Advice of Career Lawyers in the Justice Department. It wasnt just a whim of Jeff Sessions, this was a serious consideration went into this. Im sure Jeff Sessions didnt want to recuse himself but that was the advice he got. The president has been loudly lamenting sessions decision to do just that. Sessions pushing ban on his part saying essentially that the actions to have department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations, thats the thing that he shot back, your thoughts on that . Yeah, i think the other thing was that was the beginning of the statement, at the end of the statement he mentioned that the people in his department and him are committed to advancing the rule of law and i think that was a very important thing too because hes basically suggesting there that donald trump is trying to get the Justice Department to do his bidding is trying to avoid the rule of law, rule of man rather than rule of law, i think Jeff Sessions had strong words there
It included plans for an isis style beheading of an unidentified individual and attacks on police officers. It all started falling apart on the streets of boston yesterday when agents and Police Killed one suspect, usaama abdullah rahim, after they say he lunged at them with a knife. Last night, an alleged accomplice was arrested. David wright is charged with conspiring to obstruct an investigation by destroying evidence. More now from jeff pegues. Reporter the week before his fatal encounter with Law Enforcement, investigators say usaama rahim bought the knife he pulled on Boston Police and f. B. I. Agents. Court documents say that on may 25, rahim went on amazon. Com and bought a marine fighting knife with a 10inch blade, as well as a knife sharpener. The next day, rahim, who was under surveillance, called david wright, the f. B. I. Recorded the call and believe the men were speaking in code about a plot to kill. Rahim told wright rahim then told wright something was, like thinking w
Upstate prison over the weekend is now focused on a small town. Residents of willsboro population 2,000, reported seeing two suspicious men there last night. Don dahler has the latest. Don. Reporter charlie, federal and state officers are not only scouring the rugged countryside; theyre also conducting house tohouse searches of residences, and vacation homes. More than 400 grimfaced Law Enforcement officers swarmed farm land and thick woods determined to put an end to the fugitives four days of freedom. Willsboros town supervisor. Motorists observed two men walking down a very rural road in the middle of farm land, and when the car. Reporter authorities have cast their dragnet near and far. Theyre also continuing to scour the neighborhood of dannemora where they escaped. They questioned a female employee of the prison, teaching tailoring to inmate. She has not been named a suspect. Nicholas harris is Richard Matts son. Were waiting like everyone else, i guess. Reporter investigators ar
Zone. Police waged intense battles with the gunmen. This as we are getting word that a fierce Islamic Terror Group is taking responsibility for the attack. It is called, and you display heard of it, al shabab. It is based in neighboring somalia. And some of the representatives are on twitter today sending messages that all muslims were escorted out of the Shopping Mall before the violence began. And the group will not negotiate. One victim describes the chaos. We tried running away, but we were told they are also covering the place so we cant escape. So we had to move back into the corner, the left corner of west gate, and we were all there and we tried escaping and they threw a grenade and the grenade the sharp particles entered into my hand and leg. There were very many peel who were injured. You heard him say west gate. Thats the name of the Shopping Mall. Connor powell has more from our mideast bureau. Connor . Alshabab is aal alqaedalinked group and they wreaked havoc on that coun
We begin tonight in Southern California where firefighters got just what they needed today, help from the weather. 20,000 acres in San Diego County have been devoured this week by wild fires fed by 50milesper hour winds. Although some fires are still burning near camp pendelton, today, those winds calmed enough for 2,000 firefighters to contain most of the flames that have caused at least 20 million in damage. Here is carter evans. Reporter as fire crews put out the last hotspots in the san marcos fire, evacuees are beginning to return home, but many like Gary Saunders and his family were only allowed to go on foot until the entire area is declared safe. All of these people are in the same boat. They just want to go home too. I mean, they have been displaced for however many, three, four days. Reporter they are fortunate they still have homes to go to, the wind driven fire moved so fast it caught many by surprise. How much time did you have to get out of your home . We literally had se