lever of of russia needs time to decide this afternoon. late this afternoon, smoke was seen pouring from the chimney at the russian consulate in san francisco. it was 100 degrees today at san francisco. not sure about the fire inside for the fire department says it was from a fire burning in a fireplace. so was something being burned purposely there? perhaps paper? we are still awaiting reaction from the russians and the state department. president trump is reacting to report we told you last night that then fbi director james comey drafted a letter exonerating hillary clinton long before the investigation into her email scandal and her mishandling of classified information was complete. chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris tonight with what comes from the administration continuing to defend comey's dismissal as wel well. >> those close to the president say he had several good reasons to fire fbi director james comey in may, and they liked him in