All day long washington will be consumed by the decision to fire james comey. Jon karl starts us with the latest. Good morning. Jon. What a day and morning and night. Reporter good morning, george. This firing has stunned nobody more than james comey himself. Comey first heard on tv. While in the meeting a letter from the president was hand delivered to fbi headquarters in washington. That letter from the president was read to comey over the phone. You are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. The president wrote, you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. The president also addressed the fbi investigation into russian meddling in the election. I greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. The reasons were outlined in a letter from the Deputy Attorney general who wrote that comey grossly mishandled the Hillary Clinton email investigation saying among other things that this july 2016 press conferenc
Our students to the charges against hodges. But john thai and perhaps other parents may have dodged a bullet. This person that we had trusted, trusted greatly, who only a couple days before he was arrested had solicited to come babysit for our 6yearold. Reporter thai says this is what hodges told his child. Ill come over maybe on a friday night and babysit for you and then i can do magic tricks. Reporter as thai said he trusted hodges to teach his son to swim in deep water so why would he have not trusted him to babysit . Vic lee, abc7 news. And you can listen to the full interview with the parent on our website, abc7news. Com. New at iv, Antioch Police are searching for a man accused of robbing a bank inside a super market a few hours ago. It took place inside a safe way in antioch just before 1 00. Sky 7 shows the Police Activity outside the store. The website east county today. Net reports a man with a gun hopped the counter at the bank. A woman at the store requested medical attent
Test. Is the country ready for shaq the sheriff . Early today starts right now. Good morning, im gigi stone woods. Im frances rivera. Explosive developments over the white house overnight and now fired, thats whats spread on headlines across the country. President trump making the abrupt and startling decision to terminate fbi director james comey effect thif immediately, installing Andrew Mccabe as acting director in the aim of, quote, restoring trust and confidence throughout the bureau. The news broke as fbi director comey learned of the firing from tv news reports blaring on the screens behind him. The president notified comey with a hand delivered letter. When asked of comeys dismissal this morning, attorney general sessions made a comment on the matter as he headed into work. He made no comment. The reason given for the firing, comeys handling of the clinton email case, the very same case trump praised on more than one occasion. It took a lot of guts. I really disagreed with him.
This morning, officials insisting no radiation has been detected. But a scare for the Nuclear Sites across the country. Timeline of a tragedy. Prosecutors release a detailed and disturbing account of how things unfolded on the night of the horrific alleged hazing death on penn state. Whats being done to make sure it doesnt happen again . This morning, the schools president and the District Attorney in charge of the case are joining us live. And another day, another plane, another fight. Stop it. What is wrong with you . A brawl breaks out on a Southwest Airlines jet. A female Flight Attendant tries to break it up, only to get slammed to the ground. Shes being praised for her bravery. And why this latest incident of airline outrage has people wondering whats going on, may 10th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Theres one story dominating hea
Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. For only the second time in u. S. History, the director of the fbi has been fired. In a stunning turn of events, President Trump fired james comey, raising questions about the president s motive and the future of the investigation into possible ties between the Trump Campaign and russia and also increasing calls for a special prosecutor. The president cited comeys actions in the Hillary Clinton email inquiry. Comeys Deputy Andrew mccabe has been named the interim prosecutor. Fbi director. One republican senator jeff blake of arizona tweeted that he cant find an acceptable rationale for the timing of comeys firing, and this morning all Democratic Senators have been asked to be at their desks when the senate convenes. The New York Times puts the president s letter dismissing comey on the front page. His firing is dominating headlines this morning. Hena daniels is here in new york with more. Hena, good morning. G, annmarie. President trump is hosti