Out of washington tonight. Reports that ousted fbi director james comey was asked to shut down the investigation. Into National Security adviser michael flynn. steve thank you for joining us im steve aveson. pam and im pam moore. The report stems from memos. Comey kept in order to record any odd or troubling conversations with the president. Grant lodes is here now with how this latest episode. Is spurring talks of impeachment. grant the president reportedly asked him to end the investigation into National Security adviser michael flynn. Right after the february Oval Office Meeting the president telling the former director quote, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go. Sources saying comey was so appalled by the request he wanted to document it. Tonight, lawmakers in congress on both sides of the isle are looking for answers. Rep. Kevin cramer r north dakota the larger concern is what seems to be a lack of
For catastrophic flooding, tornados and a massive surge from the biggest storm to hit texas in more than 50 years. Our team is on the ground in the storm zone with the very latest. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our continuing coverage of Hurricane Harvey. We have been trarking this storm all morning long and it has been a harrowing one for so many people. Harvey is now a category one storm located 25 miles west of victoria but it blasted ashore near rockport, texas. An extremely powerful category four storm, with reports some buildings there have been heavily damaged. Were starting to see some of those images coming. This is the strongest storm to hit the United States in 13 years. Its not just the wind or the storm surge but the fact that this system, the storm system is going to stick around in this neck of the woods for days and days and days and dump inches and inches of rain, upwards of 40 inches in some spots. This is a look at the sea wall in galveston this morning. Also an
Belt inside his home in august. They report details williams battled depression, paranoia and early stages of parkinsons disease. It also states there were signs in his brain of early dementia which frequently accompanies parkinsons. And the final Police Report says the night before williams died he placed several of his wrist watches in a sock and gave them to a friend to protect them, an apparent symptom of his paranoia issue. Downtown san jose suffered an economic blow today after a backhoe ruptured a major gas line. Thousands of people had to evacuate and dozens of businesses were forced to close. Tonight some streets downtown are still closed. All this happened on south Market Street this morning as abc 7 News Reporter david louie first tweeted at 11 16 with breaking news. Thats where david is live tonight. David, serious impact from this leak. Reporter that is true, dan. Eastbound san at that clara street is still closed. Now a second wave just arrived here on scene to work on th
Demons he was struggling with in the day before the suicide. Ron reports. Ethe coroner final investigative report says Robin Williams did not have any illegal trucks or alcohol in his system when he took his own life. 63yearold comedian found dead in his home in tiburon last august 11. The cause of death as fix agencies. Death by hanging. The report relessed tonight says williams wife susan wept to sleep first. But he was still awake. He was having a hard time sleeping. And was restless due to parkinsons and anxiety issues. And what it called a recent increase in paranoia. Earlier that same evening he reportedly placed wrist watch in a sock and gave them the name could have had as he reportedly worried about the watch and wanted to keep them safe. On cheer ferry where williams was found the next morning were closed bolts of pro Prescription Drug antidepressant found in his body. Report final conclusion that Robin Williams one of america most beloved actor comedian committed suicide. Ro
You how serious this leak was. The cloud billowed four stories up. Firefighters with masks were able to walk into the gas cloud to find the ruptured line. But without protection paramedics said people could suffer oxygen deprivation. A top priority was blocking off streets and evacuating thousands of Office Workers at the crossroads of downtown san jose. Mitch describes how it all happened. They just walked in our side exit over there, came in and told us to evacuate. We heard all the floor above us evacuate into the stairwell. Thats what originally got our attention. Reporter the ventilation systems began to suck in the natural gas causing alarm as the smell of rotten eggs permeated the air. The gas additive that sefrves t warn people. Another worker said, do you smell something funny . I said, yeah, that smells like gas. He ran into another office, got some masks for our coworkers and we were prepared. Reporter the ignition source could have had critical consequences. A pretty high v