calling for an independent investigation into the agency's activities. the director of homeland security says that will happen. the president is standing by the agents assigned to protect him. >> the president has nothing but the highest regard for the men and women of the secret service. >> reporter: the white house says the next permanent director of the secret s

former special agent joseph clancy named acting director. recent security breaches like the white house fence jumps cost pierson her job. the breaking point nor lawmakersish the revelation an armed security contractor with a criminal record was allowed to ride in an elevator with president obamain atlanta. >> it was the right decision. it's in the best interests of the country. the best interests of the secret service. the secret service at point needs someone to come in with a fresh set of eyes. no more rose-colored glasses. >> chance you used to be in charge of the presidentsal election unit and retired in 2011. > learng more about a murder slr suicide in potomac. carolyn mattingly's home an hour before she was killed tuesday. they say andrew rocca slashed her tires then crashed his car on purpose killing himself. police responded to the crash, firefighte wer putting out a fire at the home. they found her body inside the garage. aren't saying what killed her. only that they believe rocca was responsibl rocca worked for mattingly's husband,

joseph clancy, retired from the secret service in 2011. he's been named acting director. clancy was the former special agent in charge of the presidential protective division. in 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 enoug