own redeeming qualities. jon: it was fun and good to be back. jenna: we have brand new developments in the sex scandal rocking the secret service. we're glad you're with us this monday morning, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. there are growing calls to widen the investigation as a dozen vet service -- secret service agents, six out of a job, amid word that more agents could be fired. lawmakers call the allegations disturbing, while the white house vows to get to the bottom of it all. it was all the talk of the sunday shows: >> standards should be that nothing like this should ever happen, because, of course, these prostitutes could have blackmailed the agent intos cooperating with terrorists or with the russian foreign intelligence service. >> i recognize that the vast majority of secret service personnel are professional, disciplined, dedicated, courageous, but to me, it defies belief that this is just an aberration. there were too many people involved. if it had been one or two then i would say it was an aberration, but it included two supervisors. that is particularly shocking and appall. brad: 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 looking like college students away on spring weekend. on the whole, the secret service does heroic work, my experience is they're quite professional, i always felt this way but this is really disturbing and we have to get to the bottom of it. jon: meantime, defense secretary leon panetta getting ready for his own trip to colombia this week, his visit planned months ago, now almost certainly will be overshadowed by this scandal. joinings, republican john mica of florida. who is responsible for getting to the bottom of what happened here? >> well, i serve on the government reform and oversight committee, and they have very broad just distinction -- jurisdiction. i'm probably the most senior member right now but we have our committee fully investigating all aspects of this, and i was briefed by them this morning and there are some interesting new twists and turns, unfortunately. jon: is this the kind of investigation where the congress and the administration will be working hand in hand? >> well, they do theirs, we'll do ours. we have separate branches of government. we have to conduct oversight but it looks like it's broadened a bit. first it was secret service, now it looks like there may be some activity by white house staff and then unfortunately, it looks like there may be some military involved, too. but the committee on government reform and oversight has very, very broad jurisdiction. it was set up for this purpose. -- in 1808 and that's how we keep our government, you know, honest and investigated independent -- and investigate independently these kind of horrible incident that is degrade what's otherwise a great profession. both secret service, the white house personnel, and our military. jon: governor, former governor, former vice presidential candidate sarah palin, of course, famously said that this was an example of the obama administration's poor management skills. jay carney at the white house fired back, said it is preposterous to politicize the secret service. where does the blame fall? >> well, again, you heard i think it was senator collins say that supervisors were involved here. something is breaking down. you know, last week, we were focused on gsa, and we know the white house knew of that scandal almost a year ago, had a briefing at one of their councils, we got the time, dates, people involved, and let it ride. if, again, this prostitute didn't come for payment at the embassy, probably this all would have been swept under the table, too. so government requires a constant cleansing and oversight, especially ours, and that's what's great about it. jon: all right, congressman john mica, republican from florida, who will be looking into this. congressman, we thank you for your information this morning. >> good to be with you, thank you. jenna: one of our top stories, scream weather on the east coast and right here in new york as a rare spring noreaster dumps snow in some parts of the state, areas near buffalo are under a winter warning today. it's nearly may. but there's enough snow that power outages are possible as trees can buckle under the weight of all that snow and ice, knocking out power lines and several inches of snow are expected in low lying areas. again, you're taking a look at boston, new york, on your screen there. it looks a lot more like, oh, early oninstead of late april, the national weather service says higher elevations could see more than a fooft snow. snow there up and heavy rain in new york city, as well as lots of other places from the eastern carolinas to southern new england, widespread flood watches and coastal warnings along the east coast and when weather is affected here it can affect travel nationwide a friendly reminder if you're headed to the airport today to check out because the delays can ripple. while we're trying to dry out from sunday's soaker in the east, folks on the west coast are seeing dangerous heat, with temperatures in the triple digits, and some extremes to talk about today. maria molina is live in the fox weather center. that's not what it looks like on the east coast today. >> not the east coast but west, it's a hot day today and it was over the weekend as well. we saw some of the first triple digit high temperatures across portions of arizona and take a look at the city of phoenix, we're expecting a high temperature at 101 degrees, again, today. so just another scorcher out here, temperatures are basically up to 25 degrees above where they should be at for this time of the year, along the entire western part of the country, so well above average, even rapid city, south dakota, 85, it's warmer in rapid city than areas in the southeast, even tampa, expecting a high of 73 degrees. so incredible stuff here. we have a sharp divide along the center of the country where in the eastern half we're looking at temperatures below average, 48 your high in cleveland, 55 in new york city, much different than the last several weeks when we've been enjoying that spring-like weather across the east, when it was winter. today we have this noreaster producing areas of heavy rain along portions of maine and snow along the interior portions of the northeast. you can see that white stuff from buffalo, down into western parts of pennsylvania, and also, west virginia, already getting reports of more than 10 inches of snow on the ground across parse of -- parts of upstate new york across buffalo, where we expect the high accumulations. we do need the moisture and that was good news from the system, producing 2-3 inches of rain around the new york city area, because we are currently in a drought. again, we'll take the moisture when we can get it and how much snow is possible? is another foot possible south in the city of buffalo and the concern is heavy, wet snow coming down on top of trees that have already leaves come out so you're talking about trees diewnd power outages. jen jeand not enough snow for jon to ski, so snow, but not enough to ski! maria, thank you very much. >> okay, bye. jon right now, brand new developments in a decades-old case of a missing child, six-year-old etan patz disappeared during 1979 in a walk to his school bus stop in new york city. investors are now searching the basement of a lower manhattan building after finding what may be a blood stain there over the weekend. rick leventhal, live in our new york city newsroom has the latest for us. >> reporter: this is the fifth and apparently last day of this search, the nypd says the digging is pretty much done. investigators are doing a final walk-through. both dumpsters have now been carted off from the streement in front of that basement amount apartment with rubble and dirt inside but no sure sign of the boy missing for nearly 33 years and no more evidence is expected to be carried out. on sunday, investigators told the family of etap tatz they've -- patz they've in order found remains or personal effects but the fbi did find that suspicious stain on the cinder block wall after spraying luminol to detect blood, but it's night fool-proof so the carpet will be analyze at the fbi lab in virginia and other things found during the dig, including hair and piece of paper. if a body was buried there, there would have been plenty of evidence, according to forensic pathologist drrks michael baden. >> the skeletal remains should still be identifiable, teeth will be identifiable, and that's important, because the teeth and the skeleton are loaded with dna. there should be no problem, if a body is found, to make an identification as to whether or not it's etap patz. >> reporter: but a body has not been found and authorities are confirming they've spoken to this man, othniel miller, a handyman who was there when the body disappeared. miller denies involvement in the case, miller's stepson says the rape charge is a lie, calling his wife angry and crazy but in the meantime any hopes of resolution in this case appears dim. etap's parents live a block away. to this day, they can only wait for word. jon: so sad. we were hoping for some kind of resolution in this mystery. rick leventhal, thank you. speculation is heating up about who mitt romney might choose as his running mate. names are being tossed around, including marco rubio, who happens to be traveling with mitt romney. coming up, we'll break down the candidates. jenna: he changed his name to metta world peace but that not so peaceful move got him thrown out of the game. what some are call ago huge cheap shot. jon: also, imagine flying from new york to los angeles in 12 minutes! that's what hyper sonic speed is all about. we'll show you what the pentagon is learning about making that kind of flight, coming up. i'm robert shapiro. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. four minutes, around four bucks. campbels chunky. it's amazing what soup can do. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? 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