The next decade. 200 countries are part of the agreement. Epa chief pruit and bannon called for the tous with withdrawal. White house and family of President Trump Senior Advisor and soninlaw Jared Kushner said his name and connections are not being used to bolster kushner business. Sox members of congress and Business Ethics experts say theres a conflict of interest brewing after a weekend in china where the sister was pitching chinese to invest in her familys real estate ventures. We continue to follow a disturbing story out of virginia and reminder for parents to be vigilant about childs internet us in. A sting employed arrest of arrange sex with children online. What parents need to know. Scary stuff, mel. Reporter Fairfax Country Police tell us it does not take much for them tomorrow find predators online. Both boys and girls are equally targeted. This was a joint operation with Fairfax County investigators, Loudoun County investigators and the fbi. They teamed up on this three da
And the men and andly served fbi. White house is backing his reason for firing comey. The president when giving recommendations made a decision to accept their conclusions and to remove director comey and begin restoration of confidence. Bill gave incriticized comey for recent investigations related to the 2016 president ial election. Its something that had to happen. Jim comey is a bright guy. Hes ethical guy. But the bottom line is when he made a prosecuteive opinion in an investigative matter he made a mistake. While democrats blamed comey for Democrat Hillary Clinton losing election, after holding a press conversation on the fbi investigation into her emails before the election theyre questioning his fi firing. I told the president m mr. President with all due respect your mistake. The first question the administration has to answer is why now. There are now worries about the fate of the investigation into russia influencing the election. Termination and removal of james comey race
Director. This morning the department of justice denying reports that comey requested more resources for the investigation into russian meddling just days before his firing. Meantime there are mixed reactions to calls to some lawmakers asking for a special prosecutor take over the investigation. Melanie alnwick live on capitol hill now with more. Good morning. Reporter well, steve and allison its pretty clear that repulican leaders here on capitol hill do not support those calls for a special prosecutor. But the Senate Intelligence committee does vow to continue its own investigation into the matter even as some members do say comeys firing, the timing of it, is questionable. Now former fbi director james comey says hes not going to dwell on president trumps decision to fire him. Very simply he was not doing good job. Reporter in an fbi farewell letter comey says hell be fine but will miss the fbi. The ap reports the firing came after the president felt comey wasnt doing leaks about th
It was stopped by a 22yearold british computer expert. Theres fear a continuing attack could come as people turn to work today and turn on their computers. Weve seen the rise of ransom wear becoming the principle cyber threat but this is something we havent seen before p the global reach is unprecedented. The ransom wear virus threatened to keep usersers electronics locked until they paid a bit coin ransom. Search fonts for a new fbi director. Eight people were interviewed for that position. There are 14 total candidates. A decision could come this week but questions continue over the firing of james comey while republicans and democrats remain divided on the president s decision. Some say sit feels like american institutions are under siege right now. In many ways, our institutions are under assault both externally and thats at russian interference in our election system. And i think as well our institutions are under assault internally. Internally from the president . Exactly. Chuck
Wikileaks. Im Melanie Alnwick witness details coming up. High schooler drops dead. The cause a caffeine overdose. Now this morning a new warning for fans of Energy Drinks. And later, another game seven loss leaving dc fans feeling numb. This time the wizards going home empty handed. Good day at 9a starts now. I dont feel bad as i did with the caps loss i feel like the wizards exceeded expectations with their seasons. I dont feel like it was a total downer. I feel like it was the end of good run. Number one team in the league losing at home. Yeah. That is bad. Fourth quarter melt down was ridiculous they were right there the whole time. Oh yeah. Wheels came off. Like okay this is why i you want something to make you feel bad. That boston song came out 40 years now. Fourzero. Nice. The good news it will be pretty outside today and how about those nats . Listen good day dc. Just after 9 00 oclock on tuesday. May 16th is the date. Im holly morris alongside of maureen, steve and wisdom. Als