Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story is just breaking now President Trump fired james comey as director of the f. B. I. Press Secretary Sean Spicer just made the announcement moments ago. Here to tell us what we know at this moment, our own john yang. John, this looks like a bolt out of the blue. What have you learned . Jonathan it was absolutely out of the blue. It was after the White House Press was told there would be no more news developments for the night. Sean spicer walked into the Briefing Room with a very brief statement saying that President Trump had fired james comey on the recommendation of the attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Were slow
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story is just breaking now President Trump fired james comey as director of the f. B. I. Press Secretary Sean Spicer just made the announcement moments ago. Here to tell us what we know at this moment, our own john yang. John, this looks like a bolt out of the blue. What have you learned . Jonathan it was absolutely out of the blue. It was after the White House Press was told there would be no more news developments for the night. Sean spicer walked into the Briefing Room with a very brief statement saying that President Trump had fired james comey on the recommendation of the attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Were slow
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A good wednesday morning. We begin with that big shakeup in washington. President trump firing fbi director james comey with no warning. Yeah, comeys Deputy Andrew mccabe will head the bureau until attorney general Jeff Sessions appoints an interim director. House democrats have also asked the Justice Department to save all documents related to the fbis investigation on russian hacking during the election. And the optics interesting here. Today the president is welcoming russias foreign minister to the white house. Now, james comey had recently said that he intended to serve his tenured term, and were told he was caught completely off guard. Yeah, comeys termination came in a onepage letter from President Trump saying its essential to find new leadership to restore trust and confidence in the fbi. Late afternoon, washington, d. C. , the president s personal assistant hand delivers that letter to fbi headquarters. James comey is 3,000 miles away at the field office in los he first learn
All day long washington will be consumed by the decision to fire james comey. Jon karl starts us with the latest. Good morning. Jon. What a day and morning and night. Reporter good morning, george. This firing has stunned nobody more than james comey himself. Comey first heard on tv. While in the meeting a letter from the president was hand delivered to fbi headquarters in washington. That letter from the president was read to comey over the phone. You are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. The president wrote, you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. The president also addressed the fbi investigation into russian meddling in the election. I greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. The reasons were outlined in a letter from the Deputy Attorney general who wrote that comey grossly mishandled the Hillary Clinton email investigation saying among other things that this july 2016 press conferenc