And when she told the white house regarding Michael Flynns ties to russia. The hearing doesnt begin for a few more hours, but already President Trump is blasting yates on twitter. He wrote and sally yates under oath if she knows how classified information into the newspaper got there soon after she explained it to the white house council. Kenneth craig has the the latest from capitol hill. Former acting attorney general sally yates is expected to contradict Trump Administration officials when she testifies on capitol hill about alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. Sources tell cbs news it was yates who warned the white house that former National Security advisory Michael Flynn was not forthcoming with the Vice President about his contacts with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. This morning President Trump tweeted a question for senate lawmakers. He wrote and sally yates under oath if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explaid co
[ chanting ] group is gathering to demand an investigation into the Trump Campaigns alleged collusion with russia in the 2016 election. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Im andrea roane. Political washington is reeling from the surprised sacking of fbi director james comey. The president said in a tweet, republicans and democrats will soon be thanking me for firing fbi director james comey. Members on both sides of the aisle questioning the timing. Director comey was leading the bureau into alleged ties between the Trump Campaign and russia and as seth lemmon reports, many wonder about the future of the investigation. Moments ago, President Donald Trump explained why he fired james comey. Why did you fire director comey . Because he wasnt doing a good job, very simply. Reporter the white house is vigorously defending President Donald Trumps decision to fire fbi director james comey. He has to have confidence in the impartiality and the non politicalization of the fbi bureau.
Fbi acting director is testifying before lawmakers about what is next at the Bureau Following the dismissal of extract or james comey and on the right, first alert doppler tracks showers moving into the region. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Im andrea roane and we are in for cloudy, cold and damp weather into the weekend. Howard bernstein joins us with the first alert forecast. Good news . Good news on mothers day and tomorrow, it wont be that bad but a nasty afternoon on the first half of saturday, lots of commencements. We have a concert and a lot going on. Plan b for those contingencies. On first alert doppler, this activity is moving northwest to southwest with heavy rain, thankfully, pushing through much of the region and we are watching the south and east of town with heavy showers after the northern at six Marys College to the eastern shores. It comes in from the northwest with some brakes and perhaps we will get into a low here or there but showers will be more on
In this annual race that is popular with members of congress and the media. Reporter a bunch of us ran the capitol challenge today, and part of the race route goes around the second mile mark and i came around the bend and saw a person down. People were attending to him and on one side was a guy named matt flood and he is pushing on the mans chest. On the other side was a man named tj cooney and he works for aarp. He had his phone up to his ear and was calling for help. I realized that they were talking to senator thom tillis of north carolina. I didnt realize that they were trying to revive him and keep him alive, basically. It didnt look like a good situation for a while. At one point, they were pushing on hers that they were losing him. Then, it seemed like he was revived because they pushed on his chest and another guy from the department of education came up on his bicycle and realized he had lifesaving information. He thought the senator was having a seizure, perhaps, not sure. H
Reporter this is not an easy day. We begin with the sad news about a man who has meant so much. Fox news is paying tribute to a legend of broadcast news. Roger ailes was the force behind the Fox News Channel as it became americas most powerful conservative network. His 20year reign crash to an end when he was dismissed with accusations of sexual impropriety. You may have left under a cloud but had many loyal supporters. Fox anchors went on the air shellshocked to report his death and some of them were in tears. They paid tribute to him and the impact on their lives. I will love you forever. You gave me an opportunity and i will forever, grateful. Reporter s wife released a statement saying im profoundly sad and heartbroken to report my husband, roger ailes, passed away this morning surrounded by his beautiful family. Roger was my best friend of the most wonderful loving and husbands son and father and was loyal to so many. He was born in ohio, and was a strategist for richard nixon. He