Director. This morning the department of justice denying reports that comey requested more resources for the investigation into russian meddling just days before his firing. Meantime there are mixed reactions to calls to some lawmakers asking for a special prosecutor take over the investigation. Melanie alnwick live on capitol hill now with more. Good morning. Reporter well, steve and allison its pretty clear that repulican leaders here on capitol hill do not support those calls for a special prosecutor. But the Senate Intelligence committee does vow to continue its own investigation into the matter even as some members do say comeys firing, the timing of it, is questionable. Now former fbi director james comey says hes not going to dwell on president trumps decision to fire him. Very simply he was not doing good job. Reporter in an fbi farewell letter comey says hell be fine but will miss the fbi. The ap reports the firing came after the president felt comey wasnt doing leaks about th
I dont know what to say about it. Well definitely into this this later. Rain showers in the forecast. Cool condition. Ill have all the details and a look at the radar together. Erin. Traffic is pretty nasty right now this crash 66 eastbound moved over to the shoulder at gallows road. Another big crash by a rona drive taking out the left lane on the outer loop. Traffic jammed back to pennsylvania avenue. Other slow downs, not to worry well help you steer clear of all those issues with your full look at traffic. Allison and steve. Lets get more now fallout of the firing of james comey as fbe director hes back at his home in virginia this morning there are mixed reactions and calls two calls by lawmakers for a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into russian meddling. Also this morning, the department of justice denying reports that comey quested more resources for that investigation just days before his firing. Get the details from melanie alnwick. Shes life on the hill thi
I appreciate that. I hope you had a i hope you had a happy day yesterday. Did you remember to like all the pictures of your friends moms on facebook . [ laughter ] i have to say im very proud of myself. I made sure my wife had a great mothers day. I got up early. I got up at 7 00. I quietly i slipped out of bed. I left the house, didnt come back until nighttime. [ laughter ] that way she could have the whole day with the kids, just her and a 2yearold and an infant. And you know whats weird, she didnt even thank me. [ laughter ] President Trump had a message for the moms of the world yesterday. He wrote, wishing flotus, melania and all the great mothers out there a happy day with family and friends. Then he went to play golf by himself. [ laughter ] im pretty sure going to play golf alone on mothers day while your wife takes care of the kid is grounds tore divorce, isnt it . [ laughter ] not only was it mothers day, also this weekend we had the mother of all cyberattacks. The bigger cyb
I appreciate that. I hope you had a i hope you had a happy day yesterday. Did you remember to like all the pictures of your friends moms on facebook . [ laughter ] i have to say im very proud of myself. I made sure my wife had a great mothers day. I got up early. I got up at 7 00. I quietly i slipped out of bed. I left the house, didnt come back until nighttime. [ laughter ] that way she could have the whole day with the kids, just her and a 2yearold and an infant. And you know whats weird, she didnt even thank me. [ laughter ] President Trump had a message for the moms of the world yesterday. He wrote, wishing flotus, melania and all the great mothers out there a happy day with family and friends. Then he went to play golf by himself. [ laughter ] im pretty sure going to play golf alone on mothers day while your wife takes care of the kid is grounds tore divorce, isnt it . [ laughter ] not only was it mothers day, also this weekend we had the mother the bigger cyberattack in history,
Whole week is what the man said but its not clear what the arrest was for because according to the Dc Rescue Alliance the dog is being cared for in the context of dc law. A humane rescue spokesperson had told us that this here did not violate dc law so while those images were difficult to see that there really wasnt much they could do but monitor. Again, today they did get in contact with the owner who is going to hand over mama for possibly care they may not be able to give them here. Stephanie ramirez. I guess there is some good news out of that. Thank you. A Montgomery County teacher is outraged after an antise metic note was left on her car. She hung that banner outside her window here election. Recently she says her Homeowners Association asked her to take it down because they dont allow banners of any kind here in the community. She says she did that friday, she took it down and she says 12 hours later she found that terrifying note on her car. Walking down the street and not kno