It borders on a constitutional crisis. The more that a broken system items you that youre wrong, the more certain you should be that you must keep pushing ahead. From abc news, its a special edition of this week. The firing of director comey. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning. And to all the moms out there happy mothers day. When this week began, the Trump White House was on something of a roll. Obamacare repeal had passed the house. Preparations for the president s first foreign trip including a meeting with the pope, were at pace. That was the calm. Then the storm. The decision to fire jam comey has plunged his white house into chaos. Galvanized his opponents. And raised the most serious questions yet about the president s competence, credibility, and judgment. Sit true that before last week, comeys toughest and president s do have the right to fire fbi directors. But its only been done once before for good reason. Preserving the idea that Law Enforcement is
The government is lying about what happened to their son. Evacuation order. We feel we have a responsibility to do everything we can to ensure their safety. The state department and pentagon tell the families of defense personnel and diplomats to leave Southern Turkey amid growing security concerns. And political crisis. Brazils Largest Political Party quits president rousseffs governing coalition, pushing the embattled president closer to impeachment. Good evening. Im antonio mora. Sps the International News hour. We begin in cyprus where a hijacking involving an egyptian airliner came to a peaceful end today. Egypt air flight 181 was on its way from alexandria to cairo whether a passenger announced he had a bomb. He ordered the crew to divert the plane to cyprus. A sixhour runway standoff ensued. The hijacker walked off the plane and surrendered. His motives are unclear, but cypriot Officials Say its not terrorismrelated. It left crew and passengers shaken. Today they finally made it
Pakistan where the Prime Minister vowed to eliminate the bombers in lahore. 70 were killed in the blast of the the paramilitary were given special powers to conduct raids in the province. More from gerald tan. Lahore is the political power pace of the pakistans Prime Minister. And in the wake of sundays suicide attack, he travelled to the city and visited the victims from hospital. From a leader game this warning. Translation i have a good idea at the message that the terrorists are sending. Brothers and sisters, i promise every ounce of blood lost will be accounted for. Reporter pakistan is in mourning. Funerals held for the dead. Many killed were women and children. Hundreds injured, some critically, translation i was standing near the seesaw when the blast went off. I was loud. I saw a pool of blood and people laying everywhere. There was no security arrangements here. The park was packed with families. The bomber used a crude explosive, four ball bearings for maximum impact. A Spli
Help. Y former cuba leader fidel castro wasnt happy with president obamas visit to cuba. The highjacking having an egypt airplane to cypress in over. The flight was on its way from alexandria to cairo carrying 56 passengers. It was diverted after a man threatened crew onboard. The plane remained at the airport for several hours until all the hostages were released or managed to escape. The highjacker motives remain unclear. Gerald tan reports. Hours after the crisis began, the final few hostages are seen exiting the highjacked plane. One dramatically escaped through the cockpit window. Everybody else used the mobile stairs. They were escorted off the tarmac by police. The highjacker he is believed to be among them. The peaceful resolution was announced. All the passengers along with the crew were released. They are now safe and sound. This is what we worked on at any cost from the very beginning. The highjacking cannot be branded as an act of terrorism. All facts are being analyzed by
Fight overseas for the First Time Since world war ii. In explosions in pakistan in lahore in which 70 people were killed. We have more now from gerald tan. Lahore is the Political Power Base of pakistans Prime Minister sharif. After the sunday attack he traveled to the city and spoke with the people. I have a very idea that these terrorists are making these innocent people soft targets. My brothers and sisters, i promise that every ounce of blood that was lost will be accounted for. Pakistan is in mourning. Funerals are being head for the dead. Many of those killed were women and children. Sommany injured, some critically. I was standing there when the blast went off. It was very loud. As we rushed over we saw a pool of blood and people lying everywhere. The park was packed with families celebrating easter sunday. A Splinter Group from the Pakistani Taliban said it was targeting christians. No part of pakistan is safe from the taliban. They chose to target, the softest of the soft targ