Comey, the optics of sitting next to Henny Kissinger seemed a strange choice to some considering the comparisons to water gate. You will hear calls for a new investigation. Reporter the democrats on the senate floor this morning made a plea to Ron Rosenstein to appoint a special prosecutor which would take the investigation out of reach of the executive branch. The special prosecutor would have greater latitude in who he can subpoena, which questions they asked and how to conduct at investigation. The white house pushed back on the calls. You have a house committee, a Senate Committee and the department of justice working on this. Reporter most republicans are brushing off democratic criticism but some are questioning the timing. With an fbi investigation, there is also several congressional committees looking into ties to the 2016 campaign and russia. We are downtown in oakland where protestors have gathered. Reporter lets look here of the the protestors are active. They are outside o
Senator harris in washington, dc, this is what she had to say about President Donald Trump and the firing. Any of us normal Citizens Walking around would not have the power to just fire the cop or the judge in a case but its clear this administration, when it does not like where the case is heading, they fire the people that are responsible for doing the work of justice. The senator sits on the Senate Intelligence committee, she said that the committee has invited former fbi director james comey to answer questions but there is no word on whether or not he will appear. The head of the California Republican party had a different take, he said that the firing has been a long time coming. He was way too political, he needed to go. The Russian Investigation will last until next year, should he hang around for another year and continue to make irresponsible statements. He said that the appointment of a special investigator is unlikely. Senator john mccain and nor burr are two high ranking r
Wrote a memo detailing the request, he wrote the memos after visiting with President Donald Trump last february. President donald trump asked former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation into former National Security advisor Michael Flynn, former fbi director james comey was keeping notes on what he considered efforts to influence the investigation, he said that President Donald Trump asked him to see your way clear to letting former National Security advisor Michael Flynn go. Former National Security advisor Michael Flynn was one of the sobts into the subjects of the investigation into the trump campaigns contacts with russia. On twitter this morning, the president defended his actions of giving out classified information to russia. He said i had the right to give the russians the information, it was for humanitarian reasons and i want russia to step up their fight against isis and terrorism. Those are the only statements from the president so far on the matter. Reporter
Released any numbers, you can see in this video people fleeing the arena after reports of more than one explosion there. Authorities have told people to avoid the arena. Witnesses heard at least one loud last lan bang. We will have the latest on the air and online at our website, ktvu. Com. Thank you. Back in the bay area witnesses said a homeless woman tried to kidnap a womans child while the woman was working. Workers stepped into help pinning the suspect down until Police Officers arrived. Tara is live from the location. We understand that they tried to grob the boy from the mothers arms. Reporter the mother was picking up her child and a woman who appeared to be homeless tried to the child from her arms, if not for people in the area, the suspect might have gotten away, tower i was are drawn to the San Francisco Ferry Building but this morning there was ter fight moments, just after 9 30, bystanders said this woman who appeared to be homeless was trying to steal a boy from his moth
She says she believes another attack is eminent. In other developments, children were among the 22 People Killed in mondays attack after that concert. One of them an 8yearold girl. Authorities today identified the suspect. He also died when he set off the bomb near the exit. He was known to british authorities before the attack. Con demd the attack. So many People Living and enjoying their lives. Hundreds gathered outside city hall today to hold a vigil of the victims of mondays attacks. The group is gathering outside philadelphias city hall. This is a look at the scene just now. Its vulnerable giving terrorists the large scale devastation. There are lots of soft targets down the shore. Ted greenberg got exclusive access to a new multimillion dollar Security System being put in place. There were quite a few more eyes pretty soon. We certainly are. Summer is almost here. With that many more people coming down here to Atlantic City to have a good time. Authorities say folks should feel s