A number far greater than was previously reported. As virus cases rise in bangladesh corruption is fueling fears of getting safe treatment in hospital. Also the mollies process leaders refused to back down on demands for the president s resignation and dismiss regional mediation efforts. One of americas most famous civil rights activists congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was among the last surviving pioneers of the movement during the 1960 s. He helped to organize the march on washington where Martin Luther king delivered his historic i have a dream speech nearly 60 years later the dream of Racial Justice is ongoing black lives matter protests sparked by the death of george. Floyd to being violently suppressed by the police in the city of Portland Oregon overnight on friday federal agents fired tear gas at Peaceful Protesters the state of oregon is now suing over the use of force statues have been toppled and some Police Officers sacked during months of protests acros
Getting more dangerous. More dangerous with time. Were going to see tank failures in the future. This is a wakeup call. Reporter at hanford, all but essential workers have been told not to report for work tonight. Officials say theyre looking for a way to fix the tunnel, scott, without making that hole any bigger. John blackstone for us, thank you. After 16 years and 2,396 american deaths, there is no victory in afghanistan. Now President Trump is considering whether to send more troops. And heres david martin. Reporter facing the stalemate in which the afghan army is suffering what the pentagon calls shockingly high casualties, the Trump Administration is preparing to send some 3,000 troops back to afghanistan. The exact number would depend on how many troops nato allies contribute. The increase was requested by general John Nicholson who says he needs more trainers and advisers for the afghan army. The plan, which has not yet been presented to President Trump for a decision would all
Pelley we begin tonight with breaking news. This evening, President Trump fired the director of the f. B. I. James comey was leading the investigation into whether associates of mr. Trump colluded with the russian government to influence the u. S. President ial election. Late today, in an oddly worded letter in which the president declares his own innocence, mr. Trump told comey that he has concluded that comey is not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey, who is well known for integrity, was appointed by president obama, and had about another six years to go on a 10year appointment. Recently, he has been controversial with both democrats and republicans leading the investigation of Hillary Clintons emails and the Russian Election tampering probe. Major garrett is at the white house for us now with the breaking news. Major. Reporter scott, the letter nowformer f. B. I. Director james comey was characteristically blunt. It reads in part, you are hereby terminated and removed from o
Jeff pegues, thank you very much. Were john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent is with us. John, the Political Climate on all of this, this is quite a surprise. Its quite a surprise, and obviously, there was already a considerable amount of back and forth and political blood in the water on the russia question this week alone, and now you have a situation where, i mean, if you read the letter explaining why comey was let go, its thick with criticism of his handling of Hillary Clintons email situation, that was something obviously deeply political. Now this week hes released, hes in the middle. The fbi is investigating connections between russian meddling in the election and the trump campaign, so the political ramifications here will be will be constant, and whoevers going to handle this election this investigation next will have to handle this super charged atmosphere. John dickerson, thanks very much. Were going to be following the details and the developments on this brea
Pelley this is our western edition. In a surprise move this evening, President Trump fired the director of the f. B. I. James comey was leading the investigation into whether associates of mr. Trump colluded with the russian government to influence the u. S. President ial election. In an oddly worded letter in which the president declares his own innocence, mr. Trump told comey he had concluded that comey is not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey, who is well known for integrity, was appointed by president obama and had about six years left on a 10year term. Recently, comey has been controversial with both democrats and republicans leading the investigation of Hillary Clintons emails and the Russian Election tampering probe. Major garrett it at the white house. Reporter the letter from President Trump to combing is blunt Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein writes he wrote comey made the decision after attorney general Loretta Lynch removed herself from the investigation. A meeting b