Crisis mode right now on damage control on two fronts. A memo from james comey reportedly says the president asked him to shut down an investigation. And the administration isnt denying that President Trump revealed classified information to russian officials. But first a serious situation is unfolding in several state. Yes, widespread storms. This morning Severe Weather stretching thousands of miles from texas all the way north to the canadian border. Tornadoes in two u. S. States turning deadly. Can you start us a massive mutual aid for the Trailer Court . Reporter in Central Wisconsin an official calling the damage to one neighborhood total destruction. The destruction, its nothing ive ever seen in my 20 plus year career in law enforcement. Reporter telephone poles along this one road toppled over. Massive trees ripped from their roots and d over this farm and in elk city, oklahoma, in the panhandle a twister there turning lives upside down. Home after home. Leveled. One bus on its side, these cars at a junk yard piled on top of one another and the storm stretching into the deep south. This tornado caught on camera touching down in mclean, texas. Amazing scenes overnight there and quite a stormy night in the heartland and there was a political firestorm in the meantime, in washington. President trump facing allegations of obstruction of justice. Sources say the president had asked james comey to shut down the fbi investigation into former National Security adviser michael flynn. Comey reportedly wrote a memo to document that conversation. Now lawmakers are demanding to see that memo. They also want to hear directly from comey. Abcs janai norman in washington with the latest scandal. Reporter backtoback bombshells shaking up the white house. A day after reports President Trump shared highly information with top russian leaders. Sources tell abc news President Trump suggested former fbi director james comey shut down his investigation into former National Security adviser michael flynn. In a week full of revelation after revelation, on a day when we thought things couldnt get any worse, they have. Reporter a source close to comey tells abc news the day after flynn was fired in february, comey wrote a memo allegedly quoting the president saying, i hope you can let this go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can let this go. If true, this is yet another disturbing allegation that the president may have engaged in some interference or obstruction of the investigation. Reporter the New York Times first reported the memo saying it was part of a paper trail comey wanted to leave behind as evidence of what he called improper influence on his investigation. The white house is disputing the story saying in a statement, the president has never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation including investigation involving general flynn. This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. Comey but representative jason chaffetz, the leading republican on the House Oversight committee has already requested the alleged comey memo from the fbi as other republicans weigh in on this weeks explosive reports. I think it would be helpful to have less drama. Reporter and things havent settled down since the president suddenly fired fbi director james comey last week and these latest reports have republican john mccain reportedly saying President Trumps scandals are reaching watergate size in scale. Kendis and diane. This and its only wednesday morning. Hang tight. Thank you, janai. The white house by the way is also dealing with other accusations about President Trumps meeting with russian diplomats. But the president is not disputing claims that he gave the russians highly classified information. Intelligence we now know came from israel. Abcs david wright with more. Did you reveal information to the russians, sir . Reporter this new controversy comes hot on the heels of other nun. Did you share classified intelligence information with the russians . Thank you very much. Reporter an explosive scoop by the Washington Post that President Trump was looselipped about highly sensitive Intelligence Matters at his meeting last week with the Russian Foreign minister. Now in full damage control mode. I stand by my statement i made yesterday. The premise of that article is false. We had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. Reporter the president s allies not happy. I think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the white house. Reporter the sensitive intelligence the president is accused of sharing has to do with an active isis plot to hide bombs in Laptop Computers able to avoid detection by airport screening machines. The president s National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster denied the story. The story tonight as reported is false. Reporter then the president confirmed he shared secrets with the russians in a series of tweets. As president , i wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled white house meeting which i have the absolute right to do facts pertaining to terrorism and Airline Flight safety. Leaving it to mcmaster to explain his rationale. So this was the context of the conversation in which it was wholly appropriate to share what the threat was as a basis for common action and coordination. Our thanks to david wright there reporting. Should mention some other details are emerging about the intelligence the president is accused of sharing with the russians. Current and former u. S. Officials tell abc news it has put the life of a spy inside isis at risk. That spy was placed there by israel. Experts say the real risk isnt just that individual, but future sources of information about plots against the united states. Even so, a top israeli official said on twitter israels relationship with the u. S. Remains, quote, deep, significant and unprecedented. Its been a busy week at the white house. The turkish president was there sparking violent protests in washington. Supporters clashed with human rights protesters outside the Turkish Embassy where the president erdogan had gone after his meeting with President Trump. Nine people were injured. Two arrested. The army private who gave classified military documents to wikileaks gets out of prison today. Chelsea manning served seven years of her 35year sentence. She was granted clemency by president obama before he left office. The formally Bradley Manning transitioned while he was in prison. She said she wanted to expose the militarys disregard of the effects of war, she said. A closer look at todays weather. Theres a very strong storm system extending all the way from south texas to minnesota. The strongest cells right now are over nebraska, iowa and thunderstorms and even tornadoes are possible along with heavy rain and large hail. It will feel like summer today in the midatlantic and northeast. On the way up to temperatures in the 90s. Tomorrow record highs are possible. It could reach 93 in d. C. , 92 in boston. Time to break out shes shorts. Still ahead, find out which airline is most likely to bump you from your flight. Plus, a mystery in the bermuda triangle. A plane suddenly crashes into the sea. What were learning about the people on board. A car smashes into a store. Hear why investigators say this was no accident. Crews with Police Protection worked through the night in new orleans to remove another confederate era monument. The statue of p. G. T. Bow reigard has stood there since 1915, the third of four monuments the city plans to remove. Georgia conducting its first execution of 2017. The state executed more inmates last year than anywhere else in the u. S. 45yearold j. W. Ledford was convicted of murdering his 73yearold neighbor in 1992. Ledfords lawyers asked for leniency because ledford was only 20 years old at the time and they say his brain was still developing. An investigation is under way in houston after a preschool science experiment went seriously wrong injuring a dozen 3yearolds. Fire Officials Say it happened outside the school as a teacher mixed to show flames changing colors. The experiment erupted into a fireball. It exploded and some of the little kids got hurt so they had to go to the hospital. Because they got burned with fire. 11 children were bunched and one was trampled in the panic. Only one child remains hospitalized this morning and were told is in good condition. Police in florida have just released this Surveillance Video from outside a mosque near tampa. Watch as the suspect pours accelerant on the sidewalk and then lights it on fire. Now, the incident happened in february but police are now releasing this video hoping it will help find the person involved. The fire was extinguished quickly but the mosque did sustain some damage. Okay, despite recent highly publicized incidents airline bumping is no worse than last year. Now, through the first three months of this year, u. S. Airlines bumped about one in every 16,000 passengers. More often the carriers find volunteers to give seats, of course. Jetblue bumped the most often. Delta, the least. Now we know. So united is off the hook at least according to those number. Somewhere in the middle. When we come back the newest washington redskin with a famous last name. A grandson of a music legend just signed an nfl contract. The man who is suing his date for texting during a movie. Huh. 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She says his behavior made her feelup with good morning washington. Its wednesday, may 17th. And get ready for a hot day in the district. Meteorologist Eileen Whelan will break down the big numbers in just a moment, bur first here are some of the mornings other top stories. A shocking report sparking action on capitol hill. Sources claim President Trump asked former fbi director james comes to stop his investigation into former National Security adviser michael flynn. Comey was fired 2 months later. The white house is desput not an accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. Comey. Regardless subpeonas may be issued in the coming days now that allegations of president ial interference have surfaced. A series of storms leave a path of destruction across several states. At least one person is dead and more are injured after a storm ripped through elk city in oklahoma. Just look at all this damage. Tornadoes have also been reported in kansas, nebraska, texas and wisconsin. Good morning washington. Toss to eileen code orange air quality alert today record highs possible today best chance of storms friday cooler weekend ahead today hot and humid. Record highs possible. Highs 9095 winds sw 510 mph tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Lows 6771 winds sw 5 mph thursday partly cloudy. Hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms, highs 8994 winds sw 510 mph cloudy. Hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms, mainly west of d. C. Highs 8994 winds sw 510 mph developing now. D. C. Police are following a deadly officerinvolved shooting. Around 6 30 last night, a woman crashed a sedan outside the Bald Eagle Rec Center in southwest. Police chief Peter Newsham says his officers received a call about the crash. Then learned she was possibly carrying a handgun. Police say when two officers arrived, they confirmed she was armed, and shot her. She died later that night. Newsham did not say what else led up to the shooting. And its unclear whether the officers warned the woman before they shot her. The officers will be interviewed, and will be placed on aministrative leave. A 7 on your side health alert this morning and its bad news about sushi. A british medical journal is out with a new report. It cites a rise in illness, due to seafood containing parasites. That could be connnected to the popularity of sushi, especially in the summer months. Japan and spain see the most cases but theyre also showing up in the us. One small oversight is leading to an big embarrasment for a new mexico phone book company. Take a look at this. The company is apologizing for its albuquerque yellow pages because it printed a map of the us backwards the confusing image is stunning a lot of people. And while the company said sorry it says it will not reprint the 300thousand editions. So for now washington dc is located on the west coast. Its xx and were just getting started. Right now at 4 xx the white house scandals keep growing. This morning sources are telling multiple news outlets that there are memos from former f. B. I director james comey that President Trump asked comey to shut don washington im autria godfrey. And im larry smith. Good morning washington. Code orange air quality alert today record highs possible today best chance of storms friday cooler weekend ahead today hot and humid. Record highs possible. Highs 9095 winds sw 510 mph tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Lows 6771 winds sw 5 mph thursday partly cloudy. Hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms, mainly west of d. C. Highs 8994 winds sw 510 mph