Fence jumper into the white house. Members question Julia Pierson about the breach and whats being done to improve white house security. This is three and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. The Oversight Committee access to secure fundamental principles. First americans have a right to know money washington takes from them is well spent and second americans deserve an efficient and effective government that works for them. Our duty on the oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights. Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers. It is our job to work tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to bring genuine reform to the federal bureaucracy. This is our mission and todays hearing follows one of the most important parts of that mission. With 1. 5 billion dollars spent by the secret Servi
And then planted at least one pipe bomb in a bag outside that later exploded. A hail of bullets hit nearly everything in sight, but amazingly none of the officers or staffers inside of Police Headquarters were hit. Some officers say were very lucky. I believe were blessed that our officers survived this ordeal. There are bullet holes and squad cars where officers were sitting. There are bullet holes in the front lobby where our staff was sitting. And one staff member had just walked away to get a coke. If they had stayed there during the ordeal they would have been shot and killed we believe, based on the trajectory of the bullets. Looking at the front parts of headquarters there are bullets. Theres a helicopter inside as a museum piece, its shot up. The second floor has bullet holes in it. Police returned fire and eventually a chase ensued with an armored van. It rammed into a police car. Officers chased the driver to a restaurant parking lot, about 13 miles away. There the man was ev
Julia pierson, she will be in the hot seat. And i think what a lot of people want to hear her say, a lot of congressmens is her accepting full responsibility of the latest Security Breach that has been an embarrassment for the secret service and has raised questions about how effectively it can protect the president and what is supposed to be someoone the most secure buildings in the world, the white house. Were expected to hear about security enhancements put into place in the wake of this latest Security Breach and what a lot of us are waiting to hear from her is why the secret services initial version of events, that Omar Gonzalez was apprehended right after he entered the white house door, contradict what is whistleblowers have told congressman jason chaffetz, that gonzalez ran to the east room where the president hosts state dinners. Heres what he had to say. Just because something is embarrassing doesnt mean that its classified and so it will be interesting to see the mix. I dont
Squirming around on the floor, and i said, you werent thinking about 911 when you were robbing me. This is the real deal. This is an automatic. Do not like automatics, and now i have to kill these guys. Caught on camera, armed and dangerous. Panic erupts when three masked gunman storm a restaurant, demanding cash and jewelry. Its all caught on surveillance cameras. Feel like, at one point, that i was going to die. All you got to do is pull the trigger and he was shot in the face. I felt more helpless than anything. April 23rd, 2011, houston, texas. Its just after 2 00 a. M. , and hungry partiers move to the 24hour waffle house to wind down the night. One of the partygoers Favorite Places to eat, so it gets full. Everybody at waffle house that night had come from a club. Thats what people usually do. Patrons just arrived for a latenight snack when three men burst in with guns. Surveillance cameras record the violent ordeal as it unfolds. We hadnt been there five minutes because we hadnt