Fact he did meet on two occasions with the sovietons russian ambassador. However, he knocked down hardha any suggestion that he did did anything wrong or intentionally tried to misleadms the senate and those that were e quesg him. G him. In fact senator sessions whenios he was in office said that tha those were routine meetings hege had and moving forward now asd s the attorney general of theener United States he says hes removing or recusing himselfrecf from any future investigationsen of russian influence in the 2016 campaign. A let me be clear. Ar. I never had meetings withgs w russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trumprp campaign. And the idea that i was part of a continuing exchange of information during thehe campaign between trump tmp surrogates and intermediariesntm for the russian government totally false. Reporter so, this move today comes as there were increasing calls amongstlls democrats and republicans forrer sessions to remove himself. Him among those,
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Ahead in virginia, 44 to trump 35 . Florida, 45 , trump 37 . News 4 has complete coverage of both Party Conventions starting with the Republican National Convention Next week. Look for tom sherwood and chris lawrences live reports. Scary moments. Powerful storms forced george w. Bush and bill clinton had to rush for coverage from a storm. No one was hurt. Were in the middle of a heat wave. We are. Our 13th 90degree day so far this year. 4 things you need to know. Not as bad as yesterday. Today, when the thermometer is reading 95, it will feel more like 95 versus 105. Good news there. Theres a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. 93 in the district, 95 in the district. Im tracking a small thunderstorm chance. Lets head over to wtop with dave. Good morning, amelia. On route 50 in new york avenue, eastbound at the an costa river. Its just about cleared. So far minimum delays. Virginia, inner loop of the beltway, the work has been cleare corner. Were following breaking news out of ba
On the day symbolizing frances liberty carnage on the road, the death toll at 84 people with dozens more injured after a truck barrelled through a crowded promenade in nice. The impact was so catastrophic, people were sent flying like bowling pins. The driver of the truck killed by police after he jumped from the vehicle and began firing shots. This morning, secretary of state john kerry saying scenes like these are now happening on a weekly basis. People all over the world are looking to us and waiting for us to find a faster and more tangible way of them feeling that everything that is possible is being done to end this terrorist scourge. This morning, actually just a few minutes ago, weve learned that france has declared back over to you. The attack in france is affecting people in our area as well. A celebration at the French Embassy ended abruptly last night when the attack happened. With more on reaction from the ambassador and security measures, news 4 Megan Mcgrath is live now
Reporter Alfredo Thompson juniors wife 41yearold Annemarie Francis is in Critical Condition after being attacked in her home friday night. All of this was full of blood against this wall. Reporter his 86yearold on to was also attacked but his wife took the brunt. Two arms are broken in two breasts are broken interface is completely shattered. When she came running out screaming reporter somehow she made it out the front door and her cries alerted the nextdoor neighbor. She had blood everywhere coming in this direction to me so i grabbed her like this and i laid her down. I put my finger and proud swabbed her broken pieces so she would not choke on blood. Reporter did she tell you who did this . No. She could not talk. There was blood everywhere and her eyes were popping out. You can see her hands were broken. This wmy put her in it. Reporter the suspect is a 15yearold foster child that the thompsons took in six months ago. They say they have taken in five other foster children over the