[000 00 59;00] teeth clamped down on her leg, how she got him to let go. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc nightly news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with stunning late breaking news. President trump has fired james comey as director of the fbi. It comes without warning and sending shock waves across washington this evening, the president dismissing the man who was leading the investigation into his campaign. Comey, an obama appointee, with less than four years into a 10 year term when he became a political lightning rod over the last year between investigations into Hillary Clinton and into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russian government. We get late details now from our chief white house reporter, hallie jackson. Reporter tonight, a Stunning Development that seemed to come with little warning. The president abruptly firing james comey, writing to him, you are not able to effec
Who fought back when teeth clamped down on her leg, how she got him to let go. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc nightly news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with stunning late breaking news. President trump has fired james comey as director of the fbi. It comes without warning and sending shock waves across washington this evening, the president dismissing the man who was leading the investigation into his campaign. Comey, an obama appointee, with less than four years into a 10 year term when he became a political lightning rod over the last year between investigations into Hillary Clinton and into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russian government. We get late details now from our chief white house reporter, hallie jackson. Reporter tonight, a Stunning Development that seemed to come with little warning. The president abruptly firing james comey, writing to him, you are not able to
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
Negotiating session. Ill take the heat. I dont care. Ill take all the heat you want to give me. The president taking range of contradictory positions. You need to be clear. When we talk about just daca. We dont want to be back here two years later. You have to have security. I think my positions are going to be what the people in the room come up with. We dont need a 2,000 mile wall. You dont need rivers and mountains. You want 18 billion for a wall or else it will be no daca. Is that still your position . I can build it for less. Part of that was a push back against all the chatter from the book about his mental capacity to lead but even the story from the day before about the executive time. The very thing he was trying to prover, he disproves. Is trump actually messes up on this, hes done more damage to himself than anyone else can do to him. First impressions of that meeting yesterday is flat out betrayal for the voters that put him in office. I voted for him for immigration and on