All day long washington will be consumed by the decision to fire james comey. Jon karl starts us with the latest. Good morning. Jon. What a day and morning and night. Reporter good morning, george. This firing has stunned nobody more than james comey himself. Comey first heard on tv. While in the meeting a letter from the president was hand delivered to fbi headquarters in washington. That letter from the president was read to comey over the phone. You are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. The president wrote, you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. The president also addressed the fbi investigation into russian meddling in the election. I greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. The reasons were outlined in a letter from the Deputy Attorney general who wrote that comey grossly mishandled the Hillary Clinton email investigation saying among other things that this july 2016 press conferenc
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
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Documents related to a pending decision go public. Republican takes the lead and says he will vote for the president. Could he be the first domino to fall and republicans backing bidens the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night . Good evening. Once again i am Stephanie Ruhle live from the aspen ideas festival in colorado. We are now 132 days away from the election in less than 24 hours until the first debate in the race for the white house, pitting President Joe Biden against expresident and convicted criminal donald trump. Tomorrow could also bring major rulings from the Supreme Court. Earlier today, a document relating to an outstanding opinion on emergency abortions was accidentally posted online. More on that just ahead. But, the high courts decision to overturn roe two years ago has fueled efforts to ensure Abortion Access and made it a key issue in this election, one that will be a big part in tomorrow nights debate. Here is more on how these candidates are getting read