To face challenges with russia and china. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Theres still belief we can get o the bomb of this. If not, everyone suspects a coverup. President trump tells fbi director youre fired. This is what leaders do. They take Decisive Action based upon the information theyre given. Thats what President Trump did today. Hes full of criticismf ohis handling of Hillary Clinton emails. There was clearly a loss of confidence in director comey. I forgot my badge. Former president barack obama made his first overseas appearance after leaving office. They always blame the i always tell people you get the politicians they deserve. Theyre looking at how to safeguard an area around a nuclear site after a mysterious tunnel collapse. Violent landing after it landed at the air base. A tlltha put em up. A family dog playing a very dangerous game of tag with a bear. Go get him. They win in overtime. And all that matters President Trump fir
So now well go to chief congression Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. What happened yesterday was truly shocking. Reporter Senate Democrats accused the president today of courting a constitutional crisis. He feels the dragnet tightening on the russia investigation, i believe thats why he let comey go. Reporter they argued there is now just one solution. We need an independent, special prosecutor. There has to be an independent special prosecutor. If were going to get to the bottom of it, we need a special prosecutor. Reporter but Mitch Mcconnell said that would impede the russia investigations that are already under way. He accused the other side of shedding crocodile tears for comey. Our democratic colleagues complaining about t a fbi director whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. Reporter democrats do have a history of slamming comey over the handling of the clinton investigation. The fbi director has no credibility. Reporter but bob casey argues, its the ti
Islamic world, as well as the election in iran where president Hassan Rouhani has been elected in defiance of iranian hardliners. , you, the iranian people, rejected the call of those who wanted to return us to the past and keep us in the same situation as before. And you helped push us forward. Amy plus, we will look at turkeys crackdown on protests not just in turkey, but even here in the United States. Last week, turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan looked on as members of his security detail assaulted a group of Peaceful Protesters outside the turkish ambassadors residence in washington. We will speak with one protester who was hospitalized. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump is visiting israel today as part of his first trip abroad as president. During the twoday trip, he and secretary of state Rex Tillerson will meet with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top isr
The first lady now entering the fray after her husbands twitter rant attacking a pair of tv hosts. Plus the new curveball on health care. Is the president changing his tune now . And shark alert. The Holiday Weekend warning. Great white sightings on both coasts. Predators dangerously close to swimmers. The boat had no idea that those sharks were in the area. The advice you need to hear before you hit the beach. Hey, good morning. Happy Holiday Weekend. Lets take another look at that new shark video. Not what you want to see as we kick off this Holiday Weekend. This video is captured via drone off the coast of california. You can see a shark coming uncomfortably close to a paddleboarder right there. No thank you. One more reason to stay in the pool, everybody. But much more on that as well as the deadly shooting at a hospital here in new york. But we do have breaking news right now. A nightclub shooting overnight in little rock, arkansas, and ron is here with the latest information on t
The first lady now entering the fray after her husbands twitter rant attacking a pair of tv hosts. Plus the new curveball on health care. Is the president changing his tune now . And shark alert. The Holiday Weekend warning. Great white sightings on both coasts. Predators dangerously close to swimmers. The boat had no idea that those sharks were in the area. The advice you need to hear before you hit the beach. Hey, good morning. Happy Holiday Weekend. Lets take another look at that new shark video. Not what you want to see as we kick off this Holiday Weekend. This video is captured via drone off the coast of california. You can see a shark coming uncomfortably close to a paddleboarder right there. No thank you. One more reason to stay in the pool, everybody. But much more on that as well as the deadly shooting at a hospital here in new york. But we do have breaking news right now. The nightclub shooting overnight in little rock, arkansas, and ron is here with the latest information on