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Of "the washington post," who was the first to break the story of the agents driving into the barricade. i have to ask you, are your courses, are they contradicting the director here? >> no. actually the director confirmed what we reported. you know, there's a -- i understand why the director is pushing hard and saying there was no crash. what he looked at any videotape, there was no crash. we didn't report there was a crash. he said on tuesday, just to lee mind everybody, in his testimony on the hill, the first he heard of this was monday, five days after it happened, and he said the first he...

Performance tuesday, director clancy returned to capitol hill to testify again today. this time he made an effort to downplay the severity of the incident as it was first reported. >> i'm also personally reviewed video surveillance from the evening of march 4th. i welcome the opportunity to review this footage with each of you. previous reports of a crash are inaccurate. there was no crash. the video shows the speed of approximately 1 to 2 miles per hour and pushing aside a plastic barrel. there was no damage to the vehicle. >> as he said, his assessment of the incident is based on his review ...

On an institution that prides itself on professionalism. some experts question whether director clancy is the right person to get the service back on track. >> clancy is part of the problem. you know what's needed here is an fbi investigation into what happened because you simply can't trust clancy and the secret service to impartially investigate what happened. >> reporter: joe johns, cnn, washington. still ahead here on cnn newsroom the sun and the moon team up to put on a heavenly show. we'll tell you what else makes this solar eclipse that is just hours away so special. nobody told us to...

Wasn't told about the incident for five days. and that he was informed by an anonymous source. >> i'm frustrated. i'm very frustrated. >> you can't run an agency like this, for god's sake, or any other agency unless you have discipline in the ranks. >> maybe some people need to be sent to the mojave desert. >> clancy a veteran of the secret service was brought in to reform the agency after a series of security breaches including when a man with a knife made it inside the white house. now clancy is facing his first big test. now, i've also spoken to other lawmakers who say they share his concer...

However, on a closed-door meeting yesterday, he reveal that videos that might have captured the incident more clearly may have been deleted. >> there are literally hundreds of cameras surrounding the white house. we saw two angle, but when we asked, can we see different angles the directors said they may have been erased. eraised? are you kidding me? there may have been something embarrassing, but they weren't showing us the other tapes. we asked for them formally expect to see them but the director indicated they may not have them. >> but clancy denied they were intentionally deleted. >> we d...