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check out crude oil prices, which went fuderwacken again yesterday, according to mark grant. wti is up by just 1%, to 46.36. brent crude sitting at 44 th49.. president trump abruptly fired james comey. comey learning of the firing while speaking with fbi agents in los angeles. this morning there is bipartisan outrage as congressional members on both sides express concern about the sanctity of the ongoing investigation into president trump and his ties into russia. eamon javers has more on this continuing to develop story. good morning. it was a dramatic and stunning development last evening as the white house announced that the president fired the fbi director. this is something that caught all of capitol hill by surprise. it caught all of the law enforcement community by surprise. it caught the intelligence community in washington, d.c. by surprise. here s what the president of the united states wrote to the fbi director who is conducting an investigation into whet ....
impact it will have on the rest of the president s economic agenda. plus we ll talk about disney s earnings. revenues though a bit weak and of course it s all about espn and cord cutting. you want toer what what bob iger had to say about the quarter. the yelp shares getting hammered. we ll dip through that quarter that is dragging the name down. obviously the story of the morning is the firing of jim comey. the lleyton ohis leaf the latest on his leaving the office. let s go to eamon javers this morning. good morning. we re an hour and half away from president trump meeting in the oval office with sergey lavrov in the oval office. that came one day after firing comey who was investigating if any trump associates were in collusion with the russians in that process. we just saw mr. lavrov at the state department a few moments ago play that video for you. and i believe we have some sound here of mr. lavrov is asked about the firing of mr. james comey. does the co ....
democrats look for special prosecutor to look for links between russia and trump campaign. links for which the cia, dni say there is no evidence. a lot more for this. how about for timing. russia s top diplomat is at the white house today meeting with president trump. details what was discussed coming. former ambassador john bolton, former deputy fbi assistant director danny coulson, senator john kennedy and howard kurtz and mike huckabee. melissa: that is a lot. s&p five finished higher as well today. lori rothman at new york stock exchange. lori, what was going on with the dow? basically point the finger of blame at disney and boeing. disney reported 24 hours ago, it was a big disappointment with espn and declining subscriber growth. boeing is halting 737 max flights for engine inspection. also making news today, oil prices coming way, way down. oil in srage we learned selling for fifth straight week. largest weekly decline all year. inventories declined by 5.2 mi ....
james comey yesterday, president trump said: while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occassions that i am not under inves in a letter sent to james comey yesterday president trump said: the department. the trump administration maintains that the decision was based primarily on comey s handling of the hilary clinton e-mail investigation. bay area congressman jared who was minute the trump maintains the decision was based on comey s handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. bay area congressman jared huffman who was minutes away from conducting a town hall meeting in san rafael last night said this: there s an obvious next step in the wake of the comey firing and that is that we have to have a special prosecutor. we know attorney general jeff sessions has been recused leaving the second in command of the department of justice to make this decision. it s time for him to make the decision. we have have a special prosecutor to begin look ....
way to restore public trust. democrats say it is more proof of president trump s alleged ties to russia. south korea s new president is inaugurated a day after his election victory. to liberal puts in a end executive conservative rule, process promising a new year of negotiations with the north. also coming up this hour, we will hear from the coal mining community in west virginia, who say they are already seeing a revival, thanks to president donald trump. locks are back. they are up for auction. more on that on the way. first, our top story live from paris. outgoing french president francois hollande gave his final speech today in a ceremony to mark the end of slavery. he was standing there alongside the newly elected incoming president, emmanuel macron. here is more from president hollande and what he had to say. crime canis terrible we make a population and a new simulation a new civilization emerged. it gave rise to new forms of art and culture that are rich an ....