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Pelley we begin tonight with breaking news. This evening, President Trump fired the director of the f. B. I. James comey was leading the investigation into whether associates of mr. Trump colluded with the russian government to influence the u. S. President ial election. Late today, in an oddly worded letter in which the president declares his own innocence, mr. Trump told comey that he has concluded that comey is not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey, who is well known for integrity, was appointed by president obama, and had about another six years to go on a 10year appointment. Recently, he has been controversial with both democrats and republicans leading the investigation of Hillary Clintons emails and the Russian Election tampering probe. Major garrett is at the white house for us now with the breaking news. Major. Reporter scott, the letter nowformer f. B. I. Director james comey was characteristically blunt. It reads in part, you are hereby terminated and removed from o
Watergate as President Trump prepares to nominate a new fbi director and meets with the Russian Foreign minister this morning. Our entire team is breaking it down, a special edition of gma starts now. Good morning, america. What a stunning decision from President Trump. Firing fbi director james comey only the second time in American History a president has taken that step. We are covering all the fallout this morning from the white house to the capitol to the fbi. The decision took comey by surprise. He found out from tv on a recruiting trip to los angeles. He thought it was a joke at first. Take a look at his plane landing in d. C. Hours ago after he got the news. We are covering every possible angle of this story. Attorney general Jeff Sessions is expected to soon name an interim fbi director to replace james comey and the president preparing to nominate a permanent replacement. The chair of the Senate Intelligence committee is Campaign Aides if they continue ignoring deadlines to t
This morning, officials insisting no raid nation has been detected. But a scare for the Nuclear Sites across the country. Timeline of a tragedy. Prosecutors release a detailed and disturbing account of how things unfolded on the night of the hazing death at penn state. Whats being done to make sure it doesnt happen again . This morning, the schools president and the District Attorney in charge of the case are joining us live. And another day, another plane, another fight. Stop it. What is wrong with you . A brawl breaks out on a Southwest Airlines jet. A female Flight Attendant tries to break it up, only to get slammed to the ground. Shes being praised for her bravery. And why this latest incident of airline outrage has people wondering whats going from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Theres one story dominating headlines today. President trump facin
Jeff pegues, thank you very much. Were john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent is with us. John, the Political Climate on all of this, this is quite a surprise. Its quite a surprise, and obviously, there was already a considerable amount of back and forth and political blood in the water on the russia question this week alone, and now you have a situation where, i mean, if you read the letter explaining why comey was let go, its thick with criticism of his handling of Hillary Clintons email situation, that was something obviously deeply political. Now this week hes released, hes in the middle. The fbi is investigating connections between russian meddling in the election and the trump campaign, so the political ramifications here will be will be constant, and whoevers going to handle this election this investigation next will have to handle this super charged atmosphere. John dickerson, thanks very much. Were going to be following the details and the developments on this brea