Another country interfering with our elections. The Intelligence Committee is the best place for that. Reporter even those against a special counsel still like the choice. I dont think appointing a special counsel was necessary but if one was going to be appointed i think bob mueller is an excellent choice. Reporter the man who picked mueller, rod rosestein briefing senators behind closed doors today on his decision to appointment the special counsel and the role of the firing in james comey. It was a counterintelligence investigation before now. It seems to be now a kremlin investigation. In a lunch today with Network Anchors President Trump said the special counsel hurts our country terribly calling the entire investigation a pure excuse by democrats having lost the election. Jonathan the instapoll is active now. What do you think of the finite appointment of a special prosecutor. Is right move . We have joined by brad garrett. Its good to get your appointments on these things. Your
Make larry thank you for that. Good luck, mr. Speaker. President trump started the day adding to the drama with the tweet calling the appointment of the special prosecutor the single greatest witch hunt of politician in american history. The situation changing by the minute. This is what happened. Hours after saying that Michael Flynn wouldnt comply with the subpoena the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee correcting himself saying that the panel hadnt gotten a response from flynns lawyers yet. We learned that the former c. I. A. Director john brennan will appear before the house Intelligence Committee next week to talk about the allegations that russia meddled in the u. S. President ial election. Earlier in the day, utah congressman Jason Chaffetz announced he will leave congress june not but it is unclear what the early departure of the head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee means for the investigation. Alison in the midst of all the madness with the in
I asked President Trump have you in any way urged former f. B. I. Director james comey to slow down or tepid russia investigation regarding flynn . He said no, no, next question. Unequiver call. Unekiv can. One of the conscious that will be brought to the forefront when the special counsel investigates the white house. Its remarked that history has a wray to repeat itself. When it comes to the special prosecutors that is true, too. A dozen times in the last 100 years they dominated the news cycle to put president s on the defensive. The tapes, the matters of the president ial conversations. Those are the matters in which the president has responsibility to defend this office. From watergate to white water. Special counsel can follow leads sometimes arent of course at first. That arent obvious at first. Absolutely. They can veer into almost any direction they want, depending where the evidence takes them. A prime example was land deal focused on an affair. Did trump obstruct justice in
Starting to form west of interstate 81. Temperatures are expected to warm finally out of the 60s to at least 70, but we will deal with more showers and storms through the mid to Late Afternoon and through early this evening. By the time we get to the 4 00 hour through 7 00, that is when we will see a noticeable increase in the probability of showers and storms. We expect to have those storms produce even more heavy downpours. This isnt just a regular thursday evening. This is the thursday before memorial day, so there will be extra folks on the road, and that rain will have an impact. Fredericksburg, a line of heavy downpours that will expand. More heavier downpours will follow just ahead of the cold front later this evening. We will see more heavy showers and thunderstorms. They will come in waves and cycles, but they will eventually get out overnight. Day we are going to have for a while, because showers and storms are in the weekend forecast. Its not going to be a washout, but its n
The weekend. Still breezy but not as windy tomorrow, and the wind cuts down on sunday. At the chilly air will remain for a couple of days. Also, a strong northwesterly wind. So the numbers now 36 in gaithersburg, 37 in ashburn. 38 out of dale city, 39 in washington. When you factor in the wind, that drives the temperature down. When gust in the past hour have been to 25 Miles Per Hour. It 24 Miles Per Hour gust in leesburg. If you like 23 in hagerstown, 31 in washington, 25 at andrews. The weekend will be called. Coming up in about 15 minutes, i will tell you about even colder air mass that will come in through the wednesday and thursday. Minutes. The muchhyped opening of the new mgm casino at National Harbor lived up to the hype. So many people try to come out, the casino hit capacity in less than an hour. That had traffic backing up all the way to the beltway and beyond. John gonzalez has been at the casino since before dawn and joins us live. We are about 13 hours going in. How is i