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
Guillermo, hello, im jimmy, im the host of the show. Thank you for watching. Thanks for coming. Thats very nice. We have not a moment to waste. You are very kind. We have a lot to get to tonight. Starting with what might be the most shocking episode of the celebrity president yet. As im sure youve heard by now, president what is his last name . Trump . President trump yesterday said adios to james comey, who was director of the fbi, and also was in charge of investigating his campaigns relationship with the russians. He fired the guy who is investigating him. You know when we said trump should act more president ial . We probably should have specified we didnt mean nixon. [ laughter ] although nixon supported universal health care. Not only did james comey get fired, the way he got fired, trump had his longtime personal bodyguard deliver a letter in a manila envelope to fbi was fired. James comey wasnt there, he was here in l. A. Speaking to a group of fbi agents. They had the tv on. H
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Michael weatherlys travel troubles. Flying across the country for bull kwoilts, how he endedup on a plain that took him a long, long way in the wrong direction. And jess jesz we hit the road with jessica. Her rare can exclusive wild interview, skretsz to a sexy marriage. I wish. [ laughter ] now, for may 9th, 2017, this is entertainment tonight. Dance mom star Abby Lee Miller breaks down in tears as the judge said lock her up. She was sentenced for bankruptcy fraud and cried as she contemplated going to prison. Im so glad its over. I think its just begun. Abby lee miller was con confronted by reporter moments after she was sentenced to one year and one day inspect prison followed by two years of probation. How do you feel . I feel relief. I feel i didnt make it. Here are the details. Cameras were not allowed but our producer watched an emotional Abby Lee Miller sob in court asking did judge for leniency. The judge told abby somehow you got caught up in the fame and lost your moral comp
The show. Thanks for watching at home. Thanks for coming to my work. Very kind, i appreciate it. Remember like remember like four days ago when we were all worried about north korea . What happened to that . [ laughter ] those were simpler times. Im glad youre here. Im glad im here. Theres so much trumpiness going on right now. Its hard to keep up. But tonight President Trump gave his first tv interview since he fired the director of the fbi on tuesday. You know, one of the reasons theyre giving for that firing is that trump said james comey lost the trust of rank and file fbi agents. And today the acting head of the fbi, andrew mccabe, flatly contradicted that. He said the vast majority of agents hold a deep positive connection to director comey. So hes fired too then, right . [ laughter ] everybodys fired. I think the strategist thing about how all this went down is that trump fired james comey by letter. He had a letter delivered to his office at the fbi. He didnt even say youre fir