Fired fbi director james comey boards a flight in l. A. Looichl short after lf finding out hes lost a job. Face s backlash from bay area democrats. Found out from tv news reports he had been fired by president. We sent out a push alert. See the headline. President trump fires fbi director james comey. Team coverage. Lana zak in the nations capital. Reporter good evening dan and ama, president himself not spoken since the firing of james comey but many looking at his letter, specifically the part where he thanked comey for three occasions telling him he was not under investigagation as proof that the Russian Investigation on his mind. Deciding not to attend fbi event after learning he had been fired effective immediately. President trump writing its essential we find new leadership for the fbi that restores trust and confidence. Influenced in part by the recommendation of Jeff Sessions who had recused himself from the Russian Investigation. Which has democrats concerned. Comey was overs
Fired fbi director james comey boards a flight in l. A. Looichl short after lf finding out hes lost a job. Face s backlash from bay area democrats. Found out from tv news reports he had been fired by president. We sent out a push alert. See the headline. President trump fires fbi director james comey. Team coverage. Lana zak in the nations capital. Reporter good evening dan and ama, president himself not spoken since the firing of james comey but many looking at his letter, specifically the part where he thanked comey for three occasions telling him he was not under investigagation as proof that the Russian Investigation on his mind. Deciding not to attend fbi event after learning he had been fired effective immediately. President trump writing its essential we find new leadership for the fbi that restores trust and confidence. Influenced in part by the recommendation of Jeff Sessions who had recused himself from the Russian Investigation. Which has democrats concerned. Comey was overs
Cant even look at me when he says it. If you were tired of the heat, that one day, here it is. Gusting to 29 in concord, and 33 in fairfield skprbg thats when you know its back. Walnut creek, one of the areas that will be 20 degrees cooler this afternoon. Waking up this morning, pretty much the same. Temperature wise, mid40s to mid50s. Only mid50s at the coast. Upper 60s at noon, and upper 60s at 4 00 and low to mid60s at 7 00. Grab a coat if you are headed out this evening. Once that sun sets, we are back in the 50s. We are really quiet so far this morning, mike, and i have not had any issues since we started at 4 30 today. The san mateo bridge, still seeing a little haziness as well and really no significant slowdowns all the way around and i will prove that with drive times. Westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze just 17 minutes. And southbound 101 if you are headed to the airport this morning, shouldnt take you long to get there and thats in the green from San Francisco to sfo at just
Away his tank tops for the next couple of weeks. Metering lights on since 5 22 this morning. Congested back through the maze. We dont have anything out of the ordinary. Santa rosa to petaluma, 19 minutes. Northbound 101 between 680 and 280, 15 minutes. Developing news, fire investigators look into a strange suspicious car fires in the east bay. Two this morning on the heels of another fire in martinez on monday. Amy hollyfield is live for us in walnut creek with the story. Amy. Reporter reggie, i just got off the phone with the spokesperson for the Fire Department and he said they have had a rash of car fires and all under investigation. This is in walnut creek, and this car still in the driveway, right in front of a home that was saved, just a little garage door looked like it melted there but that is it. Firefighters protected the home but the car is destroyed. They got the call at 12 26 this morning to come here to larky and leroy lanes here in walnut creek, and just as they got the
By President Trump. Of course well have more on the developing story in the next half hour. Were going to washington live report as well. And political analyst layer gerston joins us with the optics what this means and now Going Forward with the russian hacking investigation. The other stop top story this evening guilty on all counts. Antolin Garcia Torres been found guilty of murdering sierra lamar. The morgan hill teenager who captived the hearts of of so many people never found np the jury also ruled Garcia Torres attacked three other women years before murdering lamar. We have a team of reporters covering the case since it started again with from nbc bay area Marianne Favro inside the courtroom. I know youve got ton know the family well over the years. This is certainly any say a relief but of course no comfort. Reporter no, they still have so much grief. And they say theyre going of it to have it the rest of heir lives. When the verdict was read in the courtroom there was an audib