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Novemb 9/11 and we kept the wimpy fence from the 50s. with that intrusion in with or without where the intruder made it all the way into the residence all the way inside before he was able to be stopped. a guy that can get to the south portico or close to the south portico with a back pack can get close to the south portico with a bomb. if a guy with a back pack can get there, a suicide bomber can get there. this is really a serious thing. i think congress has a faultline here as well. they'll want to jump all over the secret service. >> why hasn't the fence been changed? >> it's outrageous. t...

Schedule he was at home. we don't know if other members of the family or other geuests may have been as well. it always raises concerns about a potential risk to the president, to the residents here and just a test from secret service capabilities. never a good news story when there's a breach like this. what we're learning from officials is we don't believe there was any serious threat in terms of any weapons or anything like that. we'll need to wait for more details. when you consider the pressure on the secret service to protect the president, the first family and in this white house, it's ...

A lot of news here on msnbc. you're watching pictures out of ocean side california. that's our other big stories. congressman darryl issa holding his first town hall meeting in california. it just got underway moments ago but a large crowd is outside. they want to get inside in what is a very, very busy and vociferous group. msnbc senior editor kyle perry is inside the town hall meeting room in ocean side, california. how is the tone there? >> reporter: well, listen it's great. the weather's fantastic, the gym is a bit grim. we'll show you the crowd here. this is an overwhelmingly dramatic cro...

Welcome back. at the half hour, i want to let you know what we're watching right now. breaking news that we're reviewing at the top of the hour. the secret service now confirming we learned this hour an intrude urincider incident a white house. investigators say a person is under arrest after climbing the fence and getting on the south grounds. it happened friday night in the 11:00 p.m. hour. president trump was in the white house at that time. no hazardous materials were found during a search of the suspect's back pack. the secret service says the rest of the white house grounds were searched...

I think he does to a degree. obviously president trump is marking this or presenting this as a very important part of his agenda. you raised the issue of the vice president, he, of course has very strong connections in congress having served a number of terms there himself. he's very much the point man for the administration on this process. just to pick up on something that eliza mentioned about senator paul. it's interesting to me that he's talking about the idea that he feels president trump or the white house is telegraphing they may be willing to make compromises on this, whereas speaker ...