Service has resigned. That information copping in just about 45 minutes ago. And it comes amid several controversial Security Breaches involving the president , his family and the white house specifically. Mike viqueira join us live from the white house. Mike, how exactly did julia piersons resignation come about today . Were just learning after an interview that she characterizes her movement as, quote, the noble thing to do. The white house yesterday and as late as this morning was expressing full confidence in julia pi erson as director of the secret service. But recent and accumulating events, thats the phrase of the day, had led the president and director of Homeland Security jay johnson to believe that it was time to look for a new direction. Ms. Pierson had undergone a grilling by both republicans and democrats at capitol hill. She said she was outraged as well. Nanny pelosi, chuck schumer, elijah cummings, who led the hearing yesterday, and the hearing where julia was excoriate
Resign today. They are blocking government buildings and threatening to storm them if he doesnt step down. A Massive Group of walruses in alaska, the environmental threat causing 35,000 to haul ashore and whats being done to keep them safe. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. Health officials are on high alert as ebola fears stretch from texas to hawaii and we learn new details about the man diagnosed with the virus. His name is thomas eric duncan. He flew from liberia with several stops along the way. A dozen students had close contact with duncan. In honolulu, doctors suspect a patient may have contracted the virus. We are live in dallas outside Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. In liberia, he carried a stricken woman in his arms that was pregnant at the time. She was turned away from the hospital there. Days later web traveled to the United States and his family members say he did tell emergency workers that he had just come from west afri
Executive does not resign. The director of the secret service has resigned. It comes amid several controversial Security Breaches. Were joined live from the white house. Give us an idea of how this recognition today came about. Its interesting if you listen to what the white house has been saying over the course of 24 hours after the former director of the secret had really been raked over the courscoles of bipartisans over i wants of breaches here at the white house and the president while he was on the road. First they had full confidence. The president has full confidence in the job Julia Pierson was doing. They said on television to continue as director of the secret service. Then later in the afternoon heres what they had to say. Director pierson offered her resignation because she believed it was in the best interest of the agency to which she has dedicated her career. The secretary agreed with that assessment. The president did as well. Over the last several days weve seen recen
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