The first story was this was purely on the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general and then the president reversed himself. I was always going to do it. Thats what the deputy said. So we got to really understand what went into this decision. For this decision, even though im on within of the committees questioning the russia hack and whether there were ties to the Trump Campaign, all of us on capitol hill in the committees relied on the fact with the f. B. I. , dozens of investigators, with the trained professionals in getting to the bottom of things, they were working in parallel so then when the president comes out of nowhere and fires the guy thats running that investigation, that sends first of all, it raises all kinds of questions. Why does the investigated fire the investigator . Why . It sends a tough signal to people in the f. B. I. , maybe your career isnt doing as quite as well as youd like it to. Host the president said in his statement when he fired the letterer to th
The first story was this was purely on the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general and then the president reversed himself. I was always going to do it. Thats what the deputy said. So we got to really understand what went into this decision. For this decision, even though im on within of the committees questioning the russia hack and whether there were ties to the Trump Campaign, all of us on capitol hill in the committees relied on the fact with the f. B. I. , dozens of investigators, with the trained professionals in getting to the bottom of things, they were working in parallel so then when the president comes out of nowhere and fires the guy thats running that investigation, that sends first of all, it raises all kinds of questions. Why does the investigated fire the investigator . Why . It sends a tough signal to people in the f. B. I. , maybe your career isnt doing as quite as well as youd like it to. Host the president said in his statement when he fired the letterer to th
Testified on capitol hill recently regarding budgets for 2017 and 2018. Modernization and cybersecurity efforts from the Top Priorities for all these agencies. This House Administration Committee Hearing is about an hour and a half. I now call to order the committee on House Administration for the purpose of starting todays hearing on the operations and priorities of the house officers and legislative branch entities. Aquorum is present so we may proceed. I would like to start off by thanking my colleagues and our witnesses for your attendance today. I know how busy everyone is and we appreciate your flexibility and willingness to appear this afternoon. I would also like to thank our witnesses for hard work and assistance during new member and a smooth transition for staff into the 115th congress and especially for the incredible amount of work that went into securing and hosting the president ial inauguration. We know many months of preparation went into insuring our government carrie
Investigation. But thats exactly what director comey did today. He call this is a very unusual circumstance. Today fbi director james comey dismissed President Trumps twitter claims that president obama had trump tower wiretapped. I have no information that supports those tweets. President obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone . No president could. Reporter speaking before the house intelligence committee, director comey took an unusual step, confirming the fbi is investigating russian involvement in the 2016 election. That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian the government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. Reporter before the hearing, the president tried to undercut those allegations on twitter, writing, democrats made up a pushed the russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. This afternoon, the white house stood its ground
Incident that i have seen to date. The secret service facing a new test. Plus, ivanka trump moving into the west wing, the new role waiting for the president s daughter. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. Three men are behind bars tonight, accused of stealing dozens of guns in our area. Tonight we know how Police Tracked them down. The suspects are in custody, but most of those weapons are still out there. They were stolen from gun shops in northern virginia. Meagan fitzgerald tells us what led police to the neighborhood right here in d. C. Meagan . Reporter it was on saturday that someone contacted them and told them that they saw stolen guns inside the suspects apartment, which is here at the 77 h building. That same witness was able to lead agents to a garage away car. The search for three suspects who they say burglarized three shops is ended. One of the three stores burglarized was 50 west armory. These pictures show two suspects moments before they smashed the glass door and entered the