Number of Hillary Clinton e mails being investigate when he testified last week before congress. In his testimony comey said hundreds of thousands of e mails with classified date tad been deliberately sent from clintons assistant uma aberdeen to her husbands computer. Sources say the number of e mails were far fear than what comey had described. Comey was also investigating potential ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. The president wrote, while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation i nevertheless concur with the department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. He went on to say it is essential that we find new leadership for the fbi that restores public trust and confidence in its vital mission. Coming up we are going to sit down with Professor James taylor to talk more about this big story, the firing of the fbi director. Now to the south bay and an emotional day for the family of sierra
After that reporters were ushered out of the room. The president said in a letter it was attorney general Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein who wanted to fire comey. They believe he was wrong to speak publicly about Hillary Clintons email investigation in july. He announced he would not seek criminal charges. Because of that unconventional public announcement the fbis reputation and credibility quote, suffered substantial damage. Its something Vice President pence referenced today when he spoked about the firing. Back to a place where we move past the difficult politics of the last year and we can move back to a place where every american can know that the fbi is able to do its job. Comey apparently found out hed lost his job on tv. Before actually receiving his official termination letter. And up until he was fired yesterday comey had been the top official leading a criminal investigation into whether there were any ties between the russian government and the Tr
Of protesters have climbed over and knocked down some protect of barriers surrounding the citys socalled green zone. Many carrying iraqi flags and chanting antigovernment slogans as they move into the heavily fortified section of baghdad where Many Americans and other westerners are based. Let go right to the white house. Ron allen is standing by for us. What have you learned from Administration Officials about this . The white house and others from the administration are watching this very closely because its a very dangerous situation. The green zone is in the heart of baghdad, about a four square mile area, it has many foreign embassies in it, includes the u. S. Embassy. There are hundreds, if not thousands of protesters trying to take over the government. They are concerned about corruption, waste. They accuse the government of not providing basic services. This is an ongoing protest theyve been having with the government but this is the first time they have actually breached the s
Was one significant area where he declined to answer. He acknowledged having discussed the june 9 meeting and the emails that went into establishing that meeting after those emails became public. He acknowledged discussing the matter with his father, but refused to answer questions about that discussion on the basis of a claim of attorneyclient privilege. In my view there was no attorneyclient privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. This particular discussion revolves around a pivotal meeting where representatives of the russian government who were portrayed as providing dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of the russian government effort to help donald trump to the campaign and therefore is a central issue we need to fully investigate. Bring in our cnn correspondent man knew raju who has more on our breaking news tonight. Manu . Reporter don, earlier tonight donald trump jr. Would not answer questions about a meeting he had with his father that showed donald trump jr.
The crisis and another to see it in person. I went to l. A. Skid roy, and i thought the name is politically incorrect but it is the name. And i was absolutely stunned by the conditions i saw. In los angeles, up 12 from last year are homeless and three quarters completely outside without adequate sanitation sparking fierce of a Public Health crisis and medieval diseases despite 619 million that l. A. Officials spent last year it combat the issue. Not you meek to los angeles. Up the coast in San Francisco, the number of homeless has jumped by more than 16 this year. And the question is why . What systemic forces got us to people sleeping on sidewalks . What can be done about it . I sought out an expert, but i also spoke to one of the residents, christopher lewis, who invited me into his tent. I want you to hear his story. Im homeless. You know, i need help. You know, i wish somebody could help knee get off the streets. How did you get here . Well i wind up here because i lost my home. An