Pelley we begin tonight with breaking news. This evening, President Trump fired the director of the f. B. I. James comey was leading the investigation into whether associates of mr. Trump colluded with the russian government to influence the u. S. President ial election. Late today, in an oddly worded letter in which the president declares his own innocence, mr. Trump told comey that he has concluded that comey is not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey, who is well known for integrity, was appointed by president obama, and had about another six years to go on a 10year appointment. Recently, he has been controversial with both democrats and republicans leading the investigation of Hillary Clintons emails and the Russian Election tampering probe. Major garrett is at the white house for us now with the breaking news. Major. Reporter scott, the letter nowformer f. B. I. Director james comey was characteristically blunt. It reads in part, you are hereby terminated and removed from o
Pelley today, president obama made it clear, he believes Vladimir Putin ordered a plot to break into Democratic Party computers with the intent of throwing the election to donald trump. Mr. Obama said he warned putin during this summit meeting in assessment that russia must not attempt to hack into any systems for counting votes. But mr. And mr. Obama said there is though evidence that they did that. But in a news conference, the president said the russians did hack into the Democratic National committee and the emails of hillar hillary clints campaign chairman. He suggested that mr. Trump and republicans aided the russian plot by embarrassing leaks that dom 98edly the media before election day. Margaret brennan is at the white house. Not much happens in russia without Vladimir Putin. Reporter president obama left little doubt he believed Vladimir Putin was involved with the russian hacking, and he confronted him about it two months before the election. In early september, when i saw p
Pelley dylann roof showed no mercy when he shot nine African Americans to death in 2015 as they prayed in a Historic Black Church in charleston, south carolina. Well, today, a jury showed no mercy when they sentenced roof to die. Mark strassmann is at the federal courthouse. Reporter dylann roofs jury deliberated for two hours. They agreed unanimously he deserved to die for the racist rampage that killed nine black parishioners in june of 2015. As the verdict was read, roof stood, eyes down, fidgetting with papers on the defense table. This was a racebased massacre, thats what Jay Richardson the assistant u. S. Attorney sold roofs journey this morning. He called roof an unrepentant racist who planned his attack for six months, bawpt the glock. 45, target practiced in his backyard and ameran Mother Emanuel Church to slaughter innocent bible studiers. Roof then left the Church Holding his murder weapon before his confession to f. B. I. Agents the next day. Diit. Reporter almost 19 months
Pelley protests against President TrumpS Immigration ban have entered a third night. Crowds have announced gathered outside the u. S. Supreme court in washington and at Columbia University in new york city. Earlier in the evening, tens of thousands demonstrated in london and scotland. This follows a weekend of protests at airports all around the United States, and heres what its all about President Trumps antiterrorism executive order bans citizens of seven countries with muslim majorities from entering the u. S. For at least 90 days. Refugees from all other countries are banned for 120 days, and refugees from syria are banned indefinitely. All this while vetting procedures are reevaluated. The white house says only 109 travelers were detained for questioning, and all of them got in. In a tweet, mr. Trump quoted his Homeland Security secretary saying, all is going with very few problems. We begin tonight with Major Garrett at the white house. Any comment on the protests, mr. President
Pelley the shadow of moscow just seems to haunt President Trump like a curse from a russian novel. Last night the president fired his National Security adviser after government surveillance showed that Michael Flynn was dishonest about his contacts with russias ambassador to the u. S. This comes weeks after u. S. Intelligence said russia hacked democratic computers to influence the election and after mr. Trumps campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was fired in part for his links to prorussian forces in ukraine. Now the f. B. I. Is investigating whether flynn lied to its agents and whether he violated a law that bans private citizens from negotiating with foreign countries. Flynns talks came before mr. Trump was inaugurated. Major garrett is following this. The president was very concerned that general flynn had misled the Vice President and others. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Michael Flynns forced resignation came down to one word trust. The president evaluated th