Virginia tech. Authorities said he had an Assault Rifle and was trying to get thousands of rounds of ammunition. What else he was looking for. The drowning danger. Tonight, americans on vacation, Nine Drownings in less than two weeks in the same area. And the deadly crash. The former nba player and a former American Idol contestant who did not survive. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. And we begin with that deadly train collision. Onboard, more than 100 republican members of congress. That amtrak train was taking those lawmakers to a retreat, colliding with a Garbage Truck in virginia. It happened this morning, not long after the State Of The Union last night. The driver of the truck was killed. Several lawmakers jumping in to help many of the injured on the scene. And several people tonight, including congressman jason lewis, were taken to the hospital. House Speaker Paul Ryan among those onboard. And abcs linzie janis leads us off f
counsel in front of the american people. have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? no. reporter: critics say president trump s question to rosenstein, are you on my team? , is part of a pattern. former fbi director james comey claims the president told him, i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. he asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. reporter: and just last week, the president allegedly asked former fbi acting director andrew mccabe who he voted for. did you ask mccabe who he voted for? did you ask him that? i don t think so. no, i don t think i did. you did not? i don t know what s the big deal with that. pierre thomas with us tonight, and obviously, pierre, we know mccabe abruptly stepping aside as deputy fbi director just this week. reporter: david, mccabe s departure was another sign of the mounting tension between the white house and the justice department. people inside the fbi and justice department are waiting t
is an independent entity that is there to investigate misconduct within the department of justice. to the extent that the oig is finding evidence of any kind of behavior that doesn t meet its standards, people are taking action whether it s the fbi director or mueller who took peter struck off the investigation that shows the fbi, the mueller investigation is acting independently. if we re trusting the oig to do this investigation, to go back into this memo, why hasn t that been given to the oig. the white house is saying president trump wasn t involved in mccabe s departure. trump has publicly impugned mccabe. he s racing the clock to retire
contents as he seems willing to allow the republican contents being released in a few days. the decision on that intelligence memo came just a short time after a surprise at the fbi. the decision by the deputy director andrew mccabe to leave immediately and earlier than expected, cnn justice corresponde correspondent jean schneider joining me now. when the news broke yesterday, we had no details on mccabe s departure. we have more details now. his departure was prompted by the director. they said it would be his decision to leave or stay, and as we know, mccabe left a month before he was set to retire. and also coming was the