Wednesday. It is turning out to be a busy one. Were going to start with that breaking news overseas. Deadly attacks in the capital of iran. Iranian state media say four attackers have stormed the nations Parliament Building in the middle of tehran shooting and wounding at least eight people. A suicide bomber also blew himself up inside the building. Lawmakers and reporters were ordered to remain in place inside the chamber. And about ten miles away, at least one person was killed after a gunman and a suicide bomber attacked a shrine to the ayatollah khomeini. A Security Guard was killed in that attack. Authorities say two gunmen were taken into custody. Isis claiming responsibility for the attack while tehran has not been the target of terror attacks by the islamic group, isis propaganda has been directed at iran. The countrys backing militia who are fighting isis in iraq. Were going to continue to keep an eye on the situation there in the middle east. Meanwhile, were also keeping an e
It is turning out to be a busy one. Well start with that breaking news overseas. Deadly attacks in the capital o attackers stormed the nations Parliament Building in tehran l eight people. All entrances and exit gates at parliament weres c and reporter ordered to remain in place inside that chamber. And about ten miles away, at least one person was killed after gunman and suicide bombarh khomeini. A Security Guard was killed in that attack and a woman under arrest. Its not phone if theyre linked. No group immediately claiming responsibility. But you will note in the last 48 hours tensions among the gulf states have been at their the g war. Were going to continue to keep an eye on the situation there in the middle east. Meanwhile, keeping an eye on the big headline out of wa details about what former fbi director james comey will reveal when he testifies for the first time fired. President trump appears to be focusing on other things heading to cincinnati to promote his infrastructure p
Erielle reshef in for diane macedo. Im kendis gibson. The comey testimony reverberating especially his depiction of the president as a liar. He talks about his distrust with the president and gave his take on why he was fired. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter former fbi director james comey for the First Time Since he was fired giving his views on the investigation he led into russian meddling in the november election. The question looming, how did that investigation put him so much at odds with the Trump Administration that the president ended up firing him . The administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the fbi by saying that the investigation was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. Reporter comey made it clear that as he sees it, the president s goal was to derail the russia investigation first by pressuring him. My common sense told me whats going on here is hes looking to g
Macedo. Im kendis gibson. The comey testimony reverberating especially his depiction of the president as a liar. He talks about his distrust with the president and gave his take on why he was fired. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter former fbi director james comey for the First Time Since he was fired giving his views on the investigation he led into russian meddling in the november election. The question looming, how did that investigation put him so much at odds with the Trump Administration that the president ended up firing him . The administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the fbi by saying that the investigation was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. Reporter comey made it clear that as he sees it, the president s goal was to derail the russia investigation first by pressuring him. My common sense told me whats going on here is hes looking to get something in exchange for
Good morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. And im Adrienne Bankert in for diane macedo. Were going to have more on those stories in a moment. But first we have first breaking and potentially a Huge Development in the fight against terror. Russia claims it may have killed the leader of isis. The Russian Defense ministry is trying to find out if Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed three weeks ago in a russian air strike in syria. The u. S. , however, has not confirmed these details. But this comes as isis continues to lose territory in iraq and syria. For years al baghdadi has been one of the worlds most wanted men. A 25 million reward from the u. S. For info leading to his capture. The last public video of baghdadi was from a mosque in mosul back in 2014. And apparently he has been on the run quite a bit since then. Again, russia this morning says well continue to stay on top of this breaking story and brian ross and Martha Raddatz will have more on good morning america. Now to something rar