And severe storms threaten the heartland, a system that produced tornadoes and hail in texas is on the move. Good morning, everyone. It is wednesday, may 10th. In the heat of an investigation into russia tampering with the u. S. Elections, the fbi has been fired. In an extraordinary move, james comey was ousted while on a west coast trip, no advance warning to the wider department of justice. The white house issued a statement saying President Trump acted based on recommendation from the attorney general and jeff rosen stein. Sessions said he would recuse after he failed to disclose meetings with the russian ambassador. And on the front page of the New York Times, i concur with department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. Senior white house official tells us the former head of security and director of oval office hand delivered the letter to department of justice. Andrew mccabe, Deputy Director is now acting director. James comey had been set to testify t
Neil the president essentially reading the riot act to get something done and fact on healthcare. Dont leave town until and unless they do. Virtually all republican senators were there. Did he move any, well, minds this . Peter doocy with the latest. Hey, peter. Hey, neil. The plan to just repeal obamacare and then wait a while to replace it may have changed again. President trump was telling lawmakers at this lunch he wants to repeal and replace at the same time. And senator Lamar Alexander at the lunch told us afterwards he thinks that they wouldnt even get 40 senators onboard with a plan that just repeals and doesnt replace. Senator ted cruz at the lunch said he thinks the president s message was well received and he thinks its helpful that President Trump brought the whole conference together. It was good, productive meeting. It was a candid meeting. I think were close. Theres a lot of common ground. There were discussions about areas that still are differences. Were making progres
Hear their warnings for the president and the gop. And santas gift for much of the country, a frigid final week for 2017. The coldest air of the season and icy conditions that already sent one plane spinning off the ta taxiway in boston. Good morning everyone. Happy boxing day. Good morning im sitting in for christine romans. President trump seems ready to tackle what remains of 2017 as the Christmas Holiday comes to a close. Just last evening, the president tweeted this. Its back to work in order to make America Great again, which is happening faster than anyone anticipated. So, as the year comes to a close, the president s latest tweet storms are giving us a peek of what we can expect for 2018. Over the Holiday Weekend, the president railed against the fbi in the growing concert the efforts to discredit the special counsels russia probe,less slamming the media and touted the recent stock market gains. A rallying cry republicans will need. The president s tweets getting the most atten
Africanamerican women at a big conference in new orleans. And if youre castro, you work iowa and build support one group at a time. I just want to tell people i read your book. It is wonderful. Please go to a library, go to costco. Buy the book, whatever. We begin the hour with a big legal deadline today and an intriguing question it presents. How much is Robert Mueller ready to tell us . A midnight filing deadline for russias special counsel in what could be muellers last public act before he delivers his report to the justice department. Todays sentencing for manafort gives prosecutors a big opportunity. That opportunity is to put meat on the bones buried between other Court Filings and the chance to answer the biggest question. Was there collusion and did it reach into the heart of the Trump Campaign . The president with a morning twitter reminder, quote, no collusion, and the president says, the witch hunt must end. The collusion question, of course, central to muellers big investi