All day long washington will be consumed by the decision to fire james comey. Jon karl starts us with the latest. Good morning. Jon. What a day and morning and night. Reporter good morning, george. This firing has stunned nobody more than james comey himself. Comey first heard on tv. While in the meeting a letter from the president was hand delivered to fbi headquarters in washington. That letter from the president was read to comey over the phone. You are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. The president wrote, you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. The president also addressed the fbi investigation into russian meddling in the election. I greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. The reasons were outlined in a letter from the Deputy Attorney general who wrote that comey grossly mishandled the Hillary Clinton email investigation saying among other things that this july 2016 press conferenc
With him. I can tell you also that director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi and still does to this day. Joining me for more on mccabes pushback and fallout from the comey firing, we have byron york, former special assistant to president george w. Bush ron christie and the washington examiners hugo gurdon. Thank you veryuch. Byron, first to you, he did im going contradict what i initially said, he did agree with President Trump that when it came to Hillary Clintons email and that entire mess beginning on july 5th when comey laid out what seemed to be a case to prosecute and decideda the end not to, he did say that that, the fbi staff really objected to, correct . He did. And he said there was a difference of opinion. I mean the fbi has thousands of employees, and there was a difference of opinion, but basically i think there were three headlines for what he said today and two were favorable for the white house and one wasnt. He said the white house is not interfering, has not
rebecca cooler than normal temperatures can be expected through the forecast period. A live look outside right right now. Were seeing some cloud cover around the bay area. Cool and breezy conditions as well. Dress the kids warm as you get them ready for school. Temperatures will be even cooler today. Peeks of sunshine today with lots of cloud cover to keep things on the cooler side. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya breaking news this morning. For the second time in two nights. A Fire Department in the east bay is investigating suspicious car fires. mark kron 4s averi harper is live in brentwood with the details. Averi. averi the Contra Costa County Fire Department is investigating a possible case of arson. After four cars went up in flames. Pat mccormick who lives in lafayette came out to his drive way early yesterday morning to find his suv engulfed in flames. And when he spoke with firefighters, he found out that his vehicle was not
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
That attack at a Ariana Grande concert a couple nights ago. Connell mcshane with the late of the. Reporter Terror Threat in the uk doesnt get higher than it is right now. The investigation into the Manchester Bombing does continue. About we heard this morning four people in discuss hedy, three of them rounded up earlier today. One reported to be the brother of the bomber. We received a report from reuters a few moments ago, another brother taken into custody in tripoli. These developments are coming in as the hunt still on for a possible bombmaker as well. This is really widening. When we heard from the Prime Minister theresa may, her message was clear the threat is broader than just one man, the now dead suicide bomber. We can not ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack. The threat level should be increased for the timebeing from severe to critical. This means that that their assessment is not only an attack remains highly likely, but a further attack m