Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. For only the second time in u. S. History, the director of the fbi has been fired. In a stunning turn of events, President Trump fired james comey, raising questions about the president s motive and the future of the investigation into possible ties between the Trump Campaign and russia and also increasing calls for a special prosecutor. The president cited comeys actions in the Hillary Clinton email inquiry. Comeys Deputy Andrew mccabe has been named the interim prosecutor. Fbi director. One republican senator jeff blake of arizona tweeted that he cant find an acceptable rationale for the timing of comeys firing, and this morning all Democratic Senators have been asked to be at their desks when the senate convenes. The New York Times puts the president s letter dismissing comey on the front page. His firing is dominating headlines this morning. Hena daniels is here in new york with more. Hena, good morning. G, annmarie. President trump is hosti
people s attention on this conflict because if attention goes elsewhere unfortunately in cases like the syrian war stretched on and on, attention goes elsewhere and in that case i fear putin could win. so i m listening to you, kim, and i m wondering, you nearly died in baghdad in 2006, bob woodruff, cami, these correspondents are never the same, and now ben hall. so was it worth it? was it worth it for you? the only thing i would have changed is for paul and james to still be here. we had to be there telling that story and the hardest thing is i don t tell the story of my injury much anymore because it s only part of my identity. right. but the wounds can be so horrific that people think of that in terms of you and think, okay, you must be permanently
we all know a lot of us over the years have been hit in different war zones. you had cami mccormick of cbs radio hit in afghanistan in 2009, the ap s kathy gannon and her photographer were hit in afghanistan as well in 2014 and anya was lost. for those who end up in the hospital, it is months often of first fixing the damage and then the rehabilitation and then the next step is dealing with the aftermath of what happened, survivor s guilt if you were with your team and, like in my case, they were lost and you are still here. you are left with a lot of questions as to why did i survive and how do i make it count? so what would you tell ben? i m sure at some point you all