Talking about the fbi probe into nrim. Democrats saying this dances uncomfortably close to the legal def significance of obstruction of justice. When are you persistence in persuading that director to back up a specific investigation of specific investigation that is ob struvx justice and thats a serious matter. The white house vehemently denying allegations saying the president has never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation while once again republicans are trying to circle this all back to leaks. The use of nonsourced materials in this town is amazing. Someone committed a crime here. Theres a weasel. This latest report one day after the Washington Post report claiming the president allegedly divulged classified information to russian diplomats. Clearly the president didnt do anything illegal. My advice to the president would be if you talk to the russian about anything sensitive run it through the system first. House Oversight Committee chairman said ft. Comey memo
Of severe storms tear through the mid we have. Here at home, were about to get our first taste of summer with a chance for temperatures in record territory. And later, the worst first day ever . Guardians of galaxy volume two ended with lawsuit for one apparently incompatible couple. Good day at 9a starts now. All right. Taking you for spin for the next two hours here on good day dc. It is 9 01 on this wednesday may 17th. Im maureen umeh alongside allison seymour, holly morris and steve chenevey. Wisdom has the morning off. The big reveal. We are counting down the days until next weeks first zip trip of the Summer Season and all morning long weve been sharing where were going to be headed this morning. Weve already revealed a few. Weve got quite a few more to go, though, and it looks like well be putting in the miles this tucker has first check of the forecast. Steve i think well get awfully close. Forecasting a high of 93 and the record for the day goes back to 1974. Its 92. Well be r
A focal point of somebody that we all trust. Have a body that is truly independent from political consideration and also has all the resources it needs and a single focus on the oversight of what russia did. Reporter President Trump reacted saying he looks forward to this concluding quickly and he believes that a thoreau investigation will confirm that there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. Now, you did mention that Rod Rosenstein will be on capitol hill today. So, he was invited by members of the senate to come in and answer questions, not only about Robert Muller and the appointment of him as a special counsel because that just happened but what they really want to get to is the firing of james comey as fbi director and what, if any, that brief that rosenstein wrote had to do with that so hes addressing the senate today and hell address the house tomorrow. Back to you guys. 4 41 is from both sides of the i feel want to see the memos james comey kept in his
About a live look outside. Going to be another hot one today. Need to cool my mind after that one and cool the body, too. Its going to be hotly. Are they just flying around looking for a little love cause they only have a few days to live. Thats gross. Whats going on weatherwise. More heat and humidity. How do you follow that up. 395 parked at duke street. Other slowdowns outside the beltway 95 southbound a crash by the icc. Well have a full look at your traffic and metro report within the in e next five minut. Allison and steve. Erin thanks. More on the tragic news from the music world singer Chris Cornell died at the age of 52. He rose to fame as the lead singer of sound garden and later joined audio slave. Cornell was on tour when he died posting to social media hours before that hand. Holly morris joins us with a look back at his career. Sudden and unexpected allison and steve thats what his representativ shocked by it. Can imagine are the statement says the family will be working
Is sudden and unexpected. Cause of death is unclear. He does leave behind wife, just 52 years old. Also back here in d. C. A tragic story developing this morning. A sixyearold boy killed after being struck by a car. Fox5s annie yu is live with new details. Good morning annie. Reporter good morning allison and steve. This is so incredibly heartbreaking, the parents of a sixyearold boy mourning the loss of their child this morning. Now this officially went out as a hitandrun but we did learn this morning that the driver of the striking vehicle did turn himself in. He turned himself in to Prince Georges County police overnight and no word yet on any charges or when hell be turned over to d. C. Police. This video that youre looking at is from last night just after 8 30 police got that call asixyearold boy hit in the 300 block of livingston road southeast just inside the district line. And police chief Peter Newsham tells us its unclear why the boy was in the street at the time. We can tell