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watergate as president trump prepares to nominate a new fbi director and meets with the russian foreign minister this morning. our entire team is breaking it down, a special edition of gma starts now. good morning, america. what a stunning decision from president trump. firing fbi director james comey only the second time in american history a president has taken that step. we are covering all the fallout this morning from the white house to the capitol to the fbi. the decision took comey by surprise. he found out from tv on a recruiting trip to los angeles. he thought it was a joke at first. take a look at his plane landing in d.c. hours ago after he got the news. we are covering every possible angle of this story. attorney general jeff sessions is expected to soon name an interim fbi director to replace james comey and the president preparing to nominate a permanent replacement. the chair of the senate intelligence committee is campaign aides if they continue ig ....
this thursday, may 11th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. we had a president johnson. we did. we did. i am fairly certain of that. yeah, me too. good morning to you all. kenneth moton, and i am diane macedo. we have a lot to get to today. especially with this comey firing. we have some new developments now on president trump s firing of the fbi director. last night comey sent a letter to former colleagues at the fbi saying he its not going to dwell on the president s decision. officials say comey asked for resources for the investigation into the russian elect, meddling. a claim the justice department denies. and the senate committee looking into the possible ties between the trump campaign and russia subpoenaed former national security adviser michael flynn. president trump is now citing job performance as his motive. abc s lana zach has details. reporter: the day after the president decided to fire the man in charge of the fbi presid ....
an amazing survival. the 23-year-old hiker stranded in the wilderness with just her dog. it was a huge mistake that ended up being seven days. lost after taking a wrong turn on a trail, the incredible rescue. now she s speaking out right here on gma. yes, some good news on this busy thursday morning. what a great survival story. oh, yeah, that hiker and her dog were lost for nearly a week in the montana wilderness with grizzlies nearby and thank goodness they both maze it out safely. a lot of smiles for them this morning. also a lot going on. much more fallout over the president s decision to fire fbi director james comey. reports this morning that the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein threatened to resign over this. president trump s spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders is standing by to respond. a new headline in that bombshell. former director james comey had asked for more money and resources to investigate russian meddling in the election just ....
windshield wipers going, but not raining too hard. it is steady, at least an inch of rain has already fallen. if you are headed out the door and plan to be on the road, you might want to slow down. if you re going to be walking i would stay on the closest side of the sidewalk to the buildings because you are probably going to get slashed from these puddles. doug, it s raining now, rain for the next couple days. when will it stop? doug: looks like my saturday evening it will be out of here. the good news is it s not going to rain every minute, heavily times. and then get heavier, especially by tomorrow afternoon. this is the view congressional country club. surprise, nobody on the fairways. little rivers running there. the rain continues. over to doppler radar and show you a close-up now. in this presentation when you see yellow or orange or red, those are the heavier elements. those of that is continuing to push south and east of the metro area. plenty of rain to go aro ....
he is a grandstander. the f.b.i. has been in turmoil. you know that. i know that. everybody knows that. reporter: two questions everyone is asking. what will happen to the f.b.i. s probe into possible russia-trump campaign collusion during the 2016 election? we continue to focus on the mission and get the job done. reporter: why was comey fired now? president trump: i was going to fire comey. my decision. you made the decision before they came in the room? president trump: i was going to fire comey. there is no good time to do it. reporter: sources say trump became increasingly agitated with the now f.b.i. director since the congressional testimony last week. in the testimony, comey said he was mildly nauseous over the idea he may have swayed the election by reopening the investigation into clinton s e-mails. the white house said it heard from countless members of the f.b.i. who lost faith in comey. in c today acting director of the f.b.i. andrew mccabe has a dif ....