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Reserve judgment on these matters until the oig investigation is completed. turning to our budget i want to thank all members for their work on the 2015 department of homeland security appropriations act. >> so we're hearing here from director clancy as he turns his attention now to the budget issues for the secret service. his opening remarks, talking about the fact there was an incident that happened on white house grounds on march the 4th. however, he did not learn about it until march the 9th. he did say that this was unacceptable to be learned about it five days after, and that his missio...

Trying to clean up at least the mischaracterization of what happened whether or not the men were allowed to leave site and not given the field sobriety test because of someone in oversight saying let them go we'll wait to see what answers come out of this. but the members sitting there in this subcommittee are going to be talking to director clancy. we're going to dip back when they start to ask questions. edward, thank you. we're going to take a quick break. and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are you? aleve, proven bet...

Days after it happened and vowing to take action once an investigation is complete. jose? >> so here's the question. that statement you just ready to us that it's only kept 72 hours, but unless or barring an investigation. well clearly, this was prompting an investigation. so any video that was related to that incident should have under this word been kept? >> reporter: that's absolutely right. and any video that captured that incident should have been preserved. the question is, did that happen? at this point in time director clancy, other secret service officials, aren't providing a clear an...

>> sir i can't answer that either. >> joining me now from capitol hill nbc news correspondent kelly o'donnell. there's word today that cameras at the white house didn't clearly show the incident involving the agent. so break that down for us. because some would dispute there was enough to keep the video on hand and not have it erased as they do with their purging system. >> as many places that have security cameras, they cycle over it. we are told that it's 72 hours for the secret service. yet, there was a bigger gap for the top man at the secret service, joseph clancy to be informed about thi...

Look director joseph clancy will be on the hill to discuss the budget. this is the second time this week had will be facing lawmakers to auk about the budget but all they want to talk about, of course the latest incident at the white house on march 4th when two top agents allegedly came from the party where they will been drinking and drove through an active bomb investigation outside the white house. those two agents have been moved to different positions. lawmakers are investigating and i can tell you there's fresh outrage today. congressman jason chaffetz telling me he is concerned about th...