Said that two guys showed up, put a chain around the machine, attached the chain to a truck and tried to pull it away and failed and all they were left with was some damage. Is still intact and screwed to the ground. I spoke with the worker, as i mentioned. You will hear from him in later editions of good morning washington, but when it comes to the search for the people responsible, police tell me that they are still working on the description of the vehicle they are looking for. So, that is the latest from southeast. Im q mccray. Behind you im seeing a gorgeous sunrise. Beautiful, just now coming up, 6 00 this morning, this time of year we got the earlier sunrise and it wont be quite as nice for the sunset with the high clouds moving in. Temperatures are pretty good across the area. The lowererally in 40s the area. Leesburg, warrenton, 45 even in greenbelt. A light jacket, but by the time we get to late morning at lunchtime, we will be warming up. 73 is the drop off time, it will be a fabulous day for biking to school. Thats exactly what day it is. Biking to school, fivestar rating for today. Perfect timing, right . The rain and maybe even a little bit of wind, to, tracking waves of low pressure along the weather boundary here that gives us the wet weather starting late thursday through midday saturday with rainfall totals coming up. Julie . Along 270, the problem is a crash towards Montrose Road where the accident is still tying up the right side of the highway, you are looking at a 12 minute backup headed south, but the remains of the crash are still there waiting on a record to move the truck from the right side of the road. Stayed to the left to get by, delays starting to form for shady grove road. In virginia the slowest trip is going to be along 95 leaving stafford, no accidents, just volume pushing northbound. Heavy and study towards quantico. That is our traffic watch. Back in the next 10 minutes to update the ride in northeast. Larry chaos inside the fbi right now. The agency head of being fired on the fly, the timing has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle asking some serious questions. Larry Suzanne Kennedy has more from just outside the white house. Suzanne this came as a huge midafternoon surprise, a shocking decision to fire the nations top Law Enforcement officer. A move that hasnt happened in nearly a quarter of a century here. In the letter to the now ousted james comey the president said the firing was necessary to restore public trust and confidence in the fbi and with it came a harsh review by the Deputy Attorney general about how mr. Comey conducted the investigation into hillary n. L. Practices. Justice Department Officials determined that comey violated principles and procedures by publicly discussing the investigation. This comes as a are leading an investigation into whether the Trump Campaign worked with u. S. A to interfere in the election last november. Concerns this morning by Many Democrats that this historic shakeup could derail the program. Comey learning that he was fired while at a speaking in los angeles, reportedly talking to a crowd of potential recruits when the news broke on television that he had been fired. Attorney general Jeff Sessions announcing that comeys deputy will be the acting director of the fbi upon new one is sought. Reporting live, Suzanne Kennedy, good morning washington. Autria reaction pouring in overnight on social media with sam. Media exploding after this announcement. Overnight at number of senators, congressmen and women, putting up her own statements on twitter. Lets start with the republicans. I spent the last several hours trying to find an acceptable rationale for the timing of the firing, but i just cant. The move onto justin a mosh, a congressman from the Third District of michigan. The second paragraph of this letter is bizarre , obviously referring to President Trumps letter referring to the former fbi director. That thein also saying removal only confirms the need for a select committee to investigate the russian interference in the 2016 election. And then on the democratic side, senator tim kaine saying that shows howng comey frightened the administration is over the rush investigation. John daigle, a former congressman from michigan says open who the hell is in charge with this place, i would like to speak to a manager. We will continue to get reactions and we will have much more coming up later this morning. We are following every new development in this changing story. Stay up to speed with us on wjla. Com. Melanie tensions rising on the minute korean peninsula. South korea could now be a new source of friction for the white house. While you were sleeping, the winner of the president ial election said that he would be koreao visiting north under the right conditions. His softer stance on the north comes as leaders wrestle with how to deal with the issue. Increasingly been aggressive in their pursuit of Nuclear Missiles and we will tell you what else comes out of the remarks from south korea. For now, back to you. Autria right now a warning for metro riders to watch out for phony flyer circulating using the name of a high school to steal your money. They claim that a person is money for high school athletics. The phone number isnt actually linked to the school. If you get one of these flyers, trash it. Day to wake up in washington as a sportswear. Larry it does not sports fan. Larry than this. The two magic words for the capitals, game seven. John . Right, we believe. We are rocking the red this morning hitting ready for this huge game seven. Coming up we will talk about what the world looks like, what the capitals were like stronger is blasting her tumors. Without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Im wes johnson. This is slap shot. And its time for good morning washington. Veronica i cant get enough of his voice. What a great voice to get you going this morning. We have got some great weather to get you going this morning. Sunshine out there, the sun is just coming up with high clouds around the area today, it will be the nicest day since the mid part of last week with temperatures topping out over 70 degrees, finally. Upper 40s for the 7 00 a. M. Our, 60 degrees around 8 a. M. , 9 a. M. This morning, we will see those numbers rising quickly today, topping out in the lower, maybe made 70s and a few locations. Staying dry through the afternoon, the evening, the chance for rain coming tomorrow during the evening rush. 72 to 75 or 76, at least the rain is going to help with the pollen, which has been running very high. Dropping for friday, saturday, but then its back up and i will have more on the big change coming for friday and saturday, the one you are really going to notice when the intensity of the rain picks up. Julie coming out of montgomery gotage, heads up, we have the crash southbound on 200 70 making her way to Montrose Road. Sky track 7 above the scene, this is the tractortrailer involved in the crash. We were waiting for a heavyduty record to get help recker ker to get hooked up to the sky. Wazers checking in with delays, south dakota avenue towards regensburg road, a lot of folks per hour,nto 60 miles heading in towards east capitol street. On 50 coming out of chevrolet, heavy traffic leaving 202. That is our traffic watch. Back in the next 10 grit. Some have it, some dont. When the odds are stacked against you, you either hide or stand up. At Strayer University weve seen it in our students for 125 years. And if you ever think of quitting, our success coaches will be there to pick you up and work with you every day to put you on the right path. T it, america. Morning washington, on your side. Autria that is just music to your ears, isnt it . The caps working some game six magic of an pittsburgh and tonight playoff hockey comes home. It is do or die, the caps coming in red hot, and it is electric today. To hear the call early and often tonight. Game seven, this will be the fourth time these teams face off in a game seven. The last time that the capitals made it past the second round was 19 years ago. What were you doing 19 years ago . Probably watching this movie, titanic is your best picture, the first movie to gross 1 billion. We have all seen it, we all know how it goes. Fun ship sinks. Sound familiar, penguins . Oh, this is what your capitals look like back in 1998. Coaches, 153 these years old. Speaking of age . Alex ovechkin, 31 today, he was 12 the last time the capitals made it past the second round. Got some pickup hockey going on right now and these guys tell me they are a bit nervous for tonight. 30. Ins, a perfect theme throw another log on fire, if you will, in case youre going to the game tonight. Basically guaranteeing a win tonight, saying that they think that they can win game seven and i say no, we have got to get it done. There might not be a nt , there is even talk that might be a good idea to trade guys like of etch can and backstrom to think about the future. I love this statistic. The penguins are a perfect 50 playing game seven on the road. That ends tonight, larry and autria. Sending it back to you, im giving you some trivia. In the 1990s, what was the Verizon Center even called . Autria the mci center, right . John thats right, still a phone booth. Autria kidd oshea only just realized last week why we call it the phone booth. John oof. [laughter] john weve got to stand him up. [laughter] larry its a gradual process. Johnny gee, thanks. The wizards take on the celtics tonight, they need to win at least one game in boston in order to take on the celtics. The nets, looking to take one off the baltimore. They led the nets to a lead over a bullpen that struggled. Ining up to in the ninth those extra innings, the birds with a walkoff in the 12 for a beltway battle that is 20 as the series comes to d. C. Tonight. Wegmans and publix have topped the list of Favorite Grocery stores in the country. Its the second year in a row for wegmans. Publix tied for first. Trader joes was right behind them. Harris teeter rounded out the top five, so there you go. We are celebrating moms all week long. We want a bit easier for you. Win 100 atow, safeway, caller number seven wins. Good luck with that. Veronica do something for mom. Larry right. Veronica if you need to drop something into the mail and get it to mom, do it today. Especially if you want today to be the day to be dry. Very Cool Conditions coming our way by the end of the work week, but then we turn things around just in time for mothers day. If you plan on taking her maybe to brunch or church, the weather is going to be very nice. Clouds moving through the area. Temperatures closer to average considering now that its up to 73. You can see the light, wispy clouds moving through and by late in the day, we are covered with clouds. We are dry and if you are going to the game, the capitals are taking on the penguins, as you just heard, into the lower to mid 60s by 10 00. Intensity, coming our way, minor issues for thursday. Watch what happens on friday, a chance for ponding late in the evening hours. Maybe a chance to see isolated flooding on saturday. Flooding moving through during the early part of the day on saturday. The weekend, split with 5050 for rain, sunshine for sunday. Julie unfortunately, we cant get to the split. For those coming out of gaithersburg, this tractortrailer is still there and the right lane is still close. Plan on using 355 to the beltway or you can bail out early to reconnect with 495, but the longer this sets, look the longer the delays will form. Open if youree continuing on the beltway from college park towards 270, but tonight i know we are all talking about the caps game and dont forget your nationals are at home tonight. Forget, it is the battle of the beltways as the orioles are in town and the penguins are in town as well. The puck drops at 7 30 from the Verizon Center. A better bet is to avoid those delays. Green line to the ballpark, red line to the Verizon Center. West on 66. Larry . Larry staying on top of that smash and grab, q mccray is on the scene. Q to search is on for three crooks who try to steal an atm and failed. We spoke to the worker who watched it all happen. That story, coming up. Larry youbusted tail. Rd. And impressed the boss. Maybe, its time to be your own. Transform your career with Strayer Universitys mba program today. Lets get it, america. Autria several ugly incidents during flights for an air force have plenty of americans wondering what is going diane masao has more in your gma first look. A fight on of flight a fight on a flight to just landed in burbank. The flight attendant, suddenly slammed to the floor. She was trapped low, in between the seats, on the ground , she was being pummeled at the same time as the other guy. The incident comes just one day after this milk down at Fort Lauderdale airport. Police called it a near riot when Spirit Airlines canceled large number of flights again. With this, passengers being dragged off planes . And battles between airline , has and passengers something fundamentally changed in our flying experience . Delay is the latest on the chaos in the skies, coming up at 7 a. M. You are watching good morning washington, on your side. Larry shocks across america this morning as President Trump fires the fbi director, james comey. Who could take his place . Glad you are waking up with us. Autria we will get to all of that the design bowling a little bit later. Lets get a check on your forecast a bit later with veronica johnson. Long way toke a work this morning, try not to be late. Its a pretty gorgeous start, 59 is the temperature, mostly sunny by 11 00 a. M. , we will still hang out with dry air across the area some coming quickly from the mid 60s to 70s in a location or two around rappahannock or culpeper. It is going to be the warmest day in quite some time. Tomorrow the temperatures come crashing down. Especially for friday. 51 is your overnight temperature , notice the rain, it could be quite a bit late in the day tomorrow. Mid 60s tomorrow, down to the 70s. The next day that is as warm, not to the weekend. 70 chance friday, 80 chance on saturday, coming friday late to the first part of saturday. Or 60 degrees, 3 00 to 7 00, waves of rain moving through with the latest system that we will be tracking. High of 70 degrees, easing out of the pattern sunday, when things begin to dry out. Saturday, should be drive for the game later today. 72 on sunday, we will be warming up and we will talk more about the warm weather pattern coming in for next week in the impact on that here, locally. Julie . Julie so talking about 270 and unfortunately the delays headed south towards the lane divide are all due to a crash involving a tractortrailer and were still waiting for a heavyduty ker to to show up wrec show up. You will find that the right lane is still closed off and as you had southbound on 200 70, we can show you those delays continuing towards the beltway beginning near 370. Three hundred 55 will work as an alternative route, river road saving you time on those delays towards 270. Back to the map to update the right elsewhere, you will find the lanes are open each direction we have a crash blocking the right lane. In 10 minutes we will update your ride in virginia. Larry . At smash andempt grab in southeast d. C. Autria quite a mess left behind their. Q take a look for yourself. Screen. Ook at this this is what it looks like the new try to steal an atm and fail. We are at the intersection of 41st and alabama southeast, it happened at around 3 15 in the toning and thats according the worker inside who watch this all happened. He watched asim three guys in a truck pulled up with a chain attached to the truck and they took the chain and attached it around the atm. The drove off, hoping to pull the atm with it and failed. He told me that he made eye contact withne what goes through your mind, your heart, your soul . It was so scary, but thanks to god, they dont even try to come inside. Thats what i was saying in my mind. The worker is obviously emotional this morning. Heres a live look at the safe. The money is obviously here. When it comes to the people who did this, we spoke to the metropolitan Police Department and they are working on descriptions of the people and the truck that they drove. We will keep you posted with new details as we get them. From southeast, im q mccray. Up. Y flyers, listen the ban on electronics mason expand to flights entering the u. S. Including flights from europe to the u. S. From foreign flights on 10 specific airports, many in the middle east, are not allowed to bring on board any device larger than a smart phone. Still no word on which inbound flights would be affected. For residents upset about the noise of the airplanes going in and out of the Reagan National airport, they will discuss recent flight path changes tonight at the Walt Whitman Middle School in fairfax county. Howard county police are searching for a stolen puppy and they need your help. Look at those eyes, becca is a fourmonthold female husky mix. She was storm from the cat and dog rescue in ellicott city. No signs of forced entry, nothing else was taken, if you see her at a pet store or a clinic elsewhere to please call Howard County police. A bear is on the loose, this is one of my favorite twitter videos today. Valley, sevenriel yards away from a house after a confrontation with a small dog that had chased him away. The bear reappeared, one resident said it got into her kitchen and she was so scared. Hat she hid in her bedroom neighbors say that he has an going to trash cans looking for food. The caps, bringing playoff hockey back home. It is the pivotal game seven tonight. You are taking a live look at the kettler ice plex, where larry right now we want to get you into the hottest new show from cirque du soleil. We have a family four pack of tickets right now. The show is coming to the eagleman karina on august 16 and we are giving away tickets every morning this week. Good luck, if you miss out today join us again tomorrow and we will try to get you into the show. Vj . Veronica it is finally our turn to win at the weather. I was in front of the computer the other day thinking that was a whole day wasted. Local 70s for a high, down south towards areas of central and southern virginia, if you are going to be doing any traveling today, of north, a nice day coming our way and as we check on the numbers this morning, not nearly as low. Largo, good morning to you in aspen hill. Lowtomid 40s, pretty comfortable. Lunchtime is low 60s in the area. You will notice higher clouds coming in during the afternoon hours, that it will be plenty warm and a nice day. Thumbs up. Upper 60s to 60 degrees by the end of the work week. Notice the open umbrella . We are expecting waves of rain to come through. With that on friday if youre going to be doing any traveling we may see some delays in the pittsburgh are in the day, in the midday to it is thehours afternoon rush on friday when most of the rain will come to. He area i will leave you with a snapshot of 6 p. M. To 11 p. M. On friday, looking at the rain we will talk more about that on saturday. Julie . Cohens busy ride, a typical slowdown on college park towards 270. We are checking for a crash that was reported in the center of the road towards georgia avenue, which explains this delay westbound, plan on using randolph road as a workaround. 370 through the lane divide, its about a nine mile drive and still waiting for the heavyduty record to come remove this truck. The right lane is still locked along 270 with 355 as a good alternate. The crash they are tying up the right side. Trouble into downtown, north capitol street, accident activity is blocking the far right lane. That is the traffic watch, but back in the next 10 minutes to update the ride. Autria tracking the fallout across america. Fbi the director of the fired without warning. Suzanne . Suzanne the historic move was made late yesterday afternoon and what could it in for the fbi intohe investigation whether russia was involved in last novembers election . The report is coming up next. John we are live at cap where this morning, weather is a bit of a pickup going on right now. In about four hours your capitals will take the iceskating ready for game seven. We are talking about history im at higher risk fore as depression. Ave a stroke. Im 26 more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. I have a 65 higher chance of developing diabetes. These diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. Because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. You are watching good morning washington, on your larry the white house, playing defense this morning. James comey, now out of a job and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle saying that they believe that there is something more play. What do you think about President Trumps firing of director comey . You can let us know right now on wjla. Com votenow. In the meantime, Suzanne Kennedy is outside the white house with all the details. Suzanne the move made by the president late yesterday afternoon is renewing calls for a special prosecutor to be put in place to conduct a probe into the russia election issue. The now fired director was in the middle of investigation has to whether russia interfered in the president ial election and whether or not there were links the investigation has been underway since last july the president s historic actions yesterday will certainly impact whether the public thinks there is some sort of coverup. Thatmccain of arizona says Congress Must form a special committee to investigate the russian interference into the election. Time inonly the second u. S. History that an fbi director has been fired. The last one taking place in 1993. The timing of this comes as mr. Trump has a scheduled meeting this morning at the white house Russian Foreign minister. Reporting live in northwest washington, Suzanne Kennedy. This morning all eyes are on comeys replacement. Larry sam . Sam what comes next, because whoever that is they will face unprecedented scrutiny in the senate when it comes time for confirmation. Republicans and democrats saying success must have russian that ability, zero connection to trump professionally or politically. As most of us know, the president treasures loyalty but in this case he is going to have to find an outsider. Immediately became the temporary director and he could be made permanent, but he is also under review for his ties to hillary clinton. His wife received Campaign Funding from a clinton fundraiser back in 2015. Today the New York Times the New York Times reporting that a successor could be named as early as this friday. We will see what happens. Mary, back upstairs to you. Larry dave brat and is the latest lawmaker to face anger from constituents. We said no. Town hallding a meeting last night and hundreds of opponents to the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare pack to the meeting and were booing he asked how many people wanted hillary to be president in the room interrupted with cheers. The caps now,g to working some game six adjutant pittsburgh. Larry do or die game seven, the cap are coming in red hot John Gonzalez coming in live. Game seven, rocking the red tonight, john . The red, little bit nervous, got to admit, theres a little bit of pickup hockey going on right now but in about four hours the capitals will be taking the ice before a huge game seven, the penguins in the caps for the fourth time playing in a game seven for the fourth time since 2009. It has been 19 years since the capitals made it past the second round. What was going on 19 years ago . Take a look. The airport was renamed, Ronald ReaganInternational Old or really make you want to win the patent manning drafted out of the university of tennessee and Animal Kingdom opened in disney world. No and wins in the Animal Kingdom, i checked. Paul, i dont want to call it an old timers league, but youre are proud of that. What do you mean oldtimer . Im 74. John you know the game, throw away the stats, throw away the star power, this is hockey at its best. What the caps have to do to win . They have to play to the same intensity. If they play with that intensity, they will win. John who do you think really shines tonight . Im what to see of that can. But there are a lot of them out there, good players who will be fine. Theres a memo that goes at each week . Eyes get a memo, leave the old guy alone, let me score a goal, be nice to me, dont hit me. For some reason they dont read it, i dont know what thats about, but we will fix that. John ovechkin, the superstar, hes got to get it done. Game seven, 7 30, where will you a littlet, will we get bit of local history . We will see. The wizards are taking on the celtics tonight in a pivotal game five. Starring Isaiah Thomas here at home, but can they do it on the road . They need to win a game in boston if they are going to move on and face off against the cavaliers in the eastern conference. Baseball, and thats part of also be hopping. A quick note about the metro, because of that metro is canceling planned to track work tonight but safetrack will continue as planned. Kidd hey, it is all about mom this week. It is moms week and were hooking them up with great things, like how about brunch for four at the ritz carlton in pentagon city. Does not sound nice . We will be taken care of mom and some guests. Theer number seven is winner right now, dont forget we have got prizes all this week in the 6 00 hour. Hundreds of dollars in groceries from safeway, so much more, all of it continuing again tomorrow great here on g. M. W. Want to say thank you to some viewers i met at dulles airport. I shared seats with them. Ignatius said he saw me at the airport in atlanta and that he watches us every morning, he says morning prayer and turns us on, he loves watching the show. If you see us, definitely come and say hi. Dont be shy, we wont bite. Veronica theyre right. [laughter] autria a little bit of biting outside, to get the morning started. Veronica it is, but we will warm ridley. Shtag perfect weather for today. Mid 60s on friday with even cooler conditions for the first half of the weekend. Are tracking some rain, a good bit of it for friday and saturdays is this low pressure system moves through the area. A warmer pattern starting on monday, all through next week. You are going to be loving the heat, some of you, maybe. Our rain chance saturday, quite a bit of rain by the time everything winds down around lunchtime. Out, temperatures on saturday around 60 degrees, giving us a gorgeous mothers day, 70 to 75 degrees throughout the area. To that tenday forecast for you, all next week as promised temperatures will be in the 70s to around 80 degrees. We are heading out now for bike to work day. Yeah, veronica, we are here live in can part, waiting for mayor bowser to speak. At 7 50 it is like the school day. The kids in the families will be showing us shortly some helmet fittings, some bike safety, and the forecast for the day is just looking great. I have to tell you, its a little bit chilly right now, a lot of us out here in jackets and pants but he will be enjoying the highs in the low 70s, biking looking great to the afternoon. Stay tuned. Julie, over to you. Julie we will keep our eyes open for those bikes this morning but unfortunately we have delays on the blue line this morning towards the Largo Town Center due to a train malfunction outside king street. Southbound 270, the crash we have been talking about all morning long is now gone. A 20 minute ride for those coming southbound leaving 370 towards the main divide. Additional time is needed, so start thinking of those backup road to river road, a couple of options for you there. Fairfax, tying up the right side of the highway. All lanes are now open headed into northeast, north capitol street, that accident now gone. Back in the next 10 minutes to update the ride in southeast coming across the anacostia that American Idol is coming back to dv, this time right here on abc. The rumors of who may be on the up. Es Panel Heating the original American Idol, kelly clarkson, maybe at the top of the list. Sources close to her tell tms that her people are already working on clearing her schedule. We are also learning where the auditions are taking place. Disneyland and disney world may be hosting the auditions, making it less expensive to produce and easier for the expected toast, ryan seacrest. Larry see how it all works out . Kidd we were also concerned. I heard you talk about clearing kelly clearing Kelly Clarksons schedule. She is making new music. Hasia i love her, but she two babies now, which can be a fulltime job. Kidd i think she writes a lot. I think she would be absolutely fabulous for p you were saying that she probably has a lot of bit of bite, not holding back, maybe going toe to tell with simon cowell. Which, by the way, what is he doing these days . Autria hes busy making all the money in the world. Plus hes a dad, too. Coming up, big celebrity says you are absolutely silly if you are afraid to tell your age. Also after 7 00, the dance mom who is heading to jail and her sentencing, coming up after 7 00 here when we move over to news channel 8. Larry that does it stronand restoringding a a fathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. Youbusted tail. Rd. And impressed the boss. Maybe, its time to be your own. Transform your career with Strayer Universitys mba program today. Lets get it, america. Good morning, america. Fired, breaking new details on fbi director james comey terminated by President Trump with this letter. Comey was leading the investigation over Trumps Campaign and russia. The president s team speaks out overnight. When are they going to let that go . Its been going on for nearly a year. Frankly, its kind of getting absurd. There is nothing there. Democrats claiming a coverup. Mr. President , with all due respect, you are making a big mistake. And even Top Republicans question trumps decision. The fbi director completely caught off guard fired for how he handled Hillary Clintons email investigation. Comey defending those actions just a week ago. Tell me what you would do. It makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election. Now calls for a special prosecutor