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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
Hours or so. Before it starts to progress. A flood watch remains. We will keep you posted and track the storm both here and on line. Reporter well also keeping track of a situation in berkeley. Working on a flooding situation best wabbled three vehicles. The real world and the crossing , occupants of that deal were able to get al safely. Certainly the situation depict the seriousness of this storm. And how quickly can accumulate in one area. Please walk us through your afternoon out here and what you sought initially and the progress made recently. Reporter working furiously to get this under control. The showers are coming down and it keeps coming down harder trick is nesting to let up. Crews are working hard to get the flooding out of this area. I do not know what the situation is the bay and it appeared completely submerged. It seems to be a tough battle with all the water coming down. And this area. You could maybe make out of my camera is now helping right now. Until they get this
Boeings flight plan, the Aerospace Giant heads to washington today to pitch the faa on a plan for fixing the dreamliners battery problem. Tech toughness, shares of Hewlett Packard getting a boost on a better than expected quart ily report and upbeat guidance. Plus, a key election in italy. Not the pope yet. Thats coming, though. The outcome is anything but certain and the Global Markets are paying close attention. Its friday, february 22nd, 2013 and squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Happy friday. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Keeping an eye on the u. S. Equity foourchs, well, after a couple of days of declines, dow futures are up significantly this morning. Thats a gain of 50 points above fair value. The s p 500 is opening up by about 6 points and this comes after two days of declines and a lot of questions about whether this rally has tapped out, at least for the moment. Among the key Market Drivers