Morning commute but more rain is on the way as Lauryn Ricketts will have more on that in a moment. First, what the same storm system did to our south. It produced storms in alabama leaving three people dead. There was damage at the alabama and tennessee border. Reporter a Flash Flood Warning is still in effect in several counties in tennessee. A tornado ripped t right now were in a community that is at a standstill. Power is out everywhere in benton, tennessee, where this store got hit hard. Power lines were dripped down, debris blocking several roads and shutting down some major highways. We spoke with the Benton Police and he said most of the damage a shelter is opened for those displaced from the tornado at the local high school. The National Weather service says they expect it to last until early afternoon. Back to you. We are definitely seeing rain out there right now. We are in a weather alert mode, mainly for this afternoon. I dont think were going to see much right now. B rain
President s ongoing feud with the nations top Law Enforcement agency. Word that the trump and sessions nearly lost their new fbi director. We have learned that Christopher Wray threatened to resign because sessions was pruessurin him to fire or reassign Andrew Mccabe. The president has made mccabe a target over and over again, suggesting that hes biased, and questioning why sessions has not replaced him. Cnns Kaitlan Collins is covering the story from the white house. First, to our crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz. What do we know about sessions speaking to the mueller team . We have been told this interview, the meeting with mueller and his team happened last wednesday. Lasted several hours. And presumably he was questioned about his knowledge concerning the firing of the fbi director and also the other key issue in this investigation, the contacts with russians. Remember, Jeff Sessions was leading the Foreign Policy team for the trump campaign. Members on that team have be