Drones in front of the white house. And now, this latest chapter involves two agents, and the car wreck at the white house and allegedly booze. Michelle kosinski is not farr from the crash site known as the white house lawn. What is the latest that you are hearing . Right. Keep in mind that the seekcret service is not confirming any of the details coming out by the Washington Post, but they are not disputing any of the facts either. What the article is saying that about a week ago on march 4th, two of the top agent, and one of them the number two agent in the president s protective detail, and one is a supervisor and coming back from a work party, the retirement of the spokesperson of the secret service, and allegations that they were drinking at the party, and came upon this barricade at the white house, and there was an investigation going on, and some sort of pact inexplicably they showed the badges but then drove right through the tape and crashed their government car into the very
Details that have come out. They broke the story. But the secret service isnt disputing any of these facts either. What the article is saying about a week ago on march 4th these two top agents i mean one of them was the number two agent in the president s protective detail and the other was the supervisor. They were coming back from a party, a work party. The theretirement of the spokesperson of the secret service. They were drinking at the party and there was an investigation going on a suspicious package. Inexplicably they showed their badges but then drove right through the tape and crashed their government car into a temporary barricade that had been set up. To make this even stranger, the allegation is also that officers at the scene there did not only want to arrest these agents or test them if theyre sober or not but the supervisor ordered them to be allowed to go on. So uniformed officers at the scene were the ones who wanted to give them an alcohol test . Reporter yeah exactly
World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening on this very busy news night. We begin with a highstakes showdown that has left years of American Peace efforts in the middle east teetering on the brink. Even with votes still being counted Benjamin Netanyahu took to twitter tonight to declare himself the winner. If he prevails, the implications are enormous, because just before todays vote, netanyahu locked in a tight race publicly shut the door on a twostate peace solution, rejecting the idea of a palestinian state long a key pillar of american diplomacy in the region. We begin with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell in tel aviv. Reporter it was a dramatic finish to a frantic threemonth campaign, capped by Benjamin Netanyahus desperate lastminute appeal to his hardline base. In a rare election day appearance, the Prime Minister said, go out in masses to the ballots. Pleading with his supporters to offset what h
Spending. In the end, this congressional ethics investigation into reports he used taxpayer money to fund lavish trips, redecoration of his office, et cetera cetera has proven too much for him to withstand. Want to bring in our cnn senior washington correspondent and also our Senior Investigative correspondent, drew griffin, by phone, who recently profiled this congressman. Jeff let me go to you first. Well talk about how he was this rising young star in the Republican Party. But first, hes just released a statement. Hes announced a resignation date. What did the statement say . Thats right, brooke. This is really coming as a shock to all republicans on capitol hill. Even republicans in speaker boehners office and other leadership offices were not made aware of this. In this Statement Released a few moments ago, he says hes doing this with a heavy heart. But the constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction that has made it too difficult for me to serve the
Good evening. And we begin tonight with the stunning new developments in that crash in the alps. Three americans among the dead. Investigators now making it clear tonight that that young copilot had every intention to destroy that plane. A young man who learned how to fly in germany and right here in the united states, in phoenix. This image of him with the Golden Gate Bridge behind him. And tonight, on the black box, Authorities Say you can hear the captain locked out, first knocking, then banging on the door. As that jet was descending fast. New images coming in this evening from the crash site. You can see the investigators wearing harnesses to navigate the difficult terrain, now covered in debris. We do have Team Coverage tonight, beginning with the minute by minute, what the cockpit voice recorder now reveals, as the captain slowly realizes hes been locked out. Abcs david kerley, who covers aviation for us, leading us off. Reporter tonight, the first pictures coming in right now f