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
We have steve ratner, who is with us often. He is one of the advisors. He is about to come here by himself in front of the committee on the tactical issue. We have a lot coming up. On the tax reform issue. We have a lot coming up. Similar story for stoxx 600, down by 3 10. Removing the currency market has truly been unbelievable. 1 buildingr 1. 1 on the rally we saw yesterday. Fourar yield now back by basis point. This is your safety check. Dollaryen down 6 10 of 1 . 112, a huge move. Oil trading on its own fundamentals up 3 10 of 1 . David thank you very much. We will set the stage now. We go to our chief washington correspondent, who is across town. Lets start with the facts. It is fair to say washington was rocked yesterday with this report that supposedly President Trump encouraged fbi director to stop the investigation into flynn. What do we know . Kevin it has been such a busy morning that i have not been able to get to the capital, but and irector james comey, am having trouble
A bar in washington, d. C. Will offer customers a free round of drinks every time President Trump tweets about former fbi director james comey during his testimony tomorrow. That story again, a bar in washington, d. C. Is having a going out of business sale. [ laughter ] that was how i used to bartend. [ laughter ] pour beer, throw it off the bar. [ light laughter ] President Trump announced his pick for fbi director today on twitter, and you could tell he was excited about it because he spelled fbi with two fefes. [ laughter ] President Trump today announced christopher wray, the attorney for new york governor new Jersey Governor Chris Christie during the bridgegate scandal, as the nomination for fbi director. Donald, youre even giving Chris Christies lawyer a job . [ light laughter ] how cruel are you . I bet you called him personally. Chris, are you sitting down . [ laughter ] i finally decided to hire your friend, the lawyer. [ laughter ] thats it, though. No one else. All right. H
A bar in washington, d. C. Will offer customers a free round of drinks every time President Trump tweets about former fbi director james comey during his testimony tomorrow. That story again, a bar in washington, d. C. Is having a going out of business sale. [ laughter ] that was how i used to bartend. [ laughter ] pour beer, throw it off the bar. [ light laughter ] President Trump announced his pick for fbi director today on twitter, and you could tell he was excited about it because he spelled fbi with two fefes. [ laughter ] President Trump today announced christopher wray, the attorney for new york governor new Jersey Governor Chris Christie during the bridgegate scandal, as the nomination for fbi director. Donald, youre even giving Chris Christies lawyer a job . [ light laughter ] how cruel are you . I bet you called him personally. Chris, are you sitting down . [ laughter ] i finally decided to hire your friend, the lawyer. [ laughter ] thats it, though. No one else. All right. H