He is a showboat, a grandstander. The f. B. I. Has been in turmoil. You know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. Jonathan that breaking as the acting director of the f. B. I. Facing congress. And questions over not only the firing but also the investigation into russias effort to influence the election. Chief Political Correspondent scott thuman is tracking all of this for us. There are a lot of cards in play here. Start with what is going on with this investigation. It does go on no matter who is in charge of the f. B. I. , correct . Scott you are right. Whirlwind day. The directors firing opened up pandoras box of questions and denials and stark differences on how things really went down. One of the madelines today the acting director publicly refuting the white house explanation that director comey was fired because he lost the confidence of the men and women in f. B. I. James comeys firing, the wave of the questions and the accusations continue to swell. First with President T
Forget that the methods and sources of our intelligence gathering are also plate here and we have to be very sensitive so that we dont compromise that information as well. Reporter now, the White House Press office says whoever the new fbi director is that he or she will be asked to and encouraged top finish that russia investigation. Meantime, the acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe he will be back on capitol hill today taking comeys place testifying before the Senate Intelligence committee. Life on capitol hill, im melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. All right, melanie thank you. 4 31 is the time. Many are pointing out the timing of both comeys termination and yesterdays meeting between President Trump and and the Russian Foreign minister at the white house. The two mainly focused on the ongoing civil war in syria but at one point the foreign minister appeared to joke about comeys firing. Youre kidding . Youre kidding. I can that do very well with respect to syria. I think things are hap
Bait car right in the middle of the strike zone, and the criminals take the bait. You talk to anybody who lives in this neighborhood, they will say smash and grabs are out of control. Aidedd to this decoy car to did not take long for us to confirm that. Iteam parks the decoy car in a neighborhood that has seen a rash of daylight breakins. In less than three hours, we noticed these two men walking by our vehicle several times. Within seconds, they move in. One shatters the window, the other grabs the bag from the front seat. We called 911. As we are giving the details of the crime, this happens. Those are the guys right there. I spot the two men driving by who just brokent d. C. Police go after them. The police make the stop a block away. Are you trying to get away from me or something . Scott are these the two same men who broke into our decoy car . The police find our laptop tossed a few feet away and crime scene investigators surveying the suspects call. Both men are handcuffed and t
Washington next week . Is it Thomas Jefferson the week after . Im not putting anyone on a moral plane. Im say the group on one side and a group on the other and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and it was horrible and it was a horrible thing to watch. But there is another side. There was a group on the side, you can call them the left, you just call them the left, that became violently attacking the other group. You say what you want, but that is the way it is. Reporter he defended his 24 48 hour delay to denounce the white nationalist. He said he was waiting for the fax to come out. He described the torchlight as peaceful. What about the altleft they came charging at the, as you say, all right. Do they not have any guilt . Let me ask you this, what about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs, do they have any problem . I think they do. As far as im concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day. Wait a minute, i am not finished.
A unique mission. Extra eyes and ears. The Law Enforcement is in total control. If they need assistance we will assist as necessary. 6200 guard personnel deploying hour by hour at the d. C. Armory, adding the 1,300 d. C. National guard troops here. Our mission is truly to provide a presence to ensure a safe and a secure transition of the executive power. Each card soldier is sworn in. Deputized with a special Police Officer officer. They have the right to detain someone but they dont have arrest power and they dont carry side arms. If something happens depending on the situation, notify the local Police Officers. The tasks are many. Crowd control, Traffic Management and backup to other agencies if there is an emergency. Pedestrian management, Traffic Control management. So they can do the hard jobs. Some guard units will be as small as 12. Others are as large as 200. Many spa route or the capitol perimeter. Any nerves right now . Not really. All the briefing and the hype. We are ready