Meetings with the president and two phone calls, which comey flags as out of the ordinary to meet that much with a sitting president. He will read his remarks before the Senate Intelligence committee at 10 00 this morning. That will be followed by questions from Committee Senators about which the chair has said no topic is off limits. Some of the uncomfortable and concerning moments that comey described in his Opening Statements include a january dinner at the white house during which he says the president said i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. Awkward silence followed, but youll always get honesty from me. Heres Brian Fitzpatrick on todays hearing. Hes a former fbi agent who worked under comey. Im glad hes coming to testify. Hes a good man. Hell tell them exactly what happened. At 5 00 ill have reaction from the rnc chair and president trumps lawyer about comeys opening statement. Katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Lauren mayk and Jim Rosenfield are in washington, d. C. For the hearing. Look f
For a little bit. Also watching the clearing of this. Now they have already lifted some of that closure. By the time you get out the door here, by the time youll get there, youll be just fine. The closure is partially cleared right now. Also watching route 1 here at the boulevard around fox streelt. And roads are dry. This is 95 moving through delaware. Ten minutes on the northbound side. At the most, a tenminute trip from 295 to 495. Speeds in the 60s. All eyes on washington, d. C. Today as former fbi director james comey is scheduled to testify in just a few hours. He will break his silence about his encounters with President Trump before he was fired. His Opening Statement has already been released and its shining a new light on what comey said were ak ward and inappropriate conversations. Katy zachry joins us live from the digital center. Comey said the president stressed loyalty. He did on more than one occasion and its detailed in his opening remarks released before the hearing.
The 90s. Upper 90s on monday and tuesday. I do think well see record breaking temperatures. Heres jessica with traffic. Heres the garden state parkway. Roads are relatively empty. A car or so goes by. The sun coming up in the background. Were going to deal with sun glare. Eight minutes on the eastbound drive time. Moving from 29 to the expressway. Right around this intersection for now. Still blocked for some clean up. Part of lower moreland. Right around red lion road. Well end on route 202. Cameras around route 29. Both directions look good. Back to you. Happening today, all eyes will be on fired director james comey. Hes set to share his side of the story. His Opening Statements have been released. They are giving details about his encounter with the president and the controversy swirl around the russia investigation. Katy zachry has more from the digital center. What was the president asking of him . The point that the former fbi director got into the habit of writing memos or note
I quickly want shoutout to william penn elementary school. They had me visit yesterday. Such a a great time. Hank you for having me. Ki and in and around philadelphia, temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Parkwood at 51. And look outside. The sky is gorgeous. I cant emphasize this enough. Today. A lot of this will be mixing out or clearing as the day progresses. So a really nice day. Get out there and enyou the day. Heres jessica with traffic. Were watching route 55 right now moving through millville. Heres route 49. Roads pretty much empty. We look good in both directions there. The freeway over in new jersey looks good as well. North and southbound a fiveminute trip towards philadelphia. Those roads are empty as well. Average speeds in the 60s. Were seeing quiet commutes. So it youre heading down the freeway, might not be so bad. Ill keep checking for scheduled openings. Ill be back with another update. Fired fbi director james comey will be raising his hand to give sworn testimony to a
D. C. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to this special splitedition of today on a thursday morning. So glad youre with us. Its a big day here on capitol hill. Matt, youre back in studio 1a and the stage is set for some consequential testimony. This is the political version of mustsee tv. Millions of people are going to stop what theyre doing and watch from home or from their workplace. But what does it take, savannah, to be one of the lucky one toss actually get a seat in that hearing room . Well, you have to be an early riser, thats for sure. I can show you a live shot outside the hearing room in the Hart Senate Office building. People are already there. It will be filled with lawmakers, with staff, a lot of reporters, but also spectators willing to wait in line. Well take you what we think will be happening here today. This hearing gets underway, 10 00 a. M. Eastern, former fbi director james comey will begin his testimony before the Senate Intelligence committee. Hes going to be