Firing of fbi director james comey. Comey sent a letter to his former colleagues at the fbi last night saying, he is not going to dwell on the president s decision. The Justice Department is denying reports that comey recently asked for more money and manpower to investigate alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. And the Senate Committee looking into possible ties between the campaign and russia has subpoenaed former National Security adviser michael flynn. And President Trump is now citing Job Performance as his motive. Abcs janai norman has the latest from washington. Good morning to you, janai. Reporter kenneth and diane, good morning to both of you. So, the questions still lingering, why was comey fired now . Could this be tied to the russia investigation . Some lawmakers saying the answers arent quite adding up. Less than 24 hours after firing the man leading the investigation into russian meddling, President Trump welcomed russias ambassador and foreign minister to t
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
A protest right now at San Francisco international airport. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard is there live. You spoke with the last person detained there today. Reporter thats right, mustafa al, is happy he is free. He was detained by department of Homeland Security up to 24 hours, but now freed. Protests continue here at sfo. This protest on the departure level, one of three happening right now. They have been happening all day, in fact, starting very early this morning. They have been loud, they have been large, up to 1,000 people taking part, and these folks demanding justice. [ chanting ] reporter hundreds of demonstrators packed the International Arrivals terminal for the second day to protest President Trump as ban on refugees my grass and foreign nationals from entering the United States. The crowd, some of them immigration attorneys, demanding the release of travelers being held by customs agents. Attorneys are here, protesters are here, theyre not going anywhere until peopl
That breaking news is in quebec city, canada where weve just learned six people are dead and eight wounded after gunmen opened fire inside a mosque at the end of evening prayers. Police have arrested two people. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling the shootings a terrorist attack. New yorks mayor has ordered extra security in mosques there in response. So far there is no similar reaction here in the bay area. Download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts and youll get breaking news updates. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Thanks for joining us. That shooting comes as americans across our country and here in the bay area have spent the weekend protesting President Trumps controversial executive order banning people from certain predominantly muslim countries from entering the u. S. Demonstrators showed up at airports across california and the country today. Youre looking at video from los angeles, fresno, san diego, and in San Francisco. The second day of protests at sf
Aim at President Trumps immigration ban with speeches about unity against a diverse backdrop of surprise winners. Those are your top headlines today. It is monday, january 30th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, im Erielle Reshef in for diane. We begin with the terror attack on a mosque in quebec city. Six men were killed during an evening prayer service, eight others were wounded. Two men were taken into custody after a police chase. No motive has been revealed, but the canadian Prime Minister has been very vocal if his support for refugees. Here at home, President Trump is facing a growing backlash over his executive order, aimed at temporarily blocking immigrants from seven predominantly muslim countries. And more demonstrations are on top for today. [ chanting ] reporter protests erupting from coast to coast over President Trumps immigration crackdown. In the shadow of lady liberty at new yorks battery park crowds filling bostons copley square, raleigh, minneapol