Yankee greats in the famed monument park. The former captain of the bronx bombers had his number 2 retired during a ceremony last night. Those are some of your top stories on this monday may 15th. Announcer from abc news this is world news now. A good morning to you all. We begin this half hour with President Trump facing some pressure from both sides of the aisle after hinting at possible recordings of conversations he had with fired fbi director james comey. President trump is not confirming nor goodnying that the tapes actually exist but he did signal that a pick for comeys replacement could come this week. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter even as new candidates arrive at the Justice Department to interview for the fbi directors job, President Trump is still being asked to explain this tweet suggesting he may have taped his conversations with director comey before he fired him. Mr. President , are you recording any of your meetings in the white house, sir . Reporter the presiden
Im diane macedo. And im Kenneth Moton in for kendis gibson. We begin with the search for a new head of the fbi. As the Justice Department interviews possible candidates for the job, President Trump is facing bipartisan criticism. Lawmakers are calling on the president to turn over any tapes he may have of his conversations with james comey. Abcs lana zak has the latest from washington. Good morning, lana. Reporter good morning to you, kenneth and diane. You know, the new fbi director will require Senate Confirmation but with the white houses changing stories about why the previous director was fired, Senate Democrats are threatening to withhold confirmation until a special investigator is appointed. The hunt is now under way for a new fbi director. As candidates arrived at the Justice Department for interviews, the president said james comeys replacement could be named sometime this week. I would encourage the president to pick somebody we can all rally around including those who work
During a ceremony last night. Those are some of your top stories on this monday may 15th. Announcer from abc news this is world news now. A good morning to you all. We begin this half hour with President Trump facing some pressure from both sides of the aisle after hinting at possible recordings of conversations he had with fired fbi director james comey. Democrats and republicans say the president needs to turn over any tapes he may have of conversations he had with comey. The president is not confirming or denying that the tapes actually exist. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter even as new candidates arrive at the Justice Department to interview for the fbi directors job, President Trump is still being asked to explain this tweet suggesting he may have taped his conversations with director comey before he fired him. Mr. President , are you recording any of your meetings in t reporter the president declines to answer. On the sunday shows members of both parties say hell have to. Re
Good morning to you all. Im diane macedo. Im Kenneth Moton in for kendis gibson. We begin with the search for a new head of the fbi. As the Justice Department interviews possible candidates for the job President Trump is facing bipartisan criticism. Lawmakers are calling on the president to turn over any tapes he may have of his conversations with james comey. Abcs lana zak has the latest from washington. Good morning, lana. Reporter good morning to you, kenneth and diane. You know, the new fbi director will require Senate Confirmation but with the white houses changing stories about why the previous director was fired Senate Democrats are threatening to withhold confirmation until a special investigator is appointed. The hunt is now under way for a new fbi director as candidates arrived at the Justice Department for interviews, the president said james comeys replacement could be named sometime in week. I would encourage the president to pick somebody we can all rally around including
Decades in the making. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the specter of audio taping at the white house, and the calls for the tapes to be turned over. President trump threatening james comey, who he fired, with the possibility that the conversations were taped. And the scramble to find a new fbi director and put the controversy behind. Heres david wright. Reporter even as new candidates arrive to interview for the fbi directors job, President Trump is still being asked to explain this tweet, suggesting he may have taped his conversations with comey before he fired him. Mr. President , are you recording your meetings . Reporter the president declines to answer. On the sunday shows, members of both parties said hell have to. Republicans this tweet has to be answered. I would advise the president not to tweet or comment about the investigation, as we go forward. If, in fact, there are such recordings, i think those recordings will be subpoen