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
Watergate as President Trump prepares to nominate a new fbi director and meets with the Russian Foreign minister this morning. Our entire team is breaking it down, a special edition of gma starts now. Good morning, america. What a stunning decision from President Trump. Firing fbi director james comey only the second time in American History a president has taken that step. We are covering all the fallout this morning from the white house to the capitol to the fbi. The decision took comey by surprise. He found out from tv on a recruiting trip to los angeles. He thought it was a joke at first. Take a look at his plane landing in d. C. Hours ago after he got the news. We are covering every possible angle of this story. Attorney general Jeff Sessions is expected to soon name an interim fbi director to replace james comey and the president preparing to nominate a permanent replacement. The chair of the Senate Intelligence committee is Campaign Aides if they continue ignoring deadlines to t
The winds between 1020 miles an hour at this point. Today it gets gusty and winds will build in into tomorrow. Were getting that boost in the temperatures with the southwest flow for this morning but as the winds shift to come out of the west and then finally the northwest as we get into tomorrow, it will be brisk and chilly, feeling more like november but a temperature boost around the corner and the extended forecast coming up. Jadiann thank you so much. Lets get over to rich kirkland and get a check of the roads. Rich good morning, light traffic on the turnpike a look at the expressway, very light traffic on 93 and route 128. No issues anywhere else. The t says just getting going. Were okay. Rich kirkland, 7 news today in new england. Christa lets get to that breaking news. U. S. Officials are assessing the results of an air strike in syria targeting the man known as jihadi john. They believe this terrorist was killed in that attack. Jadiann the british man is suspected in several b
Reporter jihadi john u. S. Officials are work right now to confirm he was, in fact, killed in this attack. Here in rochester, New Hampshire, james foleys parents through a statement said this latest development offers little comfort. James foley last spoke to his parents in november of 2012. A week before he was kidnapped in syria. In august of last year, they learned of his gruesome murder posted in a video online. His masked killer came to be known as jihadi john, was later identified. Thursday night, the pentagon announced that u. S. Forces had targeted emwazi with an air strike. Foleys parents find little killing. In a statement they said q. Back. If only so much effort had been given to finding and rescuing jim and the other hostages who were subsequently murdered by isis, they might be alive today. Foley grew up in wolfeboro, New Hampshire and had been working as a freelance was captured. A number of other hostages were murdered in similar videos. The figure spoke english in a br
After a day of cold its so good to see the sun. A little bit of sunshine mixed with wind. Is wind is back as well. The temperature were unable to budge last couple of day. Were into the lowtomid 50s. Look at nantucket closing in on 60 degrees. Its very windy through the cape and island and elsewhere as well. Winds generally 10, 20mileanhour sustained wind quite gusty as well. Cloudless. Theres a chance that we could see some of these spot shower alls this afternoon. Well run through that time line and show you the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes get you to breaking news. U. S. Airstrike. Syria targeting the isis terrorist known as jihady john. Hes appeared in several videos, of course released by isis. He believed to have been behind several beheading including james fellow. James foley had been captured by terrorist. His family hadnt heard from him in two years when a video surfaced online that appeared to show his murder. U. S. Officials believe the man who killed him is