President s confidence in comey. Does the president have confidence, full confidence in the fbi director james comey . I dont, in light of what youre telling me i dont want to start speaking on behalf of the president without speaking to him first. Reporter the controversial comey has drawn ire from both democrats and republicans for his announcement he would not be recommending charges against former secretary of state clinton for her handling of confidential information, but that she also acted with gross negligence. And then just days before the president ial election, comey announced that they would be reopening the investigation into clintons emails, the ramifications of that decision and its possible effects on the election he later testified made him nauseous. Senate democrats like dick durbin of illinois are expressing concern about the investigation into russian influence in the most recent president ial election. He said he is awaiting clarification from the white house if an
It a coverup. Again, you need a Law Enforcement that is independent and not affected by politics, and this is sending a message dont dig too deep otherwise you may lose your job. He tells abc7 news he wants the next fbi director to be independent of the president and his campaign. And we sent a push alert moments after the news broke. There you have a look at it. Trump will have his highest level facetoface contact with russia since taking office. This is the president s only scheduled meeting today and it will be close to the media. He will meet with Rex Tillerson today. They are expected to discuss ukraine and issues between russia. Claiming victory this morning. Morning. An emergency matt will explain how it will affect thousands of families. Reporter the problem with the ordinance according to renters is it doesnt go into affect until june, and so one of the issues with that is that landlords are kicking out and doing no cause evictions for the tenants, and there was an emergency o
Our students to the charges against hodges. But john thai and perhaps other parents may have dodged a bullet. This person that we had trusted, trusted greatly, who only a couple days before he was arrested had solicited to come babysit for our 6yearold. Reporter thai says this is what hodges told his child. Ill come over maybe on a friday night and babysit for you and then i can do magic tricks. Reporter as thai said he trusted hodges to teach his son to swim in deep water so why would he have not trusted him to babysit . Vic lee, abc7 news. And you can listen to the full interview with the parent on our website, abc7news. Com. New at iv, Antioch Police are searching for a man accused of robbing a bank inside a super market a few hours ago. It took place inside a safe way in antioch just before 1 00. Sky 7 shows the Police Activity outside the store. The website east county today. Net reports a man with a gun hopped the counter at the bank. A woman at the store requested medical attent
Anny hong significant cooling trend starts today with gusty onshore winds and a deepening marine layer. Cooling trend continues into thursday as a cold front moves into the north bay with a slight chance of showers. Breezy and unseasonably cool pattern will persist friday and into the weekend with some moderation by sunday. Long range pattern calls for continued below normal temperatures. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james bam justice for the family of sierra lamar. A guilty verdict for Antolin Garcia torres in the murder of the 15 yearold girl back in 2012. We brought you the verdict live on the kron 4 morning news yesterday. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial today. Kron fours Catherine Heenan takes us through the emotional moments that played out at the Santa Clara County courthouse. Members of sierra lamars family crowded into the courtroom. The wept and gasped
Idea it was about to happen. We have the letter he sent to his former fbi colleague. Less than 24 hours later the president welcomed in the Russian Foreign minister into the oval office. Abc 7 news learned as many will find no surprise it was the president himself that set this in motion. Washington post reporting mr. Trump would not back his claim that was formerly wire tapd. The day after the president decided to fire the man in charge of the investigation in the meddling in the presidency. Comey was leading the investigation in whether the Trump Campaign colorado younclu the russians, serious offense was it getting it close to home. The white house timing impeopleable. The president maintains this. He wasnt doing a good job very simply. The white house now saying the president watched comeys testimony on tv last week and went from questioning comey to feeling, quote, strongly inclined to remove him. Early monday afternoon the president met with the attorney general and deputy genera