Firing of fbi director james comey. Comey sent a letter to his former colleagues at the fbi last night saying, he is not going to dwell on the president s decision. The Justice Department is denying reports that comey recently asked for more money and manpower to investigate alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. And the Senate Committee looking into possible ties between the campaign and russia has subpoenaed former National Security adviser michael flynn. President trump is now citing Job Performance as his motive. Abcs janai norman has the latest from washington. Good morning to you, janai. Reporter kenneth and diane, good morning to both of you. The questions still lingering why was comey fired now . Could this be tied to the russia investigation . Some lawmakers saying the answers arent quite adding up. Less than 24 hours after firing the man leading the investigation into russian meddling, President Trump welcomed russias ambassador and foreign minister to the white
My guess is when we began, 80 to 85 per cent of the people so, if you question is, do i think we can win, yes, i do think we people out, get a large voter turnout, and that is what we are working to do. Sanders says his plans call for a tax on wall street speculation. Saying its time for wall street to help the middle class of this country. Sanders will be in cedar rapids, waverly, and toledo today. Well have more from the interview with senator sanders on an upcoming edition of the steele report. Republican candidate ted cruz also in iowa today. His bus tour across the state made several more stops yesterday including in humboldt. Senator cruz will be in decorah today and waukon, strawberry point, oelwein, new hampton and waverly tomorrow. Weve been asking repeatedly for down, 1on1 interview with him during his campaign. So far, weve been told he doesnt have time. Kentucky senator and republican president ial hopeful rand paul celebrates his brithday in iowa. Happy birthday to you pau
Quorum call quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from carn can. Kansas. Mr. Moran mr. President , i would ask unanimous consent to lift the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Moran mr. President earlier this evening an amendment of mine was made pending to the legislation that we now have before us, amendment number 73, and i thank my colleagues for allowing that amendment to become pending and i look forward to the opportunity now in this moment in which were determining the remainder of the evenings schedule to describe for my colleagues the nature of amendment number number 73. I have a copy of the amendment in front of me. Its a short paragraph but its one that has significant consequences to the people of kansas. But glad to the people of kansas has significant consequence to the people of colorado, new mexico, oklahoma and texas. The story that were talking about is the lesser prairie chicken, and in march of 2014, the les
Than 15,000 new cases in a single day. Thats more than any other state including right here in new york since this pandemic began. Still, floridas governor said he plans to reopen schools next month, as the debate over whether that can be done safely heats up nationwide. Education secretary betsy devos pushing the president s message that the schools must reopen this fall without offer a clear plan how to do it. At the white house, a remarkable new effort to discredit dr. Anthony fauci, Administration Officials effectively circulating Opposition Research on the nations top doctor as President Trump himself works to marginalize him and his dire warnings about the reality of the pandemic in this country. Our team is spread out across the country, but today we start with a special focus on one state that is seeing a rise in cases. Nbcs cal perry in wichita, kansas, for us. Hell be with us throughout the entire hour. What is the situation on the ground there this morning . Kansas a microco
Thanks at home for joining us this hour. This is one of those records from history that looks different to us now through our pandemic eyes. But have a look. Here it is. This is closing time at the polls in birmingham, alabama, in may may of 1966 because we are all now citizens of pandemic 2020, you see a photo of anybody crowded together like this anymore and it flips your stomach over a little bit, right . Youre too close together. Nobodys got a mask. It activates something in us now to see that. But there they are, a thousand people or more all crowded into that one alabama polling place, may 3rd, 1966 in birmingham. Cant do that nowadays for any reason. But theres something important to know about this photo, both for then and for us now. Again, that photo is 1966. The year before that photo was taken in alabama, the future congressman john lewis was very nearly killed while he was trying to lead a march for Voting Rights across the Edmund Pettus bridge at selma, alabama. John lewi