at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it s a fact. kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. nor on the investigation into two secret service agents who smashed a car through a white house security barricade. sources familiar with the investigation confirm one of the men is mark connelly, second in command on the president s detail and man who has traveled extensively by the president s side and other, george olgilvie both declined to comment. carroll joins me now.
we will keep you up to date on this story as it develops. the secret service is working through yet another new scandal. two high-level agents have been reassigned. the obama administration is investigating whether the agents were drunk when they crashed their vehicle through a security barricade at the white house. the shine of the secret service has been rubbed off. sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news that the men involved are george ogilvie, senior supervisor and mark connolly. and in minnesota, republicans are upset because the minnesota governor, who created more jobs than any other governor in the region is using a private e-mail account. aol.com. we expect at any moment for the governor to be called in front
officials including a second in charge of president obama s own personal security detail went out drinking at a party, got behind the wheel of a government car, and plowed into a security barricade at the white house. uniformed officers at the scene wanted to check the official sobriety and make arrests, but a supervisor intervened and let them off. details reported first in the washington post. our sources have said to us that the uniform officers believed these two individuals very likely to be have been drinking and that s a violation of being in a government car for the secret service and that they were told to stand down when they were talking about a test. the secret service says the agents in question have been reassigned to, quote, nonoperational positions, and now the administration is investigating the incident. chairs in the house oversight committee calling for quick action as well, the fact that this event involved senior level agents is not only embarrassing
happened at the white house. these allegations are embarrassing especially because this agency is trying to recover from their tarnished image. reporter: another scandal for the embattled agency responsible for protecting the president. this time claims two of its top officials including a second in charge of president obama s all personal security detail went out drinking at a party, got 450i7d the wheel of a government car, and plowed into a security barricade at the white house. uniformed officers at the scene wanted to check the official sobriety and make arrests, but a supervisor i intervened and let them off, details reported first in the washington post. our sources have said to us that the uniformed officers believed these two individuals very likely to be have been drinking and that s a violation of being in a government car for the secret service and that they were told to stand down when they were talking about a test.
a security barricade at the white house after a party. nbc s senior white house correspondent chris jansing has the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, jose. people are shaking their heads. you know how much scrutiny the secret service is under. a new director fledging to turn things around and now this. imagine having to brief the president on this and telling him that someone he s entrusted with his life is a target of the probe. this morning, the white house is confirming the investigation into two high-level secret service agents. one an elite member on the president s close detail. according to the washington post, the men drove a government car into white house security barricades after drinking at a late-night party last week. we re talking about a very very senior person who is regularly within arm s length of the president, and if this person if that s true doesn t get any worse than that. reporter: two sources familiar with the investigation confirmed to nbc