Out of washington tonight. Reports that ousted fbi director james comey was asked to shut down the investigation. Into National Security adviser michael flynn. steve thank you for joining us im steve aveson. pam and im pam moore. The report stems from memos. Comey kept in order to record any odd or troubling conversations with the president. Grant lodes is here now with how this latest episode. Is spurring talks of impeachment. grant the president reportedly asked him to end the investigation into National Security adviser michael flynn. Right after the february Oval Office Meeting the president telling the former director quote, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go. Sources saying comey was so appalled by the request he wanted to document it. Tonight, lawmakers in congress on both sides of the isle are looking for answers. Rep. Kevin cramer r north dakota the larger concern is what seems to be a lack of
Ready to bring up the word impeachment just yet. pam grant lodes is here in studio tracking the latest in this fast developing story. Grant . grant the New York Times broke the story. The wall street journal, cnn and others are now corroborating it. And the allegation is explosive. Sending shockwaves through the political world and beyond. Tonight the white house says. Comeys account. Is wrong. Sources close to former fbi director james comey say comey wrote a memo following a one on one conversation with President Trump. In which the president asked him to end the investigation into National Security adviser Michael Flynn the president reportedly telling the former director quote, i hope you can let this go. Sources saying comey was so appalled by the request. He wanted to document it. The white house adamently denying the report in a statement reading while the president has repeatedly expressed his view that general flynn is a decent man who served and protected our country, the pre
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Interesting thing; that whats going on here is not being widely shared down at the bottom and middle ranges of this economy. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. Ckefellerfoundation. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill after a weekend of turmoil on the president ial campaign trail, candidates got down to business with just hours to go until polls open
Its may 9th, 2014. The president devoted his entire day raising money from the country as largest atm machine, the state of california. Hes been at events in los angeles and silicon valley. He warned democrats shouldnt be sitting out the mid terms. Democrats have a congenital defect when it comes to our politics and that is we like voting during president ial years and during the mid terms we dont vote. Our future is bright if people shake off whatevers holding them back and they go to the polls. The president does finally, by the way, have a public, nonpolitical event today in california. Hes planning on giving a speech on Energy Efficiency at a walmart in silicon valley. Some labor groups actually arent too happy with that appearance saying, quote, it sends a terrible message to workers across america. The president s aggressive fundraising is the latest move of whats been a busy week in the 2014 battle for the senate. In North Carolina, the democratic aligned Senate Majority super p