joining me now, from the white house briefing room is msnbc political correspondent, kasie hunt, and susan milligan, contributie ining editor at u. news & world report. thanks for being here. thank you. nice to see you, reverend. first, i want to ask you, first, kasie, what s the fallout from this report? josh ernest said that the white house has confidence in the secret service to protect him at this point. department of homeland security jay johnson called the report astute, thorough, and fair, but he also said that the secret service can t implement these recommendations alone, that it s going to take oversight and pushing from the department of homeland security to really get these changes made. now, susan, the report takes direct aim at how the secret service has been run. it says, and i m quoting witequ
of training every year. now, omar gonzalez, let s talk about this man, susan, that jumped the fence, that you and i referred to. and i mean, the man scaled the white house fence in september. yeah. he had previous run-ins with the secret service, the same man, on july 19th, he was interviewed by the secret service, after he was found driving with sawed-off shotgun and assault weapons in virginia. and on august 25th, he was stopped by agents who noticed he was carrying a hatchet in a waistband, near the south fence of the white house. i mean, the report doesn t raise previous encounters with gonzalez. does something more need to be done to stop people known to be threatening the president, susan? i think there definitely does. and i think kasie s right, that there is a culture of sort of protecting each other over there, and i think that s true
implement these changes. and some of them are pretty simple, when you think about it. just building a taller fence, making the fence curve at the top, i mean, these are some basic recommendations and they want to do that, not just in front of pennsylvania avenue, where this man jumped the fence, but also all the way around the security perimeter. and we can also point out, most of this report is still classified. a lot of the recommendations that were made have to do specifically with the security protocols and procedures of the secret service, and also the layout of the grounds of the white house right here. so, we don t know exactly the extent of what the report recommends, but we can assume that it goes pretty far in recommending those changes. and you know, susan was talking a little bit about the culture of the agency. i mean, the department of homeland security was very aggressive in pointing out that the culture of the agency is insular and sort of aimed at protecting itself. an
we can t possibly vote for them. some of the things they are saying i may not like. i may not like what president obama is doing. i can t possibly vote for that party. susan make as great point about georgia. there is a senate race there. nobody thought we could win a senate seat in georgia. but ms. nun has a chance to win that. the fastest growing voting block in georgia is hispanic. so they are playing with fire. that might wind up winning the midterm election, taking the senate back. they do have structural advantages. right now they are doing nothing but giving the democrats real hope for victory in places where we never would have hoped for victory in the past. well, we re going to leave it there. former governor ed rendell and susan milligan. thank you for your time tonight.
wait. i thought the whole problem was you guys are divided. let s listen to those two again. there is a divide within our party. i don t think it s divided at all. there is a divide within our party. yeah, i don t think it s divided at all. they re even divided on whether or not they re divided. outside washington, things aren t looking so good either. the new gallup poll shows 16% of americans approve of the job congress is doing. that s the lowest congressional approval rating in any midterm election since gallup started keeping track in the 70s. this is a party in serious need of some help. they need a leader, someone who can show them how to win again. someone like this guy. i think our party is becoming stronger. will you be a candidate in 2016, if you are drafted? if the conditions were right, would you consider another run? david, i m not running for president. i said that so many times. that s the right. mitt romney is back. he organized a retreat i