Intelligence committee but do senators want to hear from him . Well hear from a key senator marco rubio and what can we expect from the council, Robert Mueller. He takes the reins of the investigation. Well talk to the top senator on the Committee Dianne feinstein and what do americans make of this . Well have the latest and our Politics Panel will weigh in on face the nation. Im john dickerson. It was another week of chaos and destruction for President Trump and he wasnt happy about it. No politician in history and i say this with assurity has been treated worse or unfairly. Dickerson much of the trouble was selfinflicted. Monday the Washington Post reported the president gave russians information that wouldnt have been shared with let alone an add vary and there was i moment memo from james comey that the president was asked to let go of the investigation into michael flynn. John mccain was reminded of previous president ial tampering. I think weve seen this before. Its reaching the
Meetings with the president and two phone calls, which comey flags as out of the ordinary to meet that much with a sitting president. He will read his remarks before the Senate Intelligence committee at 10 00 this morning. That will be followed by questions from Committee Senators about which the chair has said no topic is off limits. Some of the uncomfortable and concerning moments that comey described in his Opening Statements include a january dinner at the white house during which he says the president said i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. Awkward silence followed, but youll always get honesty from me. Heres Brian Fitzpatrick on todays hearing. Hes a former fbi agent who worked under comey. Im glad hes coming to testify. Hes a good man. Hell tell them exactly what happened. At 5 00 ill have reaction from the rnc chair and president trumps lawyer about comeys opening statement. Katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Lauren mayk and Jim Rosenfield are in washington, d. C. For the hearing. Look f
I quickly want shoutout to william penn elementary school. They had me visit yesterday. Such a a great time. Hank you for having me. Ki and in and around philadelphia, temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Parkwood at 51. And look outside. The sky is gorgeous. I cant emphasize this enough. Today. A lot of this will be mixing out or clearing as the day progresses. So a really nice day. Get out there and enyou the day. Heres jessica with traffic. Were watching route 55 right now moving through millville. Heres route 49. Roads pretty much empty. We look good in both directions there. The freeway over in new jersey looks good as well. North and southbound a fiveminute trip towards philadelphia. Those roads are empty as well. Average speeds in the 60s. Were seeing quiet commutes. So it youre heading down the freeway, might not be so bad. Ill keep checking for scheduled openings. Ill be back with another update. Fired fbi director james comey will be raising his hand to give sworn testimony to a
Good morning. Its not the most impressive storm. The winds arent going to call any problems at all. Heres the path. The Hurricane Center takes it along the texas louisiana border. Already these red boxes here, those are counties that are already under flash flood warnings. This bluish and purple color, thats 5 to 7 inches of rain from biloxi to pensacola, thats where evacuations and damage to property will occur. Well monitor that and ill give you an update on the epic heat wave that scenes to be never ending. Weve just learned that prince fiphillip was admitted t the hospital. And breaking news from george overnight. Democrats get shut out as republicans avoid a major upset in georgias 6th congressional district. Karen handel beat the newcomer in a race that was seen as a referendum on President Trump. Tonight i stand before you extraordinarily humbled and honored at the high responsibility that you and the people across the 6th district have given to me to represent you in the United
Rain coming on shore that will create flash flood situation as we go throughout the next 24 hours. Highrisk of flash flooding. Mobile of greatest concern. Tomorrow the actual land fall will be tomorrow morning for houston. Slight risk of significant flash flooding. Rainfall totals will be highest with bands training over this area. Landfall from houston to lake charles could cause some flash flooding issues. By the time we get friday watch out in tennessee and kentucky. Rain will cause all tissues as we watch our Tropical Storm approaching the coast in the next 24 hours. Also breaking overnight democrats get shut out as republicans avoid a major upset in georgias 6th congressional district. Handle beat the newcomer in a race that was seen as a referendum on President Trump. Tonight i stand before you extraordinarily humbled and honored at the high responsibility that you and the people across the 6 donald trump district have given me to represent you in the United States house of repre