Thin. On the back of the pin is in boston a great nation thanks and on her shoe. He United States today, were come to hear about a particular group of vietnam veterans. There were 1000 women from the army and marine car marine corps, abn marines. They were dietitians, Communication Specialists and nurses and much more. Book, she writes. Sergeant major she was. She tells her story. , sher 26 years of service was First Sergeant of four units and served for overseas to hers. In 1967, she was directed as one of the groups of army list and women to serve in vietnam. After her retirement from the army she worked with the Washington State department of veterans affairs. Since her retirement she has been active in her community and received one of the governors 50 volunteer awards for her work with the homeless, and also received Washington States outstanding Women Veterans award for 2011. Please welcome Sergeant Major donna lowery. [applause] donna good afternoon, everybody. Im so excited abo
Interferen interference one way or the other. The Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe will serve as acting director until the white house find a replacement. He started his career at the fbi going after russian mobsters. Right now were looking at a plane thats taking off from Los Angeles International airport with comey on board. About 15 minutes ago we saw comey get on that plane. We watched his motorcade head to the airport. There were conflicting reports as to whether he would still deliver his speech. He is on a private jet, no longer being allowed to use the fbi plane. Cornell, he used some pretty colorful language, too, i understand . He calls this a tuesday night massacre, comparing the firing to what president nixon did back in the 70s, firing a special prosecutor looking into watergate. While looking into russian meddling in the 2016 election, he calls comeys firing inappropriate. You need Law Enforcement thats independent and one thats not affected by politics. And this also sends
It a coverup. Again, you need a Law Enforcement that is independent and not affected by politics, and this is sending a message dont dig too deep otherwise you may lose your job. He tells abc7 news he wants the next fbi director to be independent of the president and his campaign. And we sent a push alert moments after the news broke. There you have a look at it. Trump will have his highest level facetoface contact with russia since taking office. This is the president s only scheduled meeting today and it will be close to the media. He will meet with Rex Tillerson today. They are expected to discuss ukraine and issues between russia. Claiming victory this morning. Morning. An emergency matt will explain how it will affect thousands of families. Reporter the problem with the ordinance according to renters is it doesnt go into affect until june, and so one of the issues with that is that landlords are kicking out and doing no cause evictions for the tenants, and there was an emergency o
Is investigating his administrations ties to russia. Good evening. The president s directive came down late this afternoon. The president sent a later to the office of director james comey informing him of the immediate termination. Comey was in los angeles and had the letter read to him over the phone. In the letter President Donald Trump said that he did not have trust in comey. However the decision also comes after the fbi began investigating the white houses ties to russia and its interference in the 2016 elections. Democrats have expressed concern over the stud move, while republicans remain confidence the investigation into russia will carry on as it should. This investigation must be run as far away as possible from this white house and as far away as possible from anyone that President Trump has appointed. I expect the fbi will continue to its work, it is staffed by thousands of highly qualified profession lts committed to their work without interferen interference one way or t
Comes drew immediately calls from democratic looking for independent prosecutor. The president himself has not spoke since the firing of james comey many are looking at his letter, the part where he thanked comey for three occasions telling he was, quote, not under investigation, as proof that the Russian Investigation was very much on the president s mind. James comey aboarded a plane in los angeles deciding not to attend an fbi event learning he was fired as head of the fbi immediately President Trump writing we need new leadership for the fbi to ensure public trust and confidence, he was influenced in part by attorney general whop rekused himself from Russian Investigation. Comey was overseeing the investigation, and some saying now that his firing demonstrates a pattern. They fired sally yates, they fired barara and now zrektor comey. Saying a federal investigator will need to be appointed if not. Very american that the decision to fire director comey was part of a cover up. Make m