Or substance directed or suggested that mr. Comey stop investigating anyone. Reporter comey testified he was not fired because he had lost the confidence of the fbi, as the president claimed. By saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader, those were lies, plain and simple. Its my judgment that i was fired because of the russia investigation. Reporter a focus for republicans, the president never explicitly told comey to drop the investigation into Michael Flynn. I took it as a direction. I mean, this is the president of the united states. You may have taken it as a direction but thats not what he said. Correct. Reporter and regarding the president s tweeted threat suggesting that their conversations may have been recorded. Ive seen the dweet about tapes. I hope there are tape. Reporter comey said russians are coming after america and will try again. As you would imagine no shortage of reaction to all of this today. Lets go to nbc 10s lauren mayk who was the only local tv reporter inside todays hearing. She is live inside the hearing room right now. Lauren, thanks for being here. Describe the atmosphere in that room today. Reporter yeah, jim, this is where it happened. This right back here, this chair, this is where jim comey sat to address the committee but really he was addressing the entire nation. Ive seen him testify before back when he testified in front of the House Intelligence Committee and i can tell you that this time there was a little bit less formality sometimes as he was speaking because he was talking about his conversations with the president. You can tell when hes being very guarded, when he is being the fbi director, and hes talking about investigations and hes trying to choose his words very carefully, but it did seem as he talked about his own notes, the way he went about things, recounting stories of the way he talked to whether it was the attorney general or the president , that he was a little tls a1 qq1 less2ch formal thann he was talking about those investigations. Now, i spoke with both republicans and democrats afterwards, we heard from both republicans and democrats after this and the chair and the vice chair of this committee they were being a little bit guarded. They didnt take any questions but they came out and they made some statements and they did say that this does not end their investigation. That it now continues from here, taking in everything that director former director comey said and then next week they will be working with bob muller the special counsel to then work on making sure that both investigations, both the congressional one, the senate one and also the special counsel one can both go forward at the same time. Jim. Lauren, much work still to come. Talk to me about who else was inside that packed room. Who was there . You know, up here of course you had the committee members. Not just reporter hes actually not on the committee but he did get to be here today and ask some questions and then jim comey of course. Here you had guests including the former u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara from new york, he was in the audience here, that actually caused a little bit of a stir n that back row there were seats reserved for members, for congressional members if they wanted to come. Then those tables, thats where the press sat, i sat over there by the wall. And then in theda n back you ce there actually arent that many seats for the public, but people could come in, the public could come in, but i tell you most of those seats were taken up by interns, washington interns, who lined up13 . etju hours this morn, hundreds of them, down the hall, around the corner wanting to be here for history. Jim. Getting some real world experience there. Lauren mayk and our live uaz washington, d. C. Afternoon. Ahead at 4 30 now the world took in todays testimony that included watch parties at bars and restaurants, including some of the philly area. Join us for a look at that story coming up at 4 30. Lets send it back to my coanchor jacqueline london for a look at the rest of the news of the day. Well see you soon. Turning now to todays Sexual Assault trial. For the first time in court we are hearing cosbys side of the story but that account did not come from the comedian himself. Deanna durante has been in the courtroom from the beginning of this trial. Reporter bill cosby will not take the stand in his own defense, however, the jury heard his words today from a Police Statement he game in 2005 where he talks about his relationship with Andrea Constand, even supplying them with the pills he says he gave her that night. Cosby sits in his usual seat on the edge of a crowded defense table, at times looking to the ceiling and twirling his cane as the detective who has been on the case since 2005 reads a Police Statement. In it cosby talks about Andrea Constand saying she felt he had a learning disorder, says he pushed her to take up a career in Sports Broadcasting and when it comes to sexual contact he says he always initiated it, but andrea was a willing participant. He also says in a Casino Hotel Room the two held each other on the bed for two hours and talked. Constand testified yesterday saying the two were on the bed together but barely touched and only cosby laid down. Cosby told police at an evening 2005 meeting at his home he and constand engaged in petting, touching, kissing. At one point he says he placed his hands under her shirt and undid her bra, when andrea asked him to stop he complied. He said he was never interested in sexual intercourse, he simply enjoyed the petting. The jury saw those small pink pills in a bag after they had been tested by a lab. Cosby also tells police that he felt Andrea Constands mother was hostile towards him because he ended the relationship with her daughter and didnt thank him for a tshirt they gave her. The jury is hearing more from police on the stand this afternoon. Deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Turning to our weather now, a great day for a jog or rooid on your bike. We caught these three out and about. Things did feel a bit warmer today, it is just the start of our return to summer temperatures. Glen hurricane schwartz is with us know. This is just the beginning, glen. Thats right, jackie. As soon as we get rid of these clouds the temperature will be able to jump quite a bit. We also have to get the wind direction to change. This is cape may, its dry there, but there are a lot of clouds especially near the cost and offshore as we watch a coastal storm staying offshore, tracking offshore but some of the lingering clouds just getting back into our area and thats helped keep the temperature down a little bit. Along with that east wind. Its 68 in ph 76phia, weve been up to 71 so far, allentown has been in the mid 70s. So the farther away from the ocean you are the more sunshine there was and the warmer it was. So this is the trend that were going to be seeing here. We only got up to 67 yesterday, 71 so far today, 82 tomorrow and then theres your weekend. And sunshine on top of that. For tonight were going to be clearing out, its not going to be as cool as last night in some areas, but once we do clear the temperature can get down into xiouru s see just how hot it s and how long it stays hot with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. Breaking news now in south jersey,8ntkn force 10 just fle over pennsauken where someone reportedly was just hit by a train. You can see Police Officers along the train tracks there. The train was stopped during this investigation. A first alert traffic update for the evening rush. A tractortrailer carrying trash overturned and spilled its load causing big backups on the pennsylvania turnpike. Sky force 10 flew over this mess this afternoon, the turnpike was closed at the bensalem exit but reopened around 2 30. A oneyearold boy a found dead inside a home. Police say he had been beaten and Sexual Assaulted and now they say they have the man responsible. That home was along south conestoga street in southwest philadelphia. Police received a call from the home last night. Nbc 10s rows mary connors is following this story for us. It turns out the man who made that initial call is the suspect . Reporter thats what were learning from police. Were also learning that that stepfather he is now in the process of being charged. Neighbors describe the house heredee as a boarding house whe rooms are rented, although we havent seen anyone come or go today. Neighbors also tell me they are disturbed by the circumstances surrounding this babys v its very sad and to see a child young and full of life a lot of us was concerned last night. Reporter here police tell us they met the boys 24yearold stepfath stepfather, he led officers upstairs where they discovered the infant lying on the floor without a pulls. Doctors determined the boy was dead and noticed bruises and signs of Sexual Assault. Some people on the block didnt want to show their faces on camera but did want to talk and express their grief. Good god all mighty. I didnt hear about that. It makes me want to keep my son at home at all times. Reporter now, right now the stepfather he will be facing charges related to attempted murder. Police tell me that those charges could be upgraded to murder pending the autopsy. The exact cause of death in this case thats going to come from the medical examiner. Weve been keeping in touch with their office this afternoon, we will be checking in before the day is out. If we have new information to pass along we will send it your way during the 5 00 newscast. Im rows mary connors. The contractor accused of leaking a highly classified reported about russias interference with the election will plead not guilty. She is charged with providing a top secret document to a news website called the intercept. That report claims russia hacked at least one voter Software Company in the u. S. Leading up to last novembers president ial election. Winner was a Government Contractor working for the National Security agency. Voters in london had security on their minds when they cast their ballots today in the countrys general election. Voters are choosing 650 lawmakers for the house of commons. The vote was supposed to be dominated by brexit, but voters are anxiously aware of security concerns in the country. There have been three terror incidents in britton this year alone. Security remains high around the London Bridge following last weekends terror attack. New safety barriers were installed across the bridge. Seven people were killed in coordinated attacks on that bridge and nearby restaurants. Police arrested three people in east london on suspicion of terrorism he offenses. They were not connected to saturdays attack. Blood shed inside a pennsylvania supermarket overnight. An employee brought two guns to work when his shift started he killed three of his coworkers and killed himself. This all happened about 1 00 a. M. Inside a market northwest of scranton. Police say one witness managed creating an action plan in case of an emergency. You will remember back in 2014 police spent more than a month searching for a man who killed a state trooper in an ambushstyle attack. The search took a toll on the local economy who lost big towards them and other money. Next week pennsylvania lawmakers will meet with Business Leaders to talk about what they could do different, the bill now goes to the senate. Right now new jersey is one of five states that has a ballot selfie ban. A live look from philadelphias city hall. June is pride month in philadelphia and the kickoff celebration is under way. We can listen in for a moment. Designing and creating the flag we will see raised. Id also like to thank the office of lbgtq affairs and the Mayors Commission on lbgtq affairs for your commitment to this work and insistence we make this community norwell coming and inclusive than ever before. Listening into mayor jim kenney. They will be raising a pride flag and they hope that towards raising the flag it is a step towards inclusivity and a conversation starter. Happening now in the next 15 minutes a celebration will begin to welcome new bling to philadelphia. Artist martin preares big bling sculpture sits on kelly drive. The public party lasts until 7 00 tonight. New Yorks Madison SquarePark Conservancy brought the]dpec ar to philadelphia. Part of Atlantic Citys boardwalk now has a new look and feel. Officials cut a ribbon to mark the long awaited opening of a completely rebuilt section of the wooden way between rhode island and whereb]1ac constructs under way on another new broad walk. Officials believe the new boards will help bring more people and a wave of development to the citys southeast inlet. And i think you will see this is the next new part of Atlantic City to grow into one full housing community. Both projects are part of a 50 million effort connecting the boardwalk to gardners basin. Checking in on our weather, you felt the change out there today, bigger changes are coming our way. Lets chick in with glen. Yeah, jackie. And i was just at that right spot where you just did that story, i was walking there last weekend. How did that happen . Beautiful, beautiful sight with the ocean right there, the inlet on the other side and its just going to be an amazing weekend at the shore this weekend. In philadelphia now we are seeing the clouds thin out and a little bit of blue showing up. Its 68 degrees that east wind keeping things on the cooler side and as we go toward the Lehigh Valley we see temperatures in the low 70s, dropping to near 60 degrees by 10 00. So its going to drop pretty quickly, but the thing is that it got a little bit warmer than even the philadelphia area for the most part. Burkes, lehigh, North Hampton county 73, blanton 73, those temperatures are higher than philadelphia got today. Reading at 71, merits town at 70, allentown 72, whitehall 72, bethlehem 72. 71 in philadelphia. Now, the big warm up has started, did start a little bit today helped out by the clouds and east wind. The east wave starts on sunday. Weve been telling you about this for over a week and this is one of the reasons we do tenday forecasts because sometimes we can see such dramatic changes that far ahead of time. The rain, well, looks like its going toqnf continue to be dry it looks like about a weeks worth next wednesday looks like the first legitimate chance of getting any kind of showers. And sunny days starting tomorrow, were going to see a lot of them. Watch the temperature going up, up, up, up, up. And here were talking monday and tuesday, thats very close to record levels. And were not necessarily talking about really, really high humidity, but record heat after temperatures in the 60s, thats quite a change. You can see how dry it is to our west, the clouds are thicker toward the coast and thats because of this storm. It came up from the gulf of mexico and this is what weve been talking about for a while and keeping the clouds in, the cool weather at the shore today, but thats a lot of rain out there and didnt miss by a whole lot. And as it moves away thats going to allow the sunshine to return. So tomorrow were going to see all that sunshine, a day like we havent seen in a little while. 82 in fair mount, 83 tack knee, 79 he will win, reading at 80, allentown 78, easton 78 degrees. Lots of sunshine, relatively low humidity, not much wind. A lot of people are going to love this potential start to the weekend. And at the shore 72 degrees, a bit of a sea breeze after warming up a little bit more than we got today. Su t it didnt get much above 62 at the beaches in new jersey today. 81 at avalon and at Rehoboth Beach. Now, as we head into the weekend, okay, the temperature is going to go up, philadelphia we showed you the 88 and 92. Up to 94 in the Lehigh Valley on sunday. So they may actually get hotter than philadelphia and at the jersey shore temperatures getting into the 80s on sunday so it should be warmer sunday than saturday but thats a nice relief from what were seeing in the inland areas. Now, Rehoboth Beach and delaware beaches are going to be hotter than the jersey shore this weekend. A southwest wind is more of m land breeze here and its going to get hot but its going to be sunny saturday and sunday at the delaware beaches and wildwood 75 on saturday, under to 82 on sunday, weve got sunshine there and Atlantic City up to 84 degrees on sunday. We will see how long the heat lasts coming up. Well, it started with a fiery crash after a chase. What happens when Police Arrive has put this story in the spotlight. The dramatic video and the mixup that has several officers under fire. Also ahead, unexpected something that will likely be the most frightening moment of his life. Plus this economic point is true, the millennials, too learning through lyrics, the local teacher taking a less than conventional approach to his lessons. Award winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded luxury suv of the century. Visit your volvo dealer to take advantage of our midsommar sales event offer. This is nbc 10 news. A north jersey man who tried helping after seeing a fiery crash is recovering. Video shows officers kicking him and we do want to warn you this video is tough to watch. You can see the man on his knees in the middle of your screen, theyre trying to take his burning clothes off. Then he is surrounded by officers, guns drawn. One of the officers kicks him. The officers then dragqg him a from the flames and into the street. This all happened sunday. But the video surfaced yesterday. The mayor of jersey city wants the officers fired. The Police Union Says the officers were trying to put out the flames and get the man to safety. If you are afraid of sharks this video might make you cringe a bit. A spear fisherman was attacked by a reef shark sunday and caught it on camera. He says he often sees the small sharks where he was off the coast of key west but this one came out of nowhere. Look at that thing, would you. The shark took a bite out of the fishermans leg, he was able to make it back to the boat where he got some help. Usually its rubber neckers slowing down traffic but in japan this morning, there is a real reason to stop and look whats on the side of the road, a truck filled with pigs got into an wasnt dnd at pigs escaped. Police officers had to wrangle up those hogs before they could reopen the road. Im Jim Rosenfield coming to you live from washington, d. C. Todays highly anticipated testimony from former fbi director james comey still has people talking here this afternoon and it had people all over the country glued to their tvs and mobile devices. What viewers at home are thinking after catching todays action on capitol hill. Glen. Well, as soon as these winds change direction were going to get a big warmup. Its already under way a little bit, but this is just the beginning. How high those temperatures are going to go and when next in my exclusive first alert forecast. A strange find in a trash bag in philadelphia, baby raccoons. That story is all new at 5 00. It takes a lot of people to make a good school day. Miss hoffman gets us there safe every time. Mrs. Migliaccio teaches us all about fractions and haikus and the erie canal miss reeves makes us sound amazing. And miss santoro always takes time to see how were doing. Miss simpkins keeps our school looking great. Recess wouldnt be recess without miss basile. And mrs. Mccarthy always has tons of good books to read. Which makes for a pretty good day at school. This is nbc 10 news. Welcome back. Were live in washington, d. C. Covering todays big story. Former fbi director james comey spelling out what happened in his private meetings with president donald trump. In his nearly three hours of testimony he said he was afraid what was said, so he documented the conversations in memos and he said he was fired because of the Russian Investigation in his opinion. He also admitted he leaked information to the press through a friend. I didnt do it myself for a variety of reasons but i asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel so i asked a close friend of mine to do it. Comey also said that the to drop the Russian Investigation. He said the president hoped that the investigation of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn would go away. Now, todays testimony attracted eyes from all over the world, whether you were here in the Nations Capital or in new jersey, people were watching. Cindy long joining us live from camden this afternoon. Cindy, what kind of reaction are you getting there. Reporter jim, i can an telu its certainly tough to be glued to the tv set or perhaps a Youtube Channel during the part local voters on both sides of the river told me they took time to carve out that time today because what was revealed during that testimony they say goes to the heart of our nations security. At an ale house in center city. We do special things for every event. Reporter as senators grilled former fbi director james comey in an open hearing. Today is your opportunity to set the record state. Its an event where you have to sit and kind of Pay Attention to whats going on, its wordforword and a little tedious, frankly. Reporter the oldest pub in the city had discussion and debate themselves as to make it a watch party event or not. Its very divisive and i think its too serious of a time for us to decide to make it an event with specialty cocktails and entertainment. Reporter still the lunch crowd was help captive. I totally believe trump was like this guykuis going to freaking out me and got to get rid of him, you know, put somebody else in and he will be my little puppy next. We were streaming it at work, had one headphone in trying to do Everything Else at the same time. As americans it is our right to know what is going on. I feel like theyve been keeping a lot from us and im happy he agreed to do this open hearing like this. Reporter she and her friend say the consistency of comeys answers point to his integrity on russian interference in the election and overall. Honesty, just knowing what happened and Going Forward things like this dont occur again. Reporter voters say comeys cooperation promotes transparency, they hope it brings unity not more divide. I like the truth. I want to know. People should know the truth, bottom line. Reporter so both on the philadelphia side and here in south jersey we can tell you those lunch crowds they were pretty strong today, some people leaving the office a little bit early or stretching their lunch break a little late so they could listen and watch. The question is did they take sides or did they listen with an opennkc mind and open heart fro the beginning. We asked that question, we will share with you some of those answers coming up at 5 00 and at 6 00. For now live in camden, im cindy long. Jim back to you. There was one lighthearted moment during todays testimony, a senator asked comey about a meeting between comey and the president that has been the topic of controversy and comey president called an invited him to dinner. And i said whatever works for you, sir, and then i hung up and i had to call my wife and break a date with her, i was supposed night and thats thats one of the all time great excuses for breaking a date. In retrospect i love spending time with my wife, i wish i had been there that night. Some laughter in the hearing room there. Weve got much more ahead from here in washington. I will be back at 5 00 and we will have an interview with lester holt and then lester will be back of course for an entire half hour live from the Nations Capital. Nbc nightly news is tonight at 6 30. For now we toss it back to jacqueline london for a look at more news making headlines today. Urng it to our first alert weather thews beach down at ca may is empty right now but you can expect it to be packed this weekend with warm weather on the way. After a week of gloom in june a lot of people are looking forward to a change giving us glenrr;n hurricane schwartz wi details for us. Glen. Jackie, this is going to be a good weekend at the shore and i soon as we get rid of these clouds we will start to see the changes coming. Well, these clouds are thinning out as we look to the western sky and were seeing some blue out there. So conditions are already starting to improve as you can see the back edge of those clouds finally moving from west to east. Theyre still pretty thick toward the shore and we have the rain not too far offshore, but its obviously missing us and going off to the east, but that east wind has kept the shore pretty cold. Its 60 degrees in Atlantic City marina, 62 Atlantic City international, 70 wilmington, 73 reading and 74 lancaster. So youve just got to get away from that east wind and7 could see how things are going to be warming up and thats whats going to happen. Starting tomorrow. And that will jump us up probably a good 10 degrees. You will notice that kind of difference and then saturday and sunday even hotter. By sunday were into the 90s and it looks like we are going to start a heat wave. It will be cooling down overnight, i have the skies clear, temperatures even down into the 40s in some of the suburbs, but its going to get hot and we will see how hot and for how long coming up. All right, glen. Cape may county the bridge between Sea Isle City and avalon could open by the 4th of july but officials warn that is not a guarantee. The inlet bridge closed in april after a crack was discovered in a support pier. Drivers must use route 9 or the garden state parkway to travel between the shore towns. In the Lehigh Valley voters could decide whether or not to limit allentowns mayor to a twoterm limit. Right now there is no term limit at all. Last night the Allentown City Council approved a bill that would place the referendum on the november ballot. The current mayor could veto the bill. Js9qm at the cathedral kitchen served up the right ingredients and graduated today. Students take part in a hands on fourmonth class. Almost all the students already have jobs. Former nbc 10 inc. Aer terry rug gels emceed the graduation. They say milk does a body good but not all mill, are created equally. What certain kinds of milk could be doing to your kids. And face time, the discovery by doctors that changes everything you know about what babies can do while still in the womb. Keeping you safe in the storm, the new efforts to make sure your power stays on if another hurricane like Superstorm Sandy were to strike. And a look at the closing bell on wall street, all three indexes finished oun the positive. Dow finished up 8 points, the nasdaq closed up 24. Today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. So at citizens bank, weve created banking tools that fit how youre living today. From advanced atms. To online banking. To our Award Winning mobile app. And if you prefer facetoface, we have that too. 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Were tracking the return of summerlike temperatures. As soon as those clouds get out of the way. I will tell you how hot its going to be getting in your neighborhood and when next on my first alert forecast. Back home, backfire. A thieves failed attempt at stealing an atm that you need to see. This is nbc 10 news. Are you hungry . Eagles fans treated to mick don thanks to uber eats. You can now use your uber eats app to order a big mac or mcdouble. Hopefully fries, too. All right. Its a sign of the times, harry styles is coming to philadelphia, the one direction band member who is heading in his own direction will be stopping at the wells fargo center. Just stop your crying its a sign of the times weve got to get away from here the show is a year from now, june 2018, but you can get your tickets next friday on the wells fargo ÷website. It was a special moment for a reading senior as she walked on the field to accept her diploma. Catherine walsh fulfilled her dream last night. Walsh has had Cerebral Palsy since she was born. She normally does not walk in public but she got up from her wheelchair and made her way to accept the diploma from the school president. Her fellow classmates and the entire crowd gave her a standing ovation. She plans to attend a Vocational Technical School in the fall. Such a big smile from her. Love to see that. Weve seen after graduations all week long around our area. In just a couple days it might be a little hot for one of those black gowns, glen. Especially early next week. We will be talking about near record heat and after these days in the 60s its going to be quite a change. We continue to see a lot of clouds around but some peeks of sunshine and we are going to be seeing that the clouds are going to break up and move out as we head through the night. We still have that northeast wind at the shore, so temperature cant warm up very much. 62 cape may point, upper township, 60 who will gate, 61 summers point, 62 degree ocean, yeah, you need a wind thats a land breeze if you want to get like even into the 70s. Compared to this time yesterday we were a few degrees warmer, not a lot, except for coatesville, 7 degrees warmer because they are farther away from the ocean, had a little bit more sunshine. Now, the cool air thats been with us is leaving and the hot air building up in the middle of the country is going to be coming to the east. There is no doubt about that. There is no doubt that its going to last for more than a couple of days. The question of course is going to be how long it stays here. In the case of this system, which happens a lot, were looking for a back door front coming in from new england rather than something coming in from the west putting an end to this. That would be more like the middle of next week, that would also provide a chance for some showers. You can see the clouds here thicker toward the coast, thinnest to the west. You can see burkes county, western Chester County with a lot of sunshine right now and there is a lot of rain offshore, but that of course is moving away. Now, as we go through the night tonight we have clearing conditions, it will cool down of course, temperatures into the 40s by morning in many of the suburbs but thats not going to last. So first thing in the morning, yeah, it may be a little chilly, may need a little bit of a jacket but its going to warm up very quickly tomorrow and we will be close to 80 degrees even by noontime. In the afternoon, look at this, sunshine everywhere. Havent seen that in a while. We are going to be seeing more of that as we head into the weekend. Now, it will be cooler at the jersey shore but not a tremendous amount cooler, especially on sunday, 82 degrees is pretty warm for the shore. And then the sea breeze comes in in the afternoon. So it might be warmest at the jersey shore in the midday hours and not in the afternoon. You can see there is the heat wave, sunday, monday, tuesday. Wednesday its still a question as to whether it will get up near 90 degrees depending on that front coming down that also would increase the chance of showers. Look at that, just as soon as you see those ps in there phillies are coming home. All of a sudden the pattern changes. Are they jiksed . Whats going on . Well, we already know that. Now the weather doesnt help. This time the weather isnt enjoyed this week of the gloom and doom, hope they wont complain when it gets to the 90s. What are the chance of that. You probably hear it all the time. Too hot, too cold. Cant win. Thank you, glenn. We all have that one teacher who sticks out among all the others. Welcome back to class. One thing is for sure, youve never seen class quite like this before. A local teachers unique o sparking change, an attack on a man with a mental disability in philadelphia could adjust a law statewide. Ahh. Where are mom and dad . saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico goin up the country. Love mom and dad im takin a nap. Dude, you just woke up im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. He uses slick rhymes and sick beats to teach in a way thats anything but boring. Greg caskey teaches economics and math at delaware military academy. He has been at the school for for years now. Tim if you are long shows us how hes using hip hop to help connect with his class. So i suppose i was a rapper first. Jt caskey isnt an economics teacher by day and rapper at night, he does both at the same time, he wraps about economics. He shot a video after just today. Gregpeb started hip hop inomicsm and wants to spread the word that economics can be fun to learn. His students at delaware military have bought into his enthusiasm big time, they even shoot and costar in his videos. Thats a lot of peoples experiences with economics which is a huge injustice, its a subject thats alive and exciting and exhilarating to me but its not received that way, its not taught that way because that would kill me if we were just having fun but werent really exploring the topics. When people are listening to lyrics they are not thinking about economics but theyre learning at the same time when theyre having fun. Reporter greg got his pastorskt in entrepreneur shi the university of delaware which inspired him to make a program out of this other teachers can use around the country. His wraps about things like free trade versus protectionist policies are designed to make a tough topic easier for his students to understand. He hopes they will love chiks like he does. I dont like to think that im tricking them into learning it but perhaps it has that effect. Bottom line, kids are enjoying it. They are. Creative approach. Thats right. Next on nbc 10 news at 5 00 we have Team Coverage of the comey hearings. Jim. Next at 5 00 reaction from the Nations Capital. We are hearing from lawmakers about what they think after james comeys big testimony today. Plus we will talk to lester holt about where we go from here. Glenn. Warmer weather is returning and its going to stick around for a while this time, too. I will have your first alert forecast. Baby raccoons dumped in a trash bag, new at 5 00 the search to find the person who did it. Nbc 10 news starts now. Comeys case to congress, the former fbi director breaks his silence, testifying on capitol hill today. Tonight on nbc 10 news at 5 00 Team Coverage in washington, d. C. Of the former fbi directors big day on capitol hill. Nbc 10s Jim Rosenfield and lauren mayk have been following this story all day. Lauren has reaction from lawmakers but we begin with jim who is breaking down todays testimony. Comey testified for nearly three hours today telling his side of private conversations with President Trump. Comey said he knew he could be fired at any time by the president , but from the very beginning of his testimony comey took issue with the reason he was fired. The administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the fbi. Former fbi director james comey came on strong during his opening remarks calling out President Trump for saying the bureau was in disarray and poorly led. Those were lies, plain and simple. Comey testified under oath for more than two hours saying he had no doubt that russia interfered with the president ial election. He said to his knowledge the president did not ask him to stop the bureaus investigation into russias involvement andic÷ said it was up to the special counsel to determine if obstruction of justice6w2 occur when the president asked him to drop the fbi investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning. Comey says he documented his private conversations with the president because he said he knew there would be a day when he would need a record. I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting. He said he was also concerned when President Trump insisted on speaking to him alone, even making others leave the room so that could happen. Comey said he mentioned this to the attorney general. I knew something was about to happen that i needed to pay very close attention to. And comey admitted to leaking information from one of his memos to the press through a Columbia University law professor. 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