Interferen interference one way or the other. The Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe will serve as acting director until the white house find a replacement. He started his career at the fbi going after russian mobsters. Right now were looking at a plane thats taking off from Los Angeles International airport with comey on board. About 15 minutes ago we saw comey get on that plane. We watched his motorcade head to the airport. There were conflicting reports as to whether he would still deliver his speech. He is on a private jet, no longer being allowed to use the fbi plane. Cornell, he used some pretty colorful language, too, i understand . He calls this a tuesday night massacre, comparing the firing to what president nixon did back in the 70s, firing a special prosecutor looking into watergate. While looking into russian meddling in the 2016 election, he calls comeys firing inappropriate. You need Law Enforcement thats independent and one thats not affected by politics. And this also sends
Is investigating his administrations ties to russia. Good evening. The president s directive came down late this afternoon. The president sent a later to the office of director james comey informing him of the immediate termination. Comey was in los angeles and had the letter read to him over the phone. In the letter President Donald Trump said that he did not have trust in comey. However the decision also comes after the fbi began investigating the white houses ties to russia and its interference in the 2016 elections. Democrats have expressed concern over the stud move, while republicans remain confidence the investigation into russia will carry on as it should. This investigation must be run as far away as possible from this white house and as far away as possible from anyone that President Trump has appointed. I expect the fbi will continue to its work, it is staffed by thousands of highly qualified profession lts committed to their work without interferen interference one way or t
Comes drew immediately calls from democratic looking for independent prosecutor. The president himself has not spoke since the firing of james comey many are looking at his letter, the part where he thanked comey for three occasions telling he was, quote, not under investigation, as proof that the Russian Investigation was very much on the president s mind. James comey aboarded a plane in los angeles deciding not to attend an fbi event learning he was fired as head of the fbi immediately President Trump writing we need new leadership for the fbi to ensure public trust and confidence, he was influenced in part by attorney general whop rekused himself from Russian Investigation. Comey was overseeing the investigation, and some saying now that his firing demonstrates a pattern. They fired sally yates, they fired barara and now zrektor comey. Saying a federal investigator will need to be appointed if not. Very american that the decision to fire director comey was part of a cover up. Make m
Senator jackson and the aclu forced him to change direction. When we proposed the 18minimum, we knew that there were certain circumstances. We just hadnt heard them yet. Reporter the aclu argued that not all underage marriages are coercive and theres not enough data to make a decision about the issue. So they passed a new version that required a Court Counselor to individually interview anyone under 18 who wants to get married. And it requires all courts to track and publish data on the courts petition and ages of the people making the request. He says hes laying the ground work for more restrictions. The purpose of the Data Collection is to be able to look in 2019 to see where we are. Reporter he says once theres more information, another law can be proposed. In the meantime, sarah says this is a good start and she wishes she had had an individual interview when she was 15. I watch people my age having careers, building their lives, and i feel about ten steps behind them. Reporter now
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