-- if every boss was like paula reed, this would never happen.o i personally believe if we had had more women on the ground of equal rank, maybe this would not have happened. if we had more diversity, more minorities, only 11% of the whole force is female. and i believe that changing this would make a stronger elite force. >> okay, i'm always for adversity. how would ethnic diversity have avoided this? i'm just curious with your thinking. i understand why having women around men makes them more macho. it sort of calms the herd, if you will. how could this value in itself have prevented this thing from happening? >> i believe it's a value in itself, but i believe that certainly women and like-minded men who are upholding the standards of its elite core, they have a definite standard that you are not supposed to in any way interact with the nationals. here we were having nationals back to their hotel room. it was clearly a violation of the rules, it's under investigation, and i'm sure that it will be completed and steps will be put in place so it w

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fewer than that are african-american women as paula reed is. this was a very tough call. she's the one who reported it up to the director sullivan. and immediately acted, which rays questions whether a man in her position would have done the same. >> absolutely, andrea. this was a tough position to be in. and she will acted swiftly and her colleagues are praising her for that. she has been with the agency for more than 20 years and i spoke with a number of her former colleagues this weekends who said she's the cream of the drop. that was their language, andrea, just to give you a sense of how much respect a lot of the folks have for her with the secret service. and they say it's really no surprise that she will acted as swiftly as she did to round up these men, to have them swapped out. remember, this it is all occurring with just hours until the president arrived. but there is no doubt that this was a tough position to be in. she is one of the highest ranking african-americans. she's a woman, which as you say there aren't very many women as part of the secret service. so

. >> reporter: secret service agent paula reed was one of four to flank george w. bush's limbo on his naug rinaugural day. she was the cream of the crop then. now the 21-year veteran has become one of the agency's highest ranking african-americans. reed spearheaded the agency's initial response to the prostitution scandal in cartagena. rounding up agents allegedly involved and sounding the alarm to washington just hours before the president's arrival. today the secret service said she responded swiftly and took control of the situation, and initiated the investigation. >> she acted decisively, appropriately, and i can't help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail, if this ever would have ever happened. >> reporter: the scandal dominated this morning's talk shows, with senator joe lieberman echoing calls for a white house inquiry. >> the white house ought to be conducting its own internal investigation of white house personnel who were in cartagena. >> from the moment this scandal broke, until now, there is no attempt to cover anything over.

paula reed is a rising star that was promoted to secret service boss for the miami field office and allof south america. she was there when she heard about a prostitute at the hotel, complaining she was not paid by one of the secret service agents under reed's command. she quick low notified washington and rounded up the 11 agents involved who were then sent home a day before president barack obama arrived. today, on this week american officials are asking if the culture at the secret service needs to be reexamined. >> i can not help but wonder about if there have been more woman of part of that detail if this ever would of happened. >> reporter: but secret service officials tell abc news there arementy of women in its ranks including two deputy assistant directors. barbara rigs, now retired, was once the number 2 highest ranking official in the secret service. >> has it been condoned? >> in my experience it has not. i mean the secret service, when an issue comes to their attention they react very swiftly and decisively. >>> now, maryland's most powerful radar and the forecast certified

paula reed is described as a rising star, recently promoted to secret service boss for the miami field office and all of south america. she was in colombia when she heard about a prostitute at the hotel caribe, complaining she wasn't paid by one of the secret service agents under reed's command. she quickly notified washington and rounded up the 11 agents involved, who were then sent home, a day before president obama arrived. today on "this week," american officials are asking if the culture of the secret service needs to be re-examined. >> i can't help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail, if this ever would have happened. >> reporter: but secret service officials tell abc news, there are plenty of women in its ranks, including two deputy assistant directors. barbara riggs, now retired, was once the number two highest ranking official in the secret service. >> has this been condoned? in my experience, it has not. i mean, the secret service, when an issue comes to their attention, they react very swiftly and decisively. >> reporter: we may learn more this wee

paula reed was recently promoted to boss for the miami field office and all of south america she was in colombia when she heard about a prostitute complaining she had not been paid. quickly she notified washington and rounded up 11 agents and sent them home before president obama arrived. >> i can help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail, if this would have happened? >> six of the 11 agents have been forced out in the wake of the scandal. there are reports this morning that a 12th agent has been suspended. more agents are expected to resign or be let go in the next week or so. >>> police in tucson, arizona will resume the search for a missing 6-year-old girl. investigators revealed police found something suspicious while searching for isabel. they won't say what it is. isabel has been missing since early saturday morning. her parents last saw her friday night in her bedroom. >> you don't think anything like that would happen to you. all of a sudden you wake up and you are in that sane o'scenario. you are angry, upset, frustrated -- confused. >>> police foun

. >> paula reed overheard the prostitutes saying that she had not been paid. >> i cannot help but wonderthere have been more women as part of this detail, if this ever would have happened. >> secret service agents tell abc news there are plenty of women including two deputy assistant directors. senate homeland security committee wants to determine if what happens in colombia was an exception or part of a pattern of misconduct. >> taking a look around the nation, police investigate the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl in tucson, arizona, there are suspicious circumstances surrounding the possible entry point into her home. isabel's parents said they put her to bed friday night and found her missing saturday morning. 150 officers and fbi have joined in the search. the search for a cold case involving a missing new york city board will resume today. authorities began sorting the basement of a manhattan apartment building. etan patz was last seen walking near that building in may of 1979 on his way to school. cadaver dog picked up a human scent in the basement for. >> a montgomery county t

paula reed recently prompted to secret service boss for the miami field office and all of south america she was in colombia when she heard about a prostitute complaining she hadn't been paid by a secret service agent she notified washington and rounded up the 11 agents involved and sent them home before president obama arrived. >> i can't help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail, if this ever would have happened. >> six of the 11 agents affected have been forced out in the wake of the scandal. there are reports that a 12th has been suspended. more expected to leave in the next day or two >>> this morning police in tucson, arizona will resume the search for a missing 6-year-old girl. last night investigators reveal police found something suspicion searching for her. they won't say what it is. isabel's parents last saw her friday night in her bedroom. >> you don't think anything like that would happen to you. all of a sudden you wake up one morning and you are in that scenario. you are angry, upset, frustrated, confused. >> police found a window to her bedroom o

i want to comment paula reed who is a female agent in charge sent in to take charge, and she has doneent job. quoted in the "washington post" was a statement by a former secret serviceman who said that if paula reid, if every boss was like paula reid, this would never happen. so i personally believe, if we had more women on the ground of equal rank, maybe this would not have happened. if we had more diversity, more minorities. only 11% of the whole force is female. and i believe that that changing this would make a stronger elite force. >> i'm always for diversity, i think we all are, how would ethnic diversity have avoided this, i'm just curious. i understand how having women around men may calm the herd, but how would ethnic diversity have prevented this from happening? >> i think it's a value in itself, but i believe that certainly women and like-minded men, upholding the standards of this elite core, they had a definite standard that you're not supposed to in any way enter act with nationals. here they're having nationals back to their hotel room. it was clearly a violation of the

secret service supervisor who made the decision to yank all 11 agents out of colombia is 46-year-old paula reed bureau. a 21-year veteran with a reputation for playing by the book. shep? >> shep: doug mckelway in d.c our 401(k)s took a beating on signs europe's economic mess could get worse. the dow off more than 100. again, dipping below 13,000 mark. the nasdaq down 30. the s & p 500 lost 12. stocks fell after a new report showed europe's deep budget cuts have not stopped debt from piling up. >>> shares of wal-mart took a beating, dropped nearly 5% on this one session. it's all because of reports that company officials paid more than $24 million in bribes to win construction permits and favor in mexico. the justice department is now said to be investigating. >>> and facebook now reports it has more than 900 million monthly users. so if facebook were a country, it would be the third most populated one in the world hyped india and china. and other n the social network also reported it will pay microsoft $550 million for software patents. >>> a fox extreme weather alert now. after months of mild

implicated in the scandal is a couple of knucklehead contrast sharply with the action of special agent paula reed, african-american female ahead of the miami bureau and replaced the entire unit and reported the incident to the director of the secret service leading to the tremendous embarrassment for the respected agency. >> bret: you would have seen her in that photo. thank you. arizona's controversial immigration law goes before the highest court in the land tomorrow. democrats are figuring out what to do in supreme court justices uphold that law. chief washington correspondent james rosen on the latest fight over immigration reform. >> what does an illegal immigrant dress like? >> questions dominated a senate you dishiary senate committee held on eve of the oralling aments at the supreme court. over the constitutionality of the arizona controversial immigration law. among other things, sb-1070 requires state police in lawful stop or detention of a person to investigate the person's immigration status. if the officers harbor suspicion the person is in the u.s. illegally. >> we do not help them

from the moment this scandal became known, beginning with paula reed, who is the special agent in charge in colombia to mark sullivan ordering the men back to washington, the investigation has gone ahead, they right now have countless agents throughout colombia dealing with the colombian police, who are giving a tremendous amount of support. they've spoken with the maids, they've spoken to a number of the women involved. they've spoken to the other secret service personnel who were down there. >> right. >> they've spoken to the hotel employees, they've gone through the hotel videos, all of that. no, i am very, very confident, so far, that the investigation is moving ahead. six have been forced to leave. one has been exonerated and i think we expect in the next day or so see several more agents being forced to leave the agency. >> i want to ask you about this letter you wrote to the director of the secret service, mr. sullivan, mark sullivan, 50 questions included in that letter. you want answers in writing to those questions by friday. what's the most important question on the list, in y

paula reed had 11 agents sent home from clom bow olombicolomb.gious misconduct. six agents are have resigned so far. six more are under investigation. thanks for watching cnn "sunday morning." you can always continue the conversation with me online on twitter @randikayecnn. "state of

the secret service says veteran agent paula reed initiated the probe. >> she acted decisively, appropriately. and i can't help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail if this ever would have happened. >> six secret service members and 11 military members have being investigated in connection to the scandal. so far six other agents have been fired or resigned. the obama administration says there is no evidence that suggests white house staffers were involved. >>> this morning, police trying to determine why a man opened fire outside a church, killing a pastor's mother in colorado. the shooting happened yesterday afternoon outside the new destiny christian center near denver. an off-duty denver police officer shot the gunman. the gunman later died from his injuries. a church spokeswoman says she did not recognize the shooter. and she doesn't know why the man fired shots at church members. police say the shooting happened after an argument between people two n two vehicles in a -- people in two vehicles in a parking lot. >>> local forensic analysts will examine evidence i

just learned this morning, that the agent who swept in and cleaned this all up, a female agent, paula reed, had of the service detail down in latin america, she got to the bottom of this quickly? >> she did. she acted decisively, appropriately and i can't help but wonder if there have been more women as part of that detail if this ever would have happened. >> what's the latest on this investigation? >> i talked to director sullivan last night, and he was commending her leadership, too. she really went in there and cleaned up the mess. i asked how many women on the force. it's only 11% of the agents are women and if -- and we agree on this. if there were more agents on the ground, maybe we wouldn't have had this. i can't help but ask this question, where are the women? we probably need to diversify the secret service and have more minorities and more women. >> let's get to this investigation right now. we learned this morning that colombian police are investigating, if any of these women involved in this scandal were underage. we know at least six agents were forced to leave their jobs. do

. >> one of the bosses at the secret service, a woman by the name of paula reed who runs the miami officehat oversees cartahana, colombia, she was staying in a different hotel. as soon as she heard from some of her associates that there was a hooker over at the hotel demanding money, she got as much information as she could and she realized it was a gigantic problem and sent a dozen of her colleagues home. she did clean up the mess. >> isn't it ironic that it's a woman who was a secret service agent that had to come up and clean up the mess. only 11% of agents are women and now female members of congress are asking why? >> i can't help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail if this ever would have happened? >> i can't help but keep asking this question, where are the women? >> so it's an interesting point that only 11% are women and that a woman actually was the one who had come and clean up the mess. maybe this will launch an idea in the minds of those who are hiring that maybe more women should be hired. >> i know this, it will cost $1.5 million to investigate wh

according to "the washington post" a top female member of the secret service named paula reed took swift action ensuring agents involved would no longer be responsible for the president's security. you see her here walking along president george w. bush's limo shortly after his inauguration back in 2001. reed is a 21 year veteran of the secret service. she was recently promoted to head the agencies's miami bureau. she is having a reputation for being exacting and steely. one agent quoted saying if evers boss was paula read the secret service would never have a problem. >>> troubling new numbers on the housing markets today. new home sales falling in march by the largest amount in more than a year. analysts say a warmer than normal winter could have caused spring housing sales to start earlier. a separate report find home prices slid in february for a sixth straight month the biggest drops seen in atlanta, chicago and cleveland. now these troubling signs are taking a to on american optimism. a new report shows consumer confidence edged slightly lower in april and job concerns may be to bl

paula reed is getting a lot of credit.office because she found out about this and called this team home. but is that about her gender? did she do the right thing because she's a woman or because she simply upheld her responsibility? >> she's a competent employee who did her job. >> well, i think because she's a woman. >> would a man have been less likely to do the right thing? >> yes, because there's a boys club situation. i don't think it's so shocking that men in power sometimes use prostitutes. prostitution is legal where they were. >> i'm going to say it again, i think we want them on that wall. guys there's a reason that men fight wars. women are superior intellectually superior. but, guys, let's not be so quick -- >> women are fighting wars, too. and why is it that men use the prostitutes and women don't? >> the next topic -- >> we want idiots protecting the president? >> would you want to know. "usa today" did this subject on line on monday. if you had a 50/50 chance of developing a hereditary disease that took the