Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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 since this is only the second time a u. S. President has fired the head of the f. B. I. , the initial shock waves from mr. Trumps stunning move left a wake of questions and condemnations from across the political spectrum. William brangham begins with
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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 since this is only the second time a u. S. President has fired the head of the f. B. I. , the initial shock waves from mr. Trumps stunning move left a wake of questions and condemnations from across the political spectrum. William brangham begins with
And 40s for some, 50s xr for others and the front that is moving slow, this is the time when the front is moving into the picture, today is the transition today. Cooler. Lower temps, windy and cooler. At 4 01. Good morning, sal. When windy and cooler. They used to be on the morning show. Thank you, steve. 4 01 and were going to start looking at the tray see tracy super commute, didnt have a good one yesterday as you might know, especially if you came through later. Liver more to dublin and hayward. And 880, traffic is moving well in both traeks directions here as you can see and at the tole plaza, traffic is light. Back to the desk. The shock waves still rolling through washington, d. C. After President Donald Trump abruptly fired fbi director james comey, and took comey and everybody else by surprise. And democrats are now calling for an independent prosecutors to take over the investigation for the potential ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. This was a bomb shell. The fbi i
On this. There are the loud calls behind me on capitol hill from the democrats who are asking for a special prosecutor to look into this case. Take this out of everyones hands and have someone independent look into the Trump Campaign possible connection if they exist to russians and exactly what happened with the firing of the director comey. We will have much more at 6 00 on that. Live on capitol hill. Nancy thank you. Scott touched on the sources inside the f. B. I. Telling abc7 news they are shock and surprised by the firing but they are focused on doing their job. We got perspective from brad garrett who served as f. B. I. Agent for 22 years and he believes that people inside the f. B. I. Are not pleased that comey was fired abruptly and not in person. He thinks that the firing could hurt morale. The overall impact could be limited. This is a small there are 11,000 to 12,000 f. B. I. Agents. I think its of what is getting done. The reaction around town. I can tell you here outside
Over. Now sources say there is a worry the investigation, as well as separate congressional probes, will slow down. Republican richard bird, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee. An interruption in any of the access we have to the documents and personnel would be harmful to our investigation. It wouldnt in any way, shape or form preclude us from coming to a conclusion, but it might delay us. Reporter in recent weeks, sources say they have been intensely focussed on following the money, trying to identify who might have paid the hackers involved in russias campaign to interfere in the 2016 election. They are also scrutinizing the activities of President Trumps associates, including former National Security adviser, michael flynn, former campaign chairman, paul manafort, and former campaign adviser, carter page. All have contacts too or ties with russian officials. Ron whose coe worries that comeys firing could have a chilling effect. If the timing of this termination lines