clancy is no stranger to the first family. he served alongside president obama in the first 2 1/2 years of his administration. long before his first stint at the white house, clancy was a student at villanova university. he later taught at father judge high school in philadelphia. and most recently was the head of security for comcast cable. nbc 10's tim furlong live in center city tonight with more on this local man who now has admittedly one of the toughest jobs in the world. tim? >> reporter: jim, i talked to a bunch of people at comcast. they say this guy, joe clancy, is exactly what you'd expect from a secret service agent. focused. they used the word serious. you also hear the word philly guy. this philly guy now has a very important job down i-95 in washington. joe clancy protected for the president for years and now at least on an interim basis he'll run the entire organization that protects him. before he got the call to come back to the secret service, he spent three years at comcast protecting the company's center c

but the bigger issue is low morale. >> clancy was the top pick, heading mr. obama's security detail for more than two years. >> he has tremendous competence of the first family and highly respected within the organization. >> reporter: for the past three years he ran secret at comcast, nbc's parent company but some argue the agency needs someone who is a genuine outsider. >> i do think it needs to be a fresh view of what is happening at the secret service, not someone who is ingrained in the culture there existing now. >> reporter: on "meet the press," dan pheifer said for now the administration is giving clancy a chance. >> we're going to let joe clancy get there and look at it and begin to steer the agency in the right direction and we'll see who the right fit is. >> reporter: clancy has asked for a briefing tomorrow on what has changed since the jumping intruder. mean land the department of homeland security will have a panel for more suggestions of a permanent secret service director. >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> call for action in

clancy had a bigger vision. george handland was his boss. >> the students, they loved him. i was shocked when he told me, he said i'm applying for secret service. >> reporter: thirty years ago joe clancy followed that call, retiring in 2011 as head of the presidential secret service details. this week, the steaks became even higher. the president asked him to return to the secret service as interim director in the middle of security breaches, that led to the resignation of the julian pierson. >> mistakes were made report report on september 19th a man with the knife jumped white house fence and made his way deep in the white house. the then it was revealed an unauthorized armed guard was on an atlanta elevator with the president. >> they ruled him back in, so i guess when the president calls you, you cannot say no. >> reporter: jim mcdonald and charlie both work with clancy for that one year and he made an impression. >> he was a quiet guy but he had a certain presence about him. >> reporter: raised in havertown, catholic school educated, attending west point before earning

susan mcginnes for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> clancy, from havertown, is not new to the agency. he served as head of the president's protective division until 2011. now that is when he became director of corporate security at comcast. clancy graduated from villanova university and taught history at father judge high school in northeast philadelphia. >>> we now know the the name of the man diagnosed with the first case of ebola the in the united states. the cdc is investigate using thomas duncan was not admitted to the hospital, earlier. duncan first visited a dallas hospital on september 26th with a fever and stomach pains, a nurse using a checklist, asked whether he traveled from africa. he answered yes but still was released. the cdc says duncan flew from liberia to the u.s. on september 19th. >> regretfully that information was not fully communicated throughout the full team and as a result the full import of that information wasn't factored in the clinical decision making. >> a texas health officials are monitoring as many as 18 people who may have had direct contact with du

clancy is somebody who's taking a leave of absence from his private sector job to re-enter government service. that is, i think, a demonstration of the sacrifice he's making because of the loyalty he feels for this agency that he served for so long. >> joseph clancy woke up this morning as the director of comcast corporate security. comcast is, of course, the parent company of nbc universal. the administration announced plans to appoint a panel of independent experts to investigate the white house fence jumping incident and related security issues concerning the secret service. that panel will submit their recommendations by december 15 one of which certainly will be lock the damn door. the 42-year-old man who jumped the white house fence and ran deep into the building through that unlocked front door pled not guilty today to three charges, including the federal offense of unlawfully entering a restricted area while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. the judge in the case ordered omar gonzalez to undergo mental competency exam by the d.c. department of health. joining me now are t

clancy left the secret service in 2011 after serving for nearly all of mr. obama's presidency as head of the presidential protective division. the agents closest to the president whenever he travels and responsible for his personal safety at all times. clancy developed a close bond with president obama and is well regarded in the white house. clancy was part of the secret service team that jogged with president clinton in the early days of his presidency. the white house went out of its way to say the next permanent director of the secret service could be someone outside of the agency, and, scott, that underscores how much the president and the advisers closest to him have lost confidence in secret service leadership and its underlying culture. >> pelley: major garrett, thank you, major. a team from the centers for disease control and prevention is in dallas today investigating why a hospital sent an ebola patient home, potentially exposing others to the deadly virus. this is the first ebola case diagnosed in the u.s., and here is manuel bojorquez. >> report

clancy was named the interim director of the secret service. he graduated from villanova university. >> he has a perfect background and he is perfectly quality if ied for the job. >> he spend time teaching at the high school while waiting for his secret service application to be processed and they said even then he showed characteristics for the job. >> a quiet guy, well liked here and he is very meticulous and organized and a detailed person and i would say that is an accomplishment. >> clancy began his career in government after teaching, becoming special agent in charge of the presidential protective division and he retired after becoming head of security for comcast. a job he is giving up to go to washington. >> he came with incredible credentials and we are thrilled to have him work on behalf of the country, that is awesome. >> those that new joseph clancy at different times during his life here, they agree on one thing, he is a good pick to run the secret service. >>> now to the battle against 'is. turkey is joining the coalition force, t

joseph clancy is a villanova graduate from delaware county. he taught history at father judge high school in the northeast. he leaves as head of comcast cable security to take over the top post at the secret service after several security breaches. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> we had kind of a cool, gray day out there. there were some sun in some spots, though. >> it was all right to be outside. let's talk to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. we could be in for rain this weekend. first, out of curiosity, sheena, how cold is it going to get tonight? >> you know, it is still going be cool tonight. temperatures will be dropping into the 50s once again. it's still cool outside right now, though, with the cloud cover today temperatures have not warmed up too much. we're still in the 60s through the lehigh valley. upper 60s. 6 69 degrees in allentown and reading. pottstown, around 70 degrees. south jersey and delaware much of the area in the mid 60s. there is colder air on the way. way back off to our west. still west o

julia pearson is out, joseph clancy is in. are we going start to see this firestorm fizzle out now that we have new leadership? >> well, i think there's going to be quite a bit of attention paid to the secret service. let's face it. the secret service has suffered in that it had this elite miss steek, which is to say part of its effectiveness would be because the agents were basically described as super human. that was the view that most people had of them. they've been brought down to earth and i think this is going to make their job harder. >> a lot of lawmakers are saying that the replacing of pearson is definitely a step in the right direction. i do want to ask you, bob, what about the others, the ones on the ground. the ones who failed to do their job, the agents involved in all these cases? >> i suspect the new guy is going to come in, the old guy, of course. he's going to come bang and i think he's going to kick butts and take names. i think quite a few people are at least going to be disciplined if not dismissed. howev

comcast cable division clancy will lead the agency after julia pierson resigned today. before comcast clancy was head of the secret services presidential protection division. today julia pierson stepped down amid scandals that rocked the agency's credibility. 15 days ago a man with a gun was allowed to get too close to president obama. then about a week and a half ago, a man with a knife climbed a white house fence and made it into the east room before he was stopped. tonight comcast executive vice president david cohen spoke about joseph clancy. >> he is the consummate security professional. he knows this business inside and out. he has spent his entire career, he unquestioned ethics and integrity. he's the ideal candidate to be head of the secret service at this time. >> clancy is from this area, a native of haverford. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> new at 11:00, a deadly end between a man and his stepdaughter. police went there for a result of an assault. they found a 26-year-old woman hit in the head with a hammer. she's going to be ok but her stepfath

clancy had a distinguished career in the secret service. prior to serving in the secret service he graduated from west point. he's somebody over the course of his tenure at the secret service rose to the level of being the special agent in charge of the presidential protective division. he is somebody who has earned the respect and admiration of his colleagues at the secret service. he's somebody who has the full confidence of the president and the first lady. so he's an appropriate choice to lead the agency until a permanent director is found. >> another news event today, the meeting with prime minister netanyahu. wondering if the president raised any concerns about construction in east jerusalem that some israeli officials confirmed today or the eviction of palestinians from their home in a neighborhood in east jerusalem? >> well, jim, i can tell you that the united states is deeply concerned by reports that the israeli government moved forward with the planning process in a sensitive area of east jerusalem. this is contrary to israel's s

, joseph clancy, formerly in charge of presidential protection often seen at the president's side, he retired in 2011, but he's been called back into service. nbc's kristen welker has our report. >> reporter: it's a much more visibly secure white house than it was 12 days ago. more guards, a locked front door and now a change at the top of the secret service. >> the president and secretary concluded that new leadership was required. >> reporter: director julia pierson resigned after her support eroded after the wake of this unprecedented security breach and her rocky hearing on capitol hill yesterday. >> ma'am, i want a short answer. i have very little time. >> reporter: the breaking point for many lawmakers? the revelation that secret service agents permitted president obama to ride in an elevator with an armed security contractor with a criminal history during a recent trip to atlanta. a detail she never disclosed during her more than three hours of testimony. even the white house didn't find out until yesterday. by this morning mounting calls for her to go. >> she is losing trust.

they all liked clancy. the president liked clancy. the first family liked clancy. and i've got to tell you, from what i'm hearing, the first lady has been a big force in this. she wants her husband protected, and she has not been happy with the way the secret service has been operating. but clancy has their confidence. >> expected to be noninterim long term is what you're saying? >> we don't know. there are jobs, you have to protect the president. >> thank you so much for that. >> thank you. >>> up next, an update on another health emergency, we are watching at least four people, including a child suffering from a rare respiratory disease have died. it is enterovirus. i will talk with a doctor monitoring the outbreak across the country. >>> why the grand jury concerning the michael brown shooting is being investigated. one of the stories we are following around news nation. plus this. >>> you cannot just say oops, i'm sorry, be happy you got a child and walk away from it. >> a fertility mix your opinion, a mom is suing a sperm bank after she was accidentally impreg

cummings of maryland was quick to praise clancy. >> i'm very pleased. he's the person the president has the utmost confidence in. believes he would take a bullet for him. i'm very pleased with that selection. the secret service needs to be looked at from the top to bottom. if there are people that need to go and i do believe there are others, they need to go because i want every single person in the secret service dedicated to making it the reputable, elite protective agency in the world. >>> meanwhile omar gonzalez, the man accused of jumping the white house fence with a knife and making it deep inside the white house pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. so this is a huge talker. we want to know what you think about this. our twitter question this morning, will this leadership change be enough to restore public confidence in the secret service? tweet us your thoughts using #waytooearly. in the comments julia pier son made, she said this is what the media wanted. do you think we were that harsh in asking for transparency about the fallups they made, t

clancy headed the president's security detail three years ago. he's replacing julia pierson. >> there are probably some other folks who need to take the exit sign -- exit ramp out too. . >> the more i learn, the worse it is. and that scares me. >> reporter: the white house learned about the elevator incident just minutes before it went public. >> if there is a serious breach of the president's security that we would anticipate that at a minimum that white house officials would be informed in a timely fashion. >> reporter: the white house fence jumper pleaded not guilty wednesday. homeland security and an independent panel will investigate that, plus shots fired in 2011. it took the secret service four days to confirm those bullets hit the first family's private residence. >> even adt can detect when a window is broken. >> reporter: president obama's in chicago today, talking about the economy, with security tighter than ever. now, back to julia pierson this morning, who has stepped down. she told bloomberg it was painful to leave the agency while

joseph clancy is leaving his job as security chief for comcast cable division. before joining comcast in 2011, he headed the secret service's presidential protection division. now, the agency's director julia pierson stepped down yesterday after a series of security lapses and pressure from congress. comcast executive vice president david cohen talked about the new director of the secret service, joseph clancy. >> he was a consummate security professional and knows this business inside and out. he has spent his entire career with unquestioned ethics and integrity. joe clancy is the ideal candidate to be head of the secret service at this time. >> comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. clancy is a native of delaware county. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> temperatures are coming down with some clouds overhead, but that's the only thing that's falling this morning. no showers in the area. 64 degrees in philadelphia. that's exactly where we were yesterday in the city. the shore dry. still some clouds overhead, but we wil

. >> we will tell but joe clancy in a bit. but lets start with the forecast. >> it seems look a cold front is coming our way. >> it is. this cold front will be living up to its name, it will be bringing us a real dose ovulate october, if you can believe it, with the temperatures by secondal half of the weekend but when you factor in the breeze, it feels more like november. bottom line is, eventually our temperatures will take a nose dive here. let's enjoy warmth, while we have it. we have seasonable conditions. today overall a quiet forecast until that front gets here. we will break down details in the next couple of minutes. the guys, back to you for now. >>> bullets fly in northeast philadelphia leaving a teenage girl hospitalized overnight. >> police say an argument may have sparked the gun violence. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry joins us live from police headquarters to tell us more about the investigation, syma. >> reporter: imagine sitting on a porch and shots or fired. that happened last night to the 17 year-

clancy will have the responsibility for leading that organization. the president is grateful that he's taking on that very significant responsibility. okay? >> todd. >> on the dallas ebola case, everyone understands that this particular patient was asymptomatic and there was no risk. i think we get that from the health professionals and -- >> all right. we'll pull out of this, and we've been discussing for a little while what we had heard. we saw the statement from homeland security director and it was jay johnson who accepted the resignation of the secret service julia pierson. it was jay johnson, they had a meeting and it was best for the agency to accept that resignation. they concluded that new leadership was required in the agency and we also learned president obama did reach out and call julia pierson and thanked her for her 30-plus years of service in the secret service agency. here's what else we learned and we also have ronald kessler, former agent and jeff toobin and our legal analyst. we will continue this conversation and we also learned

her replacement will be joseph clancy. this news follows yesterday's heated hearing on capital hill. moments ago the white house press secretary addressed the issue. >> she spent several hours in front of the cameras yesterday answering difficult questions from members of congress. in the context of that interaction she took responsibility for the short comings of the agency she led and she took responsibility for fixing them

clancy graduated from villanova and taught at father judge high school in the northeast. he replaces julia pierson who resigned after several security lapses. >>> every musician has faced a tough crowd, but if it can be easy for harp player terry to win over an audience. >> that is not always the case as reporter rachel shows us, terry doesn't play for just any audience. >> ♪ >> reporter: some performances take more practice then others. for terry, it can be not left to chance. >> i play for weddings,. >> classical sheet music isn't terry's preferred style. >> relationship between myself and the harp changed the minute. >> she likes to take center stage for an unlikely audience. >> they appear to be enjoying it. >> they came forward to listen >> reporter: primates hear the tones as part of the volunteer enrichment program. >> it really is stimulating for the animals. both mental and physical stimulation. >> reporter: terry, a therapeutic harp player knows suiting sound has same calming effect on animals as it does on humans. >> they respond to music like we do. very sim

he's comcast cable division security chief joseph clancy. he'll now lead the agency after the director resigned. before comcast, clancy headed the secret service's presidential protection division. clancy is also a native of our area from delaware county. director julie pierson stepped down yesterday after a series of white house breaches and pressure from congress. comcast executive vice president david cohen talked about the new director of the secret service. >> he was a consummate security professional and knows this business inside and out. he has spent his entire career with unquestioned ethics and integrity. joe clancy is the ideal candidate to be head of the secret service at this time. >> comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> 5:15 now. happening later today, a bill that would improve taxi access for the disabled and others will be up for final approval in philadelphia city council. the bill's sponsors is asking state lawmakers to approve 30 taxi licenses for upgraded service. the cabs would be wheelchair accessible and be equ

clancy headed the president's security debail three years ago. he's replacing julia pierson. >> there are probably some other folks who need to take the exit signs -- exit ramp out, too. >> reporter: pierson resigned wednesday after failing to tell lawmakers that she knew a security contractor with a gun and three assault convictions rode an elevator with president obama last month at the cdc in atlanta. >> the more i learn, the worse it is. and that scares me. >> reporter: the white house learned about the elevator incident just minutes before it went public. >> if there's a serious breach of the president's security that we would anticipate that at a minimum that white house officials would be informed in a timely fashion. >> reporter: the white house fence jumper pleaded not guilty wednesday. homeland security and an independent panel will investigate that. plus shots fired in 2011. it took the secret service four days to confirm those bullets hit the first family's private residence. >> even adt can detect when a window is broken. >> reporter

. >> joseph clancy is the secret service veteran from pennsylvania. he taught history in northeast philadelphia. he was head of corporate security for nbc 10's parent company, comcast. now he's been tapped for interim director of the secret service. nbc 7's tim furlong is live this afternoon. >> you've been talking to people who worked with joseph clan cy krrp everybody says he's calm, m methodical and has a presence. lives in newtown square. this is a philly guy now charged with arguably the most important job on the planet. long before he was protecting the president of the united states, joe clancy was a government teacher at father judge high school. >> we called him cla krrnc. >> reporter: james mcdonald showed us the yearbook photos of joe clancy. the students liked him. his fellow teachers liked him. they were sad to see him go. >> a young kid. he really was enthusiastic and it was a shame to lose him because of the fact that the kids liked him. >> reporter: after leaving the secret service a few years ago, he led the comcast security team resp

bush. >> i know clancy very well. he's a goodman, and i trust his judgment a lot. >> reporter: president obama isn't speaking out on the breaches or pearson's resignation. white house defended pearson up until wednesday morning. but with bipartisan list of lawmakers calling for her to go by late wednesday afternoon, she had resigned and the white house reversed course. >> director pearson offered her regular zig nation today she blessed it was in the best interests of the agency to what she had dedicated her career. >> reporter: her resignation comes after blistering criticism at a congressional hearing earlier this week when she was unable to explain how a man with a knife scaled the white house fence and ran all the way into the east room. after the hearing, another black mark. it was revealed that an armed security contractor road an elevator during mr. obama's visit to the centers for disease control. >> like any organization, dynamic as the secret service, there are going to be i. there are going to be situations

joseph clancy is stepping in after director julian pierson resigned wednesday. susan mcginn is reports, many believe recent security breaches were not just embarrassing for the agency but put the president and first family in danger. >> reporter: retired secret service agent joseph clancy is back, once a member of the president's closest security detail, he will now temporarily lead the agency. after just 18 months on the job julia pierson resign under heavy pressure yesterday. she told bloomberg news it is painful to leave as the agency is reeling from the significant security breach. september 19th a man jumped white house fence and made it into the east room of the president's home. support for pierson quickly faded this week with the level lacing that an armed contractor with prior arrests rode an elevator with the president during a visit in atlanta last month. >>> some members have called for an independent investigation in the agency's operations, the director of home land security, says that will happen, the president is standing by the agent is assigned

. >> quick comment from you about joe clancy, you know who joe clancy is. >> the new head of the agency. >> you know joe? >> i don't know, but bill clancy was part of my details. i don't know if they're related. >> the first family has a comfort level with him because he was head of the detail, he is their personal selection, and he was there what the swalis made it into the white house dinner. >> clint hill, he wrote a book, right? >> a very moving book. >> clint eastwood did a movie where he was the secret service agent. >> what was the book called? >> i don't know. i'm going to make one comment. >> the name is clint hill. for those interested, it's a moving book to where he could have used his own body to protect kennedy. it was after the first war but before second. >> issue three, hong kong heat, the porters call it the umbrella revolution. tens of thousands of prodemoxie protesters, mostly -- pro- democracy protesters mostly students, deploying umbrellas to protect against rain, sun, and pepper spray. they are calling for hong kong's chief executive and top politician to resign. h

clancy's mission, to clean up an agency in crisis. director julia pearson resigned last wednesday under pressure after this unprecedented security breach. a fiery hearing on capitol hill and revelations of widespread misconduct and dysfunction. >> it's not just one or two isolated incidents that the agency is falling apart. >> while clancy has headed security at nbc's parent company comcast for the past three ye s years, a few critics have privately suggested he's still too much of an insider to bring change. but those who know him say he'll hit the ground running. >> the first few days, he'll sit down with everyone. everyone on the white house detail, whether it's agents or whether it's uniform division. >> and for now, clancy has something few people in washington ever get, broad bipartisan support. >> it's a hard job, but i believe under director clancy's leadership, they can get back to the basics. >> the president and the first lady feel he is, as they told me, that he would take a bullet for them. >> now, clancy has already requ

in washington, susan mcginnes for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >>> clancy, who is from havertown is in the the new to the agency. he served as the the head of the president's protective division until 2011 when he became director of corporate security at comcast. clancy, graduated from villanova university and taught history at father judge high school in northeast philadelphia. >>> happening today, a move toward possibly changing, the laws for pennsylvania hate crime laws. lawmakers will hold a hearing at the kimmel center to discuss protecting lesbian, gay, by sexual and transgendered individuals under hate crime legislation. the last in in two gay men were involved in the fight in center city, suspects arrested in that case did not face hate crime charges. ukee. >>> also today the schuylkill banks boardwalk celebrates its official grand opening in philadelphia later this morning. we're looking live along the new boardwalk that now connects the river trail from locust street in center city all the way to the south street bridge. it is all part of the larger initiative to create

clancy has been retired, but well respected. the president called and thanked him for returning to service. he has a lot to unpack. >> he sure does. thanks so much. >> reporter: you bet. >>> something strange happened in the media coverage of today's top stories. somehow the secret service scandal and ebola became

the president knows and trusts clancy. before leaving the agency in 2011, clancy was in charge of the agents responsible for president obama's personal safety. now, the white house says the next permanent director of the secret service will come from outside the agency. omar gonzalez, the alleged white house fence jumper, appeared in court in washington for the first time yesterday. he's being charged with entering a restricted building and carrying a weapon. his attorney has entered a plea of not guilty. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan. >>> this morning hong kong police are keeping their distance. reuters reports city leaders are willing to let the protests go on for weeks if they don't become violent. u.s. students gathered here in new york's times square to show their support for the pro-democracy movement in hong kong. many held hands. many used umbrellas to protect themselves from pepper spray. >>> coming up on the "morning news," prosecutors try again. a new verdict in the trial of a man

on "fox & friends" the 43rd president weighed in on joe clancy's qualifications. >> i know clancy very well. he is a good man. i trust his judgment a lot. and, joe is, joe will do a good job. >> reporter: former obama administration senior advisor axelrod tweeted his support, quote, i knew joe clancy when he led the presidential detail. you could not find a better person to repair the secret service. clancy has interim title but a lot of people who know him well believe he would be a great person to fix that agency. eric? david: mike, thanks so much. shannon? shannon: weeks before the midterm elections with control of the senate at stake rnc chairman reince priebus is unveiling new talking points hopes will help his troops on the campaign trail. in today's "wall street journal" karl rove writes, quote, as useful as mr. priebus's 11 principles and language are they are offered with 33 days left for candidate to adopt, adapt and deploy them before election. of course even if they had been rolled out months ago the gop would face difficulties presenting a coherent national agenda. it is a

what should the first order of business be for joseph clancy? >> i think the first order of business needs to be that he needs to continue to look into the events. the one on september 19th with the fence jumper. then equally at the situation at the cdc. to delve into why the failures were made and immediately make whatever correction that is the secret service has the ability to do unilaterally and move on that. then i think joe sort of has the wind at his back and he needed to take advantage of that. even the congresswoman norton during the hearing said we need to take a look at the fence. maybe there things and adjustments will make it more difficult. also at the same time the thing that troubled me over this last couple of weeks is the fact that certain members of the agency have not wanted to come forward or at least that's the reporting. and report these incidents. >> it seems like there is a lack of candor. >> it's unacceptable. i know, joe, and i know him very well. the first thing he is going to do is communicate to the staff, uniform d

joseph clancy is leaving his job as security chief for comcast cable division. before joining comcast in 2011, clancy headed the secret service a presidential protection division. the agency's director, julia pierson, stepped down yesterday after a series of security lapses and pressure from congress. comcast executive vice president david cohen talked about the new director of the secret service joseph clancy. >> he is a consummate security professional and knows had business inside and out. he has spent his entire career with unquestioned ethics and integrity. joe clancy is the ideal candidate to be head of the secret service at this time. >> comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> we have new information this morning about the first person to be diagnosed with ebola here in the united states. thomas duncan was reportedly seen vomiting on the ground outside an apartment complex as he was being put into an ambulance to be taken to the hospital. now, that report comes from a resident of that apartment complex, and his account could not be independently conf

joseph clancy, as we told you last week, will head that agency after a series of setbacks and miscues prompted the resignation of the former director. recently a fence-jumping intruder made his way into the white house. he had a knife on him. an armed man shared an elevator with the president. and it was just reported that in 2011, it took secret service agents four days to realize a gunman's bullet had hit the white house. clancy was in charge of president obama's security detail for more than two years before leaving for the private sector. >> has tremendous, obvious confidence of the first family, and he's highly respected within the organization. >> and clancy has protected presidents going back to bill clinton. of course, he's a native of havertown, and for the last three weeks, he's worked as security chief for comcast's cable division. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> opening statements are scheduled for today in the trial against a friend of boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. robel phillipos is accused of lying to shorts about being in tsarnaev's do

joseph clancy will take the reins after a series of setbacks and miscues by the secret service. recently, we've had the fence-jumping intruder that made his way into the white house with a knife on him. an armed man shared an elevator with the president in atlanta. and it was just reported that in 2011, it took agents four days to realize that a gunman's bullets had actually hit the white house. clancy headed the president's security detail for more than two years. >> has tremendous, obvious confidence of the first family, and he's highly respected within the organization. >> now, again, clancy has protected presidents back to bill clinton. he's a native of havertown, delaware county. he's leaving his job as security chief for comcast's cable division. comcast is a parent company of nbc 10. >>> the u.s. aid worker threatened with beheading by isis told his parents he's afraid to die. 26-year-old peter kassig of indianapolis was taken hostage in october of last year in syria, where the former army ranger was providing aid for refugees. his parents said they received a letter from

. >> the new temporary head of the secret service is joseph clancy who has deep roots in our area. clancy worked for the secret service before he served as head of the president's protective division until 2011. that's when he became director of corporate security at com raft. clancy is a graduate of villanova university and was a teacher at father judge high school here in philadelphia. >>> we are learning more tonight about the pennsylvania state trooper killed in an accidental shooting in montgomery county. flags flew at half staff today in honor of 26 year old david kedra the trooper based at skippack barrack was killed at a training exercise at montgomery county pub look training center. he was shot in the chest when sources say another trooper was demonstrate agnew weapon. that's when it accidentally discharged. >> highly motivated and you could tell every single day walk in he was he can treatmently proud to be a pennsylvania state trooper and he showed it. >> he was a graduate of temple university's criminal justice program and roman catholic high school of philadelphia. >>

today the white house announced a retired secret service agent joseph clancy will officially begin as interim director on monday. he will serve as corporate director of comcast which is the parent company of nbc universal since 2011. is it a new day? don't hold your breath. according to one longtime agent, chancy is one of the most genteel guys, but he doesn't like conflict. they need to clean house, he is not the guy to do it. joining me now is a white house correspondent, as a member of the white house press corps i can't believe i'm actually going to ask this question, but i will. is what has happened here a choice of presidential can access over presidential security and i mean presidential access in the sense of personal sense and not, of course, in the media sense. >> well, look, you know, well's always a will will bahhance to be struck here. you mentioned the issue of secret service seating to this or that. that's always going to happen in the white house. that's always going to happen in a push and pull wane the president and his staff to take connected to the people that he r

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clancy joined in the 1980s. bill daley was in charge when clancy was in charge of protecting the president. good morning. >> good morning, norah. >> you were with him and sought him for years. do you think he'll be good. >> he has come from the heist ranks, has held the highest level in the secret service. it says a lot. i think he knows there has to be a transparency but he knows they have to clean up their act. >> what is it they have to change, bill? >> i think -- look it. these men and women have to be right 100% of the time, and the vast, vast, vast majority of the time they are. and even though there's been lapses and they've been noted, thank god they've not created any situation that was a crisis for the nation. so i don't believe there's a culture that has to be changed. thing it needs strong leadership, which i think joe will bring on an interim basis, and i think they have to lk for somebody who has been in leadership in the service. itz's been a very large bureaucracy with thousands and thousands of

clancy led the president's protective detail before retiring in 2011. >> right now i think what they need is stability. joe brings that. he had has been there. he had has been on the street. he is a perfect guy for this. >> reporter: pierson's step down follows a series of security lapses including the white house fence jumper who made it in the executive mansion with a knife. pierson also failed to notify the president of a security contractor with a gun, rode in an elevator with him in atlanta. >> the white house first learned of that incident yesterday afternoon shortly before it was reported. >> reporter: white house brought in pierson to clean up the secret service following a prostitution scandal involving agents in columbia in 2012. but problems persisted. >> is there a culture problem at the secret service. >> reporter: democrat eli a cummings met with pierson and told her she didn't think she was up for the job. >> when we have agents who are more willing and feel better about reporting problems with the agency to members of congress as opposed to her, that is a problem. >>