service director on whether his agency erased surveillance tapes. he acknowledged there is at least one missing camera angle. that camera angle we do not have an we re going to go back and hopefully be able to capture. several lawmakers complained there are only tapes of when two agents drove onto the white house grounds after entringing and interrupting a bomb investigation. that tape should be preserved. the supervisor allegedly allowed the agents to go home without a breathalyzer. the director was not told of the incident for five days. he said he understands all the suspicious. we don t have a system where someone can erase tapes but they are at 72 hours taped over. and i know that s a concern. at this intersection where the incident occurred there are at least ten cameras that are
israel. you can see much more of andrea mitchell reporting tonight on nbc nightly news . in an an hour joseph clancy will be back on capitol hill expected to testify before a senate committee about the agents s budget but likely will get more questions about what happened when two secret service agents drove on the white house grounds interrupting a active bomb investigation. he s expected to say there was no crash, quote, the video shows the vehicle entering at a speed of 1 to 2 miles an hour and pushing aside and plastic barrel. kelly, certain law make ares remain critical of clancy and his handling of this incident. the fact he wasn t told about it until days after and possibility that surveillance tapes may have been erased due to agency policy. what can we expect as he heads
house surveillance tapes of the incident may have been erased that under a protocol that most tapes get erased after 72 hours. there are literally hundreds of cameras surrounding the white house. we saw two angles but when we asked can we see a different angle, are there other angles the director said he wasn t sure if they had these tapes, they may have been erased are you kidding me? nbc senior white house correspondent chris jansing joins us live. let s start with the testimony about there never being a crash. reporter: he s going to push in, that they barely tapped the orange barrier, car going one or two miles per hour based on the testimony but members of congress i talked to look doesn t matter if they crashed into it or tapped it these were secret service agents who were evading the scene actually of an ongoing bomb investigation. remember according to the police report by d.c.pd by
tapes do not clearly show what happened when two secret service agents allegedly drove on white house grounds and interrupted an active bomb investigation. it s unclear whether other cameras captured more video. per protocol most tapes get erased after 72 hours. coming up next the state of black america, we ll have a breakdown of the urban league s annual report and what it means for race relations in the united states. stay with us. this is msnbc. sfx: common city background noise credit belongs to the man who strives valiantly who errs who spends himself in a worthy cause and who, if he fails at least fails, while daring greatly sfx: background city noise
tapes of this incident were erased. cnn investigative correspondent chris freights. is this the tapes being erased or might have been intentional? reporter: that s exactly right. it s a stunning revelation and the investigation into two secret service agents accused of drunk driving their car around the barricade of an active bomb investigation at the white house. now, i thought the house oversight committee chairman and during a closed door meeting, saw two surveillance videos and asked for more angles. clancy said those additional videos may have been erased per the policy to erase them after 72 hours. now chavis said he was