We ask your blessing now on the whose of this house responsibility lies also beyond the local interests of constituents while honoring them. Give each member the wisdom to represent both local and National Interests and responsibility calling for the wisdom of solomon. Grant them, if you will, a double portion of such wisdom. Bless us this day and every day and may all that is done within the peoples house be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. Gabbard. Ms. Gabbard i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker the chair will entertain up to five requests for onemin speeches on each side of
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story is just breaking now President Trump fired james comey as director of the f. B. I. Press Secretary Sean Spicer just made the announcement moments ago. Here to tell us what we know at this moment, our own john yang. John, this looks like a bolt out of the blue. What have you learned . Jonathan it was absolutely out of the blue. It was after the White House Press was told there would be no more news developments for the night. Sean spicer walked into the Briefing Room with a very brief statement saying that President Trump had fired james comey on the recommendation of the attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Were slow
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story is just breaking now President Trump fired james comey as director of the f. B. I. Press Secretary Sean Spicer just made the announcement moments ago. Here to tell us what we know at this moment, our own john yang. John, this looks like a bolt out of the blue. What have you learned . Jonathan it was absolutely out of the blue. It was after the White House Press was told there would be no more news developments for the night. Sean spicer walked into the Briefing Room with a very brief statement saying that President Trump had fired james comey on the recommendation of the attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Were slow
Acted upon the recommendation of mr. Rosenstine and mr. Sessions with whom he had met on monday evening, who then put their recommendations in writing. He said that he had made up his mind to fire mr. Comey before those gentlemen had met, number one. And number two, that he was basically not following their recommendations. He was acting on his own, so that raises some questions. The question of turmoil in the ranks of the fbi, something that has been raised several times and the president raised right there, was knocked down today on capitol hill by acting director mccabe who said that mr. Comey had the very strong support of the majority of the rank in file at the fbi. He certainly painted a very different picture of that. Reasonable minds obviously can disagree and from where the president the attorney general and the Deputy Attorney general sat they may have come to different conclusions on that but certainly that would be another sort of series of questions that i expect youll hea
Sitdown with twitter cofounder jack dorsey. The media platform is used by 300 million people, including the president of the United States. Im sure you hear from the same people i see on twitter who are maybe progressives or democrats who dont like donald trump and they say how can you give this man a platform to say all of the things hes been saying since he started to run for president. How do you respond to them . I believe its really important to adhere to our leadership and its really important to hold them accountable. Our sunday sitdown with twitter cofounder jack dorsey. Lets begin with the latest Ballistic Missile test by north korea, a country President Trump has put front and center on his Foreign Policy radar. Nbcs Janis Mackey Frayer is live in beijing with the latest. Janis, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. The test, by all accounts, success. Traveling 440 miles before dropping into the sea of japan near russia. It was launched from the northwestern city of ku