They had a plan. As a mother, she fought and fought and fought. We just never gave up. Dont mess with a mother bear. Reporter it was a monday afternoon, a baking sun. A school bus made its methodical way among the residential streets of punta gorda, florida. Stopped and started and stopped again. It was inland now, miles from the harbor, the peace river, the center of the town whose warmth had drawn them to the gulf coast. The bus stopped in the middle of a quiet neighborhood. Driver opened the door. It was 3 45 p. M. We got off the bus and walked home. Reporter we means veronica ord, then almost 14 years old, and her younger brother, paul. And i remember halfway down the road, remembering that i forget my key. But the closer we got to the house, i had seen my sisters car. So i said, oh, okay, cool. You know, i dont i dont need the key. You know, shes home. Reporter then she noticed the door wasnt quite closed. It was closed, but it wasnt latched. Like you could just pull on it and the
What had happened . And who was behind it . Everything was a mystery. Was she still alive . Was she not . It tore us apart. For years they demanded answers, a struggle each day. Then came the cold case squad with a new bag of tricks. I always felt that this was a case that could be solved. They wanted justice just as bad as we did. As a mother she fought and fought and fought. We just never gave up. Dont mess with a mother bear. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the knock at the door. A baking sun. A school bus made its methodical way among the residential streets of punta gorda, florida. Stopped and started and stopped again. It was inland now, miles from the the harbor, the peace river, the center of the town whose warmth had drawn them to the gulf coast. It stopped in the middle of a quiet neighborhood. Driver opened the door. It was 3 45 p. M. We got off the bus and walked home. Reporter we means veronica ord, then almost 14 years old, and her younger b
What had happened . And who was behind it . Everything was a mystery. Was she still alive . Was she not . It tore us apart. For years they demanded answers, a struggle each day. Then came the cold case squad with a new bag of tricks. I always felt that this was a case that could be solved. They wanted justice just as bad as we did. As a mother she fought and fought and fought. We just never gave up. Dont mess with a mother bear. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the knock at the door. A baking sun. A school bus made its methodical way among the residential streets of punta gorda, florida. Stopped and started and stopped again. It was inland now, miles from the the harbor, the peace river, the center of the town whose warmth had drawn them to the gulf coast. It stopped in the middle of a quiet neighborhood. Driver opened the door. It was 3 45 p. M. We got off the bus and walked home. Reporter we means veronica ord, then almost 14 years old, and her younger b
Why do you think a lot of those recommendations were ignored . I think the service itself has noted it has not always done what it needed to do in terms of following through on recommendations. The hope is coming out of this report, that there will be a real opportunity to focus on these specific recommendations and follow through with tracking to make sure actually get implement it. If there is a real process, and i am sure this committee will have a role in it and others will have a role in it to ask of the service, and where is that going, and i also assume that this at future president s will hold them accountable as well. The last question, how do you define that success if you have implemented recommendations properly . From our perspective the kind of cultural change in leadership change weve talked about, that really defines the commission paired we talked a little bit in the report say it has been five years that the service submitted to congress looks about the same with litt
Committee on Homeland Security, congressman thompson, and i quote, he stated within the next five years, the secret service will provide protection through two president ial election cycles two Democratic National conventions, two Republican National conventions, the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and other National Security special events. To his point, on top of your current responsibilities, of protecting the president and protecting your area of responsibility, and we know that theres some problems with leadership resources. Were also entering a period where theres going to be additional demand. My background is in hr and i know that when you start hiring and training, there is a gap in your resources. So we have to be realistic about that. For us to get to where we need to be, were going to have to pull resources that we already have. Do you agree with that . I think thats right. One of the concerns that the panel had, and again, pointing to the chart that the chairman put