now welcome our panel of witnesses, the honorable julia pearson is the director of the united states secret service. ralph is the former director of the united states secret service, and currently up a partner at command consulting group. the honorable todd keele is the former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the united states department of homeland security and currently a senior advisor to touchtone page. pursuant to the committee's rules i when asked that you please all rise and raise your right hand to take the oath. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth? please be seated. let the record reflect all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow a sufficient time for discussions and questions, please limit your testimony to five minutes. the entire opening statement will be made a permanent part of the record. with that, director pearson is recognized. >> good morning chairman isaa, ranking member cummings and distinguished members of the committee. i'm here to address the concer

now welcome our panel of witnesses, the honorable julia pearson is the director of the united states secret service. director is the former director of the united states secret service, and currently up partner at command consulting group. is theorable todd keele former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the united states department of homeland security and currently a senior advisor to touchtone page, pursuant to the committee rules i when asked that you please all rise and raise your right hand to take the oath. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to get will be the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth? please be seated. but the record reflect all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow a sufficient time for discussions and questions, please limit your testimony to five minutes. the entire opening statement will be made a permanent part of the record. with that, director pearson is recognized. >> good morning chairman isaf, ranking member cummings and distinguished members of the committee. i'm here to address the concern we all s

host: take a look at a statement by secretary jeh johnson on the united states secret service review. jay johnson says i look forward to the receipt of the security review. i will carefully evaluate the findings and recommendations of the review at that time. after which i will discuss them with director pearson. white house officials and members of congress. in the meantime i occur -- encourage all of us not to rush to judgment and not to second-guess the judgment of security officers who only have seconds to act. important to remember that the united states secret service remains one of the best, if not the best in the world. securityrom homeland secretary johnson. alexander for independents. i just want to say i'm 24 years old, and this war on terror has been going on since i was 10 years old. i remember i was in middle school when the towers went down. i can speak for many other young people come a that i am sick of it. most young people i know are sick of it and we are disillusioned. stuff, last year it was from politicians in d.c., they wanted to fund these people in syria, and

the first family, the second family, former presidents, and presidential candidates the united states secret service was always considered to be the elite law enforcement agency made up of men and women who were highly regarded, respected, and trusted. the country has placed great faith and trust in the secret service. the agents of the uniform division, their officers, and the secret service agents have a monument tal task. that of protecting the nation's presidents past, present, and future. they do so honorably and not without considerable personal sacrifice. they ensure the safety of the first and second family, yes. and the safety of foreign dignitaries throughout washington and at times around the world. they ensure the safety of every man and woman who enters the white house and accompanying buildings. but a history of misbehavior security failures has clearly blemished that record. on september 19th, omar gonzalez jumped the north fence, ran across the white house lawn, up the steps of the north, and into the front door of the white house. he was armed with a 3-incher is raided knife. he ent

now welcome our panel of witnesses, the honorable julia pierson is the director of the united states secret service. the honorable ralph bashah is the former director of the united states secret service and currently a partner at command consulting group. the honorable todd keel is the former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at united states department of homeland security and is currently a senior advisor to touchstone page. pursuant to the committee's rules i skeed that you please all rise and raise your right hand to take the oath. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> please be seated? >> let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmati affirmative. in order to allow sufficient time for discussion and questions, please limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire opening statement will be made a permanent part of the record. with that, director pierson is recognized. >> good morning, chairman issa, ranking member cummings, distinguished members of the commi

on september 12th and provided detailed information of the secret service's activities on that weekend. shots were reported by the united states secret service officers in the area of constitution avenue and 15th. there were witness accounts of a black vehicle that had fired shots. there was confusion at the time by the part of the witnesses as to what they had witnessed and what they had saw. several of the witnesses put out twitter accounts of what they had witnessed. they were subsequently located and interviewed and recanted the statements. the actual shots that were fired in proximity to constitution avenue and 16th, the vehicle sped away and went westbound on constitution erratically driving and struck a light post in the area of 23rd and constitution. mr. ortega then fled the vehicle. park police officers and uniform division police officers ultimately responded to the scene where the vehicle was left with the ak 47 in the front seat. park police have jurisdiction and assumed responsibility for the official faphases. >> the answer is where are the inconsistencies with what we know from the what's post. you said they wer

secret service on these several occasions. i really do. so, what are we going to do -- thing is this whole the united states secret service one mentally challenged m man. one man with mental illness that illness.had mental this is the secret service against one individual with illness. and you lost. you lost. you had three shots at this guy, three chances and he got to the in the white house. what happens when you have a with ticated organization resources ntent and going up against the secret service? what happens then? >> the gentleman's time is expired. gentlelady has any answers to any of has questions hearing them.iate >> let me be clear, the united states secret service does not any of these incidents lightly. they are all -- respect, that is my point. as a casual observer to what and here i don't think the secret service is taking their duty to protect the american and his family at the white house, i don't think you are taking it seriously. point.s exactly my based on the evidence. based on the evidence and the lapses, unfortunately that is the conclusion that i arrive at. job you are not taking your seriously. i'm sorry, i late to be a

secret service? what happens then? time isentleman's expired. if the gentlelady has any answers to his questions, i would appreciate hearing them. >> let me be clear. united states secret service does not take any of these incidents highly. >> with all due respect, that is my point. as a casual observer to what has happened here, i do not think the circular -- the secret service is taking their duty to protect the american president and her family at the white house -- i do not think you are taking it seriously. that is exactly my point. based on the evidence, and the series of lapses. unfortunately, that is the conclusion i arrive at, that you're not taking your job seriously. i am sorry. i hate to be critical. but we got a lot at stake here. i know people are dancing around this issue, but i got to call it like it is. inave very low confidence the secret service under your leadership. i have to say that. that is not an easy thing for me to say. but based on the evidence, that is how we have to call it here. based on the evidence, my confidence in you protecting the american president right now at the white house, supposed to be one of the most secure buildings

secret service on these several occasions. i really do. what are we going to do -- look, this whole thing is -- the united states secret service versus one mentally challenged man. one man with mental illness, that you knew had mental illness. this is the secret service against one individual with mental illness. and you lost. you lost. you had three shots at this guy. three chances, and he got to the green room. what happens when you have a sophisticated organization with nefarious intent and resources going up against the secret service? what happens then? >> the gentleman's time is expired. if the gentlelady has any answers to his questions, i would appreciate hearing them. >> let me be clear. the united states secret service does not take any of these incidents lightly. >> with all due respect, that is my point. as a casual observer to what has happened here, i do not think the secret service is taking their duty to protect the american president and his family at the white house -- i do not think you are taking it seriously. that is exactly my point, based on the evidence and the series of lapses. unfortunately, that is the conclusion that i

now welcome our panel of witnesses, the honorable julia pierson is the director of the united states secret serviceble ralph is a former director of the united states secret service and currently a partner at the command consulting group. the honorable todd keele is a former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection in the united states department of homeland security and is currently a senior advisor to touchstone page pursuant to the committee's rules i have asked all rise and raise your right hand to take the oath. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give over the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? please be seated. let the record reflect they answered in the affirmative in order to allow sufficient time for discussion, question, please limit your testimony to five minutes. your opening statement will be made a permanent part of the record. and with that, director pearson, you are recognized. >> good morning, chairman, distant whispers of a committee. i'm here to address the concerns we all share following the incident september 19 at the white ho

the united states secret service, of course, has innumerable quiet successes to its name but after a series of fee fiasco, they are in the spotlight and not for the first time. julia pearson today answered for the latest, shocking security failures. >> it's clear that our security plan was not properly executed. >> reporter: most recently, september 19th, when an iraq war veteran with a knife in his pocket hopped the fence and ran unimpeded through the front door of the white house getting to the east room, bypassing five rings of security. >> i wish to god you -- you protected the white house like you are protecting your reputation here today. >> the safety of the president and his family has been the charge of the secret service since 1902. before then, the secret service was tasked with protecting counterfeiters. those protected without incident are numerous but our memories hold only the most extreme. reagan shot in 1981. ford caught in a would-be crosshairs in 1975 and the most searingly, kennedy killed in 1963. there are other incidents, though, during the nixon administration,

i just love the idea of the united states secret service being represented so brilliantly. >>> and thiscurity breakdown is really a much bigger deal, and to allow the residence of office of the president of the united states to be this vulnerable should result in a complete and utter management house cleaning. and homeland security as well as the secret service. at least six secret service safeguards were breached allowing the intruder to get to the white house east room among the things we've learned about this president, is he first denies problems and challenges and then stonewalls question of competency or integrity and acts only when corralled and i mean absolutely corralled by circumstance. in this instance at least, president obama denial, stonewalling and refusal to hold those who failed in duty puts him and his family at unacceptable risk. the president's duty is clear and he must act in his personal interests and that of the nation. the quotation of the evening if i may from the 40th president of the united states, ronald reagan who said -- or on occasion heard, we're coming r

dollarsing spent by the secret service, nearly a billion is spent on protection of the first family, the second family, former presidents and presidential candidates. the united statesecret service was always considered to be the elite law enforcement agency, made up of men and women who were highly regarded, highly respected and highly trusted. the country has placed great faith and trust in the secret service. the agents of the uniform division, their officers, and the secret service agents have a monumental task. that of protecting the nation's presidents, past, present, and future. they do so honorably and not without considerable personal sacrifice. they ensure the safety of the first and second family, yes, and the safety of foreign dignitaries throughout washington and at times around the world. they ensure the safety of every man and woman who enters the white house and accompanying buildings. but a history of misbehavior, security failures, has clearly blemished that record. on september 19th, omar gonzalez jumped the north fence, ran across the white house lawn, up the steps of the north protocol and into the front door of though white house. he was armed

given all that, i don't think anyone would underaccount the difficulty of the job of the united states secret service, but we have this story and what happened the other day, maybe there's something there that needs to be looked into or reformed, and that doesn't strike me as in any way dent grating the difficult task folks have there. john, thank you very much for your time. >>> news that two isis shells landed inside turkey today. the details ahead. on. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it's cloudy, we use more natural gas. this ensures we can produce clean electricity whenever our customers need it. ♪ infrom the experts in feminine bladdeprotection.ection new always discreet underwear, for sensitive bladders. only always discreet underwear has soft, dual leakguard barriers, to help stop leaks where they happen most. plus a discreet fit that hugs your curves. you barely feel it. new always discreet. now bladder leaks can feel like no big deal. because hey, pee happens. visit alwaysdiscreet.com for coupons and your free sample. >>> an update on

secret service on the several occasions. i really do. so what are we going to do? this whole thing is the united states secret service versus one mentally challenged man, one man with mental illness that you do have mental illness. the secret service had one individual with mental illness. and you last. you had three shots at this guy come in three chances and they got to the green room of the white house. what happens when you have a sophisticated organization with nefarious intent and we resources going up the service. what happens then? >> i was some of the hearing out early today by the house government reform committee. you can watch the entire hearing tonight at 8:00 eastern time here on c-span2 or watch it anytime online at c-span.org. >> our campaign 2014 debate coverage continues tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. live coverage of the texas debate between state senator democrat wendy davis and state attorney general, republican greg abbott. >> democratic incumbent scott peters is being challenged by san diego congressman demaio and what polls have caught a tossup race. this is about an hour. >

. >>> the united states secret service has captured a man who jumped the white house fence and made it inside the building. the 42-year-old from texas was caught just after passing through the north portico doors. he was not armed. a spokesman says the man was known to the secret service but had never been arrested by agents before. president obama and his daughters had just left the building. one congressman criticized the secret service saying it's totally unacceptable the man got as far as he did. >>> police in the state of pennsylvania say they believe they're closing in on a man suspected of killing a state trooper and wounding another. investigators in the poconos mountains say they've surrounded a property not far from eric matthew frein's family home. officers have exchanged gunfire with someone they believe to be frein. the suspect is familiar with weapons and has an unorthodoxed military related hobby. jason carroll explains more on tha that. >> reporter: frein belongs to a military simulation group known as an air soft gun team, this particular group reinacted the role of ea

protected the white house like you're protecting your reputation here >> let me be clear, the united states secret service does not take this lightly. with all due respect that's my point. as a casual observer to what has happened here, i don't think the secret service is taking their duty to protect the american president and his family at the white house. i don't think you're taking it seriously. >> woodruff: still, the white house said again today the president is confident the secret serice will implement any reforms needed. the accused fence-jumper, omar gonzalez, was indicted today on federal and state charges. >> woodruff: president obama hosted india's new prime minister narendra modi in a bid to repair strains in relations between their nations. the two leaders focused heavily on resolving trade disputes and improving economic ties. and the president praised modi's policies. >> i've been impressed with the prime minister's interest in not only addressing the needs of the poorest of the poor in india and revitalizing the economy there, but also its determination to make sure that india is serving

the united states secret service explains what happened with security.hill. officials say omar gonzalez was not caught at the door. >> an official tells cbs news that the iraq veteran ran past the staircase which leads to the family quarters. gonzalez overpowered an agent and ran 100 feet in the east room where the president makes speeches on tv. and the agents tackled him out of the green room. >> in hong kong, wet weather isn't stopping the crowd of mostly high school and college students. take a look at these pictures, they want china to knock down the idea of screening candidates in an upcoming election. hong kong's leadership said that won't happen. more protester, expected tomorrow. >>> americans have a new way of checking on their doctors. a financial database lists financial ties between medical company and drug companies. >>> the physician payment sunshine act is part of the affordable care act under the obama administration. dr. laurie glimcher is the dean of the medical school and also on the board of drugmake glaxo klein squib. >> what will i

united states. >> reporter: the secret service says, quote, this incident is current ligation and the secret service will review the response to make sure the proper protocol was followed. friday was different when the intruder entered the most secure location in the nation. >> on duty. >> going to keep you away. >> that's right. >>> still to come at 5:00, baby changing stations will not be installed in new public restrooms for men. >> moms weigh in on that as well. we'll tell you why after the break. >>> a north bay highway is closed in both directions this weekend for a major repaving project. this between highways 29 and 121. the closure started last night. it continues until monday at 5:00 a.m. crews are repaving and doing major maintenance there. if you are headed in that direction, something to keep in mind. same thing will happen next weekend. >>> volunteers around the bay gave something back today to help the environment. today california coastal cleanup day and people of all ages chipped in at dozens of locations around the state. the teams picked up in the vicinity of a million pounds of t

a gun and a criminal record was allowed on an elevator with the president of the united states violating secret service protocols. whistle blowers came forward and utah republican congressman jason chafen calls the incident outrageous. he notes a convicted criminal because within arm's reach of mr. obama and the secret service never did a background check. that was three days before the recent fence jumping incident at the white house. >> an intruder walked in the front door of the white house and that is unacceptable. >> republican chairman darrell issa and the house oversight committee sought answers from the secret as much as about a september 19th incident, when -- and was eventually detained on the crosswalk hall outside of the green room by an offduty member of the counter assault team. issa wanted to know why gonzalez wasn't stopped sooner. >> we have an automated system that can lock down the white house. $800 million a year and that door was unlocked with no one standing at it when mr. gonzalez came through it, is that correct? >> the door was unlocked at the time of mr. gonzalez' entry, that'

secret service is conducting. number of changes to the security posture the united states secret service is already implemented at the white house and these were implemented in the immediate aftermath of friday. the secret service has beefed-up controls around the fence line of the white house complex. the secret service has deployed additional surveillance resources to be put the surveillance around the white house. the secret service has changed the procedures for ensuring that the entrance to the white house is secure. there's already stepped up training for officers who are standing on the front lines of the white house to ensure that they are aware of the policies and procedures related to securing the white house and dealing with incidents like the one friday. >> it's clear that these are antiquated? procedures themwould not describe that way. there is a review that will examine exactly what procedures are appropriate and which need to be changed. i'm confident the secret service personal recommend those changes take place and the president is confident those changes will be properly conducted. >> isis issue

>> there are highly trained professionals at the united states secret service who will be conductinga broader review about security at the white house. the kinds of questions you're asking the kinds of things that will be included in that review. >> turning to the united nations activities this week, when the president laid out his strategy earlier to combat islamist state terrorist group, secretary kerry said they expected other nations to have commitments to this coalition be firmed up by the time we go to new york this week for the general assembly. possessed of a case or is the president looking to use the next few days to press country to contribute to the effort and broaden the coalition he is building? >> the effort to build the coalition will be ongoing. for weeks, the president and , other of the cabinet senior members of a national security team have been actively engaged in their counterparts in countries around the world related to contributions to this broader collision to degrade and destroy isil. this is a high-priority. we have seen important public commitments from i

but in the last few weeks the united states secret service shared information on some malware with our cybersecurity op center for analysis. the results of that analysis form the basis for an actionable alert that was distributed widely to our critical infrastructure owners and operators and lead u.s. businesses to check their systems for this malware and identify and stop ongoing cyber intrusions thereby protecting their customer's data. while both the cybersecurity threat and the nation's dependence on cyber infrastructure has grown exponentially, the legal framework particularly regarding the articulation of the departments authorities, has not kept pace. as the chairman and the ranking member have noted legislative action is important. both the house and senate have made real progress on cybersecurity legislation. i would like to personally thank this committee for all of its hard work that has ensured progress on this front on a bipartisan basis. but we are not over the -- yet. as secretary johnson were today their areas of legislation the strong consensus codifying the cybersecur

>> fortunately, josh, there are experienced, highly professionals at the united states secret service who will be conducting a broader review about security at the white house. and the kinds of questions that you're asking are the kind of included inwill be that review. >> turning to the united nations aifts activities this week, when the president made out his strategy this month to combat the islamic state group, one of secretary kerry and other folks at the white house said was that they haveted other nations to their commitments to this coalition to physically be time we go tohe new york this week for the general assembly. is that still the case? the president looking to use the next few days to continue to press countries to and toute to the effort brd en the coalition that he'sing about. >> the effort to build a is something that will be ongoing. for weeks now the president and the cabinet including the secretary of defense, seniorry of state, other members of the national security team that work at the white house, have been actively with their counterparts world,tries around t

within the last few weeks, the united states secret service shared information on some malware with ourrsecurity ops center for analysis. the results of that analysis formed the basis for an actionable alert that was distributed widely to our critical infrastructure owners and operators. and led u.s. businesses to check their systems for this malware and identify and stop ongoing cyberintrusions, there by protecting their customers' data. while both the cybersecurity threat and the nation's dependence on cyberinfrastructure has grown exponentially, the legal framework, particularly regarding the articulation of the department's authorities, has not kept pace. as the chairman and the ranking member have noted, legislative action is vital. both the house and the senate have made real progress on cybersecurity legislation. i would like to personally thank this committee for all of the hard work that has ensured progress on this front on a bipartisan basis. but we are not over the finish line yet. as secretary johnson wrote today, there are areas of legislation with strong consens consensus

it's very difficult for me to believe that the united states secret service let down its guard where someone of average athletic ability can jump over the fence and within 8g seconds be on the front floor. the secret service should have utilized whatever force even if that turned out to be lethal force. >> you make a good point there. 20 seconds to go 70 yamplyard. 70 yards, this isn't karl lewis. this is ability inability to stop him. it's never happened before. how do you explain the doors willing unlocked? >> i can't explain it. but i'm sure that director pearson will get a chance to explain it before congress this week or next week. everyone is wondering the same question it's not so much a matter of how did he jump the fence, the question is how did he evade uniformed division officers for that amount of distance between himself and the front door when that door was posted by a u.d. officer. there is no way they can mitigate this it's a matter of they dropped the ball, hopefully, they will be able to fix it so this doesn't happen again. >> usually, i think in almost every case i'

secret service for years and years and years. what kind of threats -- i don't know if it's even fair to say typical, usual threats versus the odd threat to a president of the united states well, there is no normal threat. and the secret service has zero tolerance for threats made against any of our protectees, clearly the president of the united states among them. so those threats come from individuals who have an interest in causing harm to the president. the zero tolerance goes to the secret service's requirement to investigate each and every threat to ensure that, in fact, the individual or individuals can't carry it out. and that's what they train on. and that's what they in a recurring basis get trained on. >> john tomlinson, thanks for your time. i appreciate it. >> surely. >>> coming up next, a tragic scene in japan. a volcano erupts as dozens of people are there. they're climbing it. we have these pictures of the eruption. learning more about what led up to this, next here on cnn. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering an

secret service today where people seem quite angry at him for the incident. >> the president knows the truth, which is the secret service is the very best agency in the united states and the world at providing protection to leaders and their facilities. the great thing about the secret service is they're able to learn from anything. if you take the ronald reagan assassination attempt, that produces a change in the way that they do their business. they look for these incidents, they try to diagnose them and figure out what went wrong. they're very eager and adapt what they learn. >> you did not work for the secret service, but you were interfacing with them. from a security perspective, there's a lot of things that you'd like to say no to. from an optics perspective, you could presumely put a 20 foot barrier in front of the white house, but that would not fly politically. >> no, that's exactly right. it's what michael just said, as well. the secret service has to do this very difficult mission. and so certainly, if we want to turn downtown washington into an armed camp, if we want to make sure that no one is able to get close enough to do something like getting to

united states. >> delegate norton sent a letter to the secret service director asking for a meeting before new security measures take place outside the white house ground. she also asked the director to recognize that area in front of the white house including lafayette park is a first amendment area. >>> tomorrow d.c. council will vote on a new conceal carry gun law they were forced to create after a judge ruled d.c.'s current ban on carrying concealed guns was unconstitutional. wusa9's jim osman reports the city drafted the bill hoping it would pass court muster. >> reporter: there's no doubt d.c. mayor and council would have liked to leave d.c. gun laws untouched and maintain the status quo. >> i happen to be one that really does not support having people walking around with guns concealed or otherwise in the district of columbia. >> reporter: but the city had no choice after the judge set a timeline to craft a system for allowing concealed carry under certain circumstances. >> we feel that washington d.c. officials got it right. >> reporter: the brady campaign said d.c. modeled the bill after other

. >> the secret service was actively engaged with the united states park police in an effort to determinehere and in what direction the shots were fired on constitution avenue. >> madam director, you reached the conclusion that it was a vehicle backfiring as opposed to shots firing. this is the third time i have asked. give me all of the evidence to support that conclusion that it was not shots fired despite all of the claims that it was. give me all of the evidence to support the theory that it was a vehicle backfiring, and then tell me why not invest the very minimal resources required to exhaustively search the white house. >> representative, oftentimes in these cases there are a number of different people that make different statements. what i can tell you is that uniformed division officers on constitution avenue heard gunfire and reported gunfire. >> can you speak to why a housekeeper found it and your department did not? >> housekeepers routinely work in the private residence of the president and first family. >> so even when there is overwhelming -- let's just say suspicion that s

united states. >> mr. obama was visiting a departing secret service agent there and his wife back in june when a photographeraptured this kid face painting on the oval office -- face-planting, rather, on the oval office couch. the white house posted the picture on flickr. i don't think the president knew what was going on or is just -- you know, hey, that's what kids do, right? >> yeah, just being himself. he's just in the oval office, that's all. >> having a good time. >>> where to go for the best college education for your child. >>> plus, it's never too late or too early to start saving. melissa melai is breaking down how to pay for your child's college education. >>> where to go. and if you're going to the game. we won yesterday. must be the fall-like temperatures. they're back again. 74 for the seventh inning stretch. 73 by the end of the game. so sweatshirt and long pants, i would do. we do a switchup this week. back to the summer. even some storms. we'll show you when, coming up we'll show you when, coming up when news4 at 4:00, returns. we'lin fairfax countycoming up when newswe had to cutturns. a lo

. >>> back in the united states, the washington post is reporting that the u.s. secret serviceishandled a shooting at the white house back in 2011. >> the report follows reservations about security when an intruder jumped a fence and got deep inside the white house. that shocks everybody. we have more on the embattled agency to protect the president. >> reporter: a white house fence jumper ran around the main floor of the white house. according to the jason chaffetz. the man was carrying a knife and in the east room of the white house when he was finally taken down. until now, the secret service claims the man had been captured right after entering the front door. contacted by cnn, the secret service would not comment, citing an ongoing investigation. this comes on the heels of an earlier report from the washington post claiming the white house came under attack in november 2011. seven bullets hit the white house, one smashing a window just a few feet from the first family's living room, the first lady, president and daughter malia were not at home. but sasha and the first lady

the president of the united states cannot live in a cage, but we must have confidence in the secret service. this agency must get back on its feet. so the president can do his job without worrying about his own safety or the safety of his family. today's hearings did very little to answer so many questions, that so many americans, on all sides of the political spectrum have to ask. how can one man go through and flip five or six waves of security? how can we have another man get on an elevator with the president with a gun? how can all these breaches happen? we want to know. we want our president protected. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> it's here. and this is "hardball." ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. one of the world's most terrifying diseases has reached u.s. shores. the cdc has confirmed the first ever case of ebola diagnosed here in the united states. i've got some questions i'd like answered tonight, especially after the president said this just two weeks ago. >> i want the

. >>> new questions about the secret service and its ability to protect the president of the united states>> this comes after a seering "washington post" report which claims the agency grossly mishandled a shooting that occurred back in 2011. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker has theç details. >> reporter: with the secret service under intense scrutiny for this fence-jumping intruder, new revelations about gunshots fired into the executive mansion three years ago. >> this is where investigators believed the shots came from. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports back in november of 2011 oscar ramiro hertago hernandez fired a shot at the white house while parked a quarter mile away. >> the supervisor that night on duty calls out stand down, disregard. it's just a construction noise. >> reporter: it took four days for the agency to realize the white house had been hit seven times. the discovery came only after a housekeeper found broken glass on the truman balcony. >> there appears to be a bullet lodged in a window sill and certainly a bullet hole in one of the central g

united states and fire arab nation haves fired crews missiles, dropped bombs, on islamic state millitant locations in syria. also, israel reports, it has shot down syrian plane, in israeli air space overnight. >> secret service just added extra fence to keep people away from the white house. the move comes after two high profile security scares, including one, where a man with a knife walked through an unlock door. a man from shamong was also arrested after he drove up to a gate and refused to leave. >> scary situation, during a flight, passenger jumped up from his seat, and tried to open the cabin door. this is cell phone video taken by another passenger. luckily, an off-duty officer, was also on that flight. >> helped subdue a passenger until they were safely on the grounds. >> he was mumbling about how i don't want to be a violent person, we're sitting in the front row, little concerned, watching what's happening. >> now the plane had to be diverted to omaha, nebraska, once he was removed the flight continue to its original destination in los angeles. >>> right now 5:43, waking to up some chilly temperatures on first full day of fall. >> we slutly r we are actually looking ahead now, erika, to many with a

you know, i know the secret service, the men and women of the secret service put their lives on the line for the president of the united statesd folks working in the white house every single day, 24 hours a day. their task is incredible, and the burden that they bear is incredible. director pearson has been looking at this incident and what we saw last week, she reported to the president on thursday evening when he got back from new york. the secret service is investigating this and they will take any steps necessary to correct any deficiency. >> this was in 2011. >> um-hum. >> so it did happen that the secret service thought this was a gang thing and shots went out but this was specifically at the white house and the secret service missed it. >> well, again, i've seen the reports, i saw the reporting in the newspaper this is morning. i know the secret service is on top of this and they will take every necessary step to correct any problems. >> finally because we have some folks coming back from the front lines ebola, an american doctor, someone who is an expert in viral diseases, the troops that the u.s. are sending to west

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for the agency in charge of protecting the president of the united states, the first family and the white house. the director of the secret servicegressional committee today where she was grilled about security lapses. today's hearing follows disturbing details about the most recent security breach. the man who jumped the white house security fence made

for the agency in charge of protecting the president of the united states, the first family and the white house. the director of the secret service went before a congressional committee today where she was grilled about security lapses. today's hearing follows disturbing details about the most recent security breach. the man who jumped the white house security fence made it farther in inside than the secret service originally revealed. omar gonzalez was armed with a knife and was able to actually not only get across the white house lawn into the main building, but he got all the way into the east room of the white house. >> you hate to even imagine what could have happened if gonzalez had been carrying a gun instead of a knife when he burst inside the white house. that possibility is extremely unsettling. >> omar gonzalez breached at least five rings of security on september 19th. the white house is supposed to be one of america's most secure facilities and in fact one of the world's most secure facilities. so how on earth did it happen? >> don't let somebody get close to the president. don't let somebody get close to his family.

reached room.orway of the green this is extremely damaging for the secret service, the ofted states, the security our -- the president of the united states put into major question with that particular event. gonzalez, as we learned from court documents earlier, had rounds upon rounds of ammunition in his car. but when he went inside the white house, according to the documents, he was only armed with that knife. this is breaking now. we'll have more for you as we get this information in. newsroom. in the back to you. >> keep us posted. >> all right. eyebrows being raised about something else. therecommendations from american academy of pediatrics control. >> we have a closer look at this story that's trending now. >> well, this has to do with the published --ep published in the journal of pediatrics. the doctors are recommending that young girls start using birth control that some people said has been for more mature women in the past. >> we're talking about devices like this. this is an eud, which most women intrauterine device. it was recommended for older women who didn't want to have finished having children, because it is a lo

secret service and it shatters the image. it's a frightening thing that could happen to the most important building that we have in the united states. i am certain that there's going to be questions that the whole country is begging answers for. there's absolutely no excuse for what happened. >> we come to find out the secret service lied about what happened. they department tell us the guy penetrated the white house like this at first. >> they certainly weren't forthcoming in what really happened. the whole story isn't even out yet. they had this gonzales two months ago. and he knew he was mentally disturbed. he had pictures of the white hou house. he had a machete, he had guns and was reported to the secret service. now it is true that all of this is a result of america now having so many of our ranking veterans coming home ill, but this could have been stopped before it even got started. >> had they arrested him and got him mental health perhaps. >> exactly. that's a big problem. an amazing thing here is now we have members of congress rushing back to have hearings on this occasion where the president is declaring war, having 10

united states for training since september 11th. last seen saturday night. the officers are not considered a danger to the public. the u.s. secret service is stepping up patrols and surveillance of the white house after an unprecedented security breach. just boarded a helicopter on the south lawn must read it. a man jump the fence run across the no. 1 and entered the house. it is not clear why the secret service to not stop him sooner. >> there is multiple layers of security. they're going to have to do something. even if it is something as simple as curving the bars over towards the street side. it would make it harder to scale. >> if yes kill the fence you're almost at the door. the accused fence jumper is scheduled to appear in federal court today. >> it. they have locked down and severely on the ends of the identification of new ebola cases. no one is allowed to leave their home. >> thousand volunteers knocked on doors to teach people about the deadly disease. 130 new cases were identified. they are awaiting test results for 39 cases. sent nearly $6 million in medical supplies to help fight the ebola outbreak. >> the surprising fina

. >> do you worry, as a former secret service agent, creating needless. >> that's not a worry in the united states you look at terrorist attacks post 9/11, folks here are pretty calm. you haven't seen much panic about ebola here. i think we pretty reasonable. our health care system is pretty resilient. you don't want to unnecessarily scare people. but let's be honest, this is a real threat. you have a disease with 70% fatality rate. having come home with a really dangerous disease from panama, you know, myself when i was with the secret service, you know, this stuff is danger poups very real. and it's not panic, it is common sense. >> you know, you don't mind me picking your brain on what you make of the latest intrusions and problems with the secret service, on one i go thguy that into the residence. what do you make of that? >> well there's no way to put lipstick on this one and i don't think the secret service tried. the statement was one line that should be paid attention to. they said the location of arrest has us basically astounded. meaning, how did this guy get in the white house? hundreds

secret service takes security. >> well, ronald, two things. first, if i'm the president of the united states and i know the people who are charged with keeping me from dying are not doing a good job, if i know that i'd probably try to fix that. nothing else makes much sense. secondly, what ought to be concerning is now everybody knows this. are we in position now where any old yahoo can get access like this now and how might it take to right the ship? >> we're not talking about a yahoo or lone gunman but rather 10 terrorists, 20 terrorists, coming in with wmds, this intruder himself could have had explosives. and yet they say the officers exercised tremendous restraint. that tells you a whole lot. the secret service is so say r w arrogant that they think we'll accept this explanation. >> ronald kessler with us. thanks very much p. >> thank you. >>> some breaking news now on this school shooting that we've been reporting here. and there is a manhunt going on in kentucky. police say a shooter opened fire inside the firm creek high school in louisville, kentucky. believe there say one person wa

gonzalez, omar gonzalez told a secret service agent that he was concerned that the atmosphere was collapsing and needed to get information to the president of the united statesso that he could get the word out to the people. so, clearly, this person wasn't in his right mind. i know he was taken to the hospital for a medical ev evaluation of some sort. anymore information about who this individual is? and whether secret service is tracking him or anything? >> well, you know, it's that he was known to secret service. he has never been arrested by secret service before. but a 42-year-old from texas and, you know, what we have heard from secret service is that they believe he was mentally disturbed. but, again, they did know of him before. now, i also want to tell you of a couple of other developments. we've gotten a statement in the last couple of hours. and they are julia pierson who has ordered a review of last night's incident and all of the protocols and they are stepping up security outside the white house. >> all right, e rin mcpike. thanks. we'll wait to see what the specific steps are. thank goodness that everything is okay at the white hougs and nobody