A good wednesday morning. We begin with that big shakeup in washington. President trump firing fbi director james comey with no warning. Yeah, comeys Deputy Andrew mccabe will head the bureau until attorney general Jeff Sessions appoints an interim director. House democrats have also asked the Justice Department to save all documents related to the fbis investigation on russian hacking during the election. And the optics interesting here. Today the president is welcoming russias foreign minister to the white house. Now, james comey had recently said that he intended to serve his tenured term, and were told he was caught completely off guard. Yeah, comeys termination came in a onepage letter from President Trump saying its essential to find new leadership to restore trust and confidence in the fbi. Late afternoon, washington, d. C. , the president s personal assistant hand delivers that letter to fbi headquarters. James comey is 3,000 miles away at the field office in los he first learn
And the men and andly served fbi. White house is backing his reason for firing comey. The president when giving recommendations made a decision to accept their conclusions and to remove director comey and begin restoration of confidence. Bill gave incriticized comey for recent investigations related to the 2016 president ial election. Its something that had to happen. Jim comey is a bright guy. Hes ethical guy. But the bottom line is when he made a prosecuteive opinion in an investigative matter he made a mistake. While democrats blamed comey for Democrat Hillary Clinton losing election, after holding a press conversation on the fbi investigation into her emails before the election theyre questioning his fi firing. I told the president m mr. President with all due respect your mistake. The first question the administration has to answer is why now. There are now worries about the fate of the investigation into russia influencing the election. Termination and removal of james comey race
Brought to you by subway restaurants. The building was quiet and play uninspired. One flick of the wrist flips the script. Pens fans wake up. Game one will be settled in overtime. Malkin leads the playoffs with 19 points, his latest is the reason this game is still going on. Game one of the eastern conference final. Lets pick it up early on. Just a mistake here from the pens. Turnover for dumoulin. Bobby ryan great pass to jeangabriel pageau. Malkin gets caught standing off to the side of the net. Mistakes all the way around. Ottawa takes advantage. Second period, its pittsburgh on the power play, they have had plenty of opportunities on the power play early. Craig anderson set play, deflection by hornqvist and an outstanding stop by anderson as he confidently snares that opportunity. 10, sens. Marcandre fleury making the stop. The puck goes in, but it was whis nld the act. Thats as good as blowing the whistle. So, no goal. Later on in the second, more from bobby ryan. Hes been the bes
10 of its workforce. Lauren shares as now practiced by showing since its ipo they can petition said Goldman Sachs and the social media giant. Lauren Boston Celtics power past the wizards. In hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators fx series. Lauren by the one in the near. Tuesday, may 16. Welcome to fbn am, your first look at morning markets and breaking news. Train to the white house strongly denied a Washington Post report that President Trump shared highly classified information about isis oppression appeared report claims the president rebuilt the information during his meeting with russias foreign minister in the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Last week. White House National security advisor h. R. Mcmaster say in the story is false. The president and the repeater range of Common Threads to our two countries including aviation. At no time, and a timer intelligence sources or methods discussed in the president did not disclose any military operations that were not alre
And theres confirmation that real are three points clear heading to malaga while barcelona need to win at home to eibar in the hope that their fierce rivals slip up with both matches kicking off at 18 gmt on sunday. He team real will face in the Champions League final next month, juventus, are one step closer to potentially winning their first ever treble after they defeated lazio 2 0 to claim the coppa italia title in rome. Goals from dani alves and Leonardo Bonucci inside the opening 25 minutes proved to be enough for massimilliano allegris side as they made it a third successive trophy in this tournament. If they can add the serie a and Champions League titles to their haul they would become just the second italian club, and first since inter under Jose Mourinho in 2010 to claim the hat trick of trophies in one campaign. Monaco have confirmed their first french title since 2000 with a comfortable 2 0 win at home to saint etienne. Goals from kylian mbappe, His 15th League goal of the