Yes, senator, thank you. Guy cottrell. We are going to leave this briefing to go to the White House Press house briefing. This is a company that stopped manufacturing and than fthank s to the trump tax breaks, they have been able to keep their employees and give bonuses. Some are heroic, and some are tragic, but all of them represent the american spirit, and allow our businesses to grow prouder and more prosperous. John . The news came down that the Deputy Director mccabe is st stepping down, and the reaction of the president in december was tweeting about Andrew Mccabe in less than a effusive praise ha m praise manner and what are you seeing . We have been seeing the numerous reports as you have, and any specifics that i can tell you that none of the decision was made by the white house, and any specifics i refer you to the fbi who is going to be making a statement later today. You say that the white house is not involved in the decision, but clearly the president was involved in a Pu
Im sara eisen. Im mike santoli in for wilfred frost today. U. S. Equity futures are under a bit of selling pressure. Did see a turn in futures when this news crossed last night that fbi director james comey would be fired by President Trump. Well talk about the implications for Investor Confidence. For now dow futures are down 55 points. S p futures down 4. The nasdaq down 4 as well. As for the action overnight in asia. Hong kong continues to be a stand out. That index is at the highest level since 2015. It was a strong close for hong kong up a half percent. Shanghai comp, the main index in china continues to get under pressure. Down a percent. It is now at the lowest level since back in october. As for the early action in europe, legts shts show you wh going on. Some weakness but fractional moves. The german dax unchanged. Ftse 100 in the uk is positive. Weakness in italy. Look at the broader markets, a slightly riskoff response. The tenyear note. That yield yesterday hit a sixweek hi
Check out crude oil prices, which went fuderwacken again yesterday, according to mark grant. Wti is up by just 1 , to 46. 36. Brent crude sitting at 44 th49. President trump abruptly fired james comey. Comey learning of the firing while speaking with fbi agents in los angeles. This morning there is bipartisan outrage as congressional members on both sides express concern about the sanctity of the Ongoing Investigation into President Trump and his ties into russia. Eamon javers has more on this continuing to develop story. Good morning. It was a dramatic and Stunning Development last evening as the white house announced that the president fired the fbi director. This is something that caught all of capitol hill by surprise. It caught all of the Law Enforcement community by surprise. It caught the Intelligence Community in washington, d. C. By surprise. Heres what the president of the United States wrote to the fbi director who is conducting an investigation into whether or not officials
Year. Some republicans are on board and others are balking. Sanctioning the russians. This is the deadline for the Trump Administration to follow through on the meddling mandated and signed into law by the president. After months of foot dragging, will there be an announcement tonight . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, you are in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. We are following multiple breaking stories involving the fbi and the russian investigation. We are learning about the abrupt exit of Anthony Mccabe after he was slammed often and publicly by President Trump. We are waiting to learn the outcome of a showdown in the committee. Members expected to vote on whether to release a memo of alleged abuses by the fbi. Well hear from debbie spear. Ill talk to her live. Correspondents and analysts are also standing by. Lets go to jessica schneider. What are you learning . What may have led to Andrew Mccabes su
Trump campaign, but many are finding out there is tremendous leaking and lying at the highest levels of the fbi, justice and state. All of this is coming just hours after the firing of former fbi director Anthony Mccabe. And he is a frequent trump target and just 26 hours away from retiring with full benefits when he found out that he had been axed, and the decision ultimately made by Jeff Sessions. The president is hailing mccabes dismissal and saying that Anthony Mccabe fired and a great day for the hard working men and women of the fbi and a great day for the fbi. And sanctimonious james comey was his boss and made him look like a choir boy. He knew of all of the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the fbi. And now he was fired because he knew what was going on with his former boss james comeys boss. And now like comey, he is saying that he has memos that he documented now the hands of special county robert mooueller this is all leading to what is a truly stunning