I ask our guests to take their seats, please. The subcommittee on energy and power will now come to order and the chair will recognize himself for five minutes for an opening statement. First of all, welcome, mr. Secretary. Its great to have you here. And todays hearing is going to examine the department of energys management and Mission Priorities under the leadership of secretary rick perry. Im very pleased to welcome this morning for his first appearance before the subcommittee. It performs essential Nuclear Security and National Security missions. It plays a central role in ensuring the nations Domestic Energy security and sorting americas Strategic Interests in the international markets. It performs challenging cleanup operations to address its vast environmental and Nuclear Waste liabilities and provides key energy data and supports foundational science and Technological Development to advance the benefits of all forms of energy and Energy Delivery to ensure the longterm security
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story is just breaking now President Trump fired james comey as director of the f. B. I. Press Secretary Sean Spicer just made the announcement moments ago. Here to tell us what we know at this moment, our own john yang. John, this looks like a bolt out of the blue. What have you learned . Jonathan it was absolutely out of the blue. It was after the White House Press was told there would be no more news developments for the night. Sean spicer walked into the Briefing Room with a very brief statement saying that President Trump had fired james comey on the recommendation of the attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Were slow
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story is just breaking now President Trump fired james comey as director of the f. B. I. Press Secretary Sean Spicer just made the announcement moments ago. Here to tell us what we know at this moment, our own john yang. John, this looks like a bolt out of the blue. What have you learned . Jonathan it was absolutely out of the blue. It was after the White House Press was told there would be no more news developments for the night. Sean spicer walked into the Briefing Room with a very brief statement saying that President Trump had fired james comey on the recommendation of the attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Were slow
Socialist city Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant. Then we speak to one of the lawyers leading the charge against trumps muslim ban. If you look at it and say, how in the world can he be trying to tie this to national barring when he is children from coming in to be reunited with their parents . Their parents are already living here, who are United States is distance and lawful permanent residents . Amy we will speak with matt adams. He is fighting an order from the department of justice that instructs his group to cease and desist from assisting unrepresented immigrants facing deportation. And the department of energy has declared a state of emergency at the Hanford Nuclear site here in Washington State. Storingfter a tunnel Radioactive Material collapsed, forcing hundreds of workers to take cover in place to avoid potential exposure. The excavator here that throughout the day will place scoop full after scoop full of soil into the collapsed portion of the tunnel, which is approximat
Over. Now sources say there is a worry the investigation, as well as separate congressional probes, will slow down. Republican richard bird, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee. An interruption in any of the access we have to the documents and personnel would be harmful to our investigation. It wouldnt in any way, shape or form preclude us from coming to a conclusion, but it might delay us. Reporter in recent weeks, sources say they have been intensely focussed on following the money, trying to identify who might have paid the hackers involved in russias campaign to interfere in the 2016 election. They are also scrutinizing the activities of President Trumps associates, including former National Security adviser, michael flynn, former campaign chairman, paul manafort, and former campaign adviser, carter page. All have contacts too or ties with russian officials. Ron whose coe worries that comeys firing could have a chilling effect. If the timing of this termination lines