The public thinks about this dismissal. Leon harris has the details. This is getting a ton of attention. And will be for days to come. President trump spoke extensively about his decision to fire james comey in an exclusive interview with nbcs lester holt, and the president s reasons appear to contradict previous statements coming from the white house. Now on the topic of comey, were also seeing some new reaction from a brandnew nbc News Survey Monkey poll. More than half, 54 believe that comeys dismissal was not appropriate, and when it comes to why the president let comey go, nearly half think it has to do with the russia investigation. Only about a quarter think its related to the Clinton Emails as stated. In his sitdown, he also had choice words to describe comey. Hes a show boat, hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil, you know what, i know that, Everybody Knows that. You met attorney general rod rosenstein. Right. Did you ask for a recommendation . What i did is, i was g
Accident, three lanes of traffic being squeezed into one. You can see one and lives with its doors opened. This is not as serious as the rest yesterday which happened in almost the identical spots and blocked traffic completely for the better part of an hour and a half. This eastbound traffic on i4, starting to back up way past the wesh 2 studios. That is about a three hour three mile backup. We will let you know when we get this to clear out. Angela latebreaking at 5 00, Orlando Police say they ve charged a man in connection with a deadly nightclub shooting. It happened last weekend. 10 people were shot, two were killed. Police say it started when two rival groups started arguing. Jim this all happened at glitz nightclub just off universal boulevard. The police chief just wrapped up a News Conference a press a News Conference on the investigation. Wesh 2 s bob kealing was there. And bob chief john mina says the bob this also contributed to one glenn being allowed inside gun being allo
First alert me to rogers Dave Cocchiarella is standing by. It should be a nice saturday out there for us. Dave we have a great weekend forecast for us. A few clouds, but otherwise, i do not see any real complaints out there right now. 59 degrees right now. It is very pleasant. A few clouds here and there. They are mostly high clouds just streaming by. 57 degrees in ocala. 56 degrees in Daytona Beach. We are looking at 59 degrees right now in the city beautiful. We are going to warm through the midmorning hours, and into the afternoon. Probably the mid to upper 60 s before it is all over. If you after clouds in the forecast for today. That is really the only significant part of the forecast, other than a northwest win. A little breezy today. Hour wind. 68 degrees in kissimmee. Most of us will be in the middle to upper 60 s, maybe a few in 70 s. Cara thank you, dave. Right now, we re asking Daytona Beach police how a country Club Parking Lot became a crime scene. Detectives were at the i
Good saturday morning, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us for sunrise. I m cara moore. It is coming up on 5 01, and it is already a nice mild day. Dave temperatures about where they should be and only warming into the upper 60 s today. Right now in the orlando area, temperatures are coming in at about 55 degrees, and quiet weather is in the forecast for all of Central Florida. Even with the cold front working its way down the peninsula, we will not see more than a few clouds. 57 in daytona and winter haven. 57 and leesburg. A few clouds here and there and that really is about it. Headed for the 50 s and eventually into the upper 60 s for most of Central Florida. Pretty mild overnight, and a 62 in ocala, 66 and claremont, 68 in kissimmee. 68 degrees in palm bay. A full weekend forecast coming up. Cara right now, we re asking Daytona Beach police how a country Club Parking Lot became a crime scene. Detectives were at the indigo shores country Club Parking Lot well into the Early
It is just so great. All these scenarios are out of my mind now. They are safe, everyone is safe. Dave what are you looking forward to the first time you see xander . Hug him, kissed him , it will be great we always talked on the phone. The lady called us back and we talked to him on the phone. He was so glad to hear us and our voices. He started laughing. It is just so great. Dave it is good, and incredible reunion once xander gets back to palm coast. He was living with his grandparents and his mother. There are challenges ahead, certainly the inmate accused of escape. He will go through the ramifications of that, and his girlfriend, it ranked cars daughter is going to have to deal with the accusation she helped him escape. But Xander Quigley is safe. Mom of Xander Quigley s father, she lives in pennsylvania, and she is on her way to kentucky. She spoke to me on the phone and said she is over the moon happy and looks to be for united and midnight or a little after. Angela we are follo