i've had secret service protection myself. you realize these guys sitting outside 84 hotel room will take a bullet for you. so the whole country respects, aid myers these guys, and that reputation has been tarnished. it suggests that this may be not a one-off thing. >> i think for any president or presidential candidate, the secret service is personal because they are there to take a bullet. they witness people's private lives. they see things that nobody else does, and they're supposed to keep secret. they haven't always behaved well. i remember during the clinton administration, there was some leaking about the first lady hurled a lamp at the president, and that came from the secret service. and so i think there are some questions here of trust between agents and the people they protect. but this is a huge year coming up, with presidential candidates. we have a lot of visiting dignitaries. this is a big comparesment. but i don't know that this is stemmatic for the whole secret service. >> i hope not. >> when they're on the p

the secret service realizes that. despite the story back in 2002 when you look over the last ten years, this has been an outstanding organization. i think under director sullivan's leadership it's been very powerful, again, this thing in colombia is something that stands out. >> it's interesting in both the case of this scandal but also the general services administration scandal, the use of facebook and e-mail in talking about these excesses, here was an example back to the secret service story back in 2009, you had one of the secret service agents involved, agent haney posting on his site as he's protecting former candidate palin, i was really checking her out, you know what i mean. governor palin responded to that. >> this agent who was ridiculous in posting pictures and comments of checking someone out, check this out, body guard, you're fired. >> to go along with that, you also have in the base of the gsa, this regional director at the center of this lavish spending in las vegas. jeff neely. this is "the new york

secret service and u.s. military prostitution scandal, now six agents have lost their job and government bureaucrats living large on the taxpayers dime. these are not low-level employees. what were they thinking? and who's going to be accountable? and congressional watchdogs trying to get to the bottom of it. darrell issa of california and house homeland security committee chairman republican peter king of new york. then it's back to the campaign trail. has the president and governor romney tried to get into each other's hair. >> even if you like barack obama, we can't afford barack obama. it's time to get someone who will get this economy going and put the american people back to work. >> i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. michelle wasn't. but somebody gave us a chance. >> so just what kind of campaign are we in for? will either candidate figure out how to make washington work better at a time of so much pessimism and anxiety about the economy? senior campaign adviser to the president, david axe

secret service, we did want to ask you some questions there. i'm of, of course, all americans are concerned about the safety of our president, whether it could have been jeopardized by it type of behavior just as i'm concerned about the safety of any of the protectees i mentioned governor romney, but there are several others. everybody the misconduct we've heard about, did that pose nel risk to the president's security when the in colombia or to national security? >> mr. chairman, that was my first question to director sullivan when he called me, and the answer is no. there was no risk to the president. >> and you made that will assessment? >> yes, based on the information supplied to me by the director. >> and is the secret service coordinating its internal investigation with the department of defense orness other u.s. agency that might have been involved in car ta hanian preparing for the president's arrival? >> mr. chairman, we are coordinating the investigation with the inspector general. we have an existing m.o.a. with the ig between the s

on friday, another three secret service agents resigned, and the secret service announced that another agent was under investigation in a separate incident. do you know what this-- this latest person to be identified, what that-- what's going on there? >> right, bob. those announcements on friday were significant in two regards. one is it shows director sullivan at the secret service is pursuing this investigation aggressively and comprehensively. it's clear to me now that he's interviewing everybody from the secret service who was in cartagena. but what was striking to me and significant is that the 12th agent now put on administrative leave as of friday was not staying at the careen hotel where the other agencies were, but at the hilton. and the hilton is significant because that's where president obama was going to stay. now we don't know at this point that what 12th agent is being charged with and why he's been pout administrative leave. but now you're into the hotel where the profit united states was going to stay. and it'st just gets more troubling. >> schieffer: do you have any

this is the secret service. they are charged with the protection of the life of the president and vice president of the united states and their families. from what we know of what was happening, they were not acting like secret service agents, they were acting like a bunch of college students away on spring weekend and it is more serious than just a frolick. history is full of cases where enemies have compromised people in security or intelligence positions with sex. and beyond that, and just a much more practical way, i don't think we want our secret service agents spending a lot of time drinking bottles of vodka and carousing with women before they are going on duty to protect the president of the united states. this is serious. >> chris: let's run through the key questions that people are asking that seem to be unanswered. any evidence that these women from what you have been told in briefings, any evidence that these women had access to privileged, secret, classified information whether they actually used it

this is the secret service. they're charged with the protection of the life of the president and vice president of the united states and their families. from what we know of what was happening in cartagena, they were not acting like secret service agents. they were acting like a bunch of college students away on spring student. it'weekend. it's more serious than just a frolic. history is full of cases where enemies have compromised people and security or intelligence of positions with sex. and job that, just a much more practical way, i don't think we want our secret service agents, you know, spending a lot of time drinking bottles of vodka and corioucarousng with women before going on duty. >> chris: any evidence that the women, from what you have been told in briefings, any evidence that the women had access to privileged, secret, classified information, whether they actually used it or not? >> the answer i'm going to give is not conclusive, but everything i've heard from up to this point, there is no evidence

secret service prostitute scandal. widening allegations of misconduct at a columbian hotel at a summit attended by president obama. at the hour, congressman peter king is here, he'll tell us what he's learning. >>> plus no details of how the israeli military might plan to attack iran's -- and is there a bounty on president barack obama's head right now? we caught one a british lawmaker accused of offering a reward for the president's capture. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> we have just learned that there's 11 members of the secret security service. they're looking into allegationsa they had press opportunities in their room. president obama is calling for a rigorous investigation. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin for the very latest. pretty shocking developments, especially to those of us like you and me who spent a lot of time with the secret service over the years. >> wolf, the latest developments also include now news that it's grown to ten individuals, the depa

secret service incident. likely, that might dominate the press conference aulthough the white house is saying it's not primarily for this investigation. however, a lot of questions will be coming the way of the press secretary. >>> one of -- back in the states now, one of the accused tulsa shooters says he's not a racist despite being charged on the state level with a hate crime and murder. 19-year-old jake england is accused of killing three people on april 6th because they were black. in a jailhouse interview, he said he had grown up in a large african-american community in north tulsa and, quote, got along with everybody. >>> in baltimore now, a man is locked up, accused in a violent videotaped robbery that left a tourist beaten up and stripped of his clothes. cell phone videos of the crime went viral after it happened on st. patrick's day, and you can hear onlookers laughing at the victim as the criminals stole his clothes. the 20-year-old suspect is held on $1 million bond. >>> beejys star robin gibb has

by the secret service itself. it would not be appropriate for the president to characterize something looked into by the secret service at this time. >> reporter: the incident occurred at this hotel, two days before the press got here, a woman one agent brought back to his room demanded payment and he refused and in the ruckus that followed other agents with other women emerged from their rooms and it became a hotel issue because the hole tell charges extra for guests and apparently some hadn't paid that. now, in a written statement, general douglas fraser, the head of southern command said he was, quote, disappointed by the entire incident. that this behavior is not in keeping with the professional standards expected of members of the united states military. and, secret service spokesman ed donovan said, quote, we regret any distraction from the summit of the americas, the situation has can you have. and says the president's security was never compromised and no members of his personal detail were involved in thi

this is the secret service. they are charged with the protection of the life of the president and vice president of the united states and their families. for what we know of what was happening in cartagena they were not asking like secret servicing as but acting like a bunch of college students away on spring weekend. it is more serious. history of full of cases where enemies have compromised people with security or intelligence positions with sex. and it is just a much more practical way, i don't think we want our secret service agents spending a lot of time drinking bottles of vodka and associatizing with women before they go on duty to protect the president of the united states. but this is serious. >>chris: and now the key questions people are asking: any evidence these women had access to privileged or secret or classified action? >>guest: there is no evidence that information was compromised. but, again, if the secret service gets the reputation when they are off duty, when they are off duty they will be a

secret service, this comes as quite a shock. we have more perspective on this tonight from a former agent with the presidential protection division of the secret service, who these days, by the way, is a republican candidate for u.s. senate from maryland. here now, his view of the scandal in his own words. >> the secret service is not just a job. it's a calling, and it was devastating to me, along with the fraternity of secret service brothers out there, this was hard to take. >> i was 12 years in the secret service, five years in the presidential protection doifgs. i was an instructor in our academy. i've seen the totality of the secret service, this is a national embarrassment. he's our president, he's overseas. he's not a democrat president, he's our president. i know everyone in the case, i'm not apologize for anyone's behavior, and they aren't either. but lives are changed permanently. their families are just beaten up by this. >> the service always adamantly -- they accent the point constantly, the consequences for your be

i'll say it again, you've worked with secret service, i've met secret service and this is an abberation. >> like you have great regard for the secret service and the director is doing a good job right now. >> thank you for letting us know. president obama's campaign team hitting a snag. apparently now having some major trouble reeling in cash from several big name donors, including previous powerhouse supporters from both wall street and hollywood. why are they staying away and what impact will all of this have on the president's reelection bid? peter doocy live from washington with more details, what's happening with the president? >> kelly, as you said, a lot of big donors are staying away from president obama's campaign this time around and a new york times report on friday lays out the reason why. and part of the reason is the fact there's no primary for democrats to get excited about and part of the reason is because the economy is still spt great and part of the reason because the donors come from wall street and many think the president has been too critical of their industry, no

van loads of secret service agents and u.s. military escorts descended on the club drinking heavily and getting quote unquote intoxicated, quote unquote wasted in the wee hours of the morning paying trippers for sexual favors in the club with some agents escorting the women back to the hotels. agents told the concerned sub contractor no worries, do it all the time. question will president obama be forced to replace senior white house advance staff in the white house that is get that over the next six months before november's election? >> i kind of doubt it. we'll see where it goes. the agents disgraced the country. one of the reasons they are such idiots is the prost cutes come in the hoe -- prostitutes come into the hotel. they leave their id at the front desk. they have all been checked out. there is no indications there is anything beyond you know -- [ laughter ] ancient conduct with the oldest profession. and the el salvador thing are looking into it. the reporter is not revealing his sources. it shouldn't surprise us that

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the secret service operates independently. doesn't matter whether it's a democrat or republican president. what these 11 agents did was entirely wrong. wrong in every respect. while again they could create a climate that people can use against the president, i'm saying that president obama had nothing to do with this. no responsibility. he was down there trying to do his job as president representing all the people. >> well, that is responsible of you to say that. i applaud you for doing so. what we know now is up to 21 women, prostitutes we believe, were involved in this. and this happened within hours of these guys getting to colombia. so clearly they got there and had just gone completely crazy. what was going through their minds, do you think? >> first of all, i think the 21 number relates to both the secret service and the military. i'm more familiar with the secret service. my understanding is 11 agents and 11 women. one for one. some were denying they were prostitutes. even if they weren't, it was totally wrong to take

been in the secret service since '87. he's the one that on his facebook page posted a snarky comment about sarah palin when she was a vice presidential nominee saying i'm checking her out and something look those li lines and totally inappropriate. when you heard that what went through your mind? >> that bothered me and i'm no moralist, but when it's your job to be protecting someone especially when that person is female and to be making those types of remarks and posting them is indefensible and entirely unprofessional, and it raises serious questions about him because again, you have an obligation to the person you're protecting. you have an obligation to the secret service which has the professional duty to protect the president and the vice president and obviously, there were sexist remarks about sarah palin and any remark whether it was president obama or john mccain or george bush or joe biden. you cannot make any type of remark and post it. your own private thoughts and if you don't like someone or whatever, that's

mitt romney said he'd clean house at the secret service. he would fire the agents involved and romney like president obama says he has confidence in the director. sullivan's been in charge of the secret service since may 2006 which means the 2009 security breach at the white house that involved two party crashers getting into president obama's first state dinner also happened on his watch. here's the question. what's the right punishment in the secret service scandal? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog or go to our post on the situation room's facebook page. wolf? >> all right, jack. thank you. >>> let's dig deeper right now on this developing story. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is getting new information. what else are you learning, jessica? >> reporter: there is a growing sense in the law enforcement community that because two high-level officers were involved and because this partying started just hours after the group landed in cartagena that it is harder than originally thought to believe that t

here's what the secret service is telling cnn. those personnel are being relieved of their assignments, returned to their place of duty, and being replaced by other secret service personnel. the agency also says the president's security was never compromised. joining me now from washington is journalist and author ronald kessler. you broke the story. how big a deal do you think this is? >> this is really the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service. the biggest breach was when the salehis crashed the state dinner with a third intruder and it amounts to a pattern of corner cutting, covering up, laxness by secret service management. yet, mark sullivan, the secret service director, continues over all these fiascos. president obama has said he has complete confidence in the secret service. you know, i understand he admires the agency protecting them and he thinks that represents the secret service but in my book "in the president's secret service" i go into all kinds of issues including letting people into events without s

secret service in the spotlight this morning. is the agency forever tarnished? what are some of the great heroes saying? >>> new leads in an old mystery. why police are digging up a new york basement in the case of the 30-year-old disappearance of a now famous child. >>> later, have an idea for an invention but no cash to create it? get crowd funding. digital lifestyle expert mario armstrong explains. it is saturday, april 21. good morning, i'm randi kaye. the man who shot and killed a florida teen in self-defense could get out of jail today. the bond was set for $150,000 for george zimmerman. he apologized to trayvon's family. martin savidge is in florida this morning. everyone is focusing on the apology. there's another comment that could cause problems for the defense. what was that? >> reporter: the apology was a surprise. i don't think anybody anticipated george zimmerman would be called to the stand. remember, he was under oath. he said he was sorry for the death of their son. he also said that he thought trayvon martin was only a few years younger than he

. >>> and secret service scandal. an investigation of alleged misconduct of secret service agents in colombia. >> i expect that investigation to be thorough and i expect it to be rigorous. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, april 16, 2012. >>> good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm michelle miller. >>> this morning a storm system that spawned at least 120 reported tornadoes across the midwest is weakening as it heads east. the tornadoes touched down in five states. at least six people were killed. all in hard-hit woodward, oklahoma. at least 20 others there were injured. woodward is located about 140 miles northwest of oklahoma city. dick brennan is there. good morning, dick. >> reporter: good morning. the national weather service had warned this could, indeed, be a life-threatening event and six people are dead, including three children and now a massive clean-up here begins. a tornado left a path of destruction through woodward, oklahoma. >> this was the back bedroom -- >> reporter: people in this comm

the secret service announced three agents will be leaving the service. also yesterday at the white house the president was briefed by the secret service director and other secret service officials that also went to capitol hill to talk to senate staffers there to reign in the political damage. among the things they told the senate staffers are that polygraph tests are continuing. there was no drug use by the agents. no evidence of a prostitution party here at the hotel caribe as reported. and after the hallway argument that sparked the scandal between the agent and the colombia woman over how much money she would charge him for sex, they are telling the staffers that the agent now claims he did not know she was a prostitute. now on facebook an image has surfaced that could be of the woman involved in the disagreement, but because there was no official confirmation of that, nbc news continues to blur her image. a lawyer there says he does represent her and is helping her to negotiate a deal where she would sell her story to an american tv network, not nbc

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i have been with secret service a lot. i have never seen any of this kind of behavior on their part. when i think that they have to understand they're going to be held to a much higher standard than employees of a company or employees of the government or anything else because they're dealing with the security of the president of the united states and the other people that they have to protect and in this case both president obama and governor romney, and there is just absolutely no room, not even a tiny bit of room for mistakes or errors. >> senator pat leahy, good to see you. thanks so much. >>> let's bring in investigative correspondent he will. >> let me start with you about this "washington post" report sighting sources that say what happened in cartagena is not an isolated incident and superiors have con don't similar behaviors in the past. what are you hearing. >> that question came up in the initial round of questions for secretary napolitano and what she did say was very carefully hedged but she said in the last t

what exactly happens next with the secret service agents? >>reporter: if well i think that obviously depends upon what the office of professional responsibility find. some may have more guilt in this incident than others. but i know one former secret service agent has said it's going to be very difficult for most of them to continue their careers after that investigation. >> travel with the president tonight in columbia, we know today thank you very much. >>> fongs weather alert. warning for millions of americans. life threatening storms targeting the heart land all day long and we are watching the situation developed tonight. as the sun begins setting in the plains. officials saying the area at risk spans from minnesota to texas. earlier in oklahoma here's a little bit of what could be coming. >> oh, god it's coming right on top of me. coming right on top of me. him if i'm escaping the tornado. it's right next to me. >> i tell you my heart skipped a beat when i realize how close some of the storm chasers get. he drove through a twister and

this is the secret service. they are charged with the protection of the life of the president and vice-president of the united states and their families. from what we know of what was happening in cartagena, they were not acting like secret service agents, they were acting like a bunch of college students away on spring weekend. >> shannon: that was senator joe lieberman, senate of the senate homeland committee, investigating the secret service scandal. i sat down with a preview of that brew and more. chris a lot of news from washington has to do with scandal, involving government agencies you talked to senator lieberman? >> he is the head of the committee that overseas the secret service. he said, i take this very seriously. he said, nothing can be more important than protecting the president. this is a foreign country, beforesthe president arrives and basically, these guys acted like college kids on spring break. obviously, there is no great security breach and the president got through the trip fine. but the

of the secret service accuses not hooker scandal. we got word that chairman of the senate homeland security committee said whistleblowers are calling in tips about the secret service not wake of that colombian prostitution scandal and joe lieberman was mum on the details but he did say that any revelations will be part of public hearings into the misconduct in the agency going back a solid decade. lieberman is an independent who often votes with democrats and he said moments ago he also want dead know what rules govern off duty agents on assignment, and that was the status of a dozen secret service agents and officers who met with prostitutes ahead of president obama's visit this month. six have been ousted and another dozen have also in the military have been implicated. >> former b.p. worker now faces the first criminal charges, the oil spill in the gulf of mexico two years ago. you will recall the explosion at the offshore rig killed 11 people, injured more than a dozen others and unleashed 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf

. >> bill: huge secret service scandal. apparently the men who are guarding the president are also entertaining prostitutes. how dangerous is that? we'll have a special report. we have got to go far quickly. which means we have got to get our act together and let's start it right here. >> bill: did you know that al gor one of the cheapest guys ever when it comes to giving to charity. and joe biden isn't much better. we will tell you which politicians are generous and which are mizerly. >> you saw glenn beck on fox news and bill o'reilly. i think that damages the fox news brand. >> bill: another far left loon telling america, that i, your humble correspondent, am in the tank for the republic party. bernie goldberg on that. caution, you're about to enter the no spin zone, the factor gibbs right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. we'll have the latest on the secret service prostitute scandal upcoming. first, talking points memo. personal generosity and so

secret service. fredricka. >> and so dan, all this taking place, however, before the president's arrival, meaning these alleged interactions with prostitutes and bringing them back to the hotel before the president of the united states was to arrive at that hotel, correct? >> that is correct. at least one of those sources saying it was the same hotel the president was to be staying at. he's now staying at that hotel. all that happened before president obama arrived at the hotel, fredricka. >> thank you so much. i know you'll be keeping us posted throughout the day. of course later on today we understand there will be a white house briefing coming from colombia at 4:00 eastern time. >>> all right. back in the u.s., a growing sense of urgency right now that a new tornado outbreak is likely in the plains states. conditions are ripe for severe weather throughout the weekend. a tornado touched down in chickasaw, oklahoma damaging a number of homes there. you see the images. no one was injured. the same on