One officer killed, and two deputies wounded. And let the games begin. The moment kim jonguns sister, and what she did. And the flag bearer braving the elements, making headlines yet again. Good evening, and its great to have you with us to finish out the week, and what a week inside the west wing. Tonight, President Trump speaking publicly for the first time about the Domestic Abuse scandal involving his former close aide, rob porter. Allegations now made by porters two exwives. The president today praising porters work wishing him well, telling reporters, quote, he says he is innocent, and i think you have to remember that. The president adding, it has been a tough time for porter. Hope hicks who has been romantically linked to porter was right there in the oval office as the president weighed in today. Late today, telling abc news, the chief of staff, john kelly telling President Trump his willingness to design over his handling of the scandal. Cecilia vega leading us off. Reporter
Saying all is forgiven. He is a quick learner. We learned that last season. Now if he can just learn the playbook, i think everyone will be happy. I dont think hell make that mistake again. Besides all that money what else attracted jimmy g. To the 49ers . Reporter he said last season when he walked into the locker room, he was very warmly welcomed by all the 49ers players and many of those same players were at the News Conference today. Besides that he said the weather. He comes from chicago where there is blizzardlike conditions. He pointed outside and said 73 and sunny here in santa clara as well as the rest of the bay area, but the bay area weather is one thing that really got his attention. Lets hope he has a good season here. For jimmy g. , thanks. History made on the Korean Peninsula on the opening day of the olympics. Ber of north koreas ruling fami ly ever to visit the south. In th again, north meeet it started with the arrival of the north korean delegation in pyeongchang. Le
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story is just breaking now President Trump fired james comey as director of the f. B. I. Press Secretary Sean Spicer just made the announcement moments ago. Here to tell us what we know at this moment, our own john yang. John, this looks like a bolt out of the blue. What have you learned . Jonathan it was absolutely out of the blue. It was after the White House Press was told there would be no more news developments for the night. Sean spicer walked into the Briefing Room with a very brief statement saying that President Trump had fired james comey on the recommendation of the attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Were slow
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story is just breaking now President Trump fired james comey as director of the f. B. I. Press Secretary Sean Spicer just made the announcement moments ago. Here to tell us what we know at this moment, our own john yang. John, this looks like a bolt out of the blue. What have you learned . Jonathan it was absolutely out of the blue. It was after the White House Press was told there would be no more news developments for the night. Sean spicer walked into the Briefing Room with a very brief statement saying that President Trump had fired james comey on the recommendation of the attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Were slow
The move comes as transgressed off with russia to the commanderinchief said to me when its foreign minister lavrov serbey eight. What can we expect from that meeting later on . Police are carrying out this morning. Disney looking for magic when it comes to espn. The latest earnings report. We will break down the numbers coming out. Opening for the dow industrials down 50 points at the open. The other averages down fractionally at this moment appeared in europe, stocks mostly lower. St 100 is higher a quarter of a percent, but the cac quarante trading fractionally lower. Japan and hong kong. China and korea down. Pepsico spices up and teams up with 711 to set set customers taste buds on fire. Weve got a look at the nutri coming out. All the stories coming up. Fox Business Network dagen mcdowell. Riverfront Investment Group chairman and chief Investment Officer Michael Jones with us. Kirsten haglund is here. Good to see you. What a big day. Dagen big night. Big everything. Maria and Pres