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That two high level agents including number two man on the president's own detail crashed a government car into a secure area at the white house. witnesses told the "washington post" there were indications they may have been drinking after a retirement party. joining me from baltimore is congressman elijah cummings. congressman, good to see you. thank you so much. >> good to see you, andrea. >> first your reaction to all of this. >> well first of all, i'm very upset about this. we made major changes to the secret service in regard to leadership, but obviously there's still a lot of work to be ...

With these two people now being investigated? i know he's not doing the investigation but the response and punishment. >> well i have absolutely no doubt that he can do that. he's just basically came on board. he's going -- it's going to take some time to weed out bad apples and take some time to figure out exactly where all of the problem areas might be. i note he has a zero tolerance attitude about all of this. so i think he's -- let's give him a little time to do what he has to do. i know there's been -- there was controversy but again, i have confidence in him. and i think that the men and...

Home and sleep it off, instead of doing what the regular officers want to do that goes against everything. i'm hoping that this -- that this gentleman who told the people under him to let these officers go, i'm hoping that person will no longer be in a role at the secret service. but it's also shows that why there's a moreale problem. if you have supervisors saying those things to people under them, then what does that say to the lower ranks? so we've got -- then -- the other piece is that you've got two supervisors drinking driving a car and then again, disrupting a crime scene. we have to ha...

Then drinking i got to tell you, there's a lot more work to be done and i'm joining with chairman chaffetz we're going to work hand in hand and put a high powered microscope over the agency to make sure we get it right. i will not rest until it is right. >> congressman, i want to read from you from the breaking news post "washington post" article where she says that officers on duty at the white house at the time wanted to arrest the agents and conduct sobriety tests but the officers were ordered by a super rizor on duty that night to let the agents go home. do you know -- >> that is a major -...

Who is doing violent acts -- >> we saw the police chief's resignation, does something now -- what's the next step? does the mayor have to resign? it does go deeper than just the police chief. >> that's absolutely correct, andrea, i have to tell you, some of my constituents do want the mayor to resign. i think that's incumbent upon him to make that decision. obviously he's had had a relationship with the chief of police as well as the city manager as well as darren wilson. so he's going to have to answer and be accountable for his own actions in what he's been aware of. what i will say, there a...