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Ravine after a terrible car crash. 18 month old lily survives and her entire rescue is caught right there on camera. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello and thanks so much for joining me. Im fredricka witfield. We start with a state of emergency declared in the South Pacific after Tropical Cyclone pam with the power of a category 5 hurricane struck the island chain nation of vanuatu. The fourth most powerful storm ever to make landfall took direct aim op the capital city of port vila. At least six people are confirmed dead. 20 others injured. And there are fears the death toll just could ris...

Earlier yesterday another person was arrested after jumping over a barrier right outside of the white house fence. the man said he had a document that he wanted to deliver. and last week, one week ago, a man was on the white house grounds for 16 minutes before being apprehended. he was found just steps away from the main door to the mansion on the south lawn carrying mace. joining me to discuss it is anthony chappa, he is a former assistant secret services director. how concerned are you that we are talking about three white house intrusions in a week's time. >> the mitigation, is something th...

Division, and the outer perimeters are all local law enforcement. so there has to be a great team there. just like we're watching the president arrive now, the agents are working, the uniformed guys were there as part of the advanced team, and the local law enforcement, and the military police are one of the many rings of security that provide and mitigate the risk to the president. >> it's a real coalition, we're bringing together so many levels of law enforcement. anthony chappa, thanks for giving us your time. it's not just the white house that requires protection, trump tower and mar-a-l...

Which he does it i think he needs to send a signal that there's going to be a new age of accountability and that means communicating at the very top right away. >> reporter: and fred we should also point out that the only thing we have heard publicly from the secret service so far is that there is an active investigation under way over this issue. they have not put out any details yet about what they know of this incident. >> all right. erin mcpike, keep us posted from the white house. so is this more of the same for the secret service? is there a few problem here? joining me from los angele...

But ask a clear lack of judgment. it's not the first time agents have gotten in trouble. in 2012, nearly a dozen agents were accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel rooms in colombia. last year, three agents past out drunk in a hotel. this latest incident comes six months after that knife carrying manmade it into the east room of the white house. the replace, joe clancy, an old agency hand as vowed to clean up. >> we've got to do a better job of mentoring, coaching, training our people that this is unacceptable. >> joining me from washington live right now is former secret service ...