i believe we have this from peter king on the "today" show this morning. he presented the worst-case scenario. what could have happened if these allegations are true. >> this could have been disastrous. first as you said, agents have access to the president's schedule. even if they didn't, just haven't, if they were working for a narco terrorist group or al qaeda for that matter. >> so i have to tell you, a lot of people have been writing in saying this is an overinflated issue. others see it as congressman king. whether you're a republican or a democrat, you have to be concerned about the president's safety. what are you hearing from people? >> i just had john adler on my radio program. he is the president of the federal law enforcement officers association. it is a professional group like a union to which all the secret service members are, they all belong. he was cautioning against a rush to judgment. in fact, he went so far as to say that he thinks that the investigative reporter who put a lot of this out there, mr. ronald kessler has an axe to grind w

>> representative peter king, chairman of the house homeland security committee, has been briefed on the evolving scandal. >> all i know is that two of the 11 were supervisors. i did not ask if they were married or not. >> this is really the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service. >> ron kessler who wrote "in the president's secret service," says the incident could be indicative of a larger problem within the agency. >> what the agency needs is an outside director who can come in and clean house, change the standards. >> the alleged misconduct occurred at this hotel which is about five minutes from where the president is staying. the secret service says it will launch a full-scale internal investigation. and we should say that prostitution is legal in some parts of colombia. traveling with the president in colombia, kristen walker, nbc news. >> a titanic dinner experience right here in baltimore. from the ship to the iceberg, how middle river marked the 100th anniversary tonight.

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again, representative peter king saying it's important that we ask every potential question. we don't think any secrets were compromised in this instance. however, we need to know. so the investigation moving forward quite swiftly on all fronts. >> kristin, thanks so very much. >>> since it was first authorized back in 1994, the violence against women act has had overwhelming bipartisan support. this year there is a big fight over reauthorizing the bill dividing the senate. though the current version would continue grant programs to local law enforcement and battered women's shelt shelters, most republicans are opposing efforts to expand the legislation to inclul indian tribes, immigrants and some same-sex couples in domestic violence programs. texas senator john cornyn is a member of the judiciary committee and in charge of getting senate republicans elected as chair of the national republican senatorial committee. thanks for being with us. tell me why you are opposing these democratic efforts led by joe biden who was the first sponsor of this bill back when he was a senator

we'll hear from peter king next.ashington, thanks so much. >>> congress now wants to know if the agency is covering up any more xond als. congre congressman peter king is chairman of the homeland security committee which oversees the secret service. he was briefed on the investigation and he swroins us by phone. thank you, congressman, for being here. can you tell us some of the detiles in the briefing? >> yes. basically, there are 11 secret settings, two or three in uniform, the others special agents, and they sometime late wednesday evening brought women back to the hotel. i don't know the exact number of women, but i'm pretty sure it was more than one. there were 11 agents and they brought women back to the hotel. in the hotel they were staying in, each guest has to leave i.d. at the main desk and they have to be out by 7:00 in the morning. this one woman in one room had not left by 7:00 in the morning. the hotel manager went up. he wasn't allowed into the room. they got the police. they went in and the woman and

peter king is from new york and chairman of the house homeland security committee.to have you with us. let me get your reaction to what we're hearing out of colombia. >> two things. i've been talking with the secret service. if everything turns out the way it was reported t11 agents with women in the hotel room compromising themself and the president's security. the agents are being interviewed. what happened is wrong. we have to find out why it happened and it can't be allowed to happen again. the director moved quickly and effectively as did the field agent in miami. i think that right now, it's going the right way but we have to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> in what way do you think it could have compromised security? >> anytime you have a secret service agent or law enforcement or government official involved with a prostitute, you're open for blackmail, you could be threatened. just by letting anyone of that type into the zone of security on the eve of a president's visit to a country, you leave yourself vulnerable. something could be said or done and t

>> i expect more heads will roll lester, as peter king suggested. but i don't expect much political blowback. frankly, i haven't seen a whole lot of partisanship in reaction to this. everything politicians do on capitol hill and in the white house is inherently political, but it seems to me the tone we've gotten so far is one of trying to get to the bottom of it and most people involved i think share a generally favorable attitude toward the performance of the secret service generally speaking and i think that's likely to continue. >> john harwood in our washington newsroom tonight, thank you. >>> overseas, a milestone in the united states exit strategy from afghanistan. after 18 months of negotiations, the two countries completed the final draft of an agreement that pledges continuing u.s. support for afghanistan after the last u.s. troops leave at the end of 2014. that support includes security, economic development and agriculture. the results of first-round voting in france's presidential election are in tonight. president nicolas sarkozy who vo

according to new york congressman peter king. >> director sullivan said as soon as he believes he has sufficient evidence to require someone to leave, he will act. >> reporter: three agents have already been forced out. supervisor david cheney retired, greg stokes who ran the canine unit was removed with cause but can appeal, a third agent resigned and eight more are under investigation. they're accused of hiring prostitutes and bringing them back to their hotel in cartagena last week. they were in columbia setting up security for president obama's trip to the summit of the americas. the secret service is updating congressmen about the investigations under way here in washington and in colombia. lawmakers are expressing outrage over what happened. >> this is unacceptable behavior. >> those who are responsible have brought disgrace and it's disgusting. >> reporter: nancy pelosi says agents need to be held accountable. >> i don't see those involved in this could continue with their work. >> reporter: jake carney says the president still has confidence in the secret service and the aeg.

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but peter king says there are more to come.t's listen. >> i would expect within a very near future, to have several other secret service agents leaving the agency. of those 11. and that you know, one other person has been added on. so director sulsullivan, from t moment this broke, has moved effectively. and the investigation is going full speed ahead. >> reporter: peter king was on "meet the press" today with darrell issa, a chairman of another committee in the house of representatives, another republican on the oversight committee. both he and king say it's not just the con sorting with prostitutes they have a problem with. issa called that awful and salacious. but it's the possible compromising of security that raises a lot of concerns for them. and peter king has just released a letter that he is sending to mark sullivan, several dozen questions really, he wants answered from the administration. and mark sullivan, the secret service. among them, were any members of the executive office of the president involved in this alle

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here's what representative peter king had to say.e records and there is no trace at all. no indication that anything occurred on that trip, based on theç official records. >> now, tamron, all of this raises is specter of concern that this misconduct might be a part of the larger pattern within the secret service. but u.s. officials, representative peter king, point out and emphasize there is no proof of a larger pattern right now although the secret service is certainly looking is that that possible. >> all right. live for us at the white house. thanks. >>> a spectacular sight over new york city as the space shuttle enterprise known as the work horse of the shuttle fleet was flown to its new home in new york city. the shuttle is now on the tarmac at jfk international airport. the shuttle flew by new york city's most famous landmarks including the empire state building, the statue of liberty. that's a good screen saver. and june enterprise will be loaded on to a barge and brought to the intrepid sea, air and space museum on the banks

i understand you talked with congressman peter king. >> reporter: that's right. about an hour ago i spoke to peter king who briefed me on the latest details with regard to the secret service scandal in colombia. a few interesting details. one that you mentioned, he expects more agents who are involved to resign. possibly as early as this afternoon. also, that all agents that were involved in the scandal will be drug tested back here in the united states. there is no evidence so far that they had drugs in the room or that they were on the prostitutes but there has been some concern that drugs were involved. possibly at that nightclub where they all were. in radar to mr. sullivan who is the director of the secret service, there have been some calls, specifically from randy forbes of virginia, a republican, that perhaps he should step down. that he is not the man for the job anymore because of the salahis and because of this. peter king reinforced it saying one man can't be held accountable for the actions of a small group of folks in this 6,000 person agency. that

darrell issa and republican congressman from new york, chairman of the homeland security committee, peter king. welcome to both of you. 7"t. >> thank you, david. >> congressman king, let me start with you. where is this, ultimately will everyone involved lose their job? >> i would say anyone who's found to be guilty will. as you know, there was 1 of the 11 has been partially exonerated and he will probably not be terminated. he will face administration action. i would expect within the near future to have several other secret service agents leaving the agency, of those 11. and as you no he -- you know, one other person has been added on. this the investigation is going full speed ahead. there are many, many agents in colombia interviewing the women involved, the hotel employees. i believe there's hundreds of colombian police are assisting the secret service in this. it's going all out. from every indication i've seen from the moment this scandal broke until now, there's no attempt to cover anything over. everything is being -- every possible lead is being examined, my staff, i began an investi

the homeland security committee chairman, peter king, along with darryl issa. >>> a prominent member of the nixon white house that became a key figure in the watergate scandal has died. colson spent seven months in prison for trying to discredit the man behind the pentagon papers. after his release he founded prison fellowship. colson spent the remaining years of his life helping ex-immates. he died yesterday after surgery trying to fix a blood caught. charles colson was 80 years old. >>> and a pastor fired from his family's historic church will begin services at a different location. the dispute stems over money in one of the largest churches in our area. derrick has the story. >> reporter: we are outside the metro points hotel just off of 450 and the beltway, and there's an old adage that says the church is not the building, but the people inside. joe pebbles considered the heir, he was ousted by church leadership on wednesday. the board was created by decree by his mother's will. she died in 2010, and since then there has been a disagreement about the management of the assets of t

. >>> el representante republicano peter king, preside la mión de la cámara baja que supervisa al servicioidos, harry reid, dijo que eran estúpidos los involucrados en el caso. >>> piensen en esto, gente que está para proteger a los agentes de estados unidos,y van a colombia y pelean con una prostituta sobre cuánto le tienen que pagar, esto es ser muy estúpido, los legisladores creen que esto pudo poner en riesgo la segurad del presidente barack obama, además, una agencia de viajes, vende muy baratos los pasajes para ese lugar. >>> ayer pudimos confirmar que los agentes envueltos en el escándalo están siendo sometidos a pruebas de droga, además en la instigación los agentes se han incriminado unos a otros. >>> veremos qué dicen unos de elos otros, muchas gracias. >>> buenas noches. >>> pasando a otras informaciones, la controversial ley antinmigrante de alabama, ha causado u fuerte campaña de presión por parte de elos defensores de los inmigrantes, hoy se realizaron modificaciones después de una reunión. >>> ilia muy buenas noches, termina una jornada que ha sido intensa para la suerte de

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. >> peter kind is as keen -- peter king is asking whether other white house employees are involved. >> they should be investigating white house employees to make sure none of them were involved in this inappropriate behavior. >> the white house says it has no such a -- no such evidence. 11 military members have been caught up in the investigation. 12 members of the secret service have been investigated. six are already out or leaving. lawmakers want to know a lot more about the secret service culture before the president's columbia trip. >> i cannot help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail if this ever when that happens. >> this scandal may end up reshaping the secret service. the president is standing behind the secret service director. back to you. a welcome reign was relief. -- rain was a welcome relief. let's get our first check of the weather with meteorologist john collins. >> we have had steady reinhard -- rain since before lunchtime. it keeps on coming. i have circled where baltimore is. we are right in the middle of it. it is still coming up in th

la.com >> breaking news now from republicanl -- congressman peter king of new says three more secret service agents have been duty, bringingir to nine the number of agents dismissed since the prostitution earlier this month. said two other agents have been cleared of wrongdoing and the third was cleared last week. a total of 12 agents were officially under investigation. marion barry is stirring up controversy once again, this time about comments he made about nurses. made the remarks yesterday ating an oversight hearing of the district of columbia. said a hospital supply a lot see grid that he wants to locals become nurses. i want the ec to become the e where they graduate 300 or 400 nurses a year. he said of some people aserpreted his remarks racist, that's their problem. these remarks, the deal of comments he made by asian owners and 30 shops. he since apologized for those remarks. there was a pre-trial hearing y for army private bradley manning who is accused of wikileak documents to s. prosecutors rest to demonstrate how much damage was caused by the leaks. a judge is expected t

varios fueron separados de sus cargos, peter king preside la comisión de seguridad, y dice que otros. se calificó de estupidos a los agentes calificados en el escándalo, y dicen que no se puede hacer nada de las malas decisiones. >> piense en esto, la gente que va a proteger al presidente barack obama terminan peleando por una prostituta, todos los agentes están siendo sometidas a grupos de droga, y la más joven de las implicada tiene 20 años. los agentes se incriminó y uno de los expulsados piensa entablar una demanda, se cree que se pudo poner en riesgo la seguridad del presidente barack obama. en una publicidad se parodia a esta acción. >> se ha estado pendiente de las acciones, y no se ha hablado con el jefe del servicio secreto, y han estado en contacto permanente con mark sullivan. >> el escándalo también hará parte del programa que regresa al aire este sábado a las 7. >> cientos de personas pusieron su atención en el capitolio de alabama donde se discutió una modificación a la ley, permite a la policía exigir documentos a todas las personas dentro de un vehículo, y mantiene la

several more agents about to be out of a job according to peter king. what are you hearing?ll, the most interesting new wrinkle here and it is a wrinkle is that this 12th secret service agent who has been implicated in this was staying at another hotel, at the hilton hot hotel, than where the 11 were staying. the interesting thing about the hilton hotel is the same hotel where members of white house advance staff are believed to have stayed. we should emphasize there's no evidence at this point members of the white house staff were in any way involved in the scandal or procured any women at all. the proximity of having a secret service agent at that hotel, same hotel as the white house, is going to be one reason people like senator grassley and others will be pressing for answers on whether or not there's anything that implicates any white house people. >> meanwhile, there's the outward inward look on what's happening with the secret service agency itself. i want to play a clip from susan collins and congresswoman carol maloney. take a listen to this. >> i can't help but won

peter king is totally right on this issue. i'm in washington in 1992.engaged to a woman, i needed to get out of that. secondly, public service is huge in my family. i wanted to work for the government. i did that for almost seven years. there's something remarkably proud about that. people hate their government now, and it infuriates me -- in fact, let me put it out there. it pisses me off when this kind of stuff happens that can give the crazies on the left and the right the honor. >> at the end of the day, isn't that the way to fix the culture to actually fix the culture? they broke the law. >> if they break the law, then they should be penalized. >> whatever happens, it has to be done very strictly. they will have to be dismissed. even if it doesn't happen right away, there is a public zero tolerance for any of this behavior. we say right, but dylan, a lot of times that doesn't happen. >> and there is -- you know, we call it on the road opsec, op operationalç security. they did compromise op rati-- operational security. who knows the kind of stuff t

here is republican peter king. >> as the investigation goes forward and more evidence comes out. ct tsee him moving into other agencies he as well. >> congressman peter king, the share of the homeland security committee will be joining us, that's coming up, a live interview with the congressman, so, keep it right here. >> kelly: fox news alert, george zimmerman, the man charged with killing teenage trayvon martin is set to be released from a jail any moment now and the judge set bail, his release one day after a stunning turn yesterday. and zimmerman taking the witness stand and publicly apologizing to trayvon martin's parents. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was, i thought he was a little younger than i am and i did not know if he was armed or not. >> kelly: an attorney for martin's parents says that statement was quote, the most unmeaningful apology, meantime, zimmerman could be allowed to return home or possibly even be relocated to an undisclosed location as he awaits trial. >> jamie: well, an investigation that we're watching

and republican congressman, peter king, says this is just the beginning of the investigation. >> i do think what has gone on is very embarrassing. i think it's clear there are investigations going on, at the pentagon and at the secret service. and i hope to get to the bottom of it quickly. >> if it's part of the culture, you've got to change that culture. heads will roll under these circumstances. >> reporter: an escort who partied with the agents said she was promised $800 for her services. but the next morning he said he would told her he would pay her about 30 bucks. after a loud dispute, the man agreed to pay roughly $200. >>> the jabs are flying between president obama and likely republican nominee, mitt romney. the president told a crowd of students and blue-collar workers in ohio, he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth. apparent swipe at romney. romney said, i scratched my head at the capacity of the president to take four hours off on such a regular basis to go golfing. >>> meantime, ted nugent will meet with secret service agents today over some of his recent controv

the chair of the homeland security department, committee on capitol hill, peter king, says there is no indication of records of the trip there was anything wrong but the state department now says they are looking to see if any of their employees may have been involved. all of this after homeland security secretary janet napolitano came to the hill and told lawmakers this appeared to be an isolated incident in el salvador, other agencies are also named, among them the dea, drug enforcement administration, they issued a statement saying they are unaware that anything went wrong on that trip but will investigate whether or not these claims are credible. veroni veronica? >>> tracie potts in washington thank you. >>> yesterday was a tense day at the trial of john edwards as defense attorneys continued their assault on the lead witness, a former aide to the senator and presidential candidate. jay gray reports from greensb o greensboro, north carolina. >> reporter: andrew young returned to the federal courthouse and hot seat as the defense team continued their aggressive cross-examination. th

peter king says -- and he said the agent said to be fired is going to sue over his dismissal. in the meantime, the extent of the scandal has a growing number of lawmakers speaking out. >> we do not know if there was an opportunity for these women to plan -- plant eavesdropping devices. the whole behavior is so incredibly dangerous and risky. >> the new york times interviewed a colombian woman who said she was the escort -- escort who parted with the americans. it began at a strip club and she agreed to go back to the hotel for $800. the next morning he told her he would pay her only $30. after a loud dispute with police called in to resolve a, the man agreed to pay her roughly $200. the secret service is not confirmed her account. homeland security officials do not believe the women at the center of the investigation were spies were obtained any classified information. turning now to the race for the white house gop presidential front-runner mitt romney said he would fire all of the secret service agents involved in the columbia scandal. the remarks as a survey of republican a

and peter king, the chairman of the house homeland security committee has been briefed, he'll join uss well. >>> in other news, the united states security council is strongly condemning last week's missile launch. kim jong-un surprised everyone, unexpectedly actually speaking words in public at the celebration for the first time since assuming power. we actually heard his voice. cnn's stan grant is in north korea. >> reporter: supreme court commander of all he sees, jim john unstands kim jong-un. he is adored here yesterday they have never heard him speak until now. his tone was soft, a stark contrast to the deafening roars of his people. he pledged to build on the legacy of the two leaders who have gone before him and a hope to reunite a fractured korean nation. we have suffered the pain of separation for nearly 70 years, he says, we have lived as one people on the same land for thousands of years, to suffer like this is heart breaking. but this was a military parade and with menace. >> this is not just a show of strength to the north korean people, this is designed to send a deadly