Will face charges over claims theyd breached the rules on Campaign Spending during the last General Election. Fifa investigates paul pogbas £89 million transfer from juventus to Manchester United last summer. And pigs do fly. 50 years after pink floyds Debut Album A Celebration and exhibition to mark the anniversary. Its 5 oclock, good afternoon. President trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning saying hed lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. But critics from both sides say the dismissal of james comey smacks of a cover up, to do with the agencys investigation into possible collusion between the trump president ial campaign and russia. From washington, heres rajini vaidyanathan. Absolutely explosive news from washington. This is a fox news alert. James comey has been fired. Politics in the time of trump is often unpredictable but this was a political bombshell that few saw coming. Back in washington today james comey was in los ange
Alison, good morning. Witnesses say this man was responsible for carrying out the attack, who drove a white van, swerving deliberately into a crowd of people that had just emerged from a local mosque. After midnight monday morning local time, they had been attending prayers, observing the holy month of ramadan. Some of those bystanders actually intervened, grabbing this guy, pulling him out of the vehicle, pinning him down to the ground. They say he fought the whole time, punching, biting, scratching at them while also saying things like you deserve this. You guys deserve this. An hour ago outside her residence at 10 downing street, Prime Minister theresa may condemn this had attack, saying it was just as sickening as any other attack this country has experienced. Take a listen. It was an attack that, once again, targeted the ordinary and the innocent, going about their daily lives. This time, british muslims, as they left a mosque, having broken their fast and prayed together at this
Biting and all the time saying things like you deserve this. You guys deserve this. They managed to hold him on the ground for about ten minutes until place arrived also keeping a very large, increasingly angry and emotional crowd away from him in what was sure i will a very tense situation. The police are treating this keeping an open mind. Theyre still trying to get to the bottom of that. The Muslim Community in this part of london, they believe this was an attack against them, and they say it is simply the latest example of the sort of hatred and islamophobia they have been experiencing, an escalation of what theyve been experiencing since those other recent attacks in london this year. Well check back in through out the program. We have cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd, Juliette Kayyem and. James, authorities have yet to classify this as a terror attack. Also considering it a hate crime. So i guess the difference is one is politically motivated and one is personal . Yes, in a
Say that. And did he ask you to pledge his loyalty and there would be nothing wrong if i did say it according to everybody that ive read toy,ut i did n say that. Did he ask for a pledge of loyalty to you . Thats another thing he said to you. No, he did not. He said those things under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of those events . 100 . I didnt say under oath. I hardly know the man. Im not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance. Who would do that . Who would ask a man to pledge allegiance under oath . I mean think of it. I hardly know the man. It doesnt make sense. No, i didnt say that, and i didnt say the other. So if Robert Mueller wanted to speak with you about that i would be glad to tell him exactly what i just told you, jim. That was just part of the president s damage control in the wake of comeys testimony. Trump and his team say he was vindicated, but they also accused comey of lying and went after him as a leaker. The problem for th
So he lied about that . Well, i didnt say that. I mean i will tell you i didnt say that. And did he ask you to pledge his loyal and there would be nothing wrong if i did say it according to everybody i read today but i did not say that. Did he ask for a pledge of loyalty to you . No, he did not. He said those things under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of those events . 100 . I didnt say under oath. I hardly know the man. Im not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance. Who would do that . Who would ask a man to pledge allegiance under eith . Think of it. I hardly know the man. It doesnt make sense. No, i didnt say that, and i didnt say the other. So if Robert Mueller wanted to speak with you about that i would be glad to tell him exactly what i just told you. That was just part of the president s damage control in the wake of comeys testimony. Trump and his team say he was vindicated but they also accused comey of lying and went after him as a