Behind james comeys firing. He wasnt doing a good job. Not doing a good job. He once praised comey having guts and doing the right thing on the clinton email investigation. Quandary that the director wrestled with. It makes me mildly nauseous we might have had an impact on the election. But it wouldnt change the decision. Critics allege it is obstruction of justice since comey is leading the Russian Investigation and possibly retaliation that trump was angered when comey refuted trumps claim he had been wiretapped by president obama. Attorney general sessions didnt respond to questions about the timing. Why fire mr. Comey now before the completion of the i. G. Report . Nevertheless it makes trump the first president since Richard Nixon to fire an official overseaing an investigation into him overseeing an investigation into him. What next . Spokesperson sara sanders pressed about the independent special prosecutor to examine connections to russia. We dont think its necessary. The appea
Of severe storms tear through the mid we have. Here at home, were about to get our first taste of summer with a chance for temperatures in record territory. And later, the worst first day ever . Guardians of galaxy volume two ended with lawsuit for one apparently incompatible couple. Good day at 9a starts now. All right. Taking you for spin for the next two hours here on good day dc. It is 9 01 on this wednesday may 17th. Im maureen umeh alongside allison seymour, holly morris and steve chenevey. Wisdom has the morning off. The big reveal. We are counting down the days until next weeks first zip trip of the Summer Season and all morning long weve been sharing where were going to be headed this morning. Weve already revealed a few. Weve got quite a few more to go, though, and it looks like well be putting in the miles this tucker has first check of the forecast. Steve i think well get awfully close. Forecasting a high of 93 and the record for the day goes back to 1974. Its 92. Well be r
But today the u. S. Bureau of prisons told news 4 johnson has been moved. He is now out of the median security prison here in cumberland, maryland, where he has served so much of his prison sentence and hes now at a Halfway House overseen by the u. S. Department of justices regional department. This is the residential reentry program. It offers job counseling and financial counseling for inmates preparing to return home. His case captured nationwide attention. News 4 captured video of his arrest in 2010 and his wife leslie was later arrested and charged, too. Theres evidence that johnson advised her to hide some of the money in her underwear. Our calls have not yet been returned. His attorney declined to comment. Back to you. Thanks, scott. Jack johnson was a popular lawmaker in prince gorges county before he was our Team Coverage now begins with bureau chief tracee will kings. Shes been talking to residents and other lawmakers about what might happen next. Tracee. Reporter its importa
Virginia. At one point the driver of the hyundai, noticed broken glass in the passenger side, thefront of the vehicle. Noticed an injury bleeding on his finger. At that point he realized something happened, something entered the vehicle, the hyundai. He pulled off the beltway on braddock road to this shell station. Recognized, called the police said he was injured. Police were able to surmise there was some sort of a projectile fired into that hyundai. Possib or a b. B. Gun from another vehicle. They were able to track down the other vehicle in a white chevy track, sufficient to a restaurant in i haveianna s. U. V. To a restaurant in vienna. Pull over the vehicle on vehicle description and license plate. We dont know if the drive and the suspect, the victim and the suspect knew one another. As far as i know there is no prior relationship between dont know the reason or the motivation behind the road rage incident or anything like that. Jeff obviously police still gathering information.
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