into the interior of the white house. before that in 2011 multiple shots into the living quarters of the first family discovered only four days later, not by secret service investigation but by white house staff. beyond these failures, in the core mission of the secret service to protect the white house and the first family is an unsettle ling failure to disclose perhaps even understand what has occurred or to investigate. together this combination of failures suggests strongly that the time is right for a 21st century make over of the secret service. i do not regard this matter as a mere question of personnel. i believe it goes far deeper than that. the stunning events have occurred during a period where the united states, and by definition the white house and even the president are being targeted by domestic and international terrorists. according to the threat assessments, this president has had three times as many threats as his predecessors. just as have indications of unwarranted secrecy in the secret service. the s

don't let them get in the white house ever. and if they have to take action that's lethal i will have their back. in this day and age of isil and terrorists and ieds and dirty bombs, we don't know what's going on underneath that person's clothing. if they want to penetrate that, they need to know that they are going to perhaps be killed. that's the message we should be sending every single time and that's the kind of secret service that i expect. i thank them again for their service, their dedication. we love them, we care for them but we need better leadership. it's not happening. i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. we recognize the yes lay dpgengm the district of columbia ms. norton. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you mr. chairman for this hearing. my respect to the secret service goes back to when i was growing up as a child in the district of columbia and continues to this very day. but today we must ask. recent events call for and recent unprecedented events call for an unprecedented response. first, an incr

president was briefed by officials at the white house. he received a detailed, in person briefing from the oval office. is a subject about which the president expresses obvious concern. this is a topic he has spoken directly to the top officials of the secret service about. i read a statistic that there are about 10 jumpers a month. >> i don't think that is accurate. i would encourage you to go back and check. -- i am justng on saying that what i saw publicly is different than what you are conveying here. i would encourage you to check back with mr. donovan because i am confident he will be as forthright with you as he can. and i want to make sure the information you are presenting to your readers is accurate. here is the thing. we are having the conversation because we care about the details relevant to the president's security. gate crawlers are different than individuals jumping the fence. i am sure mr. donovan can give you a more detailed explanation than i can. it is his responsibility. but there are individuals who arrived at the wh

>> yes, sir. >> were you at the white house picnic this year? no, i was not. >> i'm sure you are familiar with it. do you know when it was? i will answer that. it was two days before the event. picnic, ite house was senators, congressmen, republicans and democrats. everyone is invited. our families were invited. we took our families. we get docked at the street and we have to -- we get stopped at the street and we have to show an id, members of congress, senators and their families. they are checking the books and making sure everything is in order. there is still another 70 yards, just down the sidewalk a tiny ways, and then they check our id again. we need to check your id again before you go on to the premises of the white house. so we go into the picnic, several hundred people there, 200, 300, 400. what it was, the president and the first lady are normally there. on the 17th of september of this year, the first lady was out-of-state. the president was there at that event. we have had four assassinations in this country. we've had about two do

the white house garden, the white house -- the white house, the history of an american idea, which is really the architectural history of the house that he has written. he's also collaborated with artists. peter wadell on an artist visits the white house past which is a wonderful little booklet that is available. and the new book coming out and will be available tonight at -- in our gift shop and you'll be allowed in early to be able to have a copy signed if you'd like to do that at 5:45. the title is "the night they burned the white house." so we -- and also he's contributed many other publications, including our art historic guide book. with that i'd like you to give a warm welcome to william seale. [ applause ] >> do i need that on? hello. it's good to be here. i look forward to it and have enjoyed what i've been able to -- >> oh, i do. i have to have a microphone. machinery. i am going to talk about the symbol of the white house, the survival of it through time. and can everyone hear now? i mean, everyone that wants to. a monument you see, a symbol you feel, rather basic, but if t

don't let somebody get into the white house ever.nd if they have to take action that is lethal, i will have their back. in this day and age, we don't know what is going on underneath that person's clothing. if they want to penetrate that, they need to know that they are going to perhaps be killed. that's the message we should be sending every single time. and that's the kind of secret service that i expect. i thank them again for their service, their deck indication, we love them, we care for them, but we need better leadership. it's not happening. yield it back. >> thank you. now we go to mrs. norton. >> thank you mr. chairman. my respect for the secret service goes back to when i was growing up as a child in the district of columbia and continues profoundly to this very day, but today we must ask, recent events call for a recent unprecedented event, call for an unprecedented response. first an increasing number of white house jumpers including the most recent this month, before that in 2011, multiple shots into the living quarters

on the white house lawn. state police helicopters by then were chasing him. one landed apparently between the stolen dhoper and the white house itself. secret service agents pulled out shotguns and started shooting as it hovered over the white house. eventually, they came down and wrestled with him on to the ground. eventual eventually, they took him to the hospital to have some buck shot taken out of him before they got him booked. it turns out the pilot was a 20-year-old army pilot. he had been very disappointed to have flunked out of flight training. part of his motive for what he did was he wanted to show off what a good pilot he was. he eventually served about a year of prison and got kicked out of the army. >>> later that same year, it happened again. this time, it happened without air power. this time, it's more amazing that the would-be white house intruder lived to tell the tale. marshal fields, jr., had a chevy impala. used to ram the security gate at the white house and was successful to ram that g

in addition to being the editor of "white house history," he is an important author on books on white house history and i have just a few of them here tonight for you to see. in addition to his expertise on the white house, mr. seale is a scholar and sought after wise preservation of a range of historic american buildings. his preservation work is evidence in state c apitols and historic homes across the heartland of america. we are in for a very special treat this evening. although the white house is just across the street, only 200 yards from where we sit tonight, these two men will bring white house history to life for us tonight, right here. please welcome william allman, followed by william seale. [applause] >> roger mudd just said, don't blow it. [laughter] now i am nervous. i was not before. except one attending such a in 1814 inposium washington, we would concur with author beth taylor's 2012 observation that americans today , instead of ducking the anniversary of the burning of the white house, celebrate the rescue of the portrait of george washington. all of the longest-held

, there are guests in the white house. bustling place and the idea that we're going to have a shootout on the white grounds seems to me a last resort, not a first resort. and i'm not sure members of congress ought to be in the spelling out secret service protocols for you. i'm not sure that is our competence. having said that, one can still the reaction of site was service on profound profoundly inadequate and put the potentially first family in direct jeopardy, harm.cal and i don't sense from you, sense of ierson, a outrage about that. a sense of mission that you want to reform and correct this that ing set of mistakes led to potentially a catastrophe states. united could you comment? get that ry you don't sense from me. i have spent a career in the secret service protecting presidents, their families in the white house in addition to other missions. there is nothing more sacred to agent, ret service uniform division officer or professional employee than our responsibilities for mission success. we don't take it lightly. b

of "the white house." he spoke of the white house as a symbol of the american presidency at a symposium marking the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812 and the british burning of washington. the white house historical association, the u.s. capitol historical society, and montpelier hosted this event. it is about one hour. >> thank you. our next speaker will be william seale. and to us at the association, he doesn't really need much introduction. he's been a part of our organization as an adviser to our board for at least as the time he published his president's house" in 1986. he's been a mentor to us on the staff with research eeducation, publication. over all those many years and now is the editor of our white house history publication that you all received a complementary copy in your packets. i hope you'll enjoy that and hopefully become a subscriber to our journal and keeping up with the latest research. of course, william seale is an architectural historian and specialist on the restoration and pres

the white house and intruder was brought down by an agent. presidentte house and have been sprung into a new era of danger. the secret service should welcome an outside investigation to assure the necessary resources and the expert backup and structure for the 21st century is necessary to do its job. >> enqueue. >> members may have seven days to submit opening statements for the record. i now ask for unanimous consent that are calling, the gentlelady from texas comments jackson lee be allowed to participate in the hearing. additionally, unanimous consent that our calling, the gentleman for mr.'s -- missouri be allowed to participate. we 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 toucht

vaulted over the white house fence. he ran all the way across the white house lawn. got all the way to the north portico doors of the white house. then opened the doors and went inside the building and was not apprehended until he was already inside the white house. if you really want to parse it, technically you could say what i said there was accurate, but honestly, what i just described there is not at all what really happened in that incident in the news. late this afternoon, early this evening, there was just a stunning development in what was already a pretty shocking story. i know the word shocking is overused in the news business. there is something shocking about this. particularly what we learned about it today. it's one thing when you see the president of the united states out working a line or doing an event in front of a large crowd. the president may be taking a little risk in terms of his safety to be out among the people. it's another thing to realize when the president is at home in what is supposedly the most secure building in the country, he's not

he was put in charge of burning the white house. blanchard requested as his main general.quartermaster admiral cockburn contributed in some james pratt. blanchard newhouse to design a fire that had military dignity arson. not smack of he devised his plan. the house was built like an english house of the same general type with a heavy outer skin of stone with thick walls of brick to stabilize it. the white house had about 14 inches of stone and three feet of soft rick backing. allde the structural walls wooden l likeah kindling upon which the plaster was laidth. to blanchard, the wooden parts were the focus. the plan was tonight a house on the second floor. no other part of the house was of interest. the kindling was all to be on the second floor. when set, the firewood quickly burn into the attic causing the attic to collapse where its weight would carry it onto the main floor. by the same design, the mass would fall into the basement where it would burn as in a barbecue pit until all that was burned was gone. this is exactly what ha

they are learning the men who hopped the fence made it all into the white house before being caught by the secret service. i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum. these new developments will likely take center stage as julia pearson will testify before the house and she'll have to stick up for her agency on how the fence jumper got over. bill: you are saying this be a washington coverup. >> we first heard he got into the white house but only one room. this was basically a perfect storm of a security break down. he got through several rooms in the white house. someone in the white house was trying to down play it to the press. bill: there is a white house source that says they misreported it intentionally to down play the story. from a national security standpoint do you think that's defensible? >> we are five weeks from the election and you have got to get all the facts out. if you are trying to cover up to to debright's not good. that's the question for both republicans and democrats will be grilling the head of the secret service in about an hour. bill: secret service did in t

the white house garden, the white house -- the white house, the history of an american idea, which iseally the architectural history of the house that he has written. he's also collaborated with artists. peter waddell on an artist je7m visits the white house past which is a wonderful little booklet that is available. booklet that is available. he will be available tonight at -- in our gift shop and you'll be allowed in early to be able to have a copy signed if you'd like to do that at 5:45. the title is "the night they burned the white house." so we -- and also he's contributed many other publications, including our art historic guide book. with that i'd like you to give a warm welcome to william seale. [ applause ] >> do i need that on? hello. it's good to be here. i look forward to it and have enjoyed what i've been able to -- >> oh, i do. i have to have a microphone. machinery. i am going to talk about the symbol of the white house, the survival of it through time. and can everyone hear now? i mean, everyone that wants to. a monument you see, a symbol you feel, rather basic, but if

. >>> trouble at the white house. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in philadelphia. home of the 3-0 eagles. anyway, lots of news tonight. all pretty startling. start with the guy jumping the fence in front of the white house, right there on pennsylvania avenue. then sprinting right into the president's house itself through the formal entrance known as the north port co-. what if someone from isis decided to try that route? speaking of which, we have a top u.s. official now saying that some americans who joined isis in iraq and syria have come home to the states. add to this the latest audio tape from the terrorist group saying, we americans will not feel safe even in our bedrooms. >>> we have a look at this incredible opportunity for the democrats in kansas to win this november. it's in kansas of all places, i said. and speaking of wind, what do you make of the fact that 3 300,000 people showed up in new york to demand action to climate change. >>> right now to the threat of the white ho

. >> he vaulted over the white house fence, he ran all the way across the white house lawn. he got all the way to the north portico doors of the white house, he then opened the doors and went inside the building and was not apprehended until he was already inside the white house. >> technically, what you could say is what i said there is accurate but what i describe there had is not really at all whap in that incident in the news. >> there was just a stunning development in what was already a pretty shocking story. i know the woshd shocking is overused in the news business. but there is something shocking about this. it's one thing when you see the president of the united states working and you're thinking the president mieblgts be taking a lit m bit of a risk. but it is another thing all together to realize that when the president is at home in what is supposedly the most secure building in the country, he's not actually being well protected, nor is his family. the story is almost impossible to believe. tonight, it is almost impossible. when police did finally catch the guy

the nixon white house is really the white house today in the sense of the furnishings.-- what they did was they put history back. that truman had torn away. as a presidential complex, the white house served the purpose well as an office adjacent to the residence. it's very crowded. and the office staff of some 3,000 people spills over into the historical state, war and navy building. that beautiful second empire m! building to the right of it or west of it. and across the street from there to the new executive office building, a large office -- modern office building. crowded office conditions for nearly everyone are tolerated because they have to be. being in the complex is paramount for one who works there. when one says, i work at the white house, it can mean a lot of places. a big fancy office or a broom closet. but sounds good.$÷h÷ but the residents always remains the central focus, the defining place. here the president lives.e2; here we imagine here every day. contact in a political system. the kennedy renovations did not create the white house symbol but seeme

as you say they saw him again in august with a hatchet near the white house.hey interviewed him and checked out his car, and he said he was camping. so he was clearly on their radar screen, but she said he had given them no reason to arrest him. they were just watching him. he had done nothing illegal. there has been a lot of praise for the individuals. they know they have a tough job, but the concern is that moral is down; that they don't feel they can speak out if something has gone wrong, and clearly congress thinks something needs to be done to get this agency in order. >> and lisa it appears that congress is drawing a line in the sand and that being the perimeter of the white house itself saying beyond that deadly force will be used in the future, because in the park across from the white house, there are a variety of people who would be deemed interesting, including a woman that believe there are people trying to invade her. so they always walk that tight rope. >> absolutely. and the director also mentioned that they currently are looking at over 300 peo

john adams lived in the white house about six months, or i should say abigail lived in the white house for about six months. thomas jefferson was a widower and his daughter helped for a while until she passed away. dolly then stepped in but it's really with james madison that we get the idea of the first lady as a hostess and someone who would invite members of congress and diplomats to come together for teas and other students to get together and chat. we kind of need a dolly in the white house today a little bit because she seemed to be effective at bringing opposing views to bear in the white house and getting them to be nice to each other while in her presence. part of what might have made her very appealing to her predominantly male guests would have been they are style preferences. which, as you can see, shows a little bit of bosom. and there were several people who really didn't like that very much, one of whom was her predecessor, abigail adams. i thought about putting a picture of abigail up here by means of comparison, because in abigail's portrait of the white house, -- or e

if somebody is approaching the white house, has penetrated the security, and making a run for the white house, no apparently weapon, can they take that person down? >> the law requires that law enforcement officers ensure that they are in eminent danger or others are in eminent danger before they can use lethal force. >> so if someone is running at the white house they can or cannot use lethal force. >> those will be independent decisions made by the officer based on the totality of the circumstances. >> how do they know that they aren't a terrorist? shouldn't they assume that this person has ill intention? >> law enforcement officers are trained in onning servation skills, and i would assess they are constantly looking at people for ill intentions. >> i think this is confusing. this is part of what they have to deal with. i want it to be crystal clear, you make a run and a dash at the white house, we're going to take you down. i want overwhelming force. would you disagree with me? >> i do want our officers to use appropriate force for anyone attempting to breach the white house. >> the

somebody approaching the white house, making a white house. no apparent weapon, can they take that person down? >> the law requirements that law enforcement officers ensure they are in imminent dangers or others are imminent danger before they can leverage lethal force. >> if the person is running at the white house they can or cannot use leathal force? >> those are going to be independent decisions made by the officer based on the totality of the circumstances. >> how does the officer know if they have a dirty bomb or if it's a terrorist? how do they know that? shouldn't they assume this person has ill intention? law enforcement officers are trained and observation skill -- i think it's confusing. this is part of what they have to deal with to make a split second decision. i want to be crystal clear. you make a run and a dash at the white house we're going to take you down. i want overwhelming force. would you disagree with me? >> i do want our officers and agents to execute appropriate force for anyone attempting to challenge or breach the w

>> richard, you know the white house. your reaction to this breach. >> well, i don't know that the first family will be really sort of terrified by all of this. they have a great relationship with the agents they come into close contact with. as chris said, it's not just that they come to the white house with young children, those children have grown up, not just in the public eye, but with the presence of secret service with them at all times. secret service is much bigger than the personal detail around the president. here you have uniformed officers who, anyone who has been around the white house, and i certainly have, has seen people being approached on the perimeter by uniformed agents, saying, what are you doing? where are you going? apparently this intruder was approached. why they didn't follow through with procedures is staggering and shocking. i'm sure that will be troubling to anyone around the first family. but again, what you just heard, when george stephanopoulos leaned against the tree, he recounts it in hi

want and feel it's their home, the white house is their home? >> ralph, thank you so much. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the owner of the baltimore ravens is right now responding to an explosive report that the team knew all along about that ray rice video and did everything it could to stop it from getting out. he was asked if anyone will be fired? his response coming up next. it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. centurylink your link to what's next. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone

it is where members of the white house staff and white house journalists show up every day to do theirork. and facilitating your entry and exit to this complex with the minimal amount of inconvenience while also providing security is a priority. right outside the front gate of the white house is lafayette park which is mun the more prominent first amendment zones in the country. that individuals will gather in that area to make their first amendment views known and this means that the secret service has the challenging task of balancing the need to ensure the safety and security of the first family while also ensuring that the white house continues to be the people's house and bouncing those equities is challenging work but clear in this case a review of that work is warranted and that review will be conducted. >> what's the president's personal reaction to this? does he express concern about whether he and his family are truly safe here? >> i had the opportunity to speak briefly with the president about it earlier today. he did indicate, as you would expect, his family lives in the wh

and i find it ironic that we have three books that talk about the white house, a very important public building, no question about it, where the president lived and it hurt the morale when you burn the president's house. no question about it. but to me, of all of the buildings that were burnt, the most significant was the capitol building. that's where the seat of government existed. and none of these books have that in their title. just interesting to me. and just so that you know they are all in good company, this is the title of a chapter in one of my books. "washington is burning." we all do it. almost all of us that have been talking today at the symposium have said it. but how accurate is it? this is the only eyewitness contemporary account -- i shouldn't say account -- illustration which is referred to as the burning of washington. and you can find this online from the library of congress and the first thing that i noticed when i pulled this up and took a look at it is that it was upsidedown and i'm happy to tell you that i went to the library of congress and told them that it w

we know the man who jumped the white house fence earlier this month made it much deeper into the white house than previously reported. even perhaps than we were led to believe by the secret service. the director of the secret service testifies before congress. it just got much tougher for her. cnn's jim acosta has the story. >> reporter: john and christine, omar gonzalez made it farther than acknowledged by the secret service. according to sources, once gonzalez made it to the white house, he got through the officer the portico door and leading to the residence and ran into the east room before being tackled as he was trying to head into the green room. no shots were fired inside or outside the white house. according to a memo used by lawmakers at the committee this morning, there were multiple lapses to allow gonzalez to make it that far. one is the crash button to lockdown the white house. this is counter to what the secret service said on the night of the incident. gonzalez was apprehended inside the portico doors. the director is set to testify before the committee this morning. jo

that would instantly lock down the white house. >> if this guy had a suicide vest or something, the whitetself, parts could have been blown up. you were given a much different official version of this story the night of the incident. >> that's right. i mean, it was met chaotic that night. but this new information, no question about it, runs counter to what the secret service initially said on the night of the fence jumping incident when a spokesman told reporters that gonzalez was apprehended inside the north portico door. i've been here inside that part of the building on multiple occasions mainly for social functions when they let reporters into those parts of the white house. that would have taken a good 30 seconds or so to make it inside that part of the white house. as you said, he had great access to this building for a short period of time. >> the secret service director, she'll be asked about this when she testifies tomorrow? >> that's right, julia pearson is scheduled to appear before the house oversight committee. she's likely to be asked not only about this incident but also ab

the white house, they leave the front door unlocked. it's crazy. really, it should be an electronic lock. it should be able to be opened when dignitaries arrive. i've been through that door. and many americans have been as well. into the east room and the ceremonial rooms. but like peter said, you know, seven separate systems failed here. this wasn't one thing that failed. it was the plain clothes team outside the fence. it was the wimpiest fence on earth he got over. the dog wasn't released, the uniformed division officer in the north tower or box couldn't get to him. you know, you release the dog. secret service officers will take a bullet for the president. they can take a dog bite for the president too. you don't make a decision not to release the dog because he might bite an officer. you release the dog trying to stop the intruder. and of course the door should have been locked. and an officer outside the door, and you shouldn't listen to the usher's office when they tell you to tell you to turn it down. you say no. we're the secret service an

of the white house.s identified as iraq war veteran omar gonzalez. he's going to appear in court today. his stepson says he suffers ptsd after serving three tours in iraq. lawmakers say there's no excuse for this type of security breach. >> there can be a lot of conspiracies against a president or set of plots. this is the most basic, simple type of procedure. how anyone, especially in the days of isis and concern of terrorists attacks, someone would get in the white house without being stopped. inexcusable. >> it's crazy, right? i have seen the video of the man running across the lawn, and it stuns me every time. cnn political commentator and ben ferguson, cnn political commentator, welcome to you both. >> good to be here. >> nice to have you both here. ben, before we get to the secret service and problems, let's talk about public access to the white house. fence jumpers are not uncommon. is it time to rethink public access to the white house in light of what happened? >> i think you certainly have to l

white house.east room of the white house. there's also been a new shooting here in the nation's capital. secret service agents moved in. how safe is the first family right now? congressman jason chaffetz is here. he's a key member of congress investigating all of this. congressman, we'll talk to you in a moment. so get a seat. "the situation room" will be right back. narrator: this is the storm sea captain: there's a storm comin narrator: that whipped through the turbine which poured... surplus energy into the plant which generously lowered its price and tipped off the house which used all that energy to stay warm through the storm. chipmunk: there's a bad storm comin! narrator: the internet of everything is changing how energy works. is your network ready?" ♪ who's going to do it? who's going to make it happen? discover a new energy source. turn ocean waves into power. design cars that capture their emissions. build bridges that fix themselves. get more clean water to everyone. who's going to tak

white house. absolutely stunning story in the "washington post" this morning about back in 2011 when somebody fired seven shots at the white house and obviously a deranged person from down on the elips the people of the secret service agents on top of white house the ones there thought that the shots hit the white house and turned out at the president's children were there and the president and his wife were not there and suddenly a call comes over the secret service line saying everybody stand down there were no shots. and for four days the secret service put out a story there were stray shots because there was an exchange of gunfire between tworav, gangs. later, a white house maid discovered one of the windows in the white house had been shot out four days after that. and they got to investigating this. what are we to make of this? >> the secret service is profited for years and our presidents as well by the myth of infallibility and the idea that the secret service can be on top of every situat

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 10,000 troops committed yesterday, and yet most of the members of congress would rather be involved in reelection than to deal with the president's authority of war. >> why has congress called this hearing and didn't call a hearing to talk about the war with isis? >> i think it's very difficult for people to understand. very little can get in between a member's campaign to get reelected and the question of whether or not you're declaring war giving the president that authority has a lot more -- >> it's sa

one white house tour. that isn't just getting inside, that's half of a white house tour to the american public. you keep minimizing this. i'm just wondering when do the red flags go up? i know you got a lot of wonderful people over there. but this is not their best work. we have a serious, serious issue here about protecting the president and his family. this is disgraceful. this is absolutely disgraceful. i'm not even going to mention the fact that it took us four days to figure out that somebody had shot seven rounds into the white house. this is beyond the pale. i have listened to your testimony very deliberately. i wish to god you protected the white house like you are protecting your reputation here today. i wish you spent that time and that effort to protect the american president and his family like i am hearing people covering for the lapses of the 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

vaulted over the white house fence. he ran all the way across the white house lawn.

the hearings come as we learn that the udintrer made it deeper into the white house than the secret service initially reported. the secret service director, julia pearson, is taking full responsibility for those lapses at the white house. today she explained a series of mistakes made by secret service personnel, including an incident earlier this month when omar gonzalez reportedly got past several agents into the white house before being captured. >> i do want our officers and agents to execute appropriate force for anyone trying to breech the white house. >> lawmakers discovered the secret service took several days to realize that someone shot at the white house residence and hit it at least seven times back in 2011. a maid was the first person who noticed the bullet marks near the residence. the president's daughter was home at the time. >>> new permanent security measures are being secured. bruce johnson reports some of those changes are already visible. >> across from the white house in la fayette park. a visit of india's prime minister. >> in front of the white house, those same ameri

stay tuned >>> the obama white house has insisted on editing these reports when a white house intern fainted and said that should be deleted because it would mere the woman. when the president talked about press freedom and contrast that with limited photos on the trip, the reference was removed. christina, how serious are these instances with the white house fiddling with the reports? >> i've written these reports before. they requested changes be made. they weren't changing them themselves. i covered an event once for the first lady. i wrote in my report they hadn't been checking bags. they viewed that as a security issue. they let it stand, but they were angry with me aefrts. what is weird about this is the actual process. >> it's a disbeautiful channel. >> also how they don't do it in foreign media. they send it to one another. when you have that possible filter when they're reviewing things, it opens up a lot of trouble. and the white house is very, very image conscious. >> the white house says there were only a handful of incidents, like with michelle obama working out and they

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. >>> white house intruder. prosecutors say the man who jumped the fence and ran through the president's front door had 800 rounds of ammo and other weapons in his car. how did he get that far? >>> missing student mystery. police identify a man they say was the last to see hannah graham alive. >> we want to talk to him. we want to talk about his interaction with this sweet, young girl that we can't find. >>> a new wanted poster seeks his arrest but not for what you might think. i'm wolf blitzer at the united nations. you're in "the situation room." we begin with a chilling new threat from the leader of isis, calling for attacks on americans and other westerners on their streets and even in their homes. it comes as the obama administration and top officials call the foreign fighter threat extremely worrying and say some americans have already returned to the united states from syria. president obama will use his visit this week to mobilize an international response. we have full coverage. our correspondents, anal

let's bring in white house correspondent michelle ka sin ski. >> reporter: you know, working at the white house, we are worried about security. >>> it's a matter of junk over the fence an sprint to the front of the residence and walk inside. so now we are going to see more security, more under surveillance, maybe even more bag checks outside, although, that's still being talked about at this point. security outside the white house now is visible, very visible. but it often is. so all the more dumb founding that omar gonzalez was dieblt this around 7:30 friday night. take a look at this video sprinting 20 seconds some 70 yards to a portico. there a secret service agent with gun drawn. in his pants pocket, a folding 95 with a three-and-a-half inch blade. >> in the days of isis, someone concerned about a terrorist attack, someone can get into the white house. >> reporter: now, of course the internal investigation, why weren't at the very least secret service dogs deployed and why couldn't officer versus gotten to him before he hit those doors? in a statement the secret service admits while t

bill, you've been at the white house for 33 years-plus. you've seen similar events to this, but is there anything different about this one? >> reporter: absolutely. no one has ever gotten this far in my memory and maybe not ever. look, until the early part of the 20th century there was no fence. you could drive up and drop your calling card with the butler which is what people used to do. now, of course, things are very different. there are secret service agents mingling with the sight sears outside the fence every day, and still about once a month, somebody manages to vault the fence. they usually do not get anywhere near that far. the secret service is saying, as you heard in julianna's piece, it was a judgment call. well, that judgment is going to be very severely questioned. >> axelrod: bill plante at the white house, thanks, bill. the family of british00 alan henning issued a publicity statement tonight to the isis militant who are threatening to execute him. his wife says ha a peaceful, selfless man and no purpose can be served while

nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is live at the white house to talk about all of this.re's a lot of critics right now. they say they've been not getting the funds. what are the next steps here? >> look, that's certainly one of the things under consideration. you talk about changes around the fence, luke. i can tell you late last night they put up a second fence around the perimeter of the white house. it's very short, though. it comes up to about my elbow. but that's certainly one of the things under consideration. specifically they're looking into the possibility of checking in tourists blocks away from the white house. essentially having them go through security checks. that would be unprecedented if that were to happen. the secret service is broadening its investigation to try to figure out how a who was known to law enforcement was able to get away with this. and i would highlight one thing. the fact that omar gonzalez was stoppeded walking outside of the white house in august. he was found with a hatchet in his possession. at that point in time authorities searched

live at the white house mola lenghi, wusa9. >> it turns out that man who jumped the white house fence friday night has been in trouble with the law before recently. lawyers for omar gonzalez say he was stopped late august walking past the white house with a hatchet in his waistband. police apparently searched his car, found nothing and let him go. in july officers arrested gonzalez on a felony charge in southwestern virginia for evading police and carrying a sawed off shotgun. he will be held until his next hearing october 1st. >>> president obama made a quick comment today about the security breach. here's what he had to say when asked about the intruder who made it past the front doors of his house. >> i'm grateful for the sacrifices they make on my behalf and my family's behalf. >> earlier the white house spokesman said mr. obama was obviously concerned about the incident but has complete confidence in the secret service. >>> pennsylvania avenue was shut down to traffic in 1995, this following the bombing of the federal building in oklahoma city. in the 19 years since then there ha

that is something that came up at the white house briefing earlier today, and white house officials, the white house press secretary was very frank in saying that the president and first lady were very concerned about this. you can expect the secret service director to be asked about this as well. and basically, in that case according to the "washington post," secret service officers upon hearing shots being fired in the vicinity of the white house, they were given a standdown order and were told at one point that no shots were fired. and we of course did not learn until days later that an usher found a bullet hole in one of the windows here at the white house and he alerted staff, and that is how the president and first lady found out about it. they were of course furious about this. and this is of course one of several incidences here at the white house that have raised very big questions about what the secret service is doing over here and whether or not they're providing adequate protection for the first family. the white house said earlier today the president does have confidenc