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And flight attendants worldwide after a major breach in security protocols. uniteds procedures for gaining access to the cockpit were compromised. tom costello is joining me, what have you learned? >> reporter: chris, good morning. united like airlines carefully safeguards the information about how people can gain access to the flight deck. in other words, the keyboard pads. somehow that information got out. now the airline is quickly trying to fix that problem while reiterated two its entire st...

Bomb. the underwear bomb in 2009. the laptop plot that went off in an airline out of somalia last year. you had constant attempts to innovate around security pro toe tall cals. this is the latest. the reason you have the ban is the intelligence community had specific information about the attempts to circumvent that particular security which is why the ten countries where the ban is in effect are directly implicated. authorities are very worried that you have innovation in those kinds of devices...

In place and they can fly in from somewhere else. >> you are absolutely right, thomas. this is a great issue with transportation security. you are only as good as your weakest link. the terrorists can adapt to whatever security protocols or rings. including geography. of course, put out the protocols and security measures. they will know where you are targeting and they will find other ways in. part of the attractiveness of hitting airlines is not the human toll and economic investigaeffects and...

That i threatened to veto which would make maryland a sanctuary state and prohibit hour local and state law ent format or ent fear with their ability to cooperate with federal law enforcement. elizabeth: so, tom, you heard there the governor said that this bill would prohibit lawmakers from falling in line with federal lawmakers. whats your take on that? >> yeah, so just start out by saying, what were talking about here is an allegation of serious sexual assault on a high school campus. ive got ...

These allegations raise questions about whether the agencys security protocols are adequate. >> all of these things are embarrassments to the secret service and compounding that problem is that there is no director of the secret service right now. joe clancy has retired. the onus is on dhs. the u.s. president wants to substantially increase military funding while making massive cuts to other agencies. that could mean trouble for parents with children enrolled in after school programs in the un...

>> secret service did a fantastic job. it was a troubled person. very sad. >> reporter: but former secret service agent jonathan wakro said the breach is disturbing. >> he was able to beat the physical security measures at the white house, the technological and the human capital, the uniformed guards and thats very alarming. >> reporter: now a house oversight committee wants the breach investigated writing, quote, if true, these allegations raise questions about whether the agencys security prot...

Tran scaled a treasury department fence last friday and set off several alarms. but still managed to sneak past a secret service security post before being caught in the inner portion of the white house grounds. a criminal complaint shows he was carrying two cans of mace and walking close to the exterior walls of the white house while the president was home. trump praised the secret services response. >> secret service today, fantastic job. it was a troubled person. very sad. >> but former secre...

Service. this is a subject youve been working on for a long time. >> yeah. >> you wrote a letter to the secret service about this incident a week ago when a man jumped over a white house fence. the committee has received allegations of additional information that was not included in the aft. according to those allegations the individual may have triggered alarms the u.s. secret service ignored, may have moved around on the ground for a considerable amount of time and may have attempted entry int...

Embarrassment to the secret service compounding that problem, theres no director of the secret service right now. the onus is on dhs. >> reporter: about that last breach, the secret service admits there were lapses in security protocols. it says it conducted its own investigation and interviewed dozens of people actually reviewed radio transmissions and also surveillance video and said its actually angry that this even happened and said its trying to fix the problem right now. as for the intrude...

As president at mar-a-lago after making this pledge just a few days ago. >> no more wasted money. we are going to be spending the money in a very, very careful manner. we must do a lot more with less. >> do a lot more with less. presidents are certainly entitled to take a day off, but any deficit hawk would ask, is a weekly trip to palm beach by the president doing a lot more with less? it takes marine one, air force one, and motorcades to get the president to his posh oceanside estate with inte...