Polite crowd. [inaudible] so ive heard. Good afternoon, everybody. As most of you know, sean is on reserve duty for the rest of the week, so i will be briefing you today and in the following days. I have a few announcements at the top before i take your questions. I have an update at the tunnel collapse in washington state. The incident is moving from the emergency phase to the recovery phase. After extensive testing we remain confident that there has been no radiological release. Personnel begin taking steps to stabilize and fill the hole over the partially collapsed tunnel last night. We expect efforts to be completed today. The site remains closed to nonessential personnel. Dedicated experts on the ground are looking closely at the next steps that should be taken with respect to mitigating future tunnel breaches. In washington, d. C. Today, as sean mentioned yesterday, the president focused on preparations for his upcoming trip. He met with the Russian Foreign minister following up
Directors failure to stop i think thats probably one of the many factors. I mean, you cant deny somebody that that wasnt a problem, and so i think that was just another one of the many reasons that he no longer had the confidence of the president or the rest of the fbi. Do we expect more firings from the Justice Department . Not that im aware of today. Going forward, does the president want the department of justice to shut down what he has called the taxpayer charade investigation . He wants to continue with whatever they see appropriate, and see fit. Just the same as he has encouraged the house and Senate Committees to continue any ongoing investigations. Look. The bottom line is any investigation that was happening on monday is still happening today. That hasnt changed, and, in fact, we encourage them to complete this investigation so we can put it behind us, and we can continue to see exactly what we have been saying for nearly a year. There is no evidence of collusion between the
Charlie . How important was it that the fbi directors failure tore stop leaks from going out of the fbi to the president . How unfortunate is that . I think thats one of the many factors. I mean, you cant deny somebody that that wasnt a problem, and so i think that was another one of the many reasons that he was he no longer had the confidence of the president or the rest of the fbi. Can we expect more firings from the Justice Department . Not that im aware of today. Going forward, does the president want the department of justice to shut down what hes called a taxpayerfunded charade investigation . He wants them to continue with whatever they see appropriate and see fit, just the same as hes encouraged the house and Senate Committees to continue any ongoing investigations. Look, bottom line is any investigation that was happening on monday is still hang today. That hasnt changed, and, in fact, we encourage them to complete this investigation so we can put it behind us and we can conti
I have an update at the tunnel collapse in washington state. The incident is moving from the emergency phase to the recovery phase. After extensive testing we remain confident that there has been no radiological release. Personnel begin taking steps to stabilize and fill the hole over the partially collapsed tunnel last night. We expect efforts to be completed today. The site remains closed to nonessential personnel. Dedicated experts on the ground are looking closely at the next steps that should be taken with respect to mitigating future tunnel breaches. In washington, d. C. Today, as sean mentioned yesterday, the president focused on preparations for his upcoming trip. He met with the Russian Foreign minister following up with tillerson last month. A readout of the meeting went out about an hour ago and i refer you to that for further questions on the meeting. Outside of d. C. , as part of the administrations ongoing efforts to address the Opioid Crisis in america, secretary price c
I have an update at the tunnel collapse in washington state. The incident is moving from the emergency phase to the recovery phase. After extensive testing we remain confident that there has been no radiological release. Personnel begin taking steps to stabilize and fill the hole over the partially collapsed tunnel last night. We expect efforts to be completed today. The site remains closed to nonessential personnel. Dedicated experts on the ground are looking closely at the next steps that should be taken with respect to mitigating future tunnel breaches. In washington, d. C. Today, as sean mentioned yesterday, the president focused on preparations for his upcoming trip. He met with the Russian Foreign minister following up with tillerson last month. A readout of the meeting went out about an hour ago and i refer you to that for further questions on the meeting. Outside of d. C. , as part of the administrations ongoing efforts to address the Opioid Crisis in america, secretary price c