Firing of fbi director james comey. Comey sent a letter to his former colleagues at the fbi last night saying, he is not going to dwell on the president s decision. The Justice Department is denying reports that comey recently asked for more money and manpower to investigate alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. And the Senate Committee looking into possible ties between the campaign and russia has subpoenaed former National Security adviser michael flynn. And President Trump is now citing Job Performance as his motive. Abcs janai norman has the latest from washington. Good morning to you, janai. Reporter kenneth and diane, good morning to both of you. So, the questions still lingering, why was comey fired now . Could this be tied to the russia investigation . Some lawmakers saying the answers arent quite adding up. Less than 24 hours after firing the man leading the investigation into russian meddling, President Trump welcomed russias ambassador and foreign minister to t
Now. And Rocker Chris Cornell dead at the age of 52. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Described as unblemished and unflappable, former fbi director Robert Mueller has been appointed special counsel to investigate the Trump Campaigns alleged ties to russia. Mueller will have sweeping powers and the authority to prosecute any crimes he uncovers. His appointment caught both the white house and capitol hill off guard. President trump says he hopes the investigation concludes quickly. Mueller was appointed fbi director by president george w. Bush in 2001. He took office a week before the 9 11 attacks, serving for 12 years, preceding comey. Hena daniels is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein will brief the full senate over the president s decision to fire james comey as fbi director last week. The Development Comes just day after the pr
What you do need before you walk outside. You dont need the light jacket this morning though. Were talking about temperatures in the 70s. 90s again as we go through today. Thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. Thats going to be pretty important because those thunderstorms are part of a cold front and thats actually going to cool us down for the week end. So today short sleeves. The kids need to be in the shade for recess. It will be a hot one. And also plenty of water if you are exercising, but i think if youre tired of the heat already, youre going to like the cooler weekend changes. Speaking of changes, we have changes on the beltway. Some slowdowns, melissa. We do. A bit of a slowdown. You can see chopper 4 here on outer loop after colesville road. Everything on the shoulder. Looking better than it was. Delays. Hearing about a new crash on the beltway. Would hell talk about that in a second. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, where is the beltway crash . Looking okay right now bu
Killed. What do you tell the kids now. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Described as unblemished and unflappable former fbi director Robert Mueller has been appointed special counsel to investigate the ties to russia. Mueller will have sweeping power. His appointment caught both the white house and capitol hill off guard. President trump says he hopes the investigation concludes quickly. Mueller was pointed fbi director by pretty bush in 2001. He took office before the 911 attacks serving for 12 years, preceding comey. Good Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein will brief the full senate over the president s decision to fire james comey last week. It comes after he interviewed four candidates for the position. Robert mueller now has sweeping powers to investigate efforts to influence the 2016 election and related matters, matters likely to include President Trumps abrupt firing of fbi director
Will take place through late in the week and into the weekend as High Pressure builds off the west coast. Cooler temperatures returning early next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james bam our top story this morning. A Major Development in the investigation into russias meddling in the us election. The Justice Department has appointed a special counsel to oversee the fbi investigation. That man is Robert Mueller. He is a former fbi director who was tapped by president george w. Bush. Earlier in his career, mueller was the us attorney in San Francisco. Grant lodes has the response from the white house. The investigation into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia has taken an unexpectedtwist the appointment of a special prosecutor. In a stat