you can get around that one. sounds good erin. thank you. thank you mike. if you re just waking up at 5:00 a.m. we re following breaking news out of gaithersburg. police are searching for three heavily armed men. fox5 s melanie alnwick is there, she joins us live with the latest. mel, good morning. reporter: hey, good morning. a very scary moment for one person here in montgomery county in the city of gaithersburg. this happened at the gaithersburg station apartments. we are not sure exactly where in this very large apartment complex it happened, but police tell us this was a secure building but apparently the victim had just gotten home from work. he was home, he got surprised by a knock at the door. he saw a man outside and thought he was in distress so he opened the door. the man and two others rushed into the apartment. they all had handguns demanded property. the victim gave them his wallet, laptop and cell phone. the suspects also stole a long gun and a handgun. w
made by president trump that have set a you have a huge firestorm. the president reportedly used an expletive to lash out at immigrants coming to the u.s. from certain countries. melanie alnwick this morning live outside of the white house with the latest on the growing controversy. mel, good morning. reporter: good morning,. reaction coming from lawmakers and also from across the globe. the president apparently dropped the s bomb in the oval office. lawmakers were having a meeting trying to hash out an agreement on protections for immigrant children. we talked about this earlier in the week, the daca protections, right. well, that s when the president reportedly said why are we having all these people from s-hole countries come here. sources inside the meeting say trump was referring to countries in africa central america and the caribbean. he also spoke specifically about haiti. now, according to in that same source the president said the u.s. should bring in immigran
director. this morning the department of justice denying reports that comey requested more resources for the investigation into russian meddling just days before his firing. meantime there are mixed reactions to calls to some lawmakers asking for a special prosecutor take over the investigation. melanie alnwick live on capitol hill now with more. good morning. reporter: well, steve and allison it s pretty clear that repulican leaders here on capitol hill do not support those calls for a special prosecutor. but the senate intelligence committee does vow to continue its own investigation into the matter even as some members do say comey s firing, the timing of it, is questionable. now former fbi director james comey says he s not going to dwell on president trump s decision to fire him. very simply he was not doing good job. reporter: in an fbi farewell letter comey says he ll be fine but will miss the fbi. the ap reports the firing came after the president felt comey w
i don t know what to say about it. we ll definitely into this this later. rain showers in the forecast. cool condition. i ll have all the details and a look at the radar together. erin. traffic is pretty nasty right now this crash 66 eastbound moved over to the shoulder at gallows road. another big crash by a rona drive taking out the left lane on the outer loop. traffic jammed back to pennsylvania avenue. other slow downs, not to worry we ll help you steer clear of all those issues with your full look at traffic. allison and steve. let s get more now fallout of the firing of james comey as fbe director he s back at his home in virginia this morning there are mixed reactions and calls two calls by lawmakers for a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into russian meddling. also this morning, the department of justice denying reports that comey quested more resources for that investigation just days before his firing. get the details from melanie alnwic
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